NHL News and Notes from Saturday, October 5th, 2019

MNHL News and Notes from Saturday, October 5th, 2019

 

News:

  • The Ottawa Senators announced that they will be retiring Chris Phillips’ number 4 on February 18th, 2020.

 

 

Game Recaps:

New Jersey Devils v. Buffalo Sabres – 7p EST Start Time

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Scott takes a look at the New Jersey Devils game against the Buffalo Sabres which would see the Sabres score a touchdown in their home opener. TXHT Recap

 

Montreal Canadiens v. Toronto Maple Leafs – 7p EST Start Time

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The Toronto Maple Leafs would blow a three goal lead against the Montreal Canadiens, and would fall to the Habs 6-5 in the shootout after Paul Byron would score the lone goal of the shootout. The Leafs would get their goals from Alexander Kerfoot, Trevor Moore, William Nylander, and a pair from Auston Matthews, while the Canadiens would get their goals from Jonathan Drouin, Brendan Gallagher, Jeff Petry, and Phillip Danault.

 

New York Rangers v. Ottawa Senators – 7p EST Start Time

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The New York Rangers would get a hat trick from Mika Zibanejad after he would score a powerplay goal, even strength, and shorthanded goal to help lead the Rangers to a 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Rangers also got a powerplay goal from Artemi Panarin, which Zibanejad assisted on, while the Senators got their lone goal Brady Tkachuk.

 

Tampa Bay Lightning v. Florida Panthers – 7p EST Start Time

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In a tightly contested matchup, the Florida Panthers would defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 after getting a hat trick from Mike Hoffman (2 PPG’s and 1 ESG) and a goal from Noel Acciari. The Lightning would get their goals from Gemel Smith, Steven Stamkos, and Mathieu Joseph.

 

Columbus Blue Jackets v. Pittsburgh Penguins – 7p EST Start Time

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The Pittsburgh Penguins would get two goal games from both Patric Hornqvist and Jared McCann to lead them to a 7-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Penguins would also get goals from Marcus Pettersson, Kris Letang, and Teddy Blueger, while the Blue Jackets would get their two goals from Zach Werenski and Gustav Nyquist.

 

Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals – 7p EST Start Time

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The Carolina Hurricanes comeback from a two goal deficit to defeat the Washington Capitals in overtime 3-2 to spoil the Capitals Home Opener. TXHT Recap

 

Dallas Stars v. St. Louis Blues – 8p EST Start Time

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The St. Louis Blues would score two goals in the third period to comeback from behind to defeat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in regulation. The Blues would get their goals from David Perron, Brayden Schenn, and Sammy Blais, while the Stars goal scorers were Mattias Janmark and Miro Heiskanen.

 

Detroit Red Wings v. Nashville Predators – 8p EST Start Time

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The Detroit Red Wings would erupt for a three goal third period to defeat the Nashville Predators 5-3. The Red Wings would get a two goal game Tyler Bertuzzi, and goals from Anthony Mantha, Dylan Larkin, and Luke Glendening. The Predators would get goals from Viktor Arvidsson, Filip Forsberg, and Mattias Ekholm.

 

Boston Bruins v. Arizona Coyotes – 9p EST Start Time

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A late first period goal by Brad Marchand was all the Boston Bruins would need to put away the Arizona Coyotes in their home opener. This would be the second game of the Bruins four game road trip to start the season.

 

Minnesota Wild v. Colorado Avalanche – 9p EST Start Time

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The Colorado Avalanche would get a late second period goal from Gabriel Landeskog and an empty netter from Ryan Graves to seal a 4-2 victory of the Minnesota Wild. Mikko Rantanen would score his third of the season on the powerplay, and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare would also score for the Avalanche, while the Wild would get goals from Ryan Suter and Zach Parise.

 

San Jose Sharks v. Anaheim Ducks – 10p EST Start Time

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The Anaheim Ducks host the struggling San Jose Sharks as they look to add to the woes of the Sharks, and pile on they would as they would score three goals in the first two periods to have a 3-1 lead going into the third period. The Ducks would get goals from Michael Del Zotto, Ryan Getzlaf, and Adam Henrique to seal the deal for the Ducks as those three goals would be all they would need to down the Sharks whose lone goal was from Logan Couture.

 

Vancouver Canucks v. Calgary Flames – 10p EST Start Time

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In Calgary the Flames would host the Vancouver Canucks, and allit would require for the Flames is goals from Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, and Johnnny Gaudreau plus some stellar goaltending from David Rittich to secure a 3-0 shutout victory over the Canucks.

 

Los Angeles Kings v. Edmonton Oilers – 10p EST Start Time

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In a wild west matchup the Edmonton Oilers would host the Los Angeles Kings in what one would describe as a scoring festival. For the Kings they would get goals from Dustin Brown, Trevor Lewis, Anze Kopitar, Michael Amadio, and Drew Doughty, while the Oilers would get a pair of goals from James Neal, and goals from Connor McDavid, Zack Kassian, Joakim Nygard, and Darnell Nurse. Once the dust settled and the final buzzer sounded it would be the Oilers holding off the Kings with a 6-5 victory.

 

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NHL News and Notes from Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

NHL News and Notes from Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

 

News:

  • The Chicago Blackhawks re-signed forward Alex DeBrincat to a new three year deal. The contract will run through the 2022-23 season and will carry an AAV of $6.4mil.

 

  • Per Andrew Gross of Newsday, New York Islanders General Manager Lou Lamoriello confirmed that Josh Ho-Sang’s representative has requested a trade. Per Gross’ report Lamoriello has asked Ho-Sang to not report to Bridgeport of the AHL until he can explore all options.

 

  • The Calgary Flames have announced that they have re-signed General Manager Brad Treliving to a multi-year extension.

 

Game Recaps:

Florida Panthers v. Tampa Bay Lightning – 7p EST Start Time

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In the first battle of Florida for the 2019-20 season it would see the Tampa Bay Lightning down the Florida Panthers 5-2 in the Lightning’s home opener. The Lightning would get goals from Nikita Kucherov, Kevin Shattenkirk, Ondrej Palat, Pat Maroon, and Erik Cernak while the Panthers would get goals from Mike Hoffman and Vincent Trocheck.

 

Montreal Canadiens v. Carolina Hurricanes – 7p EST Start Time

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In Carolina the Hurricanes would host the Montreal Canadiens for their home opener and this would be the first game of the 2019-20 NHL season to go to a shootout after being tied 3-3 after 65 minutes of action. The Huricanes would get goals from Linus Wallmark, Martin Necas, and Erik Haula while the Canadiens would get goals from Tomas Tatar, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, and Jordan Weal in regulation. Dougie Hamilton would score in the first round of the shootout and Petr Mrazek would stop all three shooters to win the game for the Hurricanes 4-3.

 

Winnipeg Jets v. New York Rangers – 7p EST Start Time

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In a matchup everyone has been waiting since the trade between these two teams, the New York Rangers hosted the Winnipeg Jets for their home opener, and would win 6-4 in a very tightly contested game between the two teams. The Rangers would get goals from newcomers Artemi Panarin (signed from Columbus) and Jacob Trouba (Trade with Winnipeg) as well as goals from Marc Staal, Mika Zibanejad, Brett Howden, and Brendan Smith. The Jets would get goals from Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, and a pair from Blake Wheeler.

 

Buffalo Sabres v. Pittsburgh Penguins – 7p EST Start Time

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The Buffalo Sabres entered their 50th season by visiting the Pittsburgh Penguins, and they would spoil the home opener for the Penguins as they would get two goals from former Penguin Conor Sheary, and a late second period goal from Rasmus Dahlin to defeat the Penguins 3-1. The Penguins lone goal would be from Evgeni Malkin on an early second period powerplay.

 

Minnesota Wild v. Nashville Predators – 8p EST Start Time

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The Nashville Predators would open up their season by hosting the Minnesota Wild, and the Predators would dominate the Wild 5-2 after scoring four unanswered goals in the third period to erase a one goal deficit for the victory. The Wild would get goals from Jason Zucker and Matt Dumba in a 43 second span late in the second period to make it 2-1 after Ryan Ellis initially gave the PRedators the one nothing lead. The Predators four third period goals would come from Markus Granlund, Austin Watson, Viktor Arvidsson, and Filip Forsberg.

 

Boston Bruins v. Dallas Stars – 830p EST Start Time

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After having a special ceremonial puck drop with the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, the Stars would be dimmed by the visiting Boston Bruins as the Bruins would get two first period goals from Brett Ritchie and Danton Heinen within the first six minutes to guarantee them victory. The Stars lone goal of the 2-1 loss was from Roope Hintz.

 

Calgary Flames v. Colorado Avalanche – 9p EST Start Time

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In the Colorado Avalanche’s home opener against the Calgary Flames it would be Mikko Rantanen netting two goals for the Avalanche along with goals from Joonas Donskoi, who also scored two, and JT Compher to secure the 5-3 victory over the Flames. The Flames would get goals from Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau, and Mark Giordano.

 

Arizona Coyotes v. Anaheim Ducks – 10p EST Start Time

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In our final game of NHL action for the night the Anaheim Ducks would hold of the Arizona Coyotes with a 2-1 victory after Cam Fowler would score with 32 seconds left in the second period to break the 1-1 tie. Ducks would also get a goal from Derek Grant, while the Coyotes got their lone goal from Derek Stepan.

 

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2019-20 NHL Previews – Minnesota Wild

2018-19 Record: 37-36-9  83pts. – – 7th Place in Central

Playoffs: Missed

 

2019-20 Jersey Guide:

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Key Additions: F – Mats Zuccarello, F – Ryan Hartman

 

Key Departures: D – Nate Prosser, G – Andrew Hammond, F – Pontus Aberg, GM – Paul Fenton, F – Eric Fehr

 

2019-20 Preview:

After failing to make the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons the Minnesota Wild did some retooling to their offense when they signed forwards Mats Zuccarello, who adds scoring strength and playoff experience, and Ryan Hartman who provides with a right handed shot that the Wild have a lack of.

 

The biggest question however, is how long will Bruce Boudreau remain the head coach of the Wild? For the third straight team he has failed to deliver, and has never been the strongest coach when it comes to defense or the playoffs for that matter. Also one has to wonder if in the three seasons Boudreau has been there if he has worn out his welcome. If the Wild don’t do well early this season we could see one of our first coaching changes of the 2019-20 season. Also now with Paul Fenton being fired as General Manager on July 30th after only being on the job 14 months, this could also mean that Boudreau will be on the hot seat with whomever the Wild bring in as their new general manager.

 

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April 7th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, April 7th, 2019, and these are your news and notes covering the final day of the 2018-2019 Regular Season in the NHL.

 

There were 15 contests yesterday across the NHL, with playoff implications on the line.

 


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Yesterday’s Results (Home team is in CAPS):

Tampa Bay 6, BOSTON 3


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The Tampa Bay Lightning would get their 62nd win on the season, tying an NHL record with the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings, when they defeated the Boston Bruins with a 6-3 win yesterday afternoon.  Tampa Bay would get this win after being down 2-0 late in the second period and would score four unanswered goals before Boston would score in the third period to make it a 4-3 Tampa Bay lead. Tampa Bay would score two more goals, one being an empty netter late in the third, to give the Lightning a 6-3 win.

 

 

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov would set a record for points by a Russian NHL player with 128 points this season, when he registered his 41st goal on the season 53 seconds into the third period.

 

 

 

ST. LOUIS 3, Vancouver 2 (SO)

 

The St. Louis Blues would take down the Vancouver Canucks with a 3-2 win in a shootout and with the win, the St. Louis Blues would seal the third spot in the Central Division standings.

 

 

Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson would score his 28th goal on the season and ended the season with 66 points, a rookie record for a Canucks player.

 

 

 

MONTREAL 6, Toronto 5 (SO)

 

 

The Montreal Canadiens would defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 6-5 shootout win, thanks to a hat trick by Ryan Poehling in his first NHL game.

 

 

In this back and forth contest, the Toronto Maple Leafs could not keep up with the upbeat Canadiens and would fall in the shootout loss.  However, despite the loss, the Maple Leafs would earn 100 points on the season, and it would be the first time Toronto would earn that mark in consecutive seasons.

 

 

 

Columbus 6, OTTAWA 2

 

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets would seal their spot in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 6-2 win over the Ottawa Senators yesterday.  This would also be a penalty free game from both teams.

 

Buffalo 7, DETROIT 1

 

 

The Buffalo Sabres would face off against the Detroit Red Wings and would end up crushing Detroit with a 7-1 win last night.

 

 

Detroit’s lone goal in the contest would come on a power play goal in the first period with Anthony Mantha’s 25th goal on the season, setting a career-high.

 

 

 

New Jersey 4, FLORIDA 3 (OT)

 

Travis Zajac would score the game winner in overtime, his 19th goal on the season, to give the New Jersey Devils the 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers last night.

New Jersey ends the season with 31-41-10 record, whereas the Florida Panthers end their season with a record of 36-32-14 0y 4 /8

 

 

Carolina 4, PHILADELPHIA 3

 

 

 

Despite being outshot in the contest, the Carolina Hurricanes would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3.  With the win by the Carolina Hurricanes, they earned the top wild card spot and will face the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs.

 

NY Rangers 4, PITTSBURGH 3 (OT)

 


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The Pittsburgh Penguins would fall to the New York Rangers yesterday, losing by the score of 4-3 in overtime last night.

 

NY Islanders 3, WASHINGTON 0

 

The Washington Capitals would fall to the New York Islanders with a 3-0 loss.  Despite the loss the Capitals will face off against the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and the Islanders will face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

 

 

 

NASHVILLE 5, Chicago 2

 

 

The Nashville Predators would defeat the Chicago Blackhawks last night with a 5-2 win last night thanks to goals by five different Nashville skaters.

 

With the Nashville win, they would go on to become back-to-back Central Division champions.

 

 

DALLAS 3, Minnesota 0

 

The Dallas Stars would defeat the Minnesota Wild with a 3-0 win, thanks to two goals from Dallas F Tyler Seguin.  Seguin would bring his regular season goal total to 33 goals, matching a mark he had in the 2015-16 season.

 

The Minnesota Wild would be outshot throughout the entire contest and never could catch up to physicality and overall play of the Stars.

 

 

Edmonton 3, CALGARY 1

The Edmonton Oilers would defeat the Calgary Flames with a 3-1 win thanks to Leon Draisaitl’s 50th goal on the season as well as Alex Chiasson’s 22nd goal on the season.

 

Calgary’s lone goal would come from Mark Jankowski, his 14th goal on the season, in the first period of the contest.  After that goal by the Flames, they would not any answer for the Oilers.

 


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Winnipeg 4, ARIZONA 2

 

The Winnipeg Jets faced off against the Arizona Coyotes and would escape with a 4-2 win last night.

There would be four different goal scorers for the Jets in the contest and it would be enough to clinch home ice for at least the first round of the playoffs.

 

LOS ANGELES 5, Vegas 2

 

The Los Angeles Kings would face off against the Vegas Golden Knights and escape with a convincing 5-2 win.

 

Los Angeles Ilya Kovalchuk would score twice and with goals by Jeff Carter, Matt Roy, and Anze Kopitar, the Kings would end their season a win.

 

For the Golden Knights, despite the loss to the Kings, their season will continue when they face off against the San Jose Sharks in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

 

 

SAN JOSE 5, Colorado 2

 


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The San Jose Sharks would go on to defeat the Colorado Avalanche by the score of 5-2 thanks to scorers from five different Sharks players in the contest.

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and statistics, you can check out the NHL’s Morning Skate Report at the following link:

 

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The First Round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoff schedule was also announced earlier today.

 


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TXHT will have a full playoff preview episode and articles to come so make sure to stay tuned.

April 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019, and these are your news and notes

 

There were 10 games in NHL action yesterday.


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Nashville 3, BUFFALO 2

 

The Nashville Predators would take down the Buffalo Sabres with a 3-2 win.  With the win, the Predators are now 6-2-1 in their last nine contests.

 

Nashville remains in a first place tie on points for the Central Division lead with the Winnipeg Jets.  However if the season were to end today, the Predators would be in second place in the Central Division based on ROW (regulation and overtime wins)

 

Boston 6, COLUMBUS 2

 

The Boston Bruins would defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets by the score of 6-2 and in doing so, the Bruins would snap Columbus’ five game win streak.

 

Here is the infographic on Boston’s win over the Blue Jackets.

 


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Carolina 4, TORONTO 1

 

The Carolina Hurricanes would defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs by the score of 4-1 and in doing so, the Hurricanes are trying to stay in contention for a postseason spot.

 

 

With the loss by the Maple Leafs, Toronto clinched the third spot in the Atlantic Division.

 

MONTREAL 4, Tampa Bay 2

 

The Montreal Canadiens would double up the Tampa Bay Lightning with a convincing 4-2 win.

 

 

DETROIT 4, Pittsburgh 1

 

The Detroit Red Wings would win their sixth straight game with a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins last night.

 

 

The only goal scorer in the contest for the Penguins would be Phil Kessel, with his 25th goal on the season.

 

Pittsburgh’s infographic from last night’s contest is pictured below


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MINNESOTA 5, Winnipeg 1

 

The Minnesota Wild would defeat the Winnipeg Jets with a 5-1 win last night and with the win, the Wild prevented the Jets from climbing further for the division lead.

 

 

DALLAS 6, Philadelphia 2

 

The Dallas Stars would take down the Philadelphia Flyers with a convincing 6-2 win last night.

 

 

Alexander Radulov would score two goals in the contest, giving him 29 goals on the season,

 

With Dallas’ win, they clinched a spot in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

COLORADO 6, Edmonton 2

 

The Colorado Avalanche would beat the Edmonton Oilers with a 6-2 in last night.

 

After being down 2-0 at the end of the first period, the Avalanche scored six unanswered goals to seal the win.  Also in this contest, Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon would register his 400th NHL point.

 

With Colorado’s win over the Oilers, the Minnesota Wild have been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention.  It will be the first time that the Wild are not in the playoffs since the 2011-12 season.

 

VANCOUVER 4, San Jose 2

 

Tanner Pearson would score twice in the contest to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks.

 

 

San Jose’s Joe Thornton is now tied with Nicklas Lidstrom for 12th place on the all-time games played list with 1,564 regular-season games played.

 

San Jose’s infographic from the 4-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks last night.

 


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Los Angeles 3, ARIZONA 1

 

The LA Kings would take down the Arizona Coyotes with a 3-1 win.

 

 

With the win by the Kings, the Coyotes postseason chances are now very slim as the remain four points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference

 

 

 

 

Today’s Schedule of NHL contests:


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For more news, notes, information, and stats, please check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report.

April 1st, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is April 1st, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were six contests in NHL action yesterday.

Yesterday’s Results (Home team is in CAPS):

 

NY Rangers 3, PHILADELPHIA 0

 

The New York Rangers would take on the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday afternoon and would take down the Philadelphia Flyers with a 3-0 win yesterday in downtown Philadelphia.

 

 

ARIZONA 4, Minnesota 0

 

The Arizona Coyotes would shutout the Minnesota Wild yesterday afternoon with a 4-0 win.

 

 

Arizona is still in postseason contention with three games left to play.,

 

 

PITTSBURGH 3, Carolina 1

 

The Pittsburgh Penguins would take down the Carolina Hurricanes with a 3-1 win and would not let the Carolina Hurricanes climb in the standings.

 


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Columbus 4, BUFFALO 0

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets would defeat the Buffalo Sabres yesterday with a 4-0 shutout performance.

 

 

Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would have a 38 save performance, earning his 36th win on the season.

 

 

DETROIT 6, Boston 3

 

The Detroit Red Wings would take down the Boston Bruins with a 6-3 win, thanks to a three goal performance by Anthony Mantha.

 

 

Despite the loss by the Bruins, they still are holding on strong to the second seed in the Atlantic Division playoff spot.

 


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Calgary 5, SAN JOSE 3

 

 


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With the 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks, the Calgary Flames clinched the Pacific Division, their first division crown since the 2005-06 season when they won the Northwest Division, and the top seed in the Western Conference, which last happened in the 1989-90 season.

 

 

 

Today’s schedule of contests:


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Today’s playoff clinching scenarios:

-The Washington Capitals can clinch the Metropolitan Division if they defeat the Florida Panthers AND the New York Islanders lose to the Toronto Maple Leafs in regulation

-The Toronto Maple Leafs will clinch a postseason spot if they get at least one point against the Islanders

 

With the win by the Calgary Flames, we now know one confirmed first round match-up in the postseason.

The San Jose Sharks will take on the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

March 30th, 2019 — News and Notes

After a lengthy absence, today is Saturday, March 30th, 2019, and these are your news and notes from yesterday.

 

There were six NHL games yesterday.


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Yesterday’s Results (Home team is in CAPS):

 

NY RANGERS 4, St. Louis 2

The New York Rangers would take down the St. Louis Blues with the 4-2 win last night.

 

Despite the Blues loss, St. Louis has reached the Stanley Cup playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons.

Per the NHL, St. Louis is now the 35th team in NHL history to reach the postseason after being last in the overall league standings at the 20th game played.

 

Nashville 3, PITTSBURGH 1

 

Highlights for the Nashville Predators at the Pittsburgh Penguins

 

 

Infographic for the Pittsburgh Penguins game from the 3-1 loss to the Nashville Predators

 

 

DETROIT 4, New Jersey 0

 

 

The Detroit Red Wings shutout the New Jersey Devils yesterday with a 4-0 win last night.

 

 

COLORADO 3, Arizona 2 (SO)

The Colorado Avalanche would take down the Arizona Coyotes by the score of 3-2 in the shootout frame yesterday.  The win for Colorado puts them at 3 points ahead of the Coyotes for the last wild-card spot in the Western Conference playoff picture.

 

With the win by the Avalanche, goaltender Philipp Grubauer is now 6-0-1 in his last seven consecutive starts and would reach a career high with 17 wins on the season.

 

 

CALGARY 6, Anaheim 1

 

Calgary’s Sean Monahan led all Flames skaters last night with two goals and two assists to establish a new career high with his 32nd and 33rd goal on the season.

 

 

The infographic for the Calgary Flames 6-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks last night in Calgary.

 

 

 

Minnesota 3, VEGAS 2

 

The Minnesota Wild would take down the Vegas Golden Knights with the 3-2 win.

 

 

Minnesota’s goaltender Devan Dubnyk would reach the 30 win mark for the fifth consecutive season with the win last night.

 

Despite the loss, the Vegas Golden Knights will return to the Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

 

 

 

Today’s NHL Schedule of Games:


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Today’s NHL playoff clinching scenarios are as follows:

-Toronto will clinch a playoff berth if they get at least a point against the Ottawa Senators OR if the Montreal Canadiens lose to the Winnipeg Jets

-The New York Islanders will clinch a playoff berth with the following scenarios:

  • They get a win over the Buffalo Sabres OR
  • They get a point AND Montreal loses OR
  • Montreal loses in regulation

 

-The Calgary Flames, who are not playing tonight, will clinch:

  • The Pacific Division if the San Jose Sharks lose to Vegas Golden Knights in regulation
  • The Western Conference if the San Jose Sharks lose AND the Winnipeg Jets also lose

-The Dallas Stars will clinch a berth in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs if they defeat the Vancouver Canucks

Game Recap – 3/22/2019 – Minnesota Wild v. Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild (35-31-9 79pts) v. Washington Capitals (43-24-8 94pts)

 

Game Recap:

The Capitals tonight are playing the second of their four game home stand against the Minnesota Wild.  The first period showed this was going to be a tight and defensive game between the two teams as the Wild are desperate to get back into a Wild Card spot in the Western Conference.  The Wild struck first at the 16:33 mark on a drive to the net type of goal from Jordan Greenway.  The Wild would take a 1-0 lead over the Capitals going into the second period.

 

The second period saw the same tight defensive period that was featured in the first period.  However, the Capitals managed to tie the game at 1-1 on a tip in goal by Brett Connolly off a Nic Jensen shot from the point.  Going into the third period, the game would be tied 1-1.

 

In the third period, the Minnesota Wild took back the lead at the 12:25 mark on a Luke Kunin as he scored the game winning goal to seal the victory.  The Capitals continue their home stand tomorrow afternoon for a matinee game against the Philadelphia Flyers.  The playoff spot desperate Minnesota Wild take on the Carolina Hurricanes in their second of a back to back games on Saturday night.

 

Lineups:

Minnesota Wild:

Zach Parise-Eric Staal-Kevin Fiala

Ryan Donato-Luke Kunin-Jordan Greenway

Jason Zucker-Victor Rask-Matt Read

Marcus Foligno- Eric Fehr-J.T. Brown

Defensemen:

Ryan Suter- Jared Spurgeon

Jonas Brodin – Brad Hunt

Anthony Bitetto – Greg Pateryn

Goalies:

Starter- Devon Dubnyk

Backup- Alex Stalock

Scratches: Nick Seeler, Joel Eriksson Ek, Pontus Aberg

Injuries: Miko Koivu, Matt Dumba

 

Washington Capitals:

Forwrads:

Alex Ovechkin- Nicklas Backstrom- Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana- Evgeny Kuznetsov- TJ Oshie

Andre Burakovsky- Lars Eller- Brett Connolly

Chandler Stephenson- Nic Dowd- Travis Boyd

Defensemen:

Christian Djoos- John Carlson

Dmitri Orlov- Matt Niskanen

Brooks Orpik- Nic Jensen

Goalies:

Starter-Braden Holtby

Backup- Phoenix Copley

Scratches: Dmitri Jaskin, Carl Hagelin (illness)

Injury: Michal Kempny (Lower Body) 

 

First Period:

Minnesota Penalty-4:52- Kevin Fiala, 2 minutes for high sticking

Minnesota Goal-16:33- Jordan Greenway (12) assisted by Ryan Donato (13) & Devon Dubnyk (2)

Minnesota Penalty-18:46- Marcus Foligno, 2 minutes for tripping

 

End of 1st – MIN – 1       WAS – 0

Shots              6                       6

Faceoffs         10/22             12/22

Hits               3                     3

PP                 0/0                 0/1

 

Second Period:

Minnesota Penalty-4:18- Brad Hunt, 2 minutes for slashing

Minnesota Penalty-8:00- Jason Zucker, 2 minutes for roughing

Washington Penalty-8:00- Brooks Orpik, 2 minutes for roughing

Washington Goal-10:42- Brett Connolly (21) assisted by Nic Jensen (15) & TJ Oshie (26)

Washington Penalty-19:51- Tom Wilson, 2 minutes for hooking

 

End of 2nd – MIN – 1        WAS – 1

Shots               21                       15

Faceoffs          20/43              24/43

Hits                 12                     7

PP                   0/0                  0/3

 

Third Period:

Minnesota Goal-12:25- Luke Kunin (6) assisted by Zach Parise (33) & Ryan Donato (14)

 

End of 3rd – MIN – 2         WAS – 1 

Shots              27                   22

Faceoffs        27/56               29/56

Hits               16                     15

PP                 0/1                    0/3

 

Next Up:

Washington Capitals (43-24-8 94pts) v.s Philadelphia Flyers (36-30-8 80pts)

Minnesota Wild (35-31-9 79pts) @ Carolina Hurricanes (40-26-7 87pts)

March 18th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Monday, March 18th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were seven NHL contests in action yesterday.

 


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Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):

COLORADO 3, New Jersey 0

The Colorado Avalanche would defeat the New Jersey Devils with the 3-0 shutout win and Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon would reach the 91 point mark on the season for the second consecutive season.

 

BUFFALO 4, St. Louis 3 (SO)

The Buffalo Sabres would take down the St. Louis Blues in the shootout frame with the 4-3 win.  Sam Reinhart would score the game winner for the Sabres.

 

NY Islanders 3, MINNESOTA 2 (OT)

The New York Islanders would move back into first place atop the Metropolitan Division with their 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild yesterday afternoon. 

 

 

Vancouver 3, DALLAS 2 (SO)

The Vancouver Canucks would go on to defeat the Dallas Stars yesterday with the 3-2 shootout win.

 

Philadelphia 2, PITTSBURGH 1 (OT)

After a scoreless 40 minutes, the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins would tie the game at 1-1 at the end of the regulation with the Philadelphia Flyers getting the win in the overtime frame.


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ANAHEIM 3, Florida 2

The Anaheim Ducks would get a much needed win after downing the Florida Panthers by the score of 3-2 yesterday afternoon.

 

VEGAS 6, Edmonton 3

The Vegas Golden Knights would take down the Edmonton Oilers last night with a 6-3 win yesterday.

 

 

 

Today there are four contests in NHL action…

 

 

Yesterday concluded the 2018-19 NWHL season with the Minnesota Whitecaps defeating the Buffalo Beauts by the score of 2-1 in the overtime frame.  The Minnesota Whitecaps would win the Isobel Cup in their inaugural season in the NWHL in front of a sold-out crowd yesterday afternoon at TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minnesota.

 

THXT has your full coverage of yesterday’s Isobel Cup Final at the following page.

 

 

We here at TXHT congratulate the Minnesota Whitecaps on winning their first NWHL Championship, as well as all other teams across the league for a great and exciting season.

NWHL, as well as other women’s hockey news, will continue on TXHT.

March 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Friday, March 8th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

There were 11 NHL contests yesterday


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Yesterday’s Results (Home team in CAPS):

BOSTON 4, Florida 3

The Boston Bruins would sneak past the Florida Panthers with a 4-3 win last night.  Boston’s Patrice Bergeron would score twice in the contest and Brad Marchand would have a three assist night.  With Boston’s win, they would go on to extend their point streak to 18 contests.

 

Boston’s goaltender Tuukka Rask would go on to have a 22 save performance in the contest.

 


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PITTSBURGH 3, Columbus 0

The Pittsburgh Penguins would go on to shutout the Columbus Blue Jackets last night with the 3-0 win.


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NY Islanders 4, OTTAWA 2

The New York Islanders would go on to double up the Ottawa Senators with the 4-2 win and Valtteri Filppula would go on to have two goals in the contest for the Islanders.

With the win, the Islanders would go on to get the sweep in the home-and-home series against the Senators.

 

 

DETROIT 3, NY Rangers 2 (SO)

Detroit’s Andreas Athanasiou would score a goal in the contest and would get what would be the only goal in the shootout frame to seal the win for the Red Wings in the contest. 

 

 

For the Rangers, Pavel Buchnevich would score what would be the two goals in the contest.

Minnesota 3, TAMPA BAY 0

The Minnesota Wild would cool off the white-hot Tampa Bay Lightning with the 3-0 win.  Minnesota’s Jason Zucker would score the only goals in the contest.

 

 

With the lone goals scored by Zucker, he would be only the second player in franchise history and the 23rd in League history to not only have at least three goals that were the only goals in the contest but the team would also register a shutout as well.

 

 

CHICAGO 5, Buffalo 4 (SO)

The Chicago Blackhawks would go on to register the 5-4 shootout win against the Buffalo Sabres.

 

 

Chicago’s Artem Anisimov would go on to have two goals in the contest, while Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane would both go on to have two assists in the contest.

 

 

DALLAS 4, Colorado 0

The Dallas Stars would go on to shutout the Colorado Avalanche in Dallas last night and Alexander Radulov would go on to register a hat trick in the contest, sealing the hat trick in the contest with 2:58 left in the third period with his empty net goal.

 

 

EDMONTON 3, Vancouver 2

The Edmonton Oilers would go on to sneak past the Vancouver Canucks with the 3-2 win last night.

Edmonton’s Alex Chiasson, Zack Kassian, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would go on to score the goals for the Oilers in the contest.

Vancouver’s Jay Beagle would go on to snap his scoreless streak in the contest with his third goal on the season late in the second period.  Alexander Edler would also go on to register a goal in the third period but that would not be enough to tie up the game.

 

ARIZONA 2, Calgary 0

 

The Arizona Coyotes would go on to blank the Calgary Flames last night and with the win, the Coyotes would move to a record of 33-29-5.

 

 

Calgary Flames infographic from last night’s contest

 


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St. Louis 4, LOS ANGELES 0

 

 

 

The St. Louis Blues would go on to record their fifth shutout in the past twelve contests and the NHL-best ninth shutout on the season as they would go on to blank the Los Angeles Kings by the score of 4-0.

 

SAN JOSE 5, Montreal 2

 

San Jose Sharks defenceman Brent Burns would go on to record his 60th assist on the season, and joins three other players to have at least 60 assists at the age of 33 or older.

 

 

 


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For the Montreal Canadiens, Andrew Shaw and Artturi Lehkonen would score the only goals, despite out shooting the Sharks in this contest.

 


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Tonight’s NHL schedule of contests…


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Last night in the 2019 NWHL’s Isobel Cup Playoffs Play-in game, the Metropolitan Riveters would take on the Connecticut Whale and would come out with the 5-2 win.

The contest would be fast-paced in the first period, with the game being tied a 2-2.  The second period in the contest would be filled with penalties and neither team would take advantage of the extra skater.  The third period would start out slow until Riveters Audra Richards would end up scoring what would be the game winner at the 2:35 mark.  There would not be another goal scored until toward the end of the period when Alexa Grushow would score her second goal in the contest and then with 16 seconds left, Audra Richards would score an empty net goal.

The Metropolitan Riveters will now take on the Minnesota Whitecaps on Sunday 2:30 p.m., ET/1:30 p.m., CT.

TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your full recap of the contest between the Connecticut Whale and Metropolitan Riveters at the following page.