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  • Game Recap- 3/10/2019 Winnipeg Jets v.s. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap- 3/10/2019 Winnipeg Jets v.s. Washington Capitals

    Winnipeg Jets (40-24-4 84 pts) v.s. Washington Capitals ( 41-21-7 89 pts)

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals concluded their short two game home stand tonight against the Winnipeg Jets. Tonight’s game was a battle between a pair of forty win teams that are currently leading their respective divisions. Washington got on the board first as a result of a Nicklas Backstrom goal from John Carlson and Michal Kempny. Shortly, Winnipeg would tie the game up on a goal from Mathieu Perreault. The Capitals eventually killed off a pivotal 5 on 3 Power Play after committing back to back penalties. The first period would end with a 1-1 tie between the two teams. In the 2nd period, the Capitals took the lead as Carl Hagelin came out of the penalty box and scored on a beautiful lift pass from Nic Dowd. The Capitals would take a 2-1 lead going into the 3rd period. The 3rd period became very interesting as there was a coach’s challenge by Winnipeg to determine if the puck had crossed the line for a goal after an emphatic no goal call by the referees. After further review, the call would stand as no goal. The Capitals killed off a penalty with 2:35 left in the game after a Dmitri Orlov tripping call. Lars Eller then sealed the game with an empty net goal from Tom Wilson and Dmitri Orlov. The Capitals currently are on a 7 game win streak and close out the short home stand with a 2-0 record.

    Lineups:

    Winnipeg Jets:

    Patrik Laine-Mark Scheifle-Blake Wheeler

    Kyle Connor-Kevin Hayes-Nikolai Ehlers

    Brandon Tanev-Kyle Lowry-Bryan Little

    Matthieu Perreault-Andrew Copp-Jack Roslovic

    Nathan Beulieu-Jacob Trouba

    Dmitry Kulikov-Tyler Myers

    Ben Chiarot-Sami Niku

    Connor Helleubuyck

    Laurent Brosoit

    Scratches: Dustin Byfuglien, Matt Hendricks, Bogdan Kislovich, Par Lindholm, Josh Morrisey, Joe Morrow

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana-Nicklas Backstrom-TJ Oshie

    Carl Hagelin-Lars Eller-Brett Connoly

    Andre Burakovsky-Nic Dowd-Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny-John Carlson

    Dmitri Orlov-Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik-Nic Jensen

    Phoenix Copley

    Braden Holtby

    Scratches:

    Dmitry Jaskin, Christian Djoos, Chandler Stephenson

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Washington Goal- 4:35- Nicklas Backstrom (18), assisted by John Carlson (50) & Michal Kempny (17)

    Winnipeg Goal- 6:23- Matthieu Perreault (13), assisted by Jack Roslovic (13) & Andrew Copp (12)

    Washington Penalty-14:28- Brett Connolly, 2 minutes for tripping

    Washington Penalty- 14:54- Tom Wilson, 2 minutes for too many men on the ice

    End of 1st –

    End of 1st – WPG – 1      WSH – 1

    Shots               8           5

    Faceoffs         9/18         9/18

    Hits                   5              10

    PP                 0/2                0/0

    2nd period:

    Washington Penalty-6:18- Carl Hagelin, 2 minutes for holding

    Winnipeg peanlty-9:33-Mathieu Perreault, 2 minutes for tripping

    Washington Penalty-12:24-Carl Hagelin, 2 minutes for cross checking

    Washington Goal-14:32- Carl Hagelin (4), assisted by Nic Dowd(12)

    End of 2nd – WPG – 1       WSH – 2

    Shots                23 9             

    Faceoffs        21/37          16/37

    Hits                 6 21               

    PP                 0/4                0/1


    3rd period:

    Winnipeg Penalty-18 seconds-Patrik Laine, 2 minutes for hooking

    Washington Penalty-17:25-Dmitri Orlov, 2 minutes for tripping

    Washington Goal (Empty Net)-19:38-Lars Eller (10), assisted by Tom Wilson (16) & Dmitri Orlov (20)

    End of 3rd – WPG – 1       WSH – 3

    Shots                   34   18        

    Faceoffs        35/54          19/54

    Hits                   15          25

    PP                 0/5                0/2

    Next Up:

    Winnipeg Jets(40-24-4 84 pts) vs San Jose Sharks (41-19-8 90 pts)

    Washington Capitals (41-21-7 89 pts) vs Pittsburgh Penguins (37-23-9 83 pts)

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  • Game Recap- 3/8/2019 New Jersey Devils v.s. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap- 3/8/2019 New Jersey Devils v.s. Washington Capitals

    New Jersey Devils (25-34-9 59 pts) v.s. Washington Capitals ( 40-21-7 87 pts)

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals are back home after a short 3 game road trip against Metro Division rivals. Tonight the Caps square off against another division rival in the New Jersey Devils. The Devils are coming into this game having a very depleted lineup with eight of their regulars out due to injuries or illnesses. The Caps scored early with a 5 on 5 goal from Andre Burakovsky. Each team had power play chances and neither team could convert on the man advantage. The second period was a very tight and defensive one. There were a few grade A chances on both sides with neither team being able to convert. In the 3rd period, the Caps were able to add another goal on the Power Play courtesy of Nicklas Backstrom. Lars Eller put the icing on the cake with a short handed empty net goal at the 19:02 mark. The Capitals are currently on a 6 game winning streak.

    Lineups:

    New Jersey Devils:

    Kenny Agastino-Travis Zajac-Kyle Palmeiri

    Stefan Noesen-Blake Coleman-Drew Stafford

    Nick Lappin-Michael McLeod-Joey Anderson

    John Quenville-Blake Pietila-Kurtis Gabriel

    Andy Greene-Damon Severson

    Will Butcher-Connor Carrick

    Egor Yakovlev-Steven Santini

    MacKenzie Blackwood

    Cory Schneider

    Scratches:

    Nico Hischier (upper body, day-to-day); Jesper Bratt (lower body, week-to-week); Nathan Bastian (upper body); Miles Wood (broken ankle, skating); Pavel Zacha (upper body, practicing, no contact); Kevin Rooney (illness) Mirco Mueller (shoulder); Sami Vatanen (illness/upper body)

    Injuries: Taylor Hall (knee surgery)

    Suspension: None

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana-Nicklas Backstrom-TJ Oshie

    Carl Hagelin-Lars Eller-Brett Connoly

    Andre Burakovsky-Nic Dowd-Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny-John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov-Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik-Nic Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Phoenix Copley

    Scratches: Dmitry Jaskin, Christian Djoos,Chandler Stephenson

    Injuries: None

    Suspensions: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Washington Goal- 2:40 Andre Burakovsky (11) assisted by Michal Kempny (16) & Travis Boyd (15)
    Washington Penalty- 8:49 Michael Kempny, 2 minutes for tripping
    New Jersey Penalty- 11:36 Kurtis Gabriel, 2 minutes for charging
    New Jersey penalty- 11:48 Blake Coleman, 2 minutes for tripping
    New Jersey Penalty- 13:58 Nick Lappin, 2 minutes for too many men on the ice
    Washington Penalty- 19:18 Jakub Vrana, 2 minutes for interference

    End of 1st –

    End of 1st – NJ – 0       WSH – 1

    Shots              10                11

    Faceoffs         6/17          11/17

    Hits               9                  7

    PP                 0/2                 0/3

     

    2nd Period:

    Washington Penalty- 5:06 Matt Niskanen, 2 minutes for Holding the stick
    Washington Penalty- 10:44 Nic Dowd, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – NJ – 0       WSH – 1

    Shots              20                24

    Faceoffs         14/29          15/29

    Hits               17                  12

    PP                 0/5                 0/2

    3rd period:

    Washington Penalty- 30 seconds Jakub Vrana, 2 minutes for Hooking

    New Jersey Penalty- 13:44 Kyle Palmieri, 2 minutes for Slashing

    New Jersey Penalty- 3:23 Kenny Agostino, 2 minutes for tripping

    Washington Goal- 4:35 on the Power Play- Nicklas Backstrom (17) assisted by John Carlson (49) & Evgeny Kuznetsov (43)

    Washington Penalty- 18:18 TJ Oshie, 2 minutes for tripping

    Washington Goal-19:01 Short Handed & Empty Net- Lars Eller (unassisted)

    End of 3rd – NJ – 0       WSH – 3

    Shots              25                36

    Faceoffs        24/48          24/48

    Hits               23                  16

    PP                 0/6                 1/5

    Next Up:

    New Jersey Devils (25-34-9 59 pts) vs New York Rangers (27-28-12 66 pts)

    Washington Capitals (40-21-7 87 pts) vs Winnipeg Jets (40-23-4 84 pts)

  • March 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

    March 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Friday, March 8th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    There were 11 NHL contests yesterday


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    Yesterday’s Results (Home team in CAPS):

    BOSTON 4, Florida 3

    The Boston Bruins would sneak past the Florida Panthers with a 4-3 win last night.  Boston’s Patrice Bergeron would score twice in the contest and Brad Marchand would have a three assist night.  With Boston’s win, they would go on to extend their point streak to 18 contests.

     

    Boston’s goaltender Tuukka Rask would go on to have a 22 save performance in the contest.

     


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    PITTSBURGH 3, Columbus 0

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would go on to shutout the Columbus Blue Jackets last night with the 3-0 win.


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    NY Islanders 4, OTTAWA 2

    The New York Islanders would go on to double up the Ottawa Senators with the 4-2 win and Valtteri Filppula would go on to have two goals in the contest for the Islanders.

    With the win, the Islanders would go on to get the sweep in the home-and-home series against the Senators.

     

     

    DETROIT 3, NY Rangers 2 (SO)

    Detroit’s Andreas Athanasiou would score a goal in the contest and would get what would be the only goal in the shootout frame to seal the win for the Red Wings in the contest. 

     

     

    For the Rangers, Pavel Buchnevich would score what would be the two goals in the contest.

    Minnesota 3, TAMPA BAY 0

    The Minnesota Wild would cool off the white-hot Tampa Bay Lightning with the 3-0 win.  Minnesota’s Jason Zucker would score the only goals in the contest.

     

     

    With the lone goals scored by Zucker, he would be only the second player in franchise history and the 23rd in League history to not only have at least three goals that were the only goals in the contest but the team would also register a shutout as well.

     

     

    CHICAGO 5, Buffalo 4 (SO)

    The Chicago Blackhawks would go on to register the 5-4 shootout win against the Buffalo Sabres.

     

     

    Chicago’s Artem Anisimov would go on to have two goals in the contest, while Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane would both go on to have two assists in the contest.

     

     

    DALLAS 4, Colorado 0

    The Dallas Stars would go on to shutout the Colorado Avalanche in Dallas last night and Alexander Radulov would go on to register a hat trick in the contest, sealing the hat trick in the contest with 2:58 left in the third period with his empty net goal.

     

     

    EDMONTON 3, Vancouver 2

    The Edmonton Oilers would go on to sneak past the Vancouver Canucks with the 3-2 win last night.

    Edmonton’s Alex Chiasson, Zack Kassian, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would go on to score the goals for the Oilers in the contest.

    Vancouver’s Jay Beagle would go on to snap his scoreless streak in the contest with his third goal on the season late in the second period.  Alexander Edler would also go on to register a goal in the third period but that would not be enough to tie up the game.

     

    ARIZONA 2, Calgary 0

     

    The Arizona Coyotes would go on to blank the Calgary Flames last night and with the win, the Coyotes would move to a record of 33-29-5.

     

     

    Calgary Flames infographic from last night’s contest

     


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    St. Louis 4, LOS ANGELES 0

     

     

     

    The St. Louis Blues would go on to record their fifth shutout in the past twelve contests and the NHL-best ninth shutout on the season as they would go on to blank the Los Angeles Kings by the score of 4-0.

     

    SAN JOSE 5, Montreal 2

     

    San Jose Sharks defenceman Brent Burns would go on to record his 60th assist on the season, and joins three other players to have at least 60 assists at the age of 33 or older.

     

     

     


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    For the Montreal Canadiens, Andrew Shaw and Artturi Lehkonen would score the only goals, despite out shooting the Sharks in this contest.

     


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    Tonight’s NHL schedule of contests…


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    Last night in the 2019 NWHL’s Isobel Cup Playoffs Play-in game, the Metropolitan Riveters would take on the Connecticut Whale and would come out with the 5-2 win.

    The contest would be fast-paced in the first period, with the game being tied a 2-2.  The second period in the contest would be filled with penalties and neither team would take advantage of the extra skater.  The third period would start out slow until Riveters Audra Richards would end up scoring what would be the game winner at the 2:35 mark.  There would not be another goal scored until toward the end of the period when Alexa Grushow would score her second goal in the contest and then with 16 seconds left, Audra Richards would score an empty net goal.

    The Metropolitan Riveters will now take on the Minnesota Whitecaps on Sunday 2:30 p.m., ET/1:30 p.m., CT.

    TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your full recap of the contest between the Connecticut Whale and Metropolitan Riveters at the following page.

  • Game Recap – 3/6/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Philadelphia Flyers

    Game Recap – 3/6/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Philadelphia Flyers

    Washington Capitals (38-21-7 83pts) v. Philadelphia Flyers (32-26-8 72pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals would continue their road trip with a short train trip to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers, and in the early stages of the game both teams would share chances in a track style back and forth, but it would be the Capitals striking first as Alex Ovechkin would feed the puck to Tom Wilson while on his knees for Wilson’s 19th goal of the season. Then later in the period while going down the wing Brett Connolly would rip a shot past Brian Elliott that would seem to have hit the crossbar, but during the TV timeout the play would be reviewed in Toronto and deemed a goal as Connolly got the puck past Elliott and hit the goal cam with the puck completely crossing the line thus giving the Capitals a 2-0 lead going into the second intermission.

     

    To start the second period the Capitals would bring the domination as early in the period while on their first powerplay of the game it would be an Ovechkin snipe from the circles that would go five hole on Elliott. Then mere minutes later it would be Andre Burakovsky with a beautiful snipe to chase Elliott from the net and bring in Cam Talbot, but the Capitals would welcome him with that same domination as Nicklas Backstrom would net the first shot against Talbot to make this a 5-0 game. The Capitals would primarily control the play the rest of the period, but with 11.8 seconds left in the period Philippe Myers would score his first career goal to get the Flyers on the board.

     

    To start the third period it would be the Flyers to get on the board ten seconds into the period as Claude Giroux would net his 20th of the season. The Flyers would pick up the play after scoring their second goal and as a result the Capitals would start chasing the game to which would then lead to an Andrew MacDonald point shot to get tipped by Scott Laughton to make this a 5-3 game, and have the Flyers trail the Capitals by only two goals.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Andre Burakovsky — Nic Dowd — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Chandler Stephenson, Christian Djoos

     

    Philadelphia Flyers:

    Claude Giroux — Nolan Patrick — Travis Konecny

    Oskar Lindblom — Sean Couturier — Michael Raffl

    James van Riemsdyk — Scott Laughton — Ryan Hartman

    Phil Varone — Corban Knight — Justin Bailey

    Ivan Provorov — Travis Sanheim

    Shayne Gostisbehere — Philippe Myers

    Robert Hagg — Radko Gudas

    Brian Elliott

    Cam Talbot

    Scratched: Samuel Morin, Andrew MacDonald

    Injured: Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Carter Hart (ankle), Jakub Voracek (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 5:55 – Tom Wilson (19) from Alex Ovechkin (31) and Dmitry Orlov (18)

    Capitals Penalty – 7:43 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Goal – 14:16 – Brett Connolly (17) from Carl Hagelin (7) and Matt Niskanen (15)

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 2       PHI – 0

    Shots              14                07

    Faceoffs         02                10

    Hits               04                  08

    PP                 0/0                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Flyers Penalty – 1:49 – Sean Couturier 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 2:32 – Alex Ovechkin (46) from Nicklas Backstrom (47) and John Carlson (48)

    Capitals Goal – 4:18 – Andre Burakovsky (10) from Travis Boyd (14) and Dmitry Orlov (19)

    Capitals Goal – 5:37 – Nicklas Backstrom (16) from Jakub Vrana (22) and Nick Jensen (14)

    Flyers Penalty – 10:30 – Robert Hagg 2 minutes for Slashing

    Flyers Goal – 19:48 – Philippe Myers (1) from Claude Giroux (52) and Sean Couturier (35)

     

    End of 2nd – WAS- 5        PHI- 1

    Shots               25                 16

    Faceoffs          07                 20

    Hits                 09                  20

    PP                   1/2                  0/1

     

    Third Period:

    Flyers Goal – :10 – Claude Giroux (20) from Oscar Lindblom (15) and Sean Couturier (36)

    Flyers Penalty – 2:29 – Scott Laughton 2 minutes for Interference

    Flyers Goal – 7:48 – Scott Laughton (10) from Andrew MacDonald (9) and Michael Raffl (11)

    Capitals Penalty – 10:23 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Roughing

    Flyers Penalty – 10:23 – Andrew MacDonald 2 minutes for Roughing

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 5         PHI – 3

    Shots              35                   30

    Faceoffs        14                    32

    Hits               17                     25

    PP                 1/3                    0/1

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (39-21-7 85pts) v. New Jersey (25-33-9 59pts)

    Philadelphia (32-27-8 72pts) @ NY Islanders (38-21-7 83pts)

  • March 6th, 2019 — News and Notes

    March 6th, 2019 — News and Notes

    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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    BOSTON 4, Carolina 3 (OT)

     

    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.

     

     

    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.

     

    Columbus 2, NEW JERSEY 1 (SO)

     

    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.

     

     

    NY ISLANDERS 5, Ottawa 4 (SO)

     

    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.

     

    PITTSBURGH 3, Florida 2 (OT)

     

    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.

     

    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.

     

     

     

    TAMPA BAY 5, Winnipeg 2

    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.

     

    NASHVILLE 5, Minnesota 4 (SO)

    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.

     

    DALLAS 1, NY Rangers 0

    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.

     

    COLORADO 4, Detroit 3 (OT)

     

    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.

     

     

    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.

     

    Anaheim 3, ARIZONA 1

     

    The Anaheim Ducks would snap the Arizona Coyotes six game win streak with the 3-1 last night in Glendale, Arizona.

     

    In this contest, Ryan Kesler would play in his 1,000th NHL game.

     

    Montreal 3, LOS ANGELES 1

     

    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.

     

     

     

    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.

     

     

     

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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.

     

  • March 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

    March 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Tuesday, March 5th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were two NHL contests yesterday…


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    Yesterday’s Results:

    Edmonton 4, BUFFALO 3

    The Edmonton Oilers would make a visit to the Buffalo Sabres last night and would come away with the 4-3 win, thanks to three straight goals late in the second period.

    With Leon Draisaitl’s goal in the second period, it would be his 41st goal on the season and Oilers goaltender Mikko Koskinen would go on to have a solid performance with 35 saves on 38 attempts in the contest.

    Edmonton center Connor McDavid would go on to have two assists in the contest, bringing his season total to 59 assists on the season.

    Calgary goaltender Linus Ullmark would go on to have 16 saves on 20 attempts before being replaced by Carter Hutton, who would go on to have seven saves in the third period.

    Toronto 6, CALGARY 2

    The Toronto Maple Leafs would visit the Calgary Flames yesterday and would escape with the 6-2 win, thanks to Tyler Ennis recording a hat trick in the contest with Zach Hyman scoring twice and Mitch Marner scoring the other goal for the Maple Leafs.

    Toronto goaltender Frederik Andersen would go on to register 35 saves in the contest and Calgary goaltender David Rittich would go on to register 26 saves on 32 tries in the contest.

     

    Today in the NHL, there are 10 games on the docket.


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    In the contest between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Boston Bruins, the Hurricanes will don the Hartford Whalers throwbacks for the second and final time on the season.

    Other notes for the Carolina Hurricanes include the following:

     

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

  • Game Recap – 3/3/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Rangers

    Game Recap – 3/3/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Rangers

    Washington Capitals (37-21-7 81pts) v. New York Rangers (27-27-10 64pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals head to the Big Apple to take on the New York Rangers for an early afternoon matinee, but it would be the Rangers striking first as Chris Kreider would pick off a Dmitry Orlov pass and feed it to Ryan Strome for a quick 1-0 lead. However, the lead would not last long as Carl Hagelin would attack the net and recover his own rebound on a broken play to score his first goal as a Capital to tie the game. Then after some back and forth for the two teams, it would be Andre Burakovsky netting his ninth of the season to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead.

     

    In a lackluster second period that featured a couple huge saves on both sides it would be Pavel Buchnevich to finally get one to tie the game at two for the Rangers.

    https://twitter.com/NBCSCapitals/status/1102278405469491200

     

    In the third period not a lot of action would take place in what was a quick moving period. We would require extra time, but nothing would be decided in the five minute frame. Then in the shootout, it would be a controversial play by Rangers goalie Alexandar Georgiev that would allow Alex Ovechkin to be credited with the game winning shootout goal when he would throw his stick at Ovechkin to prevent the shot on goal.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Carl Hagelin — Nic Dowd — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Chandler Stephenson, Christian Djoos

     

    New York Rangers:

    Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Jimmy Vesey

    Vladislav Namestnikov — Ryan Strome — Jesper Fast

    Brendan Lemieux — Lias Andersson — Pavel Buchnevich

    Brendan Smith — Brett Howden — Filip Chytil

    Marc Staal — Tony DeAngelo

    Brady Skjei — Kevin Shattenkirk

    Libor Hajek — Neal Pionk

    Alexandar Georgiev

    Henrik Lundqvist

    Scratched: , Fredrik Claesson, Connor Brickley, Boo Nieves

     

    First Period:

    Rangers Goal – :45 – Ryan Strome (11) from Chris Kreider (22)

    Capitals Goal – 2:03 – Carl Hagelin (3) from Lars Eller (22) and Brooks Orpik (6)

    Capitals Goal – 10:02 – Andre Burakovsky (9) from Nic Doyd (11) and Travis Boyd (13)

    Capitals Penalty – 14:48 – Nick Jensen 2 minutes for Hooking

    Rangers Penalty – 15:58 – Anthony DeAngelo 2 minutes for Hooking

    Rangers Penalty – 18:29 – Filip Chytil 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 2       NYR – 1

    Shots              09                11

    Faceoffs         07                11

    Hits               11                  10

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Rangers Goal – 14:20 – Pavel Buchnevich (13) from Filip Chytil (11) and Anthony DeAngelo (20)

    Rangers Penalty – 18:54 – Anthony DeAngelo 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – WAS- 2        NYR- 2

    Shots               29                 18

    Faceoffs          17                 20

    Hits                 19                  22

    PP                   0/3                  0/1

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 7:02 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Kneeing

    Rangers Penalty – 15:46 – Brendan Smith 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 2         NYR – 2

    Shots              37                   22

    Faceoffs        21                    29

    Hits               29                     31

    PP                 0/3                    0/2

     

    OT:

    N/A

     

    End of OT – WAS – 2         NYR – 2

    Shots              39                   24

    Faceoffs        21                    32

    Hits               29                     32

    PP                 0/4                    0/2

     

    Shootout:

    NYR – Kevin Shattenkirk – Goal

    WAS – TJ Oshie -Goal

    NYR – Mika Zibanejad – Save

    WAS – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Save

    NYR – Anthony DeAngelo – Goal

    WAS – Nicklas Backstrom – Goal

    NYR – Filip Chytil – Save

    WAS – Alex Ovechkin – Goal

     

    WAS – 3      NYR – 2

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (38-21-7 83pts) @ Philadelphia (32-26-8 72pts)

    NY Rangers (27-27-5 68pts) @ Dallas (33-27-5 71pts)

  • Game Recap – 3/1/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Islanders

    Game Recap – 3/1/2019 – Washington Capitals v. New York Islanders

    Washington Capitals (36-21-7 79pts) v. New York Islanders (37-19-7 81pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals head to Nassau Coliseum for the first time to take on the New York Islanders, and it would be the Islanders that would get on the board early as Tom Kuhnhackl would score in the opening minutes of the game on a very casual breakaway due to a blown offside by the officials. Then Alex Ovechkin would take a very blatant interference penalty, but the Capitals would kill the penalty off.

     

    A very uneventful second period outside of a Brett Connolly penalty, and some heavy hits on both ends of the ice.

     

    Unlike the second period, the third period would be fast and hectic in the first half of the period. The Capitals would strike early as Jakub Vrana would battle in front of the net and knock in the rebound to tie the game at one, then right away on the powerplay it would be Alex Ovechkin batting the puck and getting a lucky bounce to get his 45th of the season and give the Capitals a 2-1 lead. This would be followed with 3 penalties that would start with a Capitals powerplay, and then end in a Capitals powerplay. Then to ice the game for the Capitals, with Thomas Griess pulled TJ Oshie would clear the puck out of the zone and without paying attention Josh Bailey accidentally shot the puck into his own net to give the Capitals a 3-1 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals :

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Carl Hagelin — Nic Dowd — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Chandler Stephenson, Christian Djoos

     

    New York Islanders :

    Anders Lee — Brock Nelson — Jordan Eberle

    Tom Kuhnhackl — Mathew Barzal — Josh Bailey

    Anthony Beauvillier — Valtteri Filppula — Leo Komarov

    Ross Johnston — Casey Cizikas — Cal Clutterbuck

    Nick Leddy — Johnny Boychuk

    Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock

    Devon Toews — Scott Mayfield

    Thomas Greiss

    Robin Lehner

    Scratched: Thomas Hickey, Luca Sbisa, Andrew Ladd, Matt Martin

     

    First Period:

    Islanders Goal – 2:43 – Tom Kuhnhackl (4) from unassisted

    Capitals Penalty – 3:47 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 0       NYI – 1

    Shots              12                09

    Faceoffs         09                07

    Hits               10                  16

    PP                 0/0                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 2:53 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd – WAS- 0        NYI- 1

    Shots               19                 13

    Faceoffs          19                 18

    Hits                 21                  29

    PP                   0/0                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Goal – 3:26 – Jakub Vrana (19) from Nicklas Backstrom (46) and Michal Kempny (15)

    Islanders Penalty – 4:21 – Anders Lee 2 minutes for Interference

    Capitals PPG – 4:34 – Alex Ovechkin (45) from TJ Oshie (21) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (42)

    Islanders Penalty – 8:11 – Anthony Beauvillier 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

    Capitals Penalty – 8:26 – John Carlson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Islanders Penalty – 9:58 – Ryan Pulock 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals ENG – 18:32 – TJ Oshie (21) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 3         NYI – 1

    Shots              29                   21

    Faceoffs        31                    24

    Hits               28                     36

    PP                 1/3                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (37-21-7 81pts) @NY Rangers (27-27-4 67pts)

    NY Islanders (37-20-7 81pts) v. Philadelphia (31-26-8 70pts)

  • Game Recap – 2/26/2019 – Ottawa Senators v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 2/26/2019 – Ottawa Senators v. Washington Capitals

    Ottawa Senators (22-35-5 49pts) v. Washington Capitals (35-21-7 77pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals host the Ottawa Senators as they close out the month of February and it would be the Senators who would get the first goal of the game when newly acquired forwards Brian Gibbons and Oscar Lindberg connect for Lindberg’s first goal with the Senators and Gibbons first point with the team to give them the 1-0 lead over the Capitals. Then on a Travis Boyd slashing penalty, the Senators would get a goal from another newly acquired forward Anthony Duclair on the powerplay  to give them a 2-0 lead. However, the Capitals would get back into it when they would take advantage of a poor line change by the Senators as the top line of Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin, and Tom Wilson would play tic tac toe for Wilson’s 18th of the season, then 53 seconds late Lars Eller would rip one past Senators goaltender Anders Nilsson to tie the game at two.

     

    The Capitals started off the period flying and as a result they would get a powerplay opportunity when Chris Tierney would be called for tripping and the Capitals would make the most of their powerplay opportunity as it would be a John Carlson bomb from the point to give the Capitals a 3-2 lead, but then it would be back to back dirty goals by TJ Oshie and Brett Connolly to give the Capitals a powerful 5-2 lead. Then Oshie would get his second of the game in a confusing sequence as it would be Nilsson knocking the net off the moarings as Oshie shot the puck in the net, but a goal is a goal, and it is now 6-2 for the Capitals with the Senators pulling Nilsson for Craig Anderson.

     

    Going in the third period the Capitals would waste no time as Evgeny Kuznetsov would score 17 seconds into the game to make it 7-2 for the Capitals. The Capitals would control the play in the third to kill the clock and secure the victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Ottawa Senators:

    Brady Tkachuk — Colin White — Anthony Duclair

    Rudolfs Balcers — Chris Tierney — Mikkel Boedker

    Zack Smith — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Bobby Ryan

    Brian Gibbons — Oscar Lindberg — Magnus Paajarvi

    Thomas Chabot — Dylan DeMelo

    Mark Borowiecki — Christian Jaros

    Ben Harpur — Cody Ceci

    Anders Nilsson

    Craig Anderson

    Scratched: Christian Wolanin

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Carl Hagelin — Nic Dowd — Travis Boyd

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Chandler Stephenson, Christian Djoos

     

    First Period:

    Senators Goal – 3:16 – Oscar Lindberg (5) from Brian Gibbons (4) and Magnus Paajarvi (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 5:22 – Travis Boyd 2 minutes for Slashing

    Senators PPG – 7:10 – Anthony Duclair (12) from Cody Ceci (16) and Christian Jaros (7)

    Capitals Goal – 16:57 – Tom Wilson (18) from Alex Ovechkin (29) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (41)

    Capitals Goal – 17:50 – Lars Eller (8) from Dmitry Orlov (16) and Brett Connolly (19)

     

    End of 1st – OTT – 2       WAS – 2

    Shots              13                09

    Faceoffs         09                12

    Hits               05                  03

    PP                 1/1                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Senators Penalty – 2:00 – Chris Tierney 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 2:38 – John Carlson (10) from Nicklas Backstrom (44) and TJ Oshie (21)

    Capitals Goal – 6:29 – TJ Oshie (19) from Brooks Orpik (5) and Nicklas Backstrom (45)

    Capitals Goal – 9:05 – Brett Connolly (16) from Andre Burakovsky (12)

    Capitals Goal – 10:33 – TJ Oshie (20) from Dmitry Orlov (17) and Jakub Vrana (21)

     

    End of 2nd – OTT – 2        WAS – 6

    Shots               18                 26

    Faceoffs          22                 23

    Hits                 11                  06

    PP                   1/1                  1/1

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Goal – :17 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (17) from Alex Ovechkin (30) and Tom Wilson (15)

     

    End of 3rd – OTT – 2         WAS – 7

    Shots              23                   37

    Faceoffs        35                    30

    Hits               15                     08

    PP                 1/1                    1/1

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (36-21-7 79pts) @ NY Islanders (36-19-7 79pts)

    Ottawa (22-36-5 49pts) v. Edmonton (26-29-7 59pts)

  • Gameday Preview – 2/26/2019 – Ottawa Senators v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Preview – 2/26/2019 – Ottawa Senators v. Washington Capitals

    Ottawa Senators (22-35-5 49pts) v. Washington Capitals (35-21-7 77pts)

     

    Time: 7p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals close off the end of February with a tilt at home against the Ottawa Senators, or what’s left of them that is. The Capitals will be looking to win their fourth game in five games, while the Senators will be looking to start anew after a very busy trade deadline.

     

    Ottawa Senators:

    Projected Lineup:

    Brady Tkachuk — Colin White — Anthony Duclair

    Rudolfs Balcers — Chris Tierney — Mikkel Boedker

    Zack Smith — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Bobby Ryan

    Brian Gibbons — Oscar Lindberg — Magnus Paajarvi

    Thomas Chabot — Dylan DeMelo

    Mark Borowiecki — Christian Jaros

    Ben Harpur — Cody Ceci

    Anders Nilsson

    Craig Anderson

    Scratched: Christian Wolanin

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Just play the game

    The expectations for the Senators are very low, and with that they should just play their game and see if they can steal one against the Capitals tonight.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Braden Holtby is expected to start in goal tonight.

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Don’t overlook the Senators

    The Senators may be at the bottom of the barrel, and traded away a lot of their key players, but thwy are still showing up to play. The Capitals need these two points more than the Senators do, and that is a scary thought.