Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, these are your news and notes for Tuesday, October 16th, 2018.
There were four contests in the NHL yesterday.
- The Montreal Canadiens scoring was hot in their 7-3 rout of the Detroit Red Wings, their sixth consecutive win over Detroit.Johnathan Drouin recorded his fourth multi-goal game of his career and his first as a member of the Canadiens, one of which occurred on his second career penalty shot attempt.
Jonathan Drouin is the third player in @CanadiensMTL history to score a penalty shot goal vs. DET.
The others:
Ray Getliffe on Jan. 21, 1945
Russ Courtnall on Feb. 19, 1990#NHLStats #DETvsMTL https://t.co/CmX2CnWuiZ— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 16, 2018
Brendan Gallagher would also register a goal in the contest, his 11th goal in 18 career games versus Detroit. He has also scored seven times in the current six game win streak against the Red Wings.
Tomas Plekanec would also play in his 1,000th career NHL game.
Félicitations, Tomas! 👏
Congratulations, Tomas!#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/IuLem31Ive
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 15, 2018
- Plekanec also became the fourth player in Montreal history to record a goal while in his 1,000th NHL game.
Tomas Plekanec is the fourth player in @CanadiensMTL history to score a goal while skating in the 1,000th game of his NHL career.
The others:
Henri Richard on Feb. 25, 1971
Larry Robinson on March 19, 1986
Alex Kovalev on Oct. 26, 2007#NHLStats #DETvsMTL pic.twitter.com/dHtfDAzj6w— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 16, 2018
- In Toronto, the Toronto Maple Leafs are continuing to be an offensive machine with the line of Kasperi Kapanen, Auston Matthews, and Patrick Marleau all found the score sheet. The line combined for three goals and two assists in the Maple Leafs 7-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.Kapanen entered the season with ten points in 55 career games. Kapanen has register four goals and four assists thus far this season in just seven games.
With Patrick Marleau also scoring his first goal of the season on a power-play, he now ranks seventh place in game wining goals, sitting five shy from Brendan Shanahan (109).
Auston Matthews has been on fire thus far for the season and this game was no different. Matthews registered his seventh straight multi-point game and at least one point in the last 17 regular-season contests. By registering his seventh straight multi-point game in as many games, he joined a very special class.
Auston Matthews of the @MapleLeafs is the fifth player in NHL history to record multiple points in each of his team’s first seven games to open a season. #NHLStats #LAKvsTOR pic.twitter.com/9GCbBhqoZP
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 16, 2018
- Ottawa Seantors D Maxime Lajoie and F Brady Tkachuk scored two of Ottawa’s first four straight goals to lift the Senators to their second straight win and a record of 3-2-1 on the season in a 4-1 rout of the Dallas Stars.This game would also be noteworthy for Lajoie as no Senators defenceman has registered more points in their first six games with the franchise.
Maxime Lajoie has collected 4-3—7 through the first six games of his NHL career (1.17 P/GP).
No defenseman in @Senators history, regardless of status, has recorded more points in their first six games with the club. #NHLStats #DALvsOTT pic.twitter.com/75Hz1FiyuC
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 16, 2018
- In the final contest of the evening, Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg scored the game-winner to give himself four goals and two assists as well as giving Nashville their third consecutive win on the season. Nashville, 5-1-0, has earned at least five wins in six games for the third time in franchise history and the second time in four seasons (5-1-0 in 2015-16). Nashville would defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-2.
Most wins through first six games in a season, @PredsNHL history:
6 – 2005-06
5 – 2015-16
5 – 2018-19#NHLStats #MINvsNSH pic.twitter.com/KpoOgWZGSb— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 16, 2018
NHL Morning Skate: Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018
▪ @CanadiensMTL score seven goals in Plekanec’s 1,000th career game
▪ @MapleLeafs improve to 6-1-0 as @AM34 extends streak
▪ @max_lajoie, @BradyTkachuk71 propel @Senators to victory#NHLStats: https://t.co/fjsFa0lJgb pic.twitter.com/MQuEa3AeGw— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 16, 2018
There are eight games on the NHL schedule tonight…
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In NHL news today…
- The Arizona Coyotes announced that C Alex Galechenyuk has been cleared for contact but the return for on-ice action has not yet been determined.
Per Coyotes president of hockey ops/GM John Chayka, C Alex Galchenyuk (LBI) has been cleared for contact. There is no timetable yet for his return, but this is obviously a big step in that direction. Galchenyuk skated this morning w/the Coyotes before Tuesday’s game in Minnesota.
— Craig Morgan (@craigsmorgan) October 16, 2018
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