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  • 12/05/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres – Game Recap

    12/05/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres – Game Recap

    Transaction Update: Leafs traded Winger Josh Leivo to the Vancouver Canucks for Phil Carcone 

    Toronto Maple Leafs (20-8-0 40pts) v, Buffalo Sabres (17-8-4 38pts)

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman

    Andreas Johnsson – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis– Frederik Gauthier – Andreas Johnsson

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Buffalo:

    Jeff Skinner – Jack Eichel – Sam Reinhart

    Tage Thompson – Casey Middlestadt– Kyle Okposo

    Conor Sheary – Evan Rodrigues – Vladimir Sobotka

    Patrick Berglund – Johan Larsson – Zemgus Girgensons

     

    Lawrence Pilut – Rasmus Ristolainen

    Rasmus Dahlin – Zach Bogosian

    Nathan Beaulieu – Casey Nelson

     

    Carter Hutton

    Linus Ullmark
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Jason Pominville, Marco Scandella

    Suspension: None
    Gameday:

    First Period:

    No Scoring or Penalties

    End of 1st – TML –0        BUF – 0

    Shots              7                     14

    Faceoffs     14/22              8/22

    Hits               4                     5

    PP                 0/0                   0/0

     

    Analysis

    Leafs came out flat to start this one. With Buffalo pouring on the pressure for the first 5 or 6 minutes. But Andersen stood tall as normal shutting the door hard. Keeping the game at 0-0 through the first period.

    Need to Do:

    Get your legs moving, force the Sabres to skate and play defence.

    Second Period:

    Leafs Goal–08:33 – Auston Matthews (14), assisted by Ron Hainsey (9)

    Leafs Penalty – 11:19 –Conor Brown, 2 mins for Interference

    Sabres Penalty –11:39 – Tage Thompson, 2 mins for Hooking

    Sabres Goal– 14:01– Sam Reinhart (8), assisted by Nathan Beaulieu (3) and Rasmus Ristolainen (13)

    Leafs Goal– 19:50– Jake Gardiner (2), assisted by John Tavares (14) and Mitch Marner (33)

    End of 2nd – TML – 2          BUF – 1

    Shots              17                    26

    Faceoffs       28/44              16/44

    Hits              8                      10

    PP                 0/1                    0/1

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs came out to play in this period, despite some bad turnovers the Leafs took lead with Auston Matthews 14th of the season and reclaimed the lead with 59 seconds left in the 2nd with a beautiful tic tac toe play by Mitch Marner and John Tavares which lead to Jake Gardiner putting his 2nd of the season in the net.

    Need to Do:

    Keep pressuring but don’t sacrifice too much defence for offence.

     

     

    Third Period:

    Sabres Goal– 02:39 – Jack Eichel (6) assisted by Rasmus Ristolainen(14) and Jeff Skinner (9)

    Sabres Penalty –07:16 – Tage Thompson, 2 mins for Hooking

    Leafs Penalty –08:44 – Patrick Marleau, 2 mins for Interference

    Sabres Goal– 12:57 – Jack Eichel (7) assisted by Sam Reinhart(16)

    Leafs Goal – 14:47 – Patrick Marleau (7) assisted by Morgan Rielly(21) and Auston Matthews(8)

    End of 3rd – TML – 3        BUF – 3

    Shots             27                   37

    Faceoffs     36/64                28/64

    Hits               10                       13

    PP                0/2                    0/2

     

    Analysis:

    Both teams applied pressure offer for the whole 3rd with Eichel scoring twice to take the lead then Marleau with under 5 minutes in the game to tie it.

    Overtime:

    Leafs Goal – 04:57 – Auston Matthews (15) assisted by Kasperi Kapanen(9) and Jake Gardiner(11)

    End of OT – TML – 4        BUF – 3

    Shots              30                   41

    Faceoffs     39/66                29/66

    Hits               11                       14

    PP                0/2                    0/2

    Next Up:

    Detroit (12-12-4 28pts) vs Toronto (20-8-0 40pts)

    Philadelphia (11-12-2 24pts) at Buffalo (17-8-4 38pts)

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  • December 4th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 4th, 2018 — News and Notes

     

    Today is Tuesday, December 4th, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

     

     

    Tampa Bay 5, NEW JERSEY 1

    The Tampa Bay Lightning would win their 20th game on the season, becoming the sixth franchise to have 20 wins in consecutive seasons.

    NASHVILLE 2, Buffalo 1

    The Nashville Predators for the ninth time this season held an opponent to no more than one goal in a contest, which includes three shutouts.  Nashville would hand Buffalo a loss with the 2-1 win.

     

    DALLAS 4, Edmonton 1

    In the Dallas Stars 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, all four goals by Dallas were scored by different players in the contest.

     

    Today’s Schedule:

     

    In NHL News today…

    The NHL Department of Player Safety announced yesterday that Detroit Red Wings F Tyler Bertuzzi has been suspended for two games for unsportsmanlike conduct/roughing in Sunday’s contest between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche.

     

    The NHL today officially awarded Seattle an expansion franchise to begin play in the 2021-22 season.

    The Seattle franchise will be the 32nd in the NHL and will be placed in the Pacific Division.  The Arizona Coyotes will be relocated to the Central Division, giving a full balance between all divisions and conferences.

     

    For Full coverage of the NHL’s expansion to Seattle…


    Elliotte Friedman would release a bonus episode of his “31 Thoughts” podcast yesterday.

     

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1069673708011298816

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres – 04-12-2018 – Game Day Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres – 04-12-2018 – Game Day Preview

    Gameday Preview:  Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres

    Time: Tuesday, December 4th,  2018

    Toronto: 19-8-0 for 38 points

    Buffalo:17-8-3 for 37 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres meet in a tilt between 2 of the top eastern conference teams. Buffalo flying up the standings the last few months, while the Leafs have kept strong despite injuries and contract holdouts of two of their top players..

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 38 points (6 goals 32 assists)
    John Tavares – 30 points (17 goals 13 assists) 49% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 29 points (9 goals 20 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 20 points (13 goals 7 assists) 53% on Face-offs)

    Jack Eichel – 32 points (5 goals 27 assists)
    Jeff Skinner- 28 points (20 goal 8 assists)
    Sam Reinhart– 22 points (7 goal 15 assist)
    Jason Pominville – 18 points (9 goal 9 assists)

    Frederik Andersen
    15-7-0 2.30GAA .931SV%

    Linus Ullmark
    5-0-2 2.57GAA .927SV%

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman

    Andreas Johnsson – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Pars Lindholm – Josh Leivo

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Buffalo:

    Jeff Skinner – Jack Eichel – Sam Reinhart

    Tage Thompson – Casey Middlestadt– Kyle Okposo

    Remi Elie – Evan Rodrigues – Vladimir Sobotka

    Patrick Berglund – Johan Larsson – Zemgus Girgensons

     

    Rasmus Dahlin – Zach Bogosian

    Lawrence Pilot – Rasmus Ristolainen

    Nathan Beaulieu – Casey Nelson

     

    Linus Ullmark

    Carter Hutton

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Jason Pominville, Marco Scandella and Conor Sheary

    Suspension: None

    Keys to Winning against Buffalo:

    1. Stay Out of the Box
      1. Buffalo has a good powerplay, it will burn you.
    2. Win faceoffs
      1. Winning faceoffs means more puck possession
    3. Kadri
      1. Something has got to give with Nazem Kadri, so far he has been held goal-less this season and he is what drives that 3rd Need to find a way to get him going.
    4. Force the Sabres to take penalties
      1. One of the top powerplays in the league we need to keep it in the game.

     

  • Progress Report – Tom Wilson 10 Games In

    Progress Report – Tom Wilson 10 Games In

    On September 30th, 2018 Tom Wilson did an illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist, which resulted to Wilson being suspended for 20 games by the NHL Department of Player Safety on October 3rd. After NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman upheld the suspension, neutral arbitrator Shyam Das would reduce Wilson’s suspension to 14 games after having already missed 16 games. Wilson would return to the lineup immediately on November 13th for the Washington Capitals against the Minnesota Wild.

     

     

    Upon his return Wilson made an impact right away scoring a goal and subsequently getting a goalie interference  call at the same time.

     

    After that Wilson would fight Marcus Foligno to help guide the Capitals to a 5-2 victory over the Wild. Then the next night in Winnipeg Wilson would be held off of the score sheet as the Capitals would fall to the Jets 3-1. However, in both games Wilson averaged 16:30 minutes in ice time, and registered two shots combined with 7 penalty minutes and was Even in +/-.

     

    Then in his next eight games Tom Wilson showed why the Capitals drafted him 16th overall in 2012, as he would explode on the first line with Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin, and at times with Lars Eller. In these next eight games Wilson would register 7 goals, 6 assists for 13 points which also include Wilson being on a 6 game goal streak and an 8 game point streak, which are both active currently. Also Wilson would register 4 multi-point games and one 2 goal game. On special teams Wilson would also register 2 goals and 3 points on the powerplay, and 1 shorthanded goal. Also in every game, with the exception of the November 30th game against New Jersey which we will talk about in a moment, Wilson would average over 20 minutes of playing time and 2 plus shots a game.

     

    In the span of these eight games the Capitals would go 7-1-0 with all seven wins happening consecutively. In all 10 games that Wilson has played in the Capitals have an 8-2-0 record, and also saw their penalty kill improve by 10.2% from October (going into their game on December 2nd versus Anaheim). Plus the Capitals as a whole have played a much better as a team.

     

    However, it would be a miss if we didn’t have a little controversy involving Tom Wilson as on November 30th against the New Jersey Devils, Wilson would unfortunately get attention for all of the wrong reasons. After scoring a shorthanded goal 8 seconds into the 2nd period, Wilson would be tracking his man into the Capitals zone and would lay a hit on Devils forward Brett Seney.

    The play would result in Wilson getting a Match penalty for an Illegal hit to the Head, however, as it would be shown in the still we were able to grab you can see that Wilson did not make contact with Seney’s head at all.

    Also as seen on the play Wilson does make an effort to try to avoid contact.

    https://twitter.com/EdFrankovic/status/1068687202224349184

    Of course the big reason that this is controversial is because it is Tom Wilson. Plus he was in his 9th game back from suspension and we all know that Wilson is under a microscope by the League. Luckily for Wilson the Department of Player Safety decided that there would be no supplementary discipline as it was deemed that Wilson did not make contact with the head.

     

    Outside of this one little (big) blip for Tom Wilson, he has been proving why the Capitals drafted him in the first round, and with his role on the team, he has helped turn the ship around after a slow start to the season. If Wilson keeps playing the way he has been and stays away from the bad hits, and keeps playing smart, Wilson will be setting all new career highs this season.

     

    Also please read Isabelle Khurshudyan’s article on Tom Wilson for The Washington Post. It is a definite must read.

     

    Feature Photo Credit – Washington Capitals Twitter

  • 12/1/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Minnesota Wild – Game Day Recap

    12/1/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Minnesota Wild – Game Day Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs (18-8-0 36pts) v, Minnesota Wild (14-9-2 30pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman

    Andreas Johnsson – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Pars Lindholm – Josh Leivo

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

    Scratched: Tyler Ennis, Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Minnesota:

    Zach Parise – Mikko Koivu – Nino Niederrieter

    Jason Zucker – Eric Staal– Mikael Granlund

    Jordan Greenway– Joel Eriksson Ek – Charlie Coyle

    Marcus Foligno – Eric Fehr – JT Brown

     

    Ryan Suter –Jared Spurgeon

    Jonas Brodin – Matthew Dumba

    Nick Seeler – Greg Pateryn

     

    Devan Dubnyk

    Alex Stalock
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: None

    Suspension: None
    Gameday:

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069007955993886720

    First Period:

    Wild Penalty – 5:21 – Matt Dumba, 2 mins for Hooking

    Leafs PP Goal – 06:06 – Auston Matthews (13) assisted Mitch Marner (31) and Morgan Rielly (20)

    Leafs Goal – 12:19 – Tyler Ennis(4) assisted Par Lindholm (7) and Travis Dermott (5)

    Leafs Penalty – 13:38 – Nikita Zaitsev, 2 mins for Cross Checking

    Wild Goal – 19:29– Eric Staal (10) assisted by Ryan Suter (17) and Mikael Granlund(14)

    End of 1st – TML – 2        MIN – 1

    Shots              8                     11

    Faceoffs     9/21               12/21

    Hits               4                     7

    PP                 1/1                   0/1

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs seemed to capitalize on all of the chances they were given as Auston Matthews scored on the powerplay and Tyler Ennis at even strength. Minnesota look to grab some momenteum back at the end of the 1st courtesy of Eric Staal’s 10th.

     

    Need to Do:

    Get your legs moving and keep the pressure on.

     

     

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069033159352901632

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069036776013144064

    Second Period:

    Wild Goal– 5:17 – Jordan Greenway (4), assisted by Joel Eriksson Ek (3)

    Leafs Goal– 14:38– Zach Hyman (5), assisted by Mitch Marner (32) and Jake Gardiner (10)

    End of 2nd – TML – 3          MIN – 2

    Shots              15                    23

    Faceoffs       16/38              22/38

    Hits               6                       15

    PP                 1/1                    0/1

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs looked sluggish and lacked any offensive flair for the first 10 minutes of the 2nd period but then began to pick it up in the last 10 minutes.

    Need to Do:

    Minnesota is clogging up the neutral zone, use your speed to get behind them.

     

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069047238180118528

    Third Period:

    Leafs Penalty –0:32 – Zach Hyman, 2 mins for High Sticking

    Leafs Penalty –4:20 – Jake Gardiner, 2 mins for Tripping

    Wild Goal– 09:38 – Jason Zucker (8) assisted by Mikael Granlund(15)

    Leafs Goal – 16:40 – Nazem Kadri(8) assisted by Connor Brown (6) and Travis Dermott(6)

    Leafs EN Goal – 19:04– Zach Hyman (6) from unassisted

    End of 3rd – TML – 5        MIN – 3

    Shots              23                   41

    Faceoffs     33/62                29/62

    Hits               8                       22

    PP                 1/1                    0/3

     

    Toronto:

    Analysis:

    Leafs played a very unsettling game, but the amazing goaltending of Frederik Andersen and the Leafs ability to score a lot bailed them out.

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069065041108975616

     

    Next Up:

    Toronto (19-8-0 38pts) at Buffalo (17-7-3 37pts)

    Minnesota (14-10-2 30pts) at Vancouver (11-15-3 25pts)

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  • The Nylander saga Comes to a shocking end

    The Nylander saga Comes to a shocking end

    In typical Toronto Maple Leafs fashion contract holdout William Nylander has signed a contract minutes before the 5pm deadline.

    Contract is reported as $6.9 million per season for 6 years.

    This is the contract number the Leafs were looking for. Expect Nylander to join the team sometime next week. Still many question arise for Nylander though? Is this just a deal for this season and then he will be traded? How will the team accept him?

    I guess all these questions will be answered in the coming and year.

    Stay tuned to #NylanderWatch I feel like there is still much more to give here.

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Minnesota Wild -12/1/2018 – Game Day Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Minnesota Wild -12/1/2018 – Game Day Preview

    Time: Saturday, Novemeber 30th , 2018

    Minnesota: 14-9-2 for 30 points

    Toronto: 18-8-0 for 36 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs head back on the road in Minnesota after winning 9 straight at home and hoping to continue their success on the road. While Minnesota has shown they are a two-sided coin. Either they are really good or very bad, there has not been much in between. This shaping up to be the battle of the goalies, Devan Dubnyk vs Frederik Andersen.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 36 points (6 goals 30 assists)

    John Tavares – 30 points (17 goals 13 assists) 49% on face-offs

    Morgan Rielly – 28 points (9 goals 19 assists)

    Auston Matthews – 19 points (12 goals 7 assists) 53% on Face-off

     

    Mikael Granlund –24 points (11 goals 13 assists)

    Zach Parise 22 points (12 goal 10 assists)

    Mikko Koivu – 21 points (4 goal 17 assist)

    Ryan Suter– 19 points (3 goal 16 assists)

     

    Frederik Andersen

    14-7-0 2.26GAA .932SV%

     

    Devan Dubnyk

    9-7-2 2.65GAA .913SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Kasperi Kapanen –Auston Matthews– Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis– Pars Lindholm – Josh Leivo

     

    Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks
    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Minnesota:

     

    Zach Parise – Mikko Koivu – Nino Niederrieter

    Jason Zucker – Eric Staal– Mikael Granlund

    Jordan Greenway– Joel Eriksson Ek – Charlie Coyle

    Marcus Foligno – Eric Fehr – JT Brown

     

    Ryan Suter –Jared Spurgeon

    Jonas Brodin – Matthew Dumba

    Nick Seeler – Greg Pateryn

     

    Devan Dubnyk

    Alex Stalock
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: None

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Minnesota:

    1. Speed Speed Speed
      1. Minnesota will try and clog up the passing lanes and the neutral zone. Need to be quick and direct with passes.
    2. Watch the Minnesota defence
      1. They like to pinch a lot, be careful not to lose site of those them.
    3. Depth will need a full team effort.
      1. Everyone needs to show up for this game.

     

  • November 29th, 2018 — News and Notes

    November 29th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Thursday, November 29th, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

     

    Yesterday’s schedule of games…

     

    DETROIT 4, St. Louis 3

     

    Anaheim 3, FLORIDA 2

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1068202652872261632

     

    TORONTO 5, San Jose 3

    TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor has your recap on the match-up between the Maple Leafs and the San Jose Sharks at the following page.

    San Jose Sharks vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 11/29/2018 – Game Recap

     

    Dallas 4, CALGARY 3 (OT)

     

    COLORADO 6, Pittsburgh 3

    Sidney Crosby scored all three of the goals for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their 6-3 loss at the Colorado Avalanche last night.

    Tonight’s schedule of games…

    Image courtesy of NHL Public Relations and NHL

     

    More news, notes, information, and stats can be found here…

     

     

     

    In NHL news…

    Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada released his “31 Thoughts” podcast earlier today.

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1068213139722792967

     

    In case you missed it, TXHT will not be on air again until January 2019.  More news and information can be found at the following page.

     

    OFFICIAL! – TXHT Podcast Changing Formats, Date and Time in 2019

  • OFFICIAL! – TXHT Podcast Changing Formats, Date and Time in 2019

    OFFICIAL! – TXHT Podcast Changing Formats, Date and Time in 2019

    Official Statement:

    “The Xperience: Hockey Talk”, aka TXHT, will be undergoing a format change for it’s podcast starting in January 2019. As a result of this format change that TXHT will be going through, TXHT will go on a break for the rest of the year effective Wednesday November 28th, 2018.

     

    We can announce that one of the changes that TXHT will be undergoing will be that TXHT will no longer air live on Facebook Live or on Twitch moving forward. Instead TXHT will now be recorded and then posted in an article here on TXHThockey.com every Saturday at 8a EST. the reason we are doing this is because our team has grown in the past few months since the creation of the TXHT website, and we want to give these new members of the TXHT team an opportunity to have their voices heard alongside their articles. However, we have been finding it difficult to try to get them on the show with the current format hence the changes that we are making to the podcast.

     

    TXHT will still feature Washington Capitals game coverage along with NWHL and NHL coverage, but will now feature some more unique features to the show that we can’t wait to debut.

     

    We thank everyone for your continued support, and we can’t wait to roll out the new and improved TXHT podcast in January.