Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, these are your news and notes for Monday, October 15th, 2018.
There were three contests in the NHL yesterday.
- Kyle Palmieri recorded two goals, his third consecutive multi-goal outing, to lift the New Jersey Devils over the San Jose Sharks with a 3-2 victory. In addition, Palmieri became the fourth player to record multi-goal games in each of his team’s first three games to kick off the regular-season campaign.
Additionally, @kylepalmieri established a @NJDevils franchise record for the most goals by a single player through the team’s opening three games of a season. #NHLStats #SJSvsNJD pic.twitter.com/skJkTPZnWE
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 14, 2018
Also in this contest, Joe Pavelski became the fifth player in NHL history to record at least 700 career points for a player drafted after the 200th overall pick.
Joe Pavelski became just the fifth player in NHL history to be drafted 200th overall or later and record at least 700 career points. #NHLStats #SJSvsNJD pic.twitter.com/3MljPLIKOJ
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 14, 2018
Sunday’s results
- New Jersey 3, San Jose 2
- Anaheim 3, St. Louis 2
- Winnipeg 3, Carolina 1
NHL Morning Skate: Monday, Oct. 15, 2018
▪ @kylepalmieri joins elite company as @NJDevils move to 3-0-0
▪ @jpav8 reaches the 700-point mark
▪ @johnklingberg among many streaking scorers in action Monday#NHLStats: https://t.co/UFXJPlSeSb pic.twitter.com/CYKsZbzmqV— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 15, 2018
In NHL action today:
Mondays are rough, but hockey will make it all better. 🤗 pic.twitter.com/4DviPLwwIN
— NHL (@NHL) October 15, 2018
In NHL news:
The Three Stars of the Week were announced earlier today:
Patrice Bergeron (@NHLBruins), Morgan Rielly (@MapleLeafs) and Sebastian Aho (@NHLCanes) named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending Oct. 14.
Details: https://t.co/R7je5V8KMT #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/vKjZsBcEdW
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 15, 2018
- The NHL Department of Player Safety had a phone hearing with Florida Panthers D Mike Matheson for his interference/unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Vancouver Canucks F Elias Pettersson earlier today. With this hearing, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Matheson has been suspended for two games.
Florida’s Mike Matheson suspended two games for interference/unsportsmanlike conduct on Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson. https://t.co/Dw2BZfVIvL
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) October 15, 2018
In NWHL news:
- The NWHL announced the Player of the Week is Lexi Bender. Bender was dominant on both sides of the ice, recording two assists in Boston’s 5-1 win over the Metropolitan Riveters. She carried plays amongst her units in almost every shift on the ice.
For her play on both sides of the ice in @TheBostonPride‘s 5-1 season-opening win over the @Riveters on Saturday, Lexi Bender is the NWHL Player of the Week presented by @EcnVeda!
📝https://t.co/1c3R13Ob8f pic.twitter.com/rIFly25JEk
— NWHL (@NWHL) October 15, 2018
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- The Metropolitan Riveters will raise their 2017-18 Isobel Cup championship banner before their contest on Saturday against the Minnesota Whitecaps at 2 p.m. ET.
The @Riveters will raise their Isobel Cup banner before taking on @WhitecapsHockey at the @PruCenter on Saturday at 2 p.m.!
All those in attendance will receive a voucher for ✌🎟 to a @NJDevils game!
🎟 : https://t.co/EmcvXwXiGh pic.twitter.com/O2dhkQgN6I
— NWHL (@NWHL) October 15, 2018
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