Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls…
These are your news and notes for Thursday, October 11th, 2018…
There were three contests in the NHL last night.
- The Washington Capitals faced off against the Vegas Golden Knights in a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup Final. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin would both find the scoring sheet and lead Washington to a 5-2 victory over Vegas at Capital One Arena.Ovechkin would net career goals 610 and 611 to pass Bobby Hull for 17th place on the NHL’s career goal scoring list. This would also be Ovechkin’s first multi-goal game on the season and the 121st time he has multi-goal games in his NHL career.
Alex Ovechkin of the @Capitals scored the 610th and 611th goals of his NHL career to leapfrog Bobby Hull (610) for sole possession of 17th place on the League’s all-time list. #NHLStats #VGKvsWSH https://t.co/PiaoVhI3lm pic.twitter.com/JWJZzfIHks
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 11, 2018
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For TXHT’s coverage of last night’s game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals, please check out this article.
10/10/2018 – Vegas Golden Knights v. Washington Capitals https://t.co/WRxED6xuC8 pic.twitter.com/uPt2vCsDUe
— Xperience Hockey (@TXHT_Hockey) October 11, 2018
- The Philadelphia Flyers went on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 7-4. Jakub Voracek had a five point contest (two goals and three assists) to establish a career high. He joined Mike Richards and Claude Giroux as the only players in the last ten years to register five points in a regular season game.
Jakub Voracek is the third @NHLFlyers player in the last 10 years to record five points in a regular-season game, joining Mike Richards on Feb. 19, 2009 (2-3—5 vs. BUF) and Claude Giroux on Feb. 16, 2012 (0-5—5 vs. BUF). #NHLStats #PHIvsOTT pic.twitter.com/8a06DNXiGn
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 11, 2018
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For the Ottawa Senators, rookie Brady Tkachuk scored his first two goals of his NHL career and became the quickest among his family to score his first NHL goal.
Brady Tkachuk of the @Senators required the fewest games among his family members to score his first career NHL goal, two less than his brother Matthew and three fewer than his father Keith. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/lt499tEWwe
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 11, 2018
- The Arizona Coyotes went on to defeat the Anahiem Ducks 3-2 in a shootout. This gave Arizona their first win of the season.Coyotes goalie Antti Raanta registered 23 saves and would deny three shooters in the shootout. Raanta now owns a .922 career save percentage which is go for third-highest among goalie who have appeared in at least 100 games.
Tonight’s schedule:
Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations.
TXHT has your previews of Washington Capitals at New Jersey and Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings
In NHL news….
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada released his “31 Thoughts Podcast” aricle today.
On the latest 31 Thoughts Podcast, @JeffMarek and @FriedgeHNIC discuss the NHL’s new era of fun and personality, and are joined by @KimFCoates to talk hockey, @BadBloodSeries, and more.
Listen and subscribe ➡️ https://t.co/HrVY5U88xN
Presented by @GMCcanada. pic.twitter.com/M4s1Z95OKV
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 11, 2018
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Elliotte Friedman also released his “31 Thoughts” article yesterday as well.
31 Thoughts (thank you @GMCcanada) — https://t.co/ArFDHMN6HI
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 10, 2018
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In NWHL news…
Today marks the third anniversary of the debut of the NWHL.
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Thanks for the anniversary card, @NHLonNBCSports ! https://t.co/oZWd00eKmn— NWHL (@NWHL) October 11, 2018
On this day in 2015, we dropped the puck for our inaugural season! What an incredible three years it’s been! Thank you to our fans and supporters! pic.twitter.com/LSCQ4rSvc1
— NWHL (@NWHL) October 11, 2018
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