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  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 1 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 1 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period outshooting Columbus 14-4 and killing off two Blue Jacket Powerplays and scoring what seemingly was a goal Sergei Bobrovsky would love to have back to complete an almost perfect 1st period on home ice. Columbus looks a step behind which could be a case of rust – after having such a long layoff.

    Columbus took a step forward in the second period taking their game up a notch and controlling most of the play. Upping their physicality and getting into the face of Rask.

    The third period would bring some real excitement with the Blue Jackets making an epic comeback in a matter of 13 seconds to take a 2-1 lead into the last 5 minutes of the period. That’s where Boston native Charlie Coyle would take over this game, Scoring with  5 minutes left to tie the game and take it to overtime.

    The overtime would be all Boston and once again Charlie Coyle would seal the deal 5 minutes into the overtime period and give the Bruins  1-0 lead in the best of seven series.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 3:19 – Scott Harrington, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 4:37 – Marcus Johansson, 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    Boston Penalty – 9:20 – Charlie Coyle, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Boston SH Goal – 10:34 – Noel Acciari (1) assisted by Charlie McAvoy (3)

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              4                14

    Faceoffs         6/15            9/15

    Hits               13                  12

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 2:56 – Riley Nash, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 5:16 – David Krejci, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 14:47 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Columbus Penalty – 18:48 – Zach Werenski, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – CBJ- 0        BOS- 1

    Shots               14                 20

    Faceoffs        19/38           19/38

    Hits                 25                  18

    PP                   0/4                  0/3

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 1:20 – Boone Jenner, 2 minutes for Holding

    Columbus Goal – 7:39 – Riley Nash  (2) assisted by Seth Jones (3) and Boone Jenner (3)

    Columbus Goal – 7:52 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) assisted by Artemi Panarin (4) and Seth Jones (4)

    Boston Goal – 15:25 – Charlie Coyle (4) assisted by Marcus Johansson (1) and Torey Krug (4)

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              21                   33

    Faceoffs      26/56             30/56

    Hits               37                     28

    PP                 0/4                   0/4

    Overtime Period:

    Boston Goal – 5:15 – Charlie Coyle (5) assisted by Marcus Johansson (2) and Danton Heinen (3)

    End of OT – CBJ – 2         BOS – 3

    Shots              22                   37

    Faceoffs      26/56             30/56

    Hits               40                    31

    PP                 0/4                   0/4

     

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  • 2019 NHL Playoffs – 2nd Round Preview – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Boston Bruins

    2019 NHL Playoffs – 2nd Round Preview – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Boston Bruins

    Matchup:

    Columbus Blue Jackets(47-31-4, 5th in Metro) vs Boston Bruins (49-24-9, 2nd in Atlantic)

    Regular Season Series: 3 – 1 Boston with 16 goals scored and 1-3 for Toronto with 10 goals scored

    Outlook:

    Boston:

    The Bruins walk into a new situation as they have never played the Blue Jackets in the playoffs. But you know what to expect from the Bruins hard in your face hockey. The only question that stands for Boston is how much will that affect this series as Columbus Player enjoy the physical aspects of the game.

    Columbus:

    The Blue Jackets went on a 7-3-0 run to end the season to solidify the last wild card spot in the East. From there, they walked into a series against the number one team in the league the Tampa Bay Lightning and shut them down. Let’s put it this way, the highest scoring team in the league scored 3 in the first game and then the Blue Jackets fought back with 4 to win the first game. Since the Lightning scored 3 in the first game they were held to 5 goals the rest of the series. The acquisitions of Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingle are paying huge dividends finally with Duchene leading the team in scoring and  Dzingle playing a pivotal role in the changing games.

    Game Changers:

    Brad Marchand – Marchand tallied 100 points for the first time in his career this season and he looks better than ever. His ability to annoy and put tremendous amounts of points make him the perfect playoff player.

    Nick Foligno – Foligno may not be a flashy goal scorer but he’s like Marchand in many ways. He comes to play every night plays physically and scorer dirty goals. Expect him to have a huge impact on this series.

    Advantage Overview:

    Goaltenders:

    Boston

    Tuukka Rask started the season off very low and seemingly lost the number 1 spot to backup goaltender Jaroslav Halak. But after a 19 game point streak where he truly regained his form, there were no more questions. Rask finished 27-12-5, with a 2.42 GAA and .912 save percentage. While Halak put in a solid effort when called upon to hold down the fort, finishing 22-11-4 with a 2.34 GAA and .922 save percentage.

    Columbus

    Sergei Bobrovsky shared the same kind of season that Rask did. Starting off slow and posting numbers much lower numbers than normal.  Bobrovsky’s final numbers were 2.58 GAA and a .913 save percentage. Despite Bobrovsky’s past poor playoff performances he had a bounce back and posted a .932 SV% and 2.01 GAA for Columbus against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

    Advantage: Goaltending overall goes to Boston with Rask. But If we’re talking head to head and this season only. I’d have to give the advantage to Bobrovsky here. This is in no way a knock on Rask but just based off this year’s performance.

    Forwards:

    Boston

    The Bruins are top line heavy after that players drop off considerably. The Bruins have Krecji who has had a revolving door of wingers this season. But rely heavily on that top line and it’s not to say that others are bad players they just aren’t on the level of reliance or scoring ability as Pastrnak, Marchand, and Bergeron. Scoring significantly tales off after the top line for the Bruins but their style of hockey is conducive to that. But during the Toronto series, the Bruins showed that their third line centered by newly acquired center Charlie Coyle can add some much-needed depth scoring to help the 1st and 2nd line.

    Columbus

    Columbus scorers have been flying high with new players Duchene and Dzingle finding their groove but adding those guys to a pretty strong offensive defense and 1st line that can score, a 3rd and 4th line that has shown they can pitch in offensively make this team offensively scary.

    Advantage – Boston, Only because that top line is so deadly offensively and their depth is top notch.

    Defense:

    Boston 

    Bruins have a good defense especially if you’re talking on the defensive side of the game. Offensively not the best but defensively one of the top defenses in the League. Anchored by Zdeno Chara and Charlie McAvoy, through Torey Krug and Kevan Miller, then the 3 remaining in  Matt Grezelcyk,  Brandon Carlo and John Moore.

    Columbus

    Columbus brings a very young defense core, anchored by Seth Jones and Zach Werenski. Jones plays in every situation adding McQuaid to the mix helps on the defensive end. They’ve played tight in their own zone and been good at moving the puck.

    Advantage – Columbus – reasoning is in the Toronto series they were kind of on and off in Boston. One game the defense looked great, next game they looked a bit out of sort. So Columbus for now but this could change.

     

    Projected Lineups

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    Winning Scenarios:

    1. Bruins win if the top line of Pastrnak, Marchand, and Bergeron can show the same ability to tear the Jackets defense apart.
    2. Columbus wins if Bobrovsky continues to play with the confidence he showed in the series against Tampa.

    Overall Edge: Boston, for experience and a team that never gives up

     

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  • TXHT Announces 2nd Round Writers

    TXHT is proud to announce the writers for the 2nd Round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.

    Round1-CBJvs-preview

    Steve Gardiner ( @gardskie11 ) will be the lead writer for the Boston Bruins v. Columbus Blue Jackets series. Steve will be backed up by Russell Hartman ( @russellhartman10 ).

     

    Round 2 - CARNYI - Preview

    Christopher Vasilas ( @shaggy901516 ) will be the lead writer for the Carolina Hurricanes v. New York Islanders series. Chris will be backed up by Michael Lindenbaum.

     

    Round 2 - DALSTL - Preview

    Aryan Weisenfeld ( @aew328123 ) will be the lead writer for the St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars series. Michael will also be the backup writer for this series.

     

    Round1-COLvsSJ preview

    Scott Fairchild ( @sfairchild92d98e75a8f0 ) will be the lead writer for the Colorado Avalanche v. San Jose Sharks series. Scott will be backed up by Dickson Kendrick ( @dkendrick4 ).

     

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  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #7 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #7 Recap

    Boston Bruins (4-3) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (3-3)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Bruins came from the first puck drop and got a couple of goals in the first courtesy of Joakim Nordstrom and Marcus Johansson and just continued to play solid defense through the rest of the period. Not giving many chances to the Leafs offense.

    Second period the Leafs came strong and gave it all they and they got rewarded with a goal from John Tavares.  Outshooting and outplaying the Bruins but couldn’t tie the game.

    The third period brought some coaching mistakes and on ice mistakes courtesy of William Nylander. The Bruins would score quick thanks to Sean Kuraly and then would score 2 empty net goals. This would seal their entry to round 2.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (5-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Joakim Nordstrom

    Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Boston Goal – 14:29- Joakim Nordstrom (2) assisted by Matt Grzelcyk (4) and Sean Kuraly (1)

    Boston Goal – 17:46- Marcus Johansson (1) unassisted

    End of 1st – TOR – 0     BOS – 2

    Shots              12              11

    Faceoffs       13/28            15/28

    Hits              12                 9

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

    Second Period:

    Toronto Goal – 3:54- John Tavares (2) assisted by Tyler Ennis (2)

    Boston Penalty – 8:22 – Brandon Carlo, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    End of 2nd – TOR- 1      BOS- 2

    Shots               25                19

    Faceoffs         20/46         26/46

    Hits                 25                  15

    PP                   0/1                 0/0

    Third Period:

    Boston Goal – 2:40 – Sean Kuraly(1) assisted Noel Acciari (1) and Joakim Nordstrom (1)

    Boston EN Goal – 17:26 – Charlie Coyle (3) assisted David Krejci (3)

    Boston EN Goal – 19:59 – Patrice Bergeron (3) unassisted

    End of 3rd – TOR – 1         BOS – 5

    Shots            33                  32

    Faceoffs     30/60               30/60

    Hits               32                   26

    PP                 0/2                    0/0

     

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #6 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #6 Recap

    Boston Bruins (2-3) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (3-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs came out flying in the first ten minutes and were paid back by a one-timer goal by Morgan Rielly. The Leafs would get themselves into penalty trouble and it would put the Leafs in a hole 2-1 courtesy of goals by Brad Marchand and Torey Krug.

    The second period would deepen the hole thanks to Jake DeBrusk goal. Frederik Andersen stood his head and held the Leafs in the game, with some spectacular saves.

    The Leafs would dominate the third and get rewarded with an Auston Matthews goal, only to have an empty netter by Brad Marchand ruin the chance at a comeback.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (3-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Boston Penalty – 5:21 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Toronto Goal – 11:23- Morgan Rielly (1) assisted by William Nylander (2) and Patrick Marleau (2)

    Toronto Penalty – 10:25 – Tyler Ennis, 2 minutes for Holding

    Boston PP Goal – 11:23- Brad Marchand (3) assisted by Patrice Bergeron (2)

    Boston Penalty – 12:37 – Joakim Nordstrom, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Toronto Penalty – 15:36 – Travis Dermott, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston PP Goal – 17:02- Torey Krug (1) assisted by David Pastrnak (3) and Brad Marchand (5)

    End of 1st – BOS – 2     TOR – 1

    Shots              13              6

    Faceoffs       13/21            8/21

    Hits              13                 8

    PP                 2/2                 0/2

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 8:47 – Charlie Coyle, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Goal – 7:57- Jake DeBrusk (1) assisted by David Krejci (2) and David Pastrnak (4)

    End of 2nd – BOS- 3      TOR- 1

    Shots               30                15

    Faceoffs         23/40         17/40

    Hits                 22                  29

    PP                   2/2                 0/3

    Third Period:

    Toronto Goal – 4:15- Auston Matthews (5) assisted by Jake Gardiner(2) and Travis Dermott (2)

    Boston Goal – 18:06 – Brad Marchand (4) assisted Zdeno Chara (1) and Charlie McAvoy (2)

    End of 3rd – BOS – 3         TOR – 2

    Shots            41                  24

    Faceoffs     30/58               28/58

    Hits               34                    40

    PP                 2/2                    0/3

  • Winnipeg Jets vs St. Louis Blues – Game 5 Recap

    Winnipeg Jets vs St. Louis Blues – Game 5 Recap

    The St. Louis Blues came out absolutely firing in Game 5 against the Winnipeg Jets and took the lead within the first 30 seconds, with game 4 hero Jaden Schwartz giving the Blues a 1-0 lead. This was a goal that Connor Hellebuyck should have had. The Blues applied inexorable pressure the rest of the first period, and it actually was Hellebuyck (to my surprise) that kept the Jets in the game.

    The second period brought more of the same, and this time the Blues benefitted by an egregiously stupid penalty by Dustin Byfuglien, who inexplicably punched David Perron on the St. Louis bench. Jaden Schwartz capitalized with his second goal of the night, though not without some controversy.

    Hellebuyck and the rest of the Jets clamored for goalie interference after Pat Maroon made contact with Hellebuyck. I can’t really say it was not interference, but the Jets’ coach wasted their challenge asserting goalie interference on the first goal, so no review took place.

    The third period brought, you guessed it, another goal by Jaden Schwartz.

    The Jets brought a solid effort in the third, especially considering they were held to 11 shots in the first two periods. They fought back and scored two goals late (from Byfuglien and Bryan Little), but it was not enough.

    The Blues move on – while most experts did not see this coming, I’ll link to an analytics guy I like to follow on Twitter (@IneffectiveMath) who did put the Blues, initially, as favorites:

    St. Louis will take on the winner of the Dallas Stars – Nashville Predators series.

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    Boston Bruins (2-2) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (2-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs knew they needed to come out and be strong in the first 10 minutes of the first and that’s exactly what they did. The period would even out and remain 0-0. The Leafs penalty kill is seemingly more aggressive and clogging up the neutral zone better.

    The second period would be much of the same but the Bruins would have more chances but the Leaf played a confident defensive game and patient offensively but aggressive when they get in the zone. Good cycle game and puck movement.

    The 3rd would come the Leafs way after finally getting powerplay the Leafs seemed to pick up their play. An Auston Matthews goal on a slick feed from Jake Muzzin gave them a 1-0 lead and they just kept coming. Less than 2 minutes later the Leafs Kasperi Kapanen would blast home a beautiful pass by Andreas Johnsson. The Leafs would then have to stave off a flurry of shots from Boston in the final few of minutes. David Krejci would score with 43 seconds left but the Leafs would hold on from there and take a 3-2 series lead heading back to Toronto.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (3-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 17:00 – Zach Hyman, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – TOR – 0     BOS – 0

    Shots              7               6

    Faceoffs       9/14            5/14

    Hits              11                 14

    PP                 0/0                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 4:13 – Patrick Marleau, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Toronto Penalty – 8:24 – Mitch Marner, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    End of 2nd – TOR- 0       BOS- 0

    Shots               16                15

    Faceoffs         15/35         20/35

    Hits                 21                  21

    PP                   0/0                 0/3

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 7:14 – Bench Minor, 2 minutes for Too Many Men On Ice

    Toronto Goal – 11:33- Auston Matthews (4) assisted by Jake Muzzin (2) and Kasperi Kapanen (1)

    Toronto Goal – 13:45- Kasperi Kapanen (1) assisted by Andreas Johnsson (3) and Morgan Rielly (4)

    Boston Goal – 19:16 – David Krejci (2) assisted David Pastrnak (2) and Torey Krug (3)

    End of 3rd – TOR – 2         BOS – 1

    Shots             27                   29

    Faceoffs     22/62               40/62

    Hits               36                    29

    PP                 0/1                    0/3

     

  • St.Louis Blues vs Winnipeg Jets – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    St.Louis Blues vs Winnipeg Jets – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    St. Louis (3-2) v. Winnipeg Jets (2-3)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Blues looked to be having a very lackluster effort through the first two periods of this game. Winnipeg scored just twelve seconds into this game and looked to just keep going scoring another in the period. Not giving anything to the Blues in the way of chances at all.

    Jordan Binnington held the Blues pat only allowing the two goals in the 1st period and shutting the door on all the Jets chances in the 2nd period setting the stage for a potential comeback for the Blues in the 3rd. Jacob Trouba would take a roughing penalty on Vladimir Tarasenko to end the period and give the Blues a Powerplay to start.

    In the 3rd the Blues would take their play up a notch. Ryan O’Reilly would score in the powerplay 1:29 into the 3rd. Then at 13:52 Brayden Schenn would tie it up and the Blues would continue the game take over, Winnipeg would try and push back but couldn’t match the intensity and then with fifteen seconds left in the 3rd period Jaden Schwartz would bat a Tyler Bozak  rebound out of the air and score to bring the comeback full swing. three unanswered goals in the 3rd.

    Lineups:

    St. Louis:

    Brayden Schenn – Ryan O’Reilly – Vladimir Tarasenko

    Jaden Schwartz – Oskar Sundqvist – David Perron

    Patrick Maroon – Tyler Bozak – Robert Thomas

    Robbie Fabbri – Ivan Barbashev – Alex Steen

     

    Vince Dunn – Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

    Joel Edmundson – Carl Gunnarsson

     

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Robert Bortuzzo

    Suspension: none

     

    Boston:

    Injuries: None

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Winnipeg Goal – 0:12 – Adam Lowry (1) assisted Brandon Tanev (1) and Andrew Copp (4)

    Winnipeg Goal – 13:35 – Kevin Hayes (2) assisted Dustin Byfuglien (5)

    End of 1st – STL – 2      WPG – 0

    Shots              15                12

    Faceoffs       11/19          8/19

    Hits              6                 11

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

    Second Period:

    St. Louis Penalty – 9:31 – Robert Thomas, 4 minutes for High Sticking

    Winnipeg Penalty – 19:39 – Jacob Trouba, 2 minutes for Roughing

    End of 2nd – STL- 0       WPG- 2

    Shots               21                22

    Faceoffs         21/39         18/39

    Hits                 12                  22

    PP                   0/1                 0/2

     

    Third Period:

    St. Louis PP Goal – 1:29 – Ryan O’Reilly (1) assisted by David Perron (2) and Brayden Schenn (1)

    St. Louis Penalty – 6:10 – Joel Edmundson, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    St. Louis Goal – 13:52- Brayden Schenn (1) assisted by Oskar Sundqvist (2) and Jay Bouwmeester (3)

    St. Louis Goal – 19:45- Jaden Schwartz (1) assisted by Tyler Bozak (1)

    End of 3rd – STL – 3         WPG – 2

    Shots            29                  31

    Faceoffs     27/55                28/55

    Hits               14                   24

    PP                 1/1                    0/3

     

  • Stars vs. Predators – Game 4 Recap

    Stars vs. Predators – Game 4 Recap

    The playoffs have been an absolutely wild ride so far with two sweeps coming in the first round and every other series either standing at 2-1 or tied 2-2. Tonight, the Stars and Predators played the fourth game of their first-round series and with the Predators up 2-1, this game was already primed to be a huge one. Either the Predators take a commanding 3-1 lead or the Stars tie it up and this series becomes a best of three with two of the three games taking place in Nashville. How did game four shakes out? Let’s dive in.

    The first period was all Dallas Stars. The onslaught began at 3:42 in the first period when Roope Hintz would get the Stars on the board with his first goal of the playoffs. With the Stars on the power-play, Hintz would take a pinpoint pass from John Klingberg and rifle a shot past Pekka Rinne for a 1-0 lead and the first of three power-play goals for the Stars in the first period. Alexander Radulov would join the fun next. After a key faceoff win, Esa Lindell would slide a quick pass to Radulov who would laser a shot past Rinne for a 2-0 lead and the second power-play goal of the period for the Stars.

    The Stars just wouldn’t stop coming and the Predators seemingly has no answers for them. Andrew Cogliano would clean up the rebound of Blake Comeau’s shot at 8:24 of the first period to put the Stars up 3-0. The goal was Cogliano’s, who was acquired by the Stars earlier in the season, first of the playoffs and it couldn’t have come at a better moment. The Stars would score their third and final power-play goal of the first period when Mats Zuccarello, a trade deadline acquisition from the New York Rangers, would come up big. John Klingberg would make his presence felt again and he set up Zuccarello with a great feed that he would snipe past Rinne for a 4-0 Stars lead. Rinne would then be chased from the net and replaced by Juuse Saros. The second period would be make or break for the Predators with them already being down 4-0.

    The second period would feature much more back and forth play with both teams getting some A+ chances. Unfortunately for the Predators, the Stars would add to their lead and Roope Hintz would strike again. With a great move in the zone, John Klingberg would execute a perfect 3-on-1 play from the blueline in and dished a nice feed to Hintz who would easily beat Saros. The Stars were determined to not go back to Nashville down 3-1. Towards the end of the second-period things would begin to start getting chippy and it as clear frustration was beginning to set in for the Predators. The Stars were imposing their will and the Predators just seemingly couldn’t find any answers.

    The third period featured more of the same with both teams trading chances once again and playing some good hockey. The Predators would finally breakthrough though roughly halfway through the period. Roman Josi would score the 10th playoff goal of his career and his first on the road with a nice wrister from the point. It was his second of the playoffs and Predators gained some life after the goal although it would ultimately prove to be for naught. The Stars would skate off with a 5-1 victory.

    Three Stars of the Game:

    1. Ben Bishop.
    2. Roope Hintz
    3. John Klingberg
  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #4 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #4 Recap

    Boston Bruins (2-2) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (2-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs looked fine as the game started but soon got into penalty trouble. That’s where the Bruins took over scoring once on the powerplay and then scoring a few minutes later again to jump out to a quick 2-0. With just over 2 minutes left in the 1st period, Morgan Rielly took a shot from the point and it was tipped on the way in by Zach Hyman the shot would beat Rask and make a 2-1 game.

    The second period would see Auston Matthews score quickly to tie it up but as the period progressed the Leafs would watch David Pastrnak get himself involved in the series scoring two goals to make it 4-2 Boston.

    The 3rd would bring some dramatics Boston would score first making it 5-2 and basically put the Leafs out of reach or so they thought. The Leafs would come back with a Matthews Powerplay goal and a Dermott blast from the point to make it a 5-4 game and then put tremendous pressure on the Bruins but couldn’t cash in. Nordstrom would score on the open net to make 6-4 with seven seconds remaining.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (2-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    David Backes — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Sean Kuraly (shoulder), Kevan Miller (upper body) and Marcus Johansson

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 1:08 – Connor Brown, 2 minutes for Holding

    Boston PP Goal – 3:03 – Charlie McAvoy (1) assisted Charlie Coyle (1) and Matt Grzelcyk (3)

    Boston Goal – 6:38 – Brad Marchand (2) assisted Charlie McAvoy (1) and Dalton Heinen (2)

    Boston Penalty – 13:29 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Interference

    Toronto Goal – 17:55 – Zach Hyman (1) assisted by Morgan Rielly (2) and John Tavares (3)

    Boston Penalty – 15:44 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 1st – BOS – 2      TOR – 1

    Shots              14                12

    Faceoffs       9/19            10/19

    Hits              13                 16

    PP                 1/1                 0/2

    Second Period:

    Toronto Goal – 1:07 – Auston Matthews (2) assisted by Andreas Johnsson (2) and Ron Hainsey (1)

    Boston Goal – 3:16 – David Pastrnk (1) assisted Brad Marchand (3) and Patrice Bergeron (1)

    Boston PP Goal – 3:16 – David Pastrnk (2) assisted Brad Marchand (4)

    Toronto Penalty – 4:37 – Auston Matthews, 2 minutes for Roughing

    End of 2nd – BOS- 4       TOR- 2

    Shots               22                26

    Faceoffs         21/39         18/39

    Hits                 20                  8

    PP                   2/2                 0/2

    Third Period:

    Boston Goal – 5:39 – Zdeno Chara (1) unassisted

    Boston Penalty – 11:42 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Toronto PP Goal – 11:52- Auston Matthews (2) assisted by Mitch Marner (2) and Morgan Rielly (3)

    Toronto Goal – 13:27- Travis Dermott (1) assisted by Jake Gardiner (1) and Connor Brown (1)

    Boston EN Goal – 19:58 – Joakim Nordstrom (1) assisted Krejci (1)

    End of 3rd – BOS – 6         TOR – 4

    Shots             31                   42

    Faceoffs     33/63                23/63

    Hits               33                    37

    PP                 2/2                    1/3