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  • February 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

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

     

    There were 12 contests in NHL action yesterday.

     

     

    PHILADELPHIA 6, Detroit 5 (OT)

     

    Calgary 5, PITTSBURGH 4

     

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

     

     

    St. Louis 3, COLORADO 0

     

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

     

    TAMPA BAY 3, Montreal 0

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

     

    NY ISLANDERS 5, Edmonton 2

     

     

    Ottawa 4, WINNIPEG 3 (OT)

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

     

    ARIZONA 2, Toronto 0

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

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

     

    CAROLINA 3, Dallas 0

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

     

    Columbus 5, CHICAGO 2

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



    VEGAS 5, Nashville 1

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

     

    SAN JOSE 3, Vancouver 2

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

    Boston 4, LOS ANGELES 2

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

     

     

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

     

     

     

     

     

    Today’s NHL Schedule of Games

     

     

    NWHL

     

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

  • February 16th, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 16th, 2019 — News and Notes

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

     

    There were four games in NHL action last night.

     

     

    NY Rangers 6, BUFFALO 2

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

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

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

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

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

     

    CAROLINA 3, Edmonton 1

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

     

    New Jersey 5, MINNESOTA 4 (OT)

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

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

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

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

     

    Boston 3, ANAHEIM 0

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

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

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

     

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

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Today’s schedule of games…

     

    In case you missed it…

     

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

     

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

  • February 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, February 9th, 2019 and these are your news and notes.

     

    There was only one contest in the NHL yesterday.

     

    Carolina 3, NY RANGERS 0

    In a pre-game ceremony, the New York Rangers would honour the 25th anniversary of the Rangers winning their Stanley Cup.

    In this contest, the Carolina Hurricanes would spoil the party by defeating the Rangers 3-0.  All three goals for the Hurricanes would come in the third period after a scoreless 40 minutes.

    This win for Carolina would be their third consecutive win and remain one point behind the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second Wild Card spot.

     

    Today’s NHL slate of games.

     

    All seven teams based in Canada are in action today for Hockey Day in Canada presented by Scotiabank.

     

    TXHT has a brand new episode out today which you can watch and listen to at the following page.

  • February 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    February 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, February 4th, 2019, and these are your news and notes from yesterday.

     

    There were only three games on the NHL slate yesterday.

     

     

     

    Boston 1, WASHINGTON 0

    The Boston Bruins would take on the Washington Capitals and would come away with the 1-0 win.  The Washington Capitals have a record of 2-6-2 in their last ten games.

     

    TXHT has your full recap of the contest between the Boston Bruins and the Washington Capitals at the following page.

     

    MONTREAL 4, Edmonton 3 (OT)

    There would be four different scorers for the Montreal Canadiens in this contest against the Edmonton Oilers and would win this contest 4-3 in the overtime frame.

     

    Edmonton would end the weekend of games with overtime heartbreakers, including losing in overtime in this contest to the Canadiens.

     

    Calgary 4, CAROLINA 3

    Four different goal scorers would help the Calgary flames defeat the the Carolina Hurricanes with a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, North Carolina yesterday afternoon.

     

    There will be four games taking place on the NHL schedule tonight.

     

     

    NWHL

     

    To recap from this weekend’s slate of NWHL contests…

     

    The Buffalo Beauts faced off against the Metropolitan Riveters in the NWHL Twitter Game of the Week and would come away with the 3-2 win to notch their fifth straight win.  With the win, the Buffalo Beauts moved to a record of 9-4-0 on the season.

    This would be the first game for the Beauts at RWJBarnabas Health Hockey House since the Isobel Cup final last season, when they would fall to the Riveters 1-0.

    Both teams’ top lines were held at bay throughout the contest as the Beauts got goals from Taylor Accursi, Julianna Iafallo and Savannah Harmon.

    For the Riveters’, their third line produced with Rebecca Morse and Kristin Lewicki each scoring their first goals of the season with Alexa Aramburu picking up the assists on both of the goals.

    The Beauts will next have NWHL action against the Metropolitan Riveters on February 23rd.

    The Whale’s next NWHL contest will be on Sunday, February 24th against the Boston Pride.

    The Boston Pride would face off against the Connecticut Whale and would come away with the 3-1 win.  The Boston Pride are now 9-4-0 on the season, tied with the Buffalo Beauts for the same mark.  With the loss, the Whale are now 2-9-2 on the season.

    For the Pride, Jillian Dempsey and Denisa Krizova would both have a goal and assist in this contest.  Dempsey leads all Boston Pride skaters with nine goals on the season and is second in the league.

    Boston would get on the board just 1:20 into the game with Krizova scoring the goal.

    Connecticut’s Rachael Ade would score to tie the game 1-1 with 55 seconds left in the first period.  That would be Ade’s first career NWHL goal.

    Dempsey would score her ninth goal of the season with her goal less than two minutes into the second period.  Throughout most of the third period, the Whale would spend this time on the penalty kill.  Toni Ann Milano would take advantage of a good rebound of the puck, sealing the 3-1 win for the Boston Pride.

    For a full breakdown of the contest, TXHT’s Chris Vasilas has your recap at the following page.

     

    The NWHL All-Star Game will commence next weekend in Nashville, Tennessee with the resumption of the NWHL schedule on Monday, February 18th, with the Boston Pride taking on the Metropolitan Riveters in a make-up contest that was postponed due to inclement weather.

  • January 22nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 22nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    This is your NHL recap for Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019.

     

    There were four games on the NHL schedule yesterday.

     

     

    Nashville 4, COLORADO 1

    The Nashville Predators would take on the Colorado Avalanche in a matinee affair and would come away with the 4-1 over the Avalanche.

    With the win for Nashville, Head Coach Peter Laviolette would get his 600th career win.  He would be the third head coach on the season to get his 600th career win this season.

     

    There would be four different goal scorers for the Predators, one of them being Nick Bonino.  Bonino would go on to score his 100th career goal in this contest.

     

    LOS ANGELES 4, St. Louis 3

    The Los Angeles Kings would take on the St. Louis Blues and would come away with the 4-3 win.

    With the win by the Kings, goaltender Jonathan Quick would get his 302nd career win, now the fourth most amongst all United States-born goaltenders in NHL history.

    Also, the Kings would get their second win on the season in which they have been behind by two goals at any point in the game.

     

     

    It would be a back and forth contest between both teams and St. Louis would mount a valiant effort but would not be successful in coming back to beat Los Angeles.

     

    Minnesota 4, VEGAS 2

    The Minnesota Wild would move to a record of 4-0-1 in the last five contests against the Vegas Golden Knights when they would double up Vegas by the score of 4-2.

    With Mikko Koivu’s goal in this contest, he now has 200 goals for his career and joins his brother who has 255 to be the 14th set of brothers to have at least 200 regular-season career goals.

     

    FLORIDA 6, San Jose 2

    The Florida Panthers would win their third straight game as they would score four goals in the third period to defeat the San Jose Sharks 6-2.

    Florida’s Frank Vatrano would be the third player in franchise history to have four points in a contest and the first player to do so in since October 30, 2009 (Steve Reinprecht).

     

     

    The Panthers scored two goals in nine seconds or less in the third period and scored those two goals in nine seconds or less for the fifth time in franchise history.

     

     

    San Jose would have a good first two periods of hockey before everything came apart when goaltender Martin Jones would allow three goals on eight shots before being replaced by Aaron Dell with 12:38 left in the game.

     

     

    In NHL news…

     

    The NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week yesterday for the week ending January 19th.

     

    The Carolina Hurricanes and Teuvo Teravainen agreed to a 5 year/$27 million contract extension yesterday.

     

    The NHL Central Scout released the midterm rankings for the 2019 NHL Draft yesterday.

     

  • January 21st, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 21st, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, January 21st, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were five contests in NHL action yesterday.

     

    CHICAGO 8, Washington 5

     

    The Chicago Blackhawks would face off against the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals and would come away with an 8-5 win in Chicago.

     

    This contest would fast and furious for the Chicago Blackhawks and would end the first period with a 3-1 lead, thanks to goals from Brandon Saad and Patrick Kane with the third goal credited to Jonathan Toews.  The third goal would be due to Washington Capitals Dmitry Orlov hitting the puck into his own net.

     

    The second period would get very chippy in the first six minutes of gameplay with six penalties being duelled out within 45 seconds.  Washington would try to get shots in but nothing would hit in the second period, aside from Dmitry Orlov’s goal.  Alex DeBrincat would score for Chicago, making the score 4-2 at the end of the second period.

     

    The third period is when Washington would turn on the jets to make a full comeback and came within a goal to make the contest 5-4, but the comeback would not be enough as Chicago would score three more goals.

     

    Jonathan Toews would score three goals in the contest, giving him his second hat trick on the season.

     

    With an assist from Chicago’s Patrick Kane, he now has sole possession of third place in terms of assists all-time in the long and storied history of the Blackhawks franchise.

    Toews would have his third game in which he registered at least five points in a game.

     

    TXHT has your full recap of the contest at the following page.

     

     

    NY ISLANDERS 3, Anaheim 0

     

    The Metropolitan Division-leading NY Islanders faced off against the slumping Anaheim Ducks and would go on to win this contest 3-0.  With this win by the Islanders, they have now won their last five contests.

     

    This would also be the second consecutive shutout that the Islanders would have in this contest.

     

    VANCOUVER 3, Detroit 2

    Vancouver Canucks rookie phenom Elias Pettersson would return to action in this game and would record one goal and one assist to help lift the Canucks past the Detroit Red Wings by the score of 3-2.

     

    https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1087139719245230081

     

     

     

     

    Arizona 4, TORONTO 2

    Carolina 7, EDMONTON 4

    Edmonton Oilers Leon Drasital would score two goals for his team but that would not be enough as the Oilers would fall to the Carolina Hurricanes by the score of 7-4.

    For Carolina, the scoring would be often.  Nino Niederreiter would have two goals in the contest and Hurricanes phenom Sebastian Aho would find the score sheet three times with three assists in the start of a road trip for Carolina.  Carolina’s Jaccob Slavin would have three assists of his own in this contest.

     

     

    There are only four games in action today in the NHL.  The first game starts at 3 p.m. with the Nashville Predators visiting the Colorado Avalanche.

     

     

     

     

    NWHL

     

    In NWHL action yesterday, the Minnesota Whitecaps would close out the home portion of the regular season schedule with a win over the Connecticut Whale, sweeping the weekend series.

    The Minnesota Whitecaps would go to throttle the Connecticut Whale by the score of 9-0 in front of another sold-out crowd at TRIA Rink.

    Minnesota’s Jonna Curtis would lead all skaters for the Whitecaps with a goal and three assists in the contest and would once again tie all NWHL skaters for most points on the season.  Curtis has 17 points on the season thus far.

    Kendall Coyne Schofield had two goals and an assist in the contest and Katie McGovern would have two goals of her own.

    Allie Thunstrom would also have a tally and a helper while Emma Stauber had two assists.

    Kalli Funk would go on to net her first career NWHL goal.

    Whitecaps goaltender Julie Friend picked up the shutout in her first career start, recording 18 saves.

    For the Whale, star Meeri Räisänen would leave in the second period due to a collision and Laura Brennan would replace her in net.  Brennan would have 11 saves on 18 attempts while Räisänen had 21 saves on 23 attempts before she had to depart the contest.

    Games coming up for the Connecticut Whale:

    • February 2nd, 2019: at Boston Pride
    • February 24th, 2019: vs. Boston Pride
    • March 2nd, 2019: vs. Buffalo Beauts
    • March 3rd, 2019: vs.  Minnesota Whitecaps

     

    Games coming up for the Minnesota Whitecaps:

    • March 2nd, 2019: at Boston Pride
    • March 3rd, 2019: at Connecticut Whale

     

     

     

     

  • 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 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 9th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    Yesterday there were 11 games in action.

     

    BOSTON 4, Minnesota 0

    Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask would register his 250th career win as well as his 42nd career shutout.  Rask is two wins shy of tying the franchise record for wins by a goaltender, currently held by Tiny Thompson.

     

    Minnesota @ Boston: Game Summary

     

    BUFFALO 5, New Jersey 1

    New Jersey @ Buffalo: Game Summary

     

    Carolina 4, NY ISLANDERS 3

    There would be four different goal scorers for the Carolina Hurricanes in their 4-3 win over the New York Islanders last night.

     

    Carolina @ NY Islanders: Game Summary

     

    PITTSBURGH 5, Florida 1

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would end up scoring two shorthanded goals in this contest  in the second period en route to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers last night.

    Penguins C Sidney Crosby would score his 20th goal on the season and with that goal, Crosby has scored at least 20 goals in 12 seasons on his career.

     

    Florida’s Aaron Ekblad would score the lone goal for the Panthers and when he did, he would become the top goal scorer among defenceman in Panthers history.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1082830340610314242

     

    Florida @ Pittsburgh: Game Summary

     

    Montreal 3, DETROIT 2

    With Montreal’s 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings last night, this would mark the second straight win for the Canadiens over the Red Wings.

     

    Montreal @ Detroit: Game Summary

     

    TAMPA BAY 4, Columbus 0

    Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov would become the first player to reach 70 points in the first 43 games of a season since Jaromir Jagr in the 1999-2000 season, who did that in 38 games played.

     

    Columbus @ Tampa Bay: Game Summary

     

    WASHINGTON 5, Philadelphia 3

    The Washington Capitals would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 to notch their first win at home in the year 2019.

    Between both teams, there would be the 27th instance in League history when the Capitals and Flyers would score two goals in four seconds or less.

     

    TJ Oshie would register his 200th NHL goal in this contest when he scored at the 9:19 mark in the second period.

    TXHT has your full recap of the contest between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals at the following page.

    Philadelphia @ Washington: Game Summary

     

     

    Dallas 3, ST. LOUIS 1

    Stars Tyler Seguin would score two goals and goaltender Ben Bishop would have 26 saves in the contest as they would take down the St. Louis Blues by the score of 3-1.

    Over the last four games, Seguin has registered three, two-goal contests.

    Dallas’ Miro Heiskanen registered his 20th point on the season in the contest and marked the fifth time in the past six seasons in which multiple teenage defenceman have had at least 20+ points in a season.

    Despite outshooting the Stars 27-17, St. Louis would not be able to mount the comeback.

     

    Dallas @ St. Louis: Game Summary

     

     

    WINNIPEG 7, Colorado 4

    In the Winnipeg Jets 7-4 win, there would be seven different goal scorers in the contest.

     

    Colorado @ Winnipeg: Game Summary

     

     

    VEGAS 4, NY Rangers 2

    Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would get the win for the Golden Knights, who went on to win their seventh straight contest.

    Fleury has not had a regulation loss in his last 12 games played and has posted a 9-0-3 record.

    NY Rangers @ Vegas: Game Summary

     

    SAN JOSE 7, Edmonton 2

     

    Edmonton @ San Jose: Game Summary

     

     

    Today there are three games on the NHL schedule

     

  • 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!!!