These are your news and notes for Friday, October 19th, 2018…
In the NHL last night, there were nine contests.
- Gabriel Landeskog and the Colorado Avalanche would end the New Jersey Devils four game unbeaten streak with a 5-3 victory. Landeskog would net his third career hat trick in his NHL career. Nathan MacKinnon would also register three assists in the contest to extend his season-opening point streak to seven contests (seven goals and four assists).
Captain @GabeLandeskog92 (3-0—3) netted his third career hat trick to help the @Avalanche hand the Devils their first loss of the season. #COLvsNJD pic.twitter.com/8jwv9YCzi7
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 19, 2018
- Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers went on to defeat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime. McDavid leads the team with 11 points throgh five games and becomes the third player in team history to record at least 11 points in the team’s first five games.
Players in @EdmontonOilers franchise history with 11+ points through first five games of a season:
Wayne Gretzky (7x)
Jari Kurri (1983-84)@cmcdavid97 (2018-19)#NHLStats pic.twitter.com/G2EliW8CjW— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 19, 2018
Since McDavid entered the league in the 2015-16 season, he has 176 career assists, one behind Erik Karlsson. McDavid owns a career avergage of 0.82 assists per game and is tied with Sidney Crosby for the highest average in such a feat among active players with at least ten games played.
Connor McDavid’s career average of 0.82 assists per game is tied with Sidney Crosby for the highest such average among active players (min. 10 GP). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/3hlY0papCc
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 19, 2018
- Matthew Barzal scored twice and was one of six New York Islanders players to score as they took down the Los Angeles Kings 7-2. Barzal has 92 points in his career through 90 games playes and is only one of six players to have at least one point per game during their first 90 career games.
Players averaging at least a point per game through their first 90 career GP, since 1995-96:
1.30 – Sidney Crosby
1.29 – @ovi8
1.13 – @emalkin71geno
1.09 – @cmcdavid97
1.02 – @PaulyWalnuts26
1.02 – @Barzal_97#NHLStats pic.twitter.com/JP3LwVH0lf— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 19, 2018
- Logan Couture and the San Jose Sharks went on to defeat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1. Couture recorded his third career hat trick, and the 59th in Sharks history.With this win, the Sharks have recorded five goals for the second time in the last four games.
Through 98 games played thus far this season, there have been nine hat tricks, one more than last season at the same point. There were 81 hat tricks recorded last season.
Logan Couture tallied his third career hat trick, powering the @SanJoseSharks to a 5-1 final.
There have been nine hat tricks through 98 games this season, one more than at the same point in 2017-18. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/pGbXbgJfd0
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 19, 2018
- The Toronto Maple Leafs fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 3-0 loss.TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your coverage the contest here.
Yesterday’s results…
- Pittsburgh 3, Toronto 0
- Colorado 5, New Jersey 3
- Columbus 6, Philadelphia 3
- Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 1
- Winnipeg 4, Vancouver 1
- Arizona 4, Chicago 1
- Edmonton 3, Boston 2 (OT)
- NY Islanders 7, Los Angeles 2
- San Jose 5, Buffalo 2
Tonight in the NHL, there are three contests.
Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations
TXHT has your preview of the showdown between the Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals here.
In the NHL…
- On this date back in 1957, Montreal Canadiens Maurice Richard recorded his 500th NHL goal, the first player to achieve this feat.
- The Chicago Blackhawks honoured Niklas Hjalmarsson last night for his contributions to the Blackhawks organization in a ceremony.
Thank you for everything, Nik! #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/vErwfsYx9M
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) October 19, 2018
In the NWHL…
- Tomorrow’s contest between the Minnesota Whitecaps and Metropolitan Riveters is the NWHL Twitter Game of the Week.
Saturday’s matchup between the @Riveters and @WhitecapsHockey at the @PruCenter is the @Twitter Game of the Week!
Tune into https://t.co/eRF1ntGlPF where Matt Falkenbury ( @MattFPxP ), Sherry Ross ( @SherryDarlingNJ ) and Erica Ayala ( @elindsay08 ) will be on the broadcast! pic.twitter.com/PCX80QTn5G
— NWHL (@NWHL) October 19, 2018
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