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

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

    Game Recap:

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

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

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

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

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

    GameDay:

    First Period:

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

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

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

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

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              4                14

    Faceoffs         6/15            9/15

    Hits               13                  12

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

    Second Period:

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

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

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

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

    End of 2nd – CBJ- 0        BOS- 1

    Shots               14                 20

    Faceoffs        19/38           19/38

    Hits                 25                  18

    PP                   0/4                  0/3

    Third Period:

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

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

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

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

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              21                   33

    Faceoffs      26/56             30/56

    Hits               37                     28

    PP                 0/4                   0/4

    Overtime Period:

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

    End of OT – CBJ – 2         BOS – 3

    Shots              22                   37

    Faceoffs      26/56             30/56

    Hits               40                    31

    PP                 0/4                   0/4

     

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

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

    Matchup:

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

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

    Outlook:

    Boston:

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

    Columbus:

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

    Game Changers:

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

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

    Advantage Overview:

    Goaltenders:

    Boston

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

    Columbus

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

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

    Forwards:

    Boston

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

    Columbus

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

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

    Defense:

    Boston 

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

    Columbus

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

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

     

    Projected Lineups

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    Winning Scenarios:

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

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

     

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  • TXHT Announces 2nd Round Writers

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

    Round1-CBJvs-preview

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

     

    Round 2 - CARNYI - Preview

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

     

    Round 2 - DALSTL - Preview

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

     

    Round1-COLvsSJ preview

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

     

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  • April 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, April 17th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were four contests in NHL action yesterday and TXHT has all of your recaps for those contests.

     

     

    COLUMBUS 7, Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus wins the series 4-0)

     

    Game 4 - 4-0 CBJ

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday with the 7-3 win.

     

    Dickson Kendrick has your full recap of the contest between Columbus and Tampa Bay at the link below.

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets now await the winner of the Boston Bruins v. Toronto Maple Leafs

     

     

    NY Islanders 3, PITTSBURGH 1 (NY Islanders wins the series 4-0)

     

    The NY Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by the score of 3-1 and in doing so won this series and advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

     

    Game 4. 4-0 NYI

     

    Chris Vasilas has your full recap of the contest between the Islanders and the Penguins at the link below.

     

     

    The NY Islanders advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and await the winner between the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes.

     

     

    Winnipeg 2, ST. LOUIS 1 (OT) (Series is tied 2-2)

     

    The Winnipeg Jets tied their series with the St. Louis Blues with a 2-1 win in overtime.  Winnipeg will look to take the 3-2 series lead when Game 5 shifts back to Winnipeg.

     

    Game 4. 2-2 Tied

     

    Aryan Weisenfeld has your recap of the contest between the Winnipeg Jets and the St. Louis Blues at the link below.

     

     

    VEGAS 5, San Jose 0 (Vegas leads the series 3-1)

     

     

     

    Today there are three games on the Stanley Cup Playoff schedule

     

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats, you can check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report here.

     

    You can check out all of TXHT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff coverage here.

     

     

     

     

  • Gameday Recap: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (First Round: Game 4)

    Gameday Recap: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (First Round: Game 4)

    Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
    (Columbus leads the series 3-0)

    Game 4 Recap:

    The Tampa Bay Lightning, clinging onto life in the series, would be called with an early slashing penalty just 45 seconds into the period.  On that power play, Columbus would strike with a goal by Alexandre Texier, his first in the postseason.  Pierre-Luc Dubois would make the game a 2-0 game just a minute later and then at the 8:44 mark, Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos would make it 2-1 contest.  At the 11:41 mark, Lightning F Nikita Kucherov would be called for a tripping penalty and it was thought that Cam Atkinson would make it a 3-1 contest before Tampa Bay would challenge the goal.  The challenge would turn out to be successful, as the Blue Jackets would be called offsides, with 7:37 left in the period.  Columbus would try several more times to get the lead back to two goals, but Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy would make several saves.  Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would make great saves as well and has played a great first 20 minutes, despite allowing the goal by Stamkos.

    The play in the second period would start out slow but both teams would get several shots off. Blue Jackets D Seth Jones make the score 3-1 with his second goal of the series at the 6:28 mark in the period, with Cam Atkinson and Matt Duchene registering their second and fourth assists, respectively, in the postseason.  Tampa Bay would get great looks and shots, but Bobrovsky would do everything he could to turn aside all the shots he faced, especially a great rebound shot from Brayden Point.  However, that shot would go wide from the net as well.  Tampa Bay has been fighting to stay alive not only in the period, but in this contest as well.  The Lightning in the next thirty minutes of the contest need to have more of their top players producing.  Cedric Paquette would bring the Lightning back to within a goal with his first goal of the postseason when the puck would bounce off the top of the crossbar and into the back of the net.  The Tampa Bay Lightning would tie the game at 3 when Brayden Point would score a power play goal, off of the David Savard penalty for Cross-checking.  Columbus would take back the lead with Oliver Bjorkstrand’s second goal of the playoffs just a minute after Point’s goal.

     

    The third period in the contest would contain a few chances for both teams and there would be a lot of hacking and whacking for control of the puck around the boards for possession of the puck.  Five minutes into the period, Anthony Cirelli of the Lightning would breakdown the ice before losing possession of the puck and Tampa would regain possession but it would not be enough as Columbus would regain puck possession.  Throughout the first seven minutes of the third period, there would be a lot of turnovers due to the high action of plays going on from both teams.  In the final five minutes, Artemi Panarin had a great chance to make it a 5-3 Columbus game but the shot would  miss the net by a couple of feet and then Tampa Bay would come racing down the ice to try and make it a 4-4 game but Bobrovsky would freeze the puck and we get the whistle stop play with 3:58 left in the period.  Tampa Bay would pull Vasilevskiy with 2:10 left in the period to give the Lightning an extra skater but that would prove to be costly as Artemi Panarin would score the empty netter to give the Columbus a 5-3 lead with 1:53 left in the contest.  19 seconds later, Alexandre Texier would score an empty netter to seal the win for the Columbus Blue Jackets.  Matt Duchene would score the third empty net goal with nine seconds left to give Columbus the 7-3 win over the Lightning.

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets win their first playoff series, sweeping the Lightning, and now await the winner of the Toronto Maple Leafs v. Boston Bruins.

     

    With the loss by the Tampa Bay Lightning, they become the first team in NHL history to win the Presidents’ Trophy AND get swept in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

     

    Tampa Bay Lightning Lines and Defensive Pairings:

    Steven Stamkos-Anthony Cirelli-Nikita Kucherov

    Ondrej Palat-Brayden Point-Tyler Johnson

    Mathieu Joseph-Cedric Paquette-J.T. Miller

    Alex Killorn-Yanni Gourde-Ryan Callahan

    Ryan McDonagh-Erik Cernak

    Mikhail Sergachev-Dan Girardi

    Brayden Coburn-Jan Ruuta

    Andrei Vasilevskiy

    Louis Domingue

    Injured: Victor Hedman (Upper Body), Anton Stralman (Lower Body)

    Scratched: Cameron Gaunce, Adam Erne, Danick Martel

     

    Columbus Blue Jackets Lines and Defensive Pairings:

    Artemi Panarin-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Oliver Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingel-Matt Duchene-Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier-Nick Foligno-Josh Anderson

    Brandon Dubinsky-Boone Jenner-Riley Nash

    Zach-Werenski-Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan-David Savard

    Adam Clendening-Scott Harrington

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratches:  Markus Hannikainen  , Lukas Sedlak  , Eric Robinson, Alexander Wennberg, Zac Dalpe, Markus Nutivaara (questionable), Adam McQuaid (injured), Andrew Peeke, Vladislav Gavrikov; Keith Kinkaid, Elvis Merzlikins 

     

     

    First Period:

     

    Tampa Bay Penalty: Ryan McDonagh for Slashing  —  2 min minor  — :45

     

    Columbus PPG: Alexandre Texier (1) assisted by Seth Jones (2) and Pierre-Luc DuBois (1)  —  2:26

     

     

    Columbus Goal: Pierre-Luc DuBois (1) assisted by Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) and Adam Clendening (1)  —  3:48

     

     

    Tampa Bay Goal: Steven Stamkos (1) assisted by Nikita Kucherov (1) and Anthony Cirelli (1)  —  8:44

     

     

    Tampa Bay Penalty: Nikita Kucherov for Tripping  —  2 min minor  —  11:18

     

    Tampa Bay Challenge on Cam Atkinson Goal is Successful (score remains 2-1)  —  12:23

     

    End of 1st – TBL– 1       CLB– 2

    Shots              07                08

    Faceoffs         10                09

    Hits                 13                10

    PP                   0/0               1/2

     

     

    Second Period:

     

    Columbus Goal: Seth Jones (2) assisted by Cam Atkinson (2) and Matt Duchene (1)  —  6:28

     

     

    Tampa Bay Goal:  Cedric Paquette (1) assisted by Braydon Coburn (1) —  13:03

     

     

    Columbus Penalty: David Savard for Cross-checking  —  2 min minor  —  16:43

     

    Tampa Bay PPG: Brayden Point (1) assisted by Steven Stamkos (1) and Nikita Kucherov (2)  —  17:52

     

    Columbus Goal: Oliver Bjorkstand (2) assisted by Scott Harrington (2) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) —  18:46

     

     

    End of 2nd– TBL– 3       CLB– 4

    Shots              20                20

    Faceoffs         19                19

    Hits                 21                17

    PP                 1/1                 1/2

     

     

    Third Period:

     

    Columbus ENG: Artemi Panarin (2) unassisted  —  18:07

     

     

    Columbus ENG: Alexandre Texier (2) assisted by Zach Werenski  —  18:26

     

     

    Columbus ENG: Matt Duchene (3) assisted by David Savard (1) and Scott Harrington (3)  —  19:51

     

     

    End of 3rd– TBL– 3       CLB– 7

    Shots              33                25

    Faceoffs         29                24

    Hits               32                  30

    PP                   1/1                1/2

     

     

    Three Stars of the Game:

     

    First Star:  Columbus F Alexandre Texier (2 goals)

     

    Second Star:  Columbus G Sergei Bobrovsky (30 saves)

     

    Third Star:  Seth Jones (goal)

  • April 15, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 15, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is April 15, 2019, and these are your news and notes

     

    There were four Stanley Cup playoff games in action yesterday.

     

     

    NY Islanders 4, PITTSBURGH 1 (NY Islanders lead the series 3-0)

     

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    The NY Islanders are one game away from advancing to the second round of the playoffs after downing the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 4-1 win.

     

    THXT has your full coverage at the link below

     

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

     

    Winnipeg 6, ST. LOUIS 3 (St. Louis leads the series 2-1)

     

    Game 3. 2-1 STL

     

    The Winnipeg jets defeated the St. Louis Blues last night, 6-3, and look to tie the series at 2 games a piece with game 4 taking place Tuesday night.

     

    Game 3 Recap – Winnipeg Jets v. St. Louis Blues

     

    COLUMBUS 3, Tampa Bay 1 (Columbus leads the series 3-0)

     

    Game 3 - 3-0 CBJ

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 and with the win, Columbus is one win away from knocking out the Presidents’ Trophy winner.  If that happens when Game 4 takes place tomorrow night, the Lightning will become the first team to win the Presidents’ Trophy AND be swept in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

    TXHT has your full recap of Game 3 between the Lightning and the Blue Jackets at the following link.

     

    Game Three Recap – Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

     

    VEGAS 6, San Jose 3 (Vegas leads the series 2-1)

     

    The Vegas Golden Knights would win on home ice and take the series lead with the 6-3 win over the San Jose Sharks last night.

    Mark Stone would have a three goal game and Paul Stastny would have two goals of his own in this contest.

    The Golden Knights would also go 2 for 5 on Power Play chances and would outshoot the Blues with 40 shots on goal to the Blues 28.

    Vegas will look to take the commanding 3-1 series lead when the two teams face off for Game 4 Tuesday night at 10:30 p.m., ET.

     

     

    Today’s schedule of games in Stanley Cup playoff action:

     

     

    TXHT has all of your series previews and all of your game recaps at https://txhthockey.com/2019-nhl-playoffs/

     

     

    In NHL news….

     

    Today Toronto Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri will have his in-person meeting with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for his cross-checking of Boston’s Jake DeBrusk.

     

     

    In other hockey news….

     

    The United States would take home the gold in the IIHF Women’s World Championships in a shootout win over Finland.  This game would not come without controversy after an initial game-winner by Finland was disallowed after a questionable penalty.

  • Game Three Recap – Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

    Game Three Recap – Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

    The unthinkable has happened in this series folks. The Columbus Blue Jackets continued their dominance of the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 3-1 win and now lead their best of seven series 3-0. If you asked any analyst, any hockey fan, anyone who knew the sport at all a few weeks ago and they all would’ve told you the same thing: The Lightning were going to win this series. Now? The Blue Jackets are making us all eat crow and they are shocking the entire world. Game Three Recap. Let’s do this.

    After a scoreless first period where the Blue Jackets poured ten shots on in front of their home crowd, they got them out of their seats early in the second period when Matt Duchene would break the ice. After a big shot from the point, Duchene jumped on the rebound and backhanded it into a basically open cage for a 1-0 Blue Jackets lead. The Nationwide Arena crowd was getting into it now and the Lightning were still unprepared for the storm to come.

    Later in the second period, Oliver Bjorkstrand, who is having a nice resurgence since the second half of the season, would strike and give the Blue Jackets a 2-0 lead midway into the second period. After a solid cross-ice dish from Seth Jones, Bjorkstrand would snipe the puck past Andrei Vasilevskiy with a absolute laser of a shot. The Blue Jackets were rolling and they weren’t backing down. But the Lightning found a bit of a spark.

    Early in the third period, Ondrej Palat would give the Lightning a much needed goal. A net-front redirection would cut the Blue Jackets lead to 2-1 and cause a little panic to run through Nationwide Arena. The third period would see the Lightning fail to score again though and the Blue Jackets would get an empty-net tally from Cam Atkinson to go up 3-1 late in the third period. The Blue Jackets would tae game three and send Nationwide into a frenzy.

    They are shocking the hockey world. They are shocking the entire sports world. Could the Blue Jackets close out the series in game four at Nationwide on Tuesday? It’s entirely possible. The Jackets are proving us wrong every day; they are making fools out of their doubters. Jarmo Kekalainen made some power moves at the deadline in hopes of the Cup making it’s way to Columbus. His dream looks more like a reality than it has all season.

    See you for game four.

  • April 13th, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 13th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, April 13th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were four games in Stanley Cup Playoff action yesterday.

     

     

    All of the recaps are written by the TXHT staff.

     

    Columbus 5, TAMPA BAY 1 (Columbus leads the series 2-0)

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets crushed the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 5-1 win and took a 2-0 series lead.

     

    Columbus will look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead when Game 3 takes place tomorrow night.

     

     

     

    NY Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1 (NY Islanders leads the series 2-0)

     

    The NY Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 and took a 2-0 series lead.

     

    The Islanders will look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead with Game 3 shifting to Pittsburgh.  Game 3 takes place tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m., ET.

     

     

    Below you will find the Pittsburgh Penguins infographic from yesterdays contest and the image is the property of the Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, NHL Public Relations, and their respective owners.

     

     

    St. Louis 4, WINNIPEG 3 (St. Louis leads the series 2-0)

     

    The St. Louis Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 yesterday and took a 2-0 series lead.

     

    St. Louis will look to take the commanding 3-0 series lead with the series now shifting to St. Louis.  Game 3 takes place tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m., ET

     

     

    Vegas 5, SAN JOSE 3 (Series is tied 1-1)

     

    The Vegas Golden Knights would go on to take Game 2 in the series after giving up a three goal lead in the first period and defeat the San Jose Sharks 5-3.

     

    The Golden Knights will look to take the series lead with Game 3 taking place tomorrow (Sunday, April 14) at 10 p.m., ET.

     

     

    Today’s Schedule of Games:

     

     

    To see all of the THXT’s recaps and Stanley Cup Playoff previews, please check out our website linked below.

  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning

    Blue Jackets Lead 1-0

     

    Game Recap:

    With the Columbus Blue Jackets leading the series going into game 2, the Tampa Bay Lightning will be looking to even up the series at one game a piece, however, the Blue Jackets would have other things on mind. A little over five minutes into the game Cam Atkinson would score his first goal of the playoffs to give Columbus an early 1-0 lead. The Blue Jackets aggressive play would force the Lightning to take two bad penalties. Columbus would not be able to capitalize on their first powerplay, but it would only take four seconds on the second powerplay as Zach Werenski would get the puck off a clean faceoff win from Matt Duchene and rip it right on net for his first of the playoffs and give Columbus a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    The second period would not start well for the Lightning as Alex Killorn would take a horrible interference penalty. As a result, the Blue Jackets would strike again. This time Duchene getting his first career playoff goal to give the Blue Jackets a 3-0 lead. The Lightning would get their first powerplay opportunity when Columbus would be called for too many men, however, they would not capitalize on the powerplay, but the Lightning would gain some momentum.

     

    For the third period, the Lightning would come out fired up and force the play against the Blue Jackets. The Lightning’s heavy forechecking would result in a Mikhail Sergachev goal to cut the Blue Jackets lead to two, but the Blue Jackets would respond as Riley Nash would snipe one past Andrei Vasilevskiy to give Columbus their three goal lead back. Not long after getting their three goal lead back, the Blue Jackets would strike again as Artemi Panarin would score his first of the playoffs to give the Blue Jackets a commanding 5-1 lead. Things would get ugly though as after Nikita Kucherov tripped up Makus Nutivaara, he would proceed to board Nutivaara while he was defenseless thus earning a 5 minute major and a game misconduct which should be reviewed by the League for supplementary discipline.

     

    Lineups:

    Columbus Blue Jackets:

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Cam Atkinson

    Ryan Dzingel — Matt Duchene — Josh Anderson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Oliver Bjorkstrand

    Brandon Dubinsky — Boone Jenner — Riley Nash

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Markus Nutivaara — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Dean Kukan

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Keith Kinkaid, Eric Robinson, Andrew Peeke, Alexander Wennberg, Markus Hannikainen

    Injured: Adam McQuaid (upper body), Ryan Murray (upper body)

     

    Tampa Bay Lightning:

    Yanni Gourde — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov

    Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — Tyler Johnson

    Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — J.T. Miller

    Adam Erne — Cedric Paquette — Mathieu Joseph

    Victor Hedman — Dan Girardi

    Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak

    Mikhail Sergachev — Jan Rutta

    Andrei Vasilevskiy

    Louis Domingue

    Scratched: Braydon Coburn, Danick Martel, Ryan Callahan

    Injured: Anton Stralman (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Blue Jackets Goal – 5:15 – Cam Atkinson (1) from Matt Duchene (1)

    Lightning Penalty – 7:08 – Adam Erne 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Lightning Penalty – 11:40 – Ondrej Palat 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blue Jackets PPG – 11:44 – Zach Werenski (1) from Matt Duchene (2)

    Lightning Penalty – 15:11 – Brayden Point 5 minute major for Fighting

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:11 – Zach Werenski 5 minute major for Fighting

     

    End of 1st – CLB – 2       TB – 0

    Shots              10                08

    Faceoffs         08                12

    Hits               10                  21

    PP                 1/2                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Lightning Penalty – :30 – Alex Killorn 2 minutes for Interference

    Blue Jackets PPG – 1:28 – Matt Duchene (1) from Artemi Panarin (2) amd Zach Werenski (2)

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 4:21 – Bench (Matt Duchene) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

     

    End of 2nd – CLB – 3        TB – 0

    Shots               17                 14

    Faceoffs          17                 22

    Hits                 14                  30

    PP                   2/3                  0/1

     

    Third Period:

    Lightning Goal – 5:00 – Mikhail Sergachev (1) from JT Miller (2) and Erik Cernak (2)

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 5:51 – Nick Foligno 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blue Jackets Goal – 9:06 – Riley Nash (1) from Boone Jenner (2)

    Blue Jackets Goal – 12:15 – Artemi Panarin (1) from Matt Duchene (3) and Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov 2 minutes for Tripping

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov 5 minute major for Boarding

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Nikita Kucherov – Game Misconduct

    Lightning Penalty – 15:34 – Victor Hedman – Misconduct

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:34 – Josh Anderson 2 minutes for Roughing

    Blue Jackets Penalty – 15:34 – Josh Anderson – Misconduct

     

    End of 3rd – CLB – 5         TB – 1

    Shots              27                   24

    Faceoffs        27                    33

    Hits               17                     37

    PP                 2/4                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Game Three – Blue Jackets Leads Series 2-0

     

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