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  • May 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    May 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, May 4th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were two contests yesterday in Stanley Cup playoff action.

     

     

    CAROLINA 5, NY Islanders 2 (Carolina wins series 4-0)

     

    Round 2 - CARNYI - Game 3 - 4-0 CAR

     

    The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Islanders last night by the score of 5-2 and in doing so, the Hurricanes have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals and now await the winner of the Columbus Blue Jackets v. Boston Bruins series.

     

     

    TXHT has your recap of that contest at the following page, which you can find here or at page below.

     

     

    Dallas 2, ST. LOUIS 1 (Dallas leads the series 3-2)

     

    Round 2 - DALSTL - Game 5 -3-2 DAL

     

    The Dallas Stars are one win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals after their 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues last night.

     

    TXHT has your coverage of the contest between the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues here or at the link posted below.

     

     

    Game 6 of this series takes place tomorrow (May 5th) afternoon at 3 p.m., ET.

     

    Today in Stanley Cup playoff action, there are two games taking place.

     

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Boston Bruins, with the series being tied at 2 games a piece.  The action starts at 7:15 p.m., ET.

     

     

    In the other contest tonight, the Colorado Avalanche visit the San Jose Sharks with this series also being tied at 2 games a piece.

     

     

     

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

     

     

     

     

  • Round 2 Game 5 Recap – Dallas Stars v. St. Louis Blues

    Round 2 Game 5 Recap – Dallas Stars v. St. Louis Blues

    Dallas Stars v. St. Louis Blues

    Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2

     

    Game Recap:

    Going into Game 5 both the Dallas Stars and the St. Louis Blues look to gain the advantage in their now best of three series, and it would be the Stars who would get things started as Jason Spezza would net his third of playoffs in the first three minutes of the game to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.

     

    To start the second period the Stars would come out buzzing and kill the Blues powerplay, and then a little over six minutes into the period Alexander Radulov wouldnfeedva beautiful pass to Esa Lindell who would backhand it off of Blues defender Jay Bouwmeester to make it 2-0. The Blues would get two more powerplay opportunities, but would squander both of them as the Stars would play very toght hockey to prevemt amy opportunities.

     

    Then going into the third period the Blues would force the play, and it would pay off as while attacking the net Jaden Schwartz would find a loose pick and throw it towards the goal past Ben Bishop to cut the Stars lead to one. Then 21 seconds after scoring, Jamie Benn would be called for hooking, but the Stars penalty kill was perfect once again. The Blues would keep pushing, but the Stars woild hold on to win the game 2-1 to take a 3-2 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    Dallas Stars:

    Jason Dickinson — Tyler Seguin — Mats Zuccarello

    Jamie Benn — Roope Hintz — Alexander Radulov

    Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau

    Jason Spezza — Justin Dowling — Mattias Janmark

    Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak

    Dillon Heatherington — Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Scratched: Valeri Nichushkin, Gavin Bayreuther, Brett Ritchie, Taylor Fedun, Landon Bow, Tyler Pitlick

    Injured: Jamie Oleksiak (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Stephen Johns (upper body), Joel Hanley (upper body)

     

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

    Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn — Carl Gunnarsson

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso

     

    First Period:

    Stars Goal – 2:42 – Jason Spezza (3) from Tyler Seguin (7) and Mattias Janmark (2)

    Blues Penalty – 6:57 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Hooking

    Stars Penalty – 19:24 – Roman Polak 2 minutes for Holding

     

    End of 1st – DAL – 1       STL – 0

    Shots              00                00

    Faceoffs         00                00

    Hits               00                  00

    PP                 0/1                 0/0* 1st in progress

     

    Second Period:

    Stars Goal – 6:13 – Esa Lindell (1) from Alexander Radulov (5) and John Klingberg (7)

    Stars Penalty – 9:47 – Blake Comeau 2 minutes for Hooking

    Stars Penalty – 17:14 – Andrew Cogliano 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 2nd – DAL – 2        STL – 0

    Shots               22                 24

    Faceoffs          22                 27

    Hits                 11                  24

    PP                   0/1                  0/3

     

    Third Period:

    Blues Goal – 8:26 – Jaden Schwartz (7) from unassisted

    Stars Penalty – 8:47 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blues Penalty – 20:00 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 3rd – DAL – 2         STL – 1

    Shots              27                   39

    Faceoffs        31                    33

    Hits               14                     30

    PP                 0/1                    0/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game 6 – DAL Leads 3-2

     

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  • Round 2 Game 4 Recap – New York Islanders v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Round 2 Game 4 Recap – New York Islanders v. Carolina Hurricanes

    New York Islanders v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Game 4 – CAR Leads 3-0

     

    Game Recap:

    Heading into Game 4 the Carolina Hurricanes look to complete the sweep at home as they take on a desparate New York Islanders team trying to remain alive. The Islanders would get an early break as Andrei Svechnikov would take an early high sticking penalty that would lead to a Mathew Barzal powerplay goal for quick 1-0 lead two and a half minutes into the game. However, the Hurricanes would respond on a powerplay of their own as Sebastian Aho would jam it in past Robin Lehner to tie the game at one.

     

    Going into the second period it would be the Hurricanes unleashing a storm early on as Warren Foegele, Sebastian Aho, and Teuvo Teravainen would connect on a tic, tac, toe play as Teravainen scores his sixth of the playoffs. Then Greg McKegg knocks in a loose puck in the slot area to make it 3-1 for the Hurricanes and chase Robin Lehner out of the crease and put in Thomas Greiss for the Islanders. Then after killing a Brock McGinn penalty, Jordan Staal would throw the puck into the slot area and Justin Williams would bat it out of mid air and past Greiss to make it 4-1.

     

    Coming into the third period the Hurricanes would choke up this game and kill the clock, and then Andrei Svechnikov would score his third of the playoffs to give the Hurricanes a commanding 5-1 lead. Brock Nelson would score, but it would be too little, too late as the Hurricanes would go on to defeat the islanders 5-2 to sweep the 2nd round series 4 games to none.

     

    Lineups:

    New York Islanders:

    Anders Lee — Mathew Barzal — Jordan Eberle

    Josh Bailey — Brock Nelson — Tom Kuhnhackl

    Anthony Beauvillier — Valtteri Filppula — Leo Komarov

    Matt Martin — Casey Cizikas — Cal Clutterbuck

    Nick Leddy — Thomas Hickey

    Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock

    Devon Toews — Scott Mayfield

    Robin Lehner

    Thomas Greiss

    Scratched: Luca Sbisa, Dennis Seidenberg, Michael Dal Colle, Ross Johnston

    Injured: Johnny Boychuk (lower body), Tanner Fritz (hand), Andrew Ladd (torn ACL)

     

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Warren Foegele — Sebastian Aho — Justin Williams

    Nino Niederreiter — Jordan Staal — Teuvo Teravainen

    Andrei Svechnikov — Lucas Wallmark — Brock McGinn

    Jordan Martinook — Greg McKegg — Patrick Brown

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Calvin de Haan — Haydn Fleury

    Curtis McElhinney

    Alex Nedeljkovic

    Scratched: Jake Bean, Clark Bishop

    Injured: Petr Mrazek (lower body), Trevor van Riemsdyk (upper body), Saku Maenalanen(upper body), Micheal Ferland (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 1:13 – Andrei Svechnikov 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Islanders PPG – 2:30 – Mathew Barzal (2) from Devom Toews (3) and Jordan Eberle (5)

    Islanders Penalty – 4:02 – Leo Komarov 2 minutes for Roughing

    Hurricanes PPG – 4:44 – Sebastian Aho (4) from Teuvo Teravainen (3) and Justin Faulk (4)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 6:33 – Jordan Martinook 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    Islanders Penalty – 6:33 – Scott Mayfield 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – NYI – 1       CAR – 1

    Shots              10                05

    Faceoffs         06                08

    Hits               16                  14

    PP                 1/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Hurricanes Goal – 2:11 – Teuvo Teravainen (6) from Warren Foegele (4) and Sebastian Aho (5)

    Hurricanes Goal – 3:17 – Greg McKegg (1) from Brett Pesce (6) and Jordan Martinook (3)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 5:38 – Brock McGinn 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Goal – 8:51 – Justin Williams (3) from Jordan Staal (5) and Nino Niederreiter (3)

    Islanders Penalty – 9:54 – Scott Mayfield 2 minutes for Interference

    Hurricanes Penalty – 14:47 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for Slashing

    Islanders Penalty – 17:40 – Casey Czikas 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – NYI – 1        CAR – 4

    Shots               16                 17

    Faceoffs          15                 14

    Hits                 25                  20

    PP                   1/3                  1/3

     

    Third Period:

    Islanders Penalty – 5:02 – Leo Komarov 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Goal – 15:13 – Andrei Svechnikov (3) from Justin Faulk (5)

    Islanders Goal – 18:51 – Brock Nelson (4) from Scott Mayfield (2) and Devon Toews (4)

     

    End of 3rd – NYI – 2         CAR – 5

    Shots              28                   21

    Faceoffs        23                    24

    Hits               33                     28

    PP                 1/3                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Carolina v. Boston/Columbus – Game 1 Eastern Conference Finals

     

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

  • Game Recap-Round 2-Game 4: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Round 2-Game 4: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    The San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche resume their best of seven series tonight in Game 4. San Jose took control in the series in game 3 as they won by a 4-2 score. The first. featured each team trading scoring chances primarily at even strength. Each team also did a great job of staying out of the penalty box as there were no power plays in first period. After the first period, the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks would be tied as the period ended scoreless.

    In the second period, Colorado would get on the board first as Nathan MacKinnon would keep his amazing playoff scoring prowess going. After two periods, the Avalanche would take a 1-0 lead over the Sharks.

    The Colorado Avalanche in the third period would hold on and finish off the victory as they would shut out the San Jose harks 3-0. The Avalanche would add goals from Colin Wilson and an empty netter from Erik Johnson. Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves as his spectacular play in goal led his team to victory and the shutout. Colorado now evens the series 2-2 going into a pivotal game 5 on Saturday night in San Jose.

     

    Lineups:

    Colorado Avalanche

     

    San Jose Sharks

     

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

    Final Stats:   COL-3    SJ-0

    Shots:              28         32

    Hits:                33         25

    FaceOffs:     48.1%   51.9%

    Power Play:   1/5       0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Game 5 Saturday May 4th, 2019 @ 10pm EST in San Jose

     

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

  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Boston Bruins – Game 4 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Boston Bruins – Game 4 Recap

    With a commanding 3-1 lead within their grasp, the Columbus Blue Jackets could smell blood in the water. Nationwide arena was ready for a huge jackets victory to put them within a win of the Eastern Conference final. The time was now… until it wasn’t
    The Boston Bruins had other ideas.

    The Blue Jackets held the powerful line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak in check the past few games but Pastrnak would strike just 3:33 into the game. A beautiful cross ice feed from Charlie McAvoy would lead to a Pastrnak blast from the circle to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. The Jackets needed to play harder against that line but the Bruins would make them pay in just a few short minutes once again.

    The power trio of Marchand, Bergeron and Pastrnak would make their prescense felt again at 7:18 of the 1st period. Marchand would streak down the wing and wire a perfect pass to a pinching Bergeron who would rip a wrister past Bobrovsky for the Bruins’ second goal of the game and second of the first period. The Blue Jackets were in dire straits early and the Bruins we’re jumping on them. The Jackets needed a spark and it came in the form of Artemi Panarin.

    At 8:46 of the 1st period, Panarin wristed a shot up and over Tuukka Rask to cut the Blue Jackets deficit in half. After going to the front of the net, a rebound would zone right in on Panarin’s stick and he would hammer the shot over Rask. The Jackets had the spark they needed and it was time to get this game under control. The Bruins would keep the Jackets in check and then drive the dagger into their hearts in the 3rd period.

    After a hard fought second period with some great action from both teams, the Bruins would strike again at 8:40 of the 3rd period. A rebound after a big shot from the point would find Sean Kuraly in front of net. Kuraly would wrist the puck past Bobrovsky and give the Bruins a huge 3-1 lead. Time was running out for the Blue Jackets? Could they dig down and find two goals to send it to overtime? Bergeron would strike again to stop any hope of a comeback.

    At 17:30 of the 3rd period, Bergeron would seal the Bruins victory with their fourth goal of the game and his second of the night. After a rocket of a shot from David Pastrnak, Bergeron would tap home the rebound of the shot for a power play goal and a 4-1 Bruins lead. The Bruins’ game four victory has tied the series at two games a piece with the series now becoming a best of three the rest of the way.

    Game Five is Saturday night in Boston. Keep it right here on Txhthockey.com for all the hockey news

  • Round 2 Game 4 Recap – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    Round 2 Game 4 Recap – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    STL Leads 2-1

     

    Game Recap:

    The St. Louis Blues come into Game 4 looking to take home ice away from the Dallas Stars again, and extend their series lead. However, it would be the Stars who would start the game aggressively and get the first five shots on goal, but it would be a Jason Dickinson high sticking penalty that would give the Blues the powerplay and 18 seconds into the powerplay Vladimir Tarasenko would score his fifth of the playoffs to give the Blues an early 1-0 lead. Dickinson would make it up to his team though as he would get the puck past Jordan Binnington to tie the game at one a piece. Then in the final 3 minutes of the first period, Tyler Bozak would take an ill advised offensive zone penalty which would lead to Jason Spezza blasting a slapshot past a screened Binnington to give the Stars a 2-1 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Stars would continue their dominate play from the first period as John Klingberg would score to make it 3-1 for Dallas off of a very beautiful wrister that would get past Binnington who has looked spectacular while under seige during this game so far. Then later in the period the Stars would continue their dominating play as Roope Hintz would score his fifth of the playoffs as the Stars head into the second intermission leading 4-1.

     

    Going into the third period the St. Louis Blues played with a lot more urgency and would outshoot the Dallas Stars 12-5 in the period, but Ben Bishop would stand tall stopping all but one shot to guide the Stars to a 4-2 victory and even the series at two a piece.

     

    Lineups:

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

    Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: Joel Edmundson, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Jared Coreau

     

    Dallas Stars:

    Jason Dickinson — Tyler Seguin — Mats Zuccarello

    Jamie Benn — Roope Hintz — Alexander Radulov

    Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau

    Mattias Janmark — Justin Dowling — Jason Spezza

    Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak

    Joel Hanley — Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Valeri Nichushkin, Brett Ritchie, Taylor Fedun, Gavin Bayreuther, Landon Bow

    Injured: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Jamie Oleksiak (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Stars Penalty – 4:44 – Jason Dickinson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues PPG – 5:02 – Vladimir Tarasenko (5) from Vince Dunn (4) and Ryan O’Reilly (5)

    Stars Goal – 11:23 – Jason Dickinson (3) from Tyler Seguin (5) and Mats Zuccarello (5)

    Blues Penalty – 17:15 – Tyler Bozak 2 minutes for Interference

    Stars PPG – 19:08 – Jason Spezza (2) from Alexander Radulov (3) and Esa Lindell (3)

     

    End of 1st – STL – 1       DAL – 2

    Shots              08                12

    Faceoffs         09                13

    Hits               10                  11

    PP                 1/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Stars Goal – 9:26 – John Klingberg (2) from Tyler Seguin (6) and Mats Zuccarello (6)

    Stars Penalty – 10:33 – Radek Faksa 2 minutes for Holding

    Stars Goal – 17:28 – Roope Hintz (5) from Jamie Benn (7) and Alexander Radulov (4)

    Blues Penalty – 20:00 – Jordan Binnington (Jay Bouwmeester) 2 minutes for Roughing

    Blues Penalty – 20:00 – Jordan Binnington (Tyler Bozak) 2 minutes for Slashing

    Stars Penalty – 20:00 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

     

    End of 2nd – STL – 1        DAL – 4

    Shots               17                 26

    Faceoffs          17                 26

    Hits                 22                  24

    PP                   1/2                 1/1

     

    Third Period:

    Stars Penalty – 2:47 – Tyler Pitlick 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues Goal – 13:44 – Robert Thomas (1) from Alex Pietrangelo (8) and Ryan O’Reilly (6)

     

    End of 3rd – STL – 2         DAL – 4

    Shots              29                   31

    Faceoffs        24                    35

    Hits               28                     30

    PP                 1/3                    1/2

     

    Next Up:

    Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2

     

    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

     

     

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

  • Game Recap-Rnd. 2-Game 3: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Rnd. 2-Game 3: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    Line Ups:

    Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks

     

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

     

    Final Stats:    COL 2   –   SJ 4

    Shots:                 27           31

    Hits:                   41           20

    Face Offs:          28           28

    Power Play:     0/4           0/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game 4 – San Jose Leads 2-1

  • 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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  • Round 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars – Game 3 Recap

    Round 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars – Game 3 Recap

    St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    Series Tied 1-1

     

    Game Recap (Provided by @aew328123 Aryan):

    The St. Louis Blues came out with a much faster start than in Game 2, with Jaden Schwartz opening the scoring. While Alexander Radulov was able to tie the game at 1 for the Dallas Stars on a great play on the power play, the Blues seemed like they were in control of the game.

     

    The second period brought more of the same, but the tide seemed to be tilting in Dallas’s favor, but the Blues’ third line had an amazing shift, with great plays by Vince Dunn and Robert Thomas to set up an easy tap in for Tyler Bozak.

     

    The fireworks really started in the third, with teams trading quick goals. Andrew Cogliano scored to tie the game at 2, but Alex Pietrangelo followed that up with another goal to give the Blues a late 3-2 lead. However, Alex giveth, Alex taketh away as a poor clearing attempt directly set up Dallas’s third goal. Fortunately Pat Maroon knocked down featherweight Esa Lindell, and sniped the game winning goal. Game 4 is slated for Wednesday at 930 PM eastern in Dallas.

     

    Lineups:

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

    Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo

    Scratched: Joel Edmundson, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Jared Coreau

     

    Dallas Stars:

    Jamie Benn — Tyler Seguin — Alexander Radulov

    Jason Dickinson – Roope Hintz — Mats Zuccarello

    Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau

    Mattias Janmark — Justin Dowling — Jason Spezza

    Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak

    Taylor Fedun — Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Valeri Nichushkin, Gavin Bayreuther, Joel Hanley, Brett Ritchie, Landon Bow, Julius Honka

    Injured: Jamie Oleksiak (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Stephen Johns (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Blues Goal – 1:27 – Jaden Schwartz (6) from Colton Parayko (5) and Ryan O’Reilly (4)

    Stars Penalty – 13:11 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blues Penalty – 15:36 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Tripping

    Stars PPG – 17:12 – Alexander Radulov (5) from Jason Spezza (2) and Justin Dowling (2)

     

    End of 1st – STL – 1       DAL – 1

    Shots              10                11

    Faceoffs         08                12

    PP                  0/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Blues Penalty – :57 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Blues Goal – 8:30 – Tyler Bozak (2) from Robert Thomas (2) and Vince Dunn (3)

    Blues Penalty – 16:10 – Carl Gunnarsson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues Penalty – 16:29 – Robert Bortuzzo 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Stars Penalty – 16:29 – Esa Lindell 2 minutes for Embellishment

     

    End of 2nd – STL – 2        DAL- 1

    Shots               25                 21

    Faceoffs          17                 29

    PP                   0/1                  1/4

     

    Third Period:

    Stars Penalty – 12:07 – Roman Polak 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Stars SHG – 13:06 – Andrew Cogliano (2) from Mattias Janmark (1)

    Blues Goal – 14:24 – Alex Pietrangelo (1) from Jay Bouwmeester (4) and Jaden Schwartz (2)

    Stars Goal – 15:52 – Tyler Seguin (3) from Miro Heiskanen (2) and Mats Zuccarello (4)

    Blues Goal – 18:22 – Pat Maroon (2) from Jay Bouwmeester (5) and Tyler Bozak (3)

    Blues Penalty – Colton Parayko 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 3rd – STL – 4         DAL – 3

    Shots              34                   31

    Faceoffs        27                    45

    Hits               28                     29

    PP                 0/2                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game 4 – St. Louis Leads 2-1

     

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