Category: San Jose Sharks

April 24th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, April 24th, 2019, and these are your news and notes

 

There were two contests in Stanley Cup playoff action.

 

 

BOSTON 5, Toronto 1 (Boston wins series 4-3)

 

Game 7. 4-3 BOS

 

 

The Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs last night by the score of 5-1 and would go on to win this series in 7 games.  The Boston Bruins will now face the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second round.

 

Steve Gardiner has your full recap of the contest between the Bruins and the Maple Leafs here or at the following page.

 

 

SAN JOSE 5, Vegas 4 (OT) (San Jose wins series 4-3)

 

The San Jose Sharks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights by the score of 5-4 in overtime and they would go on to win the series.  The San Jose Sharks will now face off against the Colorado Avalanche in the second round.

 

Today in Stanley Cup playoff action is a win or go home for either the Carolina Hurricanes or the Washington Capitals.  The action kicks off at 7:30 p.m., ET.

 

 

Second round action kicks off tomorrow (Thursday night).  The second round schedule is posted below with the either Carolina or Washington advancing.

 

 

The full second round schedule will be made public later tonight.

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats, you can check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report, which is posted below.

 

 

 

For TXHT’s extensive 2019 Stanley Cup playoff action, please click here.

April 22nd, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Monday, April 22nd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were two games in Stanley Cup playoff action yesterday.

 

 

Boston 4, TORONTO 2 (Series is tied 3-3)

 

The Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs yesterday to send the series to a win or go home Game 7.

 

Steve Gardiner has your full recap of the contest between the Bruins and the Maple Leafs here or at the following link.

 

 

San Jose 2, VEGAS 1 (2OT) (Series is tied 3-3)

 

The San Jose Sharks would defeat the Vegas Golden Knights in double OT with a 2-1 to tie their series at 3-3.

 

 

 

 

 

There are two games taking place today.  First, the Washington Capitals look to advance to the second round when they take ono the Carolina Hurricanes and the Dallas Stars also look to advance when they face off against the Nashville Predators.

 

 

Don’t forget to check out all of TXHT’s extensive playoff coverage by clicking here.

 

April 19th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Friday, April 19th, 2019, and these are your news and notes covering yesterday’s contests.

 

There were three contests in Stanley Cup playoff action yesterday and the recaps are written by the TXHT staff.

 

Yesterday’s Results:

 

 

CAROLINA 2, Washington 1 (Series is tied 2-2)

 

Game 4. 2-2 Tie

 

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals by the score of 2-1 last night to tie their series at 2-2.  Both teams will look to take the 3-2 series lead when Game 5 takes place tomorrow night (April 20th) at Capital One Arena.

 

You can find the recap of yesterday’s contest here or at the tweet below.

 

 

St. Louis 3, WINNIPEG 2 (St. Louis leads the series 3-2)

 

Game 5. 3-2 STL

 

The St. Louis Blues would come back after being down 2-0 to defeat the Winnipeg Jets by the score of 3-2, to take the lead in the series.  The Blues will look to advance to the second round when Game 6 of this series takes place tomorrow night (April 20th) at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

 

You can find the recap of last night’s contest between the Jets and the Blues here or at the tweet posted below.

 

 

 

SAN JOSE 5, Vegas 2 (Vegas leads the series 3-2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today there are only two games in Stanley Cup playoff action…

 

The Colorado Avalanche look to advance to the second round in their series and either the Boston Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs will take the 3-2 series lead.

 

 

Don’t forget to check out all of THXT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff action here.

April 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, April 17th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were four contests in NHL action yesterday and TXHT has all of your recaps for those contests.

 

 

COLUMBUS 7, Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus wins the series 4-0)

 

Game 4 - 4-0 CBJ

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday with the 7-3 win.

 

Dickson Kendrick has your full recap of the contest between Columbus and Tampa Bay at the link below.

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets now await the winner of the Boston Bruins v. Toronto Maple Leafs

 

 

NY Islanders 3, PITTSBURGH 1 (NY Islanders wins the series 4-0)

 

The NY Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by the score of 3-1 and in doing so won this series and advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

Game 4. 4-0 NYI

 

Chris Vasilas has your full recap of the contest between the Islanders and the Penguins at the link below.

 

 

The NY Islanders advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and await the winner between the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes.

 

 

Winnipeg 2, ST. LOUIS 1 (OT) (Series is tied 2-2)

 

The Winnipeg Jets tied their series with the St. Louis Blues with a 2-1 win in overtime.  Winnipeg will look to take the 3-2 series lead when Game 5 shifts back to Winnipeg.

 

Game 4. 2-2 Tied

 

Aryan Weisenfeld has your recap of the contest between the Winnipeg Jets and the St. Louis Blues at the link below.

 

 

VEGAS 5, San Jose 0 (Vegas leads the series 3-1)

 

 

 

Today there are three games on the Stanley Cup Playoff schedule

 

 

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

 

You can check out all of TXHT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff coverage here.

 

 

 

 

April 15, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is April 15, 2019, and these are your news and notes

 

There were four Stanley Cup playoff games in action yesterday.

 

 

NY Islanders 4, PITTSBURGH 1 (NY Islanders lead the series 3-0)

 

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The NY Islanders are one game away from advancing to the second round of the playoffs after downing the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 4-1 win.

 

THXT has your full coverage at the link below

 

NHL Playoffs: Rd 1 Game 3 Review: Isles Take A Commanding Lead In The Series

 

Winnipeg 6, ST. LOUIS 3 (St. Louis leads the series 2-1)

 

Game 3. 2-1 STL

 

The Winnipeg jets defeated the St. Louis Blues last night, 6-3, and look to tie the series at 2 games a piece with game 4 taking place Tuesday night.

 

Game 3 Recap – Winnipeg Jets v. St. Louis Blues

 

COLUMBUS 3, Tampa Bay 1 (Columbus leads the series 3-0)

 

Game 3 - 3-0 CBJ

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 and with the win, Columbus is one win away from knocking out the Presidents’ Trophy winner.  If that happens when Game 4 takes place tomorrow night, the Lightning will become the first team to win the Presidents’ Trophy AND be swept in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

TXHT has your full recap of Game 3 between the Lightning and the Blue Jackets at the following link.

 

Game Three Recap – Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

 

VEGAS 6, San Jose 3 (Vegas leads the series 2-1)

 

The Vegas Golden Knights would win on home ice and take the series lead with the 6-3 win over the San Jose Sharks last night.

Mark Stone would have a three goal game and Paul Stastny would have two goals of his own in this contest.

The Golden Knights would also go 2 for 5 on Power Play chances and would outshoot the Blues with 40 shots on goal to the Blues 28.

Vegas will look to take the commanding 3-1 series lead when the two teams face off for Game 4 Tuesday night at 10:30 p.m., ET.

 

 

Today’s schedule of games in Stanley Cup playoff action:

 

 

TXHT has all of your series previews and all of your game recaps at https://txhthockey.com/2019-nhl-playoffs/

 

 

In NHL news….

 

Today Toronto Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri will have his in-person meeting with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for his cross-checking of Boston’s Jake DeBrusk.

 

 

In other hockey news….

 

The United States would take home the gold in the IIHF Women’s World Championships in a shootout win over Finland.  This game would not come without controversy after an initial game-winner by Finland was disallowed after a questionable penalty.

April 13th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, April 13th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were four games in Stanley Cup Playoff action yesterday.

 

 

All of the recaps are written by the TXHT staff.

 

Columbus 5, TAMPA BAY 1 (Columbus leads the series 2-0)

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets crushed the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 5-1 win and took a 2-0 series lead.

 

Columbus will look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead when Game 3 takes place tomorrow night.

 

 

 

NY Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1 (NY Islanders leads the series 2-0)

 

The NY Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 and took a 2-0 series lead.

 

The Islanders will look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead with Game 3 shifting to Pittsburgh.  Game 3 takes place tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m., ET.

 

 

Below you will find the Pittsburgh Penguins infographic from yesterdays contest and the image is the property of the Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, NHL Public Relations, and their respective owners.

 

 

St. Louis 4, WINNIPEG 3 (St. Louis leads the series 2-0)

 

The St. Louis Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 yesterday and took a 2-0 series lead.

 

St. Louis will look to take the commanding 3-0 series lead with the series now shifting to St. Louis.  Game 3 takes place tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m., ET

 

 

Vegas 5, SAN JOSE 3 (Series is tied 1-1)

 

The Vegas Golden Knights would go on to take Game 2 in the series after giving up a three goal lead in the first period and defeat the San Jose Sharks 5-3.

 

The Golden Knights will look to take the series lead with Game 3 taking place tomorrow (Sunday, April 14) at 10 p.m., ET.

 

 

Today’s Schedule of Games:

 

 

To see all of the THXT’s recaps and Stanley Cup Playoff previews, please check out our website linked below.

April 11th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Thursday, April 11th, 2019 and these are your news and notes.

 

There were five contests yesterday in action for the first day of Stanley Cup Playoff action.

 

TXHT is going to have all of your coverage and you will our coverage in the games below.

 

NEW YORK ISLANDERS 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (New York Islanders lead the series 1-0)

The New York Islanders would take Game 1 in this contest by downing the Pittsburgh Penguins by the score of 4-3 in overtime, thanks to Josh Bailey scoring the game winner at the 4:39 mark in overtime.

 

Game 2 takes place Friday night at 7:30 p.m., ET, when the Islanders will look to take the 2-0 series lead.

 

TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your full recap of the contest at the following page.

 

Columbus 4, TAMPA BAY 3 (Columbus leads the series 1-0)

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets would take Game 1 from the Tampa Bay Lightning after being down 3-0 at the end of the first period, winning the contest by the score of 4-3.

 

Columbus looks to take the 2-0 series lead Friday night in Tampa.

 

TXHT’s Russell Hartman has your full coverage of Game 1 at the following page.

 

St. Louis 2, WINNIPEG 1  (St. Louis leads the series 1-0)

 

In a hard fought contest, the St. Louis Blues would take the home-ice advantage, downing the Winnipeg jets by the score of 2-1.  The St. Louis Blues lead the series 1-0.

 

The St. Louis Blues will look to take the 2-0 series lead when the two teams face off for Game 2 on Friday night.

 

TXHT’s Aryan Weisenfeld has your coverage of the contest between the St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets at the following page.

 

Dallas 3, NASHVILLE 2 (Dallas leads the series 1-0)

 

The Dallas Stars would take Game 1 from the Nashville Predators with the 3-2 win.  Dallas’ defenceman Miro Heiskanen would score two of the Stars goals in the contest, after being down 1-0 early in the contest.

 

Mats Zuccarello would go on to score his first postseason goal as a member of the Dallas Stars organisation and Nashville’s defenceman P.K. Subban would bring Nashville within a goal but Nashville could not tie the game late in the third period.

 

Dallas looks to take the 2-0 series lead when the two teams face off Saturday night at 6 p.m., ET.

 

TXHT’s Dickson Kendrick has your full coverage of the contest at the following page.

 

SAN JOSE 5, Vegas 2 (San Jose leads the series 1-0)

 

The San Jose Sharks would get five goals past Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to down the Vegas Golden Knights by the score of 5-2.

 

Five different goal scorers in total emerged in the contest on the Sharks side whereas Mark Stone would register the only two goals for the Golden Knights.

 

TXHT’s Michael Lindenbaum has your full recap of the contest at the following page.

 

Today there are three games in Stanley Cup Playoff action…

 


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TXHT will have your full previews and gameday recaps of all three contests so make sure to stay tuned for all of your Stanley Cup playoff coverage.

2019 NHL Playoffs – 1st Round Preview – Vegas Golden Knights v. San Jose Sharks

Vegas Golden Knights (43-32-7 93pts) v. San Jose Sharks (46-27-9 101pts)

 

Regular Season Series:

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SJ 2-2-0

 

Preview:

For the second time in franchise history, the Vegas Golden Knights will be taking on the San Jose Sharks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Last season these two teams met in the Western Conference Second Round which saw the Golden Knights defeat the Sharks in six games.

 

Offense:

For the Knights, they took a step back this season compared to last as they lost key veteran forwards James Neal and David Perron to free agency, however, they would pick up forward Paul Stastny via free agency and forward Max Pacioretty via trade with the Montreal Canadiens during the offseason. Also William Karlsson scored 24 goals this season compared to last season’s career high of 43. The Trade Deadline acquisition of forward Mark Stone from the Ottawa Senators gives the Knights a solid scoring threat going into these playoffs.

 

For the Sharks Evander Kane did not disappoint in his first full season with the team. Netting 30 goals and becoming a vital part of the powerplay, Kane is ready for a deeper run with the Sharks this postseason. Also Joe Pavelski had himself a solid 38 goal season, and is looking to step up and continue to help lead the Sharks in the playoffs.

 

Defense:

On defense for the Golden Knights having Nate Schmidt in the lineup is vital for the team. Vegas went 8-11-1 during his 20 game suspension, but once Schmidt got reinserted into their lineup the Knights would turn it around and go 11-3-1 in their first 15 games with Schmidt in the lineup. Plus the continued growth of Colin Miller and Shea Theodore have helped greatly during this season.

 

On defense the Sharks went for broke when they traded for All Star Erik Karlsson during the offseason. Him along with fellow All Star Brent Burns will be looked upon to bring the offence from the blue line. However, one has to wonder about the health of Karlsson as he has missed a lot of time due to a groin injury.

 

Goaltending:

For Vegas they have Marc-Andre Fleury who was the driving force for the Golden Knights run to the Stanley Cup Finals last year. Fleury, who is a three time Stanley Cup champion, knows what it takes to win in the playoffs and this will be his third time facing off against the Sharks in the playoffs.

 

For the Sharks they have Martin Jones who will be hoping that the third time is the charm for him in his head to head battle with Fleury. Jones has proven that he is a reliable goalie taking them to their lone Stanley Cup Finals appearance in which they lost in six games to Fleury and the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016.

 

Special Teams:

VGK Powerplay – 16.8% 25th Overall

SJ Powerplay – 23.6% 6th Overall

Going into the playoffs the Sharks have the advantage over the Knights in regards to the powerplay. With threats like Karlsson, Burns, Joe Thornton amongst others, the edge is in the Sharks favor.

 

VGK Penalty Kill – 80.9% Tied 12th Overall

SJ Penalty Kill – 80.8% 15th Overall

For the penalty kill, both teams are very even with eachother. If the Sharks dominate powerplay can overpower the Knights penalty killers then this will be the difference maker between the two teams.

 

Prediction: SJ in Six Games

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.