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  • January 14th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 14th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, january 14th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were six games that took place yesterday.

     

    CAROLINA 6, Nashville 3

     

    Carolina Hurricanes Sebastian Aho would go on to record a hat trick in the contest and Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg would go on to have a two goal performance in the Carolina’s 6-3 win.

    Aho would be the fourth player in the franchise history of the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes to begin their career with the franchise and  have three seasons with at least 20 goals.

     

    Justin Williams would also extend his goal scoring streak to five games and be the sixth player to do this at the age of 37 or older.

     

    WINNIPEG 4, Anaheim 3 (OT)

    The Winnipeg Jets would win this contest with 11 seconds left to take down the Anaheim Ducks 4-3.  Winnipeg’s Bryan Little would score his 10th goal on the season with this game winner.

    Winnipeg Jets Patrik Laine would join a rare company when he scored his 25th goal on the season.

     

    He would be the seventh player in League history to have at least three 25 goal seasons before their 21st birthday.

     

    COLUMBUS 7, NY Rangers 5

     

    Before the contest between both teams, Rick Nash, who had played for both franchises in his career, participated in the ceremonial puck drop.

     

     

    Columbus would go on to win its third game in four days in this contest when they went on to defeat the New York Rangers by the score of 7-5.

     

     

    NY ISLANDERS 5, Tampa Bay 1

    The New York Islanders faced off against the Tampa Bay Lightning and would win the contest 5-1.  With the Islanders win, they would snap the Lightning’s 12 game win streak against Metropolitan division opponents.

     

    NY Islanders goaltender Thomas Griess would go on to have a 26 save performance in this contest to extend the hot streak that the Islanders have been on.  The team has won eight out of their last ten contests.

    The Lightning now has a record of 35-9-2 on the season, good for 72 points.

     

    VANCOUVER 5, Florida 1

    Vancouver’s Loui Eriksson would open up the scoring in the second period for the Canucks when he scored his eighth goal in the season, giving Vancouver the 1-0 lead at the 12:32 mark.

    Late in the third period, Brock Boeser and Jay Beagle would both score empty net goals, sealing the 5-1 win for the Canucks.

    Eriksson had a four-point night to top all scorers for points in the game.

     

    CALGARY 7, Arizona 1

    The Calgary Flames would take on the Arizona Coyotes last night and the Flames would drub the Coyotes, winning the contest by the score of 7-1.

    Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk and Mark Giordano would score twice in the contest and Johnny Gaudreau would score a goal and have an assist in the contest.

    Arizona’s lone goal would come on a power play from Jordan Oesterle late in the second period.  Arizona cold never get out of the box and would fall behind early.

    With this contest, the Flames would hold onto their best record in the Western Conference and now has a record of 30-13-4 (64 pts) Arizona has a record of 20-22-3 (43 pts).

     

    https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1084696525958144000

     

    Today’s Schedule of Games…

     

     

     

    NWHL

     

    Saturday in the two NWHL contests…

     

    BOXSCORE: Buffalo Beauts 5, Metropolitan Riveters 1

     

     

    For the first time since the 2018 Isobel Cup Final last March, the Buffalo Beauts and Metropolitan Riveters faced off and the Beauts would walk away with a dominant 5-1 win over the Riveters at HarborCenter yesterday afternoon in the NWHL Twitter Game of the Week.

    Buffalo’s Hayley Scamurra would score twice and by doing so would tie teammate Maddie Elia for the lead in NWHL goals with nine on the season.

     

    BOXSCORE: Boston Pride 5, Minnesota Whitecaps 4

     

     

    In the contest between the Boston Pride and the Minnesota Whitecaps, The Pride went on to defeat the Whitecaps by the score of 5-4.

    This was a contest for the battle for first place overall in the NWHL standings and this contest was playded before a sold out crowd at the Warrior Ice Arena.

    This was the first contest since the Pride announced the new partnership with the NHL’s Boston Bruins.

    The scoring in this contest would be fast and furious as the Whitecaps would open up the scoring in the first period when Minnesota’s Kendall Coyne Schofield would score at the 3:25 mark.  Then Boston would even the score just 35 seconds later when Kaleigh Fratkin scored her second goal on the season.

    Then at the 6:24 mark, Boston’s Amanda Pelkey would score her fourth goal on the season.  Almost two minutes later, Minnesota’s Amanda Menke would even the score at 2 a piece.  After that, the Pride would score three unanswered goals to give the Pride a 5-2 lead at the end of the first period.

    The second and third periods were quiet on the scoring front for the Pride but the Whitecaps would score a goal in each period.  However, that would not be enough as the Minnesota Whitecaps would fall to the Pride in their first game on the weekend.

     

     

    Yesterday’s action in the NWHL…

     

    BOXSCORE: Minnesota Whitecaps 4, Connecticut Whale 1

     

     

    After falling to the Boston Pride 5-2 on Saturday night, the Minnesota Whitecaps would have a dominant performance against the Connecticut Whale and would defeat the Whale by the score of 4-1.

    Minnesota’s Janna Curtis would open up the scoring for the Whitecaps with her goal at the 6:58 mark in the first period, her sixth on the season.  Then about six minutes later, Hannah Brandt would score a goal on the power play to give Minnesota a 2-0 lead.

    Minnesota goaltender Amanda Leveille would once again have a contest with great saves and would register 26 saves in the contest.

    Amy Menke would have a great game, registering two assists before getting a goal of her own about halfway through the second period.

    Despite having four minutes of power play time in the third period, the Whale would not convert on the chances given and would fall to the Whitecaps.

     

    Upcoming games in the NWHL:

     

    • January 19: Connecticut Whale at Minnesota Whitecaps (Twitter Game of the Week)
    • January 20: Boston Pride at Metropolitan Riveters; Connecticut Whale at Minnesota Whitecaps
    • January 26: Boston Pride at Buffalo Beauts (Twitter Game of the Week)
    • February 2: Buffalo Beauts at Metropolitan Riveters (Twitter Game of the Week); Connecticut Whale at Boston Pride
  • January 12th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 12th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, January 12th, 2019, and these are your news and notes

     

    There were four contests in the NHL yesterday.

     

    CAROLINA 4, Buffalo 3

     

    Jeff Skinner would join the 30 goal maker in this contest and in doing so would be the fifth different Buffalo Sabres player to get 30 goals in fewer than 45 games played with the franchise.  He would also be the third player to achieve this mark in his first season with the Sabres

     

    Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams would become the third player in franchise history to be aged 37 years or older to record goal streaks of at least four games.

     

     

    Buffalo @ Carolina: Game Summary

     

    WINNIPEG 4, Detroit 2

    Winnipeg Jets Bryan Little would register his 500th career point when he scored his ninth goal of the season at the 4:51 mark of the second period.

     

     

    Detroit @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

     
    CALGARY 4, Florida 3

    The Flames would have four straight goals and would go on to defeat the Florida Panthers and improve their record in their last nine contests to 7-1-1 and 4-0-0 in the last four games.

     

     

     

     

    https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1084117805509730304

     

    Florida @ Calgary: Game Summary
    Pittsburgh 7, ANAHEIM 4

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would defeat the Anaheim Ducks in Anaheim last night thanks to a hat trick from Penguins Jake Guentzel.  Pittsburgh Tanner Pearson would also score twice in the third period to give the Penguins the 7-4 win over the Ducks.

     

    Pittsburgh would win their sixth consecutive road game, the longest since an eight game road win streak that occured late during the 2015-16 season.

     

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1083971539983228929

     

    Pittsburgh @ Anaheim: Game Summary

     

    There are 12 games on the NHL schedule…

     

     

    Today’s NHL European Game of the Week pits the New York Rangers taking on the New York Islanders.

     

     

    For more news, notes, information, and stats…

     

     

     

     

    NWHL

     

    This weekend in the NWHL…

     

    The contest between the Buffalo Beauts and the Metropolitan Riveters is this week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week

     

     

    In NHL News…

    Rick Nash announced yesterday that he would be forced to retire due to the concussion he suffered in a game last March.  Nash ends his career having played in 1,060 games, scoring 437 career goals and amassing 805 points.

     

     

    On Wednesday, Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his weekly “31 Thoughts” article and the next day, the “31 Thoughts” podcast was released.

     

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1083041724212097024

     

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1083462965217525760

     

    TXHT has an all new episode today which you can check out at the following page.  This week’s episode contains NWHL news and much more.

  • January 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 5th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, January 5th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    There were seven games on tap yesterday.

     

    PITTSBURGH 4, Winnipeg 0

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would go on to shutout the Winnipeg Jets and with the win, they would extend a personal win streak at home to 18 contests against the Jets/Thrashers franchise and this streak dates back to March 24, 2007.

    This win streak the second longest since the Anaheim Ducks would have a 25 game win streak at home against the Calgary Flames from April 4, 2007 through April 4, 2017.

    Four different Penguins would all score the goals and Penguins goaltender Matt Murray would turn aside all 33 shots he faced in the contest.

     

     

     

     

    DETROIT 4, Nashville 3 (OT)

    The Detroit Red Wings would take on the Nashville Predators and come away with the 4-3 win in overtime in downtown Detroit at Little Caesars Arena.

    Dylan Larkin would score the game-winner in the overtime frame for the Red Wings.

     

     

     

    CAROLINA 4, Columbus 2

    Carolina’s phenom Sebastian Aho would net an empty net goal with two seconds left in the contest as well as assisting on Micheal Ferland’s goal in the first period.

    Aho would play in his 200th NHL game since being drafted with the 35th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.

    Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovksy would have 13 saves on 16 shot attempts before being pulled in the second period for Joonas Korpisalo who turned aside all of the 14 shots he faced.

     

    DALLAS 2, Washington 1 (OT)

    The Washington Capitals losing streak would reach three ass they would fall to the Dallas Stars in overtime, losing 2-1.

    Stars Tyler Seguin scored in the overtime frame to extend Dallas’ winning streak at home against the Capitals to 17 games.  This win streak dates back to October 8, 1996.

     

    Dallas goaltender Anton Khudobin would have a great performance, recording 36 saves.

     

     

    TXHT has your coverage of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Dallas Stars at the following link.

    Game Recap – 1/4/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Dallas Stars

     

    COLORADO 6, NY Rangers 1

    The Colorado Avalanche would face off against the NY Rangers last night and would defeat the Rangers by the score of 6-1.

     

    Colorado’s Ryan Graves would score his first NHL goal in this contest in the third period.

    Colorado’s trio of Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen would all score a goal in the contest for the fifth time and whenever this trio has scored in the same game, they are 5-0-0.

    At the same time, whenever this trio at least collects one point in a game, they have a record of 18-3-5 on the season.

     

    New York Rangers Alexander Georgiev had 41 saves on 47 shot attempts in this contest.

     

    New Jersey 3, ARIZONA 2 (SO)

     

    New Jersey’s Drew Stafford netted the winner in the shootout to give the Devils the 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.

     

     

     

    Vegas 3, ANAHEIM 2

    The Vegas Golden Knights would extend their point streak to eight games on the season as well as extending their win streak to five games.

    Vegas’ goalscorers included Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt and Tomas Nosek.

     

    Today in NHL news…

     

    This week there will be two NHL European Games of the Week.

     

    For today’s news, notes, information, and other stats…

     

    Finally in NHL news, the coaches for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game were announced.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1081607129126064128

     

    Today in the NHL, there are nine games in action.

     

    In the NWHL, there are key points on the line when the Buffalo Beauts take on the Boston Pride in this week’s NWHL Twitter Game of the Week at 1:30 p.m., ET.

     

    The medal games of the 2019 World Junior Championships take place later this afternoon.

     

    Finally, TXHT has a brand new episode of The Xperience: Hockey Talk, which you can check out at the following link.

    TXHT – 1/5/2019 – We’re BACK!!!

  • December 30th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 30th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, December 30th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 15 contests in the NHL yesterday.

     

    NEW JERSEY 2, Carolina 0

    In the NHL European Game of the Week yesterday, the New Jersey Devils would go on to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes by the score of 2-0.  Mackenzie Blackwood became the third youngest goaltender in the history of the Devils franchise to record his first NHL shutout.

     

    VEGAS 4, Los Angeles 1

     

     

    San Jose 7, EDMONTON 4

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Minnesota 3, WINNIPEG 1

     

    Boston 3, BUFFALO 2 (OT)

     

     

    NY Islanders 4, TORONTO 0

    In the 4-0 win by the Islanders over the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York’s Mathew Barzal registered a hat trick in the contest.

     

     

     

    Washington 3, OTTAWA 2

     

    In a night of firsts for two Washington Capitals players, the Capitals would go on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 3-2.  Washington’s Tyler Lewington and Madison Bowey would go on to score their first career NHL goals in the contest.  Lewington would also go on to register a “Gordie Howe hat trick” in the contest as well.

     

     

    You can see the complete recap of the contest between the Capitals and the Senators at the following page.

    Game Recap — 12/29/2018 — Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators

     

     

    TAMPA BAY 6, Montreal 5

     

    FLORIDA 2, Philadelphia 1

     

     

    Pittsburgh 6, ST. LOUIS 1

     

     

     

    NY Rangers 4, NASHVILLE 3

     

     

    DALLAS 5, Detroit 1

     

     

    Chicago 3, COLORADO 2

     

     

     

    Arizona 5, ANAHEIM 4

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1079251791877820418

     

    Vancouver 3, CALGARY 2

     

     

     

     

    NWHL

    In the lone NWHL contest of the day, the Buffalo Beauts took on the Minnesota Whitecaps.

    The Minnesota Whitecaps would get back in the win column when the Whitecaps would go on to defeat the Buffalo Beauts at KeyBank Center yesterday afternoon in downtown Buffalo.

    Minnesota’s Lee Stecklein would be the difference maker when she scored the game winner with 1:17 left in the game to seal the win for the Whitecaps.

    Kendall Coyne Schoefield would be responsible for the Whitecaps tying the score at 1 in the second period thanks to a power-play for the Whitecaps.

    With Minnesota’s win, they move to a record of 7-2 and Buffalo falls to a record of 4-4 on the season.

    Minnesota Whitecaps 2, BUFFALO BEAUTS 1

     

    The Whitecaps and Beauts face off again today at 1:30 p.m., ET.

    Also today, the Boston Pride visit the Connecticut Whale at 3 p.m., ET.

    Both games can be seen at NHWL.zone.

     

     

     

    In Day 4 of the 2019 World Junior Championships,

     

     

    Day 5 of competition has two games and that is Switzerland taking on Russia at 5 p.m., PST. and then Kazakhstan taking on Slovakia at 7:30 p.m., ET.

     

    Today there is only one NHL contest and that is the Vegas Golden Knights taking on the Arizona Coyotes.

     

     

  • December 18th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 18th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Tuesday, December 18th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were five contests taking place in the NHL last night.

     

    Anaheim 4, PITTSBURGH 2

    The Anaheim Ducks faced off against the Pittsburgh Penguins last night and would come away with the 4-2 win.  With this win, the Ducks have won six consecutive road games, as well as their ninth game out of the last ten contests.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1074866760438800384

     

    For the Pittsburgh Penguins, this loss would give them a record of 15-12-6 (36 points), and places them in fourth place in the Metropolitan division.

     

    COLUMBUS 1, Vegas 0

    The Columbus Blue Jackets faced off against the defending Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights and would come away with the 1-0 win.

    Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would go on to register his 13th shutout since the start of the 2016-17 season and is tied with Pekka Rinne for the most shutouts in that time span.

     

    Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno would score the lone goal in the third period.  This contest would also mark the 800th NHL game for Foligno.

     

     

     

     

    Boston 4, MONTREAL 0

    The Boston Bruins would visit the Montreal Canadiens and would come out on Montreal with a 4-0 victory.

    With this win, the Bruins have won the last five contests against the Canadiens when they are the visitors.

     

    Bruins goaltender Jaroslav Halak would turn aside all 22 shots he faced whereas Canadiens goaltender Carey Price had 31 saves on 35 save opportunities.

     

     

    OTTAWA 4, Nashville 3 (OT)

     

    Ottawa Senators Brady Tkachuk would register his tenth career goal as a Senator in his 24th game played with the club last night.

     

     

    Ottawa rookie defenceman Max LaJoie would also register his seventh goal in this contest, good for a tie for third place all-time in Senators history for most goals by a rookie defenceman.

     

     

    Also for Ottawa, the rookies on this team account for most points combined between all players across the League thus far during the 2018-19 season.

     

     

    Thoms Chabot would seal the win for the Senators in the overtime frame.

     

     

    NY Islanders 4, COLORADO 1

    NY Islanders goaltender Thomas Griess would make 30 saves in the contest to give the Islanders the 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche last night.

    Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov would make 17 saves on 21 save opportunities.

     

     

     

    Two of the Islanders goals would come on the power-play in this contest and the penalty kill would end up playing a big factor in this win to start off the road trip for the Islanders in this contest.

     

     

    There are 11 contests taking place across the NHL tonight

    *image courtesy of the NHL Public Relations Department and the NHL

     

    For tonight’s contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New Jersey Devils, TXHT’s Maple Leafs writer, Steve Gardiner, has a preview of this contest.

     

    You can read the preview of the contest at the following page.

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils – 17/12/2018 – Game Day Preview

     

  • December 16th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 16th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, December 16th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 10 contests on the NHL slate yesterday.

     

    Calgary 2, MINNESOTA 1

    In a penalty filled contest between the Calgary Flames and the Minnesota Wild, the Calgary Flames would come away from Minnesota with the 2-1 victory yesterday afternoon.

    Flames D Mark Giordano became the first player in Flames history to have shorthanded goals in consecutive games with his short-handed goal at 12:03 in the first period.

     

     

    Despite being outshot, Calgary would have the most important side of the stat sheet with their 2-1 win.

     

    MONTREAL 5, Ottawa 2

     

    This would be the Canadiens third win over the Senators in 12 days.

     

     

    The Montreal Canadiens, with their win, would give head coach Claude Julien his 600th NHL win.

     

    NY ISLANDERS 4, Detroit 3 (OT)

     

    NY Islanders Matthew Barzal would net the winner in the shootout frame to give the Islanders the win over Detroit.

     

    PITTSBURGH 4, Los Angeles 3

    With the overtime winner by Phil Kessel, Kessel now ties Hall of Famer Mike Modano, Bill Guerin, and David Legwand for the second most regular season overtime winners by a  U.S.-born player with nine goals.

     

    ANAHEIM 2, Columbus 1

    The Anaheim Ducks would seal the 2-1 win, holding off a late rally from the Columbus Blue Jackets.

    Anaheim’s Daniel Sprong would score the only two goals for the Ducks.  Anaheim has won 10 out of their last 12 contests with this win over Columbus.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1074153104877076480

     

    FLORIDA 4, Toronto 3 (OT)

    With the Florida Panthers over the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime, the Panthers Aleksander Barkov would become the first player in the 25-year history of the franchise to complete the hat-trick with an overtime goal.

    Barkov, with his three goals in the contest, now has 114 goals as a Panther.  He moved past Radek Dvorak, who had 113 goals as a Panther.

    Despite Toronto scoring three goals in the third period, two by Mitchell Marner and other by John Tavares, the Maple Leafs were unable to take advantage in the overtime frame.

     

    TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor, Steve Gardiner, has your recap of the contest between the Maple Leafs and the Panthers at the following page.

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers – 15/12/2018 – Game Day Recap

     

    WASHINGTON 4, Buffalo 3 (SO)

    Washington Capitals F Alex Ovechkin would extend his point-scoring streak to 14 games, a career-high, with his League-leading 29th goal on the season.

    Alex Ovechkin now sits one goal away from having his 14th consecutive season in which he has scored at least 30 goals in a season.

     

    Rasums Dahlin, last June’s number one overall pick, became the fifth different rookie defenceman in Buffalo Sabres history to record at least three points in a contest.

     

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1074113761626218497

     

    TXHT has your full recap and analysis of the match-up between the Washington Capitals and the Buffalo Sabres at the following page.

    Game Recap – 12/15/2018 – Buffalo Sabres v. Washington Capitals

     

    NASHVILLE 2, New Jersey 1 (SO)

    Nashville Predators Ryan Johansen would seal the winner in the shootout frame to give the Predators a of 22-10-1 (45 pts), moving back the top of the Western Conference standings.

     

    Nashville would also move to a record of 10-0-0 against Eastern Conference opponents during the 2018-19 campaign with the win over the New Jersey Devils.

     

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1074157670662373376

     

    COLORADO 6, Dallas 4

     

    In this contest, Colorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen would become the fifth set of teammates to reach the 50-point plateau since the 1981-1982 season.

     

     

    VANCOUVER 5, Philadelphia 1

    Philadelphia’s lone goal in the contest would be scored by Scott Laughton at 16:29 in the first period to bring the

     

    Meanwhile for the Vancouver Canucks, rookie sensation Elias Pettersson continues to find his way onto to scoring sheet.

    Pettersson has extended an assist and point streak to six games, amassing three goals and nine assists (12 points) and this matches a Vancouver Canucks rookie record for longest assist streak.

     

    The longest assist streak belongs to J.J. Daigneault during the 1984-85 season.

     

    The longest rookie point streak belong to Pavel Bure, who had a point in at least eight straight contests during the 1991-92 season.

     

  • Leafs Acquire Defencemen from Ducks

    Leafs Acquire Defencemen from Ducks

    The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired 32 year old journey man Steven Oleksy from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Marlies forward Adam Cracknall.

     

    Oleksy is a right handed shot defencemen know more for his physicality and defensive ability then anything. Oleksy will probably serve as depth on the blueline unless Mike Babcock is not confident in Igor Ozhiganov, Martin Marincin or Justin Holl. This could also possibly lead to other deals in the next few weeks. Stay tuned.

  • December 10th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 10th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, December 10th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

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    There were seven contests in the NHL yesterday and one contest in the NWHL.

     

    Vancouver 6, ST. LOUIS 1

     

    Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson would be the sixth different rookie since the NHL’s Expansion Era (1967-68) to have multiple games of at least five points in a game.

     

    WINNIPEG 7, Philadelphia 1

    Seven different Winnipeg Jets players would goals for the Jets in this contest against the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday afternoon.

     

    Jets Blake Wheeler would set a new franchise record for shorthanded points with 15 in the contest against the Flyers.

     

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1071885789645148160

     

    Boston 2, OTTAWA 1 (OT)

     

     

    Montreal 3, CHICAGO 2

     

     

    ANAHEIM 6, New Jersey 5 (SO)

    In the Anaheim Ducks 6-5 win over the New Jersey Devils, three Anaheim players would have multi-point efforts in the contest.

    Both teams would start out the scoring fast and early when they combined for three goals in the first 2:47.  It would be the fastest time in which two teams would combine for three goals to start a contest this season.

     

    EDMONTON 1, Calgary 0

    Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid would score the lone goal in the contest, which would be his 22nd game-winning goal since the 2015-16 season, good for a tie for fourth place with three other players.

     

    VEGAS 4, Dallas 2

    Vegas Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury would earn his 17th win on the season, the most for any goalie this season, with the Vegas 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars last night.  Fleury is now two wins away from tying Tony Esposito for ninth place all-time amongst goaltenders.

     

     

    NWHL

    The lone contest in the NWHL…

     

    Boston Pride 5, METROPOLITAN RIVETERS 2

     

    The Boston Pride would score three goals late in the contest to defeat the Metropolitan Riveters by the score of 5-2.

     

    In the first period, Boston took the lead with a shorthanded goal when Amanda Pelkey scored her third goal on the season at the 8:55 mark.  Mallory Souliotis would register the assist on Pelkey’s goal.

     

    The Riveters Madison Packer would tie the score 4:01 later at 1-1.  Boston’s Dana Trivigno would make the game a 2-1 contest late in the second period with Trivigno’s second goal on the season.

     

    In the third period, the Riveters would tie the game a 2 a piece when Alexa Gruschow would score her first goal of the season.  After Gruschow would score, this is when the Pride would have their three-goal outburst in the final 1:54 of the contest, with two of these goals coming in a 28-second span on power-plays.

     

    At the 18:06 mark, Boston’s Kaleigh Fratkin would score her first goal of the season, with Alyssa Gagliardi getting her second assist on the season.  28 seconds later at the 18:34 mark, Mallory Souliotis would score her third goal on the season.  Toni Ann Miano would gain her second assist on the season.

     

    Boston’s fifth goal would be an empty-netter scored by McKenna Brand, her fourth of the season, with 31 seconds left in the contest.  Brand’s goal would be assisted by Haley Skarupa, her seventh on the season.

     

    Boston Pride goalie Katie Burt had 21 saves on 23 attempts, good for a save percentage of .913 whereas Metropolitan Riveters goalie Kimberly Sass, despite being pulled in the final minute of the contest, had 31 saves on 35 chances.  Sass had a save percentage of .886.

     

    With the win by the Pride, they are now tied with the Minnesota Whitecaps atop the NWHL Standings with a record of 6-2-0.

     

    The NWHL will take a three-week hiatus and resume contests on December 29th, 2018.  The Metropolitan Riveters next contest will not take place until January 6th, 2019.

     

    Games coming up in the NWHL…

    December 29th, 2018:

    Minnesota Whitecaps at Buffalo Beauts, 2 p.m., ET (NWHL Twitter Game of the Week)

    December 30th, 2018:

    Minnesota Whitecaps at Buffalo Beauts, 1:30 p.m., ET

    Boston Pride at Connecticut Whale, 3 p.m., ET

    January 5th, 2019:

    Boston Pride at Buffalo Beauts, 1:30 p.m., ET (NWHL Twitter Game of the Week)

    January 6th, 2019:

    Metropolitan Riveters at Connecticut Whale, 1 p.m., ET

     

    Today in NHL news…

    The NHL Department of Player Safety announced yesterday afternoon that Toronto Maple Leafs F Zach Hyman has been suspended for two games for Interference on Boston Bruins D Charlie McAvoy.

     

    This Week’s NHL Three Stars of the Week (week ending December 9th):

     

     

     

     

     

    The NWHL announced that Original NWHLer and current Boston Pride Kaleigh Fratkin has been named this week’s NWHL Player of the Week.  Fratkin would score the game-winner for the Boston Pride with 1:54 left to give the Pride the win over the Metropolitan Riveters yesterday.  The win would also push the Boston Pride to first place in the NWHL standings with a record of 6-2-0.

     

  • December 8th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 8th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, December 8th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    DALLAS 3, San Jose 2

     

    The Dallas Stars faced off against the San Jose Sharks last night and would win this contest 3-2.

    Dallas is 10-3-1 when playing games at home on the season thus far.

    Dallas has also won their last four contests.

     

    St. Louis 1, WINNIPEG 0

    With this 1-0 St. Louis Blues win, they would snap the four-game win streak for the Winnipeg Jets.

     

    EDMONTON 7, Minnesota 2

     

    Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid now has 33 games in his career where he has at least three points in a game before his 22nd birthday.

     

    McDavid joins four other players for this exclusive list.

     

    With this win, Edmonton has won their last four home games and six out of the last seven.

     

     

    Carolina 4, ANAHEIM 1

    The Carolina Hurricanes took on the Anaheim Ducks last night and would end up winning the contest 4-1.

    Sebastian Aho would score the empty net goal to seal the win for the Hurricanes late in the third period.

     

     

     

     

    This week’s NHL European Game of the Week is the contest between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres

     

    In NHL news…

    The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced yesterday that Calgary Flames D Mark Giordano has been suspended for two games for kneeing Minnesota Wild’s F Mikko Koivu.

    Also, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced that Calgary Flames F Ryan Lomberg has been suspended for one game for leaving the player’s bench on a legal line change to start an altercation.

    This is additional discipline for the automatic suspension that was announced earlier yesterday.

     

     

    Today in the NWHL…

    The Buffalo Beauts take on the Connecticut Whale at HarborCenter today at 6 p.m., ET.

     

    In NWHL news today…

    The Buffalo Beauts announced that head coach Ric Seiling and assistant coaches Craig Muni have been relieved of their coaching duties.

     

    https://twitter.com/NWHL/status/1071210855004602368

     
    TXHT has more coverage on this news at the following page.

    Buffalo Beauts Relieve Coaches Ric Seiling and Craig Muni