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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.

 

 

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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.

Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Winnipeg Jets

The Blues experienced a much different start of the game in Game 2, with Oskar Sundqvist scoring early on to take a 1-0 lead. The Blues spent the majority of the first 10 minutes on the power play because of a few rather egregious cross-checks by the Jets, but  were not able to capitalize. When Colton Parayko was not aware that penalty time was expiring and had his shot blocked, Blake Wheeler took advantage and quickly scored to tie it at one. Overall, not a great period, given the opportunities the Blues had.

The Jets came out flying in the second, and basically dominated the first several minutes, but for a few spectacular saves from Jordan Binnington. After Robert Bortuzzo took a senseless, senseless interference penalty, the Blues, naturally, left Patrick Laine completely open for another goal to give the Jets a 2-1 lead. The Jets kept up their inexorable pressure after, but an incredible play by Robert Thomas led to a Pat Maroon goal to make it 2-2. Sundqvist’s second goal gave them a 3-2 lead – soft goal by Connor Hellebuyck, who has not been nearly good enough this series. Now seems like a good time for a friendly reminder that the Blues traded Ryan Reaves for Sundqvist and high-potential prospect Klim Kostin, which…wow.

Play evened out after that, with Hellebuyck making a tremendous (see: lucky) save on O’Reilly to keep the blues from taking a 4-2 lead. Shortly thereafter, a (weak) penalty call on Robert Thomas led to another WPG PP goal to tie it at 3.

WPG was controlling play pretty well at the beginning of the third, but another soft goal, this time by Ryan O’Reilly allowed the Blues to take a 4-3 lead. The rest of the game can pretty much be summed up with this: Jordan Binnington was incredible.

2-0. Back to STL Sunday at 7:30 Eastern

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.

Gameday Recap- St. Blues – Winnipeg Jets (First Round – Game 1)

The Blues managed to pull out a 2-1 thriller after being down 1-0 going into the third period. The Jets took an early lead in the first period off a laser shot by Patrick Laine, who continues to torch the Blues. Even being down only 1-0, it was clear that the Jets had the upper hand – they were seemingly knocking the Blues off the puck every time they touched it, or the Blues fell victim to their own nerves. Robert Thomas, especially was quite jittery, bumbling several passes and falling down without any contact.

All that changed in the third period. The Blues started funneling more pucks to the net and creating traffic. David Perron tied the game at 1, and later in the third, Tyler Bozak buried a Pat Maroon feed to take a 2-1 lead – a lead the Blues would not relinquish.

In the end, the game turned out to look pretty even, with face-off percentage, shots, blocks and power play (in)efficiency largely equal between the two teams. The Blues, however, clearly looked like the better team in the third period – so much so that if that style of play and dominance continues, this will be a very short series.

I suspect it will not, but given that the Jets were imposing their style of play the whole game and the Blues seemed content to simply ‘feel out’ the Jets to better plan for subsequent games, this was an ugly loss for Winnipeg.

Look for more Laine in Game 2, with more offensive contributions from the Blues’ top line. Game 2 is Friday at 9:30 Eastern time.

2019 NHL Playoffs – 1st Round Preview – St. Louis Blues v. Winnipeg Jets

“When I look at [the Stanley Cup], I also see lots of magic moments. I see the dreams of thousands of young people who, at least once, have pictured themselves at hockey’s ultimate moment of triumph, hoisting the Stanley Cup.” — Ken Dryden, 6-time Stanley Cup Winner, lawyer.

 

We sit here today, a far cry from my last article, impelling St. Louis Blues’ executives to rid the team of Doug Armstrong – architect of a team full of effete players with a poor attitude spreading like a pestilence through the locker room. Blues fans were consigned to ennui and despair with, at best, a chance to draft Jack Hughes.

 

But I was wrong (though you’ll never get me to admit it). Today, April 10, this new, resurgent version of the Blues begins their quest for the Cup against the Winnipeg Jets. Both teams finished the regular season at 99 points, with the Blues having a record of 1-2-1. That might not seem particularly lopsided, but it was with the Jets winning 5-1, a laughable 8-4, and, what might have been the Blues’ worst loss of the season, a 5-4 OT loss when leading 3-1 going in to the third.

 

All that said, the firing of Mike Yeo marked an important epoch in the Blues’ season. Since taking over, the Blues have gone 38-19-6 under new coach Craig Berube, good for a .651 points percentage. Contrast this to the Jets, who have posted only 35 wins during that time, and the disparity only grows once a grace period is accounted for to give Berube time to implement his system. Since January 1, the Blues have been one of the, if not the, best teams in the league. Unfortunately, the Blues and Jets have not matched up since December 7 (thank you, NHL?), so it is hard to use results of head-to-head matchups to offer predictive value for the playoffs.

 

Regardless, one key for the Blues to win this series is to contain Patrick Laine. As one of the game’s elite scorers, he torched the Blues for 6 goals in 4 games, including a 5 goal performance. Even looking outside of this season, Laine has scored 13 goals against the Blues in his short, three-year career.

 

As far as offensive production, the Blues season stands or falls on the production of the top line of Ryan O’Reilly, Vladimir Tarasenko, and Brayden Schenn. According to Murat Ates, who covers the Jets for The Athletic (a great follow on Twitter for those looking for a perspective from the Jets, @WPGMurat), 5 on 5, O’Reilly, Tarasenko & Schenn have a mark of 55.8 xG% and 22-9 lead in goals scored. Their+13 goal differential is 8th best line in the NHL. As a comparison: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Blake Wheeler finished the year as a -6 as a line.

 

Simply put: Line 1 bad = loss.

 

A wildcard to some, though not to me, is rookie goaltender Jordan Binnington. Binnington who has put up an out-of-this world 1.89 GAA, .927 save percentage, and 24-5-1 (!!!) record this season, but has yet to start a playoff game. Fresh in the mind of all fatalistic Blues fans (myself included), is the disastrous performance of playoff neophyte Roman Turek back in 2000. A series of unfortunate events, too numerous and disheartening to rehash, led to an early exit and a shortened career for Turek because he was never able to fully, and consistently, recover. My hope is that even if some minor things go wrong for Binnington, he has an unyielding calmness that gives me great confidence that he will be able to weather any storm and play valiantly regardless of circumstance.

 

So here we go. One more year. One more chance. I’ll watch. I’ll hope – just as I’ve done every year since 1993 – that the Blues can muster the strength to string together 16 wins. I’ll predict that they’ll be the one team left at the top of the mountain at the end, and tell you all that I am but simply part of the clerisy if they are.

 

And if not, I don’t want to talk about it.

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.

March 31st, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, March 31st, 2019, and these are your news and notes

 

There were 12 contests in NHL action yesterday

 

 

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

 

Florida 4, BOSTON 1

Florida Panthers infographic from the contest between the Panthers and the Boston Bruins yesterday afternoon.

 

CAROLINA 5, Philadelphia 2

Highlights from the contest between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday afternoon.

 

OTTAWA 4, Toronto 2

The Toronto Maple Leafs would fall to the Ottawa Senators yesterday with a 4-2 loss yesterday.

Ottawa would ruin Toronto’s chances to climb in the playoff picture with the win.

 

Washington 6, TAMPA BAY 3

The Washington Capitals would take down the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a 6-3 win yesterday at Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa Bay last night.

 

Goal scorers for Washington included Alex Ovechkin, who would notch two goals, his 50th and 51st on the season, as well as two goals scored by TJ Oshie, a goal by Nicklas Backstrom and another goal by Jakub Vrana.

 

Tampa Bay would go convert on two out of five power plays in the contest, but those conversions would not be enough as the Capitals would out shoot and out perform the Lightning to seal the 6-3 win for Washington.

 

 

TXHT has your full coverage of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Tampa Bay Lightning at the following page.

 

 

St. Louis 3, NEW JERSEY 2 (OT)

 

The St. Louis Blues, who clinched a playoff berth on Friday, would take down the new Jersey Devils with a 3-2 win in overtime last night.

 

 

 

NY ISLANDERS 5, Buffalo 1

 

The NY Islanders would take down the Buffalo Sabres yesterday with a 5-1 win and with the win, the Islanders would clinch a berth for the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

 

 

Montreal 3, WINNIPEG 1

 

The Montreal Canadiens would take an early lead in the contest against the Winnipeg Jets and come out with a 3-1 win over the Jets last night.

 

 

There would be three different goal scorers for the Canadiens in the 3-1 win last night.

 

 

Columbus 5, NASHVILLE 2

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets would notch their fourth straight win and get two much needed points in the race for the one of the last two wild card spots in the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators.

 

 

Nashville, with the loss, would not gain any ground in the Central Division standings.  The Winnipeg Jets and the Nashville Predators remain tied with 94 points atop the division.

 

SAN JOSE 4, Vegas 3 (OT)

 

The San Jose Sharks would defeat the Vegas Golden Knights last night at SAP Center last night with a 4-3 win in overtime.

 

 

 

Anaheim 5, EDMONTON 1

 

The Anaheim Ducks would take down the Edmonton Oilers yesterday with a 5-1 last night.

 

Anaheim’s Richard Rakell would score three goals in the contest to seal the win for the Ducks in this contest last night.

 

 

 

VANCOUVER 3, Dallas 2 (SO)

 

The Vancouver Canucks would take down the the Dallas Stars yesterday with a 3-2 win in the shootout frame.

 

 

It would be the second consecutive game in which the Canucks would win a game in the shootout.  Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom would have a 38-save performance in the contest.

 

 

 

LOS ANGELES 3, Chicago 2 (OT)

In the final contest of the night, the Los Angeles Kings would defeat the Chicago Blackhawks by the score of 3-2 in overtime last night.

Chicago, with the loss, has been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention.

 

 

Today’s Schedule of Games:


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Today’s Stanley Cup Playoff clinching possibilities:

-The Calgary Flames will clinch the Pacific Division AND the Western Conference if they defeat the San Jose Sharks

-The Dallas Stars will clinch a berth in the playoffs if the Arizona Coyotes lose in any fashion

Game Recap- 3/10/2019 Winnipeg Jets v.s. Washington Capitals

Winnipeg Jets (40-24-4 84 pts) v.s. Washington Capitals ( 41-21-7 89 pts)

Game Recap:

The Washington Capitals concluded their short two game home stand tonight against the Winnipeg Jets. Tonight’s game was a battle between a pair of forty win teams that are currently leading their respective divisions. Washington got on the board first as a result of a Nicklas Backstrom goal from John Carlson and Michal Kempny. Shortly, Winnipeg would tie the game up on a goal from Mathieu Perreault. The Capitals eventually killed off a pivotal 5 on 3 Power Play after committing back to back penalties. The first period would end with a 1-1 tie between the two teams. In the 2nd period, the Capitals took the lead as Carl Hagelin came out of the penalty box and scored on a beautiful lift pass from Nic Dowd. The Capitals would take a 2-1 lead going into the 3rd period. The 3rd period became very interesting as there was a coach’s challenge by Winnipeg to determine if the puck had crossed the line for a goal after an emphatic no goal call by the referees. After further review, the call would stand as no goal. The Capitals killed off a penalty with 2:35 left in the game after a Dmitri Orlov tripping call. Lars Eller then sealed the game with an empty net goal from Tom Wilson and Dmitri Orlov. The Capitals currently are on a 7 game win streak and close out the short home stand with a 2-0 record.

Lineups:

Winnipeg Jets:

Patrik Laine-Mark Scheifle-Blake Wheeler

Kyle Connor-Kevin Hayes-Nikolai Ehlers

Brandon Tanev-Kyle Lowry-Bryan Little

Matthieu Perreault-Andrew Copp-Jack Roslovic

Nathan Beulieu-Jacob Trouba

Dmitry Kulikov-Tyler Myers

Ben Chiarot-Sami Niku

Connor Helleubuyck

Laurent Brosoit

Scratches: Dustin Byfuglien, Matt Hendricks, Bogdan Kislovich, Par Lindholm, Josh Morrisey, Joe Morrow

Washington Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana-Nicklas Backstrom-TJ Oshie

Carl Hagelin-Lars Eller-Brett Connoly

Andre Burakovsky-Nic Dowd-Travis Boyd

Michal Kempny-John Carlson

Dmitri Orlov-Matt Niskanen

Brooks Orpik-Nic Jensen

Phoenix Copley

Braden Holtby

Scratches:

Dmitry Jaskin, Christian Djoos, Chandler Stephenson

GameDay:

First Period:

Washington Goal- 4:35- Nicklas Backstrom (18), assisted by John Carlson (50) & Michal Kempny (17)

Winnipeg Goal- 6:23- Matthieu Perreault (13), assisted by Jack Roslovic (13) & Andrew Copp (12)

Washington Penalty-14:28- Brett Connolly, 2 minutes for tripping

Washington Penalty- 14:54- Tom Wilson, 2 minutes for too many men on the ice

End of 1st –

End of 1st – WPG – 1      WSH – 1

Shots               8           5

Faceoffs         9/18         9/18

Hits                   5              10

PP                 0/2                0/0

2nd period:

Washington Penalty-6:18- Carl Hagelin, 2 minutes for holding

Winnipeg peanlty-9:33-Mathieu Perreault, 2 minutes for tripping

Washington Penalty-12:24-Carl Hagelin, 2 minutes for cross checking

Washington Goal-14:32- Carl Hagelin (4), assisted by Nic Dowd(12)

End of 2nd – WPG – 1       WSH – 2

Shots                23 9             

Faceoffs        21/37          16/37

Hits                 6 21               

PP                 0/4                0/1


3rd period:

Winnipeg Penalty-18 seconds-Patrik Laine, 2 minutes for hooking

Washington Penalty-17:25-Dmitri Orlov, 2 minutes for tripping

Washington Goal (Empty Net)-19:38-Lars Eller (10), assisted by Tom Wilson (16) & Dmitri Orlov (20)

End of 3rd – WPG – 1       WSH – 3

Shots                   34   18        

Faceoffs        35/54          19/54

Hits                   15          25

PP                 0/5                0/2

Next Up:

Winnipeg Jets(40-24-4 84 pts) vs San Jose Sharks (41-19-8 90 pts)

Washington Capitals (41-21-7 89 pts) vs Pittsburgh Penguins (37-23-9 83 pts)

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March 6th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, March 6th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were 10 contests in NHL action yesterday…


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BOSTON 4, Carolina 3 (OT)

 

The Carolina Hurricanes would take on the Boston Bruins last night and the Hurricanes would don the Hartford Whalers throwbacks for the final time this season.

 

 

The Boston Bruins would go on to defeat the Hurricanes in the contest with the 4-3 win in the overtime frame, thanks to David Krejci’s goal.  That goal would be his 16th on the season.

 

Columbus 2, NEW JERSEY 1 (SO)

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets would get a very important win last night against the New Jersey Devils with a 2-1 win, picking it up in the shootout frame.

 

 

NY ISLANDERS 5, Ottawa 4 (SO)

 

The New York Islanders would take on the Ottawa Senators and would come away with the 5-4 win in the shootout frame and with the win, Islanders head coach Barry Trotz would notch his 800th win.

 

PITTSBURGH 3, Florida 2 (OT)

 

The Pittsburgh Penguins would face off against the Florida Panthers last night in downtown Pittsburgh, and the Penguins would escape with the 3-2 win in overtime.

 


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Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby would have one goal and two assists to reach the career mark of 1,200 points for his career.

In this contest, Pittsburgh’s Matt Cullen would become the 20th player in League history to play in at least 1,500 games.

 

Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby would reach the 1,200 career point mark last night, tying Dino Ciccarelli for 47th place on the NHL’s all-time list in the contest.  He would reach the mark in 927 games, the 12th fastest in NHL history.

 

 

 

TAMPA BAY 5, Winnipeg 2

The Tampa Bay Lightning would go on to host the Winnipeg Jets last night and would go on to crush the Jets with the decisive 5-2 win in Tampa last night.

 

NASHVILLE 5, Minnesota 4 (SO)

The Nashville Predators would face off against the Minnesota Wild and would get the win tanks to the lone shootout goal in the contest by Nashville’s Ryan Johansen.  There would also be four different goal scorers in this contest for the Predators.

 

DALLAS 1, NY Rangers 0

In a penalty-filled contest last night, the Dallas Stars would defeat the NY Rangers last night by the score of 1-0.  The lone goal of the contest came from Stars John Klingberg, early in the second period.

Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop would go on to have 28 saves in the contest and would earn his fourth shutout on the season.

 

COLORADO 4, Detroit 3 (OT)

 

After trailing twice in the third period, the Colorado Avalanche would come back and defeat the Detroit Red Wings with a 4-3 win in the overtime frame.

 

 

Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen would go on to have one goal and two assists in the contest and Nathan MacKinnon would go on to net the game-winner in the overtime frame to clinch the win for the Avalanche.

 

Anaheim 3, ARIZONA 1

 

The Anaheim Ducks would snap the Arizona Coyotes six game win streak with the 3-1 last night in Glendale, Arizona.

 

In this contest, Ryan Kesler would play in his 1,000th NHL game.

 

Montreal 3, LOS ANGELES 1

 

In this contest, the Montreal Canadiens would score the first three goals in the contest, which would help guide the Canadiens to a 3-1 win last night over the Los Angeles Kings in downtown Los Angeles last night.

 

 

 

Tonight’s NHL schedule of games…

 


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TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your preview of the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks at the following page.

 

 

 

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With the 2019 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoffs kicking off tomorrow with the play-in game between the Connecticut Whale and the Metropolitan Riveters, TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your preview of the contest at the following page.