Today is Wednesday, November 7th, and these are your news and notes…
There were nine league contests last night.
The Maple Leafs won their 10th game of the season out of 15 games for the 11th time in franchise history and the first since the 2013-14 season when they won 10 games out of the first 14.
The @MapleLeafs (10-5-0, 20 points) required 15 or fewer games to reach the 10-win mark in a season for the 11th time in franchise history and first since 2013-14 (14 GP). #NHLStats #VGKvsTOR pic.twitter.com/otVbFh7dDD
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist won his 436th career game and is now one win shy of tying Jacques Plante for seventh place all time.
Henrik Lundqvist of the @NYRangers earned the 436th win of his NHL career to move within one of tying Jacques Plante (437) for seventh place on the League’s all-time list among goaltenders.#NHLStats: https://t.co/fnnmXu1Gax #MTLvsNYR pic.twitter.com/zPH38L1G2H
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
Max Domi would score all three of Montreal’s goals in the contest to give him a goal-scoring streak of four contests and has 16 points on the season, including nine goals thus far.
Max Domi is the 19th player in franchise history to score 9+ goals through his first 15 career games with the @CanadiensMTL and just the eighth to do so in the NHL’s modern era (since 1943-44). #NHLStats #MTLvsNYR pic.twitter.com/5QF2I8iVtO
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
TXHT and Last Word on Sports Armand Kilsvitch has his recap of the contest here.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have defeated the Dallas Stars for the sixth consecutive time.
The @BlueJacketsNHL improved to 6-0-0 in their last six games against the Stars dating to Dec. 29, 2015 (DAL: 0-4-2), outscoring them 20-8 in those contests (including shootout-deciding goals). #NHLStats #DALvsCBJ pic.twitter.com/64FGSLnG3x
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
Ottawa’s Mark Stone had a five-point game to lift Ottawa to the win over New Jersey. Stone is the fifth player in Senators’ history to have multiple five point games in the regular season.
Mark Stone is the fifth player in @Senators history to record multiple regular-season games with 5+ points.
The others:
Daniel Alfredsson (4x)
Marian Hossa (3x)
Alexei Yashin (3x)
Jason Spezza (2x)#NHLStats #NJDvsOTT pic.twitter.com/U9wDomAN1T— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson would score yet again and continues to lead all rookies in goals and points but would still fall to the Detroit Red Wings in a shootout.
Pettersson has scored 10 goals in 10 games played. He is the fifth player outside of the League’s first season to score 10+ goals through their first 10 NHL games.
The @MapleLeafs (10-5-0, 20 points) required 15 or fewer games to reach the 10-win mark in a season for the 11th time in franchise history and first since 2013-14 (14 GP). #NHLStats #VGKvsTOR pic.twitter.com/otVbFh7dDD
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
In Tampa Bay’s Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness night, Tampa Bay would get the win in the contest over the Edmonton Oilers and move to a record of 11-3-1 and into first place in the NHL standings.
The @TBLightning improved to 11-3-1 (23 points) this season to move into first place in the NHL standings. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/4DzWC5kipp
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
St. Louis F Ryan O’Reilly registered a hat-trick and would extend his point streak to eight games in the contest against the Hurricanes. O’Reilly also had an eight-game point streak during the 2015-16 season.
Fabbri’s first of the season, O’Reilly’s hat trick, Johnson’s 38 saves and a #stlblues win!
📺 https://t.co/7FNQb4c2NZ pic.twitter.com/IUyBdU6C3u
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 7, 2018
In this match-up, Ilya Kovalchuk had one goal and two assists in the first game for new Kings head coach, Willie Desjardins.
4 goals, a Jack Campbell assist and so much more from last night’s game. Watch the highlights now!https://t.co/hdpFHA1IK4
— LA Kings (@LAKings) November 7, 2018
San Jose’s Joe Thornton played in his 1499th NHL contest last night and tied Mike Modano for 19th all time.
Joe Thornton is playing in his 1499th NHL game, which is tied for 19th all-time with Mike Modano.
That calls for some #HockeyHugs for sure. pic.twitter.com/smgOEbZJ9u
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) November 7, 2018
With his next game, Thornton will become the first overall pick in the history of the NHL Draft to reach the 1500 game milestone.
As a note from the contests yesterday, this would only be the fifth time in League history where the home teams swept a schedule of 9+ games.
Home teams swept a schedule of 9+ games for the fifth time in NHL history.
The other days:
March 17, 1996 (9-0-0)
Oct. 9, 2003 (9-0-0)
Nov. 20, 2003 (9-0-0)
Feb. 28, 2004 (9-0-0)#NHLStats pic.twitter.com/AdFbBsq9Rb— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
Today’s slate of games…
For other news, notes, and stats…
NHL Morning Skate: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018
▪ Home teams sweep nine-game slate
▪ @_EPettersson nets 10th goal in 10 games
▪ Offseason acquisitions continue strong starts to 2018-19#NHLStats: https://t.co/WvkYpCL7sk pic.twitter.com/FrZIdvytlc— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 7, 2018
Today in NHL News…
-Edmonton Oilers Milan Lucic will have a hearing today for roughing Tampa Bay’s Mathieu Joseph in last night’s contest.
Edmonton’s Milan Lucic will have a hearing today for roughing Tampa Bay’s Mathieu Joseph.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 7, 2018
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety in accordance to the hearing announced that Lucic has been fined $10,000, the maximum allowed under the CBA, for roughing Mathieu Joseph.
Edmonton’s Milan Lucic has been fined $10,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for roughing Tampa Bay’s Mathieu Joseph.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 7, 2018
-Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his “31 Thoughts” article yesterday. The topic revolves around the Ottawa Senators Uber video and the fallout.
31 Thoughts: eventful 48 hours (thank you @GMCcanada) — https://t.co/gjxKqzpOYq
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) November 6, 2018
-The Los Angeles Kings announced that Adam Oates has joined the team in a consulting role.
LA Kings announce they have reached a consulting agreement with Adam Oates. The Hockey Hall of Famer will provide the club with advice regarding player skills evaluation and development. https://t.co/OQFTBrkWJL
— LA Kings (@LAKings) November 6, 2018
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