These are your news and notes for Saturday, October 20th, 2018.
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There were three contests in the NHL yesterday
- The Florida Panthers took on the Washington Capitals and won 6-5 in a shoot-out. Florida led after the end of the first period 4-1, which resulted in the Washington Capitals replacing Braden Holtby in net with Pheonix Copley.Jonathan Huberdeau and Vincent Trochek registered three points each in the contest.
This contest featured the 12th game of the season in which there were 10 combined goals for the season, the highest through the first 100 games on the season since the 1995-96 season (17).
NHL European Game of the Week:
Streaking scorers clash as the @Avalanche visit the @NHLCanes, airing live in primetime in Europe today, with a 19:05 CET start time in Sweden & Denmark.More 📺 info and schedule: https://t.co/skgZTZqtOz pic.twitter.com/DoGv8oGL0h
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 20, 2018
TXHT has your recap of the contest between Florida and Washington here.
- Minnesota Wild D Ryan Suter joined the 500-point club for defenceman born in the United States in the Wild’s 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars.
Ryan Suter of the @mnwild is the 11th U.S.-born defenseman in NHL history to reach the 500-point milestone. #NHLStats #MINvsDAL pic.twitter.com/TET4cyl2zB
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 20, 2018
- The Calgary Flames overcame three different deficits but still fell to the Nashville Predators 5-3.Nashville has won at least six games in their first seven games for the third time in franchise history.
The @PredsNHL earned at least six wins through their first seven games in a season for the third time in franchise history (also 7-0-0 in 2005-06 and 6-1-0 in 2015-16). #NHLStats #NSHvsCGY pic.twitter.com/YIwfgU1CAp
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 20, 2018
Today there are 13 contests in action
This week’s NHL European Game of the Week pits the Colorado Avalanche versus the Carolina Hurricanes.
NHL European Game of the Week:
Streaking scorers clash as the @Avalanche visit the @NHLCanes, airing live in primetime in Europe today, with a 19:05 CET start time in Sweden & Denmark.More 📺 info and schedule: https://t.co/skgZTZqtOz pic.twitter.com/DoGv8oGL0h
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 20, 2018
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NHL Morning Skate: Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018
▪ @FlaPanthers hang on to defeat defending #StanleyCup champions
▪ @rsuter20 scores game winner, reaches 500-point milestone
▪ @PredsNHL earn sixth win through first seven games of 2018-19#NHLStats: https://t.co/eMnMuxOZQo pic.twitter.com/iVsIeFXPnw— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 20, 2018
In NHL News…
- The Nashville Predators placed G Pekka Rinne on the injured list today.
Pekka Rinne to be placed on IR. Miroslav Svoboda will be recalled to back up tonight. #Preds
— Thomas Willis (@TomAWillis) October 20, 2018
- Vegas Golden Knights F Alex Tuch signed a 7-year/$33.75M extension yesterday. This contract has an AAV of $4.75M.
SIGNING UPDATE: #GoldenKnights and forward Alex Tuch have agreed to a seven-year, $33.25 million extension that carries an AAV of $4.75 million (Via @JesseGranger_). https://t.co/xQwMthgguQ #TSNHockey pic.twitter.com/Vbc95MLaZ8
— SportsCentre (@SportsCentre) October 19, 2018
