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NHL News and Notes from Saturday, October 5th, 2019

MNHL News and Notes from Saturday, October 5th, 2019

 

News:

  • The Ottawa Senators announced that they will be retiring Chris Phillips’ number 4 on February 18th, 2020.

 

 

Game Recaps:

New Jersey Devils v. Buffalo Sabres – 7p EST Start Time

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Scott takes a look at the New Jersey Devils game against the Buffalo Sabres which would see the Sabres score a touchdown in their home opener. TXHT Recap

 

Montreal Canadiens v. Toronto Maple Leafs – 7p EST Start Time

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The Toronto Maple Leafs would blow a three goal lead against the Montreal Canadiens, and would fall to the Habs 6-5 in the shootout after Paul Byron would score the lone goal of the shootout. The Leafs would get their goals from Alexander Kerfoot, Trevor Moore, William Nylander, and a pair from Auston Matthews, while the Canadiens would get their goals from Jonathan Drouin, Brendan Gallagher, Jeff Petry, and Phillip Danault.

 

New York Rangers v. Ottawa Senators – 7p EST Start Time

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The New York Rangers would get a hat trick from Mika Zibanejad after he would score a powerplay goal, even strength, and shorthanded goal to help lead the Rangers to a 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Rangers also got a powerplay goal from Artemi Panarin, which Zibanejad assisted on, while the Senators got their lone goal Brady Tkachuk.

 

Tampa Bay Lightning v. Florida Panthers – 7p EST Start Time

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In a tightly contested matchup, the Florida Panthers would defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 after getting a hat trick from Mike Hoffman (2 PPG’s and 1 ESG) and a goal from Noel Acciari. The Lightning would get their goals from Gemel Smith, Steven Stamkos, and Mathieu Joseph.

 

Columbus Blue Jackets v. Pittsburgh Penguins – 7p EST Start Time

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The Pittsburgh Penguins would get two goal games from both Patric Hornqvist and Jared McCann to lead them to a 7-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Penguins would also get goals from Marcus Pettersson, Kris Letang, and Teddy Blueger, while the Blue Jackets would get their two goals from Zach Werenski and Gustav Nyquist.

 

Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals – 7p EST Start Time

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The Carolina Hurricanes comeback from a two goal deficit to defeat the Washington Capitals in overtime 3-2 to spoil the Capitals Home Opener. TXHT Recap

 

Dallas Stars v. St. Louis Blues – 8p EST Start Time

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The St. Louis Blues would score two goals in the third period to comeback from behind to defeat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in regulation. The Blues would get their goals from David Perron, Brayden Schenn, and Sammy Blais, while the Stars goal scorers were Mattias Janmark and Miro Heiskanen.

 

Detroit Red Wings v. Nashville Predators – 8p EST Start Time

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The Detroit Red Wings would erupt for a three goal third period to defeat the Nashville Predators 5-3. The Red Wings would get a two goal game Tyler Bertuzzi, and goals from Anthony Mantha, Dylan Larkin, and Luke Glendening. The Predators would get goals from Viktor Arvidsson, Filip Forsberg, and Mattias Ekholm.

 

Boston Bruins v. Arizona Coyotes – 9p EST Start Time

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A late first period goal by Brad Marchand was all the Boston Bruins would need to put away the Arizona Coyotes in their home opener. This would be the second game of the Bruins four game road trip to start the season.

 

Minnesota Wild v. Colorado Avalanche – 9p EST Start Time

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The Colorado Avalanche would get a late second period goal from Gabriel Landeskog and an empty netter from Ryan Graves to seal a 4-2 victory of the Minnesota Wild. Mikko Rantanen would score his third of the season on the powerplay, and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare would also score for the Avalanche, while the Wild would get goals from Ryan Suter and Zach Parise.

 

San Jose Sharks v. Anaheim Ducks – 10p EST Start Time

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The Anaheim Ducks host the struggling San Jose Sharks as they look to add to the woes of the Sharks, and pile on they would as they would score three goals in the first two periods to have a 3-1 lead going into the third period. The Ducks would get goals from Michael Del Zotto, Ryan Getzlaf, and Adam Henrique to seal the deal for the Ducks as those three goals would be all they would need to down the Sharks whose lone goal was from Logan Couture.

 

Vancouver Canucks v. Calgary Flames – 10p EST Start Time

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In Calgary the Flames would host the Vancouver Canucks, and allit would require for the Flames is goals from Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, and Johnnny Gaudreau plus some stellar goaltending from David Rittich to secure a 3-0 shutout victory over the Canucks.

 

Los Angeles Kings v. Edmonton Oilers – 10p EST Start Time

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In a wild west matchup the Edmonton Oilers would host the Los Angeles Kings in what one would describe as a scoring festival. For the Kings they would get goals from Dustin Brown, Trevor Lewis, Anze Kopitar, Michael Amadio, and Drew Doughty, while the Oilers would get a pair of goals from James Neal, and goals from Connor McDavid, Zack Kassian, Joakim Nygard, and Darnell Nurse. Once the dust settled and the final buzzer sounded it would be the Oilers holding off the Kings with a 6-5 victory.

 

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NHL News and Notes from Friday, October 4th, 2019

NHL News and Notes from Friday, October 4th, 2019

 

News:

  • The St. Louis Blues announced that they have re-signed forward Brayden Schenn to an eight year contract that will go through the 2027-28 season. The extension will carry an AAV of $6.5mil.

 

Game Recaps:

Chicago Blackhawks v. Philadelphia Flyers – 2p EST Start Time

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As part of the Global Series the Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks faced off in Prague, Czech Republic and would see the Flyers down the Blackhawks 4-3. The Flyers would get goals from Travis Konecny (2), Oskar Lindblom, and Michael Raffl, while the Blackhawks got goals from Alexander Nylander, Alex DeBrincat, and Patrick Kane.

 

Washington Capitals v. New York Islanders – 7p EST Start Time

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In a tightly contested matchup the Washington Capitals would down the New York Islanders 2-1 to give Ilya Samsonov his first career NHL win. Click Here for TXHT’s Recap.

 

Winnipeg Jets v. New Jersey Devils – 7p EST Start Time

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Scott recaps the New Jersey Devils season opener which saw them blow a four goal lead and lose in a shootout to the Winnipeg Jets. Read Scott’s recap here.

 

Toronto Maple Leafs v. Columbus Blue Jackets – 7p EST Start Time

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The Toronto Maple Leafs took on the Columbus Blue Jackets which saw the Leafs spoil the Jackets home opener with a 4-1 victory. The Maple Leafs would get a two goal performance from Mitch Marner, as well as goals from Cody Ceci and Auston Matthews. For the Blue Jackets their lone goal would be scored by Cam Atkinson.

 

Vegas Golden Knights v. San Jose Sharks – 1030p EST Start Time

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The Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks renewed their rivalry for the second time in three days as the Knights came to San Jose looking to ruin the Sharks home opener. The Knights would get on the board quickly as William Carrier would score 5:01 into the first period, and then a little later in the period Jonathan Marchessault would score to give the Knights a 2-0 lead going into the second period. Then in the second and third periods the Knights would keep up the pressure as they would get a goal from Brayden McNabb, and two goals from Tomas Nosek to guide them to a 5-1 victory over the Sharks. The Sharks lone goal would be scored by Barclay Goodrow. This game would also mark the the first time in franchise history that the Golden Knights would record two shorthanded goals in the same game and also the second consecutive game to start the season with a shorthanded goal for the Golden Knights as well.

 

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NHL News and Notes from Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

NHL News and Notes from Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

 

News:

Today the NHL announced all 31 team rosters going into the Opening Night of the 2019-20 Season.

 

Tonight also marked the Banner Raising Ceremony for the 2019 Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues.

 

Today the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that John Tavares as the new captain for the 2019-20 season. Tavares became the 25th captain in Maple Leafs history with the announcement.

 

 

Game Recaps:

Ottawa Senators v. Toronto Maple Leafs – 7p EST Start Time

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In the first game of NHL action for the 2019-20 season the Ottawa Senators would visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, and get on the board first to take a one nothing lead over the Leafs.

However, the Leafs would score two in the second followed by another Ottawa goal to tie the game back up. Ottawa would look to take the 3-2 lead but the play was ruled offsides on a coach’s challenge, and the Leafs would take advantage on an Auston Matthews goal for the 3-2 lead. Matthews would score again in the second to give the Leafs a 4-2 lead, and the game winner in a 5-3 win over the Senators.

 

Washington Capitals v. St. Louis Blues – 8p EST Start Time

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In a battle between the last two Stanley Cup Champions, the Washington Capitals defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-2 in overtime to complete the comeback from an early two goal deficit. – – TXHT Recap

 

Vancouver Canucks v. Edmonton Oilers – 10p EST Start Time

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Out west the Edmonton Oilers would host the Vancouver Canucks for their 2019-20 Home Opener, and it would be the Oilers striking first as Leon Draisaitl would score to give the Oilers the 1-0 lead. Then in the second period Alexander Edler would tie it up for the Canucks, but then in the third period the two teams would trade goals to make it a 2-2 tie. However with 5:23 left in the game Connor McDavid would score his first of the season to give the Oilers the 3-2 victory.

 

San Jose Sharks v. Vegas Golden Knights – 1030p EST Start Time

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In our final game of the night the Vegas Golden Knights hosted their rivals the San Jose Sharks. The Golden Knights would strike early on the powerplay and not look back as they would go on to defeat the Sharks 4-1. The Golden Knights received goals from Mark Stone, Reilly Smith (2), and Cody Glass. The Sharks lone goal would come from Marcus Sorenson.

 

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2019-20 NHL Previews – Toronto Maple Leafs

2018-19 Record: 46-28-8  10pts. – – 3rd Place in Atlantic

Playoffs: Lost in First Round to Boston

 

2019-20 Jersey Guide:

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Key Additions: F – Kenny Agostino, F – Nick Shore, D – Tyson Barrie, F – Alexander Kerfoot, D – Cody Ceci, D – Ben Harpur, F – Jason Spezza, F – Pontus Aberg, D – Jordan Schmaltz

 

Key Departures: F – Tyler Ennis, D – Calle Rosen, F – Connor Brown, D – Nikita Zaitsev, F – Nazem Kadri,  D – Ron Hainsey, F – Patrick Marleau, F – Josh Jooris, D – Igor Ozhiganov, D – Andreas Borgman, G – Garret Sparks

 

2019-20 Preview:

For the Toronto Maple Leafs the continued journey to make it past the first round of the playoffs and deep into the playoffs for a chance at the Stanley Cup would be addressed with a pair of trades that saw the Maple Leafs send forward Nazem Kadri and defenseman Calle Rosen to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Tyson Barrie and forward Alexander Kerfoot. Then they would do a big six person trade that would see the Maple Leafs aqcuire defensemen Cody Ceci and Ben Harpur from the Ottawa Senators.

 

The Maple Leafs would also trade forward Patrick Marleau to the Carolina Hurricanes, whould buy him out five days later, and then sign forward Jason Spezza to keep some veteran depth on the team.

 

The Maple Leafs, however, have a much bigger concern and that is with restricted free agent forward Mitch Marner who could go the route of William Nylander, but actually miss the entire season instead of signing at the 11th hour. Last season Nylander set a very dangerous precedent for Toronto’s top restricted free agents, and we will see a repeat performance from Marner as the days move closer to the start of the 2019-20 NHL season.

 

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TXHT Jersey Share – Toronto celebrates NHL’s 100th anniversary

Today for Dickson’s entry in the TXHT Jersey Share series, we take a look at the Toronto Maple Leafs throwing back to the Toronto Arenas on the NHL’s official 100th anniversary.

 

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Dickson: When the Maple Leafs announced that this was to be worn as the throwback on December 19th, 2017, I bought this jersey, with Auston Matthews as the player that I chose.  I also chose the player option, as I really liked how the pattern on the numbers were and the numbers had an old-school like feel to them.

 

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This a jersey that is on the adiZero template and was purchased through the Toronto Maple Leafs official team store and I was glad to have purchased this jersey for my collection.

 

Got a hockey jersey in your collection you’d like to share? Let us know, and we can add it to our TXHT Jersey Share series.

TXHT Jersey Share – Toronto St. Pats

Today in the TXHT Jersey Share series we take a look at a throwback for the Toronto Maple Leafs from the 1922-25 season when they were known as the Toronto St. Pats.
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Dickson: When the Maple Leafs made the announcement that they would wear this jersey back in February 2017, I knew I had to pick this up.  Unless I know that there is a specific reason for me to get a player jersey, I get the replica jerseys with no name on the back.  This jersey is a very cool jersey to have and the Maple Leafs brought this back on the adiZero template this past season for two games.

 

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2019 NHL Playoffs – 2nd Round Preview – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Boston Bruins

Matchup:

Columbus Blue Jackets(47-31-4, 5th in Metro) vs Boston Bruins (49-24-9, 2nd in Atlantic)

Regular Season Series: 3 – 1 Boston with 16 goals scored and 1-3 for Toronto with 10 goals scored

Outlook:

Boston:

The Bruins walk into a new situation as they have never played the Blue Jackets in the playoffs. But you know what to expect from the Bruins hard in your face hockey. The only question that stands for Boston is how much will that affect this series as Columbus Player enjoy the physical aspects of the game.

Columbus:

The Blue Jackets went on a 7-3-0 run to end the season to solidify the last wild card spot in the East. From there, they walked into a series against the number one team in the league the Tampa Bay Lightning and shut them down. Let’s put it this way, the highest scoring team in the league scored 3 in the first game and then the Blue Jackets fought back with 4 to win the first game. Since the Lightning scored 3 in the first game they were held to 5 goals the rest of the series. The acquisitions of Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingle are paying huge dividends finally with Duchene leading the team in scoring and  Dzingle playing a pivotal role in the changing games.

Game Changers:

Brad Marchand – Marchand tallied 100 points for the first time in his career this season and he looks better than ever. His ability to annoy and put tremendous amounts of points make him the perfect playoff player.

Nick Foligno – Foligno may not be a flashy goal scorer but he’s like Marchand in many ways. He comes to play every night plays physically and scorer dirty goals. Expect him to have a huge impact on this series.

Advantage Overview:

Goaltenders:

Boston

Tuukka Rask started the season off very low and seemingly lost the number 1 spot to backup goaltender Jaroslav Halak. But after a 19 game point streak where he truly regained his form, there were no more questions. Rask finished 27-12-5, with a 2.42 GAA and .912 save percentage. While Halak put in a solid effort when called upon to hold down the fort, finishing 22-11-4 with a 2.34 GAA and .922 save percentage.

Columbus

Sergei Bobrovsky shared the same kind of season that Rask did. Starting off slow and posting numbers much lower numbers than normal.  Bobrovsky’s final numbers were 2.58 GAA and a .913 save percentage. Despite Bobrovsky’s past poor playoff performances he had a bounce back and posted a .932 SV% and 2.01 GAA for Columbus against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Advantage: Goaltending overall goes to Boston with Rask. But If we’re talking head to head and this season only. I’d have to give the advantage to Bobrovsky here. This is in no way a knock on Rask but just based off this year’s performance.

Forwards:

Boston

The Bruins are top line heavy after that players drop off considerably. The Bruins have Krecji who has had a revolving door of wingers this season. But rely heavily on that top line and it’s not to say that others are bad players they just aren’t on the level of reliance or scoring ability as Pastrnak, Marchand, and Bergeron. Scoring significantly tales off after the top line for the Bruins but their style of hockey is conducive to that. But during the Toronto series, the Bruins showed that their third line centered by newly acquired center Charlie Coyle can add some much-needed depth scoring to help the 1st and 2nd line.

Columbus

Columbus scorers have been flying high with new players Duchene and Dzingle finding their groove but adding those guys to a pretty strong offensive defense and 1st line that can score, a 3rd and 4th line that has shown they can pitch in offensively make this team offensively scary.

Advantage – Boston, Only because that top line is so deadly offensively and their depth is top notch.

Defense:

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Bruins have a good defense especially if you’re talking on the defensive side of the game. Offensively not the best but defensively one of the top defenses in the League. Anchored by Zdeno Chara and Charlie McAvoy, through Torey Krug and Kevan Miller, then the 3 remaining in  Matt Grezelcyk,  Brandon Carlo and John Moore.

Columbus

Columbus brings a very young defense core, anchored by Seth Jones and Zach Werenski. Jones plays in every situation adding McQuaid to the mix helps on the defensive end. They’ve played tight in their own zone and been good at moving the puck.

Advantage – Columbus – reasoning is in the Toronto series they were kind of on and off in Boston. One game the defense looked great, next game they looked a bit out of sort. So Columbus for now but this could change.

 

Projected Lineups

Bruins 

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Steven Kampfer

Injuries: Connor Clifton

 

Columbus

Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

Dean Kukan — David Savard

Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

Sergei Bobrovsky

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

 

Winning Scenarios:

  1. Bruins win if the top line of Pastrnak, Marchand, and Bergeron can show the same ability to tear the Jackets defense apart.
  2. Columbus wins if Bobrovsky continues to play with the confidence he showed in the series against Tampa.

Overall Edge: Boston, for experience and a team that never gives up

 

Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.

 

April 24th, 2019 — News and Notes

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

 

There were two contests in Stanley Cup playoff action.

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

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

April 22nd, 2019 — News and Notes

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

 

There were two games in Stanley Cup playoff action yesterday.

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

April 20th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, April 20th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were two games yesterday in Stanley Cup playoff action.  TXHT has all of your recaps from the contests below.

 

 

Toronto 2, BOSTON 1 (Toronto leads the series 3-2)

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The Toronto Maple Leafs would take the 3-2 series lead with their 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins last night.  You can catch Steve Gardiner’s recap of the contest between the Bruins and the Maple Leafs here.

 

The Maple Leafs will look to win the series, their first series win since 2004, when Game 6 takes place tomorrow (Sunday, April 21st) at 3 p.m., ET.

 

 

Colorado 5, CALGARY 1 (Colorado wins the series 4-1)

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The Colorado Avalanche would crush the Calgary Flames with a 5-1 and would go on to win this series 4-1.

 

The Colorado Avalanche now await the winner of the series between the Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks.

 

 

Scott Fairchild has your recap of the contest between the Avalanche and the Flames here.

 

 

 

There are three games taking place today.  The action kicks off with the Dallas Stars facing off against the Nashville Predators at 3 p.m., ET.

 

 

 

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

 

 

TXHT has all of your 2019 Stanley Cup playoff previews and recaps which you can read here.