January 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

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

There were seven games on tap yesterday.

 

PITTSBURGH 4, Winnipeg 0

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

DETROIT 4, Nashville 3 (OT)

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

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

 

 

 

CAROLINA 4, Columbus 2

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

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

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

 

DALLAS 2, Washington 1 (OT)

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

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

 

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

 

 

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

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

 

COLORADO 6, NY Rangers 1

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

New Jersey 3, ARIZONA 2 (SO)

 

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

 

 

 

Vegas 3, ANAHEIM 2

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

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

 

Today in NHL news…

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

TXHT – 1/5/2019 – We’re BACK!!!

TXHT – 1/5/2019 – We’re BACK!!!

The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans!

 

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For our first episode of 2019, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by our St. Louis Blues contributor Aryan Weisenfeld as they tackle several subjects on the show.

 

Michael and Aryan go in depth about the NHL All Star Game Rosters and about specific players that made it to the All Star Game, plus they discussed which game Alex Ovechkin should sit out for his one game suspension for not attending the All Star Weekend.

 

Michael and Aryan also go into an in depth conversation about Washington Capitals Tom Wilson and the stigma that follows him no matter what he does when he plays, plus also the double standard that there is in the NHL when it comes to discipline from Player Safety.

 

Plus Michael and Aryan talk about the Blues and what’s going wrong with them, the Dallas Stars and their CEO putting their top players on blast, the 2020 All Star Game, 2020 Winter Classic, and the other outdoor games that were announced during the Winter Classic earlier this week.

 

This week’s episode was recorded on Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Opening Music: “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

 

Have a question you want answered on the show? Ask us! Comment on here or on one of our Social Media outlets, and we’ll answer it.

December 30th, 2018 — News and Notes

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

 

There were 15 contests in the NHL yesterday.

 

NEW JERSEY 2, Carolina 0

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

 

VEGAS 4, Los Angeles 1

 

 

San Jose 7, EDMONTON 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minnesota 3, WINNIPEG 1

 

Boston 3, BUFFALO 2 (OT)

 

 

NY Islanders 4, TORONTO 0

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

 

 

 

Washington 3, OTTAWA 2

 

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

 

 

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

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

 

 

TAMPA BAY 6, Montreal 5

 

FLORIDA 2, Philadelphia 1

 

 

Pittsburgh 6, ST. LOUIS 1

 

 

 

NY Rangers 4, NASHVILLE 3

 

 

DALLAS 5, Detroit 1

 

 

Chicago 3, COLORADO 2

 

 

 

Arizona 5, ANAHEIM 4

 

Vancouver 3, CALGARY 2

 

 

 

 

NWHL

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

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

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

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

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

Minnesota Whitecaps 2, BUFFALO BEAUTS 1

 

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

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

Both games can be seen at NHWL.zone.

 

 

 

In Day 4 of the 2019 World Junior Championships,

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

December 17th, 2018 — News and Notes

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

 

There were seven contests across the NHL yesterday…

 

Vegas 4, NY RANGERS 3 (OT)

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

 

 

 

CAROLINA 3, Arizona 0

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

 

Calgary 7, ST. LOUIS 2

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

 

Buffalo 4, BOSTON 2

 

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

 

 

San Jose 7, CHICAGO 3

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

 

 

 

WINNIPEG 5, Tampa Bay 4 (OT)

 

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

 

VANCOUVER 4, Edmonton 2

 

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

 

There are five games taking place tonight in the NHL…

 

 

Today in NHL news…

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

December 15th, 2018 — News and Notes

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

 

There were eight contests in action yesterday.

 

NEW JERSEY 5, Vegas 4 (OT)

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

 

 

Arizona 4, NY RANGERS 3 (OT)

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

PITTSBURGH 5, Boston 3

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Ottawa 4, DETROIT 2

 

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

 

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

 

 

Washington 6, CAROLINA 5 (OT)

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

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

 

ST. LOUIS 4, Colorado 3 (OT)

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Winnipeg 4, CHICAGO 3 (OT)

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

 

 

 

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

 

EDMONTON 4, Philadelphia 1

 

 

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

 

 

Today’s schedule of NHL games…

 

 

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

 

 

Images are the property of the NHL, NHL Public Relations, and NHL Media.

 

In NHL news…

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

 

 

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

 

 

December 10th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Monday, December 10th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

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There were seven contests in the NHL yesterday and one contest in the NWHL.

 

Vancouver 6, ST. LOUIS 1

 

Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson would be the sixth different rookie since the NHL’s Expansion Era (1967-68) to have multiple games of at least five points in a game.

 

WINNIPEG 7, Philadelphia 1

Seven different Winnipeg Jets players would goals for the Jets in this contest against the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday afternoon.

 

Jets Blake Wheeler would set a new franchise record for shorthanded points with 15 in the contest against the Flyers.

 

https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1071885789645148160

 

Boston 2, OTTAWA 1 (OT)

 

 

Montreal 3, CHICAGO 2

 

 

ANAHEIM 6, New Jersey 5 (SO)

In the Anaheim Ducks 6-5 win over the New Jersey Devils, three Anaheim players would have multi-point efforts in the contest.

Both teams would start out the scoring fast and early when they combined for three goals in the first 2:47.  It would be the fastest time in which two teams would combine for three goals to start a contest this season.

 

EDMONTON 1, Calgary 0

Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid would score the lone goal in the contest, which would be his 22nd game-winning goal since the 2015-16 season, good for a tie for fourth place with three other players.

 

VEGAS 4, Dallas 2

Vegas Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury would earn his 17th win on the season, the most for any goalie this season, with the Vegas 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars last night.  Fleury is now two wins away from tying Tony Esposito for ninth place all-time amongst goaltenders.

 

 

NWHL

The lone contest in the NWHL…

 

Boston Pride 5, METROPOLITAN RIVETERS 2

 

The Boston Pride would score three goals late in the contest to defeat the Metropolitan Riveters by the score of 5-2.

 

In the first period, Boston took the lead with a shorthanded goal when Amanda Pelkey scored her third goal on the season at the 8:55 mark.  Mallory Souliotis would register the assist on Pelkey’s goal.

 

The Riveters Madison Packer would tie the score 4:01 later at 1-1.  Boston’s Dana Trivigno would make the game a 2-1 contest late in the second period with Trivigno’s second goal on the season.

 

In the third period, the Riveters would tie the game a 2 a piece when Alexa Gruschow would score her first goal of the season.  After Gruschow would score, this is when the Pride would have their three-goal outburst in the final 1:54 of the contest, with two of these goals coming in a 28-second span on power-plays.

 

At the 18:06 mark, Boston’s Kaleigh Fratkin would score her first goal of the season, with Alyssa Gagliardi getting her second assist on the season.  28 seconds later at the 18:34 mark, Mallory Souliotis would score her third goal on the season.  Toni Ann Miano would gain her second assist on the season.

 

Boston’s fifth goal would be an empty-netter scored by McKenna Brand, her fourth of the season, with 31 seconds left in the contest.  Brand’s goal would be assisted by Haley Skarupa, her seventh on the season.

 

Boston Pride goalie Katie Burt had 21 saves on 23 attempts, good for a save percentage of .913 whereas Metropolitan Riveters goalie Kimberly Sass, despite being pulled in the final minute of the contest, had 31 saves on 35 chances.  Sass had a save percentage of .886.

 

With the win by the Pride, they are now tied with the Minnesota Whitecaps atop the NWHL Standings with a record of 6-2-0.

 

The NWHL will take a three-week hiatus and resume contests on December 29th, 2018.  The Metropolitan Riveters next contest will not take place until January 6th, 2019.

 

Games coming up in the NWHL…

December 29th, 2018:

Minnesota Whitecaps at Buffalo Beauts, 2 p.m., ET (NWHL Twitter Game of the Week)

December 30th, 2018:

Minnesota Whitecaps at Buffalo Beauts, 1:30 p.m., ET

Boston Pride at Connecticut Whale, 3 p.m., ET

January 5th, 2019:

Boston Pride at Buffalo Beauts, 1:30 p.m., ET (NWHL Twitter Game of the Week)

January 6th, 2019:

Metropolitan Riveters at Connecticut Whale, 1 p.m., ET

 

Today in NHL news…

The NHL Department of Player Safety announced yesterday afternoon that Toronto Maple Leafs F Zach Hyman has been suspended for two games for Interference on Boston Bruins D Charlie McAvoy.

 

This Week’s NHL Three Stars of the Week (week ending December 9th):

 

 

 

 

 

The NWHL announced that Original NWHLer and current Boston Pride Kaleigh Fratkin has been named this week’s NWHL Player of the Week.  Fratkin would score the game-winner for the Boston Pride with 1:54 left to give the Pride the win over the Metropolitan Riveters yesterday.  The win would also push the Boston Pride to first place in the NWHL standings with a record of 6-2-0.

 

December 8th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, December 8th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

 

DALLAS 3, San Jose 2

 

The Dallas Stars faced off against the San Jose Sharks last night and would win this contest 3-2.

Dallas is 10-3-1 when playing games at home on the season thus far.

Dallas has also won their last four contests.

 

St. Louis 1, WINNIPEG 0

With this 1-0 St. Louis Blues win, they would snap the four-game win streak for the Winnipeg Jets.

 

EDMONTON 7, Minnesota 2

 

Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid now has 33 games in his career where he has at least three points in a game before his 22nd birthday.

 

McDavid joins four other players for this exclusive list.

 

With this win, Edmonton has won their last four home games and six out of the last seven.

 

 

Carolina 4, ANAHEIM 1

The Carolina Hurricanes took on the Anaheim Ducks last night and would end up winning the contest 4-1.

Sebastian Aho would score the empty net goal to seal the win for the Hurricanes late in the third period.

 

 

 

 

This week’s NHL European Game of the Week is the contest between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres

 

In NHL news…

The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced yesterday that Calgary Flames D Mark Giordano has been suspended for two games for kneeing Minnesota Wild’s F Mikko Koivu.

Also, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced that Calgary Flames F Ryan Lomberg has been suspended for one game for leaving the player’s bench on a legal line change to start an altercation.

This is additional discipline for the automatic suspension that was announced earlier yesterday.

 

 

Today in the NWHL…

The Buffalo Beauts take on the Connecticut Whale at HarborCenter today at 6 p.m., ET.

 

In NWHL news today…

The Buffalo Beauts announced that head coach Ric Seiling and assistant coaches Craig Muni have been relieved of their coaching duties.

 

https://twitter.com/NWHL/status/1071210855004602368

 
TXHT has more coverage on this news at the following page.

Buffalo Beauts Relieve Coaches Ric Seiling and Craig Muni

December 2nd, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, December 2nd, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

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There were 12 games that took place yesterday.

 

OTTAWA 6, San Jose 2

 

In the NHL European Game of the Week…

 

 

The Ottawa Senators would defeat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 yesterday afternoon.  This matchup would mark the return of Sharks D Erik Karlsson to Ottawa for the first time since the offseason trade.

 

Ottawa’s Thomas Chabot recorded his 30th point on the season, making him the third player to get to 30 points for a Senator defenceman in franchise history.

 

 

Ottawa’s Ben Harpur would score his first NHL career goal in the win for the Senators.

 

NY ISLANDERS 3, Columbus 2

 

The New York Islanders would play their first contest in the newly renovated Nassau Coliseum last night of the season.

 

Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson would extend his point streak to a career-best 10 contests and is only three games shy of tying the all-time franchise record set by Ryan Johansen in the 2014-15 season.

 

 

Dallas 2, VANCOUVER 1

 

Detroit 4, BOSTON 2

The Detroit Red Wings snapped an eight-game regular-season winless streak against the Boston Bruins as the visitors when they defeated the Boston Bruins 4-2 last night.

 

MONTREAL 5, NY Rangers 2

In his return to action, Montreal Canadiens captain Shea Weber would score twice to help lift the Canadiens past the New York Rangers with a 5-2 win.

 

 

Tampa Bay 5, FLORIDA 4 (OT)

 

Brayden Point of the Tampa Bay Lightning score the 15th game winner, the most in the NHL since the 2017-18 season.

 

 

Tampa Bay would go on to win the contest over the Florida Panthers 5-4 in overtime.

 

Winnipeg 4, NEW JERSEY 3 (OT)

 

Mark Schiefele would score the fifth regular-season overtime goal, the most in Winnipeg Jets franchise history with the Jets 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils last night.

 

Philadelphia 4, PITTSBURGH 2

 

Toronto 5, MINNESOTA 3

 

The Toronto Maple Leafs would win their 10th road contest out of the 13 played thus far on the season with the 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.

 

 

 

TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor Steve Gardiner has your recap of the contest between the Maple Leafs and the Minnesota Wild at the following page.

 

12/1/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Minnesota Wild – Game Day Recap

 

 

NASHVILLE 5, Chicago 2

The Nashville Predators would score three goals in the first five minutes of the contest and would go on to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2.

 

ARIZONA 6, St. Louis 1

There were six different players that scored for the Arizona Coyotes when they would go on to rout the St. Louis Blues by the score of 6-1.

 

EDMONTON 2, Vegas 1

 

NWHL

In the NWHL contest from last night, the Connecticut Whale took on the Boston Pride in the NWHL Twitter Game of the Week.

 

The Boston Pride would halt the Minnesota Whitecaps win streak at six games with the Pride’s 5-1 win at TRIA Rink last night.

 

The contest would be scoreless for the first 17 minutes until  Mallory Souliotis scoredher first NWHL goal thanks to an assist from Amanda Pelkey to give the Pride the 1-0 lead.

 

Jillian Dempsey would make the contest 2-0 before the end of the first period.

 

Amanda Boulier would score the lone goal for the Whitecaps in the contest in the second period.

 

The Boston Pride’s Hayley Skarupa would score on the power-play with 35 seconds left in the second period to give the Pride the 3-1 lead.

 

In the third period Gigi Marvin would score both goals to give the Pride cement the 5-1 lead.

 

The Minnesota Whitecaps look to take the win from the Boston Pride today at in front of another sold-out crowd at 2 p.m., CT and the game can be seen on NWHL.zone/watch

 

The Metropolitan Riveters take on the Connecticut Whale today at 3:30pm, ET from the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Pittsburgh.

 

TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your preview of the contest between the Riveters and the Whale at the following page.

 

NWHL Game Preview – 12/2/2018 – Metropolitan Riveters v. Connecticut Whale

 

 

In NHL news…

 

The Toronto Maple Leafs and William Nylander came to terms on a six-year deal worth $41.77M deal, ending Nylander’s holdout.

 

 

 

 

 

The NHL announced yesterday afternoon the NHL Three Stars of the Month.

 

 

 

 

 

The NHL also announced today that the Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin has been named the NHL Rookie of the Month for the Month of November.

 

 

Today there are six contests on the schedule…