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November 28th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, November 28th, 2017 and these are your news and notes.

 

There were 10 contests in action last night.

 

-BUFFALO 3, San Jose 2 (OT)

The Buffalo Sabres would win their 10th straight contest, the most consecutive wins since the 2006-07 season in their 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks last night.

The Sabres have won 10 straight contests three times, including this season.

 

-Ottawa 4, PHILADELPHIA 3

Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators would come back from a multi-goal deficit in the last 10 minutes of the game to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3.

 

-Carolina 2, MONTREAL 1

Carolina Hurricanes G Curtis McElhinney would have a 48 save performance, matching a career high, in the 2-1 over the Montreal Canadiens last night.

 

-Anaheim 3, TAMPA BAY 1

Anaheim Ducks G Ryan Miller would have 25 saves in his 373rd career win and is now one shy of the all-time record of 374 set by John Vanbiesbrouck for most wins by a U.S.-born goaltender.

 

-Colorado 3, NASHVILLE 2

Colorado Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen became the first player this season to have 40 points when he had two assists in the Avalanche’s 3-2 win at the Nashville Predators last night.  With the achievement, Rantanen became the quickest player to reach to 40-point mark in a season since the Avalanche relocated from the Quebec Nordiques in 1995.

 

-Arizona 4, MINNESOTA 3

Despite the 4-3 loss to the Arizona Coyotes, Minnesota Wild’s Matt Dumba extended his point streak to seven games and matched a franchise high for a defenceman.  Ryan Suter achieved the mark of seven games with at least a point twice.

 

-Pittsburgh 4, WINNIPEG 3

 

Pittsburgh Penguins F Phil Kessel would extend his point streak to nine games and is the longest active point streak in the League.

 

-Vegas 8, CHICAGO 3

The Vegas Golden Knights would score a franchise-record eight goals in their rout over the Chicago Blackhawks last night.

 

-EDMONTON 1, Dallas 0 (OT)

 

-Los Angeles 2, VANCOUVER 1 (OT)

After his hat trick on Sunday, it only took the Los Angeles Kings Dustin Brown 53 seconds to score the game-winner in the extra frame to give the Kings the 2-1 win at the Vancouver Canucks last night.

 

Today’s schedule of games…

Image courtesy of NHL Public Relations and NHL.

 

For more news, notes, info, and stats…

 

 

Today in NHL news…

After the firing of Philadelphia Flyers GM Ron Hextall Monday, the organization today announced that Chris Pryor, the Director of Player Personnell and Assistant General Manager, and Assistant Coach Gord Murphy, have been relieved of their duties.

 

You can watch TXHT Live tonight at 8p EST on Facebook Live.

November 26th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Monday, November 26th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were four contests yesterday in the NHL and one contest in the NWHL…

 

Calgary 6, ARIZONA 1

 

The Calgary Flames would register three shorthanded goals against the Arizona Coyotes in their 6-1 win last night.

 

The three shorthanded goals are tied for the most in franchise history.

 

 

TAMPA BAY 5, New Jersey 2

 

 

Brayden Point would end the game with two goals.  He has 10 for the month of November and is tied for third place with 17 goals on the season.

 

 

NASHVILLE 5, Anaheim 2

 

Nashville’s Austin Watson would register a hat trick in the contest over the Anaheim Ducks, with Nick Bonino and Craig Smith registering the other two goals from the Nashville Predators.

 

 

LOS ANGELES 5, Edmonton 2

Los Angeles’ Matt Luff would be the fifth different rookie to have a four-goal streak or more in franchise history in the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 win last night.

 

Kings captain Anze Kopitar would factor on three of the teams’ goals for the 53rd time in his career and the first on the season.

 

 

Kings Dustin Brown would also register a hat trick in the game as well.

 

 

There are five games on the NHL schedule today:

 

 

In the lone National Women’s Hockey League contest from the weekend, the Metropolitan Riveters faced off against the Connecticut Whale.

 

Audra Richards of the Metropolitan Riveters would net a hat trick as the Riveters would go on to defeat the Whale 4-3 in a shootout.

 

 

Riveters’ Amanda Kessel would score in the shootout to help out with the victory.

 

 

TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your recap of the match-up between the Riveters and the Whale at the following page.

 

NWHL Game Recap – 11/25/2018 – Connecticut Whale v. Metropolitan Riveters

 

In NHL News today:

In a very shocking and surprising announcement, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that Executive Vice President and General Manager Ron Hextall has been fired.

 

Flyers President Paul Holmgren and Comcast Spectacor Chairman and CEO Dave Scott will have a press conference at 11:00am tomorrow (November 27th).

 

 

TXHT has your thoughts and coverage on the news of Hextall’s firing at the following page.

 

Flyers Fire Ron Hextall as GM in a Very Shocking Move

 

The Winnipeg Jets announced that they will wear their Heritage jerseys for two games this season.  The jerseys will be available for purchase on Friday and will be worn on December 31st at the Edmonton Oilers and then again on the Winnipeg Jets Alumni Night on February 26th, 2019 when the Minnesota Wild visit Winnipeg.

 

 

The NHL announced their Three Stars of the Week ending on November 25.

 

In NWHL news, Audra Richards was named the VEDA NWHL Player of the Week.  Richards registered the first NWHL hat-trick of the season in the Metropolitan Riveters 4-3 shootout win yesterday.

 

 

You can watch TXHT Live this Wednesday at 8p EST on Facebook Live.

November 25th, 2018 — News and Notes

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Today is Sunday, November 25th, 2018, and these are your news and notes covering the NHL and the NWHL.

First in the NHL…

Yesterday’s schedule of games:

 

Washington 5, NY RANGERS 3

The Washington Capitals staged the 50th multi-goal comeback win on the NHL season yesterday afternoon when they defeated the NY Rangers 5-3.

TXHT’s Michael Lindenbaum and New York Rangers contributor Russell Hartman has your recap contest of the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers at the following page.

Game Recap – 11/24/2018 – Washington Capitals v. New York Rangers

 

TORONTO 6, Philadelphia 0

Andreas Johnsson had a hat trick, and achieved the mark in the first period.  Johnsson is the first player to score three goals in the first period since Wendell Clark on October 11, 1986.  Johnsson is the eighth player to score a hat trick in the first period.

With the 6-0 win, this marks the largest margin of victory in a shutout at home since they defeated the Buffalo Sabres 7-0.

 

 

Boston 3, MONTREAL 2

Boston’s D John Moore would go on to score the game-winner for the Bruins, the first goal of his career.

 

Buffalo 3, DETROIT 2 (SO)

The Buffalo Sabres in this contest would win their ninth straight, the most since the 2006-07 season when they won 10 straight.


Jeff Skinner of the Sabres scored his 18th goal on the season, the most so far on the season.  This is Skinner’s first season with the Buffalo Sabres.

Chicago 5, FLORIDA 4 (OT)

The Chicago Blackhawks would go on to win their first road game since their win on October 20th at the Columbus Blue Jackets when Chicago’s Erik Gustafsson would score the game-winner in the overtime frame.

In the last 14 games between the two teams, Chicago has a record of 12-2-0 against Florida.

NY ISLANDERS 4, Carolina 1

NY Islanders Josh Bailey had his sixth multi-point game of the season, leading the team.  Bailey had 20 multi-point games during the 2017-18 campaign.

PITTSBURGH 4, Columbus 2

Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel had a hat trick of his own in the 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets last night.

Winnipeg 8, ST. LOUIS 4

Patrik Laine scored on five different occasions to help the Winnipeg Jets defeat the St. Louis Blues 8-4 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis last night.

Laine joins three other players to have a five-goal performance before their 21st birthday.

COLORADO 3, Dallas 2

 

VEGAS 6, San Jose 0

The Vegas Golden Knights scored the fastest goal in franchise history in the shutout over the San Jose Sharks last night.

Marc-Andre Fleury posted a shutout in consecutive appearances for the third time.  He is also the second goalie in the expansion era to have at least 5 shutouts in 25 teams games in two different seasons.  He joins Ed Belfour on this list for such an achievement.

 

Vancouver 4, LOS ANGELES 2

Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson had a multi-point contest and Adam Gaudette scored his first NHL goal in the 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center in Los Angeles last night.

 

 

Today’s schedule of games:

 

NWHL

 

For the NWHL, there is one game on tap today at 2 p.m., ET

 

You can watch TXHT Live next Wednesday at 8p EST on Facebook Live.

November 24th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, November 24th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

 

There was a full 15-game slate yesterday.

 

 

PHILADELPHIA 4, NY Rangers 0

Claude Giroux would register his 481st career assist, moving into second place for the most assists in Flyers history.

For the second straight match-up between the two teams, the Philadelphia Flyers would go on to beat the Rangers by a shutout.

 

BUFFALO 3, Montreal 2 (OT)

 

The Buffalo Sabres would defeat the Montreal Canadiens to win their eighth consecutive game, the fourth such occasion of winning eight consecutive games.

 

 

Montreal’s Andrew Shaw would go on to score his seventh goal of the season in the overtime loss to the Sabres.

 

 

NY Islanders 4, NEW JERSEY 3 (OT)

 

The Islanders Mathew Barzal would register the game-winner in overtime to defeat the New Jersey Devils 4-3.

 

For the Devils, Keith Kinkaid had 31 saves on 35 opportunities.

 

WASHINGTON 3, Detroit 1

In the Washington Capitals contest against the Detroit Red Wings, Washington’s Tom Wilson, Michal Kempny, and Alex Ovechkin would score.  For Detroit, Andreas Athanasiou, would register the lone goal.

TXHT has your recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Detroit Red Wings at the following page.

 

Game Recap – 11/23/2018 – Detroit Red Wings v. Washington Capitals

 

MINNESOTA 4, Winnipeg 2

The Minnesota Wild would score four unanswered goals to get the win, and improve to a record of 14-7-2.

 

ANAHEIM 2, Edmonton 1 (OT)

 

The Anaheim Ducks Rickard Rakell would score his fifth regular-season overtime goal, tying Scott Niedermeyer.  Rakell is one regular-season overtime goal away from tying Corey Perry and Hall of Famer Teemu Selanne for second place with six.

 

 

VEGAS 2, Calgary 0

 

Vegas Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury would go on to register his 52nd NHL career shutout in the Golden Knights 2-0 win.  He is one win away from tying Pekka Rinne for third place on the all-time list for shutouts by an active NHL goaltender.

 

COLUMBUS 4, Toronto 2

With the Columbus Blue Jackets win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, they now have sole possession of first place in the Metropolitan Division.

 

 

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

Game Day Preview – Toronto Maple Leafs @ Columbus Blue Jackets – 23/11/2018

 

 

BOSTON 2, Pittsburgh 1 (OT)

 

Boston Bruins Joakim Nordstrom would score his first NHL overtime goal and helped the Bruins extend their point streak to four games, compiling a record of 2-0-2.

 

 

TAMPA BAY 4, Chicago 2

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Chicago Blackhawks last night by a 4-2 score.

Tampa Bay is 7-0-1 against the Blackhawks since their match-up in the 2015 Stanley Cup Final, compiling seven straight wins in that eight game span.

 

 

CAROLINA 4, Florida 1

Jordan Martinook registered a hat trick for the Carolina Hurricanes in the big win last night.

Florida’s Mike Hoffman’s 17-game point streak came to an

 

ST. LOUIS 6, Nashville 2

 

DALLAS 6, Ottawa 4

 

Colorado 5, ARIZONA 1

 

Colorado Avalanche’s J.T. Compher would score two shorthanded goals on the same power-play to give the Colorado a 5-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes.

 

 

SAN JOSE 4, Vancouver 0

 

San Jose’s Joe Thornton recorded his 231st game with multiple assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Joe Sakic for 10th place all time.

 

 

Also, Joe Thornton would go on to play in his 1,500th NHL game last night and was honoured in a pre-game ceremony last night in San Jose.

 

 

Today’s schedule of games

 

 

This week’s NHL European Game pits the Washington Capitals at the New York Rangers at 2 p.m., ET.

 

 

For more news, notes, info, and stats…

 

 

In NHL News…

Former NHL referee Mick McGeough passed away.  NHL commissioner Gary Bettman released a statement on his passing.

November 22nd, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Thursday, November 22nd, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were 14 games on the NHL schedule yesterday.

 

NEW JERSEY 5, Montreal 2

Kyle Palmieri became the eighth player in franchise history to have at least 12 goals in the first 20 team games of the season.

Montreal Canadiens Max Domi has 11 consecutive games with at least a point, tied for fourth with two other players for the longest such streak as a member of the Canadiens.

 

NY RANGERS 5, NY Islanders 0

 

Filip Chytil became the seventh teenager to score a goal in at least five consecutive team games since the 2005-06 season last  night.

 

Rangers G Alexandar Georgiev became the 16th different goalie to register a shutout for the franchise and the first in over 40 years against the Islanders when Doug Soetaert achieved the mark.

 

 

PITTSBURGH 5, Dallas 1

 

The Pittsburgh Penguins recorded points for the 15th straight time against Western Conference games last night against the Dallas Stars.

 

 

DETROIT 3, Boston 2 (OT)

 

Andreas Athanasiou would score twice in the contest, including the game-winner, to snap a seven game losing streak against the Boston Bruins in the win last night.

 

 

TAMPA BAY 7, Florida 3

 

Mike Hoffman would register another game in where he registers at least one point for the 17th consecutive contest, the fifth most for a player while a member of a new team.

 

 

WASHINGTON 4, Chicago 2

 

The Washington Capitals won their eighth consecutive game against the Chicago Blackhawks in home contests last night.

 

TXHT has your recap of the Chicago Blackhawks at the Washington Capitals at the following link.

Game Recap – 11/21/2018 – Chicago Blackhawks v. Washington Capitals

 

BUFFALO 5, Philadelphia 2

Buffalo won their seventh consecutive win last night when they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers.

 

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CAROLINA 5, Toronto 2

Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams became the ninth player in NHL history to record at least 100 goals and a Stanley Cup with two different franchises in the win over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night.

John Tavares of the Toronto Maple Leafs became the fifth player in franchise history and the first in the NHL’s Modern Era, since the 1943-44 season, to have at least 11 goals in the franchises first 11 road games last night.

 

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

 

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Carolina Hurricanes – 21/11/2018 – Game Day Preview and Recap

 

MINNESOTA 6, Ottawa 4

Matt Dumba would score his 10th goal of the season, the most for a defenceman through 22 games played of a season since the 1989-90 season.

 

NASHVILLE 4, St. Louis 1

 

In the three-goal win over the St. Louis Blues, the Nashville Predators would score two shorthanded goals, the sixth such occurrence.  It was also the first time that feat happened since March 13, 2018 against the Winnipeg Jets.

 

 

Vegas 3, ARIZONA 2 (OT)

 

Vegas Golden Knights Max Pacioretty registered his 11th overtime goal last night in the win over the Arizona Coyotes.  The 11th overtime goal is tied with three other players for the fourth most in the regular season since the 2008-09 season.

 

CALGARY 6, Winnipeg 3

 

The Calgary Flames became the fourth team in history to score five or more goals in the first period of consecutive games last night in the win over the Winnipeg Jets last night.

 

ANAHEIM 4, Vancouver 3

 

Anaheim Ducks G John Gibson won his 100th NHL career contest in a 25 saves performance.

Gibson reached the 100 win mark faster than anyone else in the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim/Anaheim Ducks 25-year history of the franchise.

 

Colorado 7, LOS ANGELES 3

 

Colorado Avalanche G Seymon Varlamov would win his 200th NHL career game in the win over the Los Angeles Kings last night.

 

 

 

Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen would register two assists to bring his total two 26 on the season, one behind Michel Goulet for the most in franchise history in the teams first 21 games.

 

 

Today there are no games on the NHL schedule.

 

NHL action will resume tomorrow with 15 games on the schedule, kicking off with the NHL Thanksgiving Showdown between the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers at 1 p.m. ET.

 

 

 

In NHL news…

 

Newly inducted Hall of Famer Martin St. Louis was on hand in Tampa Bay for the ceremonial puck drop before the Tampa Bay Lightning took on the Florida Panthers last night.

 

Nashville Predators Nick Bonino would play in his 500th NHL career game last night against the St. Louis Blues.

 

 

Wednesday’s contest marked the second time in which 12 contests were won by the home teams.

 

 

 

You can watch TXHT Live this Wednesday at 8p EST on Facebook Live.

November 17th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, November 17th, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

 

There were six contests in action yesterday.

 

 

DALLAS 1, Boston 0 (OT)

 

Dallas Stars G Ben Bishop became the fifth player in franchise history to record a shutout over the Boston Bruins.

 

Buffalo 2, WINNIPEG 1 (SO)

 

Buffalo Sabres Jeff Skinner scored in the contest, his eighth goal since November 1st, to give the Sabres the shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets last night.

 

Los Angeles 2, CHICAGO 1 (SO)

 

Los Angeles G Calvin Petersen registered 34 saves in the contest and would turn aside two shots in the shootout give Petersen his first NHL win in the Kings contest over the Chicago Blackhawks.

 

Washington 3, COLORADO 2 (OT)

 

Alex Ovechkin has 681 goals (regular-season and playoffs combined) to tie Dino Ciccarelli for 17th place all-time.

 

Nicklas Backstrom scored the game-winner just 22 seconds into the overtime to give the Washington Capitals the 3-2 win in Denver last night.

 

Game Recap – 11/16/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Colorado Avalanche

 

St. Louis 4, VEGAS 1

 

St. Louis Blues Ryan O’Reilly has at least one point in 11 out of the last 12 games and leads the Blues with 23 points on the season.  O’Reilly also scored two goals in the contest.

 

Toronto 2, ANAHEIM 1 (OT)

 

For the second time in franchise history, the Toronto Maple Leafs ended up sweeping the California road-trip in the Maple Leafs overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Patrick Marleau scored his 539th career goal, passing Keith Tkachuk for 32nd place on the all-time list.

TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor Steve Gardiner has your recap of the game at the following page.

Game Recap – 11/16/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Anaheim Ducks

 

Today there are 11 games on the docket…

 

There are two options for this week’s NHL European Game of the Week today.

For more news, notes, info, and stats…

In NHL news…

 

-Arizona Coyotes F Josh Archibald was suspended for two games for his illegal check to the head of Nashville Predators F Ryan Hartman in Thursday night’s contest by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety yesterday evening.

 

In the NWHL…

The NWHL returns to action TODAY.

This weekend’s schedule of NWHL games…

This week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week is Sunday and pits the Metropolitan Riveters against the Connecticut Whale.

 

You can watch TXHT Live next Tuesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

November 15th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Thursday, November 15th, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

 

There were four contests in action yesterday.

 

CHICAGO 1, St. Louis 0

The Chicago Blackhawks went on to shutout the St. Louis Blues 1-0.

Blackhawks G Corey Crawford turned aside all 28 shots he faced to snap the Blackhawks eight-game losing streak in the win.

Chicago’s Duncan Keith played in his 1,014th career game, and now has sole possession of fourth place on the Blackhawks all-time list.

 

WINNIPEG 3, Washington 1

Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele became the sixth active player to have three consecutive seasons scoring ten goals or more in 17 or fewer games.

Winnipeg’s Blake Wheeler would also find the scoresheet and extended his point streak to 11 games, matching a career high set back during the end of the 2015-16 season.

 

TXHT has the full recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets at the following page.

 

Game Recap – 11/14/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Winnipeg Jets

 

COLORADO 6, Boston 3

Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen has 29 points on the season in 19 games played.

Rantanen had a three-point night, registering one goal and two assists in the contest.

 

Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog also made the score sheet for the Colorado Avalanche in the big win over the Boston Bruins.

Boston’s David Pastrnak scored his 17th goal on the season and became the 11th player at the age of 22 or younger to register that mark in 18 team games played.

 

VEGAS 5, Anaheim 0

Vegas Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury had his 51st career shutout and moved into a four-way tie for 24th on the NHL’s all-time list for shutouts by a goaltender.

 

Today’s schedule of games:

 

For more news, notes, info, and stats:

 

In NHL news…

Winnipeg’s Josh Morrissey will have a hearing today for interference/unsportsmanlike conduct in yesterday’s contest between the Jets and the Washington Capitals.

 

You can watch TXHT Live next Tuesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

Game Recap – 11/14/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Winnipeg Jets

 

Washington Capitals (8-6-3 19pts) v. Winnipeg Jets (10-5-1 21pts)

Time: 8p EST

Station: NBC Sports Washington

 

Washington Capitals:

Projected Lineup:

Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov - Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie

Andre Burakovsky – Lars Eller – Brett Connolly

Chandler Stephenson – Travis Boyd – Devante Smith-Pelly

Dmitry Orlov – John Carlson

Michal Kempny – Matt Niskanen

Christian Djoos – Madison Bowey

Braden Holtby

Pheonix Copley

Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler, Nic Dowd, Dmitrij Jaskin

Injured: Brooks Orpik (lower body)

 

Winnipeg Jets:

Projected Lineup:

Nikolaj Ehlers — Mark Scheifele — Blake Wheeler

Kyle Connor – Bryan Little – Mathieu Perreault

Brandon Tanev – Adam Lowry – Patrik Laine

Jack Roslovic – Andrew Copp – Nic Petan

Josh Morrissey – Jacob Trouba

Ben Chiarot – Dustin Byfuglien

Joe Morrow – Tyler Myers

Connor Hellebuyck

Laurent Brossoit

Scratched: Brendan Lemieux, Sami Niku

Injured: Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)

 

Official Lineups:

 

First Period:

Jets Penalty – 8:52 – Brandon Tanev 2 minutes for Illegal Hit to the Head

Capitals Goal – 13:00 – Jakub Vrana (5) from Madison Bowey (2) and Dmitry Orlov (4)

Jets Penalty – 14:53 – Patrik Laine 2 minutes for High Sticking

Capitals Penalty – 17:16 – Andre Burakovsky 2 mins for Tripping

 

End of 1st – WAS – 1       WIN – 0

Shots              10                02

Faceoffs         10                07

Hits               05                  03

PP                 0/2                 0/1

 

Analysis:

This was a very good period for the Capitals. They played a very solid defensive game , and they clogged up everything against the Jets. One of the biggest things the Capitals did was hold the Jets to only 2 shots.

 

Need to Do:

The Capitals pelted Connor Hellebuyck with a lot of shots on their powerplay, but he is playing deep in his crease so the Capitals need to make him move some more and get close and high on him. The Capitals also need to continue playing with this style of game and keep executing their game plan.

 

Second Period:

Capitals Penalty – 4:58 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Intereference

Jets PPG – 5:05 – Mark Scheifele (10) from Kyle Connor (7) and Blake Wheeler (21)

Capitals Penalty – 5:31 – Madison Bowey 2 minutes for Roughing

 

End of 2nd – WAS – 1        WIN – 1

Shots               20                 17

Faceoffs          15                 18

Hits                 08                  08

PP                   0/2                  1/3

 

Analysis:

This was not a very good period for the Capitals as they took their foot off of the gas and allowed the Jets into this game. Also some penalty problems let the Jets tie this game at 1.

 

Need to Do:

The Capitals need to get back to how they were playing in the 1st period and put their foot back on the gas. They need to play that stiff defensive style and clog up the zones for the Jets.

 

Third Period:

Jets Goal – 12:51 – Ben Chiarot (3) from Brandon Tanev (5)

Jets Penalty – 15:18 – Andrew Copp 2 minutes for Tripping

Jets ENG – 19:00 – Kyle Connor (8) from unassisted

 

End of 3rd – WAS – 1         WIN – 3

Shots              28                   24

Faceoffs        24                   24

Hits               13                     15

PP                 0/3                    1/3

 

Analysis:

The Capitals started strong, but could not finish this one. The Capitals looked like they ran out of gas as part of this back to back, but the played very good overall. Key thing now is the health of Braden Holtby (Upper Body), Evgeny Kuznetsov (possible concussion), and TJ Oshie (Upper Body – Potentially Shoulder), as they prepare to take on the Colorado Avalanche in Denver on Friday night.

 

Next Up:

Washington (8-7-3 19pts) @ Colorado (8-6-3 19pts)

Winnipeg (11-5-1 23pts) v. Buffalo (10-6-2 22pts)

 

You can watch TXHT Live next Tuesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

November 12th, 2018 — News and Notes

 

Today is Monday, November 12th, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

 

Yesterday in NHL action…

 

Minnesota 3, ST. LOUIS 2

 

Minnesota finished off their longest road trip in the near 20 years of Minnesota Wild hockey with the win over the St. Louis Blues and amassed a record of 5-2-0 on this road trip, the most wins on such a single road trip.

 

FLORIDA 5, Ottawa 1

 

Florida’s Mike Hoffman extended his point scoring streak to 12 games, tying Carolina’s Sebastian Aho for the longest point-scoring streak on the season in the Florida Panthers 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators Sunday afternoon.

Yesterday’s contest also marked the ninth time that the Panthers scored five goals in one period.

 

Arizona 4, WASHINGTON 1

 

The Arizona Coyotes scored two power-play goals to take down the defending Stanley Cup-champion Washington Capitals with a 4-1 win last night.

 

Arizona in the last nine contests has a record of 6-2-1 after losing five of their first seven games to start the 2018-19 campaign.

TXHT has your coverage of the contest as well at the following page.

 

November 11th, 2018 — Arizona Coyotes at Washington Capitals Full Gameday Preview and Coverage

 

WINNIPEG 5, New Jersey 2

Winnipeg Jets Blake Wheeler became the first player to reach the 500 career point mark as a Winnipeg jet since the club relocated to Winnipeg in the 2011-12 season.

In addition to Wheeler reaching the 500 point mark, he joins three others to reach at least 500 points while a member of the Winnipeg Jets.

 

Winnipeg would go on to defeat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 yesterday.

 

BOSTON 4, Vegas 1

David Pastrnak registered his 16th goal of the season and would tie Bronco Horvath for fifth place all-time in team history for most goals in 17 team games for the Boston Bruins.

The Bruins would go on to defeat the defending Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights 4-1.

 

Vegas played in their 100th game as a franchise in the loss.

 

Vegas before this contest held a record of 58-33-8.

 

SAN JOSE 3, Calgary 1

 

San Jose Sharks Joe Pavelski was a factor in all three of the Sharks goals last night as they took down the Calgary Flames 3-1 at SAP Center in San Jose, California.

The Sharks are now one point behind Pacific-division leader, Vancouver.

 

Colorado 4, EDMONTON 1

 

It only took 26 seconds into this contest for Mikko Rantanen to re-gain the a share of lead in points scored with 25 in the Colorado Avalanche’s 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers last night.

 

For more news, notes, info, and statistics…

 

 

Tonight’s schedule of games…

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In NHL news…

 

-The NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week for the week ending on November 11th.

 

 

 

 

-Tonight marks the induction of the newest Class to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

Hockey Hall of Fame: Class of 2018

 

-The NHL reached a tentative settlement in regards to the Concussion Injury lawsuits earlier today…

 

-In a special 31 Thoughts podcast released by Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman, the discussion is around NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman’s induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the NHL’s growth and family.

Please listen today.

 

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November 10th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, November 10th, 2018, and these are your news and notes

There were six contests last night.

 

TORONTO 6, New Jersey 1

In the annual Hockey Hall of Fame game, the Toronto Maple Leafs would go on to rout the New Jersey Devils 6-1, thanks to a four-goal burst in the second period.

Toronto’s Patrick Marleau would record his 600th career assist and Morgan Rielly would be the sixth defenceman in team history to have at least seven goals in the team’s first 16 games.

TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor Steve Gardiner has his recap of the contest at the following page.

New Jersey @ Toronto – 09/11/2018 – Game Preview and Recap
Columbus 2, WASHINGTON 1

This contest featured a re-match of last year’s Eastern Conference First Round match-up between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Washington Capitals.

The three goals scored in this contest were all power-play goals, with the final goal being scored by Anthony Duclair, his seventh of the season.  With Duclair’s goal, he became the fourth player in franchise history to have seven goals in 16 games played.

November 9th, 2018 — Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals Full Gameday Preview and Coverage
DETROIT 3, NY Rangers 2 (OT)

The Detroit Red Wings won their fifth contest in six games after being down by two going into the third period.

Dylan Larkin would score the game-winner with five seconds left in the overtime frame.

ST. LOUIS 4, San Jose 0

Ryan O’Reilly is the first player in St. Louis history to have a nine game point streak since the 2014-15 season when David Backes and Alexander Steen accomplished the same feat.

WINNIPEG 5, Colorado 2

Blake Wheeler had a five point contest in the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Minnesota 5, ANAHEIM 1

The Minnesota Wild would win their fourth contest on their current road trip for the third time in franchise history as they would defeat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1.

There are 11 contests on today’s slate…

This week’s NHL European Game of the Week:

 

In NHL news…

The Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018 participated in the ceremonial puck drop before the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils.

-In the Washington Capitals Hockey Fight Cancer Awareness night, Capitals commentator, Craig Laughlin and his wife, Linda, participated in the ceremonial puck-drop.