Today is Monday, December 10th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.
There were seven contests in the NHL yesterday and one contest in the NWHL.
Vancouver 6, ST. LOUIS 1
Game at a Glance, presented by @ToyotaBC – The Flow’s hat trick, plus goals from Petey, Bowie & Goldy, helped the #Canucks dominate the Blues 6-1. pic.twitter.com/0jzU8xhyFr
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) December 9, 2018
Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson would be the sixth different rookie since the NHL’s Expansion Era (1967-68) to have multiple games of at least five points in a game.
Pettersson became the sixth different rookie in the NHL’s expansion era to record multiple five-point games in a season. #NHLStats #VANvsSTL pic.twitter.com/EQXrx0wjX5
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
WINNIPEG 7, Philadelphia 1
Seven different Winnipeg Jets players would goals for the Jets in this contest against the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday afternoon.
SEVEN ON A SUNDAY!
🚨: @KyleConnor18, Josh Morrissey, Brandon Tanev, Dustin Byfuglien @BiggieFunke, Bryan Little, Tyler Myers #GoJetsGo | #PHIvsWPG
Score the new My McD’s app ➡ https://t.co/jNjGEyiZJj pic.twitter.com/tz3WAwbCrl
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) December 9, 2018
Jets Blake Wheeler would set a new franchise record for shorthanded points with 15 in the contest against the Flyers.
https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1071885789645148160
Boston 2, OTTAWA 1 (OT)
Most regular-season overtime goals by defensemen, @NHLBruins franchise history:
5 – Ray Bourque
3 – Lionel Hitchman
2 – @ToreyKrug*
* Three others with 2#NHLStats pic.twitter.com/dBzcuN1gqC— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
Montreal 3, CHICAGO 2
Le Tricolore remporte deux matchs consécutifs à Chicago pour la première fois depuis 2002.
The Habs win consecutive games in Chicago for the first time since 2002.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/UcOG2vkLaZ
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) December 10, 2018
ANAHEIM 6, New Jersey 5 (SO)
In the Anaheim Ducks 6-5 win over the New Jersey Devils, three Anaheim players would have multi-point efforts in the contest.
The @AnaheimDucks benefited from multi-point efforts from Ondrej Kase (1-2—3), Brandon Montour (1-1—2) and Ryan Getzlaf (0-2—2) to improve to 8-2-0 in their last 10 contests. #NHLStats #NJDvsANA pic.twitter.com/IWGGuwELy3
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
Both teams would start out the scoring fast and early when they combined for three goals in the first 2:47. It would be the fastest time in which two teams would combine for three goals to start a contest this season.
The @NJDevils and @AnaheimDucks combined for three goals in a span of 2:47. It marked the fastest three goals by two teams to open a game this season. #NHLStats #NJDvsANA pic.twitter.com/cFDPF9PRHB
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
EDMONTON 1, Calgary 0
Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid would score the lone goal in the contest, which would be his 22nd game-winning goal since the 2015-16 season, good for a tie for fourth place with three other players.
Most game-winning goals since 2015-16:
25 – Nathan MacKinnon
25 – Brad Marchand
23 – Alex Ovechkin
22 – @cmcdavid97
22 – Sean Mohanan
22 – Sidney Crosby#NHLStats pic.twitter.com/N0gXXLq3Ty— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
VEGAS 4, Dallas 2
Vegas Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury would earn his 17th win on the season, the most for any goalie this season, with the Vegas 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars last night. Fleury is now two wins away from tying Tony Esposito for ninth place all-time amongst goaltenders.
Marc-Andre Fleury of the @GoldenKnights earned his League-leading 17th victory of the season and moved two wins shy of tying Tony Esposito (423) for 9th all-time among goaltenders. #NHLStats #DALvsVGK pic.twitter.com/vg6mNqyy0q
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
The lone contest in the NWHL…
Boston Pride 5, METROPOLITAN RIVETERS 2
The Boston Pride would score three goals late in the contest to defeat the Metropolitan Riveters by the score of 5-2.
In the first period, Boston took the lead with a shorthanded goal when Amanda Pelkey scored her third goal on the season at the 8:55 mark. Mallory Souliotis would register the assist on Pelkey’s goal.
The Riveters Madison Packer would tie the score 4:01 later at 1-1. Boston’s Dana Trivigno would make the game a 2-1 contest late in the second period with Trivigno’s second goal on the season.
In the third period, the Riveters would tie the game a 2 a piece when Alexa Gruschow would score her first goal of the season. After Gruschow would score, this is when the Pride would have their three-goal outburst in the final 1:54 of the contest, with two of these goals coming in a 28-second span on power-plays.
At the 18:06 mark, Boston’s Kaleigh Fratkin would score her first goal of the season, with Alyssa Gagliardi getting her second assist on the season. 28 seconds later at the 18:34 mark, Mallory Souliotis would score her third goal on the season. Toni Ann Miano would gain her second assist on the season.
Boston’s fifth goal would be an empty-netter scored by McKenna Brand, her fourth of the season, with 31 seconds left in the contest. Brand’s goal would be assisted by Haley Skarupa, her seventh on the season.
Boston Pride goalie Katie Burt had 21 saves on 23 attempts, good for a save percentage of .913 whereas Metropolitan Riveters goalie Kimberly Sass, despite being pulled in the final minute of the contest, had 31 saves on 35 chances. Sass had a save percentage of .886.
With the win by the Pride, they are now tied with the Minnesota Whitecaps atop the NWHL Standings with a record of 6-2-0.
The NWHL will take a three-week hiatus and resume contests on December 29th, 2018. The Metropolitan Riveters next contest will not take place until January 6th, 2019.
RECAP: @TheBostonPride scored three late goals to take a 5-2 win over the @Riveters and move into first place!
📝 from @DRdiabloTHW: https://t.co/YgBfRf3uRE pic.twitter.com/9QRTuHWsb9
— PHF (@PHF) December 9, 2018
Games coming up in the NWHL…
December 29th, 2018:
Minnesota Whitecaps at Buffalo Beauts, 2 p.m., ET (NWHL Twitter Game of the Week)
December 30th, 2018:
Minnesota Whitecaps at Buffalo Beauts, 1:30 p.m., ET
Boston Pride at Connecticut Whale, 3 p.m., ET
January 5th, 2019:
Boston Pride at Buffalo Beauts, 1:30 p.m., ET (NWHL Twitter Game of the Week)
January 6th, 2019:
Metropolitan Riveters at Connecticut Whale, 1 p.m., ET
Today in NHL news…
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced yesterday afternoon that Toronto Maple Leafs F Zach Hyman has been suspended for two games for Interference on Boston Bruins D Charlie McAvoy.
Toronto’s Zach Hyman has been suspended for two games for interference on Boston’s Charlie McAvoy. https://t.co/1qvBURr6sM
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) December 9, 2018
This Week’s NHL Three Stars of the Week (week ending December 9th):
Elias Pettersson (@Canucks), Louis Domingue (@TBLightning), Johnny Gaudreau (@NHLFlames) named Three Stars for the week ending Dec. 9. https://t.co/qjkTSc4XoB pic.twitter.com/SiDnn5IYpo
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
⭐ @_EPettersson led the NHL with 2-6—8 in 3 GP incl. two game winners. He became the 6th rookie in the NHL’s expansion era (since '67-68) to record multiple 5-PT games within a single season – and 2nd to achieve the feat before the end of Dec. (Trottier: 1975-76). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/1SiaVBvm8q
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
⭐ ⭐ @domingue35 had a perfect week for the League-leading @TBLightning, posting a 3-0-0 record. His 13 wins in 2018-19 share third place in the NHL and are just four shy of leader Marc-Andre Fleury (17). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/sJOyAz0N9f
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ @johngaudreau03 piled up 2-6—8 in 4 GP to help the @NHLFlames pick up three wins and move atop the Western Conference standings. He sits seventh in the entire NHL with 12-27—39 in 31 GP this season. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/x3ec2pRBzB
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 10, 2018
The NWHL announced that Original NWHLer and current Boston Pride Kaleigh Fratkin has been named this week’s NWHL Player of the Week. Fratkin would score the game-winner for the Boston Pride with 1:54 left to give the Pride the win over the Metropolitan Riveters yesterday. The win would also push the Boston Pride to first place in the NWHL standings with a record of 6-2-0.
Original NWHLer Kaleigh Fratkin scored with 1:54 left to give @TheBostonPride a win over the @Riveters on Sunday and push the Pride into first place! With an assist on the day as well, @fratkin13 is your @EcnVeda NWHL Player of the Week!
📝 https://t.co/vROQPkQ1Mc pic.twitter.com/I3rGd5DTXn
— PHF (@PHF) December 10, 2018
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