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  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 7 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 7 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Series Tied 3-3

     

    Game Recap:

    Heading into the dreaded Game 7, both the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes head into Capital One Arena looking to finish the series with win, and move on to face the idle New York Islanders. To start the game the Capitals would force the play in the Hurricanes which would see Andre Burakovsky forc2 Brett Pesce to cough up the puck and Burakovsky would skate into the slot and rip the puck past Petr Mrazek to make it 1-0 less than three minutes into the game. Then it would be a highly motivated Alex Ovechkin undressing Dougie Hamilton while entering the zone, and Ovechkin would then feed Tom Wilson who would one time it past Mrazek to make it 2-0.

     

    Going into the second period both teams looked to swing the momentum their way, and for a good portion of the period the Capitals would force the play, however, while on the lone powerplay the Capitals would cough it up and Sebastian Aho would get it past Braden Holtby to cut the lead to one. But the Capitals would get their two goal lead back as Evgeny Kuznetsov and Carl Hagelin would team up to give Kuznetsov his first goal of the playoffs, but that too would be short lived as Teuvo Teravainen would get the loose puck in the slot and rip it past Holtby to make it 3-2 Capitals going into the second intermission.

     

    Heading into the third period it would be the Hurricanes buildimg upom the momentum they gained in the second period as less than three minutes into the third frame Jordan Staal would streak down the wing and let go of a beautiful wrist shot past Holtby to tie the game at three. After a lot of back and forth in thebperiod, the game would remained tied after 60 minutes of play.

     

    In the first overtime period of the game it would be all Hurricanes as they dictated the pace of the period and held the Capitals without a shot through the first half of the overtime period. However, the Capitals would escape the first overtime period.

     

    Then in double overtime the Hurricanes would continue their dominant play against the Capitals, and after killing a delay of game penalty it would be Mr. Game 7 himself Justin Williams throwing it on net where Brock McGinn would tip it in past Holtby to win the game and the series 4-3.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Brock McGinn — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Warren Foegele — Lucas Wallmark — Jordan Martinook

    Saku Maenalanen — Greg McKegg — Patrick Brown

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Calvin de Haan — Trevor van Riemsdyk

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Scratched: Haydn Fleury

    Injured: Andrei Svechnikov (concussion), Micheal Ferland (upper body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Jakub Vrana

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Christian Djoos, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Parker Milner

    Injured: Michal Kempny (torn left hamstring), T.J. Oshie (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 2:13 – Andre Burakovsky (1) from unassisted

    Capitals Goal – 6:23 – Tom Wilson (3) from Alex Ovechkin (5) and Dmitry Orlov (3)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 13:39 – Greg McKegg 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Penalty – 16:58 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 0       WAS – 2

    Shots              11                10

    Faceoffs         12                17

    Hits               15                  10

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 8:35 – Jordan Martinook 2 minutes for Tripping

    Hurricanes SHG – 9:51 – Sebastian Aho (2) from Brett Pesce (2) and Jaccob Slavin (7)

    Capitals Goal – 13:22 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) from Carl Hagelin (1)

    Hurricanes Goal – 16:37 – Teuvo Teravainen (3) from Brett Pesce (3) and Brock McGinn (3)

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 2        WAS – 3

    Shots               19                 19

    Faceoffs          18                 27

    Hits                 30                  21

    PP                   0/1                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Hurricanes Goal – 2:56 – Jordan Staal (3) from Jaccob Slavin (8)

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 3         WAS – 3

    Shots              24                   31

    Faceoffs        22                    31

    Hits               42                     29

    PP                 0/1                    0/2

     

    Overtime:

    N/A

     

    End of OT – CAR – 3         WAS – 3

    Shots              35                   35

    Faceoffs        30                    45

    Hits               51                     40

    PP                 0/1                    0/2

     

    Double Overtime:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 2:02 – Saku Maenalanen 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Hurricanes Goal – 11:05 – Brock McGinn (2) from Justin Williams (3) and Jaccob Slavin (9)

     

    End of 2OT – CAR – 4         WAS – 3

    Shots              42                   37

    Faceoffs        33                    47

    Hits               60                     43

    PP                 0/1                    0/3

     

    Next Up:

    Carolina Wins Series 4-3

    2nd Round v. NY Islanders

     

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  • TXHT Opinion – 2 or a 5? You Decide.

    TXHT Opinion – 2 or a 5? You Decide.

    Last night in San Jose for Game 7 between the Sharks and the Vegas Golden Knights, there was a moment in the third period where Sharks forward Joe Pavelski and Knights forward Cody Eakin would take the faceoff against each other in thr Knights zone.

     

    During the faceoff Pavelski and Eakin would battle eachother for the puck that saw Eakin get the physical advantage over Pavelski as he would cross check Pavelski in the chest which would foce him to lose his balance. While losing his balance Pavelski would then get tangled with Knights forward Paul Stastny who would slam Pavelski onto the ice.

     

    As Pavelski fell to the ice, he would hit his head on the ice and would require medical attention. As a result of this play Eakin would be assessed a five minute major for cross checking and a game misconduct. At the time of this play the Knights were up 3-0 and on their way to defeating the Sharks. On the five minute powerplay the Sharks would score four powerplay goals to guide them to their eventual victory.

     

    Now with all of that said, I have to agree with the Golden Knights fans that the call on the play was excessive and that Eakin should have been assessed only a two minute minor for cross checking. Eakin never targeted the head, and the point of contact was Pavelski’s chest, which is where Eakin hit Pavelski with the cross check.

     

    Now as for Stastny, one could argue for a roughing penalty to be called on the same play, but at the same time it looked like a wrong place, wrong time scenario for Stastny on this play. However, a roughing call would have been appropriate on this play.

     

    One of the biggest takeaways is this. Out of all of this, the Golden Knights defeated themselves in Game 7. Instead of focusing on the game and killing off the five minute powerplay to the best of their abilities, they imploded over the penalty call. At the end of the day, that is what costed the Knights the game and ultimately the 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.

     

     

     

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  • April 23rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 23rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019, and these are your notes.

     

    There were two games in action yesterday.

     

    CAROLINA 5, Washington 2 (Series is tied at 3-3)

     

    Game 6. 3-3 Tie

     

    The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals yesterday to tie this series 3-3 with the win or go home game taking place tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m., ET at Capital One Arena.

     

    Michael Lindenbaum has your full recap of the contest between the Capitals and Hurricanes here.

     

    DALLAS 2, Nashville 1 (OT) (Dallas wins series 4-2)

     

    The Dallas Stars would defeat the Nashville Predators last night 2-1 in overtime to win the series and the Stars will now go on to face the St. Louis Blues in the second round.

     

    Dickson Kendrick has your full recap of the contest between the Predators and the Stars here.

     

    Today’s schedule of games:

     

    *Note: All images are the property of the NHL, NHL Public Relations, and their respective owners unless otherwise noted.

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats, check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report at the following link.

     

     

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  • Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 6)

    Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 6)

    Nashville Predators at Dallas Stars
    Game 6: Dallas Stars lead the series 3-2

     

    Game Recap:
    The first period starts out with Nashville’s Filip Forsberg getting a shot on goal early and had a great block save by Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop.  A few minutes later, Calle Jarnkrok breakout down the ice to try and score a early goal but Bishop takes the puck into the chest and getting a save to stop the clock for a faceoff in Dallas’ zone.  At the 5:47 mark, Nashville’s Austin Watson would score his first goal of the postseason, with P.K. Subban and Nick Bonino earning assists on the goal.  Dallas’ Jamie Benn would try to tie the contest, but the puck would bounce right off the crossbar.  After that, Nashville would spend time trying to keep the puck away from the Stars.  We get a whistle with 8:16 left in the period after a wrist shot by Jamie Benn, which would get a save from Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne.  WIth 6:42 left in the period, there would be a scrum in front of Dallas’ net after a hit from Nashville’s Brian Boyle, who is a little over a week removed from an appendectomy.  A majority of this period has seen the Nashville Predators get a lot of shots and scoring chances against the Stars.  At the 14:55 mark in the period, Nashville goes on the power play when Dallas’ Mats Zuccarello gets called for a tripping penalty.  Austin Watson would get called for with 2:07 left in the period for an illegal check to the head to send the Stars to their first power play of the game.  Dallas would spend the majority of the power play and the last last two minutes trying to get the puck past Pekka Rinne after several good looks.  Look for the Stars in the second period to attack the net and create as much havoc as possible for Rinne.  Going into the second period, Nashville needs to play a crisp game and get the puck past Bishop.

     

    The second period of this contest would have a bit of rough action with good hits and lot of post whistle jabs, but there would not be any penalties called because of that action.  After great shots by the Predators, the Stars break out down the ice with Comeau getting his second goal of the playoffs to tie the game at the 5:20 mark in the period.  After that goal, Dallas nearly took the lead before a kickout save by Rinne.  At the 8:02 mark in the period, Blake Comeau gets called for a Delay of game penalty for shooting the puck over the glass, giving Nashville their second power play of the contest.  On the power play, Nashville is unable to take advantage as the Stars will clear the puck.  Thus far, the Predators are the only team to not register a goal in the postseason.  The Stars are all over Nashville, as they are not letting the Predators get anything going.  The only player getting anything done in this game to this point is Rocco Grimaldi.  Dallas Jason Dickinson would later be called for an elbowing penalty, Nashville’s third of the contest.  The second period was a rather sluggish one, and look for the third period to be full of action.

     

    Going into the third, Dallas almost made it a 2-1 game but the puck would ring right off the crossbar and some Stars players thought that the puck would make it in the net but after a replay, the puck barely missed the net.  The action has gone fast in this period with a lot of whistles not being blown.  Action has been good with both teams getting good chances with a few odd-man rushes occurring as well.  Colton Sissons of the Predators would breakout down the ice, but would get stopped by Bishop.  In turn, Dallas would get a breakaway chance, but they would also miss another chance to make it a 2-1 Stars lead.  A clean period would be played until Dallas’ Blake Comeau would be called for tripping at the 18:03 mark, giving Nashville their fourth power play of the night.  The third period would come to an end with Nashville having 7 seconds left on the power play, going into overtime.

     

    In overtime, the Stars would kill the power play and they would get a couple looks at the net.  Overtime play in the first five minutes would see both teams get good shots at the net but there would also be great physicality between the two clubs at each other’s end of the ice.  Much like the third period, there would be a lot action, without a lot of whistles being blown to halt play.  The Dallas Stars would win the game with 2:58 left in the contest when John Klingberg would score, sending the Stars to the second round.

     

    Dallas now faces the St. Louis Blues in the Second Round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

     

     

    Nashville Predators Lines and Defencive Pairings

    Filip Forsberg-Ryan Johansen-Viktor Arvidsson

    Mikael Granlund-Kyle Turris-Rocco Grimaldi

    Calle Jarnkrok-Colton Sissons-Craig Smith

    Brian Boyle-Nick Bonino-Austin Watson

    Roman Josi-Ryan Ellis

    Mattias Ekholm-P.K. Subban

    Dan Hamhuis-Dante Fabbro

    Pekka Rinne

    Juusa Saros

    Injured:  Wayne Simmonds (lower body)

    Scratched: Miikka Salomaki, Rem Pitlick, Zac Rinaldo, Cody McLeod, Matt Irwin, Yannick Weber, Frederick Gaudreau

     

    Dallas Stars Lines and Defensive Pairings

    Jamie Benn-Tyler Seguin-Alexander Radulov

    Jason Dickinson-Roope Hintz-Mats Zuccarello

    Andrew Cogliano-Radek Faksa-Blake Comeau

    Justin Dowling-Jason Spezza-Valeri Nichushkin

    Esa Lindell-John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen-Roman Polak

    Jamie Oleksiak-Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Injuries: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Brett Ritchie (hand), Mattias Janmark (lower body)

    Scratched: Julius Honka, Jason Spezza, Taylor Fedun, Landon Bow, Valeri Nichushkin

     

     

    First Period:

    Nashville Goal: Austin Watson (1) assisted by P.K. Subban (2) and Nick Bonino (3)  —  5:47

    Dallas Penalty: Mats Zuccarello for Tripping  —  2 min minor  —  14:55

     

    End of 1st – NSH – 1       DAL – 0

    Shots              19                10

    Faceoffs         10                09

    Hits                 09                15

    PP                   0/1                 0/1

     

     

     

    Second Period:

    Dallas Goal: Blake Comeau (2) assisted by Radek Faksa (1) —  5:20

    Dallas Penalty: Blake Comeau for Delay of game  —  2 min penalty  —  8:02

    Dallas Penalty: Jason Dickinson for Elbowing  —  2 min penalty  —  15:32

     

    End of 2nd – NSH – 1       DAL – 1

    Shots              32                23

    Faceoffs         25                23

    Hits                 22                23

    PP                   0/3                 0/1

     

     

     

    Third Period:

    Dallas Penalty: Blake Comeau for Tripping  —  2 min minor  —  18:07

     

    End of 3rd– NSH – 1       DAL – 1

    Shots              40                37

    Faceoffs         35                28

    Hits               32                  31

    PP                   0/4*              0/1

    *7 seconds remain in PP

     

    1st OT Period:

    Dallas Goal: John Klingberg (1) assisted by Alexander Raduolv (2) and Tyler Seguin (4)   —  17:02

     

    End of OT– NSH – 1       DAL – 2

    Shots              48                51

    Faceoffs         45                33

    Hits                37                 41

    PP                   0/4              0/1

     

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  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 6 – Washington Capitals v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 6 – Washington Capitals v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Washington Capitals v. Carolina Hurricanes

    Capitals Lead 3-2

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals enter Game 6 looking to earn their first road win of the postseason as they also look to close out their series against the Hurricanes in Carolina. The Capitals would not need long as Brett Connolly would net his second of the playoffs when he would recieve a behind the night pass from Lars Eller, and Connolly would move to the front of the net area and roof over Petr Mrazek’s glove to make it 1-0. Then after a failed powerplay attempt, the Hurricanes would take advantage of a bad line change by the Capitals as Warren Foegele would score his fourth of the playoffs to tie the game at one. However, the Capitals would regaim the lead as Alex Ovechkin would dangle past a sliding Jaccob Slavin then rip the puck past Mrazek to make it 2-1 going into the second intermission.

     

    Going into the second period the Hurricanes would force the play in the Capitals zone, and after slashing Jonas Siegenthaler in the hands Sebastian Aho would do a nice dish to Teuvo Teravainen who would score his second of the playoffs to tie the game at two. As the period went on the Capitals would get two powerplay opportunities, but poor entry decisions would cost the Capitals on both powerplays.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would try to force the rush, but the Hurricanes would suffocate the Capitals and with the puck bouncing around in the slot area Jordan Staal would get the puck past Bradem Holtby to give the Hurricanes the lead for the first time in this game and also create the first lead change all season. Then the Capitals wouldvforce some good pressure to where they thought they scored, however, the goal would be waved off due to Alex Ovechkin’s contact with Petr Mrazek that pushed the puck in the net. Shortly after Justin Williams would tip a point shot from Brett Pesce past Braden Holtby to increase their lead to 4-2. Then on a very moronic decision by head coach Todd Reirden, Dougie Hamilton would score an empty net goal to ice this game and force a Game 7 with a 5-2 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Carl Hagelin

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Christian Djoos, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Parker Milner

    Injured: Michal Kempny (torn left hamstring), T.J. Oshie (clavicle)

     

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Brock McGinn — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Warren Foegele — Lucas Wallmark — Jordan Martinook

    Saku Maenalanen — Greg McKegg — Patrick Brown

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Calvin de Haan — Trevor van Riemsdyk

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Clark Bishop

    Injured: Andrei Svechnikov (concussion), Micheal Ferland (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 5:06 – Brett Connolly (2) from Lars Eller (2) and Andre Burakovsky (1)

    Capitals Penalty – 8:30 – Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Hooking

    Hurricanes Goal – 10:35 – Warren Foegele (4) from Dougie Hamilton (3) and Jaccob Slavin (6)

    Capitals Goal – 15:12 – Alex Ovechkin (4) from Dmitry Orlov (3) and Matt Niskanen (2)

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 2       CAR – 1

    Shots              07                15

    Faceoffs         11                14

    Hits               18                  20

    PP                 0/0                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Hurricanes Goal – 1:56 – Teuvo Teravainen (2) from Sebastian Aho (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 2:36 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Slashing

    Hurricanes Penalty – 7:58 – Justin Williams 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Penalty – 15:36 – Nino Niederreiter 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Hurricanes Penalty – 19:29 – Jordan Martinook 2 minutes for Holding

    Capitals Penalty – 19:29 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 2        CAR – 2

    Shots               13                 24

    Faceoffs          17                 26

    Hits                 37                  30

    PP                   0/2                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Hurricanes Goal – 3:51 – Jordan Staal (2) from Brock McGinn (2) and Justin Faulk (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 6:15 – Chandler Stephenson 2 minutes for Tripping

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    Hurricanes Goal – 11:58 – Justin Williams (1) from Brett Pesce (1) and Jordan Staal (3)

    Hurricanes ENG – 16:54 – Dougie Hamilton (3) from Jordan Martinook (2)

    Capitals Penalty – 18:52 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Penalty – 18:52 – Alex Ovechkin – Misconduct

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 2         CAR – 5

    Shots              25                   36

    Faceoffs        28                    38

    Hits               45                     38

    PP                 0/2                    0/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game Seven – Series Tied 3-3

     

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  • 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.

     

  • April 21st, 2019 — News and Notes

    April 21st, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, April 21st, 2019, and these are your news and notes

     

    There were three Stanley Cup playoffs games  in action yesterday.  All the recaps are written by TXHT’s staff.

     

     

    Dallas 5, NASHVILLE 3 (Dallas leads the series 3-2)

     

    Game 5, 3-2 DAL

     

    The Dallas Stars are one win away from advancing to the second round after they defeated the Nashville Predators yesterday by the score of 5-3.

     

    Dickson Kendrick has your recap of the contest between Dallas and Nashville which you can read here or at the link below.

     

     

    ST. LOUIS 3, Winnipeg 2 (St. Louis wins the series 4-2)

     

    Game 6. 4-2 STL

     

    The St. Louis Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets by the score of 3-2 and have advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  The Blues await the winner of the series between the Predators and Stars.

     

    Aryan Weisenfeld has your recap of the contest between the Blues and Jets here or at the link below.

     

     

     

    WASHINGTON 6, Carolina 0 (Washington leads the series 3-2)

     

    Game 5. 3-2 WSH

     

    The Washington Capitals crushed the Carolina Hurricanes last night with a 6-0 win and are one win away from facing off against the NY Islanders in the second round.

     

    Michael Lindenbaum was live from the contest between the Capitals and the Hurricanes and you can read the recap of the contest here or at the link posted below.

     

     

    There are two contests taking place today in Stanley Cup playoff action with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights looking to advance to the second round.

     

     

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

     

     

    You can catch up on all of TXHT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff coverage by clicking here.

  • Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 5 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 5 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals

    Series Tied 2-2

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals return home for Game 5 looking to regain their series lead against the Carolina Hurricanes, and things would get chippy right away as Saku Maenalanen would take an ill advised roughig penalty when he would go after Tom Wilson after the whistle. After the Capitals failed powerplay attempt Carolina would get one of their own, but would lose it when Lucas Wallmark would be called for high sticking. On their second powerplay opportunity Nicklas Backstrom would would collect his own rebound and shoot it between Petr Mrazek’s legs to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would get themselves into penalty trouble as they would take three consecutive penalties (though the one on John Carlson for goaltender interference was laughable), however, the Capitals would be perfect on the penalty kill, and after they killed off the third penalty the Capitals would turn on the offense as Alex Ovechkin would come charging and throw a perfet pass to Nicklas Backstrom for his second goal of the game. Then minutes later brett Connolly would net his first goal of the playoffs to make it 3-0.

     

    Going into the third period the Capitals would start with the continuation of their powerplay from the end of the second period, and the Capitals would continue their pressure and Tom Wilson would get Evgeny Kuznetsov’s rebound and get it past the defender and into the empty net with four seconds left on the powerplay to make it 4-0. Then on a breakaway Nic Dowd would be fouled and awarded a penalty shot which he would score on to make it 5-0. Then Lucas Wallmark would take a slashing penalty to which the Capitals would only need two seconds as Alex Ovechkin would rip it right off the faceoff to make it 6-0.

     

    Lineups:

    Carolina Hurricanes:

    Nino Niederreiter — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen

    Warren Foegele — Jordan Staal — Justin Williams

    Brock McGinn — Lucas Wallmark — Saku Maenalanen

    Aleksi Saarela — Greg McKegg — Patrick Brown

    Jaccob Slavin — Dougie Hamilton

    Brett Pesce — Justin Faulk

    Calvin de Haan — Trevor van Riemsdyk

    Petr Mrazek

    Curtis McElhinney

    Scratched: Haydn Fleury

    Injured: Andrei Svechnikov (concussion), Micheal Ferland (upper body), Jordan Martinook (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Carl Hagelin

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Christian Djoos, Travis Boyd, Dmitrij Jaskin, Ilya Samsonov

    Injured: Michal Kempny (torn left hamstring), T.J. Oshie (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Hurricanes Penalty – 1:08 – Saku Maenalanen 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Penalty – 4:41 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Hooking

    Hurricanes Penalty – 5:42 – Lucas Wallmark 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals PPG – 7:33 – Nicklas Backstrom (4) from John Carlson (4) and Tom Wilson (2)

     

    End of 1st – CAR – 0       WAS – 1

    Shots              06                10

    Faceoffs         07                12

    Hits               14                  19

    PP                 0/1                 1/2

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 4:18 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Capitals Penalty – 7:56 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Goaltender Interference

    Capitals Penalty – 12:02 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Goal – 14:21 – Nicklas Backstrom (5) from Alex Ovechkin (3)

    Capitals Goal – 16:11 – Brett Connolly (1) from Alex Ovechkin (4) and Nicklas Backstrom (2)

    Hurricanes Penalty – 19:07 – Sebastian Aho 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd – CAR – 0        WAS – 3

    Shots               21                 17

    Faceoffs          24                 25

    Hits                 22                  31

    PP                   0/4                  1/2*

    *3rd powerplay in progress

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals PPG – 1:04 – Tom Wilson (2) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) and John Carlson (5)

    Penalty Shot Goal – 8:57 – Nic Dowd (1)

    Hurricanes Penalty- 10:12 – Lucas Wallmark 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals PPG – 10:14 – Alex Ovechkin (3) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) and Nicklas Backstrom (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 17:29 – Nick Jensen 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 3rd – CAR – 0         WAS – 6

    Shots              30                   28

    Faceoffs        30                    36

    Hits               32                     47

    PP                 0/5                    3/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game Six –  WAS Leads Series 3-2

     

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  • Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 5)

    Gameday Recap: Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars (First Round: Game 5)

    Dallas Stars at Nashville Predators
    (Series tied 2-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    The first period in this game starts off with good possession between both teams in a critical Game 5.  Three minutes into the game, Nashville’s Filip Forsberg had a great chance for a goal but would be called for a slashing penalty mere seconds after his chance to score.  Dallas would go on to be unsuccessful in their first extra man advantage of the afternoon and Nashville would open up the scoring with Rocco Grimaldi scoring his third goal in the postseason at the 6:25 mark of the period.  Ryan Turris would get an excellent chance to score to make it a 2-0 Nashville game but Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop, would make a great stop, and get rid of the puck down the ice.  Dallas would make is a 1-1 game with Jason Dickinson’s first Stanley Cup playoff game at the 13:08 mark and Dallas would narrowly make it a 2-1 game but Predators G Pekka Rinne would have a few good saves.  Nashville was very sloppy in the last ten minutes of the contest, with the costly turnovers that they had.  If Nashville wants to win this game, they need to do a better job of having better puck possession and they need to attack the net.

    The second period of the contest would start off with Alexander Radulov giving the Stars the 2-1 lead just 40 seconds in.   There would some big hits at center ice between Nashville’s Nick Bonino and Dan Hamhuis and Dallas’ John Klingberg and Mats Zuccarello.  As far as puck possession goes, Filip Forsberg has had costly turnovers happen.  Forsberg, at the 7:14 mark of the second period, has had 3 giveaways in the contest, the most out of all skaters in this contest.  Alexander Radulov would score his second goal in the contest at the 7:41  mark, his second in the contest.  This goal would come from a missed assignment by Kyle Turris and a turnover by Rocco Grimaldi.  Nashville’s Ryan Johansen would bring the Predators within one with Johansen’s goal and about two minutes later, he and Dallas’ Radek Faska would both be called for minor penalties at the 11:52 mark in the period.  Dallas would regain their two goal lead with a goal when the puck went in and out of the net quickly at the 15:56 mark and Nashville’s Mattias Ekholm would be assessed an Unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the 16:21 mark in the period.  That would be Ekholm’s sixth penalty that he would be assessed in this series.  On the power play, Dallas has a lot of crisp and clean passes to try and make this contest a 5-2 game, but the Stars would be unable to gain a bigger lead on this power play opportunity.   Dallas has been playing a great 40 minutes of hockey and they are one period away from gaining the 3-2 series lead.  Dallas, if they want to win this contest, need to pressure the Predators and take any advantage in flaws that they see on the ice.

    Going into the third period, Dallas’ Jason Dickinson would score his second goal in the contest off of Nashville’s 17th giveaway in the contest and 28 seconds later, Nashville’s Kyle Turris would score his first goal of the postseason.  Nashville would go on their first power play of the contest at 3:39 in the period when Stars D Miro Heiskanen would be called for Hooking on Nashville’s Colton Sissons and the Predators would be unsuccessful on that power play opportunity, only getting off one shot.  The Predators would spend a good majority of the period preventing the Stars from getting down their side of the ice and would do whatever they could score but Ben Bishop would make great stops and saves.  Nashville would pull Pekka Rinne with 2:39 left in the contest but that would not be enough as the Predators would fall in this contest and the Stars would go on to win Game 5 by the score of 5-3

     

     

    Dallas will look to win the series when Game 6 takes place Monday night.

     

    Dallas Stars Lines and Defensive Pairings

    Jamie Benn-Tyler Seguin-Alexander Radulov

    Jason Dickinson-Roope Hintz-mats Zuccarello

    Andrew Cogliano-Radek Faksa-Blake Comeau

    Justin Dowling-Jason Spezza-Valeri Nichushkin

    Esa Lindell-John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen-Roman Polak

    Jamie Oleksiak-Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Injuries: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Brett Ritchie (hand)

    Scratched: Julius Honka, Jason Spezza, Taylor Fedun, Landon Bow, Valeri Nichushkin

     

     

    Nashville Predators Lines and Defencive Pairings

    Filip Forsberg-Ryan Johansen-Viktor Arvidsson

    Mikael Granlund-Colton Sissons-Calle Jarnkrok

    Austin Watson-Nick Bonino-Craig Smith

    Brian Boyle-Kyle Turris-Rocco Grimaldi

    Roman Josi-Ryan Ellis

    Mattias Ekholm-P.K. Subban

    Dan Hamhuis-Dante Fabbro

    Pekka Rinne

    Juusa Saros

    Injured:  Wayne Simmonds (lower body)

    Scratched: Miikka Salomaki, Rem Pitlick, Zac Rinaldo, Cody McLeod, Matt Irwin, Yannick Weber, Frederick Gaudreau

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    First Period:

     

    Nashville Penalty: Filip Forsberg for Slashing  —  2 min minor  —  3:15

     

    Nashville Goal: Rocco Grimaldi (3) assisted by Roman Josi (1) and Ryan Ellis (3)  —  6:25

     

    Dallas Goal: Jason Dickinson (1) assisted by Roope Hintz (1)  —  13:08

     

     

    End of 1st – DAL – 1       NSH – 1

    Shots              14                09

    Faceoffs         09                07

    Hits                 08                10

    PP                   0/1                 0/0

     

     

     

    Second Period:

     

    Dallas Goal: Alexander Radulov (3) assisted by Tyler Seguin (3)  —  :40

     

    Dallas Goal: Alexander Radulov (4) assisted by Jamie Benn (4) —  7:41

     

    Nashville Goal: Ryan Johansen (1) assisted by Filip Forsberg (1) and Roman Josi (2) —  9:18

     

     

     

    Nashville Penalty: Ryan Johansen for Roughing  —  2 min minor  —  11:52

    Dallas Penalty: Radek Faksa for Slashing  —  2 min minor  —  11:52

    Dallas Goal: Tyler Seguin (2) assisted by Jamie Benn (5)  —  15:54

     

     

    Nashville Penalty: Mattias Ekholm for Unsportsmanlike conduct  —  16:21

     

    End of 2nd– DAL – 4       NSH – 2

    Shots              22                17

    Faceoffs         18                24

    Hits                 19                19

    PP                 0/2                 0/0

     

    Third Period:

    Dallas Goal: Jason Dickinson (2) unassisted —  1:57

    Nashville Goal: Kyle Turris (1) assisted by Mikhail Granlund (1)  —  2:25

    Dallas Penalty: Miro Heiskanen for Hooking  —  2 min minor  —  3:39

     

    End of 3rd – DAL – 5       NSH – 3

    Shots              26                33

    Faceoffs         29                33

    Hits                 24               22

    PP                 0/2                 0/1