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  • Leafs Acquire Veteran Blueliner Jake Muzzin

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    Photo credit| NHL.com & MapleLeafsHotStove.com

    The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced that they have acquired 29 year old Jake Muzzin in exchange for Prospect Carl Grundstrom & Sean Durzi (rights), along with a 1st round selection in 2019.

    Muzzin brings size and options for Mike Babcock. The defence pairing should now look like this going forward.

    Morgan Rielly – Jake Muzzin
    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
    Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey

    On top of adding a defencemen with experience and 2 Stanley Cups, Muzzin brings another year on his contract meaning this is not a rental deal. But a Hockey deal. The same thing that GM Kyle Dubas said he was only going to do.

  • NHL All-Star Game Recap

    NHL All-Star Game Recap

    After covering all weekend and mainly complaining through twitter about how bad the event was, I wanted to end the All-Star weekend with a recap and discuss some stuff.

    Personalities
    There were none. No Alexander Ovechkin, No Jakub Voracek amongst others, made for a pretty boring skills competition and a little more competitive All-Game. Marc-Andre Fleury and Braden Holtby tried to keep it light, but it seemed that for a lot of players (especially the first timers) they had something to prove. Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski brought their children but they kind of just sat on the ice and got autographs.

    Matthews/Marleau
    In what was one of the more entertaining events to happen at the Skills Competition, Toronto Maple Leafs Sniper Auston Matthews was up to participate in the accuracy event. He began to drop his stick and pulled off his jersey and underneath was a Patrick Marleau Leafs jersey, The building erupted. The jersey was very tight on Matthews, but he tried to shoot with it on seemingly not caring about winning. I’m posting the video below, along with a tweet from Patrick Marleau’s wife to add some entertainment value.

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    and my final thought.

    Kendall Coyne Schofield/ Brianna Decker

    I’ve seen a lot of rumbling on twitter and facebook, actually if I’m quite honest some pretty disturbing and disgusting comments. I’m not here to bring them up or call out names, I’m here just to add a perspective with some thoughts. First Schofield, her lap was one of the most fantastic things I’ve seen in sports history. Why you ask? Because she was fast, she has serious talent and her showing up at the NHL All-Star game was not a publicity stunt, it was about Women’s Hockey and the Women being recognized for just how damn good they are. Women are not trying to take over the NHL, this isn’t wrestling people. They want to be recognized for how good they are too. Now let’s talk Decker, Leon Draisaitl of the won the NHL Premier Passer with a time of 1.09 but Decker came close to his time with a 1.12 after reviewing of the footage of her run. But even when Decker apparently had beaten Draisaitl’s time she never asked to be crowned the champion, in fact, she never really said much. That’s because it’s not about stealing thunder from any of the NHL players, it’s about how good the Women are and how little recognition they get. This is the event that gets turned down by most of the participants because of it’s level of difficulty, Decker was merely doing it to show how it worked. Let me close with this and then I’ll leave videos and tweets below of these wonderful women’s work. If you are a hockey fan anywhere in the world, then you care about hockey in general and how the sport grows. These women’s skills should be recognized and leagues like the NHL should help it grow like they are doing now, they never asked for handouts, they have worked their butts off just like any NHL player to get where they are. The NHL partnering with Women’s Hockey makes me a very happy hockey fan, as it should for you. Because they’re growing the sport we love and recognizing fantastic athletes.

    https://twitter.com/KylaJLane/status/1089194318512906240

  • NHL ALL-STAR GAME RESULTS

    NHL ALL-STAR GAME RESULTS

    Game #1:

    Central 10 – Pacific 4

    Period 1:

    Central Goal – 01:03 –  Mikko Rantanen (1) assisted by Ryan O’Reilly (1)

    Central Goal – 01:33 – Gabriel Landeskog (1) assisted by Ryan O’Reilly(2)

    Pacific Goal – 04:51 – Erik Karlsson (1) assisted by John Gibson (1)

    Central Goal – 05:08 – Roman Josi (1) assisted by Patrick Kane (1)

    Central Goal – 05:31- Patrick Kane (1) assisted by Roman Josi (1) and Blake Wheeler (1)

    Central Goal – 06:39 –  Mark Scheifele (1) assisted by Ryan O’Reilly (3)

    Central Goal  – 07:50 – Mikko Rantanen (2) assisted by Gabriel Landeskog (1) and Mikko Rantanen (1)

    Central Goal – 08:11 – Patrick Kane (2) assisted by Blake Wheeler (2)

     

    2nd Period

    Central Goal – 00:42 – Gabriel Landeskog (2) assisted by Roman Josi (2) and Mikko Rantanen (2)

    Central Goal – 02:30 – Ryan O’Reilly (1) Unassisted

    Centra Goal – 04:36 – Gabriel Landeskog (3) assisted by Blake Wheeler (3)

    Pacific Goal – 04:47 –  Johnny Gaudreau (1) assisted by Connor McDavid (1)

    Pacific Goal – 05:52 – Erik Karlsson (2) assisted by Joe Pavelski (1) and Brent Burns (1)

    Pacific Goal –06:02 –  Brent Burns (1) assisted by Joe Pavelski (2)

     

    Goalies:

    Central

    Pekka Rinne – 9 shots, 8 Saves and 889SV%

    Devan Dubnyk – 18 shots, 15 Saves and 833SV%

     

    Pacific

    Marc-Andre Fleury – 9 shots, 6 saves and 667SV%

    John Gibson – 9 Shots, 2 saves and 222SV%

     

    Game #2

    Metro 7 – Atlantic 4

    Period 1:

    Metro Goal – 00:15 –  Sidney Crosby (1) assisted by Matthew Barzal (1)

    Metro Goal – 01:56 – Seth Jones(1) assisted by Kyle Palmieri(1) and Cam Atkinson (1)

    Atlantic Goal – 02:04 – Jack Eichel (1) assisted by David Pastrnak (1)

    Atlantic Goal – 03:13 – Steven Stamkos (1) assisted by John Tavares (1)

    Central Goal – 09:40- Seth Jones (2) Unassisted

     

    2nd Period

    Atlantic Goal – 00:56 – Jeff Skinner (1) assisted by David Pastrnak (2)

    Atlantic Goal – 01:28 – John Tavares (1) assisted by Keith Yandle (1)

    Metro Goal – 03:37 – Sidney Crosby (2) assisted by Kris Letang (1)

    Metro Goal – 06:22 –  Kris Letang (1) unassisted

    Metro Goal – 08:22 – Sebastia Aho (1) assisted by Claude Giroux (1)

    Metro EN Goal –09:14 –  Cam Atkinson (1) assisted by Sidney Crosby (1)

     

    Goalies:

    Metro

    Henrik Lundqvist – 7 shots, 5 Saves and 714SV%

    Braden Holtby – 13 shots, 11 Saves and 846SV%

     

    Atlantic

    Jimmy Howard – 12 shots, 9 saves and 750SV%

    Andrei Vasilevskiy – 13 Shots, 10 saves and 769SV%

     

     

     

     

    Game #3

    Metro 10 – Central 5

    Period 1:

    Metro Goal – 00:22 –  Matthew Barzal (1) assisted Kris Letang (2)

    Metro Goal – 01:53 – Claude Giroux (1) assisted John Carlson (1)

    Metro Goal – 03:40 – Kris Letang (2) assisted by Matthew Barzal (2) and Sidney Crosby (2)

    Metro Goal – 08:16 – Kyle Palmieri (1) assisted by Seth Jones (1) and Sebastian Aho (1)

    Metro Goal – 09:55- Sidney Crosby (3) assisted Matthew Barzal (3)

     

    2nd Period

    Central Goal – 01:14 –Gabriel Landeskog (4) assisted by Ryan O’Reilly(3)

    Central Goal – 03:25 – Mikko Rantanen (3) assisted by Roman Josi (2)

    Metro Goal – 04:02 – Sidney Crosby (4) assisted by Matthew Barzal (4)

    Central Goal – 04:38-  Ryan O’Reilly (2) assisted by Roman Josi (3) and Patrick Kane (2)

    Metro Goal – 05:35 – Sebastia Aho (2) assisted by Cam Atkinson (2)

    Metro Goal –05:43 –  Cam Atkinson (2) unassisted

    Metro EN Goal – 07:16 – Matthew Barzal (2) assisted by Sidney Crosby (3) and Kris Letang (3)

    Central Goal – 08:30 – Mikko Rantanen (4) assisted by Gabriel Landeskog (2)  and Ryan O’Reilly (4)

    Central Goal – 08:50 – Blake Wheeler (1) assisted by Mikko Rantanen (3) and Gabriel Landeskog (3)

    Metro EN Goal – 09:08 – Cam Atkinson (3) assisted by Seth Jones (2)

     

    Goalies:

    Metro

    Henrik Lundqvist – 6 shots, 6 Saves and 1.00SV%

    Braden Holtby – 16 shots, 11 Saves and 688SV%

     

    Central

    Devan Dubnyk – 11 shots, 6 saves and 545SV%

    Pekka Rinne – 8 Shots, 5 saves and 625SV%

    Sidney Crosby named Game MVP, While the Metropolitan Division cruises to victory.50728451_368954297221950_753694918530039808_n

  • TXHT Podcast – 1/26/2019

    TXHT Podcast – 1/26/2019

    The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans!

     

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    This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs writer Steve Gardiner.

     

    Michael and Steve take a look at the woes both the Washington Capitals and the Toronto Maple Leafs have been going through leading up the NHL All Star Break. Plus they also discuss some of the woes that have plagued the Edmonton Oilers leading up to their General Manager Peter Chirelli being fired, and lastly some talk about All Star Weekend.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Friday, January 25th, 2019

    Opening Music: “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

     

    Have a question you want answered on the show? Ask us! Comment on here or on one of our Social Media outlets, and we’ll answer it.

  • NHL ALL-STAR SKILL COMPETITION

    NHL ALL-STAR SKILL COMPETITION

    Here are your results for the NHL All-Star Game Skill Competition

    Faster Skater

    1. Connor McDavid – 13.378
    2. Jack Eichel – 13.582
    3. Matthew Barzal – 13.780
    4. Miro Heiskanen – 13.914
    5. Elias Petterson – 13.930
    6. Cam Atkinson – 14.152
    7. Kendal Coyne – 14.346
    8. Clayton Keller – 14.526

    Puck Control

    1. Johnny Gaudreau – 27.045
    2. Patrick Kane – 28.611
    3. Claude Giroux – 30.270
    4. Mark Scheifele – 32.161
    5. Gabriel Landeskog – 33.425
    6. John Tavares – 35.210
    7. Jeff Skinner – 35.407
    8. Elias Petterson – 43.632

    Saves Streak

    1. Henrik Lundqvist -12
    2. Andrei Vasilevskiy -8
    3. Devan Dubnyk – 7
    4. Marc-Andre Fleury 6
    5. John Gibson -3
    6. Braden Holtby -2
    7. Jimmy Howard – 2
    8. Pekka Rinne -2

    Premier Passer

    1. Leon Draisaitl – 1:09.088
    2. Sebastian Aho – 1:18.534
    3. Ryan O’Reilly – 1:25.897
    4. Keith Yandle – 1:34.661
    5. Thomas Chabot – 1:40.588
    6. Roman Josi – 1:40
    7. Erik Karlsson – 1:58.824
    8. Mikko Rantanen – 2:15

    Hardest Shot

    1. John Carlson – 102.8
    2. Brent Burns – 100.6
    3. Seth Jones – 99.4
    4. Steven Stamkos 96.2

    Accuracy Shooting:

    1. David Pastrnak – 11.3
    2. Kris Letang – 12.69
    3. Drew Doughty – 13.6
    4. Joe Pavelski – 14.42
    5. Nikita Kucherov – 19.00
    6. Blake Wheeler – 18.6
    7. Auston Matthews -20.16
    8. Kyle Palmieri -20.21
  • Game Recap – 1/23/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Toronto Maple Leafs

    Game Recap – 1/23/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Toronto Maple Leafs

    Washington Capitals (27-16-6 60pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (29-17-2 60pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    For the majority of the first period it was a major snoozer until the final couple of minutes when the Capitals got a powerplay when Patrick Marleau would be called for hooking. Nicklas Backstrom would net the powerplay goal to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead, but it would not last long as right away Nazem Kadri would poke the puck past Braden Holtby to tie the game at 1.

    Steve’s Analysis: Leafs had some jump at the beginning of the period but soon began to settle in. Trading shot for shot in one of the most boring periods I’ve seen. Backstrom scored on a Marleau penalty to make it 1-0 but a miscue by Holtby allowed Kadri to tie the game up with 24 seconds remaining.

     

    The second period would have a better start for the Capitals as the TJ Oshie would feed Alex Ovechkin on the rush and Ovechkin would rip it from the top of the faceoff circle past Frederik Andersen to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead. After some more back and forth between the two teams, the Maple Leafs would capitalize after a great defensive play by William Nylander that would lead to Nakita Zaitsev scoring his first of the season to tie the game at 2. Then Ovechkin would take a bad cross checking penalty to give the Maple Leafs the powerplay, which Auston Matthews would score on to get himself back on the score sheet while on the powerplay to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 lead going into the 2nd intermission.

    Steve’s Analysis: Leafs looked to be having one of those games again. But Zaitsev with an nice point shot tied it up and Matthews with a deadly studder step and snipe to break the slump and make it 3-2 Toronto heading to the 3rd.

     

    The third period would be all Maple Leafs the first 10 minutes of the period which would feature two more goals from Kadri to net the hat trick and give the Maple Leafs a three goal lead. The Capitals would get one back when Matt Niskanen bombed one from the point, but it would too late for the Capitals as Mitch Marner would then net the empty netter to seal this game for the Maple Leafs and give the Capitals their seventh straight loss going into the All Star Break.

    Steve’s Analysis: Leafs came to play in 3rd not letting Andersen’s great game go to waste. Kadri notched the Hat trick, along with 3 point for his line mate Nylander and Marner sealed the deal with an empty netter off of a Ovechkin giveaway in the neutral zone.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd — Andre Burakovsky

    Dmitry Orlov — John Carlson

    Michal Kempny — Matt Niskanen

    Madison Bowey — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Nic Dowd, Devante Smith-Pelly, Brooks Orpik

    Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh)

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs:

    Patrick Marleau — Auston Matthews — Mitchell Marner

    Zach Hyman — John Tavares — Kasperi Kapanen

    Connor Brown — Nazem Kadri — William Nylander

    Par Lindholm — Frederik Gauthier — Trevor Moore

    Morgan Rielly — Ron Hainsey

    Travis Dermott — Nikita Zaitsev

    Martin Marincin — Igor Ozhiganov

    Frederik Andersen

    Garret Sparks

    Scratched: Justin Holl

    Injured: Tyler Ennis (broken ankle), Andreas Johnsson (concussion), Jake Gardiner (back spasms)

     

    First Period:

    Maple Leafs Penalty – 16:49 – Patrick Marleau 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals PPG – 18:47 – Nicklas Backstrom (13) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (32) from John Carlson (39)

    Maple Leafs Goal – 19:34 – Nazem Kadri (11) from William Nylander (4) and Morgan Rielly (36)

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 1       TOR – 1

    Shots              10                08

    Faceoffs         05                18

    Hits               08                  03

    PP                 1/1                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Goal – 3:51 – Alex Ovechkin (37) from TJ Oshie (12) and Michal Kempny (11)

    Maple Leafs Goal – 13:11 – Nakita Zaitsev (1) from William Nylander (5) and Nazem Kadri (19)

    Capitals Penalty – 15:35 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Maple Leafs PPG – 16:19 – Auston Matthews (21) from Morgan Rielly (37)

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 2        TOR – 3

    Shots               29                 26

    Faceoffs          14                 29

    Hits                 17                  09

    PP                   1/1                  1/1

     

    Third Period:

    Maple Leafs Goal – 2:10 – Nazem Kadri (12) from Connor Brown (13) and Martin Marincin (2)

    Maple Leafs Goal – 10:15 – Nazem Kadri (13) from Connor Brown (14) and William Nylander (6)

    Capitals Goal – 17:14 – Matt Niskanen (7) from TJ Oshie (13) and Nicklas Backstrom (38)

    Maple Leafs ENG – 19:27 – Mitch Marner (20) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 3         TOR – 6

    Shots             44                     37

    Faceoffs        21                    38

    Hits               32                     15

    PP                 1/1                    1/1

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (27-16-6 60pts) v. Calgary (33-13-5 71pts) – February 1st

    Toronto (30-17-2 62pts) @ Detroit (19-25-7 45pts) – February 1st

  • Gameday Preview – 1/23/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Toronto Maple Leafs

    Gameday Preview – 1/23/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Toronto Maple Leafs

    Washington Capitals (27-16-6 60pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (29-17-2 60pts)

     

    Time: 730p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Network and Sportsnet

     

    Preview:

    Tonight the Washington Capitals head to Toronto to face off against the Maple Leafs before they head into the All Star Break and Bye Week. The Capitals, who have lost 6 straight, will be looking to go into their break on a good note as they face a Maple Leafs team that is also struggling right now.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd — Andre Burakovsky

    Dmitry Orlov — John Carlson

    Michal Kempny — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Nic Dowd, Madison Bowey, Devante Smith-Pelly

    Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Gain the early momentum

    The Capitals need to strike early, and suck the wind out of Scotiabank Center, and put the Maple Leafs on their heels. The Capitals have given up too many early goals and need to get one first before Toronto can.

     

    2. Play like it’s the playoffs

    The Capitals need to start playing their games as if they were all playoff games. While it may be moot after tonight as the Capitals will be going on a break after they play the Leafs, it’s a good way for them to enforce good habits even during a trying time.

     

    For the preview on the Toronto Maple Leafs, please read Steve Gardiner’s Maple Leafs Preview for tonight’s game.

  • Game Recap – 1/22/2019 – San Jose Sharks v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1/22/2019 – San Jose Sharks v. Washington Capitals

    San Jose Sharks (28-16-7 63pts) v. Washington Capitals (27-16-5 59pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The San Jose Sharks would strike quickly to get the 1-0 lead over the Washington Capitals twelve seconds into the game. After that the Sharks would generate a few more opportunities in the Capitals zone, but it would be a rush into the Sharks zone that would see Tim Heed get called for hooking. The Capitals would only need 13 seconds of powerplay time as Alex Ovechkin would score to tie the game. The less than two minutes later, Chandler Stephenson would gain possession of the puck in the neutral zone, and then feed the puck to Andre Burakovsky who would roof it to give the Capitals a 2-1 lead. However, TJ Oshie would be called for tripping resulting in a powerplay for the Sharks, and just like the Capitals powerplay, the Sharks didn’t need a lot of time for Tomas Hertl to score and tie the game at two a piece. But the Capitals would respond as Ovechkin would steal the puck and get into the zone to pass it to Oshie to give the Capitals a 3-2 lead on a shot that had to be fought to be put in.

     

    The Capitals would start the period short handed, but would kill the penalty. However, the Sharks would get on the board with Evander Kane’s 20th of the season. But two minutes later Evgeny Kuznetsov would score in a scramble around the Sharks net to regain the lead. Then it would be Ovechkin again as he would net his second of the game to give the Capitals a 5-3 lead after killing off a Lars Eller delay of game penalty. However, the Capitals would not enter the second intermission with their 2 goal lead intact as a 3 on 0 odd man rush would give Logan Couture the opportunity to score and shrink the Capitals lead to 1.

     

    The third period would show both teams trading some powerplay opportunities, but it would be Ovechkin with the hat trick to regain the Capitals two goal lead. However, on a John Carlson holding penalty, Tomas Hertl would score his second of the game to keep the Sharks in this game. Then with one second left and with the goalie pulled, Evander Kane would score his second of the game with one second left on the clock to send this game to overtime.

     

    To start overtime the Capitals would be buzzing with the opening trio of John Carlson, Tom Wilson, and Evgeny Kuznetsov, but it would not be enough as Tomas Hertl would score his third of the game to win this game for the Sharks and giving their 6th straight loss.

     

    Lineups:

    San Jose Sharks:

    Marcus Sorensen — Joe Thornton — Melker Karlsson

    Timo Meier — Logan Couture — Joe Pavelski

    Evander Kane — Tomas Hertl — Joonas Donskoi

    Lukas Radil — Barclay Goodrow — Kevin Labanc

    Radim Simek — Brent Burns

    Brenden Dillon — Tim Heed

    Joakim Ryan — Justin Braun

    Martin Jones

    Aaron Dell

    Scratched: Dylan Gambrell, Jacob Middleton

    Injured: Erik Karlsson (lower body), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd — Andre Burakovsky

    Dmitry Orlov — John Carlson

    Michal Kempny — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Nic Dowd, Madison Bowey, Devante Smith-Pelly

    Injured: Christian Djoos (thigh)

     

    First Period:

    Sharks Goal – :12 – Joe Pavelski (27) from Timo Meier (26) and Brent Burns (45)

    Sharks Penalty -10:28 – Tim Heed 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals PPG – 10:41 – Alex Ovechkin (34) from Nicklas Backstrom (36) and TJ Oshie (10)

    Capitals Goal – 12:11 – Andre Burakovsky (6) from Chandler Stephenson (5) and Travis Boyd (11)

    Capitals Penalty – 13:46 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Tripping

    Sharks PPG – 14:27 – Tomas Hertl (20) from Joe Pavelski (16) and Joe Thornton (15)

    Capitals Goal – 15:19 – TJ Oshie (15) from Alex Ovechkin (20) and John Carlson (38)

    Capitals Penalty – 18:46 – Matt Niskanen 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – SJ – 2       WAS – 3

    Shots              15                13

    Faceoffs         10                11

    Hits               06                  05

    PP                 1/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Sharks Goal – :52 – Evander Kane (20) from Timo Meier (27) and Brent Burns (46)

    Capitals Goal – 2:53 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) from Jakub Vrana (12) and Tom Wilson (10)

    Capitals Penalty – 3:03 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Capitals Goal – 5:41 – Alex Ovechkin (35) from Nicklas Backstrom (37) and TJ Oshie (11)

    Capitals Penalty – 11:45 – Dmitrij Jaskin 2 minutes for Hooking

    Sharks Penalty – 12:34 Brent Burns 2 minutes for Tripping

    Sharks Goal – 14:39 – Logan Couture (19) from unassisted

     

    End of 2nd – SJ – 4        WAS – 5

    Shots               28                 26

    Faceoffs          24                 20

    Hits                 10                  14

    PP                   1/4                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Sharks Penalty – :53 – Evander Kane 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Penalty – 2:50 – Bench (Burakovsky) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    Capitals Goal – 5:52 – Alex Ovechkin (36) from Jakub Vrana (13) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (31)

    Capitals Penalty – 8:49 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Holding

    Sharks PPG – 10:02 – Tomas Hertl (21) from Joe Pavelski (17) and Logan Couture (27)

    Sharks Goal – 19:59 – Evander Kane (21) from Tomas Hertl (23) and Joe Pavelski (18)

     

    End of 3rd – SJ – 6         WAS – 6

    Shots              41                   37

    Faceoffs        32                    29

    Hits               15                     25

    PP                 2/6                    1/3

     

    OT:

    Sharks Goal – 1:48 – Tomas Hertl (22) from Logan Couture (28)

     

    End of OT – SJ – 6         WAS – 6

    Shots              43                   39

    Faceoffs        34                    30

    Hits               16                     25

    PP                 2/6                    1/3

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (27-16-6 60pts) @ Toronto (29-17-2 60pts)

    San Jose (29-16-7 65pts) v. Arizona (22-22-4 48pts)

  • Gameday Preview – 1/22/2019 – San Jose Sharks v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Preview – 1/22/2019 – San Jose Sharks v. Washington Capitals

    San Jose Sharks (28-16-7 63pts) v. Washington Capitals (27-16-5 59pts)

     

    Time: 7p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals host the San Jose Sharks as they look to end their five game losing streak. The Sharks will be on the back end of their back to back, while the Capitals will be playing their first game of a back to back before the All Star break.

     

    San Jose Sharks:

    Projected Lineup:

    Marcus Sorensen — Joe Thornton — Melker Karlsson

    Timo Meier — Logan Couture — Joe Pavelski

    Evander Kane — Tomas Hertl — Joonas Donskoi

    Lukas Radil — Barclay Goodrow — Kevin Labanc

    Radim Simek — Brent Burns

    Brenden Dillon — Tim Heed

    Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Justin Braun

    Martin Jones

    Aaron Dell

    Scratched: Joakim Ryan, Dylan Gambrell, Jacob Middleton

    Injured: Erik Karlsson (lower body)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Get an early lead

    The Capitals have been struggling for a while, and the Sharks need to get an early goal to establish themselves in put the Capitals in the hole early.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Play Hungry

    The Capitals spent the past two days doing team meetings to get themselves fired up and ready for these next two games going into the All Star break.

  • January 22nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 22nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    This is your NHL recap for Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019.

     

    There were four games on the NHL schedule yesterday.

     

     

    Nashville 4, COLORADO 1

    The Nashville Predators would take on the Colorado Avalanche in a matinee affair and would come away with the 4-1 over the Avalanche.

    With the win for Nashville, Head Coach Peter Laviolette would get his 600th career win.  He would be the third head coach on the season to get his 600th career win this season.

     

    There would be four different goal scorers for the Predators, one of them being Nick Bonino.  Bonino would go on to score his 100th career goal in this contest.

     

    LOS ANGELES 4, St. Louis 3

    The Los Angeles Kings would take on the St. Louis Blues and would come away with the 4-3 win.

    With the win by the Kings, goaltender Jonathan Quick would get his 302nd career win, now the fourth most amongst all United States-born goaltenders in NHL history.

    Also, the Kings would get their second win on the season in which they have been behind by two goals at any point in the game.

     

     

    It would be a back and forth contest between both teams and St. Louis would mount a valiant effort but would not be successful in coming back to beat Los Angeles.

     

    Minnesota 4, VEGAS 2

    The Minnesota Wild would move to a record of 4-0-1 in the last five contests against the Vegas Golden Knights when they would double up Vegas by the score of 4-2.

    With Mikko Koivu’s goal in this contest, he now has 200 goals for his career and joins his brother who has 255 to be the 14th set of brothers to have at least 200 regular-season career goals.

     

    FLORIDA 6, San Jose 2

    The Florida Panthers would win their third straight game as they would score four goals in the third period to defeat the San Jose Sharks 6-2.

    Florida’s Frank Vatrano would be the third player in franchise history to have four points in a contest and the first player to do so in since October 30, 2009 (Steve Reinprecht).

     

     

    The Panthers scored two goals in nine seconds or less in the third period and scored those two goals in nine seconds or less for the fifth time in franchise history.

     

     

    San Jose would have a good first two periods of hockey before everything came apart when goaltender Martin Jones would allow three goals on eight shots before being replaced by Aaron Dell with 12:38 left in the game.

     

     

    In NHL news…

     

    The NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week yesterday for the week ending January 19th.

     

    The Carolina Hurricanes and Teuvo Teravainen agreed to a 5 year/$27 million contract extension yesterday.

     

    The NHL Central Scout released the midterm rankings for the 2019 NHL Draft yesterday.