Category: Carolina Hurricanes

January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

Yesterday there were 11 games in action.

 

BOSTON 4, Minnesota 0

Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask would register his 250th career win as well as his 42nd career shutout.  Rask is two wins shy of tying the franchise record for wins by a goaltender, currently held by Tiny Thompson.

 

Minnesota @ Boston: Game Summary

 

BUFFALO 5, New Jersey 1

New Jersey @ Buffalo: Game Summary

 

Carolina 4, NY ISLANDERS 3

There would be four different goal scorers for the Carolina Hurricanes in their 4-3 win over the New York Islanders last night.

 

Carolina @ NY Islanders: Game Summary

 

PITTSBURGH 5, Florida 1

The Pittsburgh Penguins would end up scoring two shorthanded goals in this contest  in the second period en route to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers last night.

Penguins C Sidney Crosby would score his 20th goal on the season and with that goal, Crosby has scored at least 20 goals in 12 seasons on his career.

 

Florida’s Aaron Ekblad would score the lone goal for the Panthers and when he did, he would become the top goal scorer among defenceman in Panthers history.

 

Florida @ Pittsburgh: Game Summary

 

Montreal 3, DETROIT 2

With Montreal’s 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings last night, this would mark the second straight win for the Canadiens over the Red Wings.

 

Montreal @ Detroit: Game Summary

 

TAMPA BAY 4, Columbus 0

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov would become the first player to reach 70 points in the first 43 games of a season since Jaromir Jagr in the 1999-2000 season, who did that in 38 games played.

 

Columbus @ Tampa Bay: Game Summary

 

WASHINGTON 5, Philadelphia 3

The Washington Capitals would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 to notch their first win at home in the year 2019.

Between both teams, there would be the 27th instance in League history when the Capitals and Flyers would score two goals in four seconds or less.

 

TJ Oshie would register his 200th NHL goal in this contest when he scored at the 9:19 mark in the second period.

TXHT has your full recap of the contest between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals at the following page.

Philadelphia @ Washington: Game Summary

 

 

Dallas 3, ST. LOUIS 1

Stars Tyler Seguin would score two goals and goaltender Ben Bishop would have 26 saves in the contest as they would take down the St. Louis Blues by the score of 3-1.

Over the last four games, Seguin has registered three, two-goal contests.

Dallas’ Miro Heiskanen registered his 20th point on the season in the contest and marked the fifth time in the past six seasons in which multiple teenage defenceman have had at least 20+ points in a season.

Despite outshooting the Stars 27-17, St. Louis would not be able to mount the comeback.

 

Dallas @ St. Louis: Game Summary

 

 

WINNIPEG 7, Colorado 4

In the Winnipeg Jets 7-4 win, there would be seven different goal scorers in the contest.

 

Colorado @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

 

 

VEGAS 4, NY Rangers 2

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would get the win for the Golden Knights, who went on to win their seventh straight contest.

Fleury has not had a regulation loss in his last 12 games played and has posted a 9-0-3 record.

NY Rangers @ Vegas: Game Summary

 

SAN JOSE 7, Edmonton 2

 

Edmonton @ San Jose: Game Summary

 

 

Today there are three games on the NHL schedule

 

January 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, January 5th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

There were seven games on tap yesterday.

 

PITTSBURGH 4, Winnipeg 0

The Pittsburgh Penguins would go on to shutout the Winnipeg Jets and with the win, they would extend a personal win streak at home to 18 contests against the Jets/Thrashers franchise and this streak dates back to March 24, 2007.

This win streak the second longest since the Anaheim Ducks would have a 25 game win streak at home against the Calgary Flames from April 4, 2007 through April 4, 2017.

Four different Penguins would all score the goals and Penguins goaltender Matt Murray would turn aside all 33 shots he faced in the contest.

 

 

 

 

DETROIT 4, Nashville 3 (OT)

The Detroit Red Wings would take on the Nashville Predators and come away with the 4-3 win in overtime in downtown Detroit at Little Caesars Arena.

Dylan Larkin would score the game-winner in the overtime frame for the Red Wings.

 

 

 

CAROLINA 4, Columbus 2

Carolina’s phenom Sebastian Aho would net an empty net goal with two seconds left in the contest as well as assisting on Micheal Ferland’s goal in the first period.

Aho would play in his 200th NHL game since being drafted with the 35th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovksy would have 13 saves on 16 shot attempts before being pulled in the second period for Joonas Korpisalo who turned aside all of the 14 shots he faced.

 

DALLAS 2, Washington 1 (OT)

The Washington Capitals losing streak would reach three ass they would fall to the Dallas Stars in overtime, losing 2-1.

Stars Tyler Seguin scored in the overtime frame to extend Dallas’ winning streak at home against the Capitals to 17 games.  This win streak dates back to October 8, 1996.

 

Dallas goaltender Anton Khudobin would have a great performance, recording 36 saves.

 

 

TXHT has your coverage of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Dallas Stars at the following link.

Game Recap – 1/4/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Dallas Stars

 

COLORADO 6, NY Rangers 1

The Colorado Avalanche would face off against the NY Rangers last night and would defeat the Rangers by the score of 6-1.

 

Colorado’s Ryan Graves would score his first NHL goal in this contest in the third period.

Colorado’s trio of Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen would all score a goal in the contest for the fifth time and whenever this trio has scored in the same game, they are 5-0-0.

At the same time, whenever this trio at least collects one point in a game, they have a record of 18-3-5 on the season.

 

New York Rangers Alexander Georgiev had 41 saves on 47 shot attempts in this contest.

 

New Jersey 3, ARIZONA 2 (SO)

 

New Jersey’s Drew Stafford netted the winner in the shootout to give the Devils the 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.

 

 

 

Vegas 3, ANAHEIM 2

The Vegas Golden Knights would extend their point streak to eight games on the season as well as extending their win streak to five games.

Vegas’ goalscorers included Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt and Tomas Nosek.

 

Today in NHL news…

 

This week there will be two NHL European Games of the Week.

 

For today’s news, notes, information, and other stats…

 

Finally in NHL news, the coaches for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game were announced.

https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1081607129126064128

 

Today in the NHL, there are nine games in action.

 

In the NWHL, there are key points on the line when the Buffalo Beauts take on the Boston Pride in this week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week at 1:30 p.m., ET.

 

The medal games of the 2019 World Junior Championships take place later this afternoon.

 

Finally, TXHT has a brand new episode of The Xperience: Hockey Talk, which you can check out at the following link.

TXHT – 1/5/2019 – We’re BACK!!!

January 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Friday, January 4th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were eight games in action today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minnesota 4, TORONTO 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Minnesota Wild would take on the Toronto Maple Leafs yesterday afternoon in the “Next Gen Game” in Toronto and the Maple Leafs would fall to the Wild by the score of 4-3.

Toronto’s Mitch Marner would open up the scoring in the first seven seconds of the contest.  With that goal, he tied a mark set back in 1932 for the quickest goal by a Maple Leaf in the storied history of the Maple Leafs franchise.

 

 

 

 

 

Mitch Marner would score again at the 5:38 mark in the contest and became the first Maple Leaf player to have two goals in the opening six minutes of the contest since Phil Kessel achieved the same feat back on January 30th, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Nylander would net the final goal for the Maple Leafs, his first of the season, at the 8:16 mark in the second period.

 

Despite playing a strong first six minutes in this contest, Toronto would virtually fall flat for the duration of the contest with costly turnovers and being outshot the entire game.  On four Power-Play chances for Toronto, they would fail to take advantage of the extra-man on all four chances.

 

 

Steve Gardiner, TXHT’s Maple Leafs writer, has the full recap of the contest at the following page.

01/3/2019 – Minnesota Wild vs Toronto Maple Leafs

 

BOSTON 6, Calgary 4

The Boston Bruins, fresh off their win against the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2019 Winter Classic two days ago, would continue their winning ways with the 6-4 win over the Calgary Flames on home ice last night.

 

For Calgary, they would register a League-high 13th shorthanded goal and this would be the ninth time that they would register at least 13 shorthanded goals in a season.

 

Jake DeBrusk scored in the game twice, including the eighth game-winner in his career, and helped the Bruins win their third consecutive game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnny Gaudreau would tie Bob MacMillan for the fewest games played (42) to reach the 60-point mark in franchise history in this contest for the Flames.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUFFALO 4, Florida 3

Buffalo’s Jeff Skinner would score his 27th goal of the season to take over sole possession of second place in League goals.  He only trails Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, who has 30 goals thus far on the season.  At the time of Skinner’s goal, Ovechkin has 29 goals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carolina 5, PHILADELPHIA 3

Carolina Hurricanes phenom Sebastian Aho would reach the 40-point mark in his 39th game on the season with two assists in the contest.  Carolina would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers by the score of 5-3 in downtown Philadelphia last night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NY ISLANDERS 3, Chicago 2 (OT)

 

The New York Islanders faced off against the Chicago Blackhawks at Nassau Coliseum and would go on to defeat Chicago 3-2 in overtime.

 

Devon Toews would net the game winner in the overime frame, Toews’ first NHL goal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONTREAL 2, Vancouver 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jordie Benn and Jonathan Drouin would be the lone goal scores for the Canadiens in the contest and goaltender Carey Price would earn his 42nd career regular-season shutout in the contest and is four shy of tying the all-time franchise mark of 46 set by Ken Dryden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST. LOUIS 5, Washington 2

The St. Louis Blues would face off against the Washington Capitals last night and would come away with the 5-2 victory at Enterprise Center last night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blues defenceman Alex Pietrangelo would score his fifth goal of the season in the contest and now has possession of second place all-time for most goals by a defenceman in St. Louis Blues history with 85 goals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Washington’s Alex Ovechkin would go on to score his 30th goal on the season in the contest and now has had 14 seasons of scoring at least 30 goals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TXHT has your recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the St. Louis Blues at the following page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tampa Bay 6, LOS ANGELES 2

 

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov would register his seventh straight multi-point game to become only the second player to have seven consecutive multi-point games and the first since Vincent Lecavalier had an eight-game streak during the 2007-08 season.

Kucherov would also become the sixth different player since the 1993-1994 season to have at least 69 points through 41 team games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Tampa Bay’s win, they now have a 12 point lead in the overall NHL standings and also marks the first time since the NHL’s expansion era (1967-68) that a team holds a 12 point lead at the mid-point of their season.

 

 

 

Today there are seven games on the schedule…

December 30th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, December 30th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were 15 contests in the NHL yesterday.

 

NEW JERSEY 2, Carolina 0

In the NHL European Game of the Week yesterday, the New Jersey Devils would go on to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes by the score of 2-0.  Mackenzie Blackwood became the third youngest goaltender in the history of the Devils franchise to record his first NHL shutout.

 

VEGAS 4, Los Angeles 1

 

 

San Jose 7, EDMONTON 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minnesota 3, WINNIPEG 1

 

Boston 3, BUFFALO 2 (OT)

 

 

NY Islanders 4, TORONTO 0

In the 4-0 win by the Islanders over the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York’s Mathew Barzal registered a hat trick in the contest.

 

 

 

Washington 3, OTTAWA 2

 

In a night of firsts for two Washington Capitals players, the Capitals would go on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 3-2.  Washington’s Tyler Lewington and Madison Bowey would go on to score their first career NHL goals in the contest.  Lewington would also go on to register a “Gordie Howe hat trick” in the contest as well.

 

 

You can see the complete recap of the contest between the Capitals and the Senators at the following page.

Game Recap — 12/29/2018 — Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators

 

 

TAMPA BAY 6, Montreal 5

 

FLORIDA 2, Philadelphia 1

 

 

Pittsburgh 6, ST. LOUIS 1

 

 

 

NY Rangers 4, NASHVILLE 3

 

 

DALLAS 5, Detroit 1

 

 

Chicago 3, COLORADO 2

 

 

 

Arizona 5, ANAHEIM 4

 

Vancouver 3, CALGARY 2

 

 

 

 

NWHL

In the lone NWHL contest of the day, the Buffalo Beauts took on the Minnesota Whitecaps.

The Minnesota Whitecaps would get back in the win column when the Whitecaps would go on to defeat the Buffalo Beauts at KeyBank Center yesterday afternoon in downtown Buffalo.

Minnesota’s Lee Stecklein would be the difference maker when she scored the game winner with 1:17 left in the game to seal the win for the Whitecaps.

Kendall Coyne Schoefield would be responsible for the Whitecaps tying the score at 1 in the second period thanks to a power-play for the Whitecaps.

With Minnesota’s win, they move to a record of 7-2 and Buffalo falls to a record of 4-4 on the season.

Minnesota Whitecaps 2, BUFFALO BEAUTS 1

 

The Whitecaps and Beauts face off again today at 1:30 p.m., ET.

Also today, the Boston Pride visit the Connecticut Whale at 3 p.m., ET.

Both games can be seen at NHWL.zone.

 

 

 

In Day 4 of the 2019 World Junior Championships,

 

 

Day 5 of competition has two games and that is Switzerland taking on Russia at 5 p.m., PST. and then Kazakhstan taking on Slovakia at 7:30 p.m., ET.

 

Today there is only one NHL contest and that is the Vegas Golden Knights taking on the Arizona Coyotes.

 

 

Game Recap – 12/27/2018 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

Carolina Hurricanes (15-15-5 35pts) v. Washington Capitals (22-10-3 47pts)

 

Game Recap:

The Washington Capitals return from the Holiday break well rested as they took on the Carolina Hurricanes in a Metropolitan Division match up. The Capitals would control most of the tempo of this game despite taking three penalties in the first period. The second period would feature the Capitals forcing the play in the Hurricanes zone and cause the Hurricanes to take three penalties in the second period with the Capitals converting on the third one. The Capitals would keep up the pressure against the Hurricanes in the third period to secure their third straight victory.

 

Lineups:

Carolina Hurricanes:

Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho – Teuvo Teravainen

Micheal Ferland – Clark Bishop – Justin Williams

Warren Foegele – Lucas Wallmark – Jordan Martinook

Janne Kuokkanen – Victor Rask – Brock McGinn

Jaccob Slavin – Brett Pesce

Calvin de Haan – Justin Faulk

Trevor van Riemsdyk – Dougie Hamilton

Petr Mrazek

Curtis McElhinney

Scratches: Phillip Di Giuseppe

Injured: Haydn Fleury (concussion), Jordan Staal (upper body)

 

Washington Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie

Jakub Vrana – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson

Andre Burakovsky – Lars Eller – Brett Connolly

Chandler Stephenson – Travis Boyd – Devante Smith-Pelly

Michal Kempny – John Carlson

Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen

Jonas Siegenthaler – Madison Bowey

Braden Holtby

Pheonix Copley

Scratches: Nic Dowd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Tyler Lewington

Injured: Christian Djoos (leg), Brooks Orpik (knee)

 

First Period:

Hurricanes Penalty – 1:50 – Sebastian Aho 2 minutes for Slashing

Capitals Penalty – 9:35 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Tripping

Capitals Penalty – 13:56 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Hooking

Capitals Penalty – 16:25 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Interference

 

End of 1st – CAR – 0       WAS – 0

Shots              08                16

Faceoffs         05                13

Hits               07                  05

PP                 0/3                 0/1

 

Analysis:

This was a good period for the Capitals, but they kept getting themselves into penalty trouble. However, the Capitals did a great job of winning the battles to the puck to diffuse the Hurricanes powerplay opportunities. Also the Capitals did a very good job of pressuring the Hurricanes in their own zone and creating scoring chances for themselves.

 

Need to Do:

The Capitals need to keep playing the strong game that they are, but they need to stay out of the penalty box, and force the Hurricanes to make mistakes and capitalize on them.

 

Second Period:

Capitals Goal – 3:33 – Chandler Stephenson (4) from unassisted

Hurricanes Penalty – 4:16 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

Hurricanes Penalty – 6:18 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for Interference

Hurricanes Penalty – 17:18 – Brett Pesce 2 minutes for Hooking

Capitals PPG – 18:16 – TJ Oshie (11) from John Carlson (31) and Alex Ovechkin (16)

 

End of 2nd – CAR – 0        WAS – 2

Shots               16                 25

Faceoffs          19                 22

Hits                 18                  14

PP                   0/3                  1/4

 

Analysis:

Another good period for the Capitals that saw them force the Hurricanes to take 3 penalties this period and capitalizing late on their third chance. Great play by the Capitals earlier in the second period by forcing the pressure in the zone and making the Hurricanes defense cough up the puck and lead to Chandler Stephenson’s goal.

 

Need to Do:

The Capitals need to keep their foot on the gas, and continue to force the play in the Hurricanes zone. Also the Capitals need to make sure they stay out of the penalty box, and not allow the Hurricanes an opportunity to get back into this game.

 

Third Period:

Hurricanes Goal – 12:25 – Sebastian Aho (15) from Micheal Ferland (6)

Capitals Penalty – 16:12 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for High Sticking

Capitals ENG – 19:09 – John Carlson (6) from Nicklas Backstrom (32)

 

End of 3rd – CAR – 1         WAS – 3

Shots              29                   33

Faceoffs        27                    33

Hits               24                     29

PP                 0/4                    1/4

 

Analysis:

A slower moving third period that saw the Hurricanes get on the board and ending Braden Holtby’s shutout chances after Matt Niskanen was driven into the boards from behind by Clark Bishop while Niskanen was entangled with Justin Williams. Overall a good period for the Capitals as they walk out the victors in this one.

 

Next Up:

Washington (23-10-3 49pts) @ Ottawa (15-18-4 34pts)

Carolina (15-16-5 35pts) @ New Jersey (13-16-7 33pts)

Gameday Preview – 12/27/2018 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

Carolina Hurricanes (15-15-5 35pts) v. Washington Capitals (22-10-3 47pts)

 

Time: 7p EST

Station: NBC Sports Washington and Fox Sports Carolinas

 

Preview:

With the Holiday break behind us, the NHL gets right back to it as the Washington Capitals host the Carolina Hurricanes. The Capitals went into the break winning both games of their back to back, while the Hurricanes were not successful in their first game, but when they donned the Hartford Whalers uniforms, they defeated the Boston Bruins in convincing fashion.

 

Carolina Hurricanes:

Projected Lineup:

Jordan Martinook — Sebastian Aho – Teuvo Teravainen

Micheal Ferland – Victor Rask – Brock McGinn

Andrei Svechnikov – Lucas Wallmark – Justin Williams

Warren Foegele — Clark Bishop – Phillip Di Giuseppe

Jaccob Slavin — Brett Pesce

Calvin de Haan – Justin Faulk

Trevor van Riemsdyk – Dougie Hamilton

Petr Mrazek

Curtis McElhinney

Scratched: Janne Kuokkanen

Injured: Haydn Fleury (concussion), Jordan Staal (upper body)

 

Keys to the Game:

1. Continue Special Teams Dominance

While the Hurricanes were not successful on their powerplay opportunities against the Bruins, they did however use them to swing the momentum in their favor. Plus getting two shorthanded goals from Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho was huge for the Hurricanes in their victory.

 

Washington Capitals:

Projected Lineup:

Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie

Jakub Vrana – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson

Andre Burakovsky – Lars Eller – Brett Connolly

Chandler Stephenson – Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

Michal Kempny – John Carlson

Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen

Jonas Siegenthaler – Madison Bowey

Braden Holtby

Pheonix Copley

Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Travis Boyd

Injured: Christian Djoos (leg), Brooks Orpik (knee)

 

Keys to the Game:

1. Control the tempo

As mentioned for Carolina, they were very good at using their special teams units to take control of the game against Boston. The Capitals will need to combat that by controlling the tempo of the game and keep themselves out of the penalty box.

 

2. Get Special Teams back on track

The Capitals need to shore up their penalty kill, especially against Carolina. Also the Capitals need to shake up their powerplay a bit as well, and be less predictable.

 

*Editors Note – Projected Lineups were taken from both teams last games played. We anticipate potential line changes.

December 24th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Monday, December 24th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were eight games yesterday.

 

Columbus 3, NEW JERSEY 0

The Columbus Blue Jackets would go on to defeat the New Jersey Devils yesterday afternoon by the score of 3-0.

 

 

The New Jersey Devils would wear their own heritage jerseys in this contest.  The jerseys were worn by the Devils from the 1982-83 season, the first season for the team in New Jersey, until the 1991-92 NHL season.

 

 

Blue jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would register his 14th shutout since the 2016-17 NHL season, the most shutouts in that time frame.

 

CAROLINA 5, Boston 3

In this contest, the Carolina Hurricanes would wear their Hartford Whalers throwbacks for a Hartford Whalers night last night in Raleigh and would go on to defeat the the Boston Bruins by the score of 5-3.

 

 

Carolina’s Sebastian Aho would go on to have a four-point performance (2G, 2A) in the contest and Carolina’s Petr Mrazek would go on to have a 27 save performance on 30 shots.

In addition to Aho, Teuvo Teravainen would also have a four-point game.

 

 

Carolina would also go on to have two shorthanded goals in this game.

 

 

 

TXHT was live at the game and has your full recap of the contest at the following page.

Game Recap – 12/23/2018 – Boston Bruins v. Hartford Whalers

 

 

Philadelphia 3, NY RANGERS 2 (SO)

The Philadelphia Flyers would go on to defeat the New York Rangers yesterday and this would mark the fifth consecutive win the Flyers would have over the Rangers.

 

Despite the loss in the shootout, the Rangers would still get a point in the standings.

 

 

Florida 6, CHICAGO 3

In the Florida Panthers 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks yesterday, Florida’s Jayce Hawryluk would score the first two goals of his NHL career.

Florida has won four out of their last five contests.

 

In addition to Hawryluk having two goals, Panthers defenceman Mackenzie Wagner would also have a two point performance.  Wagner would have two assists in this contest.  This would be the first multi-point contest for both players.

 

TORONTO 5, Detroit 4 (OT)

Detroit’s Dylan Larkin would extend his point streak to a career-high of 11 contests.  This makes it the longest such streak since Henrik Zetterberg had an 11 game run during the 2010-11 season.

Toronto’s Patrick Marleau would play in his 1,612th regular season NHL game, tying Hall of Famer Ray Bourque for the tenth most in NHL history.

Detroit’s Trevor Daley would go on to play in his 1,000th NHL career contest last night in this game.

 

 

 

NY Islanders 3, DALLAS 1

With the Islanders 3-1 win at the Dallas Stars last night, the New York Islanders would finish off their road trip going into the holiday break with a 3-1-0 record.

 

Los Angeles 4, VEGAS 3 (OT)

The Los Angeles Kings won their 36th regular season overtime game since the 3-on-3 overtime format was introduced in the 2015-16 season when the Kings go on to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3.

 

This would be the Vegas Golden Knights second consecutive overtime loss.

 

Arizona 4, SAN JOSE 3 (SO)

The Arizona Coyotes would go on to defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-3.

 

With Joe Thornton’s assist in the first period on Tim Heed’s goal, Thornton would register his 1,041st career assist.  He passed Marcel Dionne for tenth place all time in the NHL.  He is now eight assists shy on his career from tying Gordie Howe for ninth place.

 

 

 

The NHL resumes action Thursday night.

 

 

December 17th, 2018 — News and Notes

It is Monday, December 17th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were seven contests across the NHL yesterday…

 

Vegas 4, NY RANGERS 3 (OT)

The Vegas Golden Knights would defeat the New York Rangers in overtime yesterday afternoon with Vegas’ Alex Tuch would score the game-winner at 2:11 in the overtime frame.

 

 

 

CAROLINA 3, Arizona 0

Carolina Hurricanes G Petr Mrazek would go on to have a 23 save performance to seal the shutout victory for the Hurricanes.

 

Calgary 7, ST. LOUIS 2

The Calgary Flames would score a shorthanded goal for the third consecutive game for the eighth time in franchise history and would go on to defeat the St. Louis Blues 7-2 in St. Louis last night.

 

Buffalo 4, BOSTON 2

 

Buffalo’s Jack Eichel now has five regular-season games of at least four points before his 23rd birthday and joins four other Buffalo Sabres for this mark in franchise history.

 

 

San Jose 7, CHICAGO 3

San Jose Sharks D Brent Burns became the 38th player in League history to be listed as a defenceman to register at least 600 points in the contest against the Chicago Blackhawks.

 

 

 

WINNIPEG 5, Tampa Bay 4 (OT)

 

Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele would score the game-winner in the overtime frame with 42 seconds left to seal the 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

 

VANCOUVER 4, Edmonton 2

 

Vancouver’s rookie Elias Pettersson extended his point streak to seven games and now leads all rookies with 35 points on the season in 30 games played.

 

There are five games taking place tonight in the NHL…

 

 

Today in NHL news…

 

The NHL today announced the Three Stars of the Week for the week ending December 16th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Philadelphia Flyers announced earlier today that Head Coach Dave Hakstol has been relieved of his duties effective immediately and that Scott Gordon will be the head coach on an interim basis.

 

December 15th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, December 15th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were eight contests in action yesterday.

 

NEW JERSEY 5, Vegas 4 (OT)

The Vegas Golden Knights would fall to the New Jersey Devils after be up 4-1.  New Jersey Devils would score four unanswered goals with New Jersey’s Nico Hischier scoring the game winner just 41 seconds into the overtime frame.

 

 

Arizona 4, NY RANGERS 3 (OT)

 

The Arizona Coyotes would also stage a come from behind win after being down three goals in the contest at the New York Rangers last night.  It would be the 12th time that the Coyotes franchise would accomplish this and the 29th time overall in franchise history.

 

 

For the Rangers, goalie Henrik Lundqvist would register 30 saves on 34 opportunities.

 

 

PITTSBURGH 5, Boston 3

 

In an amazing performance, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Casey DeSmith became the third goalie in the last 20 years to have a game in which he had at least 48 saves.  DeSmith joins Jeff Zatkoff and Ty Conklin.

 

Boston Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak had a performance of 23 saves on 28 save chances.

 

 

 

Ottawa 4, DETROIT 2

 

The Ottawa Senators would go on and get the road win when they would defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 last night at Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit, Michigan last night.

 

Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard would have 28 saves in the contest and Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson would have a performance of 26 saves on 28 save chances.

 

 

Washington 6, CAROLINA 5 (OT)

 

After the Washington Capitals would be down 4-1 at 6:41 mark in the second period, the Capitals would tie the game 4-4 toward the end of the second period.

 

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin would have consecutive games in which he would have a hat-trick, and now has 28 goals on the season.

 

 

 

 

When Ovechkin scored the power-play goal in the third period at the 9:49 mark, it would be his 237th career power-play goal. He now ranks at seventh place on the all-time list for power-play goals.

 

Finally, for the Washington Capitals, Jonas Siegenthaler registered his first NHL point with the assist on Alex Oveckin’s goal at the 3:56 mark in the first period.

 

 

TXHT has your full game recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes at the following page.

Game Recap – 12/14/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Carolina Hurricanes

 

ST. LOUIS 4, Colorado 3 (OT)

The St. Louis Blues would go on to defeat the Colorado Avalanche in overtime with the 4-3 win at home last night.

 

At the 2:05 mark in the overtime period, St. Louis Blues Ryan O’Reilly would cap off a two-point night when O’Reilly scored the game winner.

 

 

Also in the contest, Colorado Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen would register his 40th assist on the season with the secondary assist on J.T. Compher’s eighth goal on the season at the 13:10 mark in the third period.

 

 

Winnipeg 4, CHICAGO 3 (OT)

Chicago Blackhawks captain Johnathan Toews would net two goals, but it would not be enough as the Blackhawks would fall to the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois last night.

 

 

 

The Jets Mark Scheifele would net his sixth overtime winner, which is good for third place in franchise history.  Scheifele now only trails Ilya Kovalchuk and Dustin Byfuglien for the career lead.

 

EDMONTON 4, Philadelphia 1

 

 

Connor McDavid would have two goals, and an assist, good for his 34th career three-point performance.  It is now ranked tied for fifth place for most three-point games before one’s 22nd birthday.

 

 

Today’s schedule of NHL games…

 

 

This Week’s NHL European Game of the Week features the Calgary Flames facing off against the Minnesota Wild.

 

 

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In NHL news…

With the comebacks last night, this has been the season of come-from-behind wins.

 

 

The Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins would both unveil thier logos that will be used for the upcoming Stadium Series game on February 27th, 2019.  The logos are “stripped-down” versions of their current logos.  The jerseys will be released at a later date.