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

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

    Time: Thursday, January 10th , 2019

    Toronto: 27-13-2 for 56 points

    New Jersey: 16-19-7 for 39 points

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

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 55 points (15 goals 40 assists)

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

    Morgan Rielly – 45 points (13 goals 32 assists)

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

     

    Taylor Hall–37 points (11 goals 26 assists)

    Kyle Palmieri – 36 points (20 goals 16 assists)

    Nico Hischier – 29 points (12 goals 17 assist)

    Travis Zajac – 24 points (10 goal 14 assists)

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    2-3-2 3.49GAA .878SV%

    Keith Kincaid

    13-12-6 3.07GAA .898SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    Kasimir Kaskisuo

    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

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

    Suspension: None

     

    New Jersey:

    Jesper Bratt – Nico Hischier– Kyle Palmieri

    Miles Wood – Travis Zajac– Blake Coleman

    Blake Pietila– Pavel Zacha– Stefan Noesen

    Brian Boyle – Brett Seney–Garrett Stafford

     

    Andy Greene –Damon Severson

    Sami Vatanan – Steve Santini

    Will Butcher – Ben Lovejoy

     

    Keith Kincaid

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

    Keys to Winning against Nashville:

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

    Gameday:

    First Period:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Shots              15                   8

    Faceoffs     13/23              10/23

    Hits               3                     5

    PP                 0/1                  0/1

     

    Analysis

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

    Need to Do:

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

    Second Period:

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

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

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

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

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

    End of 2nd – TOR– 3          NJD – 2

    Shots              28                   26

    Faceoffs       25/54              29/54

    Hits              8                       7

    PP                 0/1                  0/2

    Analysis:

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

     

    Need to Do:

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

    Third Period:

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

    End of 3rd – TOR – 4       NJD – 2

    Shots             43                   29

    Faceoffs     37/78                41/78

    Hits               9                         15

    PP                0/1                   0/2

     

    Analysis:

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

    Next Up:

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

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

  • January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

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

    Yesterday there were 11 games in action.

     

    BOSTON 4, Minnesota 0

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

     

    Minnesota @ Boston: Game Summary

     

    BUFFALO 5, New Jersey 1

    New Jersey @ Buffalo: Game Summary

     

    Carolina 4, NY ISLANDERS 3

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

     

    Carolina @ NY Islanders: Game Summary

     

    PITTSBURGH 5, Florida 1

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

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

     

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

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

     

    Florida @ Pittsburgh: Game Summary

     

    Montreal 3, DETROIT 2

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

     

    Montreal @ Detroit: Game Summary

     

    TAMPA BAY 4, Columbus 0

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

     

    Columbus @ Tampa Bay: Game Summary

     

    WASHINGTON 5, Philadelphia 3

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

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

     

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

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

    Philadelphia @ Washington: Game Summary

     

     

    Dallas 3, ST. LOUIS 1

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

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

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

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

     

    Dallas @ St. Louis: Game Summary

     

     

    WINNIPEG 7, Colorado 4

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

     

    Colorado @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

     

     

    VEGAS 4, NY Rangers 2

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

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

    NY Rangers @ Vegas: Game Summary

     

    SAN JOSE 7, Edmonton 2

     

    Edmonton @ San Jose: Game Summary

     

     

    Today there are three games on the NHL schedule

     

  • January 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, January 5th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    There were seven games on tap yesterday.

     

    PITTSBURGH 4, Winnipeg 0

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would go on to shutout the Winnipeg Jets and with the win, they would extend a personal win streak at home to 18 contests against the Jets/Thrashers franchise and this streak dates back to March 24, 2007.

    This win streak the second longest since the Anaheim Ducks would have a 25 game win streak at home against the Calgary Flames from April 4, 2007 through April 4, 2017.

    Four different Penguins would all score the goals and Penguins goaltender Matt Murray would turn aside all 33 shots he faced in the contest.

     

     

     

     

    DETROIT 4, Nashville 3 (OT)

    The Detroit Red Wings would take on the Nashville Predators and come away with the 4-3 win in overtime in downtown Detroit at Little Caesars Arena.

    Dylan Larkin would score the game-winner in the overtime frame for the Red Wings.

     

     

     

    CAROLINA 4, Columbus 2

    Carolina’s phenom Sebastian Aho would net an empty net goal with two seconds left in the contest as well as assisting on Micheal Ferland’s goal in the first period.

    Aho would play in his 200th NHL game since being drafted with the 35th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.

    Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovksy would have 13 saves on 16 shot attempts before being pulled in the second period for Joonas Korpisalo who turned aside all of the 14 shots he faced.

     

    DALLAS 2, Washington 1 (OT)

    The Washington Capitals losing streak would reach three ass they would fall to the Dallas Stars in overtime, losing 2-1.

    Stars Tyler Seguin scored in the overtime frame to extend Dallas’ winning streak at home against the Capitals to 17 games.  This win streak dates back to October 8, 1996.

     

    Dallas goaltender Anton Khudobin would have a great performance, recording 36 saves.

     

     

    TXHT has your coverage of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Dallas Stars at the following link.

    Game Recap – 1/4/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Dallas Stars

     

    COLORADO 6, NY Rangers 1

    The Colorado Avalanche would face off against the NY Rangers last night and would defeat the Rangers by the score of 6-1.

     

    Colorado’s Ryan Graves would score his first NHL goal in this contest in the third period.

    Colorado’s trio of Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen would all score a goal in the contest for the fifth time and whenever this trio has scored in the same game, they are 5-0-0.

    At the same time, whenever this trio at least collects one point in a game, they have a record of 18-3-5 on the season.

     

    New York Rangers Alexander Georgiev had 41 saves on 47 shot attempts in this contest.

     

    New Jersey 3, ARIZONA 2 (SO)

     

    New Jersey’s Drew Stafford netted the winner in the shootout to give the Devils the 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.

     

     

     

    Vegas 3, ANAHEIM 2

    The Vegas Golden Knights would extend their point streak to eight games on the season as well as extending their win streak to five games.

    Vegas’ goalscorers included Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt and Tomas Nosek.

     

    Today in NHL news…

     

    This week there will be two NHL European Games of the Week.

     

    For today’s news, notes, information, and other stats…

     

    Finally in NHL news, the coaches for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game were announced.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1081607129126064128

     

    Today in the NHL, there are nine games in action.

     

    In the NWHL, there are key points on the line when the Buffalo Beauts take on the Boston Pride in this week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week at 1:30 p.m., ET.

     

    The medal games of the 2019 World Junior Championships take place later this afternoon.

     

    Finally, TXHT has a brand new episode of The Xperience: Hockey Talk, which you can check out at the following link.

    TXHT – 1/5/2019 – We’re BACK!!!

  • December 30th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 30th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, December 30th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 15 contests in the NHL yesterday.

     

    NEW JERSEY 2, Carolina 0

    In the NHL European Game of the Week yesterday, the New Jersey Devils would go on to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes by the score of 2-0.  Mackenzie Blackwood became the third youngest goaltender in the history of the Devils franchise to record his first NHL shutout.

     

    VEGAS 4, Los Angeles 1

     

     

    San Jose 7, EDMONTON 4

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Minnesota 3, WINNIPEG 1

     

    Boston 3, BUFFALO 2 (OT)

     

     

    NY Islanders 4, TORONTO 0

    In the 4-0 win by the Islanders over the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York’s Mathew Barzal registered a hat trick in the contest.

     

     

     

    Washington 3, OTTAWA 2

     

    In a night of firsts for two Washington Capitals players, the Capitals would go on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 3-2.  Washington’s Tyler Lewington and Madison Bowey would go on to score their first career NHL goals in the contest.  Lewington would also go on to register a “Gordie Howe hat trick” in the contest as well.

     

     

    You can see the complete recap of the contest between the Capitals and the Senators at the following page.

    Game Recap — 12/29/2018 — Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators

     

     

    TAMPA BAY 6, Montreal 5

     

    FLORIDA 2, Philadelphia 1

     

     

    Pittsburgh 6, ST. LOUIS 1

     

     

     

    NY Rangers 4, NASHVILLE 3

     

     

    DALLAS 5, Detroit 1

     

     

    Chicago 3, COLORADO 2

     

     

     

    Arizona 5, ANAHEIM 4

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1079251791877820418

     

    Vancouver 3, CALGARY 2

     

     

     

     

    NWHL

    In the lone NWHL contest of the day, the Buffalo Beauts took on the Minnesota Whitecaps.

    The Minnesota Whitecaps would get back in the win column when the Whitecaps would go on to defeat the Buffalo Beauts at KeyBank Center yesterday afternoon in downtown Buffalo.

    Minnesota’s Lee Stecklein would be the difference maker when she scored the game winner with 1:17 left in the game to seal the win for the Whitecaps.

    Kendall Coyne Schoefield would be responsible for the Whitecaps tying the score at 1 in the second period thanks to a power-play for the Whitecaps.

    With Minnesota’s win, they move to a record of 7-2 and Buffalo falls to a record of 4-4 on the season.

    Minnesota Whitecaps 2, BUFFALO BEAUTS 1

     

    The Whitecaps and Beauts face off again today at 1:30 p.m., ET.

    Also today, the Boston Pride visit the Connecticut Whale at 3 p.m., ET.

    Both games can be seen at NHWL.zone.

     

     

     

    In Day 4 of the 2019 World Junior Championships,

     

     

    Day 5 of competition has two games and that is Switzerland taking on Russia at 5 p.m., PST. and then Kazakhstan taking on Slovakia at 7:30 p.m., ET.

     

    Today there is only one NHL contest and that is the Vegas Golden Knights taking on the Arizona Coyotes.

     

     

  • December 24th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 24th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, December 24th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were eight games yesterday.

     

    Columbus 3, NEW JERSEY 0

    The Columbus Blue Jackets would go on to defeat the New Jersey Devils yesterday afternoon by the score of 3-0.

     

     

    The New Jersey Devils would wear their own heritage jerseys in this contest.  The jerseys were worn by the Devils from the 1982-83 season, the first season for the team in New Jersey, until the 1991-92 NHL season.

     

    https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1076891123904335877

     

    Blue jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would register his 14th shutout since the 2016-17 NHL season, the most shutouts in that time frame.

     

    CAROLINA 5, Boston 3

    In this contest, the Carolina Hurricanes would wear their Hartford Whalers throwbacks for a Hartford Whalers night last night in Raleigh and would go on to defeat the the Boston Bruins by the score of 5-3.

     

     

    Carolina’s Sebastian Aho would go on to have a four-point performance (2G, 2A) in the contest and Carolina’s Petr Mrazek would go on to have a 27 save performance on 30 shots.

    In addition to Aho, Teuvo Teravainen would also have a four-point game.

     

     

    Carolina would also go on to have two shorthanded goals in this game.

     

     

     

    TXHT was live at the game and has your full recap of the contest at the following page.

    Game Recap – 12/23/2018 – Boston Bruins v. Hartford Whalers

     

     

    Philadelphia 3, NY RANGERS 2 (SO)

    The Philadelphia Flyers would go on to defeat the New York Rangers yesterday and this would mark the fifth consecutive win the Flyers would have over the Rangers.

     

    Despite the loss in the shootout, the Rangers would still get a point in the standings.

     

     

    Florida 6, CHICAGO 3

    In the Florida Panthers 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks yesterday, Florida’s Jayce Hawryluk would score the first two goals of his NHL career.

    Florida has won four out of their last five contests.

     

    In addition to Hawryluk having two goals, Panthers defenceman Mackenzie Wagner would also have a two point performance.  Wagner would have two assists in this contest.  This would be the first multi-point contest for both players.

     

    TORONTO 5, Detroit 4 (OT)

    Detroit’s Dylan Larkin would extend his point streak to a career-high of 11 contests.  This makes it the longest such streak since Henrik Zetterberg had an 11 game run during the 2010-11 season.

    Toronto’s Patrick Marleau would play in his 1,612th regular season NHL game, tying Hall of Famer Ray Bourque for the tenth most in NHL history.

    Detroit’s Trevor Daley would go on to play in his 1,000th NHL career contest last night in this game.

     

     

     

    NY Islanders 3, DALLAS 1

    With the Islanders 3-1 win at the Dallas Stars last night, the New York Islanders would finish off their road trip going into the holiday break with a 3-1-0 record.

     

    Los Angeles 4, VEGAS 3 (OT)

    The Los Angeles Kings won their 36th regular season overtime game since the 3-on-3 overtime format was introduced in the 2015-16 season when the Kings go on to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3.

     

    This would be the Vegas Golden Knights second consecutive overtime loss.

     

    Arizona 4, SAN JOSE 3 (SO)

    The Arizona Coyotes would go on to defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-3.

     

    With Joe Thornton’s assist in the first period on Tim Heed’s goal, Thornton would register his 1,041st career assist.  He passed Marcel Dionne for tenth place all time in the NHL.  He is now eight assists shy on his career from tying Gordie Howe for ninth place.

     

     

     

    The NHL resumes action Thursday night.

     

     

  • December 19th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 19th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, December 19th, 2018, and this is a very quick recap of the games last night, and brief news and notes across the NHL

     

    There were 11 contests last night in the NHL.

     

     

    Steve Gardiner, TXHT’s Maple Leafs writer, has your recap of the contest at the following page.

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils – 18/12/2018 – Game Recap

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Two games are in action tonight.

    Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals, 8 p.m. ET (NBCSN)

    Montreal Canadiens at Colorado Avalanche, 8:30 p.m, ET

     

    You can read TXHT’s preview of the contest between the Penguins and the Capitals at the following page.

    Gameday Preview – 12/19/2018 – Pittsburgh Penguins v. Washington Capitals

     

    Today in the NHL…

     

     

    Today in the NWHL was the 2018 NWHL Draft.  Tomorrow the NWHL draft will conclude with rounds 3-5.

     

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils – 18/12/2018 – Game Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils – 18/12/2018 – Game Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs (21-9-2 41pts) v, New Jersey Devils (24-7-1 49 pts)

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Kasperi Kapanen –Auston Matthews– Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis– Pars Lindholm – Connor Brown

     

    Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks
    Scratched: Justin Holl, Martin Marincin & Frederik Gauthier

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    New Jersey:

    Taylor Hall– Nico Hischier – Kyle Palmieri

    Marcus Johansson – Pavel Zacha– Jesper Bratt

    Blake Coleman– Travis Zajac – Miles Wood

    Brian Boyle – Brett Seney – John Quenneville

     

    Andy Greene – Damon Severson

    Will Butcher –Sami Vatanen

    Mirco Mueller – Ben Lovejoy

     

    Keith Kincaid

    Mackenzie Blackwood

     

    Scratched: Drew Stafford

    Injuries: Corey Schneider (Concussion)

    Suspension: None

     

    Gameday:

    First Period:

    Leafs Penalty – 01:15 – Zach Hyman, 2 minutes for Holding

    Devils Penalty – 03:58 – Blake Coleman, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Leafs Goal – 06:01 – John Tavares (21) from Nazem Kadri (11) and Auston Matthews (12)

    Leafs Goal – 07:58 – Auston Matthews (17) Unasssisted

    Devils Penalty – 10:20 – Nico Hischier, 2 minutes for Holding

    Leafs Goal – 13:38 – Patrick Marleau (9) assisted by Nazem Kadri (12) and Travis Dermott (7)

    Devils Goal – 18:44 – Sami Vatanen (2) assisted by Brian Boyle (3)

     

    End of 1st – TOR –3        NJD – 1

    Shots              11                   8

    Faceoffs     6/24              18/24

    Hits               4                     5

    PP                 0/2                  0/1

     

    Analysis

    Leafs came out to play this game and began dominating from the out set. A Relentless forecheck and all cylinders clicking lead to a 3-1 after the 1st period.

     

    Need to Do:

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

    Second Period:

    Leafs Goal–01:15 – Mitch Marner (9), assisted by John Tavares (15)

    Devils Penalty – 05:15 –Kyle Palmieri, 2 mins for High Stick

    Leafs Penalty – 07:36 –William Nylander, 2 mins for Tripping

    Leafs Goal–19:59 – Morgan Rielly (11), assisted by Nazem Kadri (13)  and Connor Brown (7)

    End of 2nd – TOR– 5          NJD – 1

    Shots              22                    17

    Faceoffs       17/42              25/42

    Hits              5                      10

    PP                 0/3                  0/2

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs stay hot in the 2nd with a pair of goals and continue to apply pressure to the Devils.

    Need to Do:

    Lock down the 3rd

    Third Period:

    Devils Goal–14:47 – Nico Hischier (8), assisted by Taylor Hall (24)  and Kyle Palmieri (12)

    Leafs Goal–16:28 – Tyler Ennis (6), assisted by Connor Brown (8)  and Par Lindholm (8)

    Leafs Goal–18:30 – Tyler Ennis (7), assisted by Jake Gardiner (19)  and Connor Brown (9)

    Leafs Penalty – 19:00 –Travis Dermott, 2 mins for Delay of Game

     

    End of 3rd – TOR – 7       NJD – 2

    Shots             31                   29

    Faceoffs     29/61                32/61

    Hits               6                         14

    PP                0/3                    0/3

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs dominated this game from the outset and never really let up.

    Next Up:

    Florida (13-13-6 32pts) vs Toronto (22-10-2 46pts)

    New Jersey (11-14-7 29pts) at Columbus (18-12-3 39pts)

  • December 18th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 18th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Tuesday, December 18th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were five contests taking place in the NHL last night.

     

    Anaheim 4, PITTSBURGH 2

    The Anaheim Ducks faced off against the Pittsburgh Penguins last night and would come away with the 4-2 win.  With this win, the Ducks have won six consecutive road games, as well as their ninth game out of the last ten contests.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1074866760438800384

     

    For the Pittsburgh Penguins, this loss would give them a record of 15-12-6 (36 points), and places them in fourth place in the Metropolitan division.

     

    COLUMBUS 1, Vegas 0

    The Columbus Blue Jackets faced off against the defending Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights and would come away with the 1-0 win.

    Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would go on to register his 13th shutout since the start of the 2016-17 season and is tied with Pekka Rinne for the most shutouts in that time span.

     

    Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno would score the lone goal in the third period.  This contest would also mark the 800th NHL game for Foligno.

     

     

     

     

    Boston 4, MONTREAL 0

    The Boston Bruins would visit the Montreal Canadiens and would come out on Montreal with a 4-0 victory.

    With this win, the Bruins have won the last five contests against the Canadiens when they are the visitors.

     

    Bruins goaltender Jaroslav Halak would turn aside all 22 shots he faced whereas Canadiens goaltender Carey Price had 31 saves on 35 save opportunities.

     

     

    OTTAWA 4, Nashville 3 (OT)

     

    Ottawa Senators Brady Tkachuk would register his tenth career goal as a Senator in his 24th game played with the club last night.

     

     

    Ottawa rookie defenceman Max LaJoie would also register his seventh goal in this contest, good for a tie for third place all-time in Senators history for most goals by a rookie defenceman.

     

     

    Also for Ottawa, the rookies on this team account for most points combined between all players across the League thus far during the 2018-19 season.

     

     

    Thoms Chabot would seal the win for the Senators in the overtime frame.

     

     

    NY Islanders 4, COLORADO 1

    NY Islanders goaltender Thomas Griess would make 30 saves in the contest to give the Islanders the 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche last night.

    Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov would make 17 saves on 21 save opportunities.

     

     

     

    Two of the Islanders goals would come on the power-play in this contest and the penalty kill would end up playing a big factor in this win to start off the road trip for the Islanders in this contest.

     

     

    There are 11 contests taking place across the NHL tonight

    *image courtesy of the NHL Public Relations Department and the NHL

     

    For tonight’s contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New Jersey Devils, TXHT’s Maple Leafs writer, Steve Gardiner, has a preview of this contest.

     

    You can read the preview of the contest at the following page.

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils – 17/12/2018 – Game Day Preview

     

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils – 17/12/2018 – Game Day Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils – 17/12/2018 – Game Day Preview

    Time: Tuesday, December 17th , 2018

    Toronto: 21-10-2 for 44 points

    New Jersey: 11-13-7 for 29 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs continue the road trip in New Jersey as they take on the Taylor Hall-less New Jersey Devils. The Leafs look to use this as a way back into the win column tonight, after 2 tough losses.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 43 points (8 goals 35 assists)

    Morgan Rielly – 35 points (10 goals 25 assists)

    John Tavares – 34 points (19 goals 14 assists) 49% on face-offs

    Auston Matthews – 27 points (16 goals 11 assists) 53% on Face-off

     

    Taylor Hall–31 points (8 goals 23 assists)

    Kyle Palmieri 28 points (17 goal 10 assists)

    Nico Hischier – 20 points (7 goal 13 assist)

    Travis Zajac– 19 points (10 goal 9 assists)

     

    Frederik Andersen

    17-9-1 2.55GAA .923SV%

     

    Keith Kincaid

    11-8-7 2.88GAA .906SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Kasperi Kapanen –Auston Matthews– Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis– Pars Lindholm – Connor Brown

     

    Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks
    Scratched: Justin Holl, Martin Marincin & Frederik Gauthier

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    New Jersey:

    Marcus Johansson – Nico Hischier – Kyle Palmieri

    John Quenneville – Pavel Zacha– Jesper Bratt

    Blake Coleman– Travis Zajac – Mile Wood

    Brian Boyle – Brett Seney – Drew Stafford

     

    Andy Greene – Damon Severson

    Will Butcher –Sami Vatanen

    Mirco Mueller – Ben Lovejoy

     

    Keith Kincaid

    Mackenzie Blackwood

     

    Scratched:

    Injuries: Corey Schneider, Taylor Hall

    Suspension: None

     

     Keys to Winning against New Jersey:

    1. Use your speed
      1. Don’t give the Devils an opportunity to use their speed against you. Take it to them first.
    2. Puck Possession
      1. If the Leafs can have a lot of possession, it will negate the speed the devils which is how they create offence.
    3. Take advantage of the lack of Taylor Hall in the lineup
      1. Force New Jersey’s offence to work hard