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  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Calgary Flames – 4/3/2019 – Game Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Calgary Flames – 4/3/2019 – Game Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs (40-21-4 84pts) v. Calgary Flames (41-17-7 89pts)

     

    Time: 9p EST

    Station: SportsNet West, TSN4

     

    Preview:

    The Toronto Maple Leafs hit the road again to play one of the best teams in the West, the Calgary Flames. The Flames are boasting one of the best scorers in the league with Johnny Gaudreau and a Norris trophy candidate in Mark Giordano. The Leafs will look to bring their High Octane offense to Calgary and outscore the Flames with Mitch Marner leading the way scoring wise and a Norris candidate of their own in Morgan Rielly. Should be a really interesting and intense game. The Goalie matchup should be Mike Smith vs Frederik Andersen.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner –78 points (23 goals 55 assists)
    John Tavares – 71 points (37 goals 34 assists) 54% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 62 points (16 goals 46 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 60 points (30 goals 30 assists) 52% on Face-offs

    Johnny Gaudreau – 83 points (30 goals 53 assists)
    Elias Lindholm –72 points (26 goals 46 assists)
    Sean Monahan – 70 points (30 goals 40 assists)
    Matthew Tkachuk  –61 points (25 goals 36 assists)

    Frederik Andersen
    31-13-3 2.58GAA .923SV%

    Mike Smith
    19-12-2 2.92GAA .895SV%

    Toronto Maple Leafs:

    Projected Lineup:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Martin Marincin – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Jake Gardiner (Back) and Travis Dermott (Shoulder)

    Suspension: None

     

    Flames:

    Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan– Elias Lindholm

    Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund –Michael Frolik

    Sam Bennett – Mark Jankowski – Austin Czarnik

    Andrew Mangiapane – Derek Ryan – Garnet Hathaway

     

    Mark Giordano – TJ Brodie

    Noah Hanifin – Travis Hamonic

    Oscar Fantenberg – Rasmus Andersson

     

    Mike Smith

    David Rittich

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Michael Stone, Olivier Kylington, James Neal

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Play tough against the top line of Calgary

    • Don’t give them any room to maneuver, because they will make you pay on the scoreboard

    2. Matthews, Johnsson, and Kapanen need to be an impact

    • These 3 need to have an impact on this game with Tavares, Marner, and Hyman checking the top line these three will need to play big. Which I fully expect them too.

    3. Top 4 Defencemen need to be good

    • Muzzin, Rielly, Hainsey, Zaitsev.  Need to step up and be solid!

     

     

  • March 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    March 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, March 4th, 2019, and these are your news and notes

    There were eight games on the NHL schedule yesterday…

    *Image is the property of the NHL, NHL Public Relations, and their respective owners

     

    Yesterday’s results:

    Washington 3, NY RANGERS 2 (SO)

    The Washington Capitals took on the New York Rangers for a matinee game and would escape this contest with a much needed win and would regain the top spot in the Metropolitan Division.

    This game would not be without controversy in the shootout when Rangers goaltender Alexander Georgiev would throw his stick at an oncoming Alex Ovechkin on the latters shootout attempt.  It would at first be called a no goal but then after a meeting between all four on ice officials, it would be called a goal and the Capitals would pick up the win.

    TXHT has your full coverage of the contest between the Capitals and the Rangers at the following page.

    Philadelphia 4, NY ISLANDERS 1

    There would be four different goal scorers for the Philadelphia Flyers as they would take down the New York Islanders by the score of 4-1 yesterday afternoon.

    VEGAS 3, Vancouver 0

    The Vancouver Canucks would face off against the Vegas Golden Knights yesterday and would get crushed, losing by the score of 3-0.

    The Canucks would get out shot 49-19 in the contest and Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would have his eighth shutout on the season in this contest, the most for a goaltender on the season.

     

    ANAHEIM 2, Colorado 1

    The Anaheim Ducks would take on the Colorado Avalanche and would get a much needed win for the Ducks.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1102368575824683008

    Ottawa 3, FLORIDA 2

     

    Winnipeg 5, COLUMBUS 2

    The Winnipeg Jets would visit the Columbus Blue Jackets and would come away with the 5-2 win over Columbus thanks to four goals in the contest by Winnipeg’s Blake Wheeler.

     

    Nashville 3, MINNESOTA 2 (SO)

    The Nashville Predators would take on the Minnesota Wild and would escape with the 3-2 win in the shootout frame.

    SAN JOSE 5, Chicago 2

     

    Today there are only two games on the NHL slate.


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    NWHL

     

    Yesterday would close out the regular season for the NWHL.  Two contests took place with the Minnesota Whitecaps visiting the Connecticut Whale and the Buffalo Beauts visiting the Metropolitan Riveters.

     

    Minnesota Whitecaps 4, CONNECTICUT WHALE 1

    First in the Minnesota Whitecaps at the Connecticut Whale game, the Minnesota Whitecaps would clinch the number one seed in the NWHL Isobel Cup playoffs with the 4-1 win over the Whale.

    Minnesota’s Lauren Barnes would score twice, these being the first goals of her NWHL career, and Amanda Boulier picked up two assists in the contest.  Whitecaps goaltender Amanda Leveille would go on to have 24 saves on 25 attempts in the contest to seal the first regular season championship for Minnesota who continued to make history for the franchise and the NWHL.

    Minnesota will host the winner of the play-in game between the Connecticut Whale and the Metropolitan Riveters on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., ET/1:30 p.m., CT at the TRIA Rink.

    TXHT has your coverage of the weekends contest for the Connecticut Whale at the following page.

    METROPOLITAN RIVETERS 4, Buffalo Beauts 3 (SO)

    In an exciting back and forth game, the Metropolitan Riveters would come back from a 2-0 deficit to take down the Buffalo Beauts with the 4-3 win in the shootout yesterday afternoon.

    Throughout the second period, there would be multiple penalties between both teams and Riveters Madison Parker would be the only one to take advantage of the extra woman on the ice with Parker’s goal at the 17:41 mark.

    Riveters Taylor Accursi would end up netting the winner in the shootout frame to seal the win for Metropolitan and they will now host the Connecticut Whale in the play-in contest of the 2019 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoffs on Thursday night at 7 p.m., ET at the RWJBarnabas Health Hockey House.  The winner of that contest will take on the Minnesota Whitecaps at TRIA Rink on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., ET.

     

    After these contests, the 2019 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoff schedule is now set.  You can see the schedule at the following link.

  • Whale Swept In Final Back To Back Of The Regular Season

    Whale Swept In Final Back To Back Of The Regular Season

    The Connecticut Whale played their last two games of the regular season at home at Terry Conners Rink. The first game was against the Buffalo Beauts and the second game was against the Minnesota Whitecaps.

     

    1st Game

    In the first game on Saturday, the Whale were defeated by the Buffalo Beauts. The Beauts jumped out to an early 3-0 lead by the end of the first period. Goals for the Beauts came from Annika Zalewski, Taylor Accursi, and Juliana Iafallo. Emily Pfalzer assisted on two of the goals in the first period.

    In the second period, there would be more Beauts dominance against the Whale, and late in the second period, the Beauts would get another breakthrough, the goal coming from Corinne Buie.

    In the third period, the Beauts would add another goal, it came from former Whale forward Kelly Babstock. It would be her fourth goal on the year and her first coming against her old squad. However, the Whale would spring to life a minute after the goal. Beauts forward Corinne Buie would take a slashing minor and on the ensuing power play, Whale defender Shannon Doyle scored. For Shannon Doyle, it was her fifth point in six games (one goal and four assists). Five minutes later, the Whale would add another goal from Rachael Ade.

    Unfortunately, that would be as close as the Whale would come to a comeback. The Beauts held on to take the game by a score of 5-2. Shenae Lundberg was the goalie of record for the Whale and she made 25 saves on 30 shots.

    3 Stars

    Shannon Doyle: Scoring on the powerplay, she now has three goals and five assists on the year, and now has eight points in her last eleven games.

    Rachael Ade: She now has two goals in her last three games as of Saturday. She pushes her totals to two goals and one assist for three points on the year.

    Katerina Mrázová: She added two primary assists assists adding to her points lead.

     

    2nd Game

    On Sunday, the Whale played their final home game of the regular season, against the Minnesota Whitecaps.

    In the first period, there were good back and forth action between the two teams. Unfortunately, a little over halfway through the first period, Whale forward Vanessa Gagnon went down with an apparent leg injury. Stunned by the situation, the Whitecaps would get a goal from Allie Thunstrom.

    In the second period, the Whitecaps would jump out to a 2-0 leas when Lauren Barnes beat Erin O’Neil. The Whale would get a goal back which was provided by their captain Emily Fluke. Mrázová came around the net and sent the puck across the crease and Fluke was there to put the puck home.

    https://twitter.com/WSportHilites/status/1102318153416278016

    Before the end of the second period, the Whitecaps would add to their lead with Lauren Barnes notching her second goal of the period and her second of the game.

    In the third period, there was a lot of great back and forth action, with great goaltending being supplied by both goalies Amanda Leveille and Erin O’Neil. However the Whale wouldn’t be able to make a comeback as Kendall Coyne Schofield would add an empty net goal. The Whitecaps would win the game by the final score of 4-1.

    3 Stars

    Erin O’Neil: The goalie of record for the Whale, she kept them in the game. She made 30 saves on 33 shots.

    Katerina Mrázová: Getting her third point over the weekend on an assist from the Emily Fluke goal, it pushes her point totals on the year to six goals and six assists for twelve points on the year.

    Emily Fluke: She notched her third goal of the year, which combined with her eight assists, gives her a point total of eleven. It is good for second on the team in points, finishing up an impressive sophomore campaign for her.

     

    Playoffs:

    The Whale will square off against the Metropolitan Riveters in the playoffs again; as it will be a rematch of last years semi-final matchup. The game will be at the RWJ Barnabas Health Hockey House this Thursday March 7th at 7p EST.

     

    Tweet from Women’s Sports Highlights was used with their permission and you can follow them here: @WSportHilites

  • Game Recap – 3/3/2019 – Liberty University v. Washington Pride

    Game Recap – 3/3/2019 – Liberty University v. Washington Pride

    Liberty University Flames v. Washington Pride

     

    Game Recap:

    In Women’s Hockey action this morning in Rockville, MD it was the Washington Pride hosting the Liberty University Flames at Rockville Ice Arena for the second game of their back to back series before going into their respective playoff runs.

     

    To start the game Cailey McLaughlin would be called for interference, and the Flames would capitalize on the powerplay as Shannon Fehr would score to give the Flames the early 1-0 lead. Then after killing and Emily John tripping penalty, the Flames would score as Alex Smibert would make it 2-0. Then with less than two minutes left in the period Aislyn Stretch would score to give the Flames a commanding 3-0 lead despite being out shot 14-5 by the Pride in the period.

     

    In the second period we would see the Flames go shorthanded and then Shannon Fehr would score her second of the game 12 seconds into the penalty kill as Flames would grow their lead to four. But the Pride would not go down without a fight as they would capitalize on the same powerplay they were just scored on as Mollie Dalby would get the Pride on the board. Then Dalby would not be done as she would net her second of the game to cut the Flames lead to two, and then Katelynn Brightbill would score with about three minutes left int he period to send the the game into the second intermission with the Flames up 4 to 3.

     

    The third period would feature a lot of back and forth action as well as some coincidental minors with Deena Birney of the Flames being called for holding and Alison Curry being called for tripping, but it would be a goal from Caitlyn Daihut with 64 seconds left to tie the game at four a piece.

     

    The game would be declared a tie, but overtime and a shootout would take place as agreed to by both teams prior to the game.

     

    First Period:

    Pride Penalty – 4:59 – #8 Cailey McLaughlin 2 minutes for Interference

    Liberty PPG – 5:29 – #19 Shannon Fehr from #95 CJ Tipping and #17 Alex Smibert

    Liberty Penalty – 8:23 – #4 Emily John 2 minutes for Tripping

    Liberty Goal – 10:59 – #17 Alex Smibert from #16 Danica Polson

    Pride Penalty – 16:34 – #26 Kayelynn Heflin 2 minutes for Roughing

    Liberty Goal – 18:38 – #9 Aislyn Stretch from #11 Deena Birney

     

    End of 1st – LU – 3       WAS – 0

    Shots             05                14

    PP                 1/2                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Pride Penalty – :53 – #14 Julia Blitz 2 minutes for Roughing

    Liberty Penalty – 4:14 – #16 Danica Polson 2 minutes for Roughing

    Liberty SHG – 4:26 – #19 Shannon Fehr (2) from unassisted

    Pride PPG – 5:33 – #9 Mollie Dalbey from #11 Rachel Ziff and #15 Lily Wildman

    Pride Goal – 8:08 – #9 Mollie Dalby (2) from unassisted

    Pride Goal – 16:57 – #12 Katelynn Brightbill from #9 Mollie Dalby and #15 Lily Wildman (2)

     

    End of 2nd – LU – 4        WAS – 3

    Shots               21                 29

    PP                   1/3                 1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Liberty Penalty – 10:52 – #11 Deena Birney 2 minutes for Holding

    Pride Penalty – 10:52 – #6 Allison Curry 2 minutes for Tripping

    Pride Goal – 18:56 – #20 Caitlyn Daihut from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – LU – 4         WAS – 4

    Shots              30                   42

    PP                 1/3                    1/2

     

    Next Up:

    The Washington Pride head up to Burlington, VT for the JWHL Playoffs.

  • 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)

  • Sweden: Impacting the Hockey World

    The impact of Sweden on Ice Hockey has been insurmountable. Players such as Mats Sundin, Peter Forsberg, Victor Hedman, Borje Salming, The Sedins and soo many more – I could go on with this list for days – have taken this game to a whole new level and continue to help it grow until this day.

    This article will contain a little background on how Sweden itself changed how we play hockey. Then how some individual players shaped aspects of the game.

    Swedish Hockey:

    A Swedish Hockey Player has been by many as a Hybrid player of sorts.  A strong two-way player who was disciplined in his game – rarely caught out of position, or caught taking penalties – and who was adaptable to any situation and style. A Swedish player possessed brilliant speed and stickhandling skills – which in turn usually meant playmaking skills – but the greatest skill of all that Swedish players possessed was their need to not be under the spotlight. Now there are exceptions to this just like everything else but this, for the most part, is considered a Swedish player. If you’ve ever watched hockey back in the ’60-’70s even earlier it was a lot about crash and bang – hit everything, play physical – but Sweden came in with this new blend of player who wasn’t as physical but could burn at both ends of the ice. Borje Salming a prime component of this, not overly physical but could skate and play amazing at both ends of the ice – you never knew where the puck was going with those puck handling skills.

    Borje Salming

    Borje Salming was one of the first European players to make an impact in the National Hockey League (NHL). His ability to play like a North American player – as they called it, with tenacity, grit, and brute – combined with his skills that made him truly an impactful Swedish player and NHL player – His hands, speed, and scoring ability – paved the way for many up and coming European players. Salming opened the doors for the many Europeans and would be forever remembered for his impact on the game when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996.

    Nicklas Lidstrom

    Followed the Swedish hockey philosophy to a Tee. Lidstrom played in a very gritty time in the NHL and yet he played the game with finesse, amazing skating and vision, tremendous poise and most of all without being overly physical. Lidstrom used his stick well and would begin to pave the way for what would become the NEW style of NHL defencemen. Not overly physical, could skate and really knew how to use their sticks. Lidstrom would win 4 Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings and would show what all teams were looking for in player true LOYALTY.

    Peter Forsberg

    Forsberg became something that many NHL teams could quite fathom back in the day, today it’s normal for us to see – a Skilled Power Forward. Most Power Forwards were considered to be big, hard-hitting and scored the majority of their goals from in front of the net. Tomas Holmstrom comes to mind – another Swedish hockey player – But Forsberg was different in some senses, he wasn’t overly physical – he could play the body but Forsberg never went out of his way to take anyone out. Forsberg scored from the dirty areas but he could play a skills game and I mean out of this world skill, Forsberg would open up the doors for guys like James Van Riemsdyk, Rick Nash and many more. He would also show tremendous loyalty which seems to be a trait of Swedish players – Sundin, Backstrom, Lidstrom, Sedins etc.

    The Sedins – Henrik and Daniel

    One of a kind that’s all I can say when I hear these 2 names. Because they put on a clinic of skill for many many years. Their impact on Hockey was how they handled themselves on and off the ice. Never criticized anyone,  they let their game do the talking and gave it everything they had every night. Even when they played with Superstar Markus Naslund, their egos never got in the way, they let him take the spotlight and drowned into the background. The ultimate teammates. No one can take away what they brought to the game offensively, they meshed with anyone, it was like their goal. But how they impacted the game was with who they were. True sportsman. Amazing teammate and a legacy of so much skill.

    Henrik “King” Lundqvist

    Lundqvist is a winner, Yeah you will say he hasn’t won a cup. Sure, say go ahead. Problem is that he is the winningest European Goaltender in NHL history. The Rangers haven’t had the greatest of teams but with Lundqvist, you always knew you were getting a chance to win. His nickname King is because he came in and took over New York with his game, his humility and how he would always find ways to win. Lundqvist impacted the NHL by his goalie style one of the first goaltenders ever to master the art of my goalie techniques and use them all in different situations. Lundqvist is known as a butterfly goaltender by name with his strong positional play, but his athleticism and his ability to stop pucks from an upright position allowed him to mesh together many different techniques -Lundqvist at one time mixes, Butterfly, Standup, and aggressive unorthodoxy, for those who don’t know that  think Dominik Hasek. Nowadays you’ll find a lot of European Goalies who learn multiple styles in order to use in a game, this is the Lundqvist effect.

    So there you have it Sweden’s impact on the NHL and Hockey in general. Look out for the next segment of Impacting the Hockey World, when TXHT takes a look at Russia and hockey impacted the hockey world.

  • March 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    March 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, March 3rd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 10 games in NHL action yesterday. (Home team in italics)

    Edmonton 4, COLUMBUS 0

     

    LOS ANGELES 6, Chicago 3

    There would be six different scorers for the Los Angeles Kings last night in the 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks yesterday afternoon.

     

    BOSTON 1, New Jersey 0

    Boston Bruins Brad Marchand would score the lone goal in the contest with the goal at the 2:37 mark in the first period and he would be unsuccessful on registering the penalty shot in the first period at the 7:16 mark.

     

    TORONTO 5, Buffalo 2

    The Toronto Maple Leafs would have a convincing 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres last night in Toronto.  For Toronto, there would be five different goal scorers in the contest.

     

    TXHT has your coverage of the contest between the Maple Leafs and the Sabres at the following page.

    The Maple Leafs would also reach the 40 win plateau for the season in the fastest amount in the long and storied history of the franchise.

     

    Pittsburgh 5, MONTREAL 1

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would face off against the Montreal Canadiens last night and there would be four different goal scorers in the contest with Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel scoring two of the goals.

     

     

    TAMPA BAY 5, Ottawa 1

    The Tampa Bay Lightning would tie the League record for fewest games to get to the 50 win mark with Lightning’s 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators last night.

     

    Carolina 4, FLORIDA 3 (OT)

    The Carolina Hurricanes would win their fifth straight game with the 4-3 win in overtime over the Florida Panthers.

    Carolina’s Sebastian Aho would become the first player in franchise history to score the game winner in three consecutive games.

     

    Dallas 4, ST LOUIS 1

     

     

    ARIZONA 3, Detroit 1

    In this contest, the Arizona Coyotes would take down the Detroit Red Wings with the 3-1 win and with the win, the Coyotes would win their sixth straight contest for the first time in seven seasons.

     

    This win streak at six games means it is also the last time the team reached the postseason in the 2011-12 season, when they would reach the Western Conference Final.

     

    Minnesota 4, CALGARY 2

    There would be four different goal scorers for the Minnesota Wild as they would take down the Calgary Flames with the 4-2 win at the Calgary Saddledome last night.

    In a pre-game ceremony, the Calgary Flames retired Jarome Iginla’s number 12 to the rafters.

     

    There are eight games in NHL action today.

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats, you can see it at the following page.

    NWHL

    In NWHL action yesterday, the Minnesota Whitecaps would defeat the Boston Pride with the 2-1 win.    Minnesota’s Jonna Curtis would score the goal late to seal the win for the Whitecaps.  This would be a crucial contest for the NWHL playoff standings.

    Minnesota Whitecaps 2, BOSTON PRIDE 1

     

    Buffalo Beauts 5, CONNECTICUT WHALE 2

    The other NWHL contest yesterday pitted the Buffalo Beauts against the Connecticut Whale and the Beauts would come away with their seventh straight win with the 5-2 win.

    The Buffalo Beauts would open up the scoring with the games first five goals, with all five goals coming from different Beauts players.

    The contest would be a hard fought battle, with a fair share of penalties throughout the entire contest.

    There are two NWHL games today…

    The NWHL Twitter Game of the Week pits the Metropolitan Riveters against the Buffalo Beauts and that game will be available on the NWHL’s Twitter page at 3 p.m., ET.

    The other game today is the Minnesota Whitecaps facing off against the Connecticut Whale at 3 p.m., ET and that contest can be seen on the NWHL’s website at NWHL.zone.

    The playoff outlook for the NWHL playoffs will be determined at the conclusion of today’s game with the NWHL Isobel Cup Playoff schedule being announced tomorrow.

  • Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 2/3/2019 – Game Recap

    Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 2/3/2019 – Game Recap

    Buffalo Sabres (30-26-8 68pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (39-20-4 82pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Leafs have another big second period against the Buffalo Sabres. Martin Marincin and Nic Petan did not look out of place tonight and JT, Marner, and Matthews looked like they pulled it all together.

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Nic Petan – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

    Martin Marincin – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Jake Gardiner (Back) and Travis Dermott (Shoulder)

    Suspension: None

     

    Buffalo:

    Jeff Skinner – Jack Eichel– Sam Reinhart

    Conor Sheary – Evan Rodrigues –Kyle Okposo

    Scott Wilson – Casey Middlestadt– Tage Thompson

    Zemgus Girgensons – Johan Larsson– Jason Pominville

     

    Jake McCabe –Rasmus Ristolainen

    Rasmus Dahlin – Zach Bogosian

    Marco Scandella – Brandon Montour

     

    Linus Ullmark

    Carter Hutton

     

    Scratched: Matt Hunwick

    Injuries:  Vladimir Sabotka

    Suspension: None

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Toronto Goal – 4:20 – John Tavares (37) assisted by Mitch Marner (54) and Martin Marincin (3)

    Buffalo Goal – 6:00 – Jason Pominville (15) assisted by Zemgus Girgensons (11) and Marco Scandella (7)

    Buffalo Goal – 7:34 – Conor Sheary (12) assisted by Kyle Okposo (14)

    Buffalo Penalty – 11:21 – Kyle Okposo, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Toronto Penalty – 14:08 – Mitch Marner, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Toronto Goal – 19:40 – Morgan Rielly (16) assisted by Auston Matthews (30) and Ron Hainsey (15)

    End of 1st – BUF – 0       TOR – 0

    Shots              10                16

    Faceoffs         5/14            9/14

    Hits               13                  9

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 11:40 – Kasperi Kapanen, 5 minutes for Fighting

    Buffalo Penalty – 11:40 – Evan Rodrigues, 5 minutes for Fighting

    Toronto Penalty – 12:00 – Brandon Montour, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Toronto Goal – 15:02 – Nic Petan (1) assisted by Trevor Moore (4)

    Toronto Goal – 19:05 – Nikita Zaitsev (3) assisted by Mitch Marner (55) and John Tavares (33)

     

    End of 2nd – BUF- 0        TOR- 0

    Shots             17                 23

    Faceoffs       10/29              19/29

    Hits                 18                  22

    PP                   0/1                 0/2

    Third Period:

    Toronto Penalty – 2:22 – John Tavares, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Toronto Goal – 18:03 – Mitch Marner (23) assisted by John Tavares (34) and Jake Muzzin (24)

    End of 3rd – BUF – 2         TOR- 5

    Shots              00                   00

    Faceoffs        00                    00

    Hits               00                     00

    PP                 0/0                    0/0

    Next Up:

    Toronto (40-20-4 84pts) v. Calgary (41-16-7 89pts)

    Edmonton (28-30-7 65pts) @ Buffalo (30-26-8 68pts)

  • Game Recap – 3/2/2019 – Liberty University v. Washington Pride

    Game Recap – 3/2/2019 – Liberty University v. Washington Pride

    Liberty University Flames v. Washington Pride

     

    Game Recap:

    In Women’s Hockey action tonight in Rockville, MD it was the Washington Pride hosting the Liberty University Flames at Rockville Ice Arena for Senior’s Night. Getting right into the game it wouldn’t take long for us to get some action as Alison Curry of the Pride would be called for Hooking, however, the Flames would not be able to take advantage of the early powerplay and then would take one themselves as Lexi Palmert would be called for tripping. The Pride could not capitalize on the opportunity, and not long after the penalty expired Rachel Gibson would score to give the Flames a 1-0 lead. After that things would get a bit chippy between both teams as the Flames would take back to back tripping penalties, but after failing to cash in their opportunities on the powerplay the Pride would then take back to back penalties for hooking and roughing respectively to end the period.

     

    Then in the second period the Pride would not do themselves any favors as Alexa Crist would go off for body checking (great hit too should we add. Good solid, clean hit), but the Flames still would not be able to capitalize on the powerplay. Shortly after Crist’s penalty expired the Pride would get a great sequence leading to Katelyn Brightbill scoring to tie the game at one a piece. After that goal the Flames would do a parade to  the penalty box with three straight penalties including a too many woman on the ice penalty. Unfortunately for the Pride they would not be able to cash in on any of those chances including the brief 5 on 3 that they had.

     

    For the third period with a fresh sheet of ice the Pride would get the jump on the Flames as Julia Blitz would rifle a shot to give the Pride a 2-1 lead. Then Kayelynn Heflin would be penalized for interference, but the Flames could not capitalize on the powerplay, but would score not long after to tie the game at two with Gibson’s second goal of the game. Then the choppiness would come back into this game as Deena Birney of the Flames and Mikaela Langbacka of the Pride would be involved in scuffle that would send Birney off for two minutes for cross checking, but Langbacka would get two for boarding and a ten minute misconduct thus ending her night. Then Danica Polson would score for the Flames to regain the lead, and then some more rough stuff would take place as Grace Macholz of the Flames and Curry from the Pride would both get two minutes each for roughing. However, Macholz would not let that penalty hold her down as she would come out and net the fourth goal of the game for the Flames to cement the victory at 4-2.

     

    The next time these two team will face off against one another will be tomorrow March 3rd at 920a at Rockville Ice Arena.

     

    First Period:

    Pride Penalty – :58 – #6 Alison Curry 2 minutes for Hooking

    Liberty Penalty – 6:17 – #57 Lexi Palmert 2 minutes for Tripping

    Liberty Goal – 10:37 – #65 Rachel Gibson from #95 CJ Tippings

    Liberty Penalty – 11:14 – #97 Tiana Lisle 2 minutes for Tripping

    Liberty Penalty – 13:01 – #4 Emily John 2 minutes for Tripping

    Pride Penalty – 16:43 – #26 Kayelinn Heflin 2 minutes for Hooking

    Pride Penalty – 19:09 – #16 Meagan Byrum 2 minutes for Roughing

     

    End of 1st – LU – 1       WAS – 0

    Shots              10                08

    PP                 0/2                 0/3

     

    Second Period:

    Pride Penalty – 6:53 – #27 Alexa Crist 2 minutes for Body Checking

    Pride Goal – 10:41 – #12 Katelyn Brightbill from #14 Julia Blitz and #9 Mollie Dalby

    Liberty Penalty – 13:29 – #11 Deena Birney 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Liberty Penalty – 14:56 – Bench (#57 Lexi Palmert) 2 minutes for Too Many Women

    Liberty Penalty – 18:30 – Aislyn Stretch 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 2nd – LU – 1        WAS – 1

    Shots               20                 19

    PP                   0/4                  0/5

     

    Third Period:

    Pride Goal – 2:21 – #14 Julia Blitz from #12 Katelyn Brightbill and #15 Lily Wildman

    Pride Penalty – 5:21 – Kayelynn Heflin 2 minutes for Interference

    Liberty Goal – 8:48 – #65 Rachel Gibson (2) from #95 CJ Tippings (2)

    Liberty Penalty – 11:48 – #11 Deena Birney 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Pride Penalty – 11:48 – #10 Mikaela Langbacka 2 minutes for Boarding (served by #2 Madeline Craven)

    Pride Penalty – 11:48 – #10 Mikaela Langbacka 10 minute Misconduct

    Liberty Goal – 13:06 – Danica Polson from unassisted

    Liberty Penalty – 13:28 – #98 Grace Macholz 2 minutes for Roughing

    Pride Penalty – 13:28 – #6 Alison Curry 2 minutes for Roughing

    Liberty Goal – 17:41 – #98 Grace Macholz from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – LU – 4         WAS – 2

    Shots              34                   32

    PP                 0/4                    0/6

     

    Next Up:

    Liberty University Flames v. Washington Pride 3/3/2019 920a at Rockville Ice Arena

  • Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 01/03/2019 – Game Preview

    Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 01/03/2019 – Game Preview

    Buffalo Sabres (30-26-8 68pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (39-21-4 82pts)

     

    Time: 7p EST

    Station: SportsNet/CBC

     

    Preview:

    The Leafs come back home after a rough game in New York against the Islanders and hope to bounce back against the Buffalo Sabres. Frederik Andersen will get the nod against Carter Hutton for Buffalo. Expect this to be a game full of speed and action on all ends of the ice.

     

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner –75 points (22 goals 53 assists)
    John Tavares – 68 points (36 goals 32 assists) 54% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 61 points (15 goals 46 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 59 points (30 goals 29 assists) 53% on Face-offs

    Jack Eichel – 70 points (23 goals 47 assists)
    Sam Reinhart–58 points (18 goals 40 assists)
    Jeff Skinner – 57 points (36 goals 21 assists)
    Rasmus Ristolainen  –38 points (5 goals 33 assists)

    Frederik Andersen
    30-13-3 2.59GAA .923SV%

    Carter Hutton
    16-18-4 2.84GAA .910SV%

    Toronto Maple Leafs:

    Projected Lineup:

    Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Jake Muzzin

    Justin Holl – Nikita Zaitsev

    Martin Marincin – Ron Hainsey

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: none

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Jake Gardiner (Back) and Travis Dermott (Shoulder)

    Suspension: None

     

    Buffalo:

    Jeff Skinner – Jack Eichel– Sam Reinhart

    Conor Sheary – Evan Rodrigues –Kyle Okposo

    Scott Wilson – Casey Middlestadt– Tage Thompson

    Zemgus Girgensons – Johan Larsson– Jason Pominville

     

    Jake McCabe –Rasmus Ristolainen

    Rasmus Dahlin – Zach Bogosian

    Matt Hunwick – Brandon Montour

     

    Carter Hutton

    Linus Ullmark

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Marco Scandella, Vladimir Sabotka

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Be consistent in the faceoff circle

    • This will allow more puck possession and time in the attacking zone.

    2. Shut down the top line

    • The Sabres top line is deadly, don’t let them skate or cycle. They will cause serious damage if allowed to move.

    3.  Use your speed.

    • Make them chase you and have to play defence the majority of the game. Will tire their top players out.