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  • 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 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

  • December 5th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 5th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, December 5th, 2018, and these are your news and notes

     

    There were ten contests last night.

     

     

    FLORIDA 5, Boston 0

    Florida Panthers Jonathan Huberdeau is one of five players so far on the season to have multiple points in at least five contests.

     

    The Florida Panthers would go on to shutout the Boston Bruins 5-0, giving Roberto Luongo his 77th career shutout, taking sole possession of ninth place on the all-time list for shutouts by a goaltender.

     

     

    Winnipeg 3, NY ISLANDERS 1

     

    The Winnipeg Jets would score three unanswered goals, all in the final period, to defeat the New York Islanders last night.  Winnipeg’s win would be their fourth consecutive win.

     

    New York Islanders Anders Lee would register the lone goal of the contest for his team.

     

     

    PITTSBURGH 6, Colorado 3

     

    Pittsburgh Penguins F Patric Hornqvist would score a hat-trick in this contest in a short span of 2:43, the quickest ever in franchise history, and the Penguins would double up the Colorado Avalanche by the score of 6-3.

     

     

    Calgary 9, COLUMBUS 6

     

    In the Columbus Blue Jackets loss, Cam Atkinson would become the second player to register a point streak of at least 11 contests.

     

    Cam Atkinson would also register a hat-trick and would surpass Rick Nash for the most hat-tricks in franchise history.

     

     

    In this contest, the Calgary Flames would register nine goals in a contest for the 55th time in franchise history but for the first time in nearly eight years.

     

     

    The Flames and Blue Jackets would combine for 15 goals, the most since January 16, 2017, when the Penguins would defeat the Capitals 8-7 in overtime.

     

     

     

    MONTREAL 5, Ottawa 2

     

    Tampa Bay 6, DETROIT 5 (SO)

    Frans Nielsen of the Detroit Red Wings would score a hat trick in the contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the second of his career.

    Nielsen would be the first Red Wing to have two career hat tricks since Tomas Tatar on December 17, 2016.

     

    Toronto 4, BUFFALO 3 (OT)

     

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

     

    12/05/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs vs Buffalo Sabres – Game Recap

     

    Minnesota 3, VANCOUVER 2

     

    The Minnesota Wild would score two goals in 45 seconds to snap a three-game losing streak with the 3-2 win at the Vancouver Canucks last night.

     

     

    VEGAS 5, Washington 3

    Cody Eakin of the Vegas Golden Knights scored his 11th goal of the season, leading all skaters for Vegas in the 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals.

     

    Washington’s Alex Ovechkin would reach the 20-goal mark for the third time in fewer than 27 games on the season.  He has scored at least 51 goals in the other two occurrences of this feat.

    For full coverage of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights, please go to the following page.

     

    Game Recap – 12/4/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Vegas Golden Knights

    Arizona 2, LOS ANGELES 1

     

     

    Tonight in the NHL…

    Image courtesy of the NHL Public Relations and the NHL

     

    In the NWHL…

    The NWHL held their All-Star Game Draft earlier today with captains Shannon Szabados and Lee Stecklein picking their squads for the NWHL All-Star Game that will be in Nashville, Tennessee.

    The 2019 NWHL All-Star Game will be on Sunday, February 10th, 2019 at Bridgestone Arena and will take place following the NHL match-up between the Nashville Predators and the St. Louis Blues.

     

    Team Szabados:

    Team Stecklein:

     

    In NHL news…

     

    In case you missed the big news yesterday, the NHL announced that the League will expand to 32 teams with the addition of a franchise to Seattle.

     

    Elliotte Friedman released his “31 Thoughts” article today.  You can check that out at the following page.

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1070351730305449989

  • December 3rd, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 3rd, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, December 3rd, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    Yesterday’s contests:

     

    Anaheim 6, WASHINGTON 5

    The Washington Capitals gave up a four-goal lead, and would later lose to the Anaheim Ducks by the score of 6-5.

    The Ducks became the first team ever to have a four-goal comeback against a defending Stanley Cup champion with the win.


    Anaheim Ducks G Ryan Miller would register his 374th career win and would tie John Vanbiesbrouck for the most wins by a U.S.-born goaltender.

     

    Nicklas Backstrom of the Capitals would score his 219th career goal, taking sole possession of fourth place in franchise history for goals, surpassing Mike Ridley who had 218 goals with the franchise.

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

    Game Recap – 12/2/2018 – Anaheim Ducks v. Washington Capitals

     

    Winnipeg 4, NY RANGERS 3 (SO)

     

     

    Calgary 3, CHICAGO 1

     

    San Jose 3, MONTREAL 1

    With Joe Pavelski’s goal, he scored his 12th goal, tied for third-most since November 1st.  His goal helped the San Jose Sharks defeat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 in Montreal last night.

     

    Colorado 2, DETROIT 0

    Mikko Rantanen registered his 45th point on this season, becoming the ninth different player since the 1993-94 season to have at least 45 points in a teams first 27 games.


    With the shutout win, Semyon Varlamov registered his 24th career-shutout, tied for the fourth-most by a Russian born goaltender.

     

    LOS ANGELES 2, Carolina 0

    Los Angeles Kings G Jonathan Quick recorded 34 saves and his 50th NHL shutout, the most ever from U.S-born goaltenders in NHL history.

     

    In the NWHL contests yesterday…

     

    With five points in the Boston Pride’s weekend series against the Minnesota Whitecaps, Boston Pride’s Gigi Marvin has been named the NWHL Player of the Week

     

     

    In NHL news…

    The New York Rangers retired the number of Vic Hadfield yesterday, becoming the 10th player in the long history of the Rangers organization.

     

    The NHL announced their Three Stars of the Week earlier today.

     

     

     

     


    Late addition to the NHL news…

    The Philadelphia Flyers announced that Chuck Fletcher has been named the Executive Vice President and General Manager

     

    Tonight in the NHL…

    Tampa Bay Lightning @ New Jersey Devils, 7 p.m., ET
    Buffalo Sabres @ Nashville Predators, 8 p.m., ET
    Edmonton Oilers @ Dallas Stars, 8:30 p.m., ET