Today is Wednesday, March 6th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.
There were 10 contests in NHL action yesterday…
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The Carolina Hurricanes would take on the Boston Bruins last night and the Hurricanes would don the Hartford Whalers throwbacks for the final time this season.
They're baaaaaaack! 🐳 pic.twitter.com/14j5vya6Cu
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) March 5, 2019
The Boston Bruins would go on to defeat the Hurricanes in the contest with the 4-3 win in the overtime frame, thanks to David Krejci’s goal. That goal would be his 16th on the season.
The Columbus Blue Jackets would get a very important win last night against the New Jersey Devils with a 2-1 win, picking it up in the shootout frame.
Winning numbers!
Tonight's #CBJ @PNCBank Stat Cap 👇 pic.twitter.com/uTFhIm3mnh
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) March 6, 2019
The New York Islanders would take on the Ottawa Senators and would come away with the 5-4 win in the shootout frame and with the win, Islanders head coach Barry Trotz would notch his 800th win.
Two points for the #Isles and 8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ wins for Trotz. https://t.co/zH6NbG2pYQ
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) March 6, 2019
The Pittsburgh Penguins would face off against the Florida Panthers last night in downtown Pittsburgh, and the Penguins would escape with the 3-2 win in overtime.
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Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby would have one goal and two assists to reach the career mark of 1,200 points for his career.
In this contest, Pittsburgh’s Matt Cullen would become the 20th player in League history to play in at least 1,500 games.
Matt Cullen of the @penguins is the 20th player in NHL history to appear in 1,500 career regular-season games and just the second U.S.-born skater to reach the milestone, joining Chris Chelios (1,651). #NHLStats #FLAvsPIT pic.twitter.com/PIFVXTSRFc
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) March 6, 2019
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby would reach the 1,200 career point mark last night, tying Dino Ciccarelli for 47th place on the NHL’s all-time list in the contest. He would reach the mark in 927 games, the 12th fastest in NHL history.
Of the 48 players in NHL history to record 1,200 career regular-season points, Sidney Crosby required the 11th-fewest games to reach the milestone (927 GP). #NHLStats #FLAvsPIT pic.twitter.com/947YREXtoi
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) March 6, 2019
Sidney Crosby of the @penguins is the 48th player in League history to record 1,200 career regular-season points and just the second active NHL player to reach the milestone, joining Joe Thornton (410-1,055—1,465 in 1,550 GP). #NHLStats #FLAvsPIT pic.twitter.com/q7zUxzu8HN
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) March 6, 2019
With his assist on Jake Guentzel’s goal, @penguins Sidney Crosby has hit 1,200 career points. This moves him into a tie with Dino Ciccarelli for 47th on the NHL’s all-time points list. pic.twitter.com/HKbo8djQxA
— Penguins PR (@PenguinsPR) March 6, 2019
The Tampa Bay Lightning would go on to host the Winnipeg Jets last night and would go on to crush the Jets with the decisive 5-2 win in Tampa last night.
Final 📊 from tonight’s 5-2 win over Winnipeg!#WPGvsTBL | #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/Td2XnTQC48
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) March 6, 2019
Highlights: Oops, he did it again. #Preds | #MINvsNSH https://t.co/n4vRGs9gJA
— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) March 6, 2019
The Nashville Predators would face off against the Minnesota Wild and would get the win tanks to the lone shootout goal in the contest by Nashville’s Ryan Johansen. There would also be four different goal scorers in this contest for the Predators.
In a penalty-filled contest last night, the Dallas Stars would defeat the NY Rangers last night by the score of 1-0. The lone goal of the contest came from Stars John Klingberg, early in the second period.
Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop would go on to have 28 saves in the contest and would earn his fourth shutout on the season.
John Klingberg's snipe was all the Stars needed to get the two points on Tuesday night. Ben Bishop did his part making 28 saves for his fourth shutout of the season. #GoStars pic.twitter.com/zrQY4tupDI
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) March 6, 2019
After trailing twice in the third period, the Colorado Avalanche would come back and defeat the Detroit Red Wings with a 4-3 win in the overtime frame.
An overtime win 🔥#GoAvsGo https://t.co/xBQ29LP9NM
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) March 6, 2019
Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen would go on to have one goal and two assists in the contest and Nathan MacKinnon would go on to net the game-winner in the overtime frame to clinch the win for the Avalanche.
The Anaheim Ducks would snap the Arizona Coyotes six game win streak with the 3-1 last night in Glendale, Arizona.
Not our night. pic.twitter.com/UWtbAZ7k79
— Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) March 6, 2019
In this contest, Ryan Kesler would play in his 1,000th NHL game.
Game No. 1,000.
Big 'ol congrats to @Ryan_Kesler! #RK1K #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/m3Lrtzq6ZR
— NHL (@NHL) March 6, 2019
In this contest, the Montreal Canadiens would score the first three goals in the contest, which would help guide the Canadiens to a 3-1 win last night over the Los Angeles Kings in downtown Los Angeles last night.
Jordan Weal est devenu le 542e joueur à marquer un but dans l'uniforme des Canadiens.
Jordan Weal became the 542nd player to score a goal in a Canadiens uniform.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/kobaDKRaFf
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 6, 2019
Tonight’s NHL schedule of games…
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TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your preview of the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks at the following page.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vancouver Canucks – 6/3/2019 – Game Preview#LeafsForever look to keep winning on the road against the #Canucks https://t.co/r5x7vabGtE pic.twitter.com/mOVX5T8H1h
— TXHT Hockey (@TXHT_Hockey) March 6, 2019
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With the 2019 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoffs kicking off tomorrow with the play-in game between the Connecticut Whale and the Metropolitan Riveters, TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your preview of the contest at the following page.
Whale And Riveters Set For Playoff Rematch
The #NWHL playoffs kickoff tomorrow with a Play In game between the Connecticut Whale and the Metropolitan Riveters to see who will face the first place Minnesota Whitecaps on Sunday. https://t.co/sqhWntfSbj pic.twitter.com/s6mOi3KJk1— TXHT Hockey (@TXHT_Hockey) March 6, 2019
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