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  • November 2nd, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is November 2nd, 2018 and these are your news and notes…

     

    Yesterday’s results and recaps:

     

    Recaps:

    -In the contest between the Florida Panthers and the Winnipeg Jets in the first NHL Global Series games in Finland, the Jets would defeat the Panthers 4-2.

    Jets F Patrik Laine recorded the first NHL career hat-trick in a regular-season contest outside of North America to outduel fellow countryman, Aleksander Barkov.

    Entering this contest, Laine only had three goals in 12 games. Laine scored two game-tying goals before he finished off the hat trick, the fifth of his NHL career.

    -The Montreal Canadiens would score a record of two goals in two seconds to defeat the Washington Capitals 6-4.

    Montreal Canadiens rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi would score his first two NHL career goals.

    Kotkaniemi would become the youngest player in League history born outside of North America at 18 years and 118 days to score at least two goals in a game since Patrik Laine accomplished the same feat at 18 years and 183 days.

    TXHT has all of your information on this contest here.

    With Kotkaniemi scoring, all four of the top draft picks have registered at least one goal.

     

    For other news, notes and stats:

     

    On tap for today:

    The Florida Panthers and the Winnipeg Jets conclude their games in the NHL Global Series in Finland today at 2 p.m. ET to kick off one of three contests.

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    In NHL news…

    • The Tampa Bay Lightning and Yanni Gourde have agreed to a six-year contract with an AAV of $5.166 million.
    • NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced tentative plans to have NHL Global Series games in four countries next season.

     

    In NWHL news…

    The Connecticut Whale and Taylor Marchin have agreed to a contract after a strong showing during Marchin’s PTO.

     

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  • October 31st, 2018 — News and Notes

    These are your news and notes for Wednesday, October 31st, 2018.

     

    There were 11 NHL contests last night…

    • Brayden Point had a five-point night for the Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa Bay’s 8-3 rout of the New Jersey Devils.  In Point’s first five-point game of his career, Tampa scored eight goals for the second time this season and moved into sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division.

    By scoring eight goals for the second time this season, this marked the third season in the last 25 to feature six or more times in which a team has registered at least eight goals in a game before play in October has come to an end.

    • In Arizona, the Coyotes would win their fourth consecutive game when five different players registered goals in the Arizona Coyotes 5-1 defeat of the Ottawa Senators.  The Coyotes have 27 goals in their last six games, making it the highest in that span. The Coyotes also registered 27 goals in a six-game span during the 2006-07 season.
    • David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron played critical roles in the Boston Bruins 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Boston is now 11-0-5 in their last 16 contests against the Hurricanes dating back to the 2013-14 season. Pastrnak has 16 points on the season and is now tied with Chicago’s Patrick Kane for 11 goals on the season.

    Pastrnak joins Phil Esposito and Charlie Simmer as the only players in Bruins history to register double-digit goals in the month of October.

    In this same contest, Carolina’s Sebastian Aho recorded an assist and joined Wayne Gretzky and Ken Linseman as the only players in League history to have a season-opening assist streak of 12 games.

     

    Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):

    For more news, notes, and stats, please refer to this:

     

    There is one contest in action tonight…

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    Image courtesy of the NHL and NHL Public Relations.

     

    In NHL news:

    • Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his “31 Thoughts” article today and it discusses the new agreement between the NHL and MGM Resorts in regards to gambling.

     

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  • October 30, 2018 — News and Notes

     

    These are your news and notes for Tuesday, October 30th, 2018.

     

    There were two contests last night in the NHL.

    • The Vancouver Canucks took on the Minnesota Wild and went on to win the contest 5-2.Elias Pettersson scored two goals to give him 10 points thus far and would help snap the Wild’s five game win streak.Pettersson went on to become the 21st player in league history to register at least seven goals in their first seven career games and only the eighth in the NHL’s Modern era dating back to the 1943-44 season.
    • In the other contest of the evening, the Calgary Flames went on to rout the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1, and defeated the Maple Leafs for the first time on the road since the 2010-11 season.

      With the win, the six-game slide in Toronto is no more. Calgary scored two goals in 55 seconds in the third, including the game-winner registered by Elias Lindholm. Lindholm leads all Calgary skaters with eight goals and trails six others for the League lead.

      Lindholm also became the first Flames player to score eight goals in 12 games played since the 2007-08 season when Jarome Iginla and Daymond Langkow also hit the mark of eight goals in 12 games.

     

    There are 11 contests happening tonight.

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    Image courtesy of the NHL and the NHL Public Relations.

     

    For more news, notes, and stats…

     

    In NHL news…

    -The Pittsburgh Penguins announced earlier today that the team will wear a “Stronger Than Hate” patch on their jerseys tonight in memory of the Tree of Life tragedy that happened this past Saturday.

    -The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced yesterday that Ottawa Senators D Mark Borowiecki has been suspended three games for his illegal check to the head of Vegas Golden Knights F Cody Eakin.

     

    In the NWHL…

    -In case you missed it, TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas wrote an article about the start of the Minnesota Whitecaps season thus far and how good they are.

    Check out the article here.

    You can watch TXHT Live tomorrow at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • October 29th, 2018 — News and Notes

     

    These are your news and notes for Monday, October 29th, 2018

     

    There were six games in action last night…

     

    Tonight, there are only two games in action…

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    For more news, notes, and stats…

     

    In NWHL action…

    In the lone NWHL contest yesterday, the Minnesota Whitecaps defeated the Buffalo Beauts 2-1 and moved the Whitecaps to a 6-0-0 record on the season.  Minnesota’s Amy Menke scored the game winner in the third period.

    Minnesota entered the weekend undefeated with Buffalo and the Boston Pride, but with the two wins over the Beauts and Boston’s loss to the Metropolitan Riveters on Saturday, Minnesota remains the lone undefeated team in the NWHL.

    Minnesota would score the first goal of the game just 19 seconds into the contest with Kate Schipper scoring. This was Schipper’s second goal of the weekend.

    Buffalo would be awarded a penalty shot when the puck was covered in the crease with Dani Cameranesi scoring into the top left corner to tie the game at 1.

    Minnesota Whitecaps remain undefeated with 2-1 win over Buffalo Beauts.

     

    Coming up next on the NWHL Schedule:

    The league will be taking a break for the upcoming Four Nations tournament and will return on November 17th.

    • November 17th: Buffalo Beauts at Boston Pride
      November 18th: Connecticut Whale at Metropolitan Riveters
      November 18th: Buffalo Beauts at Boston Pride

     

    The Minnesota Whitecaps return to NWHL action December 1st and 2nd when they take on the Boston Pride TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minnesota.

     

    In NHL news…

    The NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week today.

     

    The NHL announced today that the league has entered a landmark sports betting partnership with MGM Resorts International.

     

    The Department of Player Safety announced that Ottawa Senators D Mark Borowiecki will have a hearing today for his illegal check to the head of Vegas Golden Knights Cody Eakin

     

    In NWHL News…

     

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  • Gary Bettman and Suspensions – Why you should stop blaming him for everything

    So before I go into this, because this will probably be one of the most “controversial” topics I’ll ever write about, I’d like to start with a quote that my father always says and that is “11 out of 10 people are stupid”, and right now I’m going to try to fix the stupid so please wish me luck.

     

    So in the hockey world one of the hottest topics is that of NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and the “controversy” surrounding him in regards to the suspensions of Auston Watson, for domestic abuse off the ice, and Tom Wilson, for an illegal check to the head during a game. Now these are two completely separate matters and I’d like to take deeper looks into both suspensions and explain why both of these cases need to be considered as such.

     

    First let’s take a look at Auston Watson of the Nashville Predators. During this past offseason Watson and his girlfriend had a domestic dispute that lead to some physicality and Watson being arrested for the incident. When all was said and done Watson pleaded no contest to the charges that were put against him. As a result of this off ice matter Commissioner Gary Bettman had a hearing with Watson, and then handed him a 27 game suspension for conduct detrimental to League. As a result of this ruling made by Bettman, per the CBA, Watson had the right to appeal this suspension, and since Bettman was the one handing out the suspension, to a neutral arbitrator. When Watson’s appeal was heard by the neutral arbitrator, the arbitrator reduced the suspension from 27 games to 18 games.

     

    Now let’s look at Tom Wilson’s suspension. During a preseason game Wilson delivered an illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist which resulted in a match penalty and game misconduct. Wilson had a Player Safety hearing with George Parros, the head of the Department of Player Safety, and was given a 20 game suspension given his recent history in the previous 12 months, and several sit down conversations and warnings that was given to him during that time. Recently Wilson and the NHLPA appealed the suspension which, per the CBA, was heard by Gary Bettman. This past Thursday Bettman upheld the suspension, and Wilson is now appealing to a neutral arbitrator that will hear the case on Wednesday October 31st.

     

    So now that the back story on both cases have been established, let’s look the similarities and differences of both cases.

     

    Differences:

    • Auston Watson’s suspension was a result of an off ice matter.
    • Tom Wilson’s Suspension was a result of a play on the ice.
    • Watson’s suspension was given to him by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
    • Wilson’s suspension was was given to him by George Parros from the Department of Player Safety.
    • Watson’s suspension could only be appealed to a neutral arbitrator per the CBA.
    • Wilson’s suspension has to be appealed to the Commissioner first, then, if upheld, can then be appealed to a neutral arbitrator per the CBA.

     

    Similarities:

    • Watson’s original suspension handed to him by Bettman was 27 games.
    • Wilson’s suspension handed to him by Parros is 20 games.
    • Per the CBA, any suspension six (6) or more games can be appealed.

     

    As you can tell the only similarity that these two have is that both suspensions were 20 or more games, but it’s what the differences are that matter here because this is where everyone is getting this confused. Auston Watson was suspended for an off ice offence and Gary Bettman handed down a punishment that he deemed appropriate for Watson’s particular case, whereas Tom Wilson was suspended for an illegal check to the head and has a history, and Bettman upheld the suspension originally given by George Parros.

     

    So what is the issue here? The correct answer is there is none, but people are making an issue of it anyways.

     

    Now there is the crowd that is going after Bettman and the League because there is no Domestic Violence policy in the NHL, which yes that is an issue and needs to be addressed in the next CBA talks with the NHLPA as there should be a Domestic Violence Policy with strict guidelines and penalties for when those types of matters occur, but right now there isn’t and we need to accept that fact that as of right now, and until a new policy can be put in place, this is how it works when it comes to Domestic disputes off the ice. The Commissioner reviews the off ice matter, and then he makes a ruling on the matter. Also let’s keep in mind that Slava Voynov is still considered suspended indefinitely, and if he were able to be allowed to return to the United States, which by the way per US law he can’t, then the League has made it known that more punishment would be coming his way as his Domestic Violence case is much more gruesome than the one concerning Auston Watson (and in no way are we saying that Watson’s case is minor, we are just stating that Voynov’s is a much more serious case as his wife beaten bloody, and hospitalized).

     

    Now with the above stated let’s get right to it. Stop blaming Gary Bettman for what is going on right now, but most importantly, stop comparing off ice matters as if it were an on ice matter. They are completely different, and they can’t be compared. What was handed out by the League to Auston Watson and to Tom Wilson can’t be compared because they happened under different circumstances. Gary Bettman is handling these situations the best he can, and has done so with respect.

     

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  • News and Notes: October 24th, 2018

    These are your news and notes for Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

    There were eight games in action last night…

    • In a matchup of two of the highest-scoring player the last three seasons, Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins faced off against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.Sidney Crosby netted the game winner in overtime to take down Edmonton 6-5. This contest would also feature a tie five times throughout the game.

      Crosby scored his first two goals of the season and would also net his first goals in a head-to-head matchup. Pittsburgh is 5-0-0 against Edmonton since the start of the 2016-17 season.

      In this contest, Crosby would also register the 14th career regular-season overtime goal, tying Los Angeles Kings Ilya Kovalchuk for second-most by an active player. Both trail Alex Ovechkin, who has 22.

      This contest would also make it the third time this season to feature five tying goals and the second involving the Penguins.

    • David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-1.Pastrnak would score two goals and two assists and would be only the sixth player in Bruins history to score at least 10 goals in the teams first nine games to start the season. Phil Esposito has the team record to start a season with 14 goals and did that in 10 games to start the 1973-74 season.

      Patrice Bergeron and Pastrnak became the 15th and 16th different players to record at least 15 points or more in the first nine games of a season in franchise history.

    • Montreal Canadiens G Carey Price reached a tie for second place in franchise history for wins by a goaltender when the Canadiens defeated the Calgary Flames 3-2.Price is now tied with Hall of Famer Patrick Roy at 289.

      Price registered 21 saves in the contest.

      For more on this contest, TXHT and Last Word on Sports Armand Kilsvitch has your game recap here.

    • The San Jose Sharks had five different goalscorers as they took down the Nashville Predators 5-4.With the Sharks win, the Predators win streak at five has been snapped. Down by two goals with less than 10 to play, San Jose would score three times. Brent Burns would net the game winner with less than three minutes to play in regulation.

      Burns, who has points in the last six games, registered the 34th game-winner of his career.

    • Arizona Coyotes Christian Fischer achieved his first career hat trick as they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets by a score of 4-1.Fischer’s hat trick is the 11th to occur thus far on the season.

    Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):

    • NY RANGERS 5, Florida 2
    • Arizona 4, COLUMBUS 1
    • MONTREAL 3, Calgary 2
    • Boston 4, OTTAWA 1
    • San Jose 5, NASHVILLE 4
    • CHICAGO 3, Anaheim 1
    • DALLAS 4, Los Angeles 2
    • Pittsburgh 6, EDMONTON 5 (OT)

    There are four games taking place tonight:

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    For other notes on yesterday’s contests..

    In NHL news…

    • The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced that Ottawa Senators Mark Borowiecki will have a hearing today for his elbowing penalty on Boston’s Urho Vaakanainen last night.
    • The New York Islanders announced today that their contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 28th, 2019 has been moved from Barclays Center to Nassau Coliseum.

     

     

    You can watch TXHT Live next Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • Game Recap – 10/22/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vancouver Canucks

    Game Recap – 10/22/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vancouver Canucks

     

     

    Washington Capitals (3-2-2 8pts) v. Vancouver Canucks (5-3-0 10pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Nic Dowd — Andre Burakovsky

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Madison Bowey, Nathan Walker 

    Injured: Travis Boyd (lower body)

    Suspended: Tom Wilson

     

    Vancouver Canucks:

    Nikolay Goldobin — Bo Horvat — Brock Boeser

    Sven Baertschi — Adam Gaudette — Jake Virtanen

    Antoine Roussel — Brandon Sutter — Loui Eriksson

    Tim Schaller — Mikael Granlund — Tyler Motte

    Alexander Edler — Christopher Tanev

    Derrick Pouliot — Troy Stecher

    Ben Hutton — Erik Gudbranson

    Anders Nilsson

    Jacob Markstrom

    Scratched: Michael Del Zotto, Brendan Leipsic

    Injured: Elias Pettersson (concussion), Jay Beagle (broken arm)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Penalty –  :52 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Roughing

    Canucks Penalty – :52 – Antoine Roussel 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Goal –  2:20 – John Carlson (5) from Jakub Vrana (2) and Christian Djoos (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 3:55 – Brooks Orpik 2 minutes for Tripping

    Canucks Penalty – 15:28 – Bo Horvat 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 1       VAN – 0

    Shots              13                6

    Faceoffs         8                  9

    Hits               8                    7

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Analysis:

    This was a good start to the game for the Capitals. They brought the physicality early and on a great break out play the Capitals were able to give themselves an early 1-0 lead. The Capitals also are doing a great job of clogging up the neutral zone, and making it difficult for the Canucks to enter the zone and create a presence.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to continue clogging up the neutral zone, and making smart plays to generate offense in the Canucks end. Also the Capitals need to shoot some more when they have the opportunity to do so.

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 3:22 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Tripping

    Canucks Goal – 7:30 – Troy Stetcher (1) from unassisted

    Canucks Penalty – 8:47 – Erik Gudbranson 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Capitals PPG – 9:29 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) from John Carlson (7) and Alex Ovechkin (4)

    Capitals Goal – 19:34 – Alex Ovechkin (7) from Nicklas Backstrom (9) and TJ Oshie (4)

    Capitals Penalty – 19:45 – Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 3        VAN – 1

    Shots               25                 18

    Faceoffs          16                 21

    Hits                 15                  18

    PP                   1/2                  0/2 *3rd in Progress

     

    Analysis:

    Not the best start to this period, but the Capitals rebounded beautifully, and were able to come out of the second period with a two goal lead. However, they have put themselves in some tough spots as they have taken some bad penalties.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to start the 3rd period strong and kill off the Nicklas Backstrom penalty, and then they need to force the play in the Canucks zone and not allow the Canucks any opportunities to get back into this game.

     

    Third Period:

    Canucks PPG – :20 – Sven Baertschi (3) from Brock Boeser (4)  and Bo Horvat (2)

    Canucks Penalty – 1:52 – Alexander Edler 2 minutes for Interference

    Canucks Penalty – 4:31 – Troy Stetcher 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 5:35 – Alex Ovechkin (8) from John Carlson (8) and Nicklas Backstrom (10)

    Capitals ENG – 18:19 – TJ Oshie (5) from Alex Ovechkin (5) from Nicklas Backstrom (11)

    Canucks Penalty – 19:29 – Sven Baertschi 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 5         VAN – 2

    Shots              33                   24

    Faceoffs        25                    28

    Hits               19                     21

    PP                 2/5                    1/3

     

    Analysis:

    This was a good game for the Capitals overall as they played a hard fought game against the Canucks. The Capitals responded very well when the Canucks scored, and the Capitals, while wasying at least one powerplay opportunity, untilized their powerplay very well. The Capitals also did a very good job of controlling the tempo and clogging up the neutral zone against the Canucks, and will need to do the same Thursday night in Edmonton against the Oilers.

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (4-2-2 10pts) @ Edmonton (3-3-0 6pts)

    Vancouver (5-3-0 10pts) @ Vegas (4-4-0 8pts)

     

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  • October 22nd, 2018 News and Notes

     

    These are your news and notes for Monday, October 22nd, 2018:

     

    In the NHL yesterday there were three contests…

    • First, the Tampa Bay Lightning registered a franchise-record 55 shots on goal to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3. Tampa Bay is 5-1-1 on the season thus far and is 6-0-1 in the last seven contests against Chicago.Tampa Bay recorded 33 shots on goal during the second period, the highest total in a period since the 1997-98 season.

      Brayden Point had his first game-winner of the season and the 15th of his career in 157 games played. There are only three other players who have more since debuting in the NHL in the 2016-17 season.

    • Johnny Gaudreau registered his 300th NHL point in his 320th game last night as the Calgary Flames went on to rout the New York Rangers 4-1.Gaudreau would score twice to reach the milestone and helped lead the Flames to a record of 5-3-0 on the season. Calgary won at Madison Square Garden for the first time since the 2008-09 season.

      Gaudreau, a fourth round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, became the fourth player from that draft class to reach this milestone as well. He also became the sixth player to reach 300 career points.

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    • The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-2, after a pre-game ceremony for the retirement of Paul Kariya’s number at Honda Center. There is more on Paul Kariya’s number retirement in the NHL news section.

     

    Yesterday’s results:

    • Tampa Bay 6, CHICAGO 3
    • Calgary 4, NY RANGERS 1
    • Buffalo 4, ANAHEIM 2

     

    In the NWHL yesterday…

    The Minnesota Whitecaps went on to defeat the Metropolitan Riveters 6-2. This would also mark a season-sweep of the Riveters in the second half of games in New Jersey.

    Whitecaps G Amanda Leveille registered 26 shots and continued to dominate the Riveters all game. Leveille is 4-0-0 against Metropolitan this season and 9-4-0 in 13 matchups all time against the Riveters.

    The Whitecaps trio of Allie Thunstrom, Katie McGovern, and Joanna Curtis all made the scoresheet.

    The only possible time that the Riveters will face the Whitecaps again is if there is a potential playoff matchup.

    Minnesota would jump out to a 3-0 lead before the Riveters would notch their first goal of the game with less than 2:30 left in the second period, as the Whitecaps were dominating the Riveters throughout the first 30 minutes of the game. The Whitecaps would also find a recipe of success in this contest by shooting and scoring.

    Four different scores for the Whitecaps would define the dominance in this contest.

    The Riveters look to bounce back from back-to-back losses on Saturday when the Riveters visit the Boston Pride at Warrior Ice Arena.

    For Minnesota, they look to extend their 4-0-0 start when they have a back-to-back slate of games next weekend when they face off against the Buffalo Beauts at TRIA Rink.

    For more coverage of the contest between the Whitecaps and Riveters, please go here

     

     

     

     

    Tonight’s NHL games:

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    In NHL news:

     

    In the NWHL…

     

    You can watch TXHT Live next Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • News and Notes: October 21st, 2018

     

    These are your news and notes for Sunday, October 21st, 2018

     

    There were 13 contests in the NHL yesterday…

    • In the Vegas Golden Knights 90th regular-season game, Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury registered 17 saves to give Vegas their third consecutive win. Fleury also won his 408th game to surpass Glenn Hall for 10th place all-time.

      Vegas defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-1.

    • Colorado’s trio of Nathan MacKinnon (3 pts), Gabriel Landeskog (2 pts) and Mikko Rantanen (1 pt) found the score sheet to continue their starts to the season. Colorado improved to 5-1-2 in 2018-19 and has a record of 3-0-2 in their last five contests.MacKinnon and Ratanen are the 21st set of teammates in League history to begin a simultaneous set of point streaks of at least eight games.

      MacKinnon also became the seventh player to have eight goals in the first eight games in franchise history.

    • Carolina Hurricanes Sebastian Aho registered an assist on a Carolina goal with 2:33 left in regulation to extend his point-scoring streak to eight games and only Ron Francis has a point-streak longer than this. Francis started a streak in 11 games during the 1984-85 season.
    • The Toronto Maple Leafs took on the St. Louis Blues and TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your recap of that contest here.

     

    Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):

    • PHILADELPHIA 5, New Jersey 2
    • Colorado 3, CAROLINA 1
    • Buffalo 5, LOS ANGELES 1
    • WINNIPEG 5, Arizona 3
    • St. Louis 4, TORONTO 1
    • OTTAWA 4, Montreal 3 (OT)
    • Detroit 4, FLORIDA 3 (OT)
    • Chicago 4, COLUMBUS 1
    • MINNESOTA 5, Tampa Bay 4 (OT)
    • Nashville 3, EDMONTON 0
    • VANCOUVER 2, Boston 1 (OT)
    • VEGAS 3, Anaheim 1
    • SAN JOSE 4, NY Islanders 1

     

    Today’s NHL Schedule:

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    There were two NWHL contests yesterday.

    First, the Metropolitan Riveters took on the Minnesota Whitecaps at Prudential Center. Minnesota would defeat the Riveters 5-3.

    Before the contest, the Riveters raised their 2017-18 Isobel Cup Championship banner.

    Once the game started a goaltending duel was renewed between Amanda Leveille and Katie Fitzgerald. Leville finished the contest with 24 saves and Fitzgerald registered 17 saves. Minnesota is now 3-0-0 on the season where Metropolitan is 0-4-0.

    Minnesota opened up the scoring late in the first period with Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal at 18:13. Madison Packer would score about a minute later in the contest.

    The Whitecaps took the lead again in the second period when Amy Menke registered her first NWHL goal at 12:31 and Packer would score again 5:15 later. Toward the end of the second, Meghan Pezon scored to give Minnesota a 3-2 lead that would be carried into the third period.

    2:33 into the third, Audra Richards would score her first NWHL goal to tie the game 3-3. About seven minutes later, Minnesota’s Amanda Boulier would score to give the Whitecaps their fourth one-goal lead of the game.

    In the final period, the Riveters would outshoot the Whitecaps 15-4 but Leveille was able to hold off further scoring from Metropolitan.

    For a full recap from this contest, please check out this article .

    TXHT was live from the Minnesota Whitecaps at Metropolitan Riveters yesterday afternoon and has your recap of the contest here.

    • The other contest in the NWHL pitted the Boston Pride against the Connecticut Whale. Boston defeated Connecticut 4-2. Boston improved to 2-0-0 on the young season. Connecticut fell to 0-3-0.Boston jumped to an early 2-0 lead but then Connecticut stormed back to tit the game at 2-2. Boston’s McKenna Brand netted the game-winner and Gigi Marvin scored the empty-netter to seal the win for Boston.

      Connecticut’s Katerina Mrázová had a hand in both of the Whale’s goals, finishing with one goal and one assist.

      Meeri Räisänen was solid in goal again netting 28 saves for Connecticut.

      For the Pride, Emily Field scored her second goal of the game just 35 seconds into this contest. Defender Lauren Kelly scored the second goal of the contest for the Pride on a power-play goal five minutes into the second period.

      Pride G Katie Burt registered 13 saves on 15 shots on goal in the contest.

      For a full recap of this contest, please go here.

    • Later today, the Minnesota Whitecaps face off against the Metropolitan Riveters at Barnabas Health Hockey House at 3 p.m.

     

    Coming up next weekend on the NWHL schedule:

    • Saturday October 27th: Buffalo Beauts at Minnesota Whitecaps
    • Saturday October 27th: Metropolitan Riveters at Boston Pride
    • Sunday October 28th: Buffalo Beauts at Minnesota Whitecaps

     

    In NHL news:

    • The Anaheim Ducks will retire Paul Kariya’s number in a pre-game ceremony tonight.
    • Newsday reports that former NY Islanders owner Charles Wang passed away.

     

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