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  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 12/1/2019 – Game Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 12/1/2019 – Game Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs (28-13-2 58pts) v, Boston Bruins (26-15-4 56 pts)

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    Kasimir Kaskisuo

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Frederik Andersen (Flu), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk – David Krecji– David Backes

    Danton Heinen – Jakob Forback-Karlsson – Ryan Donato

    Sean Kuraly – Noel Acciari – Chris Wagner

     

    Zdeno Chara – Charlie MacVoy

    Torey Krug – Brandon Carlo

    Matt Grzelcyk – Kevan Miller

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Urho Vaakanainen, Joakim Nordstrom

    Suspension: None

     

    Gameday:

    First Period:

    Bruins Goal – 18:21 – David Krejci (9) from Sean Kuraly (7) and Zdeno Chara (2)

    Leafs Penalty – 19:38 – John Tavares, 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st – BOS –1        TOR – 0

    Shots              9                  15

    Faceoffs     9/19              10/19

    Hits               9                     9

    PP                 0/1                 0/0

     

    Analysis

    Leafs came out with a relentless forecheck but a bad goal at the end of the period off a turnover by Nikita Zaitsev led to the Bruins to a 1-0 lead.

     

    Need to Do:

    Continue the forecheck, need to get keep the Bruins in the defensive zone.

     

    Second Period:

    Leafs Penalty – 02:40 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Leafs Goal–07:37 – Andreas Johnsson (10), assisted by Kasperi Kapanen (12) and Auston Matthews (20)

    Bruins Penalty – 08:59 – Kevan Miller, 2 minutes for Holding

    Leafs PP Goal–09:30 – Mitch Marner (17), assisted by Nazem Kadri (17) and Kasperi Kapanen 2 (13)

    Bruins Goal–14:47 – Sean Kuraly (5), assisted by Chris Wagner (4) and Noel Acciari (3)

    Bruins Penalty – 16:10 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Bruins Goal–19:45 – David Pastrnak (26), assisted by Sean Kuraly 2 (8)

     

    End of 2nd – BOS– 3          TOR – 2

    Shots              19                    26

    Faceoffs       18/38              20/38

    Hits              10                      9

    PP                 0/2                  1/2

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs come alive in the 2nd but the Zaitsev/Gardiner defensive pairing puts them back behind again.

     

    Need to Do:

    Need a big third.

    Third Period:

     

    No Scoring

     

    End of 3rd – BOS– 3       TOR – 2

    Shots             29                   31

    Faceoffs     28/58                30/58

    Hits               29                       28

    PP                0/2                    1/2

     

    Analysis:

    Matthews had one open net to tie the game and missed the net. Leafs played a good game but a very bad night by the Zaitsev / Gardiner pairing led to all the goals.

     

    Next Up:

    Colorado (20-17-8 48pts) vs Toronto (28-14-2 58pts)

    Montreal (24-17-5 53pts) at Boston (26-15-4 56pts)

  • January 13th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, January 13th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    Today’s news and notes will be very short and quick.

    There were 12 games that took place in the NHL yesterday.

     

    NEW JERSEY 3, Philadelphia 2

    https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1084219722361651201

     

    NY Rangers 2, NY ISLANDERS 1

     

     

    Tampa Bay 5, BUFFALO 3

     

    Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin would register his 20th assist in the contest and making him one of seven players in NHL history to have at least 20 assists before their 19th birthday.

     

    Boston 3, TORONTO 2

     

     

     

     

     

     

    MONTREAL 3, Colorado 0

    In the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche, Montreal would win their 3,500th game in franchise history.

     

    Columbus 2, WASHINGTON 1 (OT)

     

     

     

     

    Detroit 5, MINNESOTA 2

    Detroit Red Wings Tyler Bertuzzi would score a hat trick and play a key role in the Red Wings 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild last night.

     

    Vegas 4, CHICAGO 3 (OT)

    Vegas D Shea Theodore would score the first game-winner in franchise history in the contest to give the Golden Knights the  win.

     

    St. Louis 3, DALLAS 1

     

     

     

    SAN JOSE 4, Ottawa 1

    The San jose Sharks would win this contest by the score of 4-1 and would also mark the 1,000th game in defenceman Brent Burns career.

     

     

     

    Arizona 3, EDMONTON 2

     

     

    LA KINGS 5, Pittsburgh 2

     

     

     

     

     

     

    NWHL

     

     

    In the NWHL yesterday…

     

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 12/1/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 12/1/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Gameday Preview:  Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs

    Time: Saturday, January 12th,  2019

    Toronto: 28-12-2 for 58 points

    Boston: 25-15-4 for 54 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs come back home to take on the Boston Bruins in what looks to be like a top of notch matchup. Leafs will be without Freddy Andersen as he has been cleared to return but now has the flu.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner –57 points (16 goals 41 assists)
    John Tavares – 50 points (29 goals 21 assists) 54% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 46 points (13 goals 33 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 39points (20 goals 19 assists) 53% on Face-offs)

    David Pastrnak – 52 points (25 goals 27 assists)
    Brad Marchand– 47 points (16 goal 31 assist)
    Patrice Bergeron- 38 points (14 goal 24 assists)
    David Krecji – 34 points (8 goal 26 assists)

    Michael Hutchinson
    2-2-0 2.53GAA .919SV%

    Tuukka Rask
    12-8-2 2.43GAA .920SV%

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    Kasimir Kaskisuo

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk – David Krecji– David Backes

    Danton Heinen – Jakob Forback-Karlsson – Ryan Donato

    Sean Kuraly – Noel Acciari – Chris Wagner

     

    Zdeno Chara – Charlie MacVoy

    Torey Krug – Brandon Carlo

    Matt Grzelcyk – Kevan Miller

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Urho Vaakanainen, Joakim Nordstrom

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Boston:

    1. Attack the defence
      1. Forecheck hard and fast. Make the defence work fast
    2. Puck Possession
      1. Keep the puck in the offensive zone where the Bruins can’t hurt you
    3. Johnsson, Kapanen, Matthews
      1. Need this line to go to make the Leafs a real threat
  • TXHT – 01/12/2019

    TXHT – 01/12/2019

    The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans!

     

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    This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by our friend from The Hockey Writers Nate Oliver, and TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs writer Steve Gardiner.

     

    To start both Michael and Nate talk about the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL, and the season they have had so far.

     

    Michael and Nate also go in depth in regards to the rest of the NWHL as we get closer to the NWHL All Star Break.

     

    Plus Michael and Steve talk about the Maple Leafs and what’s going wrong with them since the return of William Nylander from his holdout. Also all three geek out over jerseys, and make fun of the 2019 NHL All Star Game jerseys, plus so much more.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 9th, 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.

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils -10/1/2019 – Game Day Preview & Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils -10/1/2019 – Game Day Preview & Recap

    Time: Thursday, January 10th , 2019

    Toronto: 27-13-2 for 56 points

    New Jersey: 16-19-7 for 39 points

    After a terrible loss to the Nashville Predators on Monday, the Leafs look to get back in the winning column against the New Jersey Devils whom they’ve had great success against this season.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 55 points (15 goals 40 assists)

    John Tavares – 47 points (27 goals 20 assists) 54% on face-offs

    Morgan Rielly – 45 points (13 goals 32 assists)

    Auston Matthews – 39 points (20 goals 19 assists) 51% on Face-off

     

    Taylor Hall–37 points (11 goals 26 assists)

    Kyle Palmieri – 36 points (20 goals 16 assists)

    Nico Hischier – 29 points (12 goals 17 assist)

    Travis Zajac – 24 points (10 goal 14 assists)

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    2-3-2 3.49GAA .878SV%

    Keith Kincaid

    13-12-6 3.07GAA .898SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    Kasimir Kaskisuo

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    New Jersey:

    Jesper Bratt – Nico Hischier– Kyle Palmieri

    Miles Wood – Travis Zajac– Blake Coleman

    Blake Pietila– Pavel Zacha– Stefan Noesen

    Brian Boyle – Brett Seney–Garrett Stafford

     

    Andy Greene –Damon Severson

    Sami Vatanan – Steve Santini

    Will Butcher – Ben Lovejoy

     

    Keith Kincaid

    Cam Johnson
    Scratched: None
    Injuries: Corey Schneider, Marcus Johansson, Taylor Hall, & MacKenzie Blackwood
    Suspension: None

    Keys to Winning against Nashville:

    1. Everything to the net
      1. Kincaid has struggled, put everything on net and get to the dirty places to get rebounds.
    2. Speed
      1. Speed have to use it force the defence back. Force the Devils strong offensive players to play top notch defence
    3. Kasperi Kapanen
      1. Kapanen is not seeing any powerplay time, over the likes of Johnsson, Nylander, Marleau, Kadri yet has been the better player all season. In fact he has been demoted and still has shown that even when he doesn’t score he shows up every night

    Gameday:

    First Period:

    New Jersey Penalty – 01:54 – Brett Seney, 2 minutes for Boarding

    New Jersey Penalty – 04:05 – Ben Lovejoy, 2 minutes for Roughing

    Toronto Penalty – 04:05 – John Tavares, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Toronto Goal – 04:30 – Ron Hainsey (4) from Zach Hyman (9) and Connor Brown (13)

    Toronto Goal – 07:21 – John Tavares (28) from Jake Gardiner (22)

    Toronto Penalty – 12:16 – Patrick Marleau, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Toronto Goal – 19:53 – John Tavares (29) assisted by Morgan Rielly (33) and Mitch Marner (41)
    End of 1st – TOR –3        NJD – 0

    Shots              15                   8

    Faceoffs     13/23              10/23

    Hits               3                     5

    PP                 0/1                  0/1

     

    Analysis

    Zach Hyman inserted back into the lineup after returning from injury and he makes a difference already with his hard forecheck and his ability to dig pucks out. John Tavares steps up to score 2 goals in the first as the Leafs dominate the Devils in the opening frame.

    Need to Do:

    Don’t take your foot off the gas pedal. Keep applying the pressure.

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 09:36 –Igor Ozhiganov, 2 mins for Hooking

    New Jersey Goal–16:07 – Blake Coleman (14), assisted by Andy Greene (11)  and Miles Wood (10)

    New Jersey Goal–16:33 – Brian Boyle (12), assisted by Blake Pietilla (1)

    Toronto Penalty – 19:46 –Travis Dermott, 2 mins for Hooking

    New Jersey Penalty – 19:46 –Miles Wood, 2 mins for Tripping

    End of 2nd – TOR– 3          NJD – 2

    Shots              28                   26

    Faceoffs       25/54              29/54

    Hits              8                       7

    PP                 0/1                  0/2

    Analysis:

    Leafs dominate most of the 2nd but take their foot off the gas pedal. Michael Hutchinson let’s in a goal that he needed to control the rebound on but the Leafs still ahead 3-2.

     

    Need to Do:

    Pressure the defence don’t sit back play in the offensive zone

    Third Period:

    Leafs EN Goal–19:38 – Mitchell Marner (16), assisted by John Tavares (21)

    End of 3rd – TOR – 4       NJD – 2

    Shots             43                   29

    Faceoffs     37/78                41/78

    Hits               9                         15

    PP                0/1                   0/2

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs played a solid 3rd period didn’t give the Devils too  much to make a comeback off of.

    Next Up:

    Boston (25-14-4 54pts) vs Toronto (28-12-2 58pts)

    Philadelphia (16-22-6 38pts) at New Jersey (16-20-7 39pts)

  • January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    Yesterday there were 11 games in action.

     

    BOSTON 4, Minnesota 0

    Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask would register his 250th career win as well as his 42nd career shutout.  Rask is two wins shy of tying the franchise record for wins by a goaltender, currently held by Tiny Thompson.

     

    Minnesota @ Boston: Game Summary

     

    BUFFALO 5, New Jersey 1

    New Jersey @ Buffalo: Game Summary

     

    Carolina 4, NY ISLANDERS 3

    There would be four different goal scorers for the Carolina Hurricanes in their 4-3 win over the New York Islanders last night.

     

    Carolina @ NY Islanders: Game Summary

     

    PITTSBURGH 5, Florida 1

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would end up scoring two shorthanded goals in this contest  in the second period en route to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers last night.

    Penguins C Sidney Crosby would score his 20th goal on the season and with that goal, Crosby has scored at least 20 goals in 12 seasons on his career.

     

    Florida’s Aaron Ekblad would score the lone goal for the Panthers and when he did, he would become the top goal scorer among defenceman in Panthers history.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1082830340610314242

     

    Florida @ Pittsburgh: Game Summary

     

    Montreal 3, DETROIT 2

    With Montreal’s 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings last night, this would mark the second straight win for the Canadiens over the Red Wings.

     

    Montreal @ Detroit: Game Summary

     

    TAMPA BAY 4, Columbus 0

    Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov would become the first player to reach 70 points in the first 43 games of a season since Jaromir Jagr in the 1999-2000 season, who did that in 38 games played.

     

    Columbus @ Tampa Bay: Game Summary

     

    WASHINGTON 5, Philadelphia 3

    The Washington Capitals would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 to notch their first win at home in the year 2019.

    Between both teams, there would be the 27th instance in League history when the Capitals and Flyers would score two goals in four seconds or less.

     

    TJ Oshie would register his 200th NHL goal in this contest when he scored at the 9:19 mark in the second period.

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

    Philadelphia @ Washington: Game Summary

     

     

    Dallas 3, ST. LOUIS 1

    Stars Tyler Seguin would score two goals and goaltender Ben Bishop would have 26 saves in the contest as they would take down the St. Louis Blues by the score of 3-1.

    Over the last four games, Seguin has registered three, two-goal contests.

    Dallas’ Miro Heiskanen registered his 20th point on the season in the contest and marked the fifth time in the past six seasons in which multiple teenage defenceman have had at least 20+ points in a season.

    Despite outshooting the Stars 27-17, St. Louis would not be able to mount the comeback.

     

    Dallas @ St. Louis: Game Summary

     

     

    WINNIPEG 7, Colorado 4

    In the Winnipeg Jets 7-4 win, there would be seven different goal scorers in the contest.

     

    Colorado @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

     

     

    VEGAS 4, NY Rangers 2

    Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would get the win for the Golden Knights, who went on to win their seventh straight contest.

    Fleury has not had a regulation loss in his last 12 games played and has posted a 9-0-3 record.

    NY Rangers @ Vegas: Game Summary

     

    SAN JOSE 7, Edmonton 2

     

    Edmonton @ San Jose: Game Summary

     

     

    Today there are three games on the NHL schedule

     

  • January 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

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

     

    There were five games in action last night.

     

    Nashville 4, TORONTO 0

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

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

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

     

    St. Louis 3, PHILADELPHIA 0

     

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

     

    Minnesota 1, MONTREAL 0

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

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

     

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

     

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

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

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

     

     

    Calgary 4, CHICAGO 3

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

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

     

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

     

    SAN JOSE 3, Los Angeles 1

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

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

    In NHL News…

     

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

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

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

     

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

     

     

    NWHL

     

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

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

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

     

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

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

    Time: Monday, January 7th , 2019

    Toronto: 27-12-2 for 56 points

    Nashville: 25-15-3 for 53 points

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

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 55 points (15 goals 40 assists)

    John Tavares – 47 points (27 goals 20 assists) 54% on face-offs

    Morgan Rielly – 45 points (13 goals 32 assists)

    Auston Matthews – 39 points (20 goals 19 assists) 51% on Face-off

     

    Ryan Johansen–36 points (8 goals 28 assists)

    Roman Josi – 30 points (7 goals 23 assists)

    Mattias Ekholm – 28 points (4 goals 24 assist)

    Craig Smith – 24 points (14 goal 10 assists)

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    1-1-0 2.05GAA .923SV%

    Pekka Rinne

    15-10-2 2.31GAA .919SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Patrick Marleau

    Kasperi Kapanen – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Trevor Moore – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    Kasimir Kaskisuo

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Zach Hyman (Ankle), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Nashville:

    Calle Jarnkrok – Ryan Johansen– Viktor Arvidsson

    Kevin Fiala – Colton Sissons – Craig Smith

    Ryan Hartman– Nick Bonino– Auston Watson

    Filip Forsberg – Gaudreau –Rocco Grimaldi

     

    Roman Josi –Ryan Ellis

    Mattias Ekholm – PK Subban

    Dan Hamuis – Matt Irwin

     

    Pekka Rinne

    Juuse Saros
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Miika Salomaki, Kyle Turris, & Yannick Weber

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Nashville:

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

    Gameday:

    First Period:

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

    End of 1st – NSH – 0        TOR –0

    Shots              9                     7

    Faceoffs     12/15              3/15

    Hits               13                     9

    PP                 0/0                   0/1

     

    Analysis:

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

     

    Need to Do:

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

    Second Period:

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

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

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

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

    End of 2nd – NSH– 2          TOR – 0

    Shots              24                   16

    Faceoffs      21/37             16/37

    Hits               25                       16

    PP                 1/2                   0/2

     

    Analysis:

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

    Need to Do:

    Need a big period

    Third Period:

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

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

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

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

     

    End of 3rd – NSH – 4        TOR – 0

    Shots              31                   18

    Faceoffs     25/45               20/45

    Hits               31                       18

    PP                 1/2                  0/3

    Analysis:

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

    Next Up:

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

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

     

  • January 6th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 6th, 2019 — News and Notes

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

     

    There were nine contests yesterday

     

     

    Calgary 3, PHILADELPHIA 2 (OT)

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

     

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

     

    Minnesota 4, OTTAWA 3

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

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

     

     

    BOSTON 2, Buffalo 1

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

     

     

     

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

     

     

     

    TORONTO 5, Vancouver 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

     

     

    Nashville 4, MONTREAL 1

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

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

     

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

     

    Columbus 4, FLORIDA 3 (OT)

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

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

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

    NY Islanders 4, ST. LOUIS 3

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

     

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

     

    LOS ANGELES 4, Edmonton 0

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

     

     

     

    SAN JOSE 5, Tampa Bay 2

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

     

     

     

    There are seven contests in action today

     

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

     

     

    NWHL

     

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

     

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Buffalo Beauts 5, Boston Pride 0

     

     

    Today in the NWHL…

     

    Upcoming games in the NWHL include:

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

     

     

     

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

     

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

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

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

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Trevor Moore – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    Kasimir Kaskisuo

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Zach Hyman (Ankle), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

    Suspension: None

     

    Vancouver:

    Antoine Roussel – Bo Horvat – Loui Erikson

    Sven Baertschi – Markus Granlund – Jake Virtanen

    Nikolay Goldobin– Brandon Sutter– Brock Boeser

    Tim Schaller – Jay Beagle –Tyler Motte

     

    Alex Edler –Chris Tanev

    Derrick Pouliot – Troy Stecher

    Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson

     

    Jakub Markstrom

    Thatcher Demko
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Josh Leivo, Elias Petterson

    Suspension: None

    Gameday:

    First Period:

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

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

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

    End of 1st – VAN – 0        TOR – 2

    Shots              8                     11

    Faceoffs     7/18               11/18

    Hits               8                    7

    PP                 0/1                   0/0

     

    Analysis:

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

    Need to Do:

    Keep being hard on the forecheck attack the young defence

    Second Period:

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

    End of 2nd – VAN – 0         TOR – 2

    Shots              16                    22

    Faceoffs       14/36              22/36

    Hits               16                      14

    PP                 0/2                    0/0

     

    Analysis:

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

    Need to Do:

    Tighten up the defensive end and continue the hard forecheck.

    Third Period:

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

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

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

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

    End of 3rd – VAN– 0       TOR– 5

    Shots              28                  34

    Faceoffs     22/56              34/56

    Hits               26                     21

    PP                 0/3                 0/0

     

    Analysis:

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

    Next Up:

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

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

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