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  • Game Recap – 1/8/2019 – Philadelphia Flyers v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1/8/2019 – Philadelphia Flyers v. Washington Capitals

    Philadelphia Flyers (15-21-6 36pts) v. Washington Capitals (25-12-4 54pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    To start the game both the Washington Capitals and the Philadelphia Flyers would test each other out, and get a feel for the game, but it would be off a defensive zone faceoff that the Flyers would win but Jakub Vrana getting to the puck first and taking it all the way down tot he offensive zone and throwing the puck on net for Tom Wilson to tip in to get the first goal of the game. Then Andre Burakovsky would take an ill advised offensive zone penalty for hooking, but the Capitals would shut down the Flyers powerplay and prevent them from taking a shot on goal. However, the Flyers would strike back when Michal Kempny would make a bad pass out of the zone that would be picked off and lead to Jakub Voracek tying the game at 1 a piece. The period would end with game tied at one a piece, but one of the bigger points is the fact that the Flyers dominated the Capitals both in shots and in the faceoff circle. The Capitals would only generate 4 shots in the opening period.

    To start the second period, there would be a lot of back and forth between the two teams until Robert Hagg would be called for hooking against Evgeny Kuznetsov. However, on the powerplay the Capitals would not generate much with the opportunity. the Capitals would respond not that much longer as Lars Eller would let a shot of from the point that TJ Oshie would tip in front of the net to give the Capitals the lead. Then not the long after getting the lead, Vrana would cause a turnover and turn on the wheels as he does a great individual play to create a turnover and then convert it into a goal for the Capitals. The Capitals would keep the pressure going as ALex Ovechkin would draw a tripping penalty on Ivan Provorov, and the Capitals would strike in the final seconds of the powerplay as Vrana would score his second goal of the game. In the final minute of the second period, Brooks Orpik would get called for roughing which would give the Flyers a powerplay to start the third period. Biggest flaw in the Capitals game right now is in the faceoff circle as the Flyers are manhandling them in that category.

    The Capitals would start the period by killing the remainder of Orpik’s penalty, but not long after, Radko Gudas would lay a clean hit on Nic Dowd which Devante Smith=-Pelly would step up and fight Gudas. However, the Smith-Pelly would gain an additional two minutes for instigating to give the Flyers another powerplay. After the Capitals would kill off this penalty, Wilson would get called for slashing, but the Capitals would kill that one as well. Then Travis Konecny would be upset over a hit by Alex Ovechkin and would then take a slashing penalty as a result. On this powerplay, the Capitals would get some looks, but would not capitalize on the powerplay. The Flyers would respond though after a failed clearing attempt by Ovechkin as Wayne Simmonds crashed the net and was able to jam one home to cut the Capitals lead to 2. After this goal would be scored chaos would ensue as when Tom Wilson thought he had a empty net goal to seal the deal for the Capitals, it would be ruled offsides after a Coach’s Challenge, but it would also result in Shayne Gostisbehere penalty that would upset the Flyers and result in Simmonds getting a 10 minute misconduct. However, the Capitals would not be on the powerplay long as Evgeny Kuznetsov would be called for hooking, and then while 4 on 4 with the goalie pulled Claude Giroux would score to inch the Flyers closer, but then Oshie would get the empty netter to ice this win for the Capitals.

     

    Lineups:

    Philadelphia Flyers:

    Claude Giroux — Sean Couturier — Travis Konecny

    Oskar Lindblom — Nolan Patrick — Jakub Voracek

    James van Riemsdyk — Jordan Weal — Wayne Simmonds

    Michael Raffl — Scott Laughton — Dale Weise

    Ivan Provorov — Travis Sanheim

    Robert Hagg — Christian Folin

    Shayne Gostisbehere — Radko Gudas

    Mike McKenna

    Carter Hart

    Scratched: Jori Lehtera, Phil Varone

    Injured: Corban Knight (collarbone), Brian Elliott (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Andrew MacDonald (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Travis Boyd — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Brooks Orpik — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Pheonix Copley

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Madison Bowey

    Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (illness), Christian Djoos (leg)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 4:21 – Tom Wilson (13) from Jakub Vrana (10)

    Capitals Penalty – 5:46 – Andre Burakovsky 2 minutes for Hooking

    Flyers Goal – 9:28 – Jakub Voracek (11) from Oskar Lindblom (8)

     

    End of 1st – PHI – 1       WAS – 1

    Shots              11                04

    Faceoffs         09                05

    Hits                10                 06

    PP                 0/1                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Flyers Penalty – 5:24 – Robert Hagg 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Goal – 9:19 – TJ Oshie (12) from Lars Eller (13) and /john Carlson (34)

    Capitals Goal – 11:22 – Jakub Vrana (13) from unassisted

    Flyers Penalty – 14:12 – Ivan Provorov 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 15:55 – Jakub Vrana (14) from Travis Boyd (8) and John Carlson (35)

    Capitals Penalty – 19:06 – Brooks Orpik 2 minutes for Roughing

     

    End of 2nd – PHI – 1        WAS – 4

    Shots               23                 17

    Faceoffs          30                 11

    Hits                 19                  09

    PP                   0/1                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Flyers Penalty – 2:04 – Radko Gudas 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 2:04 – Devante Smith-Pelly 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 2:04 – Devante Smith-Pelly (Burakovsky) 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Penalty – 9:06 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Slashing

    Flyers Penalty – 13:31 – Travis Konecny 2 minutes for Slashing

    Flyers Goal – 16:33 – Wayne Simmonds (13) from Jakub Voracek (23) and Sean Couturier (15)

    Capitals ENG – 17:56 – Coaches Challenge for Offsides Successful – No Goal

    Flyers Penalty – 17:56 – Shayne Gostisbehere 2 minutes for Hooking

    Flyers Penalty – 17:56 – Wayne Simmonds 10 minute Misconduct

    Capitals Penalty – 19:28 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Hooking

    Flyers Goal – 19:53 – Claude Giroux (14) from Sean Coutrier (16) and Jakub Voracek (24)

    Capitals ENG – 19:57 – TJ Oshie (13) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – PHI – 3         WAS – 5

    Shots              40                   26

    Faceoffs        45                    19

    Hits               23                     15

    PP                 0/4                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (26-12-4 56pts) @ Boston (25-14-4 54pts)

    Philadelphia (15-22-6 36pts) v. Dallas (23-17-4 50pts)

  • Gameday Preview – 1/8/2019 – Philadelphia Flyers v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Preview – 1/8/2019 – Philadelphia Flyers v. Washington Capitals

    Philadelphia Flyers (15-21-6 36pts) v. Washington Capitals (25-12-4 54pts)

     

    Time: 730p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Network

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals are home for the first time in 2019 as they host their long time rival the Philadelphia Flyers. Last night the Flyers were shutout at home by the St. Louis Blues, while the Capitals ended their 3 game losing streak the other night as they defeated the Detroit Red Wings on the road.

     

    Philadelphia Flyers:

    Projected Lineup:

    Claude Giroux — Sean Couturier — Travis Konecny

    Oskar Lindblom — Nolan Patrick — Jakub Voracek

    James van Riemsdyk — Jordan Weal — Wayne Simmonds

    Michael Raffl — Scott Laughton — Dale Weise

    Ivan Provorov — Travis Sanheim

    Robert Hagg — Christian Folin

    Shayne Gostisbehere — Radko Gudas

    Mike McKenna

    Carter Hart

    Scratched: Jori Lehtera, Phil Varone

    Injured: Corban Knight (collarbone), Brian Elliott (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Andrew MacDonald (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Consistency all game long

    The Flyers have a well built team, but are not a consistent team on the ice. If the Flyers can play a strong, consistent game for a full 60 minutes then they have a good chance of winning this game.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Continue the heavy pressure

    The one key thing the Capitals have to do it continue playing wih heavy pressure in the offensive zone. When they are doing that, the Capitals are burden to play against.

     

    2. Mix up the Powerplay

    The powerplay is not working and it needs to be changed up a bit. Mix some of the players around and put in a different look for the powerplay.

  • January 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 and these are your news and notes

     

    There were five games in action last night.

     

    Nashville 4, TORONTO 0

    Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne would have an 18 save performance and Toronto’s goaltender Michael Hutchinson would have a 28 save performance on 32 attempts.

    TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your full recap of the contest at the following link.

    Nashville Predators vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 01/07/2019 – Game Day Preview and Recap

     

    St. Louis 3, PHILADELPHIA 0

     

    St. Louis Blues goaltender in this game, Jordan Binnington, would become the 35th different goalie in NHL history to record a shutout in his first career NHL start and the second to have a shutout in a debut joining Rich Parent back on January 26th, 1999.

     

    Minnesota 1, MONTREAL 0

    In a very ugly and penalty-filled game, the Minnesota Wild would go on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens by the score of 1-0.

    Minnesota’s Nick Seeler would be assessed a two-minute instigator, a five-minute major for fighting, as well as a 10-minute misconduct penalty and Montreal’s Kenny Agostino would be duelled out a five minute major for interference, a five minute major for fighting, as well as a 10-minute game misconduct penalty.

     

    This major chain of events came off of the two-minute interference penalty when Agostino was called for interference on Minnesota’s Eric Fehr.

     

    With the Wild’s win, this would be Devan Dubnyk’s second shutout on the season and the 38th for his career.

    Also with this win, this would be Minnesota’s ninth consecutive win against the Canadiens, matching franchise records for longest win streaks against an opponent.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1082473382162169858

     

     

    Calgary 4, CHICAGO 3

    Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau would have a two-goal performance, continuing his hot streak and help the Flames take down the Chicago Blackhawks by the score of 4-3.

    The Flames would also become the first team to have four players with at least 50 points in their first 45 games of a season since the 1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins with Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Toms Sandstrom.

     

    Chicago’s goalscorers would be Patrick Kane with his 24th goal on the season, Alex DeBrincat with his 20th goal of the season and Brandon Saad would score on the power play late in the third period with his 12th goal of the season, however that would not be enough as the Blackhawks would fall 4-3.

     

    SAN JOSE 3, Los Angeles 1

    San Jose Sharks D Erik Karlsson would register an assist in his 13th consecutive game and would be one of only six other players to do so.  Karlsson would go on to have three assists in the contest.

    The San Jose Sharks would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Kings last night by the score of 3-1.

    In NHL News…

     

    Yesterday the NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week (week ending January 6th)

    The first star went to Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau, who had an 11 point week in four games played.  Included was a back-to-back four-point performance which had not happened for a Flames player since Doug Gilmour back in November of 1988.

    The second star of the week went to San Jose Sharks Brent Burns.  Burns had a nine-point week across three multi-point outings over the weeks and leads the NHL among all defenceman for points with 47 points in 43 games played.

     

    The third star of the week would go to New York Islanders goaltender Robin Lehner.  Lehner would go 3-0-0 during the week and has a record of 7-0-0 since December 18th.  Lehner would become the fourth different Islanders goaltender to have a personal win streak of at least seven games and is the first the 2014-15 season when Jaroslav Halak had a similar mark.

     

     

    NWHL

     

    This week the NWHL announced co-players of the week.  Buffalo Beauts goaltender Shannon Szabados and Metropolitan Riveters Madison Packer were named the VEDA Co-Players of the Week.

    Szabados had a 30 save performance in the Beauts 5-0 shutout win over the Boston Pride on Saturday.  That contest was scoreless for the first 25 minutes until Buffalo opened up the scoring.  Szabados would also go on to have miraculous saves in the contest.

    Packer, in Sunday’s contest against the Connecticut Whale, had one goal and three assists to close out the regular-season series between the Riveters and Whale.  The Riveters had a six-goal outburst in the contest to give Metropolitan a 6-3 win.  Packer, a four-year veteran of the NWHL, led the league in goals last season and she will be playing in the NWHL All-Star Game next month in Nashville.

     

  • Nashville Predators vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 01/07/2019 – Game Day Preview and Recap

    Nashville Predators vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 01/07/2019 – Game Day Preview and Recap

    Time: Monday, January 7th , 2019

    Toronto: 27-12-2 for 56 points

    Nashville: 25-15-3 for 53 points

    After getting their first win of 2019 the Leafs invite Nashville into Toronto. The Leafs look to keep the offence clicking, but will have it tested against one of the best defensive teams in the League. Nashville gets their top player back in Filip Forsberg tonight.

    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

     

    Ryan Johansen–36 points (8 goals 28 assists)

    Roman Josi – 30 points (7 goals 23 assists)

    Mattias Ekholm – 28 points (4 goals 24 assist)

    Craig Smith – 24 points (14 goal 10 assists)

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    1-1-0 2.05GAA .923SV%

    Pekka Rinne

    15-10-2 2.31GAA .919SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Patrick Marleau

    Kasperi Kapanen – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Trevor Moore – 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), Zach Hyman (Ankle), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Nashville:

    Calle Jarnkrok – Ryan Johansen– Viktor Arvidsson

    Kevin Fiala – Colton Sissons – Craig Smith

    Ryan Hartman– Nick Bonino– Auston Watson

    Filip Forsberg – Gaudreau –Rocco Grimaldi

     

    Roman Josi –Ryan Ellis

    Mattias Ekholm – PK Subban

    Dan Hamuis – Matt Irwin

     

    Pekka Rinne

    Juuse Saros
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Miika Salomaki, Kyle Turris, & Yannick Weber

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Nashville:

    1. Traffic in front of Rinne
      1. Leafs need to get bodies in front of Rinne. Rinne won’t let easy stuff through.
    2. Speed
      1. Speed have to use it force the defence back. Force Rinne to win the game.
    3. Travis Dermott
      1. He will be the key as I expect Rielly not to be open much this game unless on the powerplay

    Gameday:

    First Period:

    Nashville Penalty – 19:42 – Ryan Johansen, 2 mins for Tripping

    End of 1st – NSH – 0        TOR –0

    Shots              9                     7

    Faceoffs     12/15              3/15

    Hits               13                     9

    PP                 0/0                   0/1

     

    Analysis:

    Momentum seemed to flow back and forth. First 8 minutes was all Toronto, 2nd 8 minutes all Nashville and the last 4 all Toronto again. Toronto hit 2 posts one by Matthews and one by Kapanen. Leafs start the 2nd on the powerplay and look for them to continue the offensive possession in the 2nd period.

     

    Need to Do:

    Play a full period strong. Speed, Shots and defensively.

    Second Period:

    Leafs Penalty – 3:11 – Nikita Zaitsev, 2 mins for Interference

    Nashville PPG Goal– 4:08 – Mattias Eklholm (5), assisted by Craig Smith (11) and Kevin Fiala (17)

    Nashville Penalty – 8:12 – Matt Irwin, 2 mins for Holding

    Nashville Goal– 13:11– PK Subban (4), assisted by Matt Irwin(4) and Nick Bonino (10)

    End of 2nd – NSH– 2          TOR – 0

    Shots              24                   16

    Faceoffs      21/37             16/37

    Hits               25                       16

    PP                 1/2                   0/2

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs failed to capitalize on their chances and paid the price at the other end. On top of a goal called back against Matthews

    Need to Do:

    Need a big period

    Third Period:

    Toronto Penalty –4:33 – Par Lindholm, 2 mins for Interference

    Nashville Penalty –6:58 – Roman Josi, 2 mins for Hooking

    Nashville Goal – 17:23 – Colton Sissons (8) from Calle Jarnkrok (8)

    Nashville Goal – 19:22 – Kevin Fiala (8) from Colton Sissons (10) and Mattias Ekholm (25)

     

    End of 3rd – NSH – 4        TOR – 0

    Shots              31                   18

    Faceoffs     25/45               20/45

    Hits               31                       18

    PP                 1/2                  0/3

    Analysis:

    Bad defensive game for Toronto , along with some bad luck.

    Next Up:

    Toronto (27-12-2 56pts) at New Jersey (16-18-7 39pts)

    Nashville (25-15-3 53pts) at Chicago (16-21-7 39pts)

     

  • Game Recap – 1/6/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Detroit Red Wings

    Game Recap – 1/6/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Detroit Red Wings

    Washington Capitals (24-12-4 52pts) v. Detroit Red Wings (16-20-7 39pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    To start this game, both the Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings would have a feeling out process for the first few minutes, but then the Capitals would get a dominate shift from their second line that would carry over to their top line the very next shift as Tom Wilson would get the Capitals on the board first after continuing sustaining the pressure in the Red Wings zone. Then both teams would continue with some back and forth until Jakub Vrana turns the puck over in the defensive zone which leads to Anthony Mantha tying the game at one for the Red Wings. Late in the period the Capitals would get a powerplay after Dylan Larkin tripped Alex Ovechkin in the neutral zone, but would do nothing with it, and will have 37 seconds of powerplay time to start the second period.

    Going into the second period the Capitals looked sluggish and their powerplay time was wasted away. Also as a result of their sloppy play, the Red Wings would capitalize on a tic-tac-toe play as Filip Hronek would score his third of the season to give the Red Wings a 2-1 lead. The Capitals would then take back to back penalties in this very boring period. They would kill both penalties, and then would draw a penalty with 5 seconds left in the period.

    The start of the third period was not very ideal as the Capitals could not generate on their powerplay to start the third period. However, it would be a smart play by Travis Boyd that would generate in him scoring to tie the game at 2 for the Capitals. The goal would breathe life into the Capitals and would force Niklas Kronwall to take a hooking penalty, and while the Capitals generated a few good looks, could not capitalize on yet another powerplay. The Capitals would continue the pressure and get an ugly knuckle puck goal from Michal Kempny that would hold as the game winner despite the barrage of penalties to both teams near the end of the game.

    It was an ugly and boring win for the Capitals, but they ended their three game losing streak to end their road trip.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Matt Niskanen — Dmitry Orlov

    Brooks Orpik — Madison Bowey

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Nic Dowd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Jonas Siegenthaler

    Injured: Christian Djoos (leg)

     

    Detroit Red Wings:

    Gustav Nyquist — Dylan Larkin — Tyler Bertuzzi

    Thomas Vanek — Frans Nielsen — Anthony Mantha

    Darren Helm — Luke Glendening — Andreas Athanasiou

    Christoffer Ehn — Jacob de la Rose — Justin Abdelkader

    Niklas Kronwall — Filip Hronek

    Nick Jensen — Dennis Cholowski

    Jonathan Ericsson — Luke Witkowski

    Jimmy Howard

    Jonathan Bernier

    Scratched: Martin Frk, Brian Lashoff

    Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee surgery), Danny DeKeyser (hand), Mike Green (foot), Trevor Daley (foot), Michael Rasmussen (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 6:57 – Tom Wilson (12) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)

    Red Wings Goal – 14:08 – Anthony Mantha (10) from unassisted

    Red Wings Penalty – 18:37 – Dylan Larkin 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 1       DET – 1

    Shots              13                09

    Faceoffs         10                11

    Hits               07                  05

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Red Wings Goal – 6:47 – Filip Hronek (3) from Dylan Larkin (23) and Gustav Nyquist (26)

    Capitals Penalty – 10:33 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Penalty – 14:11 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Red Wings Penalty -19:55 – Jonathan Ericsson 2 minutes for Holding

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 1        DET – 2

    Shots               19                 19

    Faceoffs          17                 23

    Hits                 13                  08

    PP                   0/1                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Goal – 6:19 – Travis Boyd (4) from Alex Ovechkin (17)

    Red Wings Penalty – 7:01 – Niklas Kronwall 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Goal – 16:08 – Michal Kempny (5) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (29) and Matt Niskanen (11)

    • Failed Coach’s Challenge for Goalie Interference by Detroit

    Capitals Penalty – 17:13 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Slashing

    Red Wings Penalty – 19:30 – Andreas Athanasiou 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals Penalty – 19:56 – TJ Oshie double minor for High Sticking

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 2         DET – 2

    Shots              34                   25

    Faceoffs        25                    36

    Hits               20                     09

    PP                 0/4                    0/3

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (25-12-4 54pts) v. Philadelphia (15-20-6 36pts)

    Detroit (16-21-7 39pts) v. Montreal (22-15-5 49pts)

  • January 6th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 6th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, January 6th, 2019, and these are your news and notes…

     

    There were nine contests yesterday

     

     

    Calgary 3, PHILADELPHIA 2 (OT)

    The Calgary Flames would come from behind to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday afternoon with the 3-2 overtime win.  TJ Brodie would score the game winner for the Flames at the 1:59 mark in the extra frame.  Matthew Tkachuk would even the score at the 15:43 mark.  Tkachuk would also assist on Brodie’s overtime game-winner.

     

    https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1081669589589610497

     

    Minnesota 4, OTTAWA 3

    Minnesota’s Jared Spurgeon would end up having a two goal performance and would help the Wild defeat the Ottawa Senators with the 4-3 win yesterday afternoon.

    The scoring would not start until 54 seconds left in the first period when Ottawa’s Matt Duchene would score his 17th goal on the season.

     

     

    BOSTON 2, Buffalo 1

    Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask would have a 31 save performance while David Backes and Chris Wagner would both score as the Bruins would go on to defeat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1.  This would be Boston’s fourth consecutive victory.

     

     

     

    Buffalo’s lone goal scorer would be Rasmus Ristolainen at the 17:22 mark in the third period.  Buffalo goaltender Linus Ullmark would have 39 saves on 41 attempts in this contest.

     

     

     

    TORONTO 5, Vancouver 0

    The Toronto Maple Leafs would have a very strong performance in this contest as the Maple Leafs would defeat the Vancouver Canucks 5-0.  There would be five different goal scorers for the Maple Leafs in the contest.

    John Tavares would open up the scoring in the first period with his 27th goal of the season.

    Auston Matthews would score his 20th goal on the season in the third period and with that goal, he would be the first player in Maple Leafs history since the 1993-94 season to have 20 goals in fewer than 27 personal games played on the season.

    Maple Leafs goaltender Michael Hutchinson would have a 28 save performance in this contest.

    TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your coverage of this contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks at the following link.

    01/5/2019 – Vancouver Canucks vs Toronto Maple Leafs -Game Recap

     

     

    Nashville 4, MONTREAL 1

    Montreal Canadiens Shea Weber would score his second career goal against the Nashville Predators but it would not be enough for Montreal as they would fall to the Predators by the score of 4-1.

    Nashville’s Craig Smith would play a big factor as he would score twice in this contest.

     

    With this win, Nashville would extend their point streak to four consecutive games.

     

    Columbus 4, FLORIDA 3 (OT)

    For the Florida Panthers, Keith Yandle would get his 500th NHL career point.  However, the Florida Panthers would fall to the Columbus Blue Jackets by the score of 4-3 in overtime.

    Also, Florida’s MacKenzie Weegar would play in his 100th NHL contest last night.

    The Columbus Blue Jackets would net their seventh consecutive win over the Florida Panthers in this contest and Seth Jones would net the game-winner 18 seconds into the the overtime frame.

    NY Islanders 4, ST. LOUIS 3

    The New York Islanders would score twice in 11 seconds to seal the come from behind win and the Islanders would go on to defeat the St. Louis Blues to notch their  sixth consecutive win.

     

    All across the scoresheet, there would be seven different goal scorers (four for the Islanders, three for the Blues) in a statistical filled game.

     

    LOS ANGELES 4, Edmonton 0

    Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick would notch his 300th career NHL win, good fior fifth place all time for most wins by a U.S.-born goaltender.

     

     

     

    SAN JOSE 5, Tampa Bay 2

    The San Jose Sharks would snap the seven game win streak and the 16 game point streak for the Tampa Bay Lightning with their 5-2 win last night in San Jose.  Evander Kane would factor in this contest, scoring two goals for the Sharks.

     

     

     

    There are seven contests in action today

     

    For the Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings Gameday Preview, you can check out TXHT’s preview of that contest at the following link.

     

     

    NWHL

     

    Yesterday’s NWHL game featured the Boston Pride taking on the Buffalo Beauts in the NWHL Twitter Game of the Week

     

    In a contest with meaningful standings points, the Buffalo Beauts would take down the NWHL-leading Boston Pride with a 5-0 win yesterday afternoon.

    Buffalo’s Dani Camersani would score twice in the contest and Kelly Babstock would net her first goal as a member of the Beauts to have a two-point performance in the contest.

    Maddie Elia would go on to have two assists in the contest herself.  Buffalo Beauts goaltender Shannon Szabados would have a 30 save performance in the contest and Boston’s goaltender Katie Burt would have a 35 save performance of her own.  Brittany Ott would allow the Beauts fifth goal in the contest.

    Both Szabados and Burt would have miraculous saves throughout this contest as well. however it would not be enough on Boston’s side.

    In the second period, the Beauts would have to kill off a major penalty when Emily Pfalzer was issued a five minute major penalty as well as a 10 minute game misconduct for a checking from behind penalty at the 3:26 mark.

    Toward the end of the second period, Boston’s Kaleigh Fratkin would be assessed a tripping minor at the 19:15 mark.

    Buffalo Beauts 5, Boston Pride 0

     

     

    Today in the NWHL…

     

    Upcoming games in the NWHL include:

    • January 6: Connecticut Whale at Metropolitan Riveters
    • January 12: Metropolitan Riveters at Buffalo Beauts; Minnesota Whitecaps at Boston Pride
    • January 13: Minnesota Whitecaps at Connecticut Whale
    • January 19: Connecticut Whale at Minnesota Whitecaps
    • January 20: Boston Pride at Metropolitan Riveters; Connecticut Whale at Minnesota Whitecaps

     

     

     

    TXHT would like to congratulate Team Finland on their Gold Medal victory over the United States in the championship game of the 2019 World Junior Championships last night.  Finland would go on to win the game 3-2.

     

  • Gsmeday Preview – 1/6/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Detroit Red Wings

    Gsmeday Preview – 1/6/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Detroit Red Wings

    Washington Capitals (24-12-4 52pts) v. Detroit Red Wings (16-20-7 39pts)

     

    Time: 5p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington, Fox Sports Detroit, NHL Network

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals head to Detroit to take on the Red Wings in the final game of their three game road trip to start 2019. The Capitals will look to get their first win of 2019 as they build upon their 3-2 overtime loss the other night in Dallas against the Stars. Meanwhile, the Red Wings are still embattled with injuries and will be looking to to win their second straight game.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Matt Niskanen — Dmitry Orlov

    Brooks Orpik — Madison Bowey

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Nic Dowd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Jonas Siegenthaler

    Injured: Christian Djoos (leg)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Be consistent in the faceoff circle

    The other night against the Dallas Stars, the Capitals were dominated in the faceoff circle and they will need to remedy that against the Red Wings. Winning faceoffs is key to puck possession especially in the offensive and defensive zones.

     

    2. Keep your feet moving

    One of the benefits the Capitals had against the Stars was they kept their feet moving and they were winning the battles against the Stars. They need to build upon that against the Red Wings and force the play in the Red Wings zone.

     

    Detroit Red Wings:

    Projected Lineup:

    Gustav Nyquist — Dylan Larkin — Tyler Bertuzzi

    Thomas Vanek — Frans Nielsen — Anthony Mantha

    Darren Helm — Luke Glendening — Andreas Athanasiou

    Michael Rasmussen — Jacob de la Rose — Justin Abdelkader

    Niklas Kronwall — Filip Hronek

    Nick Jensen — Dennis Cholowski

    Jonathan Ericsson — Luke Witkowski

    Jimmy Howard

    Jonathan Bernier

    Scratched: Martin Frk, Brian Lashoff, Christoffer Ehn

    Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee surgery), Danny DeKeyser (hand), Mike Green (foot), Trevor Daley (foot)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Force the play

    The Red Wings defeated the Nashville Predators the other night by forcing the play in the offensive zone, and they are going to have to do the same against the Capitals.

  • 01/5/2019 – Vancouver Canucks vs Toronto Maple Leafs -Game Recap

    01/5/2019 – Vancouver Canucks vs Toronto Maple Leafs -Game Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs (26-11-2 54pts) vs Vancouver Canucks (20-20-4 44pts)

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Trevor Moore – 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), Zach Hyman (Ankle), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Vancouver:

    Antoine Roussel – Bo Horvat – Loui Erikson

    Sven Baertschi – Markus Granlund – Jake Virtanen

    Nikolay Goldobin– Brandon Sutter– Brock Boeser

    Tim Schaller – Jay Beagle –Tyler Motte

     

    Alex Edler –Chris Tanev

    Derrick Pouliot – Troy Stecher

    Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson

     

    Jakub Markstrom

    Thatcher Demko
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Josh Leivo, Elias Petterson

    Suspension: None

    Gameday:

    First Period:

    Leafs Penalty – 19:35 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 mins for Interference

    Leafs Goal – 08:54 – John Tavares (27) assisted Morgan Rielly (32) and Connor Brown (12)

    Leafs Goal – 14:30– Trevor Moore(1) assisted Igor Ozhiganov (4)

    End of 1st – VAN – 0        TOR – 2

    Shots              8                     11

    Faceoffs     7/18               11/18

    Hits               8                    7

    PP                 0/1                   0/0

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs came out flying with pure speed. Trevor Moore’s first NHL goal with some end to end speed made it 2-0 and capped off what was a brilliant opening period. Michael Hutchinson looks like he came ready tonight giving the Leafs confidence.

    Need to Do:

    Keep being hard on the forecheck attack the young defence

    Second Period:

    Leafs Penalty– 16:02– Jake Gardiner, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 2nd – VAN – 0         TOR – 2

    Shots              16                    22

    Faceoffs       14/36              22/36

    Hits               16                      14

    PP                 0/2                    0/0

     

    Analysis:

    No scoring in the 2nd period but not for lack of chances on the Leafs part. The Canucks defence looks like they are struggling with the Leafs speed.

    Need to Do:

    Tighten up the defensive end and continue the hard forecheck.

    Third Period:

    Leafs Goal– 04:45 – Auston Matthews (20) assisted by Andreas Johnsson(10)

    Leafs Goal – 11:55 – Andreas Johnsson (9) assisted by Auston Matthews (18)

    Leafs Goal – 14:49– Igor Ozhiganov (2) assisted Auston Matthews (19) and Travis Dermott (10)

    Leafs Penalty –15:50 – Jake Gardiner, 2 mins for Tripping

    End of 3rd – VAN– 0       TOR– 5

    Shots              28                  34

    Faceoffs     22/56              34/56

    Hits               26                     21

    PP                 0/3                 0/0

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs came to play tonight in all ends of the ice. This is one of the better complete game efforts from the Leafs this season.

    Next Up:

    Nashville (25-15-3 53pts) at Toronto (27-12-2 56pts)

    Arizona(17-21-3 37pts) at Vancouver (20-21-4 44pts)

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  • 04/01/2019 – Vancouver Canucks at Toronto Maple Leafs – Game Day Preview

    04/01/2019 – Vancouver Canucks at Toronto Maple Leafs – Game Day Preview

    Time: Saturday, January 4th , 2019

    Toronto: 26-12-2 for 54 points

    Vancouver: 20-20-4 for 44 points

    Michael Hutchinson will get the start again Saturday against the Canucks at home. Leafs will be looking to kick their game back into the winning column.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 55 points (15 goals 40 assists)

    John Tavares – 46 points (26 goals 20 assists) 54% on face-offs

    Morgan Rielly – 44 points (13 goals 31 assists)

    Auston Matthews – 36 points (19 goals 17 assists) 51% on Face-off

     

    Elias Petterson–42 points (20 goals 22 assists)

    Bo Horvat – 36 points (17 goals 19 assists)

    Brock Boeser – 28 points (14 goals 14 assist)

    Nikolay Goldobin – 23 points (5 goals 18 assists)

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    0-1-0 4.21GAA .882SV%

    Jakub Markstrom

    17-11-3 2.79GAA .910SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Trevor Moore – 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), Zach Hyman (Ankle), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Minnesota:

    Sven Baertschi – Elias Petterson– Brock Boeser

    Antoine Roussel – Bo Horvat – Loui Erikson

    Markus Granlund– Brandon Sutter– Jake Virtanen

    Tim Schaller – Jay Beagle –Tyler Motte

     

    Alex Edler –Chris Tanev

    Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson

    Michael Del Zotto – Troy Stecher

     

    Jakub Markstrom

    Thatcher Demko
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Josh Leivo

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Vancouver:

    1. Strong Forecheck
      1. Attack the defence every where on the ice. Force them to make plays that they don’t want to.
    2. Win Faceoffs
      1. Control play which means faceoffs and dictating the pace of play
    3. Jake Gardiner
      1. Needs to confidently control play on the powerplay without turning the puck over.

     

  • January 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, January 5th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    There were seven games on tap yesterday.

     

    PITTSBURGH 4, Winnipeg 0

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would go on to shutout the Winnipeg Jets and with the win, they would extend a personal win streak at home to 18 contests against the Jets/Thrashers franchise and this streak dates back to March 24, 2007.

    This win streak the second longest since the Anaheim Ducks would have a 25 game win streak at home against the Calgary Flames from April 4, 2007 through April 4, 2017.

    Four different Penguins would all score the goals and Penguins goaltender Matt Murray would turn aside all 33 shots he faced in the contest.

     

     

     

     

    DETROIT 4, Nashville 3 (OT)

    The Detroit Red Wings would take on the Nashville Predators and come away with the 4-3 win in overtime in downtown Detroit at Little Caesars Arena.

    Dylan Larkin would score the game-winner in the overtime frame for the Red Wings.

     

     

     

    CAROLINA 4, Columbus 2

    Carolina’s phenom Sebastian Aho would net an empty net goal with two seconds left in the contest as well as assisting on Micheal Ferland’s goal in the first period.

    Aho would play in his 200th NHL game since being drafted with the 35th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.

    Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovksy would have 13 saves on 16 shot attempts before being pulled in the second period for Joonas Korpisalo who turned aside all of the 14 shots he faced.

     

    DALLAS 2, Washington 1 (OT)

    The Washington Capitals losing streak would reach three ass they would fall to the Dallas Stars in overtime, losing 2-1.

    Stars Tyler Seguin scored in the overtime frame to extend Dallas’ winning streak at home against the Capitals to 17 games.  This win streak dates back to October 8, 1996.

     

    Dallas goaltender Anton Khudobin would have a great performance, recording 36 saves.

     

     

    TXHT has your coverage of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Dallas Stars at the following link.

    Game Recap – 1/4/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Dallas Stars

     

    COLORADO 6, NY Rangers 1

    The Colorado Avalanche would face off against the NY Rangers last night and would defeat the Rangers by the score of 6-1.

     

    Colorado’s Ryan Graves would score his first NHL goal in this contest in the third period.

    Colorado’s trio of Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen would all score a goal in the contest for the fifth time and whenever this trio has scored in the same game, they are 5-0-0.

    At the same time, whenever this trio at least collects one point in a game, they have a record of 18-3-5 on the season.

     

    New York Rangers Alexander Georgiev had 41 saves on 47 shot attempts in this contest.

     

    New Jersey 3, ARIZONA 2 (SO)

     

    New Jersey’s Drew Stafford netted the winner in the shootout to give the Devils the 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.

     

     

     

    Vegas 3, ANAHEIM 2

    The Vegas Golden Knights would extend their point streak to eight games on the season as well as extending their win streak to five games.

    Vegas’ goalscorers included Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt and Tomas Nosek.

     

    Today in NHL news…

     

    This week there will be two NHL European Games of the Week.

     

    For today’s news, notes, information, and other stats…

     

    Finally in NHL news, the coaches for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game were announced.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1081607129126064128

     

    Today in the NHL, there are nine games in action.

     

    In the NWHL, there are key points on the line when the Buffalo Beauts take on the Boston Pride in this week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week at 1:30 p.m., ET.

     

    The medal games of the 2019 World Junior Championships take place later this afternoon.

     

    Finally, TXHT has a brand new episode of The Xperience: Hockey Talk, which you can check out at the following link.

    TXHT – 1/5/2019 – We’re BACK!!!