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Join Michael as he breaks down the past week for the Capitals, as well in the NHL and NWHL.
Also TXHT Maple Leafs Writer Steve Gardiner joins the show to talk about the Leafs and so much more.
Opening Music – “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid
Toronto Maple Leafs (6-3-0 12pts) @ St.Louis Blues (6-2-1 13pts)
Lineups:
Toronto:
Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau
Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman
Pars Lindholm – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Josh Leivo
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Martin Marincin – Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Andreas Johnsson, Justin Holl & Travis Dermott
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)
Suspension: None
Winnipeg:
Patrik Laine – Mark Scheifle – Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor – Bryan Little– Nikolaj Ehlers
Andrew Copp– Adam Lowry – Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux – Jack Roslovic – Matthieu Perrault
Josh Morissey – Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot – Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow – Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossaint
Scratched: None
Injuries: None
Suspension: None
Gameday:
As the Leafs prepare to kick off a home-and-home in the Peg, @HennyTweets previews tonight's game with the latest news & notes ahead of puck drop. #LeafsForever https://t.co/4PPxIrD9Tk
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 24, 2018
First Period:
Leafs Goal – 14:38 – Kasperi Kapenan (5) Unassisted
Jets Penalty – 16:09 – Patrik Laine, 2 mins for Slashing
End of 1st – TML – 1 WPG – 0
Shots 18 14
Faceoffs 7/20 10/20
Hits 2 7
PP 0/1 0/0
Toronto Maple Leafs:
Analysis:
Leafs came out of the gate flying and it paid off on the scoreboard as Kasperi Kapanen put another one in. Leafs outplayed the Jets in this period, out shot and out scored.
Need to Do:
Continue to attack the defence of the Jets and directing everything towards the net
Kapanen lit the lamp and Leafs lead 1-0 following the first. #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/u9IrKr2DmH
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 24, 2018
Second Period:
Leafs Goal– 2:25 – Tyler Ennis (1), from Josh Leivo (2)
Leafs Penalty – 3:49 – Kasperi Kapanen, 2 mins for Slashing
Leafs Goal– 11:43 – Nazem Kadri (1), from Connor Brown (3) and Nikita Zaitsev (2)
End of 2nd – TML – 3 WPG – 0
Shots 11 4
Faceoffs 20/40 20/40
Hits 5 14
PP 0/1 0/1
Toronto Maple Leafs:
Analysis:
Leafs totally dominated this period, the Jets seemed sluggish and Leafs made them pay for it. Kadri got his first of the season was huge for Toronto in this period.
Need to Do:
Don’t get ahead of yourself with the 3 goal lead in the 3rd. The Jets can really score don’t give them room.
Leafs score a pair in the second to take a 3-0 lead into the third.
Ennis and Kadri with the goals in the middle frame. #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/D0aCCDtBtu
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 25, 2018
Third Period
Jets Goal – 04:57– Nikolaj Ehlers (1) from Jacob Trouba (6) and Blake Wheeler (6)
Leafs Penalty – 5:25 – Connor Brown, 2 mins for Hooking
Jets PPG Goal – 06:28– Mark Scheifele (5) from Blake Wheeler (7) and Kyle Connor (5)
Leafs Goal – 08:28– John Tavares (7) from Mitch Marner (9) and Pars Lindholm (2)
Leafs Penalty – 9:46 – Igor Ozhiganov, 2 mins for Hooking
End of 3rd – TML – 4 WPG – 2
Shots 39 40
Faceoffs 29/64 35/64
Hits 8 21
PP 0/1 1/3
Toronto:
Analysis:
Probably the Leafs best game defensively. Third looked a little shaky but that’s why you have Andersen and why you went out to get a guy like Tavares.
Leafs ground Jets to kick off home-and-home with a win in Winnipeg.#LeafsForever #FuelledByG @GatoradeCanada pic.twitter.com/sowB2XtlAI
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 25, 2018
Next Up:
Toronto (7-3-0 14pts) vs Winnipeg (6-3-1 13pts)
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These are your news and notes for Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
There were eight games in action last night…
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.
Sidney Crosby played the hero in overtime for the @penguins on Tuesday as he kept his perfect record intact against Connor McDavid and the Oilers – in a contest that featured five tying goals.
More #NHLStats in the Morning Skate: https://t.co/Xu3jmrs90i pic.twitter.com/c3XzVWQ8Ot
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 24, 2018
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 became the sixth different player in @NHLBruins franchise history to score at least 10 goals in the team’s first 9 games of a season. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/63Tqew3suT
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 24, 2018
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.
Carey Price earned the 289th win of his NHL career (all w/ MTL) to move in to a tie with Patrick Roy for second place in @CanadiensMTL franchise history. @CP0031 trails Jacques Plante at 314 all-time wins. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/Rz2LRwPVkz
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 24, 2018
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.
Burns, who has points in the last six games, registered the 34th game-winner of his career.
Christian Fischer registered his first career hat trick to help the Coyotes split their four-game road trip (2-2-0).
It was the NHL’s 11th hat trick of the season. #NHLStats
(📸: @ArizonaCoyotes) pic.twitter.com/IzBY9Md3Mo
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 24, 2018
Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):
There are four games taking place tonight:
Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations
For other notes on yesterday’s contests..
NHL Morning Skate: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018
◾ Crosby nets highlight-reel OT goal, @penguins win thriller
◾ @Burnzie88 scores unique GWG to cap Sharks’ comeback
◾ @pastrnak96, Bergeron among elite company as hot starts continue#NHLStats: https://t.co/DgmU6wQVuy pic.twitter.com/Gd8NdLiRY8— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 24, 2018
In NHL news…
Ottawa’s Mark Borowiecki will have a hearing today for elbowing Boston’s Urho Vaakanainen.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) October 24, 2018
The @NYIslanders game on Feb. 28, 2019 against the @MapleLeafs has been moved from Barclays Center to @NYCBLive, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The game time will remain 7 p.m. ET.
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 24, 2018
#Isles News: the team’s game on February 28, 2019 against the Toronto Maple Leafs has been relocated from @barclayscenter (Brooklyn) to @NYCBLive, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. https://t.co/F5tvmrl6zs
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) October 24, 2018
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Time: Wednesday, October 24th 2018
Toronto: 6-3-0 for 12 points
Winnipeg: 6-2-1 for 13 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg meet in a Wednesday matchup. 2 teams with 6 wins and both having offences that can score lots of goals. The problem this year for the Jets has been the goaltending of Connor Hellebuyck. After having a phenomenal season last year he seems to have come out a little flat in the 2019 season. While the Leafs look to kick start the offence that has been sleeping for the last 2 games.
Look for Auston Matthews to be more aggressive tonight, but also look for Dustin Byfuglien to be extra physical.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Auston Matthews – 16 points (10 goals 6 assists) 53% on Face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 14 points (4 goals 10 assists)
John Tavares – 11 points (6 goals 5 assists) 49% on face-offs
Mitch Marner – 12 points (4 goals 8 assists)
Mark Scheifle –9 points (4 goals 5 assists) 47% faceoffs
Kyle Connor– 8 points (4 goal 4 assists)
Blake Wheeler– 7 points (2 goal 5 assist)
Josh Morrisey– 7 points (1 goal 6 assists)
Frederik Andersen
4-3-0 2.75GAA .910SV%
Connor Hellebuyck
4-2-1 2.84GAA .909SV%
Lineups & Injuries
Toronto:
Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau
Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman
Pars Lindholm – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown
Andreas Johnsson – Frederik Gauthier – Josh Leivo
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Tyler Ennis, Justin Holl & Martin Marincin
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)
Suspension: None
Winnipeg:
Patrik Laine – Mark Scheifle – Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor – Bryan Little– Nikolaj Ehlers
Andrew Copp– Adam Lowry – Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux – Jack Roslovic – Matthieu Perrault
Josh Morissey – Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot – Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow – Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossaint
Scratched: None
Injuries: None
Suspension: None
4 Keys to Winning against Winnipeg:
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Image by Kamil Krzaczynski/Associated Press via CBC Sports
The Toronto Maple Leafs came into the season with some real hype. Most inside the hockey world said this team had a real chance of taking home the cup with the signing of John Tavares, while others said Auston Matthews had improved his shooting ability (which most would already rate as top notch) and had a chip on shoulder. Mitch Marner looked stronger and the young defensive core and core youth were a year old and ready to take another big step forward. The only thing that was looming over the Maple Leafs was the holdout of William Nylander.
The William Nylander holdout didn’t seem to bother the Leafs out of the gate as they started the season 6-1, While Auston Matthews (16 points), Morgan Rielly (13 points), Mitch Marner (11 points) & John Tavaras (11 points) all were top 5 in points. Youngster Kasperi Kapanen, had been trying to prove to Mike Babcock that he was a top 6 forward and he got his chance with no William Nylander. Kapanen didn’t look back putting together 8 points in 7 games. The team looked like it was destined to be a high scoring juggernaught with good goaltending and mediocre defence.
Image by Matthew Gamber via Tacticsplatform.com
Now before anyone says the typical hockey phrase “You can’t win in the playoffs without defence”, let me tell you that it’s not true. Just ask the Washington Capitals and The Pittsburgh Penguins. Now each one of those teams had their defensive anchor, Washington has John Carlson and Pittsburgh has Kris Letang. But after that it’s a lot of depth, Washington has Michal Kempny, Brooks Orpik, Dmitriy Orlov, Madison Bowey (will be a stud), Matt Niskanen and Christian Djoos. While Pittsburgh defence from their Stanley Cup run was even less then that, Olli Maatta, Brian Dumoulin, Ron Hainsey, Mark Streit, Trevor Daley and Ian Cole and Justin Schultz. In fact Pittsburgh played most of both Stanley Cup wins without Kris Letang. Meanwhile other teams such as the Los Angeles Kings have Drew Doughty, Jake Muzzin, Alec Martinez and Dion Phaneuf in their top 4, or St. Louis with Alex Pietrangelo, Colton Parayko, Jay Bouwmeester, Vince Dunn and Joel Edmundson are struggling to keep their heads above water and maybe the most insane of all San Jose with Brent Burns, Justin Braun, Erik Karlsson and Marc-Edouard Vlasic sitting at 4-3-1. Today’s game is much different, Los Angeles used to win by playing the style they’re playing now they’ve had to forfeit some defence for offence in the form of Ilya Kovalchuk.
Back to what I was saying about the Maple Leafs. Toronto were displaying the high-octane offence through 7 games. There was no game they were out of and no problem they couldn’t score there way out of. But Game 8 rolled around the Leafs were playing the Pittsburgh Penguins in Toronto. Toronto fired 38 shots at Penguins goaltender Matt Murray and he stood tall to every shot. Toronto played a good game but made one mistake and ran into a hot goaltender. Leaf Nation had no reason to worry, well that was until Saturday Night at the St. Louis Blues. The offence was flat, they stayed on the perimeter and by the time the 3rd had comes around it was 3-0 St. Louis and the Leafs had mustered a whopping 8 shots. Morgan Rielly scored in the 3rd but it was the only glimpse of offence and it lasted all of a minute.
So, the question lies who are the real Toronto Maple Leafs? Is this a team who will be inconsistent offensively all season long? Or will they continue to outscore all their defensive problems?
I think the honest is a little of both. Toronto has too many offensive weapons to completely drop off offensively, but they will have games where the scoring touch is gone, where they become the Alexei Kovalev or Alexander Semin’s of the NHL. If you don’t get that analogy Kovalev was widely consider one of the most talented but inconsistent players in the NHL and Semin could score on a dime but battled inconsistency his whole career, was scared of the corners and the traffic. The defence is young with the exception of Ron Hainsey, who in his late 30’s is playing over 23 minutes a game. Morgan Rielly’s game has involved a lot and brings everything expected of him. Igor Ozhiganov and Travis Dermott have looked good this year and will continue to mature as the season goes on. Jake Gardiner’s game started the season slow but he has looked more like himself in the last few games, while Nikita Zaitsev’s game looks like it’s forming back into what it was in his rookie season. The defence is a work in progress right now but let them develop. Travis Dermott is looking like a top 4 defencemen, in fact the times that Babcock has moved him with Morgan Rielly he hasn’t looked out of place at all. The Leafs will average 4 goals a game and boast one of/if not the top powerplays in the league. I think the defence will tighten up over the season. But some games they will look like they did against St. Louis last night, an AHL team.
Some will scream for William Nylander, I’d say that it would be an enormous mistake for the Leafs to pay him anything more than he’s worth and Nylander isn’t worth 8.5 million a season for the next 7 years. Kapanen hasn’t looked out of place with Matthews. He’s insanely fast, plays a solid 2-way game and is not afraid to do the dirty work in the corners. I’d say we have a trading chip with Nylander and we need defence, it’s time the Maple Leafs use that to their advantage.
Image by AP Photo/Molly Riley via Yahoo Sports
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The Montreal Canadiens beat the Calgary Flames by a score of 3-2 to improve to 5-1-1 on the season. Carey Price made 21 saves to pick up the win and tie Patrick Roy for second with 289 career wins as a Montreal Canadien.
The Habs were all over the Flames in the first two periods outshooting them 34-15 after 2 periods. The Habs finally beat Rittich at the 15:50 mark of the second on a powerplay goal from Petry then 1:49 seconds later Gallagher scored to give the Habs the lead. Xavier Ouellet picked up his first point as a Hab by getting an assist on the Drouin goal.
Even when the Habs were shorthanded they were getting numerous opportunities.
A Solid Night for the Habs
The Domi line for the Habs was on the ice for all three goals and continues to be their best line. Domi, Petry, and Drouin all had two points on the night.
The Habs were 54% on faceoffs tonight which looks promising going forward.
The Habs Killed off five penalties and scored two of their three goals on the power play.
The Habs will Travel to Buffalo to face the Sabres on Thursday night at 7:00 and then play Boston on Saturday Night before returning home to face Dallas next Tuesday.
These are your news and notes for Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018.
There were four contests in the NHL yesterday…
Nicklas Backstrom became the first player from the 2006 #NHLDraft to reach the 600-assist milestone. Since entering the League in 2007-08, Backstrom leads all active players in that category. #NHLStats https://t.co/ddSe9Q5RFh
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
Carlson would register his fifth multi-point game on the season and the second game with at least three points. Carlson has started the season by becoming the 10th defenceman with five multi-point games in his first eight games on the season.
Alex Ovechkin also netted his 25th games where he registered at least four points in a contest as well as having his 123rd multi-goal game of his career and the third on the season.
Alex Ovechkin recorded his 123rd career multi-goal game to surpass Mark Messier (122) for sole possession of 13th on the NHL’s all-time list. He now sits within one of Steve Yzerman (124) for 12th. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/0GPmu7t50J
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
In addition to the previously mentioned feat, Ovechkin also netted his 103rd game-winning goals which would be his 233rd power-play goal and moved him past Dino Ciccarelli for sole possession of ninth place on the all-time list for power-play goals.
Alex Ovechkin scored his 233rd career power-play goal to move into sole possession of ninth on the NHL’s all-time list. #NHLStats #WSHvsVAN pic.twitter.com/Z5NhfuiqYu
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
TXHT has your recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks here.
Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanan became the first set of teammates in @Avalanche /Nordiques franchise history to open a season with a simultaneous point streak of 9 games played. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/tJVoMCUKha
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
Rantanen would also move into a first place tie with Auston Matthews for most points on the season with 16.
Mikko Rantanen increased his season totals to 4-12—16 and matched Auston Matthews (10-6—16) for most points in the NHL. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/ZIVg7Z4GKw
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
Sebastian Aho became the second player in @NHLCanes / Whalers franchise history to record at least one point in each of the first nine team games to begin a season. Ron Francis is the only other player in franchise to post a longer streak (11 GP in 1984-85). #NHLStats #CARvsDET pic.twitter.com/kR3L4ZtuLP
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
Carolina would go on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 at Little Caesears Arena.
Justin Faulk opened the scoring for Carolina and eclipsed Glen Wesley for second place on the Hurricanes/Whalers list for career points by a defenceman.
Justin Faulk eclipsed Glen Wesley to move into sole possession of second place on the @NHLCanes / Whalers all-time points list by defensemen. #NHLStats #CARvsDET pic.twitter.com/MDujGzppCg
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele would score twice in the third period, as the Jets overcame two different deficits. Scheifele would register an assist on Jacob Trouba’s game-winner as Winnipeg improved to a record of 14-0-1 in regular season contests since March 2.
Monday’s contest marked the sixth occurrence in Thrashers/Jets history that the club has overcome multiple deficits in the third period and to win the contest. This has occurred on two other times since the club relocated to Winnipeg and the first occurrence since the 2016-2017 season.
There have been 16 contests this season when a team has comeback to win after having multiple deficits.
The @NHLJets overcame two separate deficits en route to victory while extending their home point streak to 15 contests, dating to March 2 vs. DET (14-0-1). #NHLStats #STLvsWPG pic.twitter.com/Fl5hqnlTib
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
Monday marked the 62nd time in @NHLJets /Thrashers franchise history where the team has overcome multiple deficits to win. #NHLStats #STLvsWPG pic.twitter.com/oOq6fyRRcY
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 23, 2018
Yesterday’s results (home team in CAPS):
Tonight’s games:
Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations
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Montreal Canadiens: (4-1-2) 10 points, 3rd in the Atlantic Division
Calgary Flames: (5-3-0) 10 points, 2nd in the Pacific Division
Game Time: 7:30 Pm
Referees: # 36 Dean Morton, # 25 Marc Joannette
Linesmen: #59 Steve Barton, #81 Ryan Daisy
The Montreal Canadiens are coming into tonight after blowing a 3-1 lead in Ottawa to end up losing to the Sens 4-3 in OT. With the Habs coming off the loss, there will be a some changes in tonight’s line-up. Karl Alzner will be a healthy scratch after playing in the last two games. Victor Mete who has missed the last two games with a hand injury will draw back in to the line-up. Carey Price will get a chance to tie Patrick Roy in franchise wins with 280 career wins, Jacques Plante currently holds the record with 314 wins.
With seven games under his belt it’s starting to sound like Jesperi Kotkaniemi will be spending the entire season with the Habs. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise to Habs fans as he has played great in the seven games and has exceed expectations up to this point. He continues to be on the third line with Joel Armia and Paul Byron. Kotkaniemi has also seen time on the power-play but needs to start shooting the puck a little bit more.
Tomas Tatar-Phillip Danault-Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin-Max Domi-Artturi Lehkonen
Paul Byron-Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Joel Armia
Nicolas-Deslauriers-Matthew Peca-Andrew Shaw
Jordie Benn- Jeff Petry
Mike Reilly- Noah Juulsen
Victor Mete- Xavier Ouellet
Faceoffs: The Habs come into tonight with the worst face-off % at 42.6%. Ottawa exposed this weakness to the Habs on Saturday Night. Phillip Danault leads the team in that category at a mere 45.4%. This is starting to show why the Habs need to find a true number one center especially now since Tomas Plekanec will miss weeks with his back injury.
Goalie Match-up: Calgary comes into tonight’s game with a hot goalie in David Rittich. Rittich is 2-0-0 with a 1.30 SV% in 2 starts this season. Carey Price will get the start tonight for Montreal. In five starts this season Price is 2-1-2 with a 2.57 GAA.
Max Domi is carrying a three game point streak into tonight’s game (2 goals,1 assist) and Jonny Gaudreau is caring a four game point streak in which he has put up five points (four goals and one assist). He is currently tied for goals and points on the Flames this season. David Rittch who was mentioned earlier should be a guy to watch tonight as he is the Flames goalie who is getting his second straight start as Calgary will go with the Hot hand. Mike Smith who was the Flames starter coming into the year is 3-3-0 with a 3.38 GAA.
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Washington Capitals (3-2-2 8pts) v. Vancouver Canucks (5-3-0 10pts)
Lineups:
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
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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These are your news and notes for Monday, October 22nd, 2018:
In the NHL yesterday there were three contests…
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.
Brayden Point of the @TBLightning scored his first game-winning goal of the season and the 15th of his NHL career.
Only three players have scored more game-winning goals since he made his NHL debut in 2016-17. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/G3CKc5himl
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 22, 2018
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.
Among players to debut with the @NHLFlames franchise, @johngaudreau03 required the sixth-fewest games to record 300 career points with the club. #NHLStats #CGYvsNYR pic.twitter.com/1ez21AmpTB
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 22, 2018
Yesterday’s results:
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:
In NHL news:
Gabriel Landeskog (@Avalanche), Connor McDavid (@EdmontonOilers) and Marc-Andre Fleury (@GoldenKnights) named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending Oct. 21.
Details: https://t.co/JeNXFG1eXP #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/i3gOIrm4uk
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 22, 2018
⭐ @GabeLandeskog92 led the NHL in goals and points (tied) with 6-1—7 last week, incl. his third career hat trick. His three career hat tricks have all come since the start of last season and are the three most recent hat tricks by an @Avalanche player. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/osZ1yX5nrU
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 22, 2018
⭐⭐ @cmcdavid97 tied for third in NHL scoring last week with 2-4—6 in 3 GP. He has recorded a point on 11 of 13 @EdmontonOilers goals this season and became the first player in NHL history to factor on 9 consecutive team goals to begin a season. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/Yj2TFsN3x6
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 22, 2018
⭐⭐⭐ Marc-Andre Fleury went a perfect 2-0-0 last week (1.00 GAA, .956 SV%). In doing so, he earned his 408th career victory to surpass Glenn Hall for sole possession of 10th on the NHL’s all-time wins list. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/yL9UFOp9Vc
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 22, 2018
Tonight, the @AnaheimDucks will retire Paul Kariya’s No. 9.
Truly one of the greats from our game. #RetireThe9 pic.twitter.com/dYEFQAcorH
— NHL (@NHL) October 21, 2018
In the rafters forever!
Watch as we #RetireThe9 in an emotional ceremony last night @HondaCenter. pic.twitter.com/IcSk1vqQoL
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) October 22, 2018
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) October 21, 2018
As a rookie and the first-ever selection by the Ducks, Kariya registered 39 points as a rookie during the 1994-95 shortened season, which was then an Anaheim Ducks (known at the time as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) team record. He only trailed Quebec Nordiques F Peter Forsberg, who had 50 points.
Paul Kariya recorded 18-21—39 in 1994-95, establishing an @AnaheimDucks record at the time for points in a season by a rookie.
His 39 points ranked second among all NHL rookies that season, trailing only Quebec Nordiques forward Peter Forsberg. #NHLStats #RetireThe9 pic.twitter.com/hp9wP1G897
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 21, 2018
In the NWHL…
Jonna Curtis had a HUGE weekend in a pair of wins for @WhitecapsHockey. Here’s her reaction when she found out she was named NWHL Player of the Week presented by @EcnVeda.
DETAILS: https://t.co/iJUGrdVlDL pic.twitter.com/AOzmmvl61c
— NWHL (@NWHL) October 22, 2018
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