Today is Saturday, November 10th, 2018, and these are your news and notes
There were six contests last night.
In the annual Hockey Hall of Fame game, the Toronto Maple Leafs would go on to rout the New Jersey Devils 6-1, thanks to a four-goal burst in the second period.
Toronto’s Patrick Marleau would record his 600th career assist and Morgan Rielly would be the sixth defenceman in team history to have at least seven goals in the team’s first 16 games.
Active NHL players with at least 600 career assists:
1,032 — Joe Thornton
713 — Sidney Crosby
636 — Ryan Getzlaf
604 — Nicklas Backstrom
600 — Patrick Marleau#NHLStats #NJDvsTOR https://t.co/LIxSZ78SFS— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 10, 2018
Morgan Rielly became the sixth different defenseman in @MapleLeafs franchise history to score at least seven goals through the team’s first 16 games of a season. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/WheKkaMpv3
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 10, 2018
TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor Steve Gardiner has his recap of the contest at the following page.
New Jersey @ Toronto – 09/11/2018 – Game Preview and Recap
Columbus 2, WASHINGTON 1
This contest featured a re-match of last year’s Eastern Conference First Round match-up between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Washington Capitals.
The three goals scored in this contest were all power-play goals, with the final goal being scored by Anthony Duclair, his seventh of the season. With Duclair’s goal, he became the fourth player in franchise history to have seven goals in 16 games played.
Anthony Duclair joined Thomas Vanek (2017-18), Sam Gagner (2016-17) and Antoine Vermette (2008-09) as the only players in @BlueJacketsNHL franchise history to score 7+ goals in his first 16 GP. #NHLStats #CBJvsWSH pic.twitter.com/7aJQmnJwRX
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 10, 2018
November 9th, 2018 — Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals Full Gameday Preview and Coverage
DETROIT 3, NY Rangers 2 (OT)
The Detroit Red Wings won their fifth contest in six games after being down by two going into the third period.
Dylan Larkin would score the game-winner with five seconds left in the overtime frame.
Friday's contest featured the 23rd instance in @DetroitRedWings history in which the club overcame a multi-goal deficit in the third period to win a regular-season game and first since Oct. 24, 2015 at VAN. #NHLStats #NYRvsDET pic.twitter.com/Munlk8HGa7
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 10, 2018
Ryan O’Reilly is the first player in St. Louis history to have a nine game point streak since the 2014-15 season when David Backes and Alexander Steen accomplished the same feat.
Ryan O’Reilly (8-8—16) is the first @StLouisBlues player to record a nine-game point streak since David Backes (8-8—16) and Alexander Steen (7-9—16) both did so in 2014-15. #NHLStats #SJSvsSTL pic.twitter.com/zjatM4gPUq
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 10, 2018
Blake Wheeler had a five point contest in the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
After a 5️⃣ point outing, you bet @BiggieFunke is the first star of the game. pic.twitter.com/erjKFlaP4b
— NHL (@NHL) November 10, 2018
Blake Wheeler recorded the fifth five-point game of 2018-19 and the third through the first nine days of November. #NHLStats #COLvsWPG pic.twitter.com/mAPI2QYKMQ
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 10, 2018
The Minnesota Wild would win their fourth contest on their current road trip for the third time in franchise history as they would defeat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1.
Friday marked the third time in franchise history in which the @mnwild collected four wins on a road trip of five or more games. The others:
4-1-1 from Jan. 24 – Feb. 9, 2001
4-1-0 from Dec. 4 – Dec. 13, 2011#NHLStats #MINvsANA pic.twitter.com/QD2A5siEG4— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 10, 2018
There are 11 contests on today’s slate…
There's long and fun Saturday ahead of us. Time to rock and roll!https://t.co/P648CaMoJ1 pic.twitter.com/j9fhXSSq3o
— NHL (@NHL) November 10, 2018
This week’s NHL European Game of the Week:
Super rookies @_EPettersson of the @Canucks and @rasmusdahlin00 of the @BuffaloSabres go head-to-head in one of three featured European Game of the Week matchups this week.
Full EGOTW Schedule: https://t.co/UwsXptOS8j pic.twitter.com/K3yffCfONL
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 10, 2018
In NHL news…
The Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018 participated in the ceremonial puck drop before the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils.
#HHOF2018 pic.twitter.com/wJe5nEgrp1
— NHL (@NHL) November 10, 2018
-In the Washington Capitals Hockey Fight Cancer Awareness night, Capitals commentator, Craig Laughlin and his wife, Linda, participated in the ceremonial puck-drop.
We fight for Linda @Laughlin18! #CapsFightCancer #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/1v2L1MFnKQ
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 10, 2018
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