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  • TXHT Podcast – 2/20/2019 – Kaleigh Fratkin

    TXHT Podcast – 2/20/2019 – Kaleigh Fratkin

    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 Kaleigh Fratkin of the Boston Pride.

     

    Michael and Kaleigh talk about Fratkin’s childhood growing up in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, how she got into hockey, who her favorite NHL team was, and so much more.

     

    Plus Michael and Kaleigh take a look back at her career that started at Boston University all the way to where she is now with the Boston Pride in the NWHL. They both also discuss the upcoming playoffs in the NWHL.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Tuesday, February 19th, 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.

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs St. Louis Blues – 19/2/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs St. Louis Blues – 19/2/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Gameday Preview:  Toronto Maple Leafs vs St.Louis

    Time: Tuesday, February 19h  2019

    Toronto: 36-19-3 for 75 points

    St.Louis: 25-27-5 for 55 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs look to jump back into the winning column against the surging Blues. Leafs need a big game here from the big guns.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner –69 points (21 goals 48 assists)
    John Tavares – 63 points (33 goals 30 assists) 54% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 57 points (15 goals 42 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 53 points (27 goals 26 assists) 53% on Face-offs

    Ryan O’Rielly – 60 points (22 goals 38 assists)
    Vladimir Tarasenko– 51 points (26 goal 25 assists)
    Brayden Schenn – 39 points (11 goal 28 assists)
    David Perron – 35 points (17 goals 18 assists)

    Frederik Andersen
    27-12-2 2.56GAA .923SV%

    Jordan Binnington
    12-1-1 1.58GAA .937SV%

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Patrick Marleau  – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Connor Brown – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Jake Muzzin

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: Justin Holl

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Andreas Johnsson (Knee)

    Suspension: None

     

    St.Louis:

    Brayden Schenn – Ryan O’Rielly – Vladimir Tarasenko

    Jayden Schwartz – Tyler Bozak– Alex Steen

    Zach Sanford – Oskar Sundqvist – Patrick Maroon

    Mackenzie MaCeachern – Ivan Barbashev – Robert Thomas

     

    Joel Edmundson – Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo

     

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson

    Suspension: None

    Keys to Winning against St.Louis:

    1. Speed
      1. Last game the Leafs played against the Blues they were slow and sluggish in every aspect of their game.
    2. Puck Possession
      1. Play a game of keep-away cycle the puck and keep them hemmed in their own zone.
    3. Matthews & Marner
      1. Very different games but huge impact players for the Leafs moving forward.

     

  • Gameday Preview – 2/18/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Los Angeles Kings

    Gameday Preview – 2/18/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Los Angeles Kings

    Washington Capitals (32-20-7 71pts) v. Los Angeles Kings (23-29-6 52pts)

     

    Time: 1030p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington and Fox Sports West

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals continue their six game road trip as they head 15 minutes from Anaheim to Los Angeles as they take on the Kings who have lost their past four games. The Capitals will be looking to bounce back from the lackluster 5-2 loss to the Ducks last night as they look to have a better performance against the Kings. The Capitals will be without forward TJ Oshie who was injured last night against Anaheim.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — Travis Boyd

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Chandler Stephenson — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos

    Pheonix Copley

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: Madison Bowey, Nic Dowd

    Injured: T.J. Oshie (upper body)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Show up and play a full 60 minutes

    The Capitals need to show up and play a full 60 minutes against the Kings. The Capitals disappeared after Alex Ovechkin scored and it came back to bite them. Especially against one of the worst teams in the league. The Capitals play a struggling Kings team, and the Capitals need to win this game.

     

    Los Angeles Kings:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Iafallo — Anze Kopitar — Dustin Brown

    Brendan Leipsic — Jeff Carter — Tyler Toffoli

    Carl Hagelin — Adrian Kempe — Ilya Kovalchuk

    Kyle Clifford — Trevor Lewis — Austin Wagner

    Derek Forbort — Drew Doughty

    Oscar Fantenberg — Paul LaDue

    Dion Phaneuf — Matt Roy

    Jack Campbell

    Jonathan Quick

    Scratched: Michael Amadio

    Injured: Alec Martinez (upper body), Sean Walker (upper body), Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Get a jump on the Capitals

    The Kings may be struggling, but last night the Ducks gave the Kings the blueprint to beating the Capitals. The Kings need to take it to the Capitals and force the pace of the game in their favor.

  • Game Recap – 2/18/2019 – Boston Pride vs. Metropolitan Riveters

    Game Recap – 2/18/2019 – Boston Pride vs. Metropolitan Riveters

    Boston Pride (9-4-0 18pts) v. Metropolitan Riveters (3-10-0 6pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Boston Pride and the Metropolitan Riveters face off for a President’s Day matinee, which is also their makeup game from January 20th when it was postponed due to a snow storm, and it would be the Pride to strike early as Mary Parker would knock in a rebound from a Kaleigh Fratkin point shot three minutes into the game. The Pride would keep on pushing the game in their favor as McKenna Brand would score on the wraparound to give the Pride a 2-0 lead. The Riveters would generate some offense, but it has been all Boston so far. Then to add on to their lead, Czech forward Denisa Krizova would score her fourth of the season to give the Pride a 3-0 lead.

     

    In what would be considered an “even” back and forth period, it would be the Pride who would be dominant over the Riveters. Katie Burt stood on her head making miraculous save after save, and then in the minutes of the second period the Riveters would take a bench minor for too many women on the ice to which the Pride made them pay for quickly as Gigi Marvin would score seconds into the powerplay, and then 23 seconds later score her second of the game giving the Pride a 5-0 lead over the Riveters.

     

    To start the third period, the Riveters would switch their goalie as Maria Sorokina would come in to replace Kimberly Sass, but it would not matter as less than three minutes into the third period Mary Parker would score her second of the game from a tight angle. Then it would be Rockville, MD native Haley Skarupa getting feed a pass in the slot and she would just skate in unopposed to make it 7-0 for the Pride with her 5th of the season. The Pride would not let up however as Jillian Dempsey would score an NWHL record 34th career goal as the Pride would go up 8-0. The Riveters would end the Katie Burt’s shutout bid as Amanda Kessel would not quit as she would score her second goal of the season to get the Riveters on the board.

     

    First Period:

    Pride Goal – 3:00 – Mary Parker (1) from Emily Field (3) and Kaleigh Fratkin (4)

    Pride Goal – 7:39 – McKenna Brand (6) from Jordan Smelker (4)

    Pride Goal – 11:14 – Denisa Krizova (4) from Mallory Souliotis (2) and Kaleigh Fratkin (5)

     

    End of 1st – BOS – 3       MET – 0

    Shots              12                07

    Faceoffs         08                06

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

     

    Riveters Penalty – 18:51 – Bench (Rebecca Morse) 2 minutes for Too Many Women

    Pride PPG – 19:04 – Gigi Marvin (7) from Kaleigh Fratkin (6) and Mallory Souliotis (3)

    Pride Goal – 19:27 – Gigi Marvin (8) from Amanda Pelkey (5) and Lexi Bender (6)

     

    End of 2nd – BOS – 5        MET – 0

    Shots               20                 20

    Faceoffs          19                 10

    PP                   1/1                  0/0

     

    Third Period:

    Riveters Goalie Change – Kimberly Sass pulled for Maria Sorokina

    Pride Goal – 2:37 – Mary Parker (2) from Kaleigh Fratkin (7) and Jordan Smelker (5)

    Pride Goal – 5:19 – Haley Skarupa (5) from Gigi Marvin (5)

    Pride Goal – 8:00 – Jillian Dempsey (10) from McKenna Brand (8) and Denisa Krizova (7)

    Riveters Goal – 9:58 – Amanda Kessel (2) from Miye D’Oench (5) from Madison Packer (5)

    Pride Penalty – 17:24 – Amanda Pelkey 2 minutes for Tripping

    Pride Penalty – 19:25 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 3rd – BOS – 8         MET – 1

    Shots              28                   33

    Faceoffs        31                    14

    PP                 1/1                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Boston (10-4-0 20pts) @ Connecticut (2-9-2 6pts)

    Metropolitan (3-11-0 6pts) @ Buffalo (9-4-0 18pts)

  • February 18th, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 18th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, February 18th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were six contests in NHL action yesterday.

     

     

    PITTSBURGH 6, NY Rangers 5

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would squeak away from the New York Rangers with a 6-5 win, thanks to two goals from Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin.

    New York’s Mats Zuccarello would score two goals of his own in the contest as well.

     

     

     

    St. Louis 4, MINNESOTA 0

    The St. Louis Blues would net their 10th consecutive win and their third straight shutout with a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Wild yesterday afternoon.

     

    NEW JERSEY 4, Buffalo 1

    New Jersey’s Kyle Palmieri would have two assists and a goal in this contest to help the Devils down the Buffalo Sabres 4-1.

    https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1097308128708837376

     

    Philadelphia 3, DETROIT 1

    The Philadelphia Flyers would end the home-and-home series with a set of back-to-back wins over the Detroit Red Wings with a 3-1 win last night.

     

    Philadelphia’s Oskar Lindbolm would have a two goal game in this contest for the Flyers.

     

     

    FLORIDA 6, Montreal 3

    Florida Panthers Aleksander Barkov would have a hat trick in this contest as the Panthers would double up the Montreal Canadiens by the score of 6-3.

    Montreal’s Max Domi would have a two goal effort but it would not be enough as the Canadiens fall to a record of 31-21-7 and are tied with the Pittsburgh Penguins for the two wild card spots in the Eastern Conference standings.

     

    ANAHEIM 5, Washington 2

     

    In this contest, Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin would score his 40th goal on the season but it would not be enough as the Capitals would fall to the Anaheim Ducks 5-2.

     

    On Anaheim’s side, this win would be their fourth win in the last 24 contests.

    Two records were also broken by Ducks players in this contest.  Cam Fowler is now the franchise leader for assists by a defenceman and Ryan Miller is now the the leader for most wins by a U.S.-born goaltender in NHL history.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097359973250560001

     

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097351833087930368

     

    In a pre-game ceremony, the Ducks would retire Scott Niedermayer’s number 27.  Niedermayer joins Paul Kariya, whose number was retired by the franchise earlier in the season, and Teemu Selanne.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097314555233857536

     

    TXHT has your full breakdown and recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Anaheim Ducks at the following page.

     

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats….

     

     

    Today’s NHL schedule of games…

     

    NWHL

     

    Today in the NWHL, the Metropolitan Riveters host the Boston Pride in a make-up game from January at 1 p.m., ET at the NJD Hockey House.  The contest can be seen, as all other NWHL games on NWHL.zone

  • Game Recap – 2/17/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Anaheim Ducks

    Game Recap – 2/17/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Anaheim Ducks

    Washington Capitals (32-19-7 71pts) v. Anaheim Ducks (22-27-9 53pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals come into Anaheim looking to crash the Ducks party on Scott Niedermayer’s jersey retirement, and that they would on an early powerplay thanks to a Hampus Lindholm tripping penalty. John Carlson would find Alex Ovechkin in his office for the one timer and his 40th goal of the season to give the Capitals the 1-0 lead.

    The Capitals however would be dominated by the Ducks throughout most of the period as they would out shoot the Capitals 18-6 in the first period.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097330633578172417

     

    The Ducks would find the back of the net after an offensive zone win. Brandon Montour would shoot the puck from the point and Adam Henrique would get his stick on the puck to deflect it past Braden Holtby and tie the game at one. Continued sloppy play in their own zone would hurt the Capitals as the Ducks would take advantage of a defensive breakdown and Jakob Silfverberg would tap in a Henrique pass for the 2-1 lead. But the Capitals would not go away as John Carlson would shoot a bomb from the point to tie the game at two.

     

    The Ducks would start the period with some carry over powerplay time from a very questionable Tom Wilson goalie interference penalty, and would capitalize 37 seconds into the period as Adam Henrique would score his second of the game for the 3-2 lead. Then on another powerplay, the Ducks would get a goal from Corey Perry to make it a 4-2 lead on his first goal of the 2018-19 season. Jakob Silfverberg would score his second of the game to give the Ducks a 5-2 lead. The Capitals would fall flat to finish this game, and now face the Los Angeles Kings for the second game of their back to back.

     

    Lineups:

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Chandler Stephenson — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Travis Boyd, Nic Dowd, Madison Bowey

     

    Anaheim Ducks:

    Rickard Rakell — Ryan Getzlaf — Corey Perry

    Daniel Sprong — Adam Henrique — Troy Terry

    Devin Shore — Derek Grant — Jakob Silfverberg

    Max Jones — Ryan Kesler — Carter Rowney

    Cam Fowler — Michael Del Zotto

    Hampus Lindholm — Josh Manson

    Jaycob Megna — Brandon Montour

    Kevin Boyle

    Ryan Miller

    Scratched: Andy Welinski, Brian Gibbons

    Injured: Patrick Eaves (illness), John Gibson (upper body), Chad Johnson (head), Nick Ritchie (illness)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097319464557719552

     

    First Period:

    Ducks Penalty – 2:58 – Hampus Lindholm 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 4:58 – Alex Ovechkin (40) from John Carlson (43) and Jakub Vrana (18)

    Ducks Penalty – 12:05 – Corey Perry 2 minutes for Holding

    Capitals Penalty – 18:30 – Andre Burakovsky 2 minutes for Boarding

     

    End of 1st – WAS – 1       ANA – 0

    Shots              08                16

    Faceoffs         06                11

    Hits               06                  09

    PP                 1/2                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Ducks Goal – 6:26 – Adam Henrique (11) from  Brandon Montour (20) and Jaycob Megna (1)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097339637784166400

    Ducks Goal – 14:07 – Jakob Silfverberg (14) from Adam Henrique (19) and Hampus Lindholm (17)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097347487533158400

    Capitals Goal – 17:01 – John Carlson (9) from unassisted

    Capitals Penalty – 19:33 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

     

    End of 2nd – WAS – 2        ANA – 2

    Shots               17                 25

    Faceoffs          07                 25

    Hits                 15                  18

    PP                   1/2                  0/1

     

    Third Period:

    Ducks PPG – :37 – Adam Henrique (12) from Corey Perry (2) and Ryan Getzlaf (26)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097354489080598529

    Capitals Penalty – 3:02 – Dmitrij Jaskin 2 minutes for Tripping

    Ducks PPG – 3:40 – Corey Perry (1) from Cam Fowler (9) and Ryan Getzlaf (27)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097355562470170624

    Capitals Penalty – 4:36 – Matt Niskanen 2 minutes for Tripping

    Ducks Penalty – 11:16 – Max Jones 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Ducks Goal -14:55 – Jakob Silfverberg (15) from Derek Grant (5) and Michael del Zotto (5)

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1097358301153521664

    Ducks Penalty – 15:01 – Nick Ritchie – Game Misconduct

    Capitals Penalty – 15:01 – Tom Wilson – Game Misconduct

     

    End of 3rd – WAS – 2         ANA – 5

    Shots              25                   39

    Faceoffs        16                    38

    Hits               27                     21

    PP                 1/3                    2/4

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (32-20-7 71pts) @ Los Angeles (23-29-6 52pts)

    Anaheim (23-27-9 55pts) @ Minnesota (27-26-6 60pts)

  • Gameday Preview – 2/17/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Anaheim Ducks

    Gameday Preview – 2/17/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Anaheim Ducks

    Washington Capitals (32-19-7 71pts) v. Anaheim Ducks (22-27-9 53pts)

     

    Time: 9p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington and PRIME

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals head to Anaheim where the Ducks are ending their homestand by retiring Scott Niedermayer’s #27. The Capitals will be looking to win their second game of their six game road trip. The Ducks on the other hand will be looking for a win period as they have been struggling mightly this season.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Strike fast, strike often

    The Capitals need to strike fast on a prone Ducks team that has only won two of their last ten games, and now has the general manager Bob Murray behind the bench. If the Capitals can get the first goal, it will push the Ducks onto their heels, and they will struggle.

     

    Anaheim Ducks:

    Projected Lineup:

    Rickard Rakell — Ryan Getzlaf — Corey Perry

    Daniel Sprong — Adam Henrique — Troy Terry

    Devin Shore — Derek Grant — Jakob Silfverberg

    Max Jones — Ryan Kesler — Carter Rowney

    Cam Fowler — Michael Del Zotto

    Hampus Lindholm — Josh Manson

    Jaycob Megna — Brandon Montour

    Kevin Boyle

    Ryan Miller

    Scratched: Andy Welinski, Brian Gibbons

    Injured: Patrick Eaves (illness), John Gibson (upper body), Chad Johnson (head), Nick Ritchie (illness)

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Get a good start

    The Ducks need a good start in general. This team has been struggling mightly, and it has even costed their coach his job. With general manager Bob Murray behind the bench the Ducks are on the hot seat and Murray wants to see who wants to play.

  • February 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, February 17th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 12 contests in NHL action yesterday.

     

     

    PHILADELPHIA 6, Detroit 5 (OT)

     

    Calgary 5, PITTSBURGH 4

     

    Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin would score twice in the contest against the Calgary but it would not be enough as the Pittsburgh Penguins would fall to the Calgary Flames by the score of 5-4.

     

     

    St. Louis 3, COLORADO 0

     

    A hard fought 40 minutes between both teams would be the story in this contest until the St. Louis Blues would score three straight goals in the third period, with two of the first goals coming within nearly 30 seconds of each other.

     

    TAMPA BAY 3, Montreal 0

    The Montreal Canadiens would get shutout by the Tampa Bay Lightning by the score of 3-0 in Tampa, Florida yesterday.

     

    NY ISLANDERS 5, Edmonton 2

     

     

    Ottawa 4, WINNIPEG 3 (OT)

    Despite two goals from Tyler Myles and another by Brandon Tanev, the Winnipeg Jets would fall in overtime to the Ottawa Senators by the score of 4-3.

     

    ARIZONA 2, Toronto 0

    The Toronto Maple Leafs would travel to Glendale, Arizona to take on the Arizona Coyotes and would fall to Arizona by the score of 2-0.

    Both of the goals for the Coyotes would come in the second period of the contest.

     

    CAROLINA 3, Dallas 0

    The Carolina Hurricanes would earn their third consecutive win with the 3-0 win last night over the Dallas Stars.

     

    Columbus 5, CHICAGO 2

    Despite being outshot in the contest, the Columbus Blue Jackets would leave Chicago with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks last night.



    VEGAS 5, Nashville 1

    The Vegas Golden Knights would snap their losing streak by defeating the Nashville Predators by the score of 5-1.

     

    SAN JOSE 3, Vancouver 2

    The Vancouver Canucks would fall to the San Jose Sharks by the score of 3-2 in San Jose last night, despite outshooting the Sharks with 34 shots on goal to San Jose’s 26.

    Boston 4, LOS ANGELES 2

    Tuukka Rask would net another win, extending his personal point streak to 13 games, amassing a record of 11-0-2 in those 13 games.  Rask would turn aside 23 shots as the Boston Bruins would double up the Los Angeles Kings with a 4-2 win in downtown Los Angeles last night.

     

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats….

     

     

     

     

     

    Today’s NHL Schedule of Games

     

     

    NWHL

     

    Don’t forget ladies and gentleman that there will be one NWHL game tomorrow, which is the make up game from early January between the Boston Pride and the Metropolitan Riveters at 1 p.m., ET.

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Arizona Coyotes – 16/2/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Arizona Coyotes – 16/2/2019 – Game Day Preview

    Gameday Preview:  Toronto Maple Leafs vs Arizona Coyotes

    Time: Saturday, February 16h  2019

    Toronto: 36-18-3 for 75 points

    Arizona: 25-27-5 for 55 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs look to keep winning on the road and redeem themselves from the last time they played the Coyotes. Andreas Johnsson will be out which means Tyler Ennis will draw back in for his first game since being injured

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner –69 points (21 goals 48 assists)
    John Tavares – 63 points (33 goals 30 assists) 54% on face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 57 points (15 goals 42 assists)
    Auston Matthews – 53 points (27 goals 26 assists) 53% on Face-offs

    Clayton Keller – 38 points (11 goals 27 assists)
    Alex Galchenyuk– 30 points (12 goal 18 assists)
    Oliver Ekman-Larsson – 27 points (7 goal 20 assists)
    Derek Stepan – 26 points (11 goals 15 assists)

    Frederik Andersen
    27-11-2 2.57GAA .923SV%

    Darcy Kuemper
    13-14-5 2.77GAA .911SV%

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Patrick Marleau  – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Connor Brown – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

     

    Morgan Rielly  – Jake Muzzin

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

     

    Scratched: Justin Holl

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Andreas Johnsson (Knee)

    Suspension: None

     

    Arizona:

    Richard Panik – Stepan – Vinnie Hinostroza

    Alex Galchenyuk – Nick Cousins– Clayton Keller

    Christian Fischer – Jordan Weal – Conor Garland

    Lawson Crouse – Brad Richardson – Josh Archibald

     

    Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Niklas Hjalmarsson

    Alex Goligoski – Jakub Chychrun

    Kevin Connauton – Jordan Oesterle

     

    Darcy Kuemper

    Calvin Pickard

     

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Christian Dvorak, Jason Demers, Antti Raanta, Michael Grabner, Nick Schmaltz, Kyle Capobianco & Mario Kempe

    Suspension: None

    Keys to Winning against Arizona:

    1. Speed
      1. Last game the Leafs played against the Coyotes they were slow and sluggish in every aspect of their game. Can’t do that with the Coyotes.
    2. Puck Possession
      1. Play a game of keep away cycle the puck and keep them hemmed in their own zone.
    3. Matthews & Marner
      1. Very different games but huge impact players for the Leafs moving forward.

     

  • February 16th, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 16th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, February 16th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were four games in NHL action last night.

     

     

    NY Rangers 6, BUFFALO 2

    The New York Rangers would take on the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo last night and the Rangers would come away with a convincing 6-2 win.  Vladislav Namestnikov would score twice in the third period to seal the win for the Rangers.

    With the six goal outburst by the Rangers, this would be the 153rd instance in which at least six goals have been registered in a contest this season.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1096763653922136064

    Buffalo’s Jeff Skinner would score his 35th goal on the season and making him the fifth player in franchise history to have at least 35 goals in his first season with the club.

    When Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin assisted on Skinner’s goal, he would net his 26th assist on the season.

     

    CAROLINA 3, Edmonton 1

    The Edmonton Oilers would fall to the Carolina Hurricanes despite outshooting the Hurricanes 41-27.  Carolina would down the Oilers by the score of 3-1.

     

    New Jersey 5, MINNESOTA 4 (OT)

    The New Jersey Devils would defeat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 in overtime, thanks to the game winner by the Devils Nico Hischier in the extra frame.

    https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1096627156241797121

    New Jersey would mark the 125th multi-goal comeback on the season, the most in NHL history dating up to February 15th.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1096778806336077826

     

    Boston 3, ANAHEIM 0

    Anaheim’s season woes would continue with the 3-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in Anaheim last night.  Anaheim is 2-8-0 in their last 10 contests.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1096653762079293440

    Boston Bruins infographic from last night’s contests against the Anaheim Ducks.

     

    Boston goaltender Jaroslav Halak would have a 30 saves performance in this contest.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Today’s schedule of games…

     

    In case you missed it…

     

    -TXHT released an article of the stigma of counterfeit jerseys which you can read here.

     

    -TXHT’s Chris Vasilas produced several articles about the NWHL All-Star game last weekend which you can read at the following pages.