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  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 3 – Colorado Avalanche v. Calgary Flames

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 3 – Colorado Avalanche v. Calgary Flames

    OGame Recap

    Tonight, Game 3 takes the Colorado Avalanche back home to the Pepsi Center to square off against the Calgary Flames. The first period certainly was very interesting for the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice on the power play. However, the biggest story of the first period featured rookie Cale Makar scoring his first National Hockey League goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It has been a crazy and interesting last few days for the rookie as he won the Hobey Baker award on Friday night as the top college hockey player. On Saturday, Makar appeared in the NCAA Championship game v.s eventual champions Minnesota Deluth. Sunday, Cale Makar signed his entry-level deal with the Avalanche so he could play and replace the injured defenseman, Sam Girard. After the first period, the Colorado Avalanche would lead 3-0 over the Calgary Flames.

    In the second period, the Avalanche kept their scoring up as they struck twice. Matt Nieto scored his second shorthanded goal of these series and Mikko Rantanen added his first goal of the playoffs. Calgary would get on the board on a Sam Bennett power play goal. After two period, the Avalanche would lead 5-1 over the Flames.

    The third period saw each team trade goals as Erik Johnson scored for the Avalanche and TJ Brodie scored for the Flames. The Avalanche shut down the Flames for the remainder of the game and claimed the victory 6-2. The Avalanche now lead the series 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Wednesday night.

     

    Lineups:

    Colorado Avalanche:

    Forwards:

    Gabriel Landeskog-Nathan MacKinnon- Alexander Kerfoot

    Mikko Rantanen-Carl Soderberg-Colin Wilson

    Matt Nieto- Derek Brassard- JT Compher

    Matt Calvert- Tyson Jost- Gabriel Bourque

    Defensemen

    Ian Cole – Erik Jonson

    Nikita Zadarov – Tyson Barrie

    Cale Makar – Patrik Nemeth

     

    Goalies:

    Starter- Phillip Grubauer

    Backup- Semyon Varlamov

    Scratches: Andrew Agozzino, Sven Andrighetto, Vladislav Kamenev, Mark Babeiro, Ryan Graves, Sam Girard

     

    Calgary Flames:

    Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan- Elias Lindholm

    Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – Michal Frolik

    Sam Bennett – Mark Jankowski – James Neal

    Andrew Mangiapane – Derek Ryan -Garnet Hathaway

    Defensemen:

    Mark Giordano – TJ Brodie

    Noah Hanafin – Travis Hamonic

    Oscar Fantenberg – Rasmus Andersson

    Goalies:

    Starter- Mike Smith

    Backup- David Rittich

    Scratches: Austin Czarnik, Dillon Dube, Alan Quine, Oliver Kylington, Dalton Prout

     

    First Period Highlights

    Colorado Goal-16:02-Cale Makar (1) assisted by Nathan MacKinnon (1) & Alex Kerfoot (1)

    Second Period Highlights:

    3rd Period Highlights:

    Final Stats:

     

    Next Up:

    Game 4- Wednesday April 17th, 2019 @ 10pm

    (Colorado leads the series 2-1)

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #3 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #3 Recap

    Boston Bruins (1-2) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (2-1)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs settled back into a groove offensively and defensively, being able to manage the game appropriately. Leafs forward Auston Matthews showed he has some fire in game and came to play scoring a goal and an assist, while Andreas Johnsson cashed in with the same.

    The fourth line of the Leafs Trevor Moore – Frederik Gauthier and Tyler Ennis gave the Bruins fits all night. Trevor Moore cashed in the first goal of the game to begin the scoring in the second. Bruins forward David Krejci scored less than 60 seconds later to tie the game. Leafs would respond with Matthews and Johnsson goals in the second and Boston responded with a Charlie Coyle goal with 38 seconds to go in the period. The 3rd period would be shutdown period for the Leafs. Mitch Marner would make two huge blocks at the end of the game, to show that he’s the heart and soul of this Leafs team.

    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 (1-5)

     

    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 — Steven Kampfer

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Sean Kuraly (shoulder) and John Moore (Upper-Body), Kevan Miller (upper body) and Marcus Johansson

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 16:36 – Ron Hainsey, 2 minutes for Interference

    Boston Penalty – 19:21 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for Holding the Stick

    End of 1st – BOS – 0      TOR – 0

    Shots              13                11

    Faceoffs       11/22            11/22

    Hits              11                 14

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Toronto Goal – 2:38 – Trevor Moore (1) assisted by Morgan Rielly (1) and Tyler Ennis (1)

    Boston Goal – 3:30 – David Krejci (1) assisted Jake DeBrusk (1) and Karson Kuhlman (1)

    Boston Penalty – 10:00 – David Backes, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Toronto PP Goal – 10:12 – Auston Matthews (1) assisted by Andreas Johnsson (1) and Mitch Marner (1)

    Boston Penalty – 15:59 – Matt Grzelcyk, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Toronto PP Goal – 17:12 – Andreas Johnsson (1) assisted by John Tavares (2) and Auston Matthews (1)

    Toronto Penalty – 17:45 – Jake Muzzin, 2 minutes for Holding

    Boston PP Goal – 19:22 – Charlie Coyle (2) assisted Danton Heinen (1) and Matt Grzelcyk(2)

    End of 2nd – BOS- 2        TOR- 3

    Shots               26                22

    Faceoffs          22/44         22/44

    Hits                 22                  28

    PP                   1/2                  2/3

    Third Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 5:01 – Nikita Zaitsev, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    End of 3rd – BOS – 2         TOR – 3

    Shots             36                   34

    Faceoffs     28/63                35/63

    Hits               33                   42

    PP                 1/3                    2/3

     

  • NHL Playoffs: Rd 1 Game 3 Review: Isles Take A Commanding Lead In The Series

    NHL Playoffs: Rd 1 Game 3 Review: Isles Take A Commanding Lead In The Series

    The Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Islanders squared off today in Pittsburgh for a pivotal Game 3 match up. The New York Islanders won the first two games at Nassau Coliseum.

    In the first period, the Penguins got out to the lead eight minutes into the game. Garrett Wilson would notch his first of the playoffs.

    However the lead wouldn’t last for the Pens, as Jordan Eberle would notch a goal, not even a minute later, tying the game. Then the Islanders would show a quick fire offense as Brock Nelson would notch his second of the playoffs a minute after the Eberle goal. The Isles took a 2-1 lead at the end of the 1st.

    In the second period there was great back and forth action, but the goalies were really settled in. Matt Murray made 16 saves in the period, and Robin Lehner made 9 saves.

    In the third period, about a little over halfway through, Leo Komarov would net his first of the playoffs, assists coming from Beauvillier and Filppula.

    The Penguins would made a hard push, but to no avail, as Anders Lee would also net his first of the playoffs, an empty net goal.

    The Isles now have a commanding 3 – 0 lead in the series. They are now one victory away from eliminating the Penguins. Game 4 will be Tuesday April 16th at 730p. The game will be on NBCSN.

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins – Round 1 – Game #2 Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins – Round 1 – Game #2 Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs (1-1) v. Boston Bruins (1-1)

     

    Game Recap:

    Boston came out flying as they were expected too in game #2. Boston began by not only dominating in the shot column but by putting some serious physical pressure on the Leafs. Soon the physicality turned into some questionable hits and ruckus on both sides and the game began to swing to the old games between the Bruins and Leafs were it was an all-out brawl. Jake Debrusk of the Boston Bruins made a couple questionable plays including what looked to be an intentional knee on knee with Leafs forward Nazem Kadri and also bloodied Leafs Travis Dermott earlier in the game with an Elbow to the nose both went uncalled and seemed to fuel the rivalry. Leafs Defensemen Jake Muzzin was bloodied on a charging call by Boston Forward David Pastrnak, and later on, Muzzin cleanly-hit defensemen Torey Krug who unfortunately had his head down on the play and looked bad, he never returned to the game and has a history of concussion issues.  Bruins defencemen also left the game with an injury and never returned, unknown reasoning a far as we know. Charlie Coyle opened the scoring to get the crowd into the game and Marchand made it 2-0 just before the end of the 1st.  William Nylander made a massive gaff, just as the Leafs look to be getting their legs a bit, which led to the Danton Heinen goal. Kadri gave the Leafs some hope in the 3rd scoring to make it 3-1 but then later Kadri himself would seal the win for the Bruins when after Patrick Marleau was cleanly checked into the stansion by Jake DeBrusk. Kadri would take matters into his own hands and cross-check Debrusk to the head, resulting in a 5-minute powerplay to end the game and the big possibility of an impending suspension for Nazem Kadri.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Martin Marincin – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    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 — Connor Clifton

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched:  Steven Kampfer, Marcus Johansson

    Injuries: Sean Kuraly (shoulder) and John Moore (Upper-Body), Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Boston Goal – 4:44 – Charlie Coyle (2) assisted by David Backes (1)

    Boston Penalty – 11:12 – Jake DeBrusk, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Toronto Penalty – 11:12 – Nazem Kadri, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Boston Goal – 16:04 – Brad Marchand (1) assisted by David Pastrnak (1) and Torey Krug (2)

    Boston Penalty – 18:57 – David Pastrnak, 2 minutes for Charging

    End of 1st – TOR – 2       BOS – 0

    Shots              5                12

    Faceoffs         8/15            7/15

    Hits              13                 15

    PP                 0/1                 0/0

    Second Period:

    Boston Goal – 10:39 – Danton Heinen (1) unassisted

    Toronto Penalty – 12:22 – Frederik Gauthier, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Boston Penalty – 15:32 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Toronto Penalty – 16:52 – Nazem Kadri, 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – TOR- 0        BOS- 3

    Shots               18                32

    Faceoffs          17/31          14/31

    Hits                 26                  30

    PP                   0/2                  0/2

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 5:36 – David Krejci, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Toronto Goal – 10:49 – Nazem Kadri (1) assisted by Travis Dermott (1) and William Nylander (1)

    Boston PP Goal – 15:03 – Patrice Bergeron (2) assisted by Brad Marchand (2) and Matt Grzelcyk (1)

    Toronto Penalty – 14:03 – Nazem Kadri, 5 minutes for Cross Checking (Major)

    Toronto Penalty – 14:03 – Nazem Kadri, 10 minutes for Game Misconduct

     

    End of 3rd – TOR – 1         BOS – 4

    Shots             31                   41

    Faceoffs    26/47                21/47

    Hits               39                    44

    PP                 0/3                    1/4

     

  • Colorado Avalanche vs Calgary Flames – Round 1 – Game #1 Recap

    Colorado Avalanche vs Calgary Flames – Round 1 – Game #1 Recap

    Colorado Avalanche v. Calgary Flames

     

    Game Recap:

    Calgary seemed to impose their will from the beginning of this game with very little push back from the Avalanche. The Flames couldn’t strike in the first period though, due in part to superb goaltending by Colorado goalie Philip Grubauer. As the second period rolled around the Flames kicked it up a notch again and rookie Andrew Mangiapane put one behind Grubauer to get the crowd rolling into it. Nothing other than a few penalties and more play in the Colorado end transpired until Matthew Tkachuk tipped one past Grubauer on the powerplay with just over a minute to go in the 2nd period. The Flames would go on to strike 2 more times in the 3rd period including an empty netter to convincingly defeat the Avalanche and take game 1.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – Elias Lindholm

    Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – Michael Frolik

    Sam Bennett – Mark Janokowski – James Neal

    Andrew Mangiapane – Derek Ryan – Garrett Hathaway

     

    Mark Giordano  – TJ Brodie

    Noah Hanifin – Travis Hamonic

    Oscar Fantenberg – Rasmus Andersson

     

    Mark Smith

    David Rittich

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: None

    Suspension: None

     

    Colorado:

    Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Alexander Kerfoot

    Colin Wilson – Carl Soderberg – Mikko Rantanen

    Matt Nieto – Derick Brassard – JT Compher

    Matt Calvert – Tyson Jost – Sven Andreighetto

     

    Samuel Girard – Erik Johnson

    Nikita Zadorov – Tyson Barrie

    Ian Cole – Patrick Nemeth

     

    Philip Grubauer

    Seymon Varlamov

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries:  Mark Barberio, Vladislav Kamenev

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Colorado Penalty – 6:38 – Erik Johnson, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Calgary Penalty – 11:02 – Mikael Backlund, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Calgary Penalty – 15:58 – Noah Hanifin, 2 minutes for Holding

    End of 1st – COL – 0       CGY – 0

    Shots             7                  6

    Faceoffs         9/22          13/22

    Hits               11                  12

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Calgary Penalty – 00:49- TJ Brodie, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Colorado Penalty – 10:05 – Carl Soderberg, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Colorado Penalty – 18:37 – Patrick Nemeth, 2 minutes for Holding

    Calgary Goal – 14:25 – Andrew Mangiapane (1) unassisted

    Calgary PP Goal – 18:58 –Matthew Tkachuk (1) assisted by Mark Giordano (1) and Elias Lindholm (1)

    End of 2nd – COL- 0        CGY- 2

    Shots               15                 19

    Faceoffs         15/47             32/47

    Hits                 22                  24

    PP                   0/3                  1/3

    Third Period:

    Calgary Penalty – 5:08- Oscar Fantenberg, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Colorado Penalty – 16:36 – Nikita Zadorov, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Calgary PP Goal – 17:01 –Mikael Backlund (1) assisted by Sam Bennett(1) and Rasmus Andersson (1)

    Calgary Goal – 17:55 – Matthew Tkachuk (2) assisted by Mike Smith (1)

    Colorado Penalty – 18:05 – Matt Calvert, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Calgary Penalty – 18:05- Travis Hamonic, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Colorado Penalty – 19:52- Gabriel Landeskog, 2 minutes for Slashing

    End of 3rd – COL – 0         CGY – 4

    Shots              26                   32

    Faceoffs       24/68              44/68

    Hits              33                     36

    PP                 0/4                   2/5

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

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

    Game Recap:

     

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Connor Brown – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Jake Gardiner – Travis Dermott

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: Calle Rosen, Tyler Ennis, Nic Petan

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Buffalo:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    David Backes — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — Kevan Miller

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Karson Kuhlman, Steven Kampfer, Connor Clifton

    Injuries: Sean Kuraly (shoulder) and John Moore (Upper-Body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 8:55 – William Nylander, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Boston PP Goal – 9:31 – Patrice Bergeron (1) assisted by Brad Marchand (1) and Torey Krug (1)

    Toronto Goal – 16:44 – Mitchell Marner  (1) assisted by Jake Muzzin (1) and John Tavares (1)

    End of 1st – TOR – 1       BOS – 1

    Shots              10                8

    Faceoffs         11/21            10/21

    Hits               17                  14

    PP                 0/1                 1/1

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 2:16 – Kasperi Kapanen, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Boston Penalty – 2:47 – Jake DeBrusk, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Toronto SH Goal – 2:47 – Mitchell Marner  (2) unassisted (Penalty Shot)

    Toronto Goal – 18:25 – William Nylander  (1) assisted by Nazem Kadri (1) and Patrick Marleau (1)

    End of 2nd – TOR- 3        TOR- 1

    Shots               25                 29

    Faceoffs        20/42            22/42

    Hits                 25                  21

    PP                   0/0                  1/2

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 11:45 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Interference

    Toronto EN Goal – 18:41 – John Tavares  (1) unassisted

    End of 3rd – TOR – 4         BOS – 1

    Shots              33                   38

    Faceoffs      32/64             32/64

    Hits               33                     31

    PP                 0/1                    1/2

    Next Up:

    Toronto Maple Leafs (1-0) v. Boston Bruins (0-1) – Saturday, April 13th 2019

     

  • 2019 NHL Playoffs- Game 1 Review: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Islanders

    2019 NHL Playoffs- Game 1 Review: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Islanders

    Tonight, the NHL Playoffs kicked off with a spirited match up between two Metropolitan Division rivals. At the end of the night, the Islanders would take Game 1 in overtime, in front of a raucous crowd at Nassau Coliseum.

    The Islanders got off to a quick start when Tom Kuhnhackl skated in the zone and sent a beautiful wrist shot which beat Murray high to the glove side, just 33 seconds into the game. Unfortunately Matt Martin was slow coming back to the bench and was offsides on the play, nullifying the goal. However, about a minute later, Jordan Eberle would net a goal, that would count, and got the crowd back in the game.

    The lead wouldn’t last long, as Phil Kessel would notch his first of the playoffs. It came 4 minutes after the Eberle got the opening goal. Kessel beat Robin Lehner five hole in the slot, after Cizikas lost an edge in the neutral zone.

    After some great back and forth action between the two teams, the Penguins would find themselves on the penalty kill late in the first period. The Islanders would score a power play goal off the rush, giving them the lead heading into the intermission. The goal coming from Brock Nelson.

     

    At the start of the second period, the Islanders would get the early momentum, but could not capitalize with it, and after some great action that yielded no results, the Islanders would find themselves on the penalty kill. It would be Evgeny Malkin who would provide the power play goal for the Penguins. A great wrist shot that went off of Adam Pelech’s stick and over Lehner’s shoulder and in the net.

     

    In the third period, much like the second period, all of the action came at the back half of the period. It started when Erik Gudbranson and Anders Lee both went awkwardly into the boards at the 9 minute mark of the period. When the dust settled, Anders Lee earned a boarding penalty and Gudbranson went straight to the Penguins locker room. The Penguins would fail to score on the ensuing power play.

    3 minutes later, the Islanders would score the go ahead goal. Nick Leddy would take a shot from the point and it would knuckle past a screened Matt Murray, off the post and in. The Penguins then ramped it into high gear to try and tie the game, but were unsuccessful for a while because the Islanders defense was playing well. With about a minute thirty left in the game, the Penguins would pull their goalie, giving them the extra man. With their experience in the playoffs, they didn’t panic and Justin Shultz would net a goal from the point, that beat a screened Lehner.

     

    The Islanders had a chance to win the game off the rush before the end of the third. Josh Bailey would get a glorious chance in the slot that hit the post as time was expiring. This game would be the first playoff game to go to overtime.

    It would only take a little over 4 minutes to find a winner. Matthew Barzal would skate to the slot, stop and tried to beat Murray on the back hand. His shot hit the post and the rebound came right to Josh Bailey, who slotted it home to seal the victory for the Islanders.

     

    My 3 Stars of the Game

    Third Star: Phil Kessel (1g, 1a)

    Second Star: Jordan Eberle (1g, 1a)

    First Star: Josh Bailey (OTGWG)

     

    Boxscore

    https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/pit-vs-nyi/2019/04/10/2018030141#game=2018030141,game_state=final

     

    Game 2 of the series will be Friday night at 730p on NBCSN.

  • Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 1)

    Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 1)

     

    Game Recap:  In Game 1 of this Western Conference First Round Match-up between the Nashville Predators and the Dallas Stars the first half of the first period would end up being a feel out process for both teams.  A strong showing would be shown during the contest however there would be a hard but clean hit by Nashville’s Brian Boyle to Dallas’ Jason Dickinson.  With that hit, Dickinson would have to go into the concussion protocol.  The rest of the first period would be a tough battle with both teams fighting strong for possession of the puck.  Roman Josi would score at the 12:12 mark in the period to give the Predators a 1-0 lead.

    In the second period, it would be a hard hitting period with good hits being thrown by both squads.  Midway through the period, Dickinson would return to the ice after the Boyle hit earlier in the contest.  Nashville would also spend a lot of this period trying to get shots off but were unsuccessful in making any of that happen.  Rinne would have a brilliant save to prevent the Stars from making it a 2-1 lead, with less than five minutes left in the period with Nick Bonino clearing the puck.  Look for both teams going into the third period to finish off strong as this has been a big defensive battle, despite the penalties that were taken in this period.

    When Miro Heiskanen scored for Dallas to make it a tie game, he would become the youngest defenceman in franchise history to register a postseason goal.

    In the third period, it would be a slow start before Heiskanen would score his second goal in the game at the 6:10 mark to give the Stars their first lead in the game, leading 2-1.  A few minutes later, Mats Zuccarello would score his first postseason goal as a member of the Stars organization at the 10:39 mark.  Predators defenceman P.K. Subban would bring the game to within a goal with his goal at the 13:24 mark and then Mattias Janmark would get called for a holding penalty at the 15:08 mark to give Nashville a much needed chance to score on a critical power play.  Nashville would pull Rinne with five seconds left in the power play, but after several great chances to tie the game at 3 a piece, Nashville would fall to Dallas.

    The Dallas Stars would escape with the win, winning 3-2, and would take the home-ice advantage away from Nashville.  Nashville will look to even out the series on Saturday.  Game 2 will take place at 6 p.m., ET and I will have your full coverage of the contest.

     

    First Period:

     

    Dallas Penalty:  Mattias Janmark for Slashing —  2 min minor  —  8:51

     

    Nashville Goal:  Roman Josi (1) assisted by Ryan Ellis (1) and Nick Bonino (1)  —  12:12

     

    Nashville Penalty:  Brian Boyle for Hooking —  2 min minor  —  14:13

     

    End of 1st – DAL – 0       NSH – 1

    Shots              09                12

    Faceoffs         07                10

    Hits               06                  14

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

     

    Second Period:

     

    Nashville Penalty: Colton Sissons for Goaltender Interference —  2 min minor  —  3:18

     

    Dallas Penalty:  Ben Bishop for Embellishment (served by Mats Zuccarello) —  2 min minor  —  3:18

     

    Dallas Penalty:  John Klingberg for Roughing  —  2 min minor —  8:08

     

    Nashville Penalty:  Colton Sissons for Holding  —  2 min minor  —  11:10

     

    Dallas PPG:  Miro Heiskanen (1) unassisted  —  12:37

     

     

    Dallas Penalty:  Roman Polak for Tripping  —  2 min minor  —  15:30

     

    Nashville Penalty: Kyle Turris for Interference  —  2 min minor  —  17:16

     

     

    End of 2nd – DAL – 1       NSH – 1

    Shots              19                17

    Faceoffs         13               20

    Hits               11                  19

    PP                 1/3                 0/3

     

     

    Third Period:

     

    Dallas Goal:  Miro Heiskanen (2) assisted by John Klingberg (1)  —  6:10

     

     

    Dallas Goal:  Mats Zuccarello (1) assisted by Ben Lovejoy (1) and Jamie Benn (1)  —  10:39

     

     

    Nashville Goal:  P.K. Subban (1) assisted by Brian Boyle (1) and Mattias Ekholm (1)  —  13:24

     

    Dallas Penalty:  Mattias Janmark for Holding  —  2 min minor  —  15:08

     

    End of 3rd – DAL – 3       NSH – 2

    Shots              29                32

    Faceoffs         00                00

    Hits               14                  00

    PP                 1/3                 0/4

     

     

    Nashville Predators Lines and Defensive Pairings:

    Filip Forsberg-Ryan Johansen-Viktor Arvidsson

    Mikael Granlund-Kyle Turris-Craig Smith

    Colton Sissons-Nick Bonino-Austin Watson

    Brian Boyle-Calle Jarnkrok-Wayne Simmonds

    Roman Josi-Ryan Ellis

    Mattias Ekholm-P.K. Subban

    Dan Hamhuis-Dante Fabbro

    Pekka Rinne

    Juusa Saros

    Injured: Rocco Grimaldi (upper body)

    Scratched: Matt Irwin, Yannick Weber, Rem Pitlick, Zac Rinaldo, Miikka Salomaki, Cody McLeod, Frederick Gaudreau, Niclas Westerholm

     

    Dallas Stars Lines and Defensive Pairings:

    Jason Dickinson-Tyler Seguin-Alexander Radulov

    Jamie Benn-Roope Hintz-Mats Zuccarello

    Andrew Cogliano-Radek Faksa-Blake Comeau

    Mattias Janmark-Justin Dowling-Tyler Pitlick

    Esa Lindell-John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen-Roman Polak

    Taylor Fedun-Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Injuries: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Brett Ritchie (hand)

    Scratched: Julius Honka, Jason Spezza, Jamie Oleksiak, Valeri Nichushkin

  • Gameday Recap- St. Blues – Winnipeg Jets (First Round – Game 1)

    Gameday Recap- St. Blues – Winnipeg Jets (First Round – Game 1)

    The Blues managed to pull out a 2-1 thriller after being down 1-0 going into the third period. The Jets took an early lead in the first period off a laser shot by Patrick Laine, who continues to torch the Blues. Even being down only 1-0, it was clear that the Jets had the upper hand – they were seemingly knocking the Blues off the puck every time they touched it, or the Blues fell victim to their own nerves. Robert Thomas, especially was quite jittery, bumbling several passes and falling down without any contact.

    All that changed in the third period. The Blues started funneling more pucks to the net and creating traffic. David Perron tied the game at 1, and later in the third, Tyler Bozak buried a Pat Maroon feed to take a 2-1 lead – a lead the Blues would not relinquish.

    In the end, the game turned out to look pretty even, with face-off percentage, shots, blocks and power play (in)efficiency largely equal between the two teams. The Blues, however, clearly looked like the better team in the third period – so much so that if that style of play and dominance continues, this will be a very short series.

    I suspect it will not, but given that the Jets were imposing their style of play the whole game and the Blues seemed content to simply ‘feel out’ the Jets to better plan for subsequent games, this was an ugly loss for Winnipeg.

    Look for more Laine in Game 2, with more offensive contributions from the Blues’ top line. Game 2 is Friday at 9:30 Eastern time.

  • NHL Draft Lottery Results are in…..

    NHL Draft Lottery Results are in…..

    One of the biggest events of the season the NHL Draft Lottery has taken place tonight and it added a little drama to the night for the Ottawa Senators as they eagerly awaited to see if they traded away the #1 overall draft pick to the Colorado Avalanche as a part of the Matt Duchene deal. Well, they don’t need to wait any longer the results are in and they look like this…

    15th – Montreal Canadiens

    14th – Arizona Coyotes

    13th – Florida Panthers

    12th – Minnesota Wild (Down 1 Spot)

    11th – Philadelphia Flyers (Down 1 Spot)

    10th – Vancouver Canucks (Down 1 Spot)

    9th – Anaheim Ducks (Down 1 Spot)

    8th – Edmonton Oilers (Down 1 Spot)

    7th – Buffalo Sabres (Down 2 Spots)

    6th – New York Rangers (Down 2 Spots)

    5th – LA Kings (Down 3 Spots)

    4th – Colorado Avalanche (Down 3 Spots)

    3rd – Chicago Blackhawks (were 12th)

    2nd – New York Rangers (were 6th)

    1st – New Jersey Devils (were 3rd)

    So there you have it the NHL draft has an amazing outcome and the AVS and the Kings drop out of the top 3 and the Hawks and Rangers Jump in.