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  • NHL News and Notes from Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

    NHL News and Notes from Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

    NHL News and Notes from Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

     

    News:

    Today the NHL announced all 31 team rosters going into the Opening Night of the 2019-20 Season.

     

    Tonight also marked the Banner Raising Ceremony for the 2019 Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues.

     

    Today the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that John Tavares as the new captain for the 2019-20 season. Tavares became the 25th captain in Maple Leafs history with the announcement.

     

     

    Game Recaps:

    Ottawa Senators v. Toronto Maple Leafs – 7p EST Start Time

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    In the first game of NHL action for the 2019-20 season the Ottawa Senators would visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, and get on the board first to take a one nothing lead over the Leafs.

    However, the Leafs would score two in the second followed by another Ottawa goal to tie the game back up. Ottawa would look to take the 3-2 lead but the play was ruled offsides on a coach’s challenge, and the Leafs would take advantage on an Auston Matthews goal for the 3-2 lead. Matthews would score again in the second to give the Leafs a 4-2 lead, and the game winner in a 5-3 win over the Senators.

     

    Washington Capitals v. St. Louis Blues – 8p EST Start Time

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    In a battle between the last two Stanley Cup Champions, the Washington Capitals defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-2 in overtime to complete the comeback from an early two goal deficit. – – TXHT Recap

     

    Vancouver Canucks v. Edmonton Oilers – 10p EST Start Time

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    Out west the Edmonton Oilers would host the Vancouver Canucks for their 2019-20 Home Opener, and it would be the Oilers striking first as Leon Draisaitl would score to give the Oilers the 1-0 lead. Then in the second period Alexander Edler would tie it up for the Canucks, but then in the third period the two teams would trade goals to make it a 2-2 tie. However with 5:23 left in the game Connor McDavid would score his first of the season to give the Oilers the 3-2 victory.

     

    San Jose Sharks v. Vegas Golden Knights – 1030p EST Start Time

    SJ RoadVGK Home

    In our final game of the night the Vegas Golden Knights hosted their rivals the San Jose Sharks. The Golden Knights would strike early on the powerplay and not look back as they would go on to defeat the Sharks 4-1. The Golden Knights received goals from Mark Stone, Reilly Smith (2), and Cody Glass. The Sharks lone goal would come from Marcus Sorenson.

     

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  • 2019-20 NHL Previews – Toronto Maple Leafs

    2019-20 NHL Previews – Toronto Maple Leafs

    2018-19 Record: 46-28-8  10pts. – – 3rd Place in Atlantic

    Playoffs: Lost in First Round to Boston

     

    2019-20 Jersey Guide:

    TOR HomeTOR Road

     

    Key Additions: F – Kenny Agostino, F – Nick Shore, D – Tyson Barrie, F – Alexander Kerfoot, D – Cody Ceci, D – Ben Harpur, F – Jason Spezza, F – Pontus Aberg, D – Jordan Schmaltz

     

    Key Departures: F – Tyler Ennis, D – Calle Rosen, F – Connor Brown, D – Nikita Zaitsev, F – Nazem Kadri,  D – Ron Hainsey, F – Patrick Marleau, F – Josh Jooris, D – Igor Ozhiganov, D – Andreas Borgman, G – Garret Sparks

     

    2019-20 Preview:

    For the Toronto Maple Leafs the continued journey to make it past the first round of the playoffs and deep into the playoffs for a chance at the Stanley Cup would be addressed with a pair of trades that saw the Maple Leafs send forward Nazem Kadri and defenseman Calle Rosen to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Tyson Barrie and forward Alexander Kerfoot. Then they would do a big six person trade that would see the Maple Leafs aqcuire defensemen Cody Ceci and Ben Harpur from the Ottawa Senators.

     

    The Maple Leafs would also trade forward Patrick Marleau to the Carolina Hurricanes, whould buy him out five days later, and then sign forward Jason Spezza to keep some veteran depth on the team.

     

    The Maple Leafs, however, have a much bigger concern and that is with restricted free agent forward Mitch Marner who could go the route of William Nylander, but actually miss the entire season instead of signing at the 11th hour. Last season Nylander set a very dangerous precedent for Toronto’s top restricted free agents, and we will see a repeat performance from Marner as the days move closer to the start of the 2019-20 NHL season.

     

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  • TXHT Jersey Share – Toronto celebrates NHL’s 100th anniversary

    TXHT Jersey Share – Toronto celebrates NHL’s 100th anniversary

    Today for Dickson’s entry in the TXHT Jersey Share series, we take a look at the Toronto Maple Leafs throwing back to the Toronto Arenas on the NHL’s official 100th anniversary.

     

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    Dickson: When the Maple Leafs announced that this was to be worn as the throwback on December 19th, 2017, I bought this jersey, with Auston Matthews as the player that I chose.  I also chose the player option, as I really liked how the pattern on the numbers were and the numbers had an old-school like feel to them.

     

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    This a jersey that is on the adiZero template and was purchased through the Toronto Maple Leafs official team store and I was glad to have purchased this jersey for my collection.

     

    Got a hockey jersey in your collection you’d like to share? Let us know, and we can add it to our TXHT Jersey Share series.

  • TXHT Jersey Share – Toronto St. Pats

    TXHT Jersey Share – Toronto St. Pats

    Today in the TXHT Jersey Share series we take a look at a throwback for the Toronto Maple Leafs from the 1922-25 season when they were known as the Toronto St. Pats.
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    Dickson: When the Maple Leafs made the announcement that they would wear this jersey back in February 2017, I knew I had to pick this up.  Unless I know that there is a specific reason for me to get a player jersey, I get the replica jerseys with no name on the back.  This jersey is a very cool jersey to have and the Maple Leafs brought this back on the adiZero template this past season for two games.

     

    Got a hockey jersey in your collection you’d like to share? Let us know, and we can add it to our TXHT Jersey Share series.

  • April 24th, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 24th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, April 24th, 2019, and these are your news and notes

     

    There were two contests in Stanley Cup playoff action.

     

     

    BOSTON 5, Toronto 1 (Boston wins series 4-3)

     

    Game 7. 4-3 BOS

     

     

    The Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs last night by the score of 5-1 and would go on to win this series in 7 games.  The Boston Bruins will now face the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second round.

     

    Steve Gardiner has your full recap of the contest between the Bruins and the Maple Leafs here or at the following page.

     

     

    SAN JOSE 5, Vegas 4 (OT) (San Jose wins series 4-3)

     

    The San Jose Sharks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights by the score of 5-4 in overtime and they would go on to win the series.  The San Jose Sharks will now face off against the Colorado Avalanche in the second round.

     

    Today in Stanley Cup playoff action is a win or go home for either the Carolina Hurricanes or the Washington Capitals.  The action kicks off at 7:30 p.m., ET.

     

     

    Second round action kicks off tomorrow (Thursday night).  The second round schedule is posted below with the either Carolina or Washington advancing.

     

     

    The full second round schedule will be made public later tonight.

     

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

     

     

     

    For TXHT’s extensive 2019 Stanley Cup playoff action, please click here.

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #7 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #7 Recap

    Boston Bruins (4-3) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (3-3)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Bruins came from the first puck drop and got a couple of goals in the first courtesy of Joakim Nordstrom and Marcus Johansson and just continued to play solid defense through the rest of the period. Not giving many chances to the Leafs offense.

    Second period the Leafs came strong and gave it all they and they got rewarded with a goal from John Tavares.  Outshooting and outplaying the Bruins but couldn’t tie the game.

    The third period brought some coaching mistakes and on ice mistakes courtesy of William Nylander. The Bruins would score quick thanks to Sean Kuraly and then would score 2 empty net goals. This would seal their entry to round 2.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (5-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Joakim Nordstrom

    Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Boston Goal – 14:29- Joakim Nordstrom (2) assisted by Matt Grzelcyk (4) and Sean Kuraly (1)

    Boston Goal – 17:46- Marcus Johansson (1) unassisted

    End of 1st – TOR – 0     BOS – 2

    Shots              12              11

    Faceoffs       13/28            15/28

    Hits              12                 9

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

    Second Period:

    Toronto Goal – 3:54- John Tavares (2) assisted by Tyler Ennis (2)

    Boston Penalty – 8:22 – Brandon Carlo, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    End of 2nd – TOR- 1      BOS- 2

    Shots               25                19

    Faceoffs         20/46         26/46

    Hits                 25                  15

    PP                   0/1                 0/0

    Third Period:

    Boston Goal – 2:40 – Sean Kuraly(1) assisted Noel Acciari (1) and Joakim Nordstrom (1)

    Boston EN Goal – 17:26 – Charlie Coyle (3) assisted David Krejci (3)

    Boston EN Goal – 19:59 – Patrice Bergeron (3) unassisted

    End of 3rd – TOR – 1         BOS – 5

    Shots            33                  32

    Faceoffs     30/60               30/60

    Hits               32                   26

    PP                 0/2                    0/0

     

  • April 22nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 22nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, April 22nd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were two games in Stanley Cup playoff action yesterday.

     

     

    Boston 4, TORONTO 2 (Series is tied 3-3)

     

    The Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs yesterday to send the series to a win or go home Game 7.

     

    Steve Gardiner has your full recap of the contest between the Bruins and the Maple Leafs here or at the following link.

     

     

    San Jose 2, VEGAS 1 (2OT) (Series is tied 3-3)

     

    The San Jose Sharks would defeat the Vegas Golden Knights in double OT with a 2-1 to tie their series at 3-3.

     

     

     

     

     

    There are two games taking place today.  First, the Washington Capitals look to advance to the second round when they take ono the Carolina Hurricanes and the Dallas Stars also look to advance when they face off against the Nashville Predators.

     

     

    Don’t forget to check out all of TXHT’s extensive playoff coverage by clicking here.

     

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #6 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #6 Recap

    Boston Bruins (2-3) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (3-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs came out flying in the first ten minutes and were paid back by a one-timer goal by Morgan Rielly. The Leafs would get themselves into penalty trouble and it would put the Leafs in a hole 2-1 courtesy of goals by Brad Marchand and Torey Krug.

    The second period would deepen the hole thanks to Jake DeBrusk goal. Frederik Andersen stood his head and held the Leafs in the game, with some spectacular saves.

    The Leafs would dominate the third and get rewarded with an Auston Matthews goal, only to have an empty netter by Brad Marchand ruin the chance at a comeback.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (3-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Boston Penalty – 5:21 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Toronto Goal – 11:23- Morgan Rielly (1) assisted by William Nylander (2) and Patrick Marleau (2)

    Toronto Penalty – 10:25 – Tyler Ennis, 2 minutes for Holding

    Boston PP Goal – 11:23- Brad Marchand (3) assisted by Patrice Bergeron (2)

    Boston Penalty – 12:37 – Joakim Nordstrom, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Toronto Penalty – 15:36 – Travis Dermott, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston PP Goal – 17:02- Torey Krug (1) assisted by David Pastrnak (3) and Brad Marchand (5)

    End of 1st – BOS – 2     TOR – 1

    Shots              13              6

    Faceoffs       13/21            8/21

    Hits              13                 8

    PP                 2/2                 0/2

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 8:47 – Charlie Coyle, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Goal – 7:57- Jake DeBrusk (1) assisted by David Krejci (2) and David Pastrnak (4)

    End of 2nd – BOS- 3      TOR- 1

    Shots               30                15

    Faceoffs         23/40         17/40

    Hits                 22                  29

    PP                   2/2                 0/3

    Third Period:

    Toronto Goal – 4:15- Auston Matthews (5) assisted by Jake Gardiner(2) and Travis Dermott (2)

    Boston Goal – 18:06 – Brad Marchand (4) assisted Zdeno Chara (1) and Charlie McAvoy (2)

    End of 3rd – BOS – 3         TOR – 2

    Shots            41                  24

    Faceoffs     30/58               28/58

    Hits               34                    40

    PP                 2/2                    0/3

  • April 20th, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 20th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, April 20th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were two games yesterday in Stanley Cup playoff action.  TXHT has all of your recaps from the contests below.

     

     

    Toronto 2, BOSTON 1 (Toronto leads the series 3-2)

    Game 5. 3-2 TOR

     

    The Toronto Maple Leafs would take the 3-2 series lead with their 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins last night.  You can catch Steve Gardiner’s recap of the contest between the Bruins and the Maple Leafs here.

     

    The Maple Leafs will look to win the series, their first series win since 2004, when Game 6 takes place tomorrow (Sunday, April 21st) at 3 p.m., ET.

     

     

    Colorado 5, CALGARY 1 (Colorado wins the series 4-1)

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    The Colorado Avalanche would crush the Calgary Flames with a 5-1 and would go on to win this series 4-1.

     

    The Colorado Avalanche now await the winner of the series between the Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks.

     

     

    Scott Fairchild has your recap of the contest between the Avalanche and the Flames here.

     

     

     

    There are three games taking place today.  The action kicks off with the Dallas Stars facing off against the Nashville Predators at 3 p.m., ET.

     

     

     

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

     

     

    TXHT has all of your 2019 Stanley Cup playoff previews and recaps which you can read here.

  • Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

    Boston Bruins (2-2) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (2-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs knew they needed to come out and be strong in the first 10 minutes of the first and that’s exactly what they did. The period would even out and remain 0-0. The Leafs penalty kill is seemingly more aggressive and clogging up the neutral zone better.

    The second period would be much of the same but the Bruins would have more chances but the Leaf played a confident defensive game and patient offensively but aggressive when they get in the zone. Good cycle game and puck movement.

    The 3rd would come the Leafs way after finally getting powerplay the Leafs seemed to pick up their play. An Auston Matthews goal on a slick feed from Jake Muzzin gave them a 1-0 lead and they just kept coming. Less than 2 minutes later the Leafs Kasperi Kapanen would blast home a beautiful pass by Andreas Johnsson. The Leafs would then have to stave off a flurry of shots from Boston in the final few of minutes. David Krejci would score with 43 seconds left but the Leafs would hold on from there and take a 3-2 series lead heading back to Toronto.

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – William Nylander– Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Jake Gardiner

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: Nazem Kadri (3-5)

     

    Boston:

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Karson Kuhlman

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner

    Sean Kuraly – David Backes – Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steve Kampfer

    Injuries: Kevan Miller (upper body)

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 17:00 – Zach Hyman, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – TOR – 0     BOS – 0

    Shots              7               6

    Faceoffs       9/14            5/14

    Hits              11                 14

    PP                 0/0                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 4:13 – Patrick Marleau, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Toronto Penalty – 8:24 – Mitch Marner, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    End of 2nd – TOR- 0       BOS- 0

    Shots               16                15

    Faceoffs         15/35         20/35

    Hits                 21                  21

    PP                   0/0                 0/3

    Third Period:

    Boston Penalty – 7:14 – Bench Minor, 2 minutes for Too Many Men On Ice

    Toronto Goal – 11:33- Auston Matthews (4) assisted by Jake Muzzin (2) and Kasperi Kapanen (1)

    Toronto Goal – 13:45- Kasperi Kapanen (1) assisted by Andreas Johnsson (3) and Morgan Rielly (4)

    Boston Goal – 19:16 – David Krejci (2) assisted David Pastrnak (2) and Torey Krug (3)

    End of 3rd – TOR – 2         BOS – 1

    Shots             27                   29

    Faceoffs     22/62               40/62

    Hits               36                    29

    PP                 0/1                    0/3