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  • St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 1 Recap

    St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 1 Recap

    Game Recap:

    The Sharks opened the game with putting it all on the table as Logan Couture put the Sharks on board early. Schwartz would reply later on in the 3rd tying the game at one. But the Sharks would reply again on the powerplay thanks to the Captain Joe Pavelski. Making the score 2-1 Sharks after one.

    The 2nd period would be another bad one for the St. Louis Blues. The Sharks would score 3 more goals to the Blues 1 and then the Blues would take a few more penalties. The same seemed so much out of reach.

    The 3rd period would be a swapping of goals between the Blues and Sharks. A brawl would ensue at the end of the game and a lot of penalties. Expect the Blue to come out with a big game 2.

    Lineups:

    St. Louis

    Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais – Ryan O’Reilly – David Perron

    Pat Maroon – Tyler Bozak – Christian Thomas

    Ivan Barbashev – Oskar Sundqvist – Alex Steen

     

    Joel Edmundson – Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo

     

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson (Upper Body)

     

    San Jose

    Scratched:  None

    Injuries: Radek Simek

     

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    San Jose Goal – 3:31 – Logan Couture (10) assisted by Gustav Nyquist (8) and Timo Meier (8)

    St.Louis Goal – 9:13 – Jaden Schwartz (9) assisted by Vladimir Tarasenko (1) and Brayden Schenn (4)

    St. Louis Penalty – 9:36 – Jay Bouwmeester, 2 minutes for Interference

    San Jose PP Goal – 11:24 – Joe Pavelski (4) assisted by Brent Burns (10) and Erik Karlsson (13)

    St. Louis Penalty – 10:33 – Colton Paryako, 2 minutes for Slashing

    End of 1st – STL – 1      SJS – 2

    Shots              10              9

    Faceoffs        11/27          16/27

    Hits                22                13

    PP                 0/1                 1/2

    Second Period:

    St. Louis Penalty – 2:57 – Tyler Bozak, 2 minutes for Hooking

    San Jose Goal – 7:41 – Kevin Labanc (4) assisted by Joe Thornton (5)

    St. Louis Goal – 8:58 – Ryan O’Reilly (3) assisted by Logan Couture (6)

    San Jose Goal – 10:24 – Timo Meier (4) assisted by Joe Thornton (5)

    San Jose Penalty – 13:23 – Melker Karlsson, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    San Jose Goal – 17:34 – Timo Meier (5) assisted by Marc-Edouard Vlasic (4) and Gustav Nyquist

    End of 2nd – STL – 2      SJS – 5

    Shots               19                20

    Faceoffs        21/51           30/51

    Hits                35                  25

    PP                   0/1                  1/3

    Third Period:

    St. Louis Goal – 13:01 – Tyler Bozak (3) assisted by Pat Maroon (2) and Vince Dunn (5)

    San Jose Goal – 17:39 – Logan Couture (11) assisted by Joe Pavelski (4) and Evander Kane (6)

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bortuzzo, 5 minutes for Fighting

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Barclay Goodrow, 5 minutes for Fighting

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bertuzzo, 2 minutes for Roughing

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Brandon Dillion, 2 minutes for Roughing

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bortuzzo, Game Misconduct

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Barclay Goodrow, Game Misconduct

    End of 3rd – STL – 3         SJS- 6

    Shots              31                25

    Faceoffs      31/73         42/73

    Hits              41                 35

    PP                 0/1                1/4

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  • 2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 2 Recap

    2019 IIHF World Championships: Day 2 Recap

    Earlier today, in Day 2 of the IIHF World Championships, there were six games on the schedule.

     

    Steel Arena (Košice):

    Denmark 5, France 4 (SO)
    Germany 3, Great Britain 1
    Slovakia 4, Finland 2

    Ondrej Nepela Arena (Bratislava):

    Switzerland 9, Italy 0
    Latvia 5, Austria 2
    Czech Republic 7, Norway 2

    To start off in Group A action earlier today, the games taking place in Košice, Denmark would defeat France in a shootout with a 5-4 win.

     

     
    Denmark’s Frederik Storm would have a three-point performance, including the game-winner in the shootout frame to give Denmark their first win in the tournament.  Denmark would come back from a two goal deficit midway through the second period to get the win.  There would be a lot of back and forth action throughout the contest and for team Denmark, Lars Eller would score a goal in the contest as well as a goal in the shootout frame.

     

    Denmark will look to win their second game in the tournament when they face off against Germany tomorrow and the French team will look to get their first win when they face off against the United States squad, coming off a 4-1 loss to the host Slovakian team, tomorrow.

     

    In the second game from Košice, Germany would go on to defeat the Great Britain squad with a 3-1 win.

     

     

    This game would mark the first time that the Britain squad would be in the top tier since 1994, however things would stay the same as they would fall.  The last time Great Britain got a win in the top tier at the IIHF Worlds was back in 1962 with a 7-5 win over Finland.

     

    For the contest, Moritz Seider, Yasin Ehliz, and Leon Draisaitl would net goals for the German team and the lone goal for Great Britain would come from Mike Hammond.

     

    Next up for the German team is Denmark when these two teams face off and Great Britain takes on Canada tomorrow.

     

    In the final contest in Košice for the day, Finland would move to 2-0-0-0 in the tournament with a 4-2 win over the host Slovakian team.


    The story thus far two days into the tournament is Kaapo Kakko.  Kakko thus far has recorded five goals in two games, three alone in today’s contest.  Although he has had two of his five on empty-netters, the other two have been fantastic goals.  There would be a high energy coming all contest long from both sides.

    Finland looks to notch their third win in the tournament on Monday when they face off against a United States squad, who faces off tomorrow against France.

    The host Slovakian team faces off against Team Canada, who faces off against Great Britain tomorrow, on Monday.

     

    Upcoming games from Košice:

    Sunday, May 12:

    United States v. France
    Denmark v. Germany
    Great Britain v. Canada

    Monday, May 13:

    United States v. Finland
    Slovakia v. Canada

     

    In action from Bratislava, the Switzerland team would demolish the team from Italy with a 9-0 win.

     

    In the contest, the Switzerland team would jump out to a 4-0 lead by the end of the first period.  Kevin Fiala would net a hat trick with Nico Hischier having a three point game of his own with one goal and two assists.

    Throughout the contest, the Italian team never had a chance as they would be outplayed on all aspects of the ice.

    Switzerland would go on to have a 61 shots on goal performance whereas the Italian squad would only have 19 shots on goal.

    Italy would have 4 penalties called on them and the Swiss team only had one penalty.

     

    Switzerland faces off against the Latvian squad and Italy faces off against Sweden.  Both of those contests take place tomorrow in Bratislava.

     

    In the second contest from Bratislava, the Latvian squad would pull away from Austria with a 5-2 win.

     

    The contest would be close for the first two periods before Latvia would put on a scoring and overall performance clinic in the third period.  Latvia would score three goals in the span of eight minutes to give Latvia the 4-1 advantage.  Latvia’s Lauris Darzins would score what would be the eventual game winner.

    Next up for both teams is Latvia taking on Switzerland and Austria facing Russia.  Both of those contests take place tomorrow.

     

    In the final contest for the day from Bratislava, Czech Republic would crush the Norwegian squad with a 7-2 win.

    The Czech team would have two goals and an assist each from Filip Hronek and Michael Frolik as they would take down Norway.  Dominik Kubalik would have a three point performance of his own with a goal and two assists in the contest.

     

    Norway would be scratching and clawing to find their way to get in the contest all game long but there would be no answers.

     

    Norway will face Sweden on Monday and the Czech Republic team will face off against Russia on Monday.

     

    Upcoming games in Bratislava:

     

    Sunday, May 12:

    Russia v. Austria
    Italy v. Sweden
    Latvia v. Switzerland

     

    Monday, May 13:

    Russia v. Czech Republic
    Norway v. Sweden

     

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  • Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 6 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 6 Recap

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer, John Moore

    Injuries:

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    GameDay:

     

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 6:46 – Pierre – Luc Dubois, 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

    End of 1st – BOS – 0      CBJ – 0

    Shots              12               10

    Faceoffs         9/15          6/15

    Hits                7                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 2:42 – David Pastrnak, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Goal – 12:13 – David Krejci (2) assisted by Jake DeBrusk (3) and Connor Clifton (2)

    Boston Penalty – 9:22 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Boston Penalty – 19:40 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for Illegal Check to the Head

    End of 2nd – BOS – 1      CBJ – 0

    Shots               26                 17

    Faceoffs        21/39           18/39

    Hits                17                  36

    PP                   0/1                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 4:58 – Joakim Nordstrom, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Goal – 8:58 – Marcus Johansson (2) assisted by Charlie Coyle (3) and Danton Heinen (4)

    Boston Goal – 10:39- David Backes (1) assisted by Torey Krug (7) and Krejci (6)

    Boston Goal – 18:32 – David Pastrnak (6) assisted by Brad Marchand (8) and Brandon Carlo (1)

    End of 3rd – BOS – 3         CBJ- 0

    Shots              29                29

    Faceoffs      31/63         32/63

    Hits              19                  43

    PP                 0/1                0/4

     

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  • Niagara Ice Dogs story gets more intriguing…

    Niagara Ice Dogs story gets more intriguing…

    For those of you who don’t know the background to this story let’s set the stage for some new found information.

    Niagara Ice Dogs Co-Owner Bill Burke in 2016 had been found by the Ontario Hockey League to be making side deals with players (outside of their contracts) in order to recruit players to play for the Ice Dogs and not to leave for the NCAA. Burke was fined $125,000 and lost a draft pick after a short investigation by the OHL.

    Skip forward to today, where after more allegation over the past 2 years have come forward and a thorough investigation had been done and the findings are saddening.

    Found was more information on older cases and new cases altogether. Back in 2015, Zach Wilkie was a highly touted defensemen who was set to head to the NCAA but Niagara needed to catch a break. So they made a side deal with Jeff (Zach’ Father) and Zach that when his time was done in the OHL and he wouldn’t be eligible to play anymore that team would pay for him to go to college at a school of his choice. When Zach finished and emailed Mr.Burke to ask about the withstanding agreement Burke pretended as if it hadn’t happened.

    In 2016, there was a young boy who had a choice between the NCAA or the OHL. Liam Ham was his name and the team entered into a deal – outside of his contract – to pay Mike Ham (Liam’s father) $2,000 cash a year so that his son would play in Niagara. Burke insisted that it was only inflation protection but the OHL found no evidence of this in emails and forms. Marty Williamson coach at the time of this whole fiasco and was fired right after that season, says he has documentation that shows a deal between Ham and himself.  Williamson turned it over in the investigation and since then Burke has changed his story stating that he did on a “compassionate basis” as Mr. Ham was dealing with an illness.

    This is just 2 of players that were seemingly offered side deals to join the Niagara Ice Dogs. The report says that there are at least several more European players who received the same offers from Mr. Burke.

    Expect the OHL to have more sanctions put against Burke and the Niagara Ice Dogs, as the investigation continues into the rest of the recruitments stories.

    To see the full story – Click Here

  • Bettman: Player safety isn’t that important

    Bettman: Player safety isn’t that important

    This morning, to the shock of many (sarcasm) Gary Bettman shoved his proverbial foot in his mouth. Bettman made a statement that was reported by Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun that was related to the concussion issues that are surfacing.

    I swore we lived in the 20th century but I guess not according to the commissioner of the NHL. Now physicality is part of the sport and it shouldn’t be taken away but this is a different beast. This sounds like the NHL trying to separate themselves from any liability when it comes to the repercussions of continuous concussions.

    The real question that lies is, is it true? Are the links from head hits to CTE inconclusive.

    CTE or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy defines as – Here’s the full link to read more

    According to the Boston University CTE Center, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans, and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma. Most of what we have learned about CTE has come from the research of Dr. Ann McKee, director of the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, who has revolutionized our understanding of CTE.  In CTE, a protein called Tau forms clumps that slowly spread throughout the brain, killing brain cells. CTE has been seen in people as young as 17, but symptoms do not generally begin appearing until years after the onset of head impacts. (Concussion Legacy, 2018)

    Links:

    In a study published in The Brain: The Journal of Neurology in February of 2018, found that repetitive head hits – ones that don’t cause concussions – actually seemingly cause more longterm damage than the ones diagnosed as concussions. Results showed that the hits that usually go undiagnosed or show no signs of any brain trauma are the main cause of CTE.

    Here is a glimpse into the studies results: Here is the full study link

    We examined post-mortem brains obtained from teenage contact sport athletes who died in the acute-subacute period (1 day–4 months) after closed-head impact injuries and compared results to control brains from an age-matched control cohort of contact sport athletes without recent head injuries. Neuropathological analysis revealed a spectrum of post-traumatic pathologies, including astrocytosis, axonopathy, microvasculopathy, neuroinflammation, and phosphorylated tauopathy. The presence of haemosiderin-laden macrophage, reactive astrogliosis, and perivascular microgliosis is consistent with traumatic microvascular injury, blood–brain barrier disruption, and secondary neuroinflammation (Cherry et al., 2016; Jullienne et al., 2016; Kenney et al., 2016; McKee et al., 2016). Notably, two of four brains showed evidence of phosphorylated tauopathy and one case qualified for neuropathological diagnosis of early stage CTE (McKee et al., 2016). Clinicopathological correlation suggested mechanistically causal linkage between early CTE brain pathologies, including phosphorylated tauopathy, and antecedent closed-head impact injury (Goldstein et al., 2012; McKee et al., 2013; Kondo et al., 2015; Kenney et al., 2016). (The Brain: Journal of Neurology, 2018)

    This proves a link between “head hits” and CTE. Linkage proves that even the smallest of head contact can have serious ramifications on your future mental health and even now. The lead researcher on this study Dr. Lee Goldstein puts it this way.

    “We’ve had an inkling that subconcussive hits — the ones that don’t [show] neurological signs and symptoms — may be associatedwith CTE,” says Dr. Lee Goldstein, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine and the lead investigator on the study. “We now have solid scientific evidence to say that is so.”

    And this evidence, he says, leaves researchers “terrifically concerned.” (National Public Radio, 2018)

    he continues…

    “The concussions we see on the ballfield or the battlefield or wherever — those people are going to get attention,” Goldstein says, “because it’s obvious they’ve had some sort of injury. We’re really worried about the many more people who are getting hit and getting hurt — their brain is getting hurt — but are not getting help because we can’t see the evidence on the outside that their brain is actually hurt. It’s a silent injury.” (National Public Radio, 2018)

    Finally, Dr. Goldstein and Legacy Concussion Director Chris Nowinski want to be clear on something.

    “I want to be very clear on this,” Goldstein says. “This is in no way to minimize concussions.” (National Public Radio, 2018)

    “We’re not taking concussions out of the equation,” Nowinski says. “Concussions are still very bad.” They can still cause acute brain injury that leads to long-term symptoms, he says, independent of whether they spark a neurodegenerative disease. (National Public Radio, 2018)

    “We still have to respect and address [concussions], even more than we have in the past.” (National Public Radio, 2018)

    For Gary Bettman to even insinuate that there is no link between head hits and CTE is quite embarrassing for the NHL and where they’ve come from. This study proves and it’s just one of many that even head hits in repetition – and not being concussions – have long-lasting effects on the brain and that effects how players live long after this game is done.

    The NHL has taken a stance on headshots and trying to get intentional first-contact with the head out of the game. But the Gary Bettman’s comments one must wonder just how much they’re committed to that if it costs them some money. Player Safety is seemingly becoming quite a joke under the reign of Gary Bettman and players are paying the price. Just ask Derek Boogaard, Wade Belak, Rick Rypien and many more who put themselves on the line for the NHL every night…..wait we can’t and how sad is that.

    The link for the full article where most of the quotes came from will be left at the bottom of this article. If you want more info on CTE and the links with repetitive head hits and concussions – take a full read of the study done by Dr. Goldstein – it has been linked above.

    Here is the full article by National Public Radio and Tom Goldman

  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 5 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 5 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Columbus came to play at the beginning of the game settling into their physical puck possession style of game and Bruce Jenner seemed to be in the middle of it all. No goals here but a few failed powerplays.

    Bruins elevated their game and scored a quick one just over a minute into period 2 and Columbus held their own but couldn’t seemingly get their offense to click at all. Frustrating period for the Blue Jackets. But they’re still in it.

    the Third period would begin with Boston looking like they were gonna put the game away with chance after chance and would even score to make it 2-0. But a strange goal that was ruled a goal by a review as it did cross the line would change the makeup of this game. 2-1 nine minutes remaining Columbus pressing but a bad pinch would allow the Bruins to gain back the 3-1 lead. The game was far from over as the Jackets would fire back and get 2 goals in under 30 seconds to tie the game at three. But another bad turnover would lead to a brilliant goal by David Pastrnak to make it 4-3 with a minute remaining. Matt Duchene would hit the post in the dying seconds on a brilliant tip and Brandon Carlo would make a huge block on an Artemi Panarin bomb, to seal the 4-3 win.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    GameDay:

     

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 9:03 – Cam Atkinson, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Boston Penalty – 11:35 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Columbus Penalty – 13:43 – Ryan Dzingel, 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 0

    Shots              8               9

    Faceoffs         8/13          5/13

    Hits                13                  10

    PP                 0/1                 0/2

     

    Second Period:

    Boston Goal – 1:39 – David Krejci (2) assisted by Jake DeBrusk (2) and David Backes (3)

    Boston Penalty – 9:52 – Torey Krug, 2 minutes for Holding

    End of 2nd – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots               23                 21

    Faceoffs        15/29           14/29

    Hits                31                  23

    PP                   0/2                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Boston Goal – 4:51 – Brad Marchand (5) assisted by Connor Clifton (1) and Patrice Bergeron (3)

    Columbus Goal – 10:33 – Seth Jones (3) assisted by Zach Werenski (5) and Cam Atkinson (6)

    Boston Goal – 11:16 – David Pastrnak (5) assisted by Brad Marchand (7)

    Columbus Goal – 12:07 – Ryan Dzingle (1) assisted by Matt Duchene (5) and David Savard (2)

    Columbus Goal – 13:58 – Dean Kukan (1) assisted by Artemi Panarin (6) and Josh Anderson (2)

    Boston Goal – 18:32 – David Pastrnak (6) assisted by Brad Marchand (8) and Brandon Carlo (1)

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 3         BOS – 4

    Shots              36                36

    Faceoffs      29/54          25/54

    Hits              42                  32

    PP                 0/2                0/2

     

    Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.

  • New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Carolina came out of the gate fast and furious. Taking a quick lead in the first and dictating a lot of the actions in period one. With the exception of a bad penalty in which the Islanders Devon Toews would get his first of the playoffs, it was a spotless period for the Hurricanes.

    The second period saw a lot of back and forth action with each team getting a goal and a penalty. But the Islanders couldn’t find the extra gas to pull away in this one. Which played right into Carolina’s game plan.

    The third period Captain clutch Justin Williams would come through and Teuvo Teravainen, along with Sebastian Aho would come through with goals of their own to make it 5-2 and a 3-0 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    New York

    NYI

    Defence

    Carolina

     

    GameDay:

     

     

    First Period:

    Carolina Goal – 6:41 – Teuvo Teravainen (4) assisted by Jaccob Slavin (11) and Dougie Hamilton (4)

    Carolina Penalty – 7:03 – Warren Foegele, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    NYI PP Goal – 8:20 – Devon Toews (1) assisted by Josh Bailey (2) and Jordan Eberle (4)

    Carolina Penalty – 10:25 – Brock McGinn, 2 minutes for Hooking

    NYI Penalty – 16:12 – Casey Cizikas, 2 minutes for Holding

    End of 1st – NYI – 1       CAR – 1

    Shots              10               12

    Faceoffs         10/20           10/20

    Hits                8                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Carolina Penalty – 9:51 – Justin Faulk, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Carolina Goal – 11:58 – Justin Faulk (1) assisted by Warren Foegele (3) and Jordan Staal (4)

    NYI Goal – 14:13 – Josh Bailey (4) assisted by Tom Kuhnackel (4)

    NYI Penalty – 17:09 – Casey Cizikas, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – NYI- 2        CAR- 2

    Shots               20                 26

    Faceoffs        18/40           22/40

    Hits                18                  15

    PP                   1/3                  0/2

    Third Period:

    Carolina Goal – 10:15 – Justin Williams (2) assisted by Sebastian Aho (4)

    Carolina Goal – 19:02 – Teuvo Teravainen (5) assisted by Brett Pesce (5) and Jaccob Slavin(12)

    Carolina EN Goal – 19:55 – Sebastian Aho (3) assisted by Lukas Wallmark (4)

    End of 3rd – NYI – 2         CAR – 5

    Shots              30                   38

    Faceoffs      24/58             34/58

    Hits              28                    25

    PP                 1/3                   0/2

     

     

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  • Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period of game three. Throwing the body around and clogging up the neutral zone, it looked like we’d see a classic Bruins game. But then tides changed with about 7 minutes to go in the 1st period. Columbus started to control play and throw their body around. With a few minutes left Boone Jenner beamed down the ice and undressed the Bruins defense and scored to give the Jackets a 1-0 heading into the intermission.

    Columbus picked right back up where they left off in the 1st period. Controlling the play and throwing their weight around. Matt Duchene added his 5th on the powerplay on a costly penalty by Brad Marchand. But with forty seconds to go in the 2nd period DeBrusk would come right up the middle and look to score. But the Ref waived the play dead and called it no goal. Refs decided to go upstairs to make sure and Goal-Review board called it a goal on a continuation.

    The third period would bring some serious pressure from the Bruins but they couldn’t beat Sergei Bobrovsky, as the Blue Jackets held on for a 2-1 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    GameDay:

     

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 11:17 – Nick Foligno, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Columbus Goal – 18:37 – Boone Jenner (1) assisted by Riley Nash (2) and Scott Harrington (4)

    Boston Penalty – 19:04 – Torey Krug, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – BOS – 0       CBJ – 1

    Shots              12               10

    Faceoffs         9/22           13/22

    Hits                8                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 10:49 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Columbus PP Goal – 12:42 – Matt Duchene (5) assisted by Nick Foligno (2) and Cam Atkinson (5)

    Boston Goal – 19:20 – Jake DeBrusk (2) assisted by David Krejci (5) and Karson Kuhlman (2)

    End of 2nd – BOS- 1        CBJ- 2

    Shots               22                 27

    Faceoffs        21/39           18/39

    Hits                21                  38

    PP                   0/1                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 11:18 – David Savard, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 11:35 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – BOS – 1         CBJ – 2

    Shots              37                   34

    Faceoffs      27/58             31/58

    Hits              28                    53

    PP                 0/2                   1/3

     

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

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

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period of game two. Controlling the majority of possession and capitalizing on their only powerplay opportunity courtesy of Matt Grzelcyk 1st of the playoffs.

    Columbus jumped right back into the mix courtesy of Artemi Panarin who scored twice in the 2nd frame, while David Pastrnak scored for Boston in between the two Panarin goals.

    The third period would bring some back and forth play but no goals. Just back and forth which would lead us to overtime again for the 2nd period.

    The overtime would be back and forth all period with Rask making some brilliant saves and Bobrovsky doing the same. But nobody could find the back of the net. Second OT will bring the next opportunity.

    In the second overtime, the Blue Jackets would get a powerplay and capitalize on a rebound goal from Matt Duchene to tie the best of 7 series at one and head back to Boston.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 6:29 – Josh Anderson, 2 minutes for Interference

    Boston PP Goal – 7:50 – Matt Grzelcyk (1) assisted by Charlie McAvoy (4) and David Krejci (4)

    Boston Penalty – 20:00 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              6               9

    Faceoffs         8/23           15/23

    Hits               18                  15

    PP                 0/1                 1/1

    Second Period:

    Columbus Goal – 1:03 – Artemi Panarin (3) assisted by Seth Jones (5) and Cam Atkinson (3)

    Boston Goal – 2:01 – David Pastrnak (3) assisted by Charlie Coyle (2) and Marcus Johansson (3)

    Boston Penalty – 6:36 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Columbus Penalty – 7:37 – Josh Anderson, 4 minutes for High Sticking

    Columbus Goal – 8:01 – Artemi Panarin (4) assisted by Seth Jones (6)

    End of 2nd – CBJ- 2        BOS- 2

    Shots               19                 13

    Faceoffs        23/45           22/45

    Hits                36                  30

    PP                   1/2                  1/3

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 10:48 – Cam Atkinson, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              26                   21

    Faceoffs      27/58             31/58

    Hits               42                    35

    PP                 1/2                   1/4

    Overtime Period 1:

     Boston Penalty – 10:48 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    End of OT – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              36                   31

    Faceoffs      35/81             46/81

    Hits               49                    42

    PP                 1/3                   1/4

    Overtime Period 2:

    Columbus Goal – 3:42 – Matt Duchene (4) assisted by Artemi Panarin (5) and Cam Atkinson (4)

    End of OT – CBJ – 3         BOS – 2

    Shots              41                   31

    Faceoffs      36/85            49/85

    Hits               49                    42

    PP                 2/4                  1/4

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  • St. Louis Blues – Dallas Stars Game 2 Recap

    St. Louis Blues – Dallas Stars Game 2 Recap

    The Blues and Stars had an eventful first period, with Roope Hintz scoring early to make it 1-0:

    Suffice it to say, the Blues should not have allowed this goal.

    Dallas extended their lead to 2-0 on a goal by Miro Heiskanen:

    Suffice it to say, the Blues should not have allowed this goal, redux.

    While Colton Parayko cut the lead to 2-1, the Stars put away much hope of a comeback with Mattias Janmark helping Dallas reclaim a 2 goal lead:

    Suffice. It. To. Say…well, you know.

    The Blues played rather poorly in the second but managed to keep the score at 3-1. Jaden Schwartz scored early in the third to give the Blues some life, but St. Louis’s complete, and honestly baffling, inability to do anything on the power play (0/5 today), quelled any thoughts of a comeback, as Hintz added his second as an empty netter with 3 seconds left.

    Game 3 is slated for 8PM Eastern in Dallas, Monday night.

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