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  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #6 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #6 Recap

    Boston Bruins (2-3) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (3-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs came out flying in the first ten minutes and were paid back by a one-timer goal by Morgan Rielly. The Leafs would get themselves into penalty trouble and it would put the Leafs in a hole 2-1 courtesy of goals by Brad Marchand and Torey Krug.

    The second period would deepen the hole thanks to Jake DeBrusk goal. Frederik Andersen stood his head and held the Leafs in the game, with some spectacular saves.

    The Leafs would dominate the third and get rewarded with an Auston Matthews goal, only to have an empty netter by Brad Marchand ruin the chance at a comeback.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (3-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Boston Penalty – 5:21 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Toronto Goal – 11:23- Morgan Rielly (1) assisted by William Nylander (2) and Patrick Marleau (2)

    Toronto Penalty – 10:25 – Tyler Ennis, 2 minutes for Holding

    Boston PP Goal – 11:23- Brad Marchand (3) assisted by Patrice Bergeron (2)

    Boston Penalty – 12:37 – Joakim Nordstrom, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Toronto Penalty – 15:36 – Travis Dermott, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston PP Goal – 17:02- Torey Krug (1) assisted by David Pastrnak (3) and Brad Marchand (5)

    End of 1st – BOS – 2     TOR – 1

    Shots              13              6

    Faceoffs       13/21            8/21

    Hits              13                 8

    PP                 2/2                 0/2

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 8:47 – Charlie Coyle, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Goal – 7:57- Jake DeBrusk (1) assisted by David Krejci (2) and David Pastrnak (4)

    End of 2nd – BOS- 3      TOR- 1

    Shots               30                15

    Faceoffs         23/40         17/40

    Hits                 22                  29

    PP                   2/2                 0/3

    Third Period:

    Toronto Goal – 4:15- Auston Matthews (5) assisted by Jake Gardiner(2) and Travis Dermott (2)

    Boston Goal – 18:06 – Brad Marchand (4) assisted Zdeno Chara (1) and Charlie McAvoy (2)

    End of 3rd – BOS – 3         TOR – 2

    Shots            41                  24

    Faceoffs     30/58               28/58

    Hits               34                    40

    PP                 2/2                    0/3

  • April 21st, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 21st, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, April 21st, 2019, and these are your news and notes

     

    There were three Stanley Cup playoffs games  in action yesterday.  All the recaps are written by TXHT’s staff.

     

     

    Dallas 5, NASHVILLE 3 (Dallas leads the series 3-2)

     

    Game 5, 3-2 DAL

     

    The Dallas Stars are one win away from advancing to the second round after they defeated the Nashville Predators yesterday by the score of 5-3.

     

    Dickson Kendrick has your recap of the contest between Dallas and Nashville which you can read here or at the link below.

     

     

    ST. LOUIS 3, Winnipeg 2 (St. Louis wins the series 4-2)

     

    Game 6. 4-2 STL

     

    The St. Louis Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets by the score of 3-2 and have advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  The Blues await the winner of the series between the Predators and Stars.

     

    Aryan Weisenfeld has your recap of the contest between the Blues and Jets here or at the link below.

     

     

     

    WASHINGTON 6, Carolina 0 (Washington leads the series 3-2)

     

    Game 5. 3-2 WSH

     

    The Washington Capitals crushed the Carolina Hurricanes last night with a 6-0 win and are one win away from facing off against the NY Islanders in the second round.

     

    Michael Lindenbaum was live from the contest between the Capitals and the Hurricanes and you can read the recap of the contest here or at the link posted below.

     

     

    There are two contests taking place today in Stanley Cup playoff action with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights looking to advance to the second round.

     

     

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

     

     

    You can catch up on all of TXHT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff coverage by clicking here.

  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 5 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 5 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Series Tied 2-2

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals return home for Game 5 looking to regain their series lead against the Carolina Hurricanes, and things would get chippy right away as Saku Maenalanen would take an ill advised roughig penalty when he would go after Tom Wilson after the whistle. After the Capitals failed powerplay attempt Carolina would get one of their own, but would lose it when Lucas Wallmark would be called for high sticking. On their second powerplay opportunity Nicklas Backstrom would would collect his own rebound and shoot it between Petr Mrazek’s legs to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would get themselves into penalty trouble as they would take three consecutive penalties (though the one on John Carlson for goaltender interference was laughable), however, the Capitals would be perfect on the penalty kill, and after they killed off the third penalty the Capitals would turn on the offense as Alex Ovechkin would come charging and throw a perfet pass to Nicklas Backstrom for his second goal of the game. Then minutes later brett Connolly would net his first goal of the playoffs to make it 3-0.

     

    Going into the third period the Capitals would start with the continuation of their powerplay from the end of the second period, and the Capitals would continue their pressure and Tom Wilson would get Evgeny Kuznetsov’s rebound and get it past the defender and into the empty net with four seconds left on the powerplay to make it 4-0. Then on a breakaway Nic Dowd would be fouled and awarded a penalty shot which he would score on to make it 5-0. Then Lucas Wallmark would take a slashing penalty to which the Capitals would only need two seconds as Alex Ovechkin would rip it right off the faceoff to make it 6-0.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Warren Foegele — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Brock McGinn — Lucas Wallmark — Saku Maenalanen

    Aleksi Saarela — Greg McKegg — Patrick Brown

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Calvin de Haan — Trevor van Riemsdyk

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Scratched: Haydn Fleury

    Injured: Andrei Svechnikov (concussion), Micheal Ferland (upper body), Jordan Martinook (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Carl Hagelin

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Christian Djoos, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Ilya Samsonov

    Injured: Michal Kempny (torn left hamstring), T.J. Oshie (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 1:08 – Saku Maenalanen 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Penalty – 4:41 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Hooking

    Hurricanes Penalty – 5:42 – Lucas Wallmark 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals PPG – 7:33 – Nicklas Backstrom (4) from John Carlson (4) and Tom Wilson (2)

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 0       WAS – 1

    Shots              06                10

    Faceoffs         07                12

    Hits               14                  19

    PP                 0/1                 1/2

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 4:18 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals Penalty – 7:56 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Goaltender Interference

    Capitals Penalty – 12:02 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Goal – 14:21 – Nicklas Backstrom (5) from Alex Ovechkin (3)

    Capitals Goal – 16:11 – Brett Connolly (1) from Alex Ovechkin (4) and Nicklas Backstrom (2)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 19:07 – Sebastian Aho 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 0        WAS – 3

    Shots               21                 17

    Faceoffs          24                 25

    Hits                 22                  31

    PP                   0/4                  1/2*

    *3rd powerplay in progress

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals PPG – 1:04 – Tom Wilson (2) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) and John Carlson (5)

    Penalty Shot Goal – 8:57 – Nic Dowd (1)

    Hurricanes Penalty- 10:12 – Lucas Wallmark 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals PPG – 10:14 – Alex Ovechkin (3) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) and Nicklas Backstrom (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 17:29 – Nick Jensen 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 0         WAS – 6

    Shots              30                   28

    Faceoffs        30                    36

    Hits               32                     47

    PP                 0/5                    3/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game Six –  WAS Leads Series 3-2

     

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

  • Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 5)

    Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 5)

    Dallas Stars at Nashville Predators
    (Series tied 2-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The first period in this game starts off with good possession between both teams in a critical Game 5.  Three minutes into the game, Nashville’s Filip Forsberg had a great chance for a goal but would be called for a slashing penalty mere seconds after his chance to score.  Dallas would go on to be unsuccessful in their first extra man advantage of the afternoon and Nashville would open up the scoring with Rocco Grimaldi scoring his third goal in the postseason at the 6:25 mark of the period.  Ryan Turris would get an excellent chance to score to make it a 2-0 Nashville game but Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop, would make a great stop, and get rid of the puck down the ice.  Dallas would make is a 1-1 game with Jason Dickinson’s first Stanley Cup playoff game at the 13:08 mark and Dallas would narrowly make it a 2-1 game but Predators G Pekka Rinne would have a few good saves.  Nashville was very sloppy in the last ten minutes of the contest, with the costly turnovers that they had.  If Nashville wants to win this game, they need to do a better job of having better puck possession and they need to attack the net.

    The second period of the contest would start off with Alexander Radulov giving the Stars the 2-1 lead just 40 seconds in.   There would some big hits at center ice between Nashville’s Nick Bonino and Dan Hamhuis and Dallas’ John Klingberg and Mats Zuccarello.  As far as puck possession goes, Filip Forsberg has had costly turnovers happen.  Forsberg, at the 7:14 mark of the second period, has had 3 giveaways in the contest, the most out of all skaters in this contest.  Alexander Radulov would score his second goal in the contest at the 7:41  mark, his second in the contest.  This goal would come from a missed assignment by Kyle Turris and a turnover by Rocco Grimaldi.  Nashville’s Ryan Johansen would bring the Predators within one with Johansen’s goal and about two minutes later, he and Dallas’ Radek Faska would both be called for minor penalties at the 11:52 mark in the period.  Dallas would regain their two goal lead with a goal when the puck went in and out of the net quickly at the 15:56 mark and Nashville’s Mattias Ekholm would be assessed an Unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the 16:21 mark in the period.  That would be Ekholm’s sixth penalty that he would be assessed in this series.  On the power play, Dallas has a lot of crisp and clean passes to try and make this contest a 5-2 game, but the Stars would be unable to gain a bigger lead on this power play opportunity.   Dallas has been playing a great 40 minutes of hockey and they are one period away from gaining the 3-2 series lead.  Dallas, if they want to win this contest, need to pressure the Predators and take any advantage in flaws that they see on the ice.

    Going into the third period, Dallas’ Jason Dickinson would score his second goal in the contest off of Nashville’s 17th giveaway in the contest and 28 seconds later, Nashville’s Kyle Turris would score his first goal of the postseason.  Nashville would go on their first power play of the contest at 3:39 in the period when Stars D Miro Heiskanen would be called for Hooking on Nashville’s Colton Sissons and the Predators would be unsuccessful on that power play opportunity, only getting off one shot.  The Predators would spend a good majority of the period preventing the Stars from getting down their side of the ice and would do whatever they could score but Ben Bishop would make great stops and saves.  Nashville would pull Pekka Rinne with 2:39 left in the contest but that would not be enough as the Predators would fall in this contest and the Stars would go on to win Game 5 by the score of 5-3

     

     

    Dallas will look to win the series when Game 6 takes place Monday night.

     

    Dallas Stars Lines and Defensive Pairings

    Jamie Benn-Tyler Seguin-Alexander Radulov

    Jason Dickinson-Roope Hintz-mats Zuccarello

    Andrew Cogliano-Radek Faksa-Blake Comeau

    Justin Dowling-Jason Spezza-Valeri Nichushkin

    Esa Lindell-John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen-Roman Polak

    Jamie Oleksiak-Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Injuries: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Brett Ritchie (hand)

    Scratched: Julius Honka, Jason Spezza, Taylor Fedun, Landon Bow, Valeri Nichushkin

     

     

    Nashville Predators Lines and Defencive Pairings

    Filip Forsberg-Ryan Johansen-Viktor Arvidsson

    Mikael Granlund-Colton Sissons-Calle Jarnkrok

    Austin Watson-Nick Bonino-Craig Smith

    Brian Boyle-Kyle Turris-Rocco Grimaldi

    Roman Josi-Ryan Ellis

    Mattias Ekholm-P.K. Subban

    Dan Hamhuis-Dante Fabbro

    Pekka Rinne

    Juusa Saros

    Injured:  Wayne Simmonds (lower body)

    Scratched: Miikka Salomaki, Rem Pitlick, Zac Rinaldo, Cody McLeod, Matt Irwin, Yannick Weber, Frederick Gaudreau

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    First Period:

     

    Nashville Penalty: Filip Forsberg for Slashing  —  2 min minor  —  3:15

     

    Nashville Goal: Rocco Grimaldi (3) assisted by Roman Josi (1) and Ryan Ellis (3)  —  6:25

     

    Dallas Goal: Jason Dickinson (1) assisted by Roope Hintz (1)  —  13:08

     

     

    End of 1st – DAL – 1       NSH – 1

    Shots              14                09

    Faceoffs         09                07

    Hits                 08                10

    PP                   0/1                 0/0

     

     

     

    Second Period:

     

    Dallas Goal: Alexander Radulov (3) assisted by Tyler Seguin (3)  —  :40

     

    Dallas Goal: Alexander Radulov (4) assisted by Jamie Benn (4) —  7:41

     

    Nashville Goal: Ryan Johansen (1) assisted by Filip Forsberg (1) and Roman Josi (2) —  9:18

     

     

     

    Nashville Penalty: Ryan Johansen for Roughing  —  2 min minor  —  11:52

    Dallas Penalty: Radek Faksa for Slashing  —  2 min minor  —  11:52

    Dallas Goal: Tyler Seguin (2) assisted by Jamie Benn (5)  —  15:54

     

     

    Nashville Penalty: Mattias Ekholm for Unsportsmanlike conduct  —  16:21

     

    End of 2nd– DAL – 4       NSH – 2

    Shots              22                17

    Faceoffs         18                24

    Hits                 19                19

    PP                 0/2                 0/0

     

    Third Period:

    Dallas Goal: Jason Dickinson (2) unassisted —  1:57

    Nashville Goal: Kyle Turris (1) assisted by Mikhail Granlund (1)  —  2:25

    Dallas Penalty: Miro Heiskanen for Hooking  —  2 min minor  —  3:39

     

    End of 3rd – DAL – 5       NSH – 3

    Shots              26                33

    Faceoffs         29                33

    Hits                 24               22

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

     

  • TXHT Opinion – The Impact of the Loss of TJ Oshie

    TXHT Opinion – The Impact of the Loss of TJ Oshie

    Tonight when the Washington Capitals hit the ice to take on the Carolina Hurricanes for Game Five of the First Round of the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Capitals will be doing so without the services of forward TJ Oshie who was injured the other night in Game Four in Carolina by forward Warren Foegele.

     

    Now we can debate the hit that Foegele put on Oshie that caused the injury, but there is no point of doing that because what’s done is done and it’s time to move on and look forward to what the Capitals will need to do without their heart and soul player.

     

    Going into Game Five the Capitals will have to do some line juggling, and have also called up Devante Smith-Pelly from Hershey of the AHL to fill in for Oshie. Here is the Capitals projected lineup for tonight:

    Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – Tom Wilson
    Jakub Vrana – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Carl Hagelin
    Andre Burakovsky – Lars Eller – Brett Connolly
    Chandler Stephenson – Nic Dowd – Devante Smith-Pelly

    Jonas Siegenthaler – John Carlson
    Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen
    Brooks Orpik – Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

     

    The reuniting of Tom Wilson with the first line of Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom will bring back some of the size and snarl that Wilson brings to the line after being on the second line in game four, and moving Carl Hagelin to Oshie’s normal spot on the second line will add some more speed to the line to compliment Evgeny Kuznetsov and Jakub Vrana. Plus with Hagelin, the second line will gain a player who will play a similar style to that of Oshie’s and will help establish net presence and create some space.

     

    For the bottom six however, the Capitals will need more from them. The line of Andre Burakovsky, Lars Eller, and Brett Connolly were stellar last season in the playoffs and so far in these playoffs have not done a whole lot to help the Capitals this series. Inserting Smith-Pelly back into the lineup on the fourth line with Chandler Stephenson and Nic Dowd will bring back some grit and some needed playoff experience.

     

    On the powerplay it’s time to let Wilson loose and put him in Oshie’s spot. Wilson is a magnet for attention and by putting him in Oshie’s spot in the slot area will force the Hurricanes and other teams to change their focus on how they will penalty kill to adjust for Wilson being in that spot instead of Oshie.

     

    Now with all of this said, there is one thing that needs to be done by the Capitals, and that’s not seek retribution by going after Foegele, but seek retribution by going out and winning thes next two games and winning the series. Next season Foegele can atone for his hit on Oshie that took him out of the playoffs due to injury, but the Capitals need to remain focused on the prize at hand, and that is the Stanley Cup and doing what Oshie said they could do last summer at the parade, and that is “Back to Back.”

     

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

     

    *Feature Graphic courtesy of the Washington Capitals

  • April 20th, 2019 — News and Notes

    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)

    Game 5. 3-2 TOR

     

    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)

    Game 5 - 4-1 COL

    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.

  • The Xperience – Awesome Con 2019 Preview

    The Xperience – Awesome Con 2019 Preview

    Bringing the entertainment to you, it’s The Xperience!!

     

    Audio Version:

     

     
    On the latest episode of The Xperience we prepare ourselves for Awesome Con which is taking place April 26th through 28th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC.

     

    Michael is joined by his good friend, and the founder of Awesome Con, Ben Penrod as they take a look ahead to what will be taking place at Awesome Con next weekend.

     

    Don’t forget you can see Michael and Ben along with Ben Taylor and Brian Massey at the AwesomeMania VII Panel on Friday April 26th at 130p in Panel Room 149.

     

    To get tickets to Awesome Con and to take a look at all the goings on at the event visit their website today!

     

    This episode was recorded on Friday April 19th, 2019.

    Special Thanks to Eyeshine for “Paper Hearts” as our Opening Music.

    Have a convention that you want The Xperience to cover? Let us know in the comments, and we’ll see what we can do!

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    Boston Bruins (2-2) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (2-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs knew they needed to come out and be strong in the first 10 minutes of the first and that’s exactly what they did. The period would even out and remain 0-0. The Leafs penalty kill is seemingly more aggressive and clogging up the neutral zone better.

    The second period would be much of the same but the Bruins would have more chances but the Leaf played a confident defensive game and patient offensively but aggressive when they get in the zone. Good cycle game and puck movement.

    The 3rd would come the Leafs way after finally getting powerplay the Leafs seemed to pick up their play. An Auston Matthews goal on a slick feed from Jake Muzzin gave them a 1-0 lead and they just kept coming. Less than 2 minutes later the Leafs Kasperi Kapanen would blast home a beautiful pass by Andreas Johnsson. The Leafs would then have to stave off a flurry of shots from Boston in the final few of minutes. David Krejci would score with 43 seconds left but the Leafs would hold on from there and take a 3-2 series lead heading back to Toronto.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (3-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 17:00 – Zach Hyman, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – TOR – 0     BOS – 0

    Shots              7               6

    Faceoffs       9/14            5/14

    Hits              11                 14

    PP                 0/0                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 4:13 – Patrick Marleau, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Toronto Penalty – 8:24 – Mitch Marner, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    End of 2nd – TOR- 0       BOS- 0

    Shots               16                15

    Faceoffs         15/35         20/35

    Hits                 21                  21

    PP                   0/0                 0/3

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 7:14 – Bench Minor, 2 minutes for Too Many Men On Ice

    Toronto Goal – 11:33- Auston Matthews (4) assisted by Jake Muzzin (2) and Kasperi Kapanen (1)

    Toronto Goal – 13:45- Kasperi Kapanen (1) assisted by Andreas Johnsson (3) and Morgan Rielly (4)

    Boston Goal – 19:16 – David Krejci (2) assisted David Pastrnak (2) and Torey Krug (3)

    End of 3rd – TOR – 2         BOS – 1

    Shots             27                   29

    Faceoffs     22/62               40/62

    Hits               36                    29

    PP                 0/1                    0/3

     

  • April 19th, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 19th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Friday, April 19th, 2019, and these are your news and notes covering yesterday’s contests.

     

    There were three contests in Stanley Cup playoff action yesterday and the recaps are written by the TXHT staff.

     

    Yesterday’s Results:

     

     

    CAROLINA 2, Washington 1 (Series is tied 2-2)

     

    Game 4. 2-2 Tie

     

    The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals by the score of 2-1 last night to tie their series at 2-2.  Both teams will look to take the 3-2 series lead when Game 5 takes place tomorrow night (April 20th) at Capital One Arena.

     

    You can find the recap of yesterday’s contest here or at the tweet below.

     

     

    St. Louis 3, WINNIPEG 2 (St. Louis leads the series 3-2)

     

    Game 5. 3-2 STL

     

    The St. Louis Blues would come back after being down 2-0 to defeat the Winnipeg Jets by the score of 3-2, to take the lead in the series.  The Blues will look to advance to the second round when Game 6 of this series takes place tomorrow night (April 20th) at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

     

    You can find the recap of last night’s contest between the Jets and the Blues here or at the tweet posted below.

     

     

     

    SAN JOSE 5, Vegas 2 (Vegas leads the series 3-2)

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Today there are only two games in Stanley Cup playoff action…

     

    The Colorado Avalanche look to advance to the second round in their series and either the Boston Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs will take the 3-2 series lead.

     

     

    Don’t forget to check out all of THXT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff action here.

  • St.Louis Blues vs Winnipeg Jets – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    St.Louis Blues vs Winnipeg Jets – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    St. Louis (3-2) v. Winnipeg Jets (2-3)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Blues looked to be having a very lackluster effort through the first two periods of this game. Winnipeg scored just twelve seconds into this game and looked to just keep going scoring another in the period. Not giving anything to the Blues in the way of chances at all.

    Jordan Binnington held the Blues pat only allowing the two goals in the 1st period and shutting the door on all the Jets chances in the 2nd period setting the stage for a potential comeback for the Blues in the 3rd. Jacob Trouba would take a roughing penalty on Vladimir Tarasenko to end the period and give the Blues a Powerplay to start.

    In the 3rd the Blues would take their play up a notch. Ryan O’Reilly would score in the powerplay 1:29 into the 3rd. Then at 13:52 Brayden Schenn would tie it up and the Blues would continue the game take over, Winnipeg would try and push back but couldn’t match the intensity and then with fifteen seconds left in the 3rd period Jaden Schwartz would bat a Tyler Bozak  rebound out of the air and score to bring the comeback full swing. three unanswered goals in the 3rd.

    Lineups:

    St. Louis:

    Brayden Schenn – Ryan O’Reilly – Vladimir Tarasenko

    Jaden Schwartz – Oskar Sundqvist – David Perron

    Patrick Maroon – Tyler Bozak – Robert Thomas

    Robbie Fabbri – Ivan Barbashev – Alex Steen

     

    Vince Dunn – Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

    Joel Edmundson – Carl Gunnarsson

     

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Robert Bortuzzo

    Suspension: none

     

    Boston:

    Injuries: None

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Winnipeg Goal – 0:12 – Adam Lowry (1) assisted Brandon Tanev (1) and Andrew Copp (4)

    Winnipeg Goal – 13:35 – Kevin Hayes (2) assisted Dustin Byfuglien (5)

    End of 1st – STL – 2      WPG – 0

    Shots              15                12

    Faceoffs       11/19          8/19

    Hits              6                 11

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

    Second Period:

    St. Louis Penalty – 9:31 – Robert Thomas, 4 minutes for High Sticking

    Winnipeg Penalty – 19:39 – Jacob Trouba, 2 minutes for Roughing

    End of 2nd – STL- 0       WPG- 2

    Shots               21                22

    Faceoffs         21/39         18/39

    Hits                 12                  22

    PP                   0/1                 0/2

     

    Third Period:

    St. Louis PP Goal – 1:29 – Ryan O’Reilly (1) assisted by David Perron (2) and Brayden Schenn (1)

    St. Louis Penalty – 6:10 – Joel Edmundson, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    St. Louis Goal – 13:52- Brayden Schenn (1) assisted by Oskar Sundqvist (2) and Jay Bouwmeester (3)

    St. Louis Goal – 19:45- Jaden Schwartz (1) assisted by Tyler Bozak (1)

    End of 3rd – STL – 3         WPG – 2

    Shots            29                  31

    Faceoffs     27/55                28/55

    Hits               14                   24

    PP                 1/1                    0/3