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  • Carey Price Ties Roy For Second In Franchise Wins as the Habs beat the Flames 4-3

    Carey Price Ties Roy For Second In Franchise Wins as the Habs beat the Flames 4-3

     

    The Montreal Canadiens beat the Calgary Flames by a score of 3-2 to improve to 5-1-1 on the season. Carey Price made 21 saves to pick up the win and tie Patrick Roy for second with 289 career wins as a Montreal Canadien.

    The Habs were all over the Flames in the first two periods outshooting them 34-15 after 2 periods.  The Habs finally beat Rittich at the 15:50 mark of the second on a powerplay goal from Petry then 1:49 seconds later Gallagher scored to give the Habs the lead. Xavier Ouellet picked up his first point as a Hab by getting an assist on the Drouin goal.

    Even when the Habs were shorthanded they were getting numerous opportunities.

    A Solid Night for the Habs

    The Domi line for the Habs was on the ice for all three goals and continues to be their best line. Domi, Petry, and Drouin all had two points on the night.

    The Habs were 54% on faceoffs tonight which looks promising going forward.

    The Habs Killed off five penalties and scored two of their three goals on the power play.

    The Habs will Travel to Buffalo to face the Sabres on Thursday night at 7:00 and then play Boston on Saturday Night before returning home to face Dallas next Tuesday.

     

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  • News and Notes: October 23rd, 2018

    These are your news and notes for Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018.

    There were four contests in the NHL yesterday…

      • The Washington Capitals took on the Vancouver Canucks and would go on to win the contest by a score of 5-2.John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin, and Nicklas Backstrom would all find the scoresheet and Backstrom would hit the 600 career assist milestone marker.

        Carlson would register his fifth multi-point game on the season and the second game with at least three points. Carlson has started the season by becoming the 10th defenceman with five multi-point games in his first eight games on the season.

        Alex Ovechkin also netted his 25th games where he registered at least four points in a contest as well as having his 123rd multi-goal game of his career and the third on the season.

        In addition to the previously mentioned feat, Ovechkin also netted his 103rd game-winning goals which would be his 233rd power-play goal and moved him past Dino Ciccarelli for sole possession of ninth place on the all-time list for power-play goals.

        TXHT has your recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks here.

      • The Colorado Avalanche trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, and Gabriel Landeskog all made the scoresheet once again, combining for the Avalanche’s first goal of the game in Colorado’s 4-1 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers.Colorado finished their road trip 3-0-1 and moved them to a record of 6-1-2 on the season.Rantanen and MacKinnon became the first teammates in franchise history to begin the season with point streaks of nine games.

        Rantanen would also move into a first place tie with Auston Matthews for most points on the season with 16.

      • Carolina Hurricanes Sebastian Aho collected an assist when Micheal Ferland scored to extend Aho’s season-opening point streak to nice games and inching closer to the franchise record of 11 set by Ron Francis during the 1984-85 season.

        Carolina would go on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 at Little Caesears Arena.

        Justin Faulk opened the scoring for Carolina and eclipsed Glen Wesley for second place on the Hurricanes/Whalers list for career points by a defenceman.

    • The Winnipeg Jets went on to defeat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 in overtime.

      Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele would score twice in the third period, as the Jets overcame two different deficits. Scheifele would register an assist on Jacob Trouba’s game-winner as Winnipeg improved to a record of 14-0-1 in regular season contests since March 2.

      Monday’s contest marked the sixth occurrence in Thrashers/Jets history that the club has overcome multiple deficits in the third period and to win the contest. This has occurred on two other times since the club relocated to Winnipeg and the first occurrence since the 2016-2017 season.

      There have been 16 contests this season when a team has comeback to win after having multiple deficits.

    Yesterday’s results (home team in CAPS):

    • Colorado 4, PHILADELPHIA 1
    • Carolina 3, DETROIT 1
    • WINNIPEG 5, St. Louis 4 (OT)
    • Washington 5, VANCOUVER 2

    Tonight’s games:

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    Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations

     

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  • Montreal Canadiens Game Day Preview

    Montreal Canadiens Game Day Preview

     

    Montreal Canadiens: (4-1-2) 10 points, 3rd in the Atlantic Division

    Calgary Flames: (5-3-0) 10 points, 2nd in the Pacific Division

    Game Time: 7:30 Pm

    Referees: # 36 Dean Morton, # 25 Marc Joannette

    Linesmen: #59 Steve Barton, #81 Ryan Daisy

    The Montreal Canadiens are coming into tonight after blowing a 3-1 lead in Ottawa to end up losing to the Sens 4-3 in OT. With the Habs coming off the loss, there will be a some changes in tonight’s line-up. Karl Alzner will be a healthy scratch after playing in the last two games. Victor Mete who has missed the last two games with a hand injury will draw back in to the line-up. Carey Price will get a chance to tie Patrick Roy in franchise wins with 280 career wins, Jacques Plante currently holds the record with 314 wins.

    With seven games under his belt it’s starting to sound like Jesperi Kotkaniemi will be spending the entire season with the Habs. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise to Habs fans as he has played great in the seven games and has exceed expectations up to this point. He continues to be on the third line with Joel Armia and Paul Byron. Kotkaniemi has also seen time on the power-play but needs to start shooting the puck a little bit more.

    Forward Lines:

    Tomas Tatar-Phillip Danault-Brendan Gallagher

    Jonathan Drouin-Max Domi-Artturi Lehkonen

    Paul Byron-Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Joel Armia

    Nicolas-Deslauriers-Matthew Peca-Andrew Shaw

    Defensive Pairings:

    Jordie Benn- Jeff Petry

    Mike Reilly- Noah Juulsen

    Victor Mete- Xavier Ouellet

    Keys to Tonight’s Game:

    Faceoffs: The Habs come into tonight with the worst face-off % at 42.6%. Ottawa exposed this weakness to the Habs on Saturday Night. Phillip Danault leads the team in that category at a mere 45.4%. This is starting to show why the Habs need to find a true number one center especially now since Tomas Plekanec will miss weeks with his back injury.

    Goalie Match-up: Calgary comes into tonight’s game with a hot goalie in David Rittich. Rittich is 2-0-0 with a 1.30 SV% in 2 starts this season. Carey Price will get the start tonight for Montreal. In five starts this season Price is 2-1-2 with a 2.57 GAA.

    Players to watch

    Max Domi is carrying a three game point streak into tonight’s game (2 goals,1 assist) and Jonny Gaudreau is caring a four game point streak in which he has put up five points (four goals and one assist). He is currently tied for goals and points on the Flames this season. David Rittch who was mentioned earlier should be a guy to watch tonight as he is the Flames goalie who is getting his second straight start as Calgary will go with the Hot hand. Mike Smith who was the Flames starter coming into the year is 3-3-0 with a 3.38 GAA.

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/22/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vancouver Canucks

    Game Recap – 10/22/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vancouver Canucks

     

     

    Washington Capitals (3-2-2 8pts) v. Vancouver Canucks (5-3-0 10pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Nic Dowd — Andre Burakovsky

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Madison Bowey, Nathan Walker 

    Injured: Travis Boyd (lower body)

    Suspended: Tom Wilson

     

    Vancouver Canucks:

    Nikolay Goldobin — Bo Horvat — Brock Boeser

    Sven Baertschi — Adam Gaudette — Jake Virtanen

    Antoine Roussel — Brandon Sutter — Loui Eriksson

    Tim Schaller — Mikael Granlund — Tyler Motte

    Alexander Edler — Christopher Tanev

    Derrick Pouliot — Troy Stecher

    Ben Hutton — Erik Gudbranson

    Anders Nilsson

    Jacob Markstrom

    Scratched: Michael Del Zotto, Brendan Leipsic

    Injured: Elias Pettersson (concussion), Jay Beagle (broken arm)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Penalty –  :52 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Roughing

    Canucks Penalty – :52 – Antoine Roussel 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Goal –  2:20 – John Carlson (5) from Jakub Vrana (2) and Christian Djoos (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 3:55 – Brooks Orpik 2 minutes for Tripping

    Canucks Penalty – 15:28 – Bo Horvat 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 1       VAN – 0

    Shots              13                6

    Faceoffs         8                  9

    Hits               8                    7

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Analysis:

    This was a good start to the game for the Capitals. They brought the physicality early and on a great break out play the Capitals were able to give themselves an early 1-0 lead. The Capitals also are doing a great job of clogging up the neutral zone, and making it difficult for the Canucks to enter the zone and create a presence.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to continue clogging up the neutral zone, and making smart plays to generate offense in the Canucks end. Also the Capitals need to shoot some more when they have the opportunity to do so.

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 3:22 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Tripping

    Canucks Goal – 7:30 – Troy Stetcher (1) from unassisted

    Canucks Penalty – 8:47 – Erik Gudbranson 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Capitals PPG – 9:29 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) from John Carlson (7) and Alex Ovechkin (4)

    Capitals Goal – 19:34 – Alex Ovechkin (7) from Nicklas Backstrom (9) and TJ Oshie (4)

    Capitals Penalty – 19:45 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 3        VAN – 1

    Shots               25                 18

    Faceoffs          16                 21

    Hits                 15                  18

    PP                   1/2                  0/2 *3rd in Progress

     

    Analysis:

    Not the best start to this period, but the Capitals rebounded beautifully, and were able to come out of the second period with a two goal lead. However, they have put themselves in some tough spots as they have taken some bad penalties.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to start the 3rd period strong and kill off the Nicklas Backstrom penalty, and then they need to force the play in the Canucks zone and not allow the Canucks any opportunities to get back into this game.

     

    Third Period:

    Canucks PPG – :20 – Sven Baertschi (3) from Brock Boeser (4)  and Bo Horvat (2)

    Canucks Penalty – 1:52 – Alexander Edler 2 minutes for Interference

    Canucks Penalty – 4:31 – Troy Stetcher 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 5:35 – Alex Ovechkin (8) from John Carlson (8) and Nicklas Backstrom (10)

    Capitals ENG – 18:19 – TJ Oshie (5) from Alex Ovechkin (5) from Nicklas Backstrom (11)

    Canucks Penalty – 19:29 – Sven Baertschi 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 5         VAN – 2

    Shots              33                   24

    Faceoffs        25                    28

    Hits               19                     21

    PP                 2/5                    1/3

     

    Analysis:

    This was a good game for the Capitals overall as they played a hard fought game against the Canucks. The Capitals responded very well when the Canucks scored, and the Capitals, while wasying at least one powerplay opportunity, untilized their powerplay very well. The Capitals also did a very good job of controlling the tempo and clogging up the neutral zone against the Canucks, and will need to do the same Thursday night in Edmonton against the Oilers.

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (4-2-2 10pts) @ Edmonton (3-3-0 6pts)

    Vancouver (5-3-0 10pts) @ Vegas (4-4-0 8pts)

     

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  • October 22nd, 2018 News and Notes

     

    These are your news and notes for Monday, October 22nd, 2018:

     

    In the NHL yesterday there were three contests…

    • First, the Tampa Bay Lightning registered a franchise-record 55 shots on goal to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3. Tampa Bay is 5-1-1 on the season thus far and is 6-0-1 in the last seven contests against Chicago.Tampa Bay recorded 33 shots on goal during the second period, the highest total in a period since the 1997-98 season.

      Brayden Point had his first game-winner of the season and the 15th of his career in 157 games played. There are only three other players who have more since debuting in the NHL in the 2016-17 season.

    • Johnny Gaudreau registered his 300th NHL point in his 320th game last night as the Calgary Flames went on to rout the New York Rangers 4-1.Gaudreau would score twice to reach the milestone and helped lead the Flames to a record of 5-3-0 on the season. Calgary won at Madison Square Garden for the first time since the 2008-09 season.

      Gaudreau, a fourth round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, became the fourth player from that draft class to reach this milestone as well. He also became the sixth player to reach 300 career points.

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    • The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-2, after a pre-game ceremony for the retirement of Paul Kariya’s number at Honda Center. There is more on Paul Kariya’s number retirement in the NHL news section.

     

    Yesterday’s results:

    • Tampa Bay 6, CHICAGO 3
    • Calgary 4, NY RANGERS 1
    • Buffalo 4, ANAHEIM 2

     

    In the NWHL yesterday…

    The Minnesota Whitecaps went on to defeat the Metropolitan Riveters 6-2. This would also mark a season-sweep of the Riveters in the second half of games in New Jersey.

    Whitecaps G Amanda Leveille registered 26 shots and continued to dominate the Riveters all game. Leveille is 4-0-0 against Metropolitan this season and 9-4-0 in 13 matchups all time against the Riveters.

    The Whitecaps trio of Allie Thunstrom, Katie McGovern, and Joanna Curtis all made the scoresheet.

    The only possible time that the Riveters will face the Whitecaps again is if there is a potential playoff matchup.

    Minnesota would jump out to a 3-0 lead before the Riveters would notch their first goal of the game with less than 2:30 left in the second period, as the Whitecaps were dominating the Riveters throughout the first 30 minutes of the game. The Whitecaps would also find a recipe of success in this contest by shooting and scoring.

    Four different scores for the Whitecaps would define the dominance in this contest.

    The Riveters look to bounce back from back-to-back losses on Saturday when the Riveters visit the Boston Pride at Warrior Ice Arena.

    For Minnesota, they look to extend their 4-0-0 start when they have a back-to-back slate of games next weekend when they face off against the Buffalo Beauts at TRIA Rink.

    For more coverage of the contest between the Whitecaps and Riveters, please go here

     

     

     

     

    Tonight’s NHL games:

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    In NHL news:

     

    In the NWHL…

     

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  • Gameday Preview – 10/22/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vancouver Canucks

    Gameday Preview – 10/22/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vancouver Canucks

     

     

    Time: 10p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington +

     

    Preview:

    Tonight the Washington Capitals begin their Western Canada road trip with a battle in Vancouver where this team is currently one of the pleasant surprises early on this season. However, the Canucks will be without rookie sensation Elias Petterson who is still out with a concussion and is still going through protocol.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Brett Connolly

    Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie

    Chandler Stephenson – Lars Eller – Andre Burakovsky

    Dmitrij Jaskin – Nic Dowd – Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny – John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen

    Christian Djoos – Brooks Orpik

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Start strong and remain consistent

    The Capitals are going to need a strong start to this road trip and a win tonight will help with that. So far the Capitals have put out one true 60 minute game and that was their home opener against Boston.

     

    2. Keep your feet moving

    The Capitals are going up against a much younfer and faster Canucks team, which means the Capitals will need to keep their feet moving, and put the pressure on the Canucks.

     

    Vancouver Canucks:

    Projected Lineup:

    Nikolay Goldobin – Bo Horvat – Brock Boeser

    Sven Baertschi – Adam Gaudette – Jake Virtanen

    Antoine Roussel – Brandon Sutter – Loui Eriksson

    Tim Schaller – Markus Granlund – Tyler Motte

    Alexander Edler – Chris Tanev

    Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson

    Derrick Pouliot – Troy Stetcher

    Anders Nilsson

    Jacob Markstrom

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Utilize their speed

    As mentioned in my second key for the Capitals, these Canicks are younger and faster, and they can utilize their speed to pressure the Capitals defense into making mistakes.

     

    You can watch TXHT Live this Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • News and Notes: October 21st, 2018

     

    These are your news and notes for Sunday, October 21st, 2018

     

    There were 13 contests in the NHL yesterday…

    • In the Vegas Golden Knights 90th regular-season game, Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury registered 17 saves to give Vegas their third consecutive win. Fleury also won his 408th game to surpass Glenn Hall for 10th place all-time.

      Vegas defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-1.

    • Colorado’s trio of Nathan MacKinnon (3 pts), Gabriel Landeskog (2 pts) and Mikko Rantanen (1 pt) found the score sheet to continue their starts to the season. Colorado improved to 5-1-2 in 2018-19 and has a record of 3-0-2 in their last five contests.MacKinnon and Ratanen are the 21st set of teammates in League history to begin a simultaneous set of point streaks of at least eight games.

      MacKinnon also became the seventh player to have eight goals in the first eight games in franchise history.

    • Carolina Hurricanes Sebastian Aho registered an assist on a Carolina goal with 2:33 left in regulation to extend his point-scoring streak to eight games and only Ron Francis has a point-streak longer than this. Francis started a streak in 11 games during the 1984-85 season.
    • The Toronto Maple Leafs took on the St. Louis Blues and TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your recap of that contest here.

     

    Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):

    • PHILADELPHIA 5, New Jersey 2
    • Colorado 3, CAROLINA 1
    • Buffalo 5, LOS ANGELES 1
    • WINNIPEG 5, Arizona 3
    • St. Louis 4, TORONTO 1
    • OTTAWA 4, Montreal 3 (OT)
    • Detroit 4, FLORIDA 3 (OT)
    • Chicago 4, COLUMBUS 1
    • MINNESOTA 5, Tampa Bay 4 (OT)
    • Nashville 3, EDMONTON 0
    • VANCOUVER 2, Boston 1 (OT)
    • VEGAS 3, Anaheim 1
    • SAN JOSE 4, NY Islanders 1

     

    Today’s NHL Schedule:

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    Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations

     

    There were two NWHL contests yesterday.

    First, the Metropolitan Riveters took on the Minnesota Whitecaps at Prudential Center. Minnesota would defeat the Riveters 5-3.

    Before the contest, the Riveters raised their 2017-18 Isobel Cup Championship banner.

    Once the game started a goaltending duel was renewed between Amanda Leveille and Katie Fitzgerald. Leville finished the contest with 24 saves and Fitzgerald registered 17 saves. Minnesota is now 3-0-0 on the season where Metropolitan is 0-4-0.

    Minnesota opened up the scoring late in the first period with Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal at 18:13. Madison Packer would score about a minute later in the contest.

    The Whitecaps took the lead again in the second period when Amy Menke registered her first NWHL goal at 12:31 and Packer would score again 5:15 later. Toward the end of the second, Meghan Pezon scored to give Minnesota a 3-2 lead that would be carried into the third period.

    2:33 into the third, Audra Richards would score her first NWHL goal to tie the game 3-3. About seven minutes later, Minnesota’s Amanda Boulier would score to give the Whitecaps their fourth one-goal lead of the game.

    In the final period, the Riveters would outshoot the Whitecaps 15-4 but Leveille was able to hold off further scoring from Metropolitan.

    For a full recap from this contest, please check out this article .

    TXHT was live from the Minnesota Whitecaps at Metropolitan Riveters yesterday afternoon and has your recap of the contest here.

    • The other contest in the NWHL pitted the Boston Pride against the Connecticut Whale. Boston defeated Connecticut 4-2. Boston improved to 2-0-0 on the young season. Connecticut fell to 0-3-0.Boston jumped to an early 2-0 lead but then Connecticut stormed back to tit the game at 2-2. Boston’s McKenna Brand netted the game-winner and Gigi Marvin scored the empty-netter to seal the win for Boston.

      Connecticut’s Katerina Mrázová had a hand in both of the Whale’s goals, finishing with one goal and one assist.

      Meeri Räisänen was solid in goal again netting 28 saves for Connecticut.

      For the Pride, Emily Field scored her second goal of the game just 35 seconds into this contest. Defender Lauren Kelly scored the second goal of the contest for the Pride on a power-play goal five minutes into the second period.

      Pride G Katie Burt registered 13 saves on 15 shots on goal in the contest.

      For a full recap of this contest, please go here.

    • Later today, the Minnesota Whitecaps face off against the Metropolitan Riveters at Barnabas Health Hockey House at 3 p.m.

     

    Coming up next weekend on the NWHL schedule:

    • Saturday October 27th: Buffalo Beauts at Minnesota Whitecaps
    • Saturday October 27th: Metropolitan Riveters at Boston Pride
    • Sunday October 28th: Buffalo Beauts at Minnesota Whitecaps

     

    In NHL news:

    • The Anaheim Ducks will retire Paul Kariya’s number in a pre-game ceremony tonight.
    • Newsday reports that former NY Islanders owner Charles Wang passed away.

     

    You can watch TXHT Live this Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • 10/20/2018 – St.Louis Blues vs Toronto Maple Leafs

     

    St. Louis Blues (1-3-2 6pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (6-2-0 12pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto Maple Leafs:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman

    Pars Lindholm – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Andreas Johnsson – Frederik Gauthier – Josh Leivo

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

    Scratched: Tyler Ennis, Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarsenko

    Zachary Sanford – Ryan O’Rielly– David Perron

    Patrick Maroon– Tyler Bozak – Alex Steen

    Samuel Blais – Ivan Barbashev – Jordan Kyrou

     

    Vince Dunn – Alex Pietrangelo

    Joel Edmundson – Robert Bortuzzo

    Colton Parayko – Jordan Schmaltz

     

    Jake Allen

    Chad Johnson

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson (Torn ACL), Robby Fabbri (Groin)

    Suspension: None

     

    First Period:

    Leafs Penalty – 17:13 – Ron Hainsey, 2 mins for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – TML – 0         STL – 0

    Shots              4                     6

    Faceoffs     8/17               9/17

    Hits               6                     8

    PP                 0/0                   0/1

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs: 

    Analysis:

    Leafs didn’t get any offence going and looked liked they were just floating around. Morgan Rielly was noticeably bad in that first period, trying to be too fancy rather then getting the offence up the ice.

    Need to Do:

    Get the offence flowing. Stop Standing still.

     

    St. Louis Blues:

    Analysis:

    Blues had a lot of defensive lapses and although Toronto was held to relatively few shots, there were a lot of high quality chances.

     

    Second Period:

    Blues Penalty – 01:22 – Brayden Schenn, 2 mins for Interference

    Blues Goal– 4:45 – Robert Bortuzzo (1), from David Perron (2)

    Blues Goal– 13:05 – Zach Sanford (1), from David Perron (3) and Alex Pietrangelo (1)

    Leafs Penalty – 14:33 – Nazem Kadri, 2 mins for Tripping

    Blues Goal– 16:37 – Ryan O’Reilly (1), from Vladimir Tarasenko (4) and Patrick Maroon (4)

    Blues Penalty – 19:31 – Alexander Steen, 2 mins for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – TML – 0          STL – 3

    Shots              9                    13

    Faceoffs       16/34             18/34

    Hits               15                     25

    PP                 0/2                    0/2

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs:

    Analysis:

    Leafs looked sluggish and lack and offensive flair. This is looking to be a long game for Leafs are the Blues dominated the whole period. Once again the defence looking really bad, but give credit to the blues on being aggressive on the defence.

    Need to Do:

    Get the puck out of the zone quick and up the ice. Prolonged puck control in the zone and big guns needs to show up.

     

    St. Louis Blues:

    Analysis:

    Blues really clamped down defensively and did not make any unnecessary pinches in their offensive zone. This safe play led to lock down defense and some goal scoring

     

    Third Period:

    Leafs Goal – 04:22– Morgan Rielly (4) from Mitch Marner (8)  and Jake Gardiner (6)

    Leafs Penalty – 9:03 – Par Lindholm, 2 mins for Holding

    Blues Penalty – 12:41 – Brayden Schenn, 2 mins for Tripping

    Leafs Penalty – 14:34 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 mins for Holding the Stick

    Blues Penalty – 16:55 – Jaden Schwartz, 2 mins for Hooking

    Blues SHG EN Goal – 18:17– Ivan Barbashev (1) from Ryan O’Reilly (6)

     

    End of 3rd – TML – 1         STL – 4

    Shots              23                   25

    Faceoffs     28/60                32/60

    Hits               22                     33

    PP                 0/4                    0/4

     

    Toronto:

    Analysis:

    Terrible game from the Leafs, no urgency to their game. Matthews was a ghost, along with Taveras and Marner until the 3rd period. Andersen held them close with some great saves. But in the end Jake Allen held the fort and blues played a perfect game.

     

    St. Louis:

    Analysis:

    Jake Allen really stood on his head. While the blues played well defensively, Toronto really showed their firepower, controlling possession and getting some great scoring chances.

    Ultimately this was the blues best game of the season against a top team. The key in the future will be keeping up this level of discipline and focus

     

    Next Up:

    Toronto (6-3-0 12pts) at Winnipeg (5-2-1 11pts)

    St.Louis (2-3-2 6pts) at Winnipeg (5-2-1 11pts)

     

    You can watch TXHT Live this Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

     

  • Habs Lose 4-3 in OT to Ottawa

    The Montreal Canadiens lose another in OT 4-3 to the Ottawa Senators after blowing a 3-1 after the first period. The Habs had momentum but the Ottawa goal gave the Sens momentum on home ice. The Canadiens drop to 4-1-1 on the season. The Habs got goals from Domi, Danault and Byron A turnover by Karl Alzner let the Sens get on the board and then a power-play goal tied the game up at 3. Faceoffs have been a weakness for the Habs went a mear 42% on draws tonight. Price had vintage Price like moments in the third and OT but didn’t look strong the entire game. The Habs are home Tuesday Night to take on the Flames at 7:30.

  • News and Notes: October 20th, 2018

    These are your news and notes for Saturday, October 20th, 2018.

     

    You can watch TXHT Live this Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

     

    There were three contests in the NHL yesterday

    • The Florida Panthers took on the Washington Capitals and won 6-5 in a shoot-out. Florida led after the end of the first period 4-1, which resulted in the Washington Capitals replacing Braden Holtby in net with Pheonix Copley.Jonathan Huberdeau and Vincent Trochek registered three points each in the contest.

      This contest featured the 12th game of the season in which there were 10 combined goals for the season, the highest through the first 100 games on the season since the 1995-96 season (17).

      TXHT has your recap of the contest between Florida and Washington here.

    • Minnesota Wild D Ryan Suter joined the 500-point club for defenceman born in the United States in the Wild’s 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars.
    • The Calgary Flames overcame three different deficits but still fell to the Nashville Predators 5-3.Nashville has won at least six games in their first seven games for the third time in franchise history.

     

    Today there are 13 contests in action

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    This week’s NHL European Game of the Week pits the Colorado Avalanche versus the Carolina Hurricanes.

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    For other news on last night’s games and what to look for today, please go here…

     

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