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  • 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 17th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 17th, 2018 — News and Notes

    It is Monday, December 17th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were seven contests across the NHL yesterday…

     

    Vegas 4, NY RANGERS 3 (OT)

    The Vegas Golden Knights would defeat the New York Rangers in overtime yesterday afternoon with Vegas’ Alex Tuch would score the game-winner at 2:11 in the overtime frame.

     

     

     

    CAROLINA 3, Arizona 0

    Carolina Hurricanes G Petr Mrazek would go on to have a 23 save performance to seal the shutout victory for the Hurricanes.

     

    Calgary 7, ST. LOUIS 2

    The Calgary Flames would score a shorthanded goal for the third consecutive game for the eighth time in franchise history and would go on to defeat the St. Louis Blues 7-2 in St. Louis last night.

     

    Buffalo 4, BOSTON 2

     

    Buffalo’s Jack Eichel now has five regular-season games of at least four points before his 23rd birthday and joins four other Buffalo Sabres for this mark in franchise history.

     

     

    San Jose 7, CHICAGO 3

    San Jose Sharks D Brent Burns became the 38th player in League history to be listed as a defenceman to register at least 600 points in the contest against the Chicago Blackhawks.

     

     

     

    WINNIPEG 5, Tampa Bay 4 (OT)

     

    Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele would score the game-winner in the overtime frame with 42 seconds left to seal the 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

     

    VANCOUVER 4, Edmonton 2

     

    Vancouver’s rookie Elias Pettersson extended his point streak to seven games and now leads all rookies with 35 points on the season in 30 games played.

     

    There are five games taking place tonight in the NHL…

     

     

    Today in NHL news…

     

    The NHL today announced the Three Stars of the Week for the week ending December 16th.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Philadelphia Flyers announced earlier today that Head Coach Dave Hakstol has been relieved of his duties effective immediately and that Scott Gordon will be the head coach on an interim basis.

     

  • 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.

     

  • December 15th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 15th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, December 15th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were eight contests in action yesterday.

     

    NEW JERSEY 5, Vegas 4 (OT)

    The Vegas Golden Knights would fall to the New Jersey Devils after be up 4-1.  New Jersey Devils would score four unanswered goals with New Jersey’s Nico Hischier scoring the game winner just 41 seconds into the overtime frame.

     

     

    Arizona 4, NY RANGERS 3 (OT)

     

    The Arizona Coyotes would also stage a come from behind win after being down three goals in the contest at the New York Rangers last night.  It would be the 12th time that the Coyotes franchise would accomplish this and the 29th time overall in franchise history.

     

     

    For the Rangers, goalie Henrik Lundqvist would register 30 saves on 34 opportunities.

     

     

    PITTSBURGH 5, Boston 3

     

    In an amazing performance, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Casey DeSmith became the third goalie in the last 20 years to have a game in which he had at least 48 saves.  DeSmith joins Jeff Zatkoff and Ty Conklin.

     

    Boston Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak had a performance of 23 saves on 28 save chances.

     

     

     

    Ottawa 4, DETROIT 2

     

    The Ottawa Senators would go on and get the road win when they would defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 last night at Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit, Michigan last night.

     

    Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard would have 28 saves in the contest and Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson would have a performance of 26 saves on 28 save chances.

     

     

    Washington 6, CAROLINA 5 (OT)

     

    After the Washington Capitals would be down 4-1 at 6:41 mark in the second period, the Capitals would tie the game 4-4 toward the end of the second period.

     

    Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin would have consecutive games in which he would have a hat-trick, and now has 28 goals on the season.

     

     

     

     

    When Ovechkin scored the power-play goal in the third period at the 9:49 mark, it would be his 237th career power-play goal. He now ranks at seventh place on the all-time list for power-play goals.

     

    Finally, for the Washington Capitals, Jonas Siegenthaler registered his first NHL point with the assist on Alex Oveckin’s goal at the 3:56 mark in the first period.

     

     

    TXHT has your full game recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes at the following page.

    Game Recap – 12/14/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Carolina Hurricanes

     

    ST. LOUIS 4, Colorado 3 (OT)

    The St. Louis Blues would go on to defeat the Colorado Avalanche in overtime with the 4-3 win at home last night.

     

    At the 2:05 mark in the overtime period, St. Louis Blues Ryan O’Reilly would cap off a two-point night when O’Reilly scored the game winner.

     

     

    Also in the contest, Colorado Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen would register his 40th assist on the season with the secondary assist on J.T. Compher’s eighth goal on the season at the 13:10 mark in the third period.

     

     

    Winnipeg 4, CHICAGO 3 (OT)

    Chicago Blackhawks captain Johnathan Toews would net two goals, but it would not be enough as the Blackhawks would fall to the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois last night.

     

     

     

    The Jets Mark Scheifele would net his sixth overtime winner, which is good for third place in franchise history.  Scheifele now only trails Ilya Kovalchuk and Dustin Byfuglien for the career lead.

     

    EDMONTON 4, Philadelphia 1

     

     

    Connor McDavid would have two goals, and an assist, good for his 34th career three-point performance.  It is now ranked tied for fifth place for most three-point games before one’s 22nd birthday.

     

     

    Today’s schedule of NHL games…

     

     

    This Week’s NHL European Game of the Week features the Calgary Flames facing off against the Minnesota Wild.

     

     

    Images are the property of the NHL, NHL Public Relations, and NHL Media.

     

    In NHL news…

    With the comebacks last night, this has been the season of come-from-behind wins.

     

     

    The Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins would both unveil thier logos that will be used for the upcoming Stadium Series game on February 27th, 2019.  The logos are “stripped-down” versions of their current logos.  The jerseys will be released at a later date.

     

     

  • December 6th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 6th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Thursday, December 6th, 2018, and these are your news and notes

     

    There were three contests in action last night.

     

    Edmonton 3, ST. LOUIS 2 (SO)
    The Edmonton Oilers would have a multi-goal comeback in the 3-2 win in a shootout over the St. Louis Blues last night.

     

    It would mark the 61st time this season that a team would comeback from a multi-goal deficit and win the contest.

     

    This would also mark the 17th club to have a multi-goal comeback and win in multiple occasions.

     

     

     

    ANAHEIM 4, Chicago 2

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1070732263657099264

     

    The Anaheim Ducks in their 4-2 win won their 24th game in the calendar year at home.

     

     

    SAN JOSE 5, Carolina 1

     

    San Jose Sharks Joe Thornton would have a three-assist game for the first time in the 2018-19 season and would be the 58th in his career.  He joins 11 other players on this exclusive list.

     

     

    The San Jose Sharks would go on to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes by the score of 5-1.  In the last five outings between the Sharks and Hurricanes, San Jose is 4-0-1.

     

     

     

    Tonight’s Schedule of games…

     

    TXHT has your previews of the contests between the Detroit Red Wings at the Toronto Maple Leafs as well as the Washington Capitals at the Arizona Coyotes at the following pages.

     

    Gameday Preview – 12/6/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Arizona Coyotes

    Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 06-12-2018 – Game Day Preview

    For more news, notes, information, and stats…

     

     

    In NHL news today…

     

    The NHL today announced that there will be a Winter Classic fan festival in Chicago’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park and will serve as a prelude to the 2019 Winter Classic at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.