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  • April 14th, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 14th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, April 14th, 2019, and these are your news and noted from yesterday.

     

    All of the game recaps are written by TXHT’s esteemed staff.

     

    There were four contests in action yesterday.

     

     

    WASHINGTON 4, Carolina 3 (OT) (Washington leads the series 2-0)

     

    The Washington Capitals would defeat the Carolina Hurricanes in overtime, 4-3, thanks to the game-winner from Capitals defenceman Brooks Orpik.

     

    The Capitals will look to a commanding 3-0 lead tomorrow night when Game 3 takes place in Raleigh.

     

    Michael Lindenbaum has your full recap of the contest between the Hurricanes and the Capitals at the following page.

     

    NASHVILLE 2, Dallas 1 (OT) (Series is tied 1-1)

     

    The Nashville Predators would defeat the Dallas Stars with the 2-1 win in overtime.  Craig Smith would net the game winner and Predators G Pekka Rinne would have 21 saves in the contest.

     

    Nashville will look to take the 2-1 series lead when Game 3 takes place tomorrow night in Dallas.

     

    Dickson Kendrick has your full recap of the contest between the Stars and the Predators at the following page.

     

     

    BOSTON 4, Toronto 1 (Series is tied 1-1)

     

    This would be a very physical contest between the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs with the Bruins getting the 4-1 win, and tying the series 1-1.

     

    This game would not come without controversy as Toronto’s Nazem Kadri delivered a cross-check to the head of Boston’s Jake DeBrusk, which not only ejected him from the game but also earned him an in-person from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety.

     

    TXHT should have more on this as soon as there is a decision reached from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety.

     

    With the series now tied 1-1, both teams will try to take the series lead when Game 3 of the series takes place tomorrow night.

     

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

     

     

     

    Colorado 3, CALGARY 2 (OT) (Series is tied 1-1)

     

    The Colorado Avalanche would defeat the Calgary Flames with the 3-2 win in overtime.

     

    Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon would net the game winner to tie this series at 1.

     

    Both teams will look to take the 2-1 series lead with Game 3 shifting to Colorado.  Game 3 takes place tomorrow night.

     

    Scott Fairchild has your full recap of the contest between the Colorado Avalanche and the Calgary Flames at the following page.

     

     

     

    Today there are four contests in action:

     

     

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats, please check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report, which you can find below…

     

     

     

    You can catch up on all of TXHT’s extensive 2019 Stanley Cup playoff coverage at our website, https://txhthockey.com/2019-nhl-playoffs/

     

     

     

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins – Round 1 – Game #2 Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins – Round 1 – Game #2 Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs (1-1) v. Boston Bruins (1-1)

     

    Game Recap:

    Boston came out flying as they were expected too in game #2. Boston began by not only dominating in the shot column but by putting some serious physical pressure on the Leafs. Soon the physicality turned into some questionable hits and ruckus on both sides and the game began to swing to the old games between the Bruins and Leafs were it was an all-out brawl. Jake Debrusk of the Boston Bruins made a couple questionable plays including what looked to be an intentional knee on knee with Leafs forward Nazem Kadri and also bloodied Leafs Travis Dermott earlier in the game with an Elbow to the nose both went uncalled and seemed to fuel the rivalry. Leafs Defensemen Jake Muzzin was bloodied on a charging call by Boston Forward David Pastrnak, and later on, Muzzin cleanly-hit defensemen Torey Krug who unfortunately had his head down on the play and looked bad, he never returned to the game and has a history of concussion issues.  Bruins defencemen also left the game with an injury and never returned, unknown reasoning a far as we know. Charlie Coyle opened the scoring to get the crowd into the game and Marchand made it 2-0 just before the end of the 1st.  William Nylander made a massive gaff, just as the Leafs look to be getting their legs a bit, which led to the Danton Heinen goal. Kadri gave the Leafs some hope in the 3rd scoring to make it 3-1 but then later Kadri himself would seal the win for the Bruins when after Patrick Marleau was cleanly checked into the stansion by Jake DeBrusk. Kadri would take matters into his own hands and cross-check Debrusk to the head, resulting in a 5-minute powerplay to end the game and the big possibility of an impending suspension for Nazem Kadri.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Martin Marincin – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    David Backes — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched:  Steven Kampfer, Marcus Johansson

    Injuries: Sean Kuraly (shoulder) and John Moore (Upper-Body), Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Boston Goal – 4:44 – Charlie Coyle (2) assisted by David Backes (1)

    Boston Penalty – 11:12 – Jake DeBrusk, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Toronto Penalty – 11:12 – Nazem Kadri, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Boston Goal – 16:04 – Brad Marchand (1) assisted by David Pastrnak (1) and Torey Krug (2)

    Boston Penalty – 18:57 – David Pastrnak, 2 minutes for Charging

    End of 1st – TOR – 2       BOS – 0

    Shots              5                12

    Faceoffs         8/15            7/15

    Hits              13                 15

    PP                 0/1                 0/0

    Second Period:

    Boston Goal – 10:39 – Danton Heinen (1) unassisted

    Toronto Penalty – 12:22 – Frederik Gauthier, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Boston Penalty – 15:32 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Toronto Penalty – 16:52 – Nazem Kadri, 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – TOR- 0        BOS- 3

    Shots               18                32

    Faceoffs          17/31          14/31

    Hits                 26                  30

    PP                   0/2                  0/2

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 5:36 – David Krejci, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Toronto Goal – 10:49 – Nazem Kadri (1) assisted by Travis Dermott (1) and William Nylander (1)

    Boston PP Goal – 15:03 – Patrice Bergeron (2) assisted by Brad Marchand (2) and Matt Grzelcyk (1)

    Toronto Penalty – 14:03 – Nazem Kadri, 5 minutes for Cross Checking (Major)

    Toronto Penalty – 14:03 – Nazem Kadri, 10 minutes for Game Misconduct

     

    End of 3rd – TOR – 1         BOS – 4

    Shots             31                   41

    Faceoffs    26/47                21/47

    Hits               39                    44

    PP                 0/3                    1/4

     

  • Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 2)

    Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 2)

    Dallas Stars at Nashville Predators
    (Dallas Stars lead the series 1-0)

     

    In Game 2 of this series…

    In the first period, tempers would flare out with a lot of pushing and shoving near the net post whistles and the Predators could not find their way out of the penalty box with Austin Watson being called for a slashing penalty early in the period.  Mattias Ekholm would be issued a double minor half way through the period.  In the final five minutes of the contest, both teams would get several possessions of the puck and each team would do their best to get the puck to the back of the net.  Toward the end of the period, Dallas’ Roman Polak and Nashville’s Blake Comeau would both be dealt matching roughing penalties.  Look for Nashville’s forward to come out with firepower to get the goals.  Dallas will look to rely on Ben Bishop to play lights out and prevent Nashville from getting any goals.

     

    In the second period, Jamie Benn would get an early goal.  Rocco Grimaldi would later tie the game at 1 two minutes later in the contest.  This would be Grimaldi’s first postseason goal.  During a scramble, Dallas Mattias Janmark would take a hit and as a precaution, he left the ice to be looked at.  Nashville’s Mattias Ekholm would be called for boarding, his third penalty in the contest.  On that penalty kill, Nashville would prevent the Stars from scoring, after having several chances and good looks at the net.  The second period would end with good chances by both teams but much like the end of the first period, neither team would take advantage of the chances.  Going into the third period, both teams need to whatever they can to avoid the penalty box, as it is a critical period in the contest, especially for the Predators.

     

    The third period would be a period in which both teams would not take any calculated risks, as they were both avoiding the penalty box.  There would also be a strong defencive showing from both teams throughout the first six minutes of the period.  At the 13:35 mark in the period, both teams would take shots at each other, throwing punches.  This would lead to a penalty being called on Nashville’s Craig Smith at the 6:35 mark.  There would not be any other action going on as both teams did their best to move the puck around and take shots at the net.  The game would remain tied at 1 heading into the overtime frame.

     

    To start out the overtime frame, Nashville would spend the first 90 seconds in Dallas’ zone getting several shots on net, but none would net the game winner.  When Dallas gained momentum on the next faceoff, the Stars had a great shot at a goal before Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne made the save.  Craig Smith would get his first postseason goal on the 2019 postseason with a bouncing puck that would get past Ben Bishop and give the Nashville Predators the 2-1 win in overtime and tie the series at 1 game a piece.

     

    Dallas Stars Lines and Defencive Pairings

    Jason Dickinson-Tyler Seguin-Alexander Radulov

    Jamie Benn-Roope Hintz-Mats Zuccarello

    Andrew Cogliano-Radek Faksa-Blake Comeau

    Mattias Janmark-Justin Dowling-Tyler Pitlick

    Esa Lindell-John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen-Roman Polak

    Taylor Fedun-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, Jamie Oleksiak, Valeri Nichushkin

     

     

    Nashville Predators Lines and Defencive Pairings

    Filip Forsberg-Ryan Johansen-Viktor Arvidsson

    Mikael Granlund-Kyle Turris-Craig Smith

    Colton Sissons-Nick Bonino-Austin Watson

    Rocco Grimaldi-Calle Jarnkrok-Wayne Simmonds

    Roman Josi-Ryan Ellis

    Mattias Ekholm-P.K. Subban

    Dan Hamhuis-Dante Fabbro

    Pekka Rinne

    Juusa Saros

    Injured:  none

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

     

    First Period:

     

    Dallas Penalty:  Mats Zuccarello for Slashing  —  2 min minor  —  4:03

     

    Nashville Penalty:  Austin Watson for Roughing  —  2 min minor  —  7:29

     

    Nashville Penalty:  Mattias Ekholm for Interference  —  2 min minor  —  10:55

     

    Nashville Penalty:  Mattias Ekholm for Unsportsmanlike Conduct  —  2 min minor  —  10:55

     

    Dallas Penalty: Roman Polak for Interference  —  2 min minor  —  15:49

     

    Dallas Penalty: Blake Comeau for Roughing  —  2 min minor  —  16:36

     

    Nashville Penalty: Mikael Granlund for Roughing  —  2 min minor  —  16:36

     

    End of 1st – DAL – 0       NSH – 0

    Shots              09                15

    Faceoffs         07                12

    Hits               05                  06

    PP                 0/3                 0/2

     

     

    Second Period:

     

    Dallas Goal: Jamie Benn (1) assisted by Tyler Seguin (1) — 1:59

     

     

    Nashville Goal: Rocco Grimaldi (1) assisted by Austin Watson (1) and Calle Jarnkrok (1)  —  3:56

     

     

    Nashville Penalty: Mattias Ekholm for Boarding  — 2 min minor —  5:20

     

    Dallas Penalty: Tyler Seguin for Interference —  2 min minor  —  10:43

     

    Nashville Penalty: Roman Josi for Cross-checking  —  2 min minor  — 13:10

     

     

    End of 2nd – DAL – 1       NSH – 1

    Shots              00                00

    Faceoffs         15                27

    Hits               00                  00

    PP                 0/5                 0/3

     

     

    Third Period

    Nashville Penalty: Craig Smith for Roughing  —  2 min minor  —  6:25

     

     

    End of 3rd – DAL – 1       NSH – 1

    Shots              21                37

    Faceoffs         25                36

    Hits               16                  20

    PP                 0/6                 0/3

     

    Overtime:

    Nashville Goal: Craig Smith (1) assisted by Mattias Ekholm (2) and Calle Jarnkrok (2)  — 5:00

     

     

     

    End of OT – DAL – 1       NSH – 2

    Shots              23                43

    Faceoffs         29                42

    Hits               17                  23

    PP                 0/6                 0/3

     

     

    My Three Stars of the Game:

    First Star: Nashville F Craig Smith (Game winning goal)

    Second Star: Dallas Stars G Ben Bishop (41 saves)

    Third Star: Nashville G Pekka Rinne (22 saves)

     

    Game 3 takes place in Dallas on Monday night.

     

    Don’t forget to check out the rest of TXHT’s playoff coverage at our website:

    https://txhthockey.com/2019-nhl-playoffs/

  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Capitals Lead 1-0

     

    Game Recap:

    Going into Game Two the Washington Capitals need to have a much better start to their game, and generate some scoring opportunities. And that they did as they would play with a much better pace to their game, and would create some really good chances in the Hurricanes zone. Less than four minutes into the game, it would be Alex Ovechkin feeding a really beautiful pass to Nicklas Backstrom for his third of the playoffs, and give the Capitals the 1-0 lead. Then after a failed powerplay attempt, it would be TJ Oshie with an amazing one-legged effort to score his first of the playoffs for a 2-0 lead. Then on a hard working shift for the Hurricanes, Lucas Wallmark would tip a Jaccob Slavin point shot to cut the Capitals lead to one. The Capitals would challenge for goalie interfernce, but it was ill advised as there was never any interference to Braden Holtby on the play. Alex Ovechkin would take an elbowing penalty, but the Capitals would kill off the penalty to finish the period.

     

     

    In the second period we would see a very undisciplined game from both teams starting with Micheal Ferland taking an offensive zone penalty, then Ferland again would take another penalty that would end his game for the day as he would receive a match penalty for illegal contact to Nic Dowd’s head, which also had Warren Foegele hook and high stick Dowd on the play with no calls made, but with some debate. While yes Ferland did in fact make contact with Dowd’s head (see tweet below), it doesn’t look like he went in with the intention to hurt Dowd. From the perspective of how the play unfolds, Dowd loses possession of the puck and is reaching to regain possession, while at the same time Ferland has already committed to the hit. Dowd is in a vulnerable position yes, but it does not look like Ferland’s intention was to hit the head, but due to Dowd’s posture, the head became the point of contact. Definitely a tough call to make.

    While on the Capitals five minute powerplay, they would not generate anything of substance. Also it would end prematurely as TJ Oshie would be called for hooking. Then the Capitals would go down two men when Dowd would be called for high sticking. While the Capitals were down, they were able to successfully kill both penalties. Then after another failed powerplay for the Capitals, Sebastian Aho would score to tie the game for the Hurricanes late in the period.

     

    Going into the third the Hurricanes would start off with some really solid chances, but Braden Holtby would stand tall in net. Then near the halfway point of the period Alex Ovechkin would feed Tom Wilson with the pass as he would blast it Petr Mrazek to give the Capitals a 3-2 lead. Then on a powerplay off of a Nic Dowd high sticking call, Jordan Staal would deflect a Dougie Hamilton point shot to tie the game at three a piece. The Capitals would get a couple chances before the end of the period, but Mrazek would holdnhis own and force overtime for the first time in this series.

     

    Going into overtime the Capitals would only need a little less than two minutes to close out this game and take a 2-0 series lead as Evgeny Kuznetsov would make a really crisp pass to Brooks Orpik who bombs it past Mrazek to win the game 4-3.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Justin Williams

    Micheal Ferland — Jordan Staal –Teuvo Teravainen

    Andrei Svechnikov — Jordan Martinook — Brock McGinn

    Saku Maenalanen — Lucas Wallmark — Warren Foegele

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Haydn Fleury — Trevor van Riemsdyk

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Scratched: Greg McKegg, Jake Bean

    Injured: Calvin de Haan (upper body)

     

     

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Andre Burakovsky — Nic Dowd — Chandler Stephenson

    John Carlson — Nick Jensen

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Ilya Samsonov

    Injured: Michal Kempny (torn left hamstring)

     

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 3:37 – Nicklas Backstrom (3) from Alex Ovechkin (1) and Dmitry Orlov (1)

     

    Hurricanes Penalty – 4:52 – Trevor van Riemsdyk 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Goal – 9:26 – TJ Oshie (1) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) and Matt Niskanen (1)

     

    Capitals Penalty – 10:32 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Interference

    Hurricanes Goal – 15:54 – Lucas Wallmark (1) from Jaccob Slavin (1) amd Warren Foegele (1)

     

     

    Capitals Penalty – 16:24 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Elbowing

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 1       WAS – 2

    Shots              12                07

    Faceoffs         10                06

    Hits               08                  16

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 1:11 – Micheal Ferland 2 minutes for Hooking

    Hurricanes Penalty – 4:09 – Micheal Ferland Match penalty for Illegal Contact to Head

    Capitals Penalty – 8:18 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes Hooking

    Capitals Penalty – 9:11 -Nic Dowd 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Penalty – 11:36 – Dougie Hamilton 2 minutes for Elbowing

    Hurricanes Goal – 16:49 – Sebastian Aho (1) from Justin Williams (1) and Jaccob Slavin (2)

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 2        WAS – 2

    Shots               18                 23

    Faceoffs          22                 14

    Hits                 14                  24

    PP                   0/4                  0/4

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Goal – 8:55 – Tom Wilson (1) from Alex Ovechkin (2) and Nicklas Backstrom (1)

    Capitals Penalty – 14:24 – Nic Dowd 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes PPG – 15:00 – Jordan Staal (1) from Dougie Hamilton (2) and Andrei Svechnikov (1)

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 3         WAS – 3

    Shots              28                   32

    Faceoffs        39                    22

    Hits               22                     33

    PP                 1/5                    0/4

     

    Overtime:

    Capitals Goal – 1:42 – Brooks Orpik (1) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) and Jakub Vrana (1)

     

    End of OT – CAR – 3         WAS – 3

    Shots              28                   33

    Faceoffs        39                    23

    Hits               22                     34

    PP                 1/5                    0/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game Three – Capitals Leads Series 2-0

     

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

  • April 13th, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 13th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, April 13th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were four games in Stanley Cup Playoff action yesterday.

     

     

    All of the recaps are written by the TXHT staff.

     

    Columbus 5, TAMPA BAY 1 (Columbus leads the series 2-0)

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets crushed the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 5-1 win and took a 2-0 series lead.

     

    Columbus will look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead when Game 3 takes place tomorrow night.

     

     

     

    NY Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1 (NY Islanders leads the series 2-0)

     

    The NY Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 and took a 2-0 series lead.

     

    The Islanders will look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead with Game 3 shifting to Pittsburgh.  Game 3 takes place tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m., ET.

     

     

    Below you will find the Pittsburgh Penguins infographic from yesterdays contest and the image is the property of the Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, NHL Public Relations, and their respective owners.

     

     

    St. Louis 4, WINNIPEG 3 (St. Louis leads the series 2-0)

     

    The St. Louis Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 yesterday and took a 2-0 series lead.

     

    St. Louis will look to take the commanding 3-0 series lead with the series now shifting to St. Louis.  Game 3 takes place tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m., ET

     

     

    Vegas 5, SAN JOSE 3 (Series is tied 1-1)

     

    The Vegas Golden Knights would go on to take Game 2 in the series after giving up a three goal lead in the first period and defeat the San Jose Sharks 5-3.

     

    The Golden Knights will look to take the series lead with Game 3 taking place tomorrow (Sunday, April 14) at 10 p.m., ET.

     

     

    Today’s Schedule of Games:

     

     

    To see all of the THXT’s recaps and Stanley Cup Playoff previews, please check out our website linked below.

  • Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders – Round 1:Game #2 – Game Recap

    Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders – Round 1:Game #2 – Game Recap

    Pittsburgh Penguins (0-1) v. New York Islanders (1-0)

     

    Game Recap:

    Isles come to life in the third period to steal yet another game from Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Huge game from Jordan Eberle once again. Robin Lehner is showing why he should be in consideration for the Vezina this season. This series will resume in Pittsburgh for Game 3.

    Lineups:

    Pittsburgh

    Jake Guentzel- Sidney Crosby- Bryan Rust

    Jared McCann-Evgeni Malkin- Patric Hornqvist

    Dominik Simon-Nick Bjugstad- Phil Kessel

    Zach Aston-Reese – Matt Cullen – Scott Wilson

    Brian Dumoulin- Kris Letang

    Olli Maatta- Justin Schultz

    Marcus Pettersson-Erik Gudbranson

     

    Matt Murray

    Casey DeSmith

    Scratches: none

    Injuries: Chad Ruhwedel (Upper Body)

    Suspension: None

     

    New York Islanders:

    Anders Lee – Matthew Barzal – Jordan Eberle

    Josh Bailey – Brock Nelson – Tom Kuhnhackl

    Anthony Beauvillier – Valtteri Filppula – Leo Komarov

    Matt Martin – Casey Cizikas – Cal Clutterbuck

     

    Nick Leddy – Johnny Boychuk

    Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock

    Devon Toews – Scott Mayfield

     

    Robin Lehner

    Thomas Greiss

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Andrew Ladd

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

     

     

     

    First Period:

    Pittsburgh Penalty – 5:51 – Evgeni Malkin, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Pittsburgh Penalty – 8:23 – Evgeni Malkin, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    New York Penalty – 8:23 – Leo Komarov, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Pittsburgh Penalty – 13:38 – Jack Johnson, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Pittsburgh Penalty – 15:47 – Jack Johnson, 2 minutes for Interference

    New York Penalty – 16:42 – Anders Lee, 2 minutes for Hooking

    End of 1st – PIT – 0       NYI – 0

    Shots              7                11

    Faceoffs        6/25          19/25

    Hits               11                 11

    PP                 0/1                 0/3

     

     

     

    Second Period:

    Pittsburgh Penalty – 3:25 – Sidney Crosby, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Pittsburgh Penalty – 4:31 – Erik Gudbranson, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Pittsburgh Goal – 10:32 – Erik Gudbranson (1) assisted by Evgeni Malkin (2)

    New York Goal – 13:25 – Anthony Beauvillier (1) assisted by Matthew Barzal (2) and Jordan Eberle (2)

     

    End of 2nd – PIT- 1        NYI- 1

    Shots               18                 23

    Faceoffs        16/39           23/39

    Hits                 25                  30

    PP                   0/2                  0/5

    Third Period:

    New York Goal – 7:54 – Jordan Eberle (2) assisted by Matthew Barzal (2) and JJohnny Boychuk (1)

    Pittsburgh Penalty – 9:50 – Patric Hornqvist, 2 minutes for Tripping

    New York PP Goal – 11:38 – Josh Bailey (2) assisted by Anders Lee (2) and Devon Toews (2)

     

    End of 3rd – PIT – 1         NYI – 3

    Shots              33                   34

    Faceoffs      24/57             33/57

    Hits               36                     41

    PP                 0/2                    1/6

     

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  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Blue Jackets Lead 1-0

     

    Game Recap:

    With the Columbus Blue Jackets leading the series going into game 2, the Tampa Bay Lightning will be looking to even up the series at one game a piece, however, the Blue Jackets would have other things on mind. A little over five minutes into the game Cam Atkinson would score his first goal of the playoffs to give Columbus an early 1-0 lead. The Blue Jackets aggressive play would force the Lightning to take two bad penalties. Columbus would not be able to capitalize on their first powerplay, but it would only take four seconds on the second powerplay as Zach Werenski would get the puck off a clean faceoff win from Matt Duchene and rip it right on net for his first of the playoffs and give Columbus a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    The second period would not start well for the Lightning as Alex Killorn would take a horrible interference penalty. As a result, the Blue Jackets would strike again. This time Duchene getting his first career playoff goal to give the Blue Jackets a 3-0 lead. The Lightning would get their first powerplay opportunity when Columbus would be called for too many men, however, they would not capitalize on the powerplay, but the Lightning would gain some momentum.

     

    For the third period, the Lightning would come out fired up and force the play against the Blue Jackets. The Lightning’s heavy forechecking would result in a Mikhail Sergachev goal to cut the Blue Jackets lead to two, but the Blue Jackets would respond as Riley Nash would snipe one past Andrei Vasilevskiy to give Columbus their three goal lead back. Not long after getting their three goal lead back, the Blue Jackets would strike again as Artemi Panarin would score his first of the playoffs to give the Blue Jackets a commanding 5-1 lead. Things would get ugly though as after Nikita Kucherov tripped up Makus Nutivaara, he would proceed to board Nutivaara while he was defenseless thus earning a 5 minute major and a game misconduct which should be reviewed by the League for supplementary discipline.

     

    Lineups:

    Columbus Blue Jackets:

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Cam Atkinson

    Ryan Dzingel — Matt Duchene — Josh Anderson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Oliver Bjorkstrand

    Brandon Dubinsky — Boone Jenner — Riley Nash

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Markus Nutivaara — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Dean Kukan

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Keith Kinkaid, Eric Robinson, Andrew Peeke, Alexander Wennberg, Markus Hannikainen

    Injured: Adam McQuaid (upper body), Ryan Murray (upper body)

     

    Tampa Bay Lightning:

    Yanni Gourde — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov

    Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — Tyler Johnson

    Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — J.T. Miller

    Adam Erne — Cedric Paquette — Mathieu Joseph

    Victor Hedman — Dan Girardi

    Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak

    Mikhail Sergachev — Jan Rutta

    Andrei Vasilevskiy

    Louis Domingue

    Scratched: Braydon Coburn, Danick Martel, Ryan Callahan

    Injured: Anton Stralman (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Blue Jackets Goal – 5:15 – Cam Atkinson (1) from Matt Duchene (1)

    Lightning Penalty – 7:08 – Adam Erne 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Lightning Penalty – 11:40 – Ondrej Palat 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blue Jackets PPG – 11:44 – Zach Werenski (1) from Matt Duchene (2)

    Lightning Penalty – 15:11 – Brayden Point 5 minute major for Fighting

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:11 – Zach Werenski 5 minute major for Fighting

     

    End of 1st – CLB – 2       TB – 0

    Shots              10                08

    Faceoffs         08                12

    Hits               10                  21

    PP                 1/2                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Lightning Penalty – :30 – Alex Killorn 2 minutes for Interference

    Blue Jackets PPG – 1:28 – Matt Duchene (1) from Artemi Panarin (2) amd Zach Werenski (2)

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 4:21 – Bench (Matt Duchene) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

     

    End of 2nd – CLB – 3        TB – 0

    Shots               17                 14

    Faceoffs          17                 22

    Hits                 14                  30

    PP                   2/3                  0/1

     

    Third Period:

    Lightning Goal – 5:00 – Mikhail Sergachev (1) from JT Miller (2) and Erik Cernak (2)

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 5:51 – Nick Foligno 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blue Jackets Goal – 9:06 – Riley Nash (1) from Boone Jenner (2)

    Blue Jackets Goal – 12:15 – Artemi Panarin (1) from Matt Duchene (3) and Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov 2 minutes for Tripping

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov 5 minute major for Boarding

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov – Game Misconduct

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Victor Hedman – Misconduct

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:34 – Josh Anderson 2 minutes for Roughing

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:34 – Josh Anderson – Misconduct

     

    End of 3rd – CLB – 5         TB – 1

    Shots              27                   24

    Faceoffs        27                    33

    Hits               17                     37

    PP                 2/4                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Game Three – Blue Jackets Leads Series 2-0

     

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  • April 12th, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 12th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Friday, April 12th, 2019, and these are your news and notes

     

    In Stanley Cup Playoff action, there were three games last night.

     

    Below you will find all of the game recaps from our TXHT writers.

     

     

    Toronto 4, BOSTON 1 (Toronto leads the series 1-0)

     

    The Toronto Maple Leafs would take Game 1 in this series from the Boston Bruins, winning the game 4-1.

     

    Toronto will look to take Game 2 when the two teams face off Saturday night.

     

    TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your full recap of the contest below.

     

     

    The following image is the Boston Bruins infographic from last night’s contest and is the property of the Boston Bruins, NHL, NHL Public Relations, and their respective owners.

     

     

    WASHINGTON 4, Carolina 2 (Washington leads the series 1-0)

     

    The Washington Capitals, defending their Stanley Cup championship, defeated the Carolina Hurricanes last night with a 4-2 win.

     

    The Carolina Hurricanes mounted a comeback after being down 3-0 at the end of the first period, coming within a goal, before Washington’s Lars Eller scored an empty net goal with less than a minute left in the third period.

     

    The Capitals will look to take the 2-0 series lead when the two teams face off tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m., and the game will be available on NBC.

     

    Michael Lindenbaum has your full recap of Game 1 between the Capitals and the Hurricanes below.

     

     

    CALGARY 4, Colorado 0 (Calgary leads the series 1-0)

     

    The Calgary Flames crushed the Colorado Avalanche last night with a 4-0 win adn took the 1-0 series lead.

     

    Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk scored two goals and Flames goaltender Mike Smith registered 26 saves in the contest.

     

    The Flames will look to take the 2-0 series lead when Game 2 takes place Saturday night.

     

    Scott Fairchild has your full recap of the contest between Calgary and Colorado below.

     

     

    Calgary’s infographic from the 4-0 win is below and the infographic is the property of the Calgary Flames, NHL, NHL Public Relations, and their respective owners.

     

     

     

    Today’s schedule of games:


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

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

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals begin their Stanley Cup defense at home against the Carolina Hurricanes, and the start of the game would see the Capitals weather the storm from the Hurricanes for the first half of the period followed by Nicklas Backstrom going top shelf on Petr Mrazek on the first shot of the game for the Capitals to make it 1-0. Then Justin Faulk would be called for high sticking, and on the powerplay Evgeny Kuznetsov would do a beautiful pass across to slot to Backstrom for his second of the game. The Hurricanes would not do themselves any favors though as Micheal Ferland would be called for interference and with a mad scramble Alex Ovechkin would net his first of the playoffs to make it 3-0 goinf into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period both teams would trade scoring opportunities, and some penalties as well. While the Capitals would kill their lone penalty early in the period, Carolina would give the Capitals two more powerplay opportunities. However, this time the Hurricanes would keep the Capitals off the score board while on the penalty kill.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would get some really good scoring opportunities to start the period, but Petr Mrazek would stand tall to keep the deficit to three. Then Andrei Svechnikov would score back to back goals to cut the Capitals lead to one in a span of two minutes and nineteen seconds. The Capitals would then get themselves into penalty problems, but would successfully kill both penalties. Then Lars Eller would score the empty netter to seal the deal for the Capitaks as they take the 1-0 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Justin Williams

    Micheal Ferland — Jordan Staal — Teuvo Teravainen

    Andrei Svechnikov — Jordan Martinook — Brock McGinn

    Greg McKegg — Lucas Wallmark — Warren Foegele

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Haydn Fleury — Trevor van Riemsdyk

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Scratched: Saku Maenalanen, Jake Bean

    Injured: Calvin de Haan (upper body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Andre Burakovsky — Nic Dowd — Chandler Stephenson

    John Carlson — Nick Jensen

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Jonas Siegenthaler, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Ilya Samsonov

    Injured: Michal Kempny (torn left hamstring)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 9:58 – Nicklas Backstrom (1) from John Carlson (1) and Brooks Orpik (1)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 12:32 – Justin Faulk 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals PPG – 13:10 – Nicklas Backstrom (2) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) and John Carlson (2)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 16:31 – Micheal Ferland 2 minutes for Interference

    Capitals PPG – 18:05 – Alex Ovechkin (1) from Tom Wilson (1) and John Carlson (3)

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 0       WAS – 3

    Shots              10                09

    Faceoffs         13                09

    Hits               21                  18

    PP                 0/0                 2/2

     

    Second Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 1:46 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Penalty – 4:07 – Bench (Alex Ovechkin) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    Hurricanes Penalty – 13:05 – Justin Williams 2 minutes for Holding the Stick

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 0        WAS – 3

    Shots               21                 13

    Faceoffs          23                 21

    Hits                 32                  27

    PP                   0/1                  2/4

     

    Third Period:

    Hurricanes Goal – 5:07 – Andrei Svechnikov (1) from Lucas Wallmark (1) and Dougie Hamilton (1)

    Hurricanes Goal – 7:26 – Andrei Svechnikov (2) from Lucas Wallmark (2) and Justin Faulk (1)

    Capitals Penalty – 11:14 – Jakub Vrana 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Penalty – 16:29 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals ENG – 19:24 – Lars Eller (1) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 2         WAS – 4

    Shots              29                   18

    Faceoffs        39                    28

    Hits               37                     35

    PP                 0/3                    2/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game Two – Capitals Leads Series 1-0

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

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

    Game Recap:

     

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Connor Brown – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Jake Gardiner – Travis Dermott

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: Calle Rosen, Tyler Ennis, Nic Petan

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Buffalo:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    David Backes — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — Kevan Miller

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Karson Kuhlman, Steven Kampfer, Connor Clifton

    Injuries: Sean Kuraly (shoulder) and John Moore (Upper-Body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 8:55 – William Nylander, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Boston PP Goal – 9:31 – Patrice Bergeron (1) assisted by Brad Marchand (1) and Torey Krug (1)

    Toronto Goal – 16:44 – Mitchell Marner  (1) assisted by Jake Muzzin (1) and John Tavares (1)

    End of 1st – TOR – 1       BOS – 1

    Shots              10                8

    Faceoffs         11/21            10/21

    Hits               17                  14

    PP                 0/1                 1/1

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 2:16 – Kasperi Kapanen, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Boston Penalty – 2:47 – Jake DeBrusk, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Toronto SH Goal – 2:47 – Mitchell Marner  (2) unassisted (Penalty Shot)

    Toronto Goal – 18:25 – William Nylander  (1) assisted by Nazem Kadri (1) and Patrick Marleau (1)

    End of 2nd – TOR- 3        TOR- 1

    Shots               25                 29

    Faceoffs        20/42            22/42

    Hits                 25                  21

    PP                   0/0                  1/2

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 11:45 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Interference

    Toronto EN Goal – 18:41 – John Tavares  (1) unassisted

    End of 3rd – TOR – 4         BOS – 1

    Shots              33                   38

    Faceoffs      32/64             32/64

    Hits               33                     31

    PP                 0/1                    1/2

    Next Up:

    Toronto Maple Leafs (1-0) v. Boston Bruins (0-1) – Saturday, April 13th 2019