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  • Game Recap – 1/12/2019 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1/12/2019 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Washington Capitals

    Columbus Blue Jackets (25-15-3 53pts) v. Washington Capitals (27-12-4 58pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Looking for a good start to the game, the Columbus Blue Jackets would strike one minute into the game when Markus Nutivaara would do a break out pass to a streaking Cam Atkinson who would score his 25th of the season, then 52 seconds later Jonas Siegenthaler would get called for interference to give the Blue Jackets and early powerplay, but the Washington Capitals would kill the penalty. The rest of the first period would feature a lot of back and forth between the two teams, but then the Capitals would draw a penalty against David Savard for their first powerplay of the game. However the Capitals would not be able to capitalize on the Alex Ovechkin-less powerplay to end the period.

     

    For the majority of the first half of the second period it would be the Blue Jackets holding possession of the period, but it would be Atkinson taking a penalty when he high sticked Braden Holtby to give the Capitals the powerplay. As a result of the high stick though, Holtby would have to leave the game and Pheonix Copley would enter the game. Then while on the powerplay, Ovechkin was trying to get back onsides but would be called for interference which was a very questionable call by the officials. The rest of the period would be filled with a lot of back and forth with the Capitals taking over and forcing the play in the last 3 to 5 minutes of the period.

     

    After a long period with a lot of back and forth between both the Capitals and Blue Jackets, it would be the Capitals pulling Copley for the extra attacker and have it pay dividends as Evgeny Kuznetsov would score on a beautiful one timer to tie this game at one. Then in overtime it would be an ill advised penalty by Nicklas Backstrom that would lead to a Columbus powerplay that would see Artemi Panarin net his second straight overtime winner to give the Blue Jackets the 2-1 win.

     

    Lineups:

    Columbus Blue Jackets:

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Cam Atkinson

    Nick Foligno — Boone Jenner — Josh Anderson

    Oliver Bjorkstrand — Alexander Wennberg — Anthony Duclair

    Kevin Stenlund — Lukas Sedlak — Riley Nash

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — Markus Nutivaara

    Scott Harrington — David Savard

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Scratched: Gabriel Carlsson

    Injured: Ryan Murray (illness), Brandon Dubinsky (hamstring), Markus Hannikainen (elbow)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Brett Connolly — Lars Eller — Travis Boyd

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Brooks Orpik — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Andre Burakovsky, Madison Bowey, Dmitrij Jaskin

    Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh)

     

    First Period:

    Blue Jackets Goal – 1:00 – Cam Atkinson (25) from Markus Nutivaara (10) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (23)

    Capitals Penalty – 1:52 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Interference

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 18:06 – David Savard 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 1st – CLB – 1       WAS – 0

    Shots              07                11

    Faceoffs         12                14

    Hits               03                  09

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 8:43 – Cam Atkinson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals Goalie Change – Pheonix Copley enters the game for Braden Holtby

    Capitals Penalty – 9:46 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 2nd – CLB – 1        WAS – 0

    Shots               13                 20

    Faceoffs          24                 21

    Hits                 08                  12

    PP                   0/2                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Goal – 18:54 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (8) from John Carlson (36) and Alex Ovechkin (18)

     

    End of 3rd – CLB – 1         WAS – 1

    Shots              21                   32

    Faceoffs        34                    37

    Hits               16                     18

    PP                 0/2                    0/2

     

    OT:

    Capitals Penalty – 3:18 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Slashing

    Blue Jackets PPG – 3:30 – Artemi Panarin (16) from Seth Jones (20)

     

    End of OT – CLB – 2         WAS – 1

    Shots              22                   33

    Faceoffs        36                    40

    Hits               16                     20

    PP                 0/3                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (27-12-5 59pts) v. St. Louis (18-20-4 40pts)

    Columbus (26-15-3 55pts) v. NY Rangers (18-19-7 43pts)

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 12/1/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 12/1/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Gameday Preview:  Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs

    Time: Saturday, January 12th,  2019

    Toronto: 28-12-2 for 58 points

    Boston: 25-15-4 for 54 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs come back home to take on the Boston Bruins in what looks to be like a top of notch matchup. Leafs will be without Freddy Andersen as he has been cleared to return but now has the flu.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner –57 points (16 goals 41 assists)
    John Tavares – 50 points (29 goals 21 assists) 54% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 46 points (13 goals 33 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 39points (20 goals 19 assists) 53% on Face-offs)

    David Pastrnak – 52 points (25 goals 27 assists)
    Brad Marchand– 47 points (16 goal 31 assist)
    Patrice Bergeron- 38 points (14 goal 24 assists)
    David Krecji – 34 points (8 goal 26 assists)

    Michael Hutchinson
    2-2-0 2.53GAA .919SV%

    Tuukka Rask
    12-8-2 2.43GAA .920SV%

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    Kasimir Kaskisuo

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk – David Krecji– David Backes

    Danton Heinen – Jakob Forback-Karlsson – Ryan Donato

    Sean Kuraly – Noel Acciari – Chris Wagner

     

    Zdeno Chara – Charlie MacVoy

    Torey Krug – Brandon Carlo

    Matt Grzelcyk – Kevan Miller

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Urho Vaakanainen, Joakim Nordstrom

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Boston:

    1. Attack the defence
      1. Forecheck hard and fast. Make the defence work fast
    2. Puck Possession
      1. Keep the puck in the offensive zone where the Bruins can’t hurt you
    3. Johnsson, Kapanen, Matthews
      1. Need this line to go to make the Leafs a real threat
  • Gameday Preview – 1/12/2019 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Preview – 1/12/2019 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Washington Capitals

    Columbus Blue Jackets (25-15-3 53pts) v. Washington Capitals (27-12-4 58pts)

     

    Time: 7p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington, Fox Sports Ohio, and ESPN+

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals head home for a Saturday night matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets as they look to extend their winning streak to four games.

     

    Columbus Blue Jackets:

    Projected Lineup:

    Blue Jackets projected lineup

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Cam Atkinson

    Nick Foligno — Boone Jenner — Josh Anderson

    Oliver Bjorkstrand — Alexander Wennberg — Anthony Duclair

    Eric Robinson — Lukas Sedlak — Riley Nash

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Ryan Murray — Markus Nutivaara

    Scott Harrington — David Savard

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Dean Kukan

    Injured: Brandon Dubinsky (hamstring), Markus Hannikainen (elbow)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Work past the distraction

    Today will mark the first game back for goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky after his incident in Tampa Bay, and subsequent one game suspension. The Blue Jackets had a team meeting yesterday which allowed Bobrovsky back into the lineup.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Strong compete level all game

    The Capitals have not been strong in the faceoff circle this season, and they will need to raise their compete level to accomodate their inefficiency in faceoff circle.

  • January 12th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 12th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, January 12th, 2019, and these are your news and notes

     

    There were four contests in the NHL yesterday.

     

    CAROLINA 4, Buffalo 3

     

    Jeff Skinner would join the 30 goal maker in this contest and in doing so would be the fifth different Buffalo Sabres player to get 30 goals in fewer than 45 games played with the franchise.  He would also be the third player to achieve this mark in his first season with the Sabres

     

    Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams would become the third player in franchise history to be aged 37 years or older to record goal streaks of at least four games.

     

     

    Buffalo @ Carolina: Game Summary

     

    WINNIPEG 4, Detroit 2

    Winnipeg Jets Bryan Little would register his 500th career point when he scored his ninth goal of the season at the 4:51 mark of the second period.

     

     

    Detroit @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

     
    CALGARY 4, Florida 3

    The Flames would have four straight goals and would go on to defeat the Florida Panthers and improve their record in their last nine contests to 7-1-1 and 4-0-0 in the last four games.

     

     

     

     

    https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1084117805509730304

     

    Florida @ Calgary: Game Summary
    Pittsburgh 7, ANAHEIM 4

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would defeat the Anaheim Ducks in Anaheim last night thanks to a hat trick from Penguins Jake Guentzel.  Pittsburgh Tanner Pearson would also score twice in the third period to give the Penguins the 7-4 win over the Ducks.

     

    Pittsburgh would win their sixth consecutive road game, the longest since an eight game road win streak that occured late during the 2015-16 season.

     

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1083971539983228929

     

    Pittsburgh @ Anaheim: Game Summary

     

    There are 12 games on the NHL schedule…

     

     

    Today’s NHL European Game of the Week pits the New York Rangers taking on the New York Islanders.

     

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats…

     

     

     

     

    NWHL

     

    This weekend in the NWHL…

     

    The contest between the Buffalo Beauts and the Metropolitan Riveters is this week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week

     

     

    In NHL News…

    Rick Nash announced yesterday that he would be forced to retire due to the concussion he suffered in a game last March.  Nash ends his career having played in 1,060 games, scoring 437 career goals and amassing 805 points.

     

     

    On Wednesday, Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his weekly “31 Thoughts” article and the next day, the “31 Thoughts” podcast was released.

     

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1083041724212097024

     

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1083462965217525760

     

    TXHT has an all new episode today which you can check out at the following page.  This week’s episode contains NWHL news and much more.

  • TXHT – 01/12/2019

    TXHT – 01/12/2019

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

     

    Audio Version:

     

    YouTube Version:

     

    This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by our friend from The Hockey Writers Nate Oliver, and TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs writer Steve Gardiner.

     

    To start both Michael and Nate talk about the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL, and the season they have had so far.

     

    Michael and Nate also go in depth in regards to the rest of the NWHL as we get closer to the NWHL All Star Break.

     

    Plus Michael and Steve talk about the Maple Leafs and what’s going wrong with them since the return of William Nylander from his holdout. Also all three geek out over jerseys, and make fun of the 2019 NHL All Star Game jerseys, plus so much more.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019

    Opening Music: “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

     

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

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils -10/1/2019 – Game Day Preview & Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils -10/1/2019 – Game Day Preview & Recap

    Time: Thursday, January 10th , 2019

    Toronto: 27-13-2 for 56 points

    New Jersey: 16-19-7 for 39 points

    After a terrible loss to the Nashville Predators on Monday, the Leafs look to get back in the winning column against the New Jersey Devils whom they’ve had great success against this season.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 55 points (15 goals 40 assists)

    John Tavares – 47 points (27 goals 20 assists) 54% on face-offs

    Morgan Rielly – 45 points (13 goals 32 assists)

    Auston Matthews – 39 points (20 goals 19 assists) 51% on Face-off

     

    Taylor Hall–37 points (11 goals 26 assists)

    Kyle Palmieri – 36 points (20 goals 16 assists)

    Nico Hischier – 29 points (12 goals 17 assist)

    Travis Zajac – 24 points (10 goal 14 assists)

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    2-3-2 3.49GAA .878SV%

    Keith Kincaid

    13-12-6 3.07GAA .898SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    Kasimir Kaskisuo

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    New Jersey:

    Jesper Bratt – Nico Hischier– Kyle Palmieri

    Miles Wood – Travis Zajac– Blake Coleman

    Blake Pietila– Pavel Zacha– Stefan Noesen

    Brian Boyle – Brett Seney–Garrett Stafford

     

    Andy Greene –Damon Severson

    Sami Vatanan – Steve Santini

    Will Butcher – Ben Lovejoy

     

    Keith Kincaid

    Cam Johnson
    Scratched: None
    Injuries: Corey Schneider, Marcus Johansson, Taylor Hall, & MacKenzie Blackwood
    Suspension: None

    Keys to Winning against Nashville:

    1. Everything to the net
      1. Kincaid has struggled, put everything on net and get to the dirty places to get rebounds.
    2. Speed
      1. Speed have to use it force the defence back. Force the Devils strong offensive players to play top notch defence
    3. Kasperi Kapanen
      1. Kapanen is not seeing any powerplay time, over the likes of Johnsson, Nylander, Marleau, Kadri yet has been the better player all season. In fact he has been demoted and still has shown that even when he doesn’t score he shows up every night

    Gameday:

    First Period:

    New Jersey Penalty – 01:54 – Brett Seney, 2 minutes for Boarding

    New Jersey Penalty – 04:05 – Ben Lovejoy, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Toronto Penalty – 04:05 – John Tavares, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Toronto Goal – 04:30 – Ron Hainsey (4) from Zach Hyman (9) and Connor Brown (13)

    Toronto Goal – 07:21 – John Tavares (28) from Jake Gardiner (22)

    Toronto Penalty – 12:16 – Patrick Marleau, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Toronto Goal – 19:53 – John Tavares (29) assisted by Morgan Rielly (33) and Mitch Marner (41)
    End of 1st – TOR –3        NJD – 0

    Shots              15                   8

    Faceoffs     13/23              10/23

    Hits               3                     5

    PP                 0/1                  0/1

     

    Analysis

    Zach Hyman inserted back into the lineup after returning from injury and he makes a difference already with his hard forecheck and his ability to dig pucks out. John Tavares steps up to score 2 goals in the first as the Leafs dominate the Devils in the opening frame.

    Need to Do:

    Don’t take your foot off the gas pedal. Keep applying the pressure.

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 09:36 –Igor Ozhiganov, 2 mins for Hooking

    New Jersey Goal–16:07 – Blake Coleman (14), assisted by Andy Greene (11)  and Miles Wood (10)

    New Jersey Goal–16:33 – Brian Boyle (12), assisted by Blake Pietilla (1)

    Toronto Penalty – 19:46 –Travis Dermott, 2 mins for Hooking

    New Jersey Penalty – 19:46 –Miles Wood, 2 mins for Tripping

    End of 2nd – TOR– 3          NJD – 2

    Shots              28                   26

    Faceoffs       25/54              29/54

    Hits              8                       7

    PP                 0/1                  0/2

    Analysis:

    Leafs dominate most of the 2nd but take their foot off the gas pedal. Michael Hutchinson let’s in a goal that he needed to control the rebound on but the Leafs still ahead 3-2.

     

    Need to Do:

    Pressure the defence don’t sit back play in the offensive zone

    Third Period:

    Leafs EN Goal–19:38 – Mitchell Marner (16), assisted by John Tavares (21)

    End of 3rd – TOR – 4       NJD – 2

    Shots             43                   29

    Faceoffs     37/78                41/78

    Hits               9                         15

    PP                0/1                   0/2

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs played a solid 3rd period didn’t give the Devils too  much to make a comeback off of.

    Next Up:

    Boston (25-14-4 54pts) vs Toronto (28-12-2 58pts)

    Philadelphia (16-22-6 38pts) at New Jersey (16-20-7 39pts)

  • Game Recap – 1/10/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Boston Bruins

    Game Recap – 1/10/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Boston Bruins

    Washington Capitals (26-12-4 56pts) v. Boston Bruins (25-14-4 54pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals came into Boston looking to extend their win streak to three, but how they would start the game with an early Jonas Siegenthaler holding penalty would force the Capitals to kill the Bruins powerplay opportunity. Then after a strong kill the Capitals would get on the board when Jakub Vrana would score his 15th of the season off of a breakaway pass from TJ Oshie. The Bruins would put the pressure on the Capitals which would cause Michal Kempny to take a tripping penalty, but once again the Capitals would shut down the Bruins powerplay. Braden Holtby had a spectacular first period which saw him stop all 17 Bruins shots.

     

    The Bruins would start the period pressuring the Capitals, but then the Capitals would get a very good shift from their second line that would draw a penalty against Patrice Bergeron. However, the Capitals would not be able to do much with their first powerplay opportunity. Then Lars Eller would challenge Brad Marchand after being chirped at by Marchand, but Marchand would cowardly turtle when Eller dropped his gloves thus getting an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and another Bruins powerplay. The Capitals would kill the penalty, and then on a rush Alex Ovechkin would be tripped by Brandon Carlo to give the Capitals their second powerplay opportunity of the game. The Capitals would fail on the powerplay, and then the Bruins would take that momentum to tie up the game with Ryan Donato’s 6th of the season. However, it would not remain tied as Tom Wilson displayed great patience behind the net to find Ovechkin for his 31st goal of the season.

     

    The Bruins started the period with a powerplay due to a late penalty against Brett Connolly, but the Capitals would do a great job of killing the penalty. However, the Capitals would shoot themselves in the foot with a too many men on the ice penalty that would see David Krejci tie the game for the Bruins on the powereplay, but 69 seconds later Nicklas Backstrom would respond to retake the lead for the Capitals. Late in the third period the Bruins would pull goalie Jaroslav Halak, but then Ovechkin would nab the empty netter for his second of the game. The Capitals would end the Bruins 5 game winning streak and grow their win streak to 3 games.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Brett Connolly — Lars Eller — Travis Boyd

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Andre Burakovsky, Madison Bowey, Dmitrij Jaskin

    Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh)

     

    Boston Bruins:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

    Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari — Chris Wagner

    Ryan Donato — Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson — Danton Heinen

    Zdeno Chara — Brandon Carlo

    Torey Krug — John Moore

    Matt Grzelcyk — Kevan Miller

    Jaroslav Halak

    Tuukka Rask

    Scratched: Colby Cave, Steven Kampfer

    Injured: Charlie McAvoy (lower body), Joakim Nordstrom (fractured fibula)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 1:51 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Holding

    Capitals Goal – 6:38 – Jakub Vrana (15) from TJ Oshie (6)

    Capitals Penalty – 14:13 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 1       BOS – 0

    Shots              05                17

    Faceoffs         09                10

    Hits               10                  05

    PP                 0/0                 0/2

     

    Second Period:

    Bruins Penalty – 5:10 – Patrice Bergeron 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals Penalty – 7:43 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    Bruins Penalty – 10:57 – Brandon Carlo 2 minutes for Tripping

    Bruins Goal – 14:11 – Ryan Donato (6) from Torey Krug (25) from Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (4)

    Capitals Goal – 14:50 – Alex Ovechkin (31) from Tom Wilson (9)

    Capitals Penalty – 19:52 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Holding

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 2        BOS – 1

    Shots               12                 28

    Faceoffs          15                 26

    Hits                 24                  17

    PP                   0/2                  0/3

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 3:58 – Bench (Ovechkin) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    Bruins PPG – 4:37 – David Krejci (8) from Danton Heinen (7) and David Backes (8)

    Capitals Goal – 5:46 – Nicklas Backstrom (11) from TJ Oshie (7) and Jonas Siegenthaler (4)

    Capitals ENG – 18:25 – Alex Ovechkin (32) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 4         BOS – 2

    Shots              22                   41

    Faceoffs        22                    42

    Hits               32                     25

    PP                 0/2                    1/5

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (27-12-4 58pts) v. Columbus (25-15-3 53pts)

    Boston (25-16-4 54pts) @ Toronto (28-13-2 58pts)

  • Boston Bruins announce partnership with NWHL’s Boston Pride

    Boston Bruins announce partnership with NWHL’s Boston Pride

    This morning the NWHL’s Boston Pride and the NHL’s Boston Bruins announced  a partnership to advance the game of Women’s hockey in the state of Massachusetts and the surrounding area.

     

    With this announcement, the Bruins become the 4th NHL franchise to partner with an NWHL franchise in the past 15 months which started with the New Jersey Devils back in October 2017 when they announced a 3 year partnership with the Metropolitan Riveters. Then Pegula Sports & Entertainment, who own the Buffalo Sabres, acquired the Buffalo Beauts to become the first NWHL team to be fully owned and operated outside of the NWHL. Also during this past offseason the Minnesota Wild announced that they would be partnering with the expansion Minnesota Whitecaps. The NWHL has also worked jointly with the Pittsburgh Penguins (2017), Wild (2018) and Nashville Predators (2019) on NWHL All-Star Weekends.

     

    “In just the last 15 months, four NHL teams have secured mutually-beneficial partnerships with our clubs,” said NWHL Founder and Commissioner Dani Rylan. “We are proud of these alignments with NHL franchises. Our league office and teams work hard to be strong collaborators. As the Bruins will see, there is a lot that the Pride will bring to the table as they build women’s and girls’ hockey programs in their community.”

     

    With this new partnership between the Bruins and the Pride will be highlighted by the new Bruins Academy Girls Learn to Play program, which will offer girls ages four through ten the opportunity to learn the basics of hockey led by Boston Pride players. There will be a  $100 registration fee for the Learn to Play program which will include a full set of brand-new CCM equipment to keep valued at $500 retail, a professional equipment fitting, and four weeks of on ice instruction led by certified coaches. The girls program will also be held at five rinks beginning in March 2019: Philips Academy Rink in Andover, Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton, The Bog Ice Arena in Duxbury, Murphy Memorial Skating Rink in South Boston, and Veterans Memorial Skating Rink in Waltham.

     

    The NWHL is growing, and with yet another partnership with the NHL, the future is looking bright for the NWHL and for Women’s Hockey.

     

    *Feature photo courtesy of the NWHL.

  • Gameday Preview – 1/10/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Boston Bruins

    Gameday Preview – 1/10/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Boston Bruins

    Washington Capitals (26-12-4 56pts) v. Boston Bruins (25-14-4 54pts)

     

    Time: 7p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington and NESN

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals head to Boston to take on the red hot Bruins. Currently the Bruins are on a five game winning streak which has been to the affect of their lineup becoming healthy, especially on the blue line. Meanwhile, the Capitals have won two straight and look to continue their winning ways against the Bruins.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Be consistent in the faceoff circle

    The key to puck control is based on how well you do in the faceoff circle. Win the faceoff, you gain control right away. Lose the faceoff, and now your chasing. The other night against Philadelphia the Flyers were dominating the Capitals in the faceoff circle, but it didn’t look that way due to the Capitals better play in all three zones. The Bruins are not the Flyers and are more of a threat when they have puck possession and faceoffs will be a key to their success.

     

    2. Shock the powerplay

    The Capitals need their powerplay to be clicking against the Bruins. While their penalty kill has been on the rise since the return of Brooks Orpik to the lineup, however, the same cannot be said for the powerplay that is stagnant and predictable.

     

    Boston Bruins:

    Projected Lineup:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

    Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari — Chris Wagner

    Ryan Donato — Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson — Danton Heinen

    Zdeno Chara — Brandon Carlo

    Torey Krug — John Moore

    Matt Grzelcyk — Kevan Miller

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Colby Cave, Steven Kampfer

    Injured: Charlie McAvoy (lower body), Joakim Nordstrom (fractured fibula)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Stick to the plan

    The Bruins are on a five game winning streak, and it is a result of solid team play and sticking to the gameplan. If the Bruins can force their game on the Capitals, this will be a good game for them.

  • January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    Yesterday there were 11 games in action.

     

    BOSTON 4, Minnesota 0

    Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask would register his 250th career win as well as his 42nd career shutout.  Rask is two wins shy of tying the franchise record for wins by a goaltender, currently held by Tiny Thompson.

     

    Minnesota @ Boston: Game Summary

     

    BUFFALO 5, New Jersey 1

    New Jersey @ Buffalo: Game Summary

     

    Carolina 4, NY ISLANDERS 3

    There would be four different goal scorers for the Carolina Hurricanes in their 4-3 win over the New York Islanders last night.

     

    Carolina @ NY Islanders: Game Summary

     

    PITTSBURGH 5, Florida 1

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would end up scoring two shorthanded goals in this contest  in the second period en route to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers last night.

    Penguins C Sidney Crosby would score his 20th goal on the season and with that goal, Crosby has scored at least 20 goals in 12 seasons on his career.

     

    Florida’s Aaron Ekblad would score the lone goal for the Panthers and when he did, he would become the top goal scorer among defenceman in Panthers history.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1082830340610314242

     

    Florida @ Pittsburgh: Game Summary

     

    Montreal 3, DETROIT 2

    With Montreal’s 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings last night, this would mark the second straight win for the Canadiens over the Red Wings.

     

    Montreal @ Detroit: Game Summary

     

    TAMPA BAY 4, Columbus 0

    Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov would become the first player to reach 70 points in the first 43 games of a season since Jaromir Jagr in the 1999-2000 season, who did that in 38 games played.

     

    Columbus @ Tampa Bay: Game Summary

     

    WASHINGTON 5, Philadelphia 3

    The Washington Capitals would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 to notch their first win at home in the year 2019.

    Between both teams, there would be the 27th instance in League history when the Capitals and Flyers would score two goals in four seconds or less.

     

    TJ Oshie would register his 200th NHL goal in this contest when he scored at the 9:19 mark in the second period.

    TXHT has your full recap of the contest between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals at the following page.

    Philadelphia @ Washington: Game Summary

     

     

    Dallas 3, ST. LOUIS 1

    Stars Tyler Seguin would score two goals and goaltender Ben Bishop would have 26 saves in the contest as they would take down the St. Louis Blues by the score of 3-1.

    Over the last four games, Seguin has registered three, two-goal contests.

    Dallas’ Miro Heiskanen registered his 20th point on the season in the contest and marked the fifth time in the past six seasons in which multiple teenage defenceman have had at least 20+ points in a season.

    Despite outshooting the Stars 27-17, St. Louis would not be able to mount the comeback.

     

    Dallas @ St. Louis: Game Summary

     

     

    WINNIPEG 7, Colorado 4

    In the Winnipeg Jets 7-4 win, there would be seven different goal scorers in the contest.

     

    Colorado @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

     

     

    VEGAS 4, NY Rangers 2

    Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would get the win for the Golden Knights, who went on to win their seventh straight contest.

    Fleury has not had a regulation loss in his last 12 games played and has posted a 9-0-3 record.

    NY Rangers @ Vegas: Game Summary

     

    SAN JOSE 7, Edmonton 2

     

    Edmonton @ San Jose: Game Summary

     

     

    Today there are three games on the NHL schedule