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  • February 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is February 3rd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 13 matchups yesterday in NHL action.

     

     

     

    PHILADELPHIA 5, Edmonton 4 (OT)

    The Philadelphia Flyers took on the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL European Game of the Week and would go on to defeat Edmonton 5-4 in the overtime frame.

     

    Philadelphia’s Nolan Patrick would go on to score the game winner at the 2:01 mark in the overtime frame.

    With this win by the Flyers, they have now won seven games in a row and eight out of their last ten games.

     

    New Jersey 3, MONTREAL 2 (OT)

    The New Jersey Devils would go on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens in overtime thanks to two goals by Nico Hischier, including the game-winner in the overtime frame.

    https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1091814721030889472

     

    Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Phillip Danault would be the goal scorers for the Canadiens in this contest.

     

     

    TORONTO 3, Pittsburgh 2

    The Toronto Maple Leafs would take on the Pittsburgh Penguins and would come away with the 3-2 win, after being down 2-0 in the first period.

     

     

    TXHT has your full recap of the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins at the following page.

     

    Detroit 2, OTTAWA 0

     

    The Detroit Red Wings with this win over the Ottawa Senators would win back to back games.

     

    The Red Wings would score the only two goals in the contest in the first period with no one scoring any goals in the second or third periods.

     

    FLORIDA 3, Vegas 1

    The Vegas Golden Knights would fall to the Florida Panthers, leading to a three game skid.

    With the win by Florida, they now have a record of 21-21-8 on the season, good for 50 points.

     

    NY ISLANDERS 4, Los Angeles 2

    The New York Islanders would go on to double up the Los Angeles Kings with a 4-2 win.  Ryan Pulock would go on to have a three assist night, notching all three assists in the third period.

     

     

     

    St. Louis 4, COLUMBUS 2

    With the 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues, the Columbus Blue Jackets would go on to split the season series.

     

    St. Louis Vladimir Tarasenko would go on to register one goal and two assists in the contest.

     

     

    WINNIPEG 9, Anaheim 3

    The Winnipeg Jets throttled the Anaheim Ducks with a 9-3 win, and giving the Jets 70 points thus far on the season.

    Winnipeg’s Jack Roslovic would go on to register a hat trick in this contest, his first career hat trick.

     

    With the 9-3 loss, the Ducks have lost their last three games and have a record of 2-6-2 in their last ten contests.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1091899870040866819

     

     

    TAMPA BAY 3, NY Rangers 2

    In a hard fought contest the Tampa Bay Lightning would go on to defeat the New York Rangers with a 3-2 win at Madison Square Garden last night.

     

     

    Dallas 3, NASHVILLE 1

    The Dallas Stars would go on to win their fourth straight contest with the 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators last night.

    Despite being tied going into the third period, the Nashville Predators would fall to the Stars.

     

    Chicago 4, MINNESOTA 3 (OT)

     

    Vancouver 5, COLORADO 1


    SAN JOSE 3, Arizona 2 (OT)

     

    Today’s NHL slate of games…

     

     

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats…

     

     

    NWHL

     

    Yesterday’s two NWHL contests…


    TXHT will have a full recap of all the NWHL action from this weekend tomorrow.

  • Gameday Preview – 2/3/2019 – Boston Bruins v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Preview – 2/3/2019 – Boston Bruins v. Washington Capitals

    Boston Bruins (27-17-7 61pts) v. Washington Capitals (28-17-6 62pts)

     

    Time: 1230p EST

    Station: NBC

     

    Preview:

    The big game is upon us as the Washington Capitals host the Boston Bruins on this Super Sunday tradition. The Capitals look to keep their good vibes going as they come into the second game of their six game home stand having ended their 7 game losing streak the other night against the Calgary Flames, which they did without the services of captain Alex Ovechkin who was serving a one game suspension for missing the All Star Game.

     

    Speaking of Ovechkin, he will be looking to become the NHL’s all time leading Russian point scorer as he will need one point to surpass Hockey Hall of Famer Sergei Fedorov (1179 points).

     

    The Bruins will be looking to end their current 3 game losing streak, and 14 game losing streak to the Capitals.

     

    Boston Bruins:

    Projected Lineup:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Peter Cehlarik — David Krejci — Jake DeBrusk

    Joakim Nordstrom — Trent Frederic — David Backes

    Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari — Chris Wagner

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Torey Krug — Kevan Miller

    Matt Grzelcyk — Brandon Carlo

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: John Moore, Danton Heinen, Zane McIntyre

    Injured: none

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Force the play

    The Bruins have struggled against the Capitals recently, and one major takeaway is that the Capitals force the play and make the Bruins play their game. The Bruins need to flip the script and force the Capitals to play their game instead and take advantage of a team whose won their first game in the past eight.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Travis Boyd — Brett Connolly

    Andre Burakovsky — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Dmitry Orlov — John Carlson

    Michal Kempny — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Chandler Stephenson, Madison Bowey

    Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh), Lars Eller (lower body)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Clear out the traffic

    The Capitals need to keep the slot area in front of the net clear so Braden Holtby can see the shots coming, and most importantly prevent the Bruins from being able to tip shots and passes going towards the net. The Calgary Flames scored 2 of their 3 goals with tips/deflections and the Capitals need to play more solid to prevent that.

  • TXHT Podcast – 2/2/2019

    TXHT Podcast – 2/2/2019

    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 TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs writer Steve Gardiner.

     

    Michael and Steve start the episode off talking about the NHL All Star festivities and the impact the women had on the weekend, and also talk about the growing women’s game.

     

    Then Michael and Steve talk about the Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs. Plus a little NHL news, along with some NWHL updates, and some chatter about the Calgary Flames and 2019 Stadium Series uniforms.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Saturday, February 2nd, 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.

  • Pittsburgh Penguins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 1/2/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Pittsburgh Penguins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 1/2/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Time: Saturday, February 2nd,  2019

    Toronto: 30-17-3 for 63 points

    Pittsburgh: 28-17-6 for 62 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs look to pick up the pieces and continue their winning ways against teams that are in a playoff position as they take on the Pittsburgh Pengins at home.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner –62 points (20 goals 42 assists)
    John Tavares – 54 points (30 goals 24 assists) 54% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 51 points (13 goals 38 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 45 points (22 goals 23 assists) 53% on Face-offs)

    Sidney Crosby – 60 points (22 goals 38 assists)
    Phil Kessel – 57 points (21 goal 36 assist)
    Evgeni Malkin – 55 points (14 goal 41 assists)
    Jake Guentzel – 49 points (26 goal 23 assists)

    Garrett Sparks
    6-3-1 2.91GAA .909SV%

    Casey DeSmith
    13-9-4 2.69GAA .918SV%

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

    Kasperi Kapanen – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Connor Brown – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Andreas Johnsson – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Jake Muzzin

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey

     

    Garrett Sparks

    Frederik Andersen

     

    Scratched: Justin Holl

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Pittsburgh:

    Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Dominik Simon

    Bryan Rust– Nick Bjugstad– Phil Kessel

    Tanner Pearson –  Jared McCann – Patric Hornqvist

    Garrett Wilson – Teddy Blueger – Matt Cullen

     

    Brian Dumoulin – Kris Letang

    Olli Maatta – Juuso Riikola

    Marcus Petterson – Jack Johnson

     

    Casey DeSmith

    Matt Murray

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Justin Schultz, Zach Aston-Reese & Evgeni Malkin

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Pittsburgh

    1. Attack the Defence
      1. A lot young inexperienced blueliners on Pittsburgh right now. Force them to make plays under pressure.
    2. Better defensive positioning
      1. Need to be better in the defensive end or else that top line especially will make us pay.
    3. Powerplay
      1. This has got to get going and fast. 0-5 yesterday and a whopping 1-11 in the last few days.

     

  • February 2nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 2nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, February 2nd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were eight contests in the NHL last night.

     

    Chicago 7, BUFFALO 3

     

    The Chicago Blackhawks would go onto defeat the Buffalo Sabres with a decisive 7-3 win in Buffalo last night.

     

     

     


    Nashville 4, FLORIDA 1

     

    The Nashville Predators would go on to defeat the Florida Panthers with a 4-1 win.  Nashville’s Viktor Arvidsson would score twice to join the 20 goal plateau on the season.

     

     


    Tampa Bay 1, NY ISLANDERS 0 (SO)

     

     


    PITTSBURGH 5, Ottawa 3

     


    WASHINGTON 4, Calgary 3

    The Washington Capitals, fresh off the All-Star break and the bye week, would take on the Calgary Flames and defeat Calgary by the score of 4-3.  With this win by Washington, they would snap their seven-game losing streak.

     

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


    DETROIT 3, Toronto 2 (OT)

    In a pre-game ceremony last night prior to the face-off between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Red Wings would retire Red Kelly’s number to the rafters at Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit.

     

    The Detroit Red Wings would go on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs by the score of 3-2 in overtime.

     

    TXHT has your full recap of the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings at the following page.

     

     

    CAROLINA 5, Vegas 2

    The Vegas Golden Knights would fall after their bye week to the Carolina Hurricanes with a 5-2 loss in Carolina last night.

     

    DALLAS 3, Minnesota 1

     

    In this contest, the Dallas Stars would defeat the Minnesota Wild 3-1.  With this win by the Stars, they have now won their last three games.

     

     

    Stars F Tyler Seguin would score twice, and join one of 45 players this season to have at least 20 goals on the season.  This would be his sixth straight season to have at least 20 goals.

     

     

    There are 13 contests in action today.

     

     

    In NHL news…

     

    The Stadium Series jerseys were unveiled yesterday.  For more on that story, check out TXHT’s article at the following page.

     

     

    NWHL

     

     

    There are two games taking place today in the NWHL.

    This week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week puts the Buffalo Beauts against the Metropolitan Riveters at the RWJBarnabas Health Hockey House at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

     

    The other NWHL game today pits the Connecticut Whale against the Boston Pride.

  • Stadium Series Jerseys Unveiled

    Stadium Series Jerseys Unveiled

    NHL_SS19_Primary_Marks_BrandedThe NHL, Philadelphia Flyers, and the Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled for the jerseys that will be worn for the Stadium Series game on February 23rd, 2019.

     

    This year’s Stadium Series game is to be played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.

     

    The Pittsburgh Penguins jersey has a base colour of black with with the Penguins logo in yellow as well as the numbers on the arms of the jerseys and the back of the jersey.  The nameplate on the jersey will also be in yellow.

     

     

     

    For the Philadelphia Flyers, the base colour of the jersey has a burnt orange look with the rest of the accents on the jersey being in black.

     

    This Stadium Series jersey is the second to be made by Adidas and is now available on Shop.NHL.com and is available at the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins team shops.

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings – 1/2/2019 – Game Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings – 1/2/2019 – Game Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs (30-17-2 62 pts) v, Detroit Red Wings (19-25-7 47pts)

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

    Kasperi Kapanen – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Connor Brown – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Andreas Johnsson – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Jake Muzzin

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: Justin Holl, Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Detroit:

    Justin Abdelkader – Dylan Larkin – Gustav Nyquist

    Tomas Vanek– Frans Nielsen– Anthony Mantha

    Andreas Anathansiou –  Luke Glendening – Darren Helm

    Christoffer Ehn – Jacob De La Rose – Martin Frk

     

    Nicklas Kronwall – Mike Green

    Danny DeKeyser – Niclas Jensen

    Jonathan Ericsson – Dennis Cholowski

     

    Jimmy Howard

    Jonathan Bernier

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Henrik Zetterberg, Evgeny Svechnikov, Trevor Daley, Michael Rasmussen, Tyler Bertuzzi.

    Suspension: None

     

    Gameday:

    First Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 10:58 – Mitch Marner, 2 minutes for Holding

    Detroit Penalty – 14:03 – Luke Glendening, 2 minutes for Holding

    Detroit Penalty – 18:39 – Jacob De La Rose, 2 minutes for Goaltender Interference

    End of 1st – TOR –0        DET – 0

    Shots              5                   10

    Faceoffs     8/18              10/18

    Hits               4                     7

    PP                 0/2                  0/1

     

    Analysis

    Leafs looked slow the whole period and acting like they’re still on vacation.

     

    Need to Do:

    Need to pick up the game in the 2nd or else this could be a long game.

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 1:27 –Par Lindholm, 2 mins for Holding the Stick

    Detroit Penalty – 4:28 –Danny DeKeyser, 2 mins for Slashing

    Detroit Goal–8:14 – Gustav Nyquist (12), assisted by Andreas Anathansiou (14)

    Toronto Goal–18:11 – Auston Matthews (22), assisted by Patrick Marleau (12)

     

    End of 2nd – TOR– 1          DET – 1

    Shots              13                    17

    Faceoffs       15/32            17/30

    Hits              13                      11

    PP                 0/3                 0/2

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs gain some life in the 2nd after giving up the first goal, Matthews responds. New Leaf Jake Muzzin has been quiet which is what a coach likes from his defencemen.

     

    Need to Do:

    Better defensively and more offensive zone time

    Third Period:

    Detroit Penalty – 00:10 –Andreas Anathansiou, 2 mins for Tripping

    Toronto Penalty – 03:11 –Mitch Marner, 2 mins for Tripping

    Detroit Penalty – 10:40 –Gustav Nyquist, 2 mins for Hooking

    Toronto Penalty – 12:54 –Patrick Marleau, 2 mins for Hooking

    Detroit PP Goal–13:31 – Dylan Larkin (22), assisted by Tomas Vanek (14)  and Andreas Anathansiou  (15)

    Toronto Goal–17:41 – Patrick Marleau (12), assisted by Auston Matthews (23)  and Morgan Rielly  (38)

     

    End of 3rd – TOR – 2       DET – 2

    Shots             21                  33

    Faceoffs     25/53                28/53

    Hits               13                        16

    PP                0/5                    1/4

     

    Analysis:

    Played a sloppy period but showed they can score.

     

    OT:

    Detroit Goal–2:40 – Danny DeKeyser (2), assisted by Gustav Nyquist (33)  and Andreas Anathansiou  (16)

     

    End of OT – TOR – 2       DET – 3

    Shots             21                  33

    Faceoffs     25/53                28/53

    Hits               13                        16

    PP                0/5                    1/4

     

    Analysis:

    Back and forth overtime but the Leafs couldn’t buy one.

    Next Up:

    Pittsburgh (28-17-6 62pts) vs Toronto (30-17-3 63pts)

    Detroit (20-25-7 47pts) at Ottawa (19-27-5 43pts)

  • Game Recap – 2/1/2019 – Calgary Flames v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 2/1/2019 – Calgary Flames v. Washington Capitals

    Calgary Flames (33-13-5 71pts) v. Washington Capitals (27-17-6 60pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals came back from the break looking fresh, and would show it early on as they would get the first goal of the game when the Capitals would force the play in the Calgary Flames zone and Nic Dowd would tip in a John Carlson point shot for his fifth of the season. The first period would feature a lot of back and forth between these two teams, but late in the period we would have some fireworks when Mikael Backlund would score on a beautiful individual effort to tie the game at one a piece, but the Capitals would not lay down as they brought the play to the Flames and crashed Mike Smith’s net and Dmitrij Jaskin would knock in the rebound for his second of the season, and give the Capitals the 2-1 lead with less than 45 seconds left in the period.

     

    The Capitals would start the second period on fire as the second line of Tom Wilson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Jakub Vrana would connect for a quick goal on a Wilson wrister less than a minute into the period. Then 83 seconds later, the Flames would get one back as a point shot by TJ Brodie would take a couple deflections and go off of Garnet Hathaway to cut the Capitals lead back to one. The Flames would take back to back penalties to allow the Capitals powerplay an opportunity to get into the game, and while the first powerplay looked good for the Capitals, the second opportunity was not as good. However, the Capitals would get their third straight powerplay opportunity when Mark Giordano would take his second penalty of the period. The Capitals would get some good looks, but once again would not be able to capitalize on the powerplay. In the second period the Capitals out shot the Flames 16 to 7.

     

    The third period would not start in the Capitals favor as Michal Kempny would be called for a penalty 45 seconds into the period, but would kill off that penalty only to take another penalty when Dmitry Orlov would be called for holding. The Capitals would persevere as they would kill off their second straight penalty. However, the Flames would tie the game up when Elias Lindholm would tip in a Johnny Gaudreau point shot. But it would be a late penalty against Backlund for Holding that would result in a powerplay goal by Kuznetsov to win the game for the Capitals and end their 7 game losing streak.

     

    Lineups:

    Calgary Flames:

    Johnny Gaudreau — Sean Monahan — Elias Lindholm

    Sam Bennett — Mark Jankowski — James Neal

    Matthew Tkachuk — Mikael Backlund — Michael Frolik

    Andrew Mangiapane — Derek Ryan — Garnet Hathaway

    Mark Giordano — TJ Brodie

    Noah Hanifin — Travis Hamonic

    Oliver Kylington — Rasmus Andersson

    Mike Smith

    David Rittich

    Scratched: Austin Czarnik, Dalton Prout  

    Injured: Michael Stone (blood clot)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Chandler Stephenson — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Andre Burakovsky – Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Dmitry Orlov — John Carlson

    Michal Kempny — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Travis Boyd, Madison Bowey

    Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh)

    Suspended: Alex Ovechkin

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 3:00 – Nic Dowd (5) from John Carlson (40) and Michal Kempny (12)

    Flames Goal – 17:37 – Mikael Backlund (13) from unassisted

    Capitals Goal – 19:24 – Dmitrij Jaskin (2) from Lars Eller (16) and Brooks Orpik (3)

     

    End of 1st – CAL – 1       WAS – 2

    Shots              13                13

    Faceoffs         13                14

    Hits               08                  19

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Goal – :54 – Tom Wilson (14) from Jakub Vrana (14) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (33)

    Flames Goal – 2:17 – Garnet Hathaway (6) from Derek Ryan (13) and TJ Brodie (20)

    Flames Penalty – 8:29 – Mark Giordano 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Flames Penalty – 13:33 – Garnet Hathaway 2 minutes Tripping

    Flames Penalty – 15:55 – Mark Giordano 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – CAL – 2        WAS – 3

    Shots               20                 29

    Faceoffs          24                 22

    Hits                 11                  29

    PP                   0/0                  0/3

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Penalty – :45 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Interference

    Capitals Penalty – 8:29 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Holding

    Flames Goal – 12:01 – Elias Lindholm (22) from Johnny Gaudreau (45) and TJ Brodie (21)

    Flames Penalty – 18:02 – Mikael Backlund 2 minutes for Holding

    Capitals PPG – 19:03 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (10) from TJ Oshie (14) and Nicklas Backstrom (39)

    Capitals Penalty – 20:00 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Interference

    Capitals Penalty – 20:00 – Brooks Orpik 5 minute major for Fighting

    Flames Penalty – 20:00 – Matthew Tkachuk 5 minute major for Fighting

     

    End of 3rd – CAL – 3         WAS – 4

    Shots              30                   40

    Faceoffs        41                    33

    Hits               14                     34

    PP                 0/2                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (28-17-6 62pts) v. Boston (27-17-7 61pts)

    Calgary (33-14-5 71pts) @ Carolina (25-20-6 56pts)

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings – 1/2/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings – 1/2/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Time: Friday February 1st,  2019

    Toronto: 30-17-2 for 62 points

    Detroit: 19-25-7 for 45 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs look to pick up where they left off against the Washington Capitals tonight as they begin the second half against the Detroit Red Wings.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner –62 points (20 goals 42 assists)
    John Tavares – 54 points (30 goals 24 assists) 54% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 50 points (13 goals 37 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 43 points (21 goals 22 assists) 53% on Face-offs)

    Dylan Larkin – 48 points (21 goals 27 assists)
    Gustav Nyquist – 43 points (11 goal 32 assist)
    Andreas Anthansiou – 30 points (17 goal 13 assists)
    Tyler Bertuzzi – 28 points (13 goal 15 assists)

    Frederik Andersen
    22-11-1 2.56GAA .923SV%

    Jimmy Howard
    14-13-5 2.76GAA .916SV%

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

    Kasperi Kapanen – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Connor Brown – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Andreas Johnsson – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Jake Muzzin

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: Justin Holl, Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Detroit:

    Justin Abdelkader – Dylan Larkin – Gustav Nyquist

    Tomas Vanek– Frans Nielsen– Anthony Mantha

    Andreas Anathansiou –  Luke Glendening – Darren Helm

    Christoffer Ehn – Jacob De La Rose – Martin Frk

     

    Nicklas Kronwall – Mike Green

    Danny DeKeyser – Niclas Jensen

    Jonathan Ericsson – Dennis Cholowski

     

    Jimmy Howard

    Jonathan Bernier

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Henrik Zetterberg, Evgeny Svechnikov, Trevor Daley, Michael Rasmussen, Tyler Bertuzzi.

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Detroit

    1. Skate and Check furiously.
      1. Just because Detroit is in the bottom of the standings doesn’t mean they aren’t competitive.
    2. Big guns needs to show up
      1. It need to start now and set a precedence for the rest of the season.
    3. Powerplay
      1. Been struggling for a while. Gotta get it going again to make the Leafs dangerous
  • Gameday Preview – 2/1/2019 – Calgary Flames v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Preview – 2/1/2019 – Calgary Flames v. Washington Capitals

    Calgary Flames (33-13-5 71pts) v. Washington Capitals (27-17-6 60pts)

     

    Time: 7p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington and Sportsnet West

     

    Preview:

    It’s time to get back to work for the Washington Capitals after having the past week and a half off for the All Star Break and Bye Week. The Capitals return from their break in the midst of a seven game losing streak as they play host to the red hot Calgary Flames.

     

    For the Capitals the break was much needed for the entire team as we all could see that they were fatigued from all of the hockey they have been playing the past 16 months, and with preseason, regular season, and playoffs combined the Capitals have played 170 games, which is a lot of hockey. The Capitals will be the first to admit that they were tired from all of the hockey they have played, and with yesterday’s practice it can be said that the time off came at the right time as the players looked refreshed.

     

    Calgary Flames:

    Projected Lineup:

    Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – Elias Lindholm

    Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – Michael Frolik

    Sam Bennett – Mark Jankowski – James Neal

    Andrew Mangiapane – Derek Ryan – Garnet Hathaway

    Mark Giordano – TJ Brodie

    Noah Hanifin – Travis Hamonic

    Oliver Kylington – Rasmus Andersson

    Mike Smith

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Test the Capitals

    The Capitals say they are refreshed and ready to go into the playoff push, and the Flames need to go out there and test the Capitals. Calgary needs to force the play and really push the Capitals tonight.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Get a good start

    Despite getting their well needed rest, the Capitals still are on a 7 game losing streak, and will be looking to end it tonight. If the Capitals can get a quick goal and get the Capital One Arena crowd buzzing, this could be the night the Capitals need.