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March 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Monday, March 4th, 2019, and these are your news and notes

There were eight games on the NHL schedule yesterday…

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Yesterday’s results:

Washington 3, NY RANGERS 2 (SO)

The Washington Capitals took on the New York Rangers for a matinee game and would escape this contest with a much needed win and would regain the top spot in the Metropolitan Division.

This game would not be without controversy in the shootout when Rangers goaltender Alexander Georgiev would throw his stick at an oncoming Alex Ovechkin on the latters shootout attempt.  It would at first be called a no goal but then after a meeting between all four on ice officials, it would be called a goal and the Capitals would pick up the win.

TXHT has your full coverage of the contest between the Capitals and the Rangers at the following page.

Philadelphia 4, NY ISLANDERS 1

There would be four different goal scorers for the Philadelphia Flyers as they would take down the New York Islanders by the score of 4-1 yesterday afternoon.

VEGAS 3, Vancouver 0

The Vancouver Canucks would face off against the Vegas Golden Knights yesterday and would get crushed, losing by the score of 3-0.

The Canucks would get out shot 49-19 in the contest and Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would have his eighth shutout on the season in this contest, the most for a goaltender on the season.

 

ANAHEIM 2, Colorado 1

The Anaheim Ducks would take on the Colorado Avalanche and would get a much needed win for the Ducks.

Ottawa 3, FLORIDA 2

 

Winnipeg 5, COLUMBUS 2

The Winnipeg Jets would visit the Columbus Blue Jackets and would come away with the 5-2 win over Columbus thanks to four goals in the contest by Winnipeg’s Blake Wheeler.

 

Nashville 3, MINNESOTA 2 (SO)

The Nashville Predators would take on the Minnesota Wild and would escape with the 3-2 win in the shootout frame.

SAN JOSE 5, Chicago 2

 

Today there are only two games on the NHL slate.


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NWHL

 

Yesterday would close out the regular season for the NWHL.  Two contests took place with the Minnesota Whitecaps visiting the Connecticut Whale and the Buffalo Beauts visiting the Metropolitan Riveters.

 

Minnesota Whitecaps 4, CONNECTICUT WHALE 1

First in the Minnesota Whitecaps at the Connecticut Whale game, the Minnesota Whitecaps would clinch the number one seed in the NWHL Isobel Cup playoffs with the 4-1 win over the Whale.

Minnesota’s Lauren Barnes would score twice, these being the first goals of her NWHL career, and Amanda Boulier picked up two assists in the contest.  Whitecaps goaltender Amanda Leveille would go on to have 24 saves on 25 attempts in the contest to seal the first regular season championship for Minnesota who continued to make history for the franchise and the NWHL.

Minnesota will host the winner of the play-in game between the Connecticut Whale and the Metropolitan Riveters on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., ET/1:30 p.m., CT at the TRIA Rink.

TXHT has your coverage of the weekends contest for the Connecticut Whale at the following page.

METROPOLITAN RIVETERS 4, Buffalo Beauts 3 (SO)

In an exciting back and forth game, the Metropolitan Riveters would come back from a 2-0 deficit to take down the Buffalo Beauts with the 4-3 win in the shootout yesterday afternoon.

Throughout the second period, there would be multiple penalties between both teams and Riveters Madison Parker would be the only one to take advantage of the extra woman on the ice with Parker’s goal at the 17:41 mark.

Riveters Taylor Accursi would end up netting the winner in the shootout frame to seal the win for Metropolitan and they will now host the Connecticut Whale in the play-in contest of the 2019 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoffs on Thursday night at 7 p.m., ET at the RWJBarnabas Health Hockey House.  The winner of that contest will take on the Minnesota Whitecaps at TRIA Rink on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., ET.

 

After these contests, the 2019 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoff schedule is now set.  You can see the schedule at the following link.

March 2nd, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, March 2nd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were eight contests in NHL action last night.

 

BUFFALO 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT)

The Pittsburgh Penguins would face off against the Buffalo Sabres and would come out of this contest with a point, falling to the Buffalo Sabres by the score of 4-3 in the overtime frame.

 

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Philadelphia 6, NEW JERSEY 3

The Philadelphia Flyers would double up the New Jersey Devils last night with the 6-3 win and this would also mark the first win as a Philadelphia Flyer for Cam Talbot.

 

 

Washington 3, NY ISLANDERS 1

The Washington Capitals would visit the New York Islanders last night and would come away with two crucial points in the division standings.  Washington would go on to defeat the Islanders by the score of 3-1.

Alex Ovechkin would register his 45th goal on the season for the 10th time in his career and now holds the League record for most 45 goals in a season.

TXHT has your full complete coverage of the contest at the following page.

 

Montreal 4, NY RANGERS 2

The Montreal Canadiens would visit the New York Rangers and they would come out of New York with the 4-2 win last night with Montreal’s Joel Arima registered hat trick in the contest.

 

CAROLINA 5, St. Louis 2

The Carolina Hurricanes would come away from this contest against the St. Louis Blues with a 5-2 in Raleigh last night.

Carolina’s Sebastian Aho would score his fourth SHG (shorthanded goal) on the season and would move into a tie with three others for the League lead.

 

WINNIPEG 5, Nashville 3

There would be five different goal scorers for the Winnipeg Jets in their 5-3 win over the Nashville Predators last night.  With the win for the Jets, they leapt ahead of the Predators for the Central Division lead.

 

Vegas 3, ANAHEIM 0

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would come away with a shutout win for Vegas in their 3-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks last night.

 

SAN JOSE 4, Colorado 3

The San Jose Sharks would squeak by the Colorado Avalanche with the 4-3 win, with San Jose’s Marcus Sorensen scoring two goals in the contest.  On the three Avalanche goals, Gabriel Landeskog would have an assist on all three goals.

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There are 10 contests in NHL action today

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For more news, notes, information, and statistics, please check out the NHL’s Morning Skate at the following page.

 

The final games on the NWHL Regular Season begin tonight with the Minnesota Whitecaps visiting the Boston Pride at 7:30 p.m., ET.  The game can be seen on NWHL.zone.

TXHT will have coverage of the contest tomorrow.

February 23rd, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, February 23rd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were five contests that took place yesterday.

 

Columbus 3, OTTAWA 0

The Columbus Blue Jackets would take on the Ottawa Senators last night and would come away with another shutout victory on the season.  The Blue Jackets would go on to outshoot the Senators in this contest with 40 shots on goal to Ottawa’s 22.

This would be the Senators third consecutive loss and in their last ten games, Ottawa has a record of 3-7-0.

 

Minnesota 3, DETROIT 2

In a hard fought contest last night in Detroit, the Minnesota Wild would go on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings with the 3-2 win last night.  The win for the Wild movers them to a record of 29-27-6, while the Red Wings fall to a record of 23-30-9.

 

Colorado 5, CHICAGO 3

In another hard fought battle last night, the Colorado Avalanche would face off against the Chicago Blackhawks and the Avalanche would escape with a 5-3 win.  Chicago would tie the game a 3 a piece at the 10 minute mark in the third period but would be able to mount a comeback against Colorado.

Colorado would move to one point behind the Minnesota Wild and Chicago with the loss is now three points behind Minnesota for the final wild card spot in the Western Conference.

 

CALGARY 2, Anaheim 1

The Anaheim Ducks woes on the season would continue with the loss last night to the Calgary Flames.

With Calgary’s win, they continue to hold the top spot in the Pacific Division with a record of 38-16-7, good for 83 points.

 

Winnipeg 6, VEGAS 3

The Winnipeg Jets would go on to double up the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3, thanks to two goals from Winnipeg’s Patrik Laine.

Winnipeg holds on to a slim lead in the Central Division standings thanks to the win.

The Golden Knights hold on to the third spot in the Pacific Division, despite the loss to the Jets last night.

 

 

There are 11 games on the NHL schedule today including the 2019 NHL Stadium Series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania tonight at 8 p.m.

 

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Today in the NWHL…

The Metropolitan Riveters travel to the HarborCenter to take on the Buffalo Beauts at 5 p.m., ET.  This contest can be seen, as all NWHL games, on NWHL.zone/watch

February 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, February 17th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were 12 contests in NHL action yesterday.

 

 

PHILADELPHIA 6, Detroit 5 (OT)

 

Calgary 5, PITTSBURGH 4

 

Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin would score twice in the contest against the Calgary but it would not be enough as the Pittsburgh Penguins would fall to the Calgary Flames by the score of 5-4.

 

 

St. Louis 3, COLORADO 0

 

A hard fought 40 minutes between both teams would be the story in this contest until the St. Louis Blues would score three straight goals in the third period, with two of the first goals coming within nearly 30 seconds of each other.

 

TAMPA BAY 3, Montreal 0

The Montreal Canadiens would get shutout by the Tampa Bay Lightning by the score of 3-0 in Tampa, Florida yesterday.

 

NY ISLANDERS 5, Edmonton 2

 

 

Ottawa 4, WINNIPEG 3 (OT)

Despite two goals from Tyler Myles and another by Brandon Tanev, the Winnipeg Jets would fall in overtime to the Ottawa Senators by the score of 4-3.

 

ARIZONA 2, Toronto 0

The Toronto Maple Leafs would travel to Glendale, Arizona to take on the Arizona Coyotes and would fall to Arizona by the score of 2-0.

Both of the goals for the Coyotes would come in the second period of the contest.

 

CAROLINA 3, Dallas 0

The Carolina Hurricanes would earn their third consecutive win with the 3-0 win last night over the Dallas Stars.

 

Columbus 5, CHICAGO 2

Despite being outshot in the contest, the Columbus Blue Jackets would leave Chicago with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks last night.



VEGAS 5, Nashville 1

The Vegas Golden Knights would snap their losing streak by defeating the Nashville Predators by the score of 5-1.

 

SAN JOSE 3, Vancouver 2

The Vancouver Canucks would fall to the San Jose Sharks by the score of 3-2 in San Jose last night, despite outshooting the Sharks with 34 shots on goal to San Jose’s 26.

Boston 4, LOS ANGELES 2

Tuukka Rask would net another win, extending his personal point streak to 13 games, amassing a record of 11-0-2 in those 13 games.  Rask would turn aside 23 shots as the Boston Bruins would double up the Los Angeles Kings with a 4-2 win in downtown Los Angeles last night.

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats….

 

 

 

 

 

Today’s NHL Schedule of Games

 

 

NWHL

 

Don’t forget ladies and gentleman that there will be one NWHL game tomorrow, which is the make up game from early January between the Boston Pride and the Metropolitan Riveters at 1 p.m., ET.

February 10th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, February 10th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were 14 contests in NHL action yesterday.

 

There will be a quick recap of the league’s action yesterday.

BOSTON 5, Los Angeles 4 (OT)

BUFFALO 3, Detroit 1

 
Minnesota 4, NEW JERSEY 2

NY ISLANDERS 4, Colorado 3 (OT)

PHILADELPHIA 6, Anaheim 2

ST. LOUIS 3, Nashville 2

 

OTTAWA 5, Winnipeg 2

The Ottawa Senators would go on to have a great win by taking down the Winnipeg Jets with a 5-2 win.

ARIZONA 3, Dallas 2

The Arizona Coyotes would have a much needed win with the 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars last night.

San Jose 5, EDMONTON 2

 
Toronto 4, MONTREAL 3 (OT)

The Montreal Canadiens would fall in the overtime frame to the Toronto Maple Leafs, by the score of 4-3.

 

 

Toronto’s John Tavares would reach the 60 point mark in the shortest time with the Maple Leafs win over the Canadiens last night.

 

TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your full coverage of the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Montreal Canadiens at the following page.

TAMPA BAY 5, Pittsburgh 4

 

 


Florida 5, WASHINGTON 4 (OT)

In this contest, the Florida Panthers would defeat the Washington Capitals by a score of 5-4 in overtime.

 

Florida’s Mike Hoffman would be the seventh player in Florida Panthers history to record at least 25 goals in their first season with the club.

 

TXHT has your coverage of this contest at the following page.

 

VANCOUVER 4, Calgary 3 (SO)

Columbus 4, VEGAS 3

The Vegas Golden Knights had a 3-2 lead but would fall 4-3 to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today’s slate of NHL contests…

 

 

NWHL All Star Game

The NWHL has their All-Star Game today and TXHT’s Chris Vasilas will be at the game and provide a full recap of the all the action upon the conclusion of the contest.

February 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is February 3rd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were 13 matchups yesterday in NHL action.

 

 

 

PHILADELPHIA 5, Edmonton 4 (OT)

The Philadelphia Flyers took on the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL European Game of the Week and would go on to defeat Edmonton 5-4 in the overtime frame.

 

Philadelphia’s Nolan Patrick would go on to score the game winner at the 2:01 mark in the overtime frame.

With this win by the Flyers, they have now won seven games in a row and eight out of their last ten games.

 

New Jersey 3, MONTREAL 2 (OT)

The New Jersey Devils would go on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens in overtime thanks to two goals by Nico Hischier, including the game-winner in the overtime frame.

 

Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Phillip Danault would be the goal scorers for the Canadiens in this contest.

 

 

TORONTO 3, Pittsburgh 2

The Toronto Maple Leafs would take on the Pittsburgh Penguins and would come away with the 3-2 win, after being down 2-0 in the first period.

 

 

TXHT has your full recap of the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins at the following page.

 

Detroit 2, OTTAWA 0

 

The Detroit Red Wings with this win over the Ottawa Senators would win back to back games.

 

The Red Wings would score the only two goals in the contest in the first period with no one scoring any goals in the second or third periods.

 

FLORIDA 3, Vegas 1

The Vegas Golden Knights would fall to the Florida Panthers, leading to a three game skid.

With the win by Florida, they now have a record of 21-21-8 on the season, good for 50 points.

 

NY ISLANDERS 4, Los Angeles 2

The New York Islanders would go on to double up the Los Angeles Kings with a 4-2 win.  Ryan Pulock would go on to have a three assist night, notching all three assists in the third period.

 

 

 

St. Louis 4, COLUMBUS 2

With the 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues, the Columbus Blue Jackets would go on to split the season series.

 

St. Louis Vladimir Tarasenko would go on to register one goal and two assists in the contest.

 

 

WINNIPEG 9, Anaheim 3

The Winnipeg Jets throttled the Anaheim Ducks with a 9-3 win, and giving the Jets 70 points thus far on the season.

Winnipeg’s Jack Roslovic would go on to register a hat trick in this contest, his first career hat trick.

 

With the 9-3 loss, the Ducks have lost their last three games and have a record of 2-6-2 in their last ten contests.

 

 

TAMPA BAY 3, NY Rangers 2

In a hard fought contest the Tampa Bay Lightning would go on to defeat the New York Rangers with a 3-2 win at Madison Square Garden last night.

 

 

Dallas 3, NASHVILLE 1

The Dallas Stars would go on to win their fourth straight contest with the 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators last night.

Despite being tied going into the third period, the Nashville Predators would fall to the Stars.

 

Chicago 4, MINNESOTA 3 (OT)

 

Vancouver 5, COLORADO 1

SAN JOSE 3, Arizona 2 (OT)

 

Today’s NHL slate of games…

 

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats…

 

 

NWHL

 

Yesterday’s two NWHL contests…

TXHT will have a full recap of all the NWHL action from this weekend tomorrow.

January 20th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, January 20th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were 11 contests on the NHL schedule yesterday.

 

 

 

Anaheim 3, NEW JERSEY 2

 

In the first contest of the day, the Anaheim Ducks took on the New Jersey Devils in the NHL European Game of the Week.  The Ducks, after getting their first win after losing twelve straight contests on Thursday night, would defeat New Jersey by the score of 3-2.

 

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For the New Jersey Devils, they enter their bye week having lost their last three games and seven out of the last ten.

 

COLORADO 7, Los Angeles 1

 

The Colorado Avalanche took on the Los Angeles Kings and would soundly defeat the Kings thanks to six goals in the second period and would go on to win this contest by the score of 7-1.

 

 

This would also be a heavily-filled penalty contest for the Kings, who amassed eight penalties in the contest.  Five of the eight penalties would come in the third period alone.

 

NY Rangers 3, BOSTON 2

 

Philadelphia 5, MONTREAL 2

There would be four different scores for the Philadelphia Flyers in the contest and two different scorers for the Montreal Canadiens in this contest.

 

Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher would lead all skaters for the Canadiens with eight shots on goal, but would not score on any of those shots.

 

 

For the Flyers, goaltender Carter Hart would have 35 saves in the contest.  Hart has a record of 6-5-1 in those 12 contests.

 

 

TAMPA BAY 6, San Jose 3

Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos would go on to have a two goal, one assist performance and help the Lightning defeat the San Jose Sharks by the score of 6-3.

 

 

San Jose Sharks Evander Kane would also have a two goal performance and Marcus Sorensen would become the eighth player for the Sharks this season to have at least ten goals.

 

ST. LOUIS 3, Ottawa 2

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington would become the sixth different goaltender in Blues history to have at least a point in at least their first five contests.

 

 

DALLAS 4, Winnipeg 2

The Dallas Stars would take on the Winnipeg Jets and double up the Jets 4-2.

 

In this contest for Dallas, there would be four different goal scorers in the contest.

The Jets would not score until the third period and would fight to come back but it would still not be enough.

 

 

Florida 4, NASHVILLE 2

 

Nashville’s Nick Bonino and Auston Watson would score the goals for the Predators in this contest.

 

MINNESOTA 2, Columbus 1

 

Minnesota’s Zach Parise would score one of the two goals, his 20th on the season, in a hard fought battle between both teams in the contest.

Columbus Blue Jackets Artemi Panarin would score the lone goal for the Blue Jackets in this contest.

 

Calgary 5, EDMONTON 2

 

Edmonton’s Jesse Puljujarvi would notch two assists, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Milan Lucic notching the only two goals for the Oilers in this contest.

 

 

VEGAS 7, Pittsburgh 3

 

Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault became the second different player to record hat tricks for the franchise.  Marchessault joins William Karlsson, who has two hat tricks with the franchise.

 

 

Pittsburgh’s infographic from last night’s game.  Credit of the image goes to the Pittsburgh Penguins Twitter.

 

 

In the lone NWHL of the day, the Connecticut Whale took on the Minnesota Whitecaps.

 

MINNESOTA WHITECAPS 2, Connecticut Whale 0

 

Minnesota Allie Thunstrom and Hannah Brandt scored the two goals for the Whitecaps in a hard fought battle for both sides.

Minnesota’s win put them back in first place in the NWHL standings with a record of 9-4-0 on the season

 

The game was scoreless until toward the end of the second period when Allie Thunstrom scored her third goal on the season.  The goals were assisted by  Brooke White-Lancette and  Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal. 

Minnesota’s second goal was scored by Hannah Brandt, her fifth on the season.  Brandt’s goal would be assisted by Amy Menke and Kendall Coyne Shofield.

 

Connecticut Whale goaltender Meeri Räisänen would go on to have a 29 save performance in the contest and would have more phenomenal saves throughout the contest.

 

This contest ended up being the Whitecaps “You Can Play” game in which all Whitecaps players donned jersey with rainbow numbers and accents. The You Can Play Project is an initiative that emphasizes equality and respect in sport, particularly for LGBTQ+ individuals.

 

Today there is only one contest in the NWHL.  The Minnesota Whitecaps will be hosting their last home game of the regular season.  The game will be available to watch on NWHL.zone/watch

 

The game that was to take place between the Metropolitan Riveters and the Boston Pride has been postponed to a date to be determined.

 

 

Today there are five games on the NHL schedule.

 

January 14th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Monday, january 14th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were six games that took place yesterday.

 

CAROLINA 6, Nashville 3

 

Carolina Hurricanes Sebastian Aho would go on to record a hat trick in the contest and Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg would go on to have a two goal performance in the Carolina’s 6-3 win.

Aho would be the fourth player in the franchise history of the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes to begin their career with the franchise and  have three seasons with at least 20 goals.

 

Justin Williams would also extend his goal scoring streak to five games and be the sixth player to do this at the age of 37 or older.

 

WINNIPEG 4, Anaheim 3 (OT)

The Winnipeg Jets would win this contest with 11 seconds left to take down the Anaheim Ducks 4-3.  Winnipeg’s Bryan Little would score his 10th goal on the season with this game winner.

Winnipeg Jets Patrik Laine would join a rare company when he scored his 25th goal on the season.

 

He would be the seventh player in League history to have at least three 25 goal seasons before their 21st birthday.

 

COLUMBUS 7, NY Rangers 5

 

Before the contest between both teams, Rick Nash, who had played for both franchises in his career, participated in the ceremonial puck drop.

 

 

Columbus would go on to win its third game in four days in this contest when they went on to defeat the New York Rangers by the score of 7-5.

 

 

NY ISLANDERS 5, Tampa Bay 1

The New York Islanders faced off against the Tampa Bay Lightning and would win the contest 5-1.  With the Islanders win, they would snap the Lightning’s 12 game win streak against Metropolitan division opponents.

 

NY Islanders goaltender Thomas Griess would go on to have a 26 save performance in this contest to extend the hot streak that the Islanders have been on.  The team has won eight out of their last ten contests.

The Lightning now has a record of 35-9-2 on the season, good for 72 points.

 

VANCOUVER 5, Florida 1

Vancouver’s Loui Eriksson would open up the scoring in the second period for the Canucks when he scored his eighth goal in the season, giving Vancouver the 1-0 lead at the 12:32 mark.

Late in the third period, Brock Boeser and Jay Beagle would both score empty net goals, sealing the 5-1 win for the Canucks.

Eriksson had a four-point night to top all scorers for points in the game.

 

CALGARY 7, Arizona 1

The Calgary Flames would take on the Arizona Coyotes last night and the Flames would drub the Coyotes, winning the contest by the score of 7-1.

Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk and Mark Giordano would score twice in the contest and Johnny Gaudreau would score a goal and have an assist in the contest.

Arizona’s lone goal would come on a power play from Jordan Oesterle late in the second period.  Arizona cold never get out of the box and would fall behind early.

With this contest, the Flames would hold onto their best record in the Western Conference and now has a record of 30-13-4 (64 pts) Arizona has a record of 20-22-3 (43 pts).

 

 

Today’s Schedule of Games…

 

 

 

NWHL

 

Saturday in the two NWHL contests…

 

BOXSCORE: Buffalo Beauts 5, Metropolitan Riveters 1

 

 

For the first time since the 2018 Isobel Cup Final last March, the Buffalo Beauts and Metropolitan Riveters faced off and the Beauts would walk away with a dominant 5-1 win over the Riveters at HarborCenter yesterday afternoon in the NWHL Twitter Game of the Week.

Buffalo’s Hayley Scamurra would score twice and by doing so would tie teammate Maddie Elia for the lead in NWHL goals with nine on the season.

 

BOXSCORE: Boston Pride 5, Minnesota Whitecaps 4

 

 

In the contest between the Boston Pride and the Minnesota Whitecaps, The Pride went on to defeat the Whitecaps by the score of 5-4.

This was a contest for the battle for first place overall in the NWHL standings and this contest was playded before a sold out crowd at the Warrior Ice Arena.

This was the first contest since the Pride announced the new partnership with the NHL’s Boston Bruins.

The scoring in this contest would be fast and furious as the Whitecaps would open up the scoring in the first period when Minnesota’s Kendall Coyne Schofield would score at the 3:25 mark.  Then Boston would even the score just 35 seconds later when Kaleigh Fratkin scored her second goal on the season.

Then at the 6:24 mark, Boston’s Amanda Pelkey would score her fourth goal on the season.  Almost two minutes later, Minnesota’s Amanda Menke would even the score at 2 a piece.  After that, the Pride would score three unanswered goals to give the Pride a 5-2 lead at the end of the first period.

The second and third periods were quiet on the scoring front for the Pride but the Whitecaps would score a goal in each period.  However, that would not be enough as the Minnesota Whitecaps would fall to the Pride in their first game on the weekend.

 

 

Yesterday’s action in the NWHL…

 

BOXSCORE: Minnesota Whitecaps 4, Connecticut Whale 1

 

 

After falling to the Boston Pride 5-2 on Saturday night, the Minnesota Whitecaps would have a dominant performance against the Connecticut Whale and would defeat the Whale by the score of 4-1.

Minnesota’s Janna Curtis would open up the scoring for the Whitecaps with her goal at the 6:58 mark in the first period, her sixth on the season.  Then about six minutes later, Hannah Brandt would score a goal on the power play to give Minnesota a 2-0 lead.

Minnesota goaltender Amanda Leveille would once again have a contest with great saves and would register 26 saves in the contest.

Amy Menke would have a great game, registering two assists before getting a goal of her own about halfway through the second period.

Despite having four minutes of power play time in the third period, the Whale would not convert on the chances given and would fall to the Whitecaps.

 

Upcoming games in the NWHL:

 

  • January 19: Connecticut Whale at Minnesota Whitecaps (Twitter Game of the Week)
  • January 20: Boston Pride at Metropolitan Riveters; Connecticut Whale at Minnesota Whitecaps
  • January 26: Boston Pride at Buffalo Beauts (Twitter Game of the Week)
  • February 2: Buffalo Beauts at Metropolitan Riveters (Twitter Game of the Week); Connecticut Whale at Boston Pride

January 12th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, January 12th, 2019, and these are your news and notes

 

There were four contests in the NHL yesterday.

 

CAROLINA 4, Buffalo 3

 

Jeff Skinner would join the 30 goal maker in this contest and in doing so would be the fifth different Buffalo Sabres player to get 30 goals in fewer than 45 games played with the franchise.  He would also be the third player to achieve this mark in his first season with the Sabres

 

Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams would become the third player in franchise history to be aged 37 years or older to record goal streaks of at least four games.

 

 

Buffalo @ Carolina: Game Summary

 

WINNIPEG 4, Detroit 2

Winnipeg Jets Bryan Little would register his 500th career point when he scored his ninth goal of the season at the 4:51 mark of the second period.

 

 

Detroit @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

 
CALGARY 4, Florida 3

The Flames would have four straight goals and would go on to defeat the Florida Panthers and improve their record in their last nine contests to 7-1-1 and 4-0-0 in the last four games.

 

 

 

 

 

Florida @ Calgary: Game Summary
Pittsburgh 7, ANAHEIM 4

The Pittsburgh Penguins would defeat the Anaheim Ducks in Anaheim last night thanks to a hat trick from Penguins Jake Guentzel.  Pittsburgh Tanner Pearson would also score twice in the third period to give the Penguins the 7-4 win over the Ducks.

 

Pittsburgh would win their sixth consecutive road game, the longest since an eight game road win streak that occured late during the 2015-16 season.

 

 

Pittsburgh @ Anaheim: Game Summary

 

There are 12 games on the NHL schedule…

 

 

Today’s NHL European Game of the Week pits the New York Rangers taking on the New York Islanders.

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats…

 

 

 

 

NWHL

 

This weekend in the NWHL…

 

The contest between the Buffalo Beauts and the Metropolitan Riveters is this week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week

 

 

In NHL News…

Rick Nash announced yesterday that he would be forced to retire due to the concussion he suffered in a game last March.  Nash ends his career having played in 1,060 games, scoring 437 career goals and amassing 805 points.

 

 

On Wednesday, Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his weekly “31 Thoughts” article and the next day, the “31 Thoughts” podcast was released.

 

 

 

TXHT has an all new episode today which you can check out at the following page.  This week’s episode contains NWHL news and much more.

January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

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

Yesterday there were 11 games in action.

 

BOSTON 4, Minnesota 0

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

 

Minnesota @ Boston: Game Summary

 

BUFFALO 5, New Jersey 1

New Jersey @ Buffalo: Game Summary

 

Carolina 4, NY ISLANDERS 3

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

 

Carolina @ NY Islanders: Game Summary

 

PITTSBURGH 5, Florida 1

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

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

 

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

 

Florida @ Pittsburgh: Game Summary

 

Montreal 3, DETROIT 2

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

 

Montreal @ Detroit: Game Summary

 

TAMPA BAY 4, Columbus 0

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

 

Columbus @ Tampa Bay: Game Summary

 

WASHINGTON 5, Philadelphia 3

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

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

 

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

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

Philadelphia @ Washington: Game Summary

 

 

Dallas 3, ST. LOUIS 1

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

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

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

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

 

Dallas @ St. Louis: Game Summary

 

 

WINNIPEG 7, Colorado 4

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

 

Colorado @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

 

 

VEGAS 4, NY Rangers 2

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

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

NY Rangers @ Vegas: Game Summary

 

SAN JOSE 7, Edmonton 2

 

Edmonton @ San Jose: Game Summary

 

 

Today there are three games on the NHL schedule