Tag: Brent Burns

  • WCF Game 4 Recap – San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues

    WCF Game 4 Recap – San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues

    San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues

    Game 4 – SJ Leads 2-1

     

    Game Recap:

    Going into Game 4 the St. Louis Blues come into their home barn with a chip on their shoulder after how Game 3 ended in overtime in the San Jose Sharks favor, and it wouldn’t take long either for the Blues as Ivan Barbashev would get the puck on net and past Martin Jones to make it 1-0 35 seconds into the game. Then later in the period on their second powerplay opportunity the Blues would strike again as Justin Braun would inadvertently kick the puck between Jones’ legs to give the Blues a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    Going into the second period both teams would share opportunities, and also featuring a Sharks powerplay that they could not do anything with. Both teams would get some godd chances at both ends, but the game would remain 2-0 going into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period it would be special teams striking again, but this time for the Sharks as Brent Burns would bomb a shot through Jordan Binnington and Tomas Hertl would tap the puck in to make it 2-1 on the powerplay. Then in the final two minutes of the game the Sharks would pull Jones for the extra attacker and they would force great pressure in the Blues zone, but the Blues would withstand the surge and take Game 4 2-1 to tie the series at two games a piece.

     

    Lineups:

    San Jose Sharks:

    Timo Meier — Logan Couture – Gustav Nyquist

    Evander Kane — Tomas Hertl — Joe Pavelski

    Melker Karlsson — Joe Thornton — Kevin Labanc

    Marcus Sorensen — Barclay Goodrow — Joonas Donskoi

    Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Brent Burns

    Brenden Dillon — Erik Karlsson

    Joakim Ryan — Justin Braun

    Martin Jones

    Aaron Dell

    Scratched: Micheal Haley, Dylan Gambrell, Tim Heed, Lukas Radil, Radim Simek, Antti Suomela

     

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen

    Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Carl Gunnarsson — Robert Bortuzzo

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Chris ButlerVille Husso

    Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Blues Goal – :35 – Ivan Barbashev (1) from unassisted

    Sharks Penalty- 5:09 – Brenden Dillon 2 minutes for Holding

    Sharks Penalty – 17:44 – Timo Meier 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blues PPG – 17:53 – Tyler Bozak (4) from Pat Maroon (4) and Vladimir Tarasenko (3)

     

    End of 1st – SJ – 0       STL – 2

    Shots              09                10

    Faceoffs         11                09

    Hits               11                  15

    PP                 0/0                 1/2

     

    Second Period:

    Blues Penalty – 5:41 – Sammy Blais 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blues Penalty – 8:24 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Roughing

    Sharks Penalty – 8:24 – Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 2nd – SJ – 0        STL – 2

    Shots               20                 18

    Faceoffs          18                 18

    Hits                 14                  24

    PP                   0/1                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Sharks Penalty – 4:35 – Brenden Dillon 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues Penalty – 6:01 – Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Interference

    Sharks PPG – Tomas Hertl (10) from Brent Burns (11) and Erik Karlsson (14)

    Blues Penalty – 9:52 – Ivan Barbashev 2 minutes for Tripping

    Sharks Penalty – 12:33 – Bench (Kevin Labanc) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

     

    End of 3rd – SJ – 1         STL – 2

    Shots              30                   22

    Faceoffs        27                    32

    Hits               15                     29

    PP                 1/3                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2

     

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  • Western Conference Finals Preview – St. Louis Blues v. San Jose Sharks

    Western Conference Finals Preview – St. Louis Blues v. San Jose Sharks

    After a wild seven game series with the Dallas Stars, the Blues emerged victorious. Saturday, they continue their inexorable march to the Cup against the San Jose Sharks. Before breaking down the series, I’ll have to admit (though often considered a sacrilegious act to hockey fans), that I am a baseball fan and ardent supporter of the St. Louis Cardinals. As such, I noticed a quite interesting parallel between the World Series of 2011 against a Dallas-based team and the second round series with the Stars. Each series had game winners in this order: STL, DAL, STL, DAL, DAL, STL, STL.

    So, instead of recalling the vituperative memories of the last time the Blues and Sharks played in the playoffs, let’s focus on the last time the STL and SF baseball teams played for a premonition:

    Oh. Right.

    Anyway, back to the better sport – the Blues and Sharks finished the regular season with similar point totals, though the Sharks finished two points ahead with 101 and will start the series at home.

    The two teams met three times during the season, with the Blues going 1-1-1, including a 4-0 win and 4-0 loss in November (which, as we’ve seen before, does not really matter because that was before the team learned how to play hockey), as well as a 3-2 overtime loss, in a game without Vladimir Tarasenko.

    Like with any series, there are a number of factors that could be ‘keys to the series’, but quite honestly, there really is only one important one – Martin Jones. Jones is about as bad as Ben Bishop is good, so if the Blues cannot win this series, and score a fair amount of goals, it is completely on them. Though San Jose sports Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson on defense, neither is particularly adept at defense these days. Since Burns, Karlsson, Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl, and Logan Couture are quite skillful offensively, the Blues simply need to play as strong of a game defensively as they did in game 7 against Dallas, and bide their time until they get their offensive chances.

    To put how mediocre Jones is in perspective, let’s compare him to the much maligned Jake Allen, who absolutely was not good for the Blues during the season and a major reason for their stodgy start to the here. According to NaturalStatTrick, Martin Jones has a save percentage of .896, while Allen’s is .905. Allen has a GSAA of -5.91, while Jones has an astounding -22.87. GSAA is a metric that basically measures goals saved above average. While -5.91 isn’t great, it’s much better than -22. The only part where Jones beats Allen is in High Danger Save Percentage, with a paltry .806 to .796 edge.

    Of course more goes into an evaluation of a goalie than simply his raw stats, most notably team defense, but at minimum we can conclude that San Jose is not good at keeping the puck out of their own net, and Jones himself is not good when facing high danger shots. If the Blues do not score against Jones, the last thing anyone should be doing is valorizing him, because in all likelihood it will be the shooters that are taking bad shots, as opposed to Jones making great and timely saves.

    That’s basically it. Score goals. Just score goals. Play solid defense. And, above all else, don’t throw the puck in your own net:

    Blues in 6.

  • Game Recap-Round 2: Game 6 Colorado Avalanche v.s            San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Round 2: Game 6 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    Tonight is a very important game between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. San Jose can clinch the series while Colorado can force a winner takes all Game 7. The first period of this game future no scoring between these two teams. The Avs were able to generate more scoring chances than the Sharks, but weren’t able to capitalize on them. The first period would remain scoreless.

    The second period saw both the Avalanche & Sharks trade goals. Colorado would strike first on a Tyson Jost goal from a feed from JT Compher on a 2 on 1. Marc Edourd-Vlasic would tie the game as he came towards the net and wristed in the rebound off goalie Phillip Grubauer. JT Compher would fire one past Sharks goalie Martin Jones from inside the blue line through traffic. The lead was short lived as Brent Burns would receive a pass from Erik Karlsson and fire it in the net to tie the game. After two periods, the score would be tied 2-2.

    In the third period, Colorado and San Jose would trade goals as each team would head into overtime. San Jose would tie the game on Marc Edourd-Vlasic’s second goal of the game at the 17:32 mark. In overtime, Gabriel Landeskog would be the hero as he scored the game winner in front of the net. Colorado now forces a game 7 on Wednesday night in San Jose.

     

    Line Ups:

    Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks

     

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

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    Overtime Highlights:

     

    Final Stats:  COL- 4   SJ-3

    Shots:             26          22

    Hits:               31           24

    Face Offs:     52.9       47.1

    Power Play:  0/3         0/1

     

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  • Game Recap- Round 2 – Game 2: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap- Round 2 – Game 2: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    Tonight resumes play of this best of 7 series between the Colorado Avalanche & San Jose Sharks. The Sharks previously won game one on Friday night by a score of 5-2 to take an early 1-0 series lead. In the first. San Jose would get on the scoreboard first as Evander Kane would put in the rebound off a Brent Burns shot from the point in front of the net. That would be the only goal for the first period. San Jose Sharks will take a 1-0 lead after the first period.

    In the second period, the Avalanche score twice to take the lead. The Avs first goal came off of a deflection by Gabriel Landeskog on a shot from the point by Tyson Barrie. Colorado’s second goal came from Tyson Barrie as he skated towards the right circle and blasted it past Sharks Goalie Martin Jones. At the end of two periods, the Colorado Avalanche would take a 2-1 leading going into the third period.

    Colorado would add onto their lead in the third period. Matt Nieto added his third goal of the playoffs. Nieto put the puck in the back of the net on his backhand on a very gritty type of effort. However, San Jose would get back to within one goal as Brent Burns lifted the puck over Avalanche goalie Phillip Grubauer’s glove hand. The Avalanche would add an empty net goal by Nathan MacKinnon. Except, San Jose got back within one on a Power Play goal by Brent Burns with ten seconds left in the game. Unfortunately, it was too late for the Sharks to tie the game up. Colorado would go onto win 4-3. The Avalanche evened up the series with the Sharks at one game a piece going into game three.

    Line Ups:

    Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks

    First Period Highlights:

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    Third Period Highlights:

    Final Stats:

    COL- 4    SJ-3

    Shot:            32          32

    Hits:             28          25

    Face Offs:  48.4%   51.6%

    Power Play: 0/2       1/3

    Next Up:

    Game 3: Tuesday April 30th, 2019 @ 10pm EST

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  • Game Recap-Round 2-Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Round 2-Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

     

    Tonight began Game 1 of the Western Conference semi-finals between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. Each team come off of recent emotional playoffs series victories in Round one over their respective opponents. In the first period the Colorado Avalanche got on the board first on a goal by Gabriel Bourque as he put in the rebound from a Cale Makar shot from the point. About a little over twelve minutes later, San Jose would tie the game on a Gustav Nyquist goal as he put in the loose puck in the back of the net. After the first period, the game would be tied 1-1.

    Colorado would start off the scoring in the second period as Colin Wilson deflected in yet another goal on a set play pass from Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon on the Power Play. However, San Jose would go on to take over the rest of the game. San Jose would get goals from Joe Thornton, Kevin LeBlanc, Brett Burns, & would add an empty net goal in the third period by Timo Meier. San Jose would win Game 1 by a final score of 5-2 and take the early series advantage of 1-0. These two teams face off again Sunday night at 7:30 pm eastern standard time!

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

    Final Stats:  COL-2  SJ-5

    Shots:              28       27

    Hits:                28        26

    Face Offs:      50%     50%

    Power Play:  1/3       0/1

     

    Next Up:

    San Jose leads the series 1-0

    *Game 2: Sunday April 28th, 2019 @ 7:30pm EST

     

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  • January 8th, 2019  —  News and Notes

    January 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 and these are your news and notes

     

    There were five games in action last night.

     

    Nashville 4, TORONTO 0

    Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne would have an 18 save performance and Toronto’s goaltender Michael Hutchinson would have a 28 save performance on 32 attempts.

    TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your full recap of the contest at the following link.

    Nashville Predators vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 01/07/2019 – Game Day Preview and Recap

     

    St. Louis 3, PHILADELPHIA 0

     

    St. Louis Blues goaltender in this game, Jordan Binnington, would become the 35th different goalie in NHL history to record a shutout in his first career NHL start and the second to have a shutout in a debut joining Rich Parent back on January 26th, 1999.

     

    Minnesota 1, MONTREAL 0

    In a very ugly and penalty-filled game, the Minnesota Wild would go on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens by the score of 1-0.

    Minnesota’s Nick Seeler would be assessed a two-minute instigator, a five-minute major for fighting, as well as a 10-minute misconduct penalty and Montreal’s Kenny Agostino would be duelled out a five minute major for interference, a five minute major for fighting, as well as a 10-minute game misconduct penalty.

     

    This major chain of events came off of the two-minute interference penalty when Agostino was called for interference on Minnesota’s Eric Fehr.

     

    With the Wild’s win, this would be Devan Dubnyk’s second shutout on the season and the 38th for his career.

    Also with this win, this would be Minnesota’s ninth consecutive win against the Canadiens, matching franchise records for longest win streaks against an opponent.

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1082473382162169858

     

     

    Calgary 4, CHICAGO 3

    Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau would have a two-goal performance, continuing his hot streak and help the Flames take down the Chicago Blackhawks by the score of 4-3.

    The Flames would also become the first team to have four players with at least 50 points in their first 45 games of a season since the 1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins with Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Toms Sandstrom.

     

    Chicago’s goalscorers would be Patrick Kane with his 24th goal on the season, Alex DeBrincat with his 20th goal of the season and Brandon Saad would score on the power play late in the third period with his 12th goal of the season, however that would not be enough as the Blackhawks would fall 4-3.

     

    SAN JOSE 3, Los Angeles 1

    San Jose Sharks D Erik Karlsson would register an assist in his 13th consecutive game and would be one of only six other players to do so.  Karlsson would go on to have three assists in the contest.

    The San Jose Sharks would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Kings last night by the score of 3-1.

    In NHL News…

     

    Yesterday the NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week (week ending January 6th)

    The first star went to Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau, who had an 11 point week in four games played.  Included was a back-to-back four-point performance which had not happened for a Flames player since Doug Gilmour back in November of 1988.

    The second star of the week went to San Jose Sharks Brent Burns.  Burns had a nine-point week across three multi-point outings over the weeks and leads the NHL among all defenceman for points with 47 points in 43 games played.

     

    The third star of the week would go to New York Islanders goaltender Robin Lehner.  Lehner would go 3-0-0 during the week and has a record of 7-0-0 since December 18th.  Lehner would become the fourth different Islanders goaltender to have a personal win streak of at least seven games and is the first the 2014-15 season when Jaroslav Halak had a similar mark.

     

     

    NWHL

     

    This week the NWHL announced co-players of the week.  Buffalo Beauts goaltender Shannon Szabados and Metropolitan Riveters Madison Packer were named the VEDA Co-Players of the Week.

    Szabados had a 30 save performance in the Beauts 5-0 shutout win over the Boston Pride on Saturday.  That contest was scoreless for the first 25 minutes until Buffalo opened up the scoring.  Szabados would also go on to have miraculous saves in the contest.

    Packer, in Sunday’s contest against the Connecticut Whale, had one goal and three assists to close out the regular-season series between the Riveters and Whale.  The Riveters had a six-goal outburst in the contest to give Metropolitan a 6-3 win.  Packer, a four-year veteran of the NWHL, led the league in goals last season and she will be playing in the NWHL All-Star Game next month in Nashville.

     

  • January 3rd, 2019  —  News and Notes

    January 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Thursday, January 3rd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were six games on tap last night.

     

    Calgary 5, DETROIT 3

     

     

    Calgary’s Johnny Gaudreau would have one goal and three assists and with that he became the third different player to have at least four points in consecutive team games in the Flames win over the Red Wings.

     

    Pittsburgh 7, NY RANGERS 2

     

    For the Pittsburgh Penguins, Center Sidney Crosby would have his fifth consecutive multi-point game with one goal and one assist.  With the Penguins win, they would extend the longest active win streak in the NHL at seven contests.

     

     

    Vancouver 4, OTTAWA 3 (OT)

    Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson would register a hat trick in the Canucks 4-3 win at Ottawa.  Pettersson would seal the hat trick at the 1:38 mark in the overtime frame.

    Pettersson would also net his seventh game-winner on the season and set a new Canucks single-season record for game winners by a rookie.

     

     

    DALLAS 5, New Jersey 4

    Dallas’ Tyler Seguin would go on to have a two goal performance as the Dallas Stars would go on to defeat the New Jersey Devils by the score of 5-4 in Dallas, Texas last night.

     

    Also for the Stars, Dallas D Miro Heiskanen would have himself a two goal performance as well and would set a new franchise mark for most points as a teenage defenceman in the long and storied history of the Dallas Stars/Minnesota North Stars.

     

    San Jose 5, COLORADO 4

    The San Jose Sharks would go on to defeat the Colorado Avalanche last night by the score of 5-4.  Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski each recorded four points and became the first set of Sharks teammates to have a four point night since October 27, 2010.

     

    Edmonton 3, ARIZONA 1

    Edmonton’s Connor McDavid recorded the fastest instance of an Oiler reaching the 60-point mark since Mark Messier achieved the same mark in the 1989-90 season.

     

    In NHL news…

    -The NHL All-Star game rosters were announced last night as well as the NHL All-Star Last Men In ballot.

    You can check out both of those articles at the following links.

     

    2019 NHL All Star Teams are Announced

    NHL All Star Last Men In Nominees Announced

     

    -The NHL announced the Three Stars of the Month for December yesterday afternoon.

     

    The First Star went to Tampa Bay Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov.

     

    The Second Star went to Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau

    Finally, the Third Star would go to Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid

     

    -Also yesterday, the NHL announced that Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson has been named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for the month of December.

     

    -Monday afternoon the NHL announced the Three Stars of the week (week ending December 30th)

     

    -During the NHL’s Winter Classic on Tuesday afternoon, the NHL announced the 2019 Heritage Classic, 2020 NHL Winter Classic, 2020 NHL All-Star Game, and the 2020 NHL Stadium Series details.

     

    The 2019 NHL Heritage Classic will take place on October 26th, 2019 in Regina, Saskatchewan and will feature the Winnipeg Jets hosting the Calgary Flames at Mosaic Stadium.  This will be the second Heritage Classic for both teams.

     

    On January 1st, 2020, the NHL’s annual Winter Classic will head south for the first time ever.  The Dallas Stars will host the 2020 Winter Classic at the historic Cotton Bowl  in Dallas, Texas.  The opponent for next year’s Winter Classic will be announced at a later date.

     

    The 2020 NHL All-Star Game festivities will take place January 24-26, 2020 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri.  This will be the first time that the St. Louis Blues have hosted the NHL All-Star Game since 1988.

     

     

    Finally to conclude the key events for the 2019-2020 season, the Colorado Avalanche will host the 2020 NHL Stadium Series at the Air Force Academy with an opponent to be named later.  The 2020 NHL Stadium Series will take place on February 15th, 2020 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

     

     

    -Elliotte Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada released his “31 Thoughts” article yesterday and you can check out that article at the following page.

     

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1080508274271637504

     

     

    Today there are eight games on the schedule and it kicks off with the Minnesota Wild at the Toronto Maple Leafs and that game starts today at 2 p.m., ET.

  • 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.

     

  • News and Notes: October 24th, 2018

    These are your news and notes for Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

    There were eight games in action last night…

    • In a matchup of two of the highest-scoring player the last three seasons, Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins faced off against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.Sidney Crosby netted the game winner in overtime to take down Edmonton 6-5. This contest would also feature a tie five times throughout the game.

      Crosby scored his first two goals of the season and would also net his first goals in a head-to-head matchup. Pittsburgh is 5-0-0 against Edmonton since the start of the 2016-17 season.

      In this contest, Crosby would also register the 14th career regular-season overtime goal, tying Los Angeles Kings Ilya Kovalchuk for second-most by an active player. Both trail Alex Ovechkin, who has 22.

      This contest would also make it the third time this season to feature five tying goals and the second involving the Penguins.

    • David Pastrnak and the Boston Bruins defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-1.Pastrnak would score two goals and two assists and would be only the sixth player in Bruins history to score at least 10 goals in the teams first nine games to start the season. Phil Esposito has the team record to start a season with 14 goals and did that in 10 games to start the 1973-74 season.

      Patrice Bergeron and Pastrnak became the 15th and 16th different players to record at least 15 points or more in the first nine games of a season in franchise history.

    • Montreal Canadiens G Carey Price reached a tie for second place in franchise history for wins by a goaltender when the Canadiens defeated the Calgary Flames 3-2.Price is now tied with Hall of Famer Patrick Roy at 289.

      Price registered 21 saves in the contest.

      For more on this contest, TXHT and Last Word on Sports Armand Kilsvitch has your game recap here.

    • The San Jose Sharks had five different goalscorers as they took down the Nashville Predators 5-4.With the Sharks win, the Predators win streak at five has been snapped. Down by two goals with less than 10 to play, San Jose would score three times. Brent Burns would net the game winner with less than three minutes to play in regulation.

      Burns, who has points in the last six games, registered the 34th game-winner of his career.

    • Arizona Coyotes Christian Fischer achieved his first career hat trick as they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets by a score of 4-1.Fischer’s hat trick is the 11th to occur thus far on the season.

    Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):

    • NY RANGERS 5, Florida 2
    • Arizona 4, COLUMBUS 1
    • MONTREAL 3, Calgary 2
    • Boston 4, OTTAWA 1
    • San Jose 5, NASHVILLE 4
    • CHICAGO 3, Anaheim 1
    • DALLAS 4, Los Angeles 2
    • Pittsburgh 6, EDMONTON 5 (OT)

    There are four games taking place tonight:

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    Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations

    For other notes on yesterday’s contests..

    In NHL news…

    • The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced that Ottawa Senators Mark Borowiecki will have a hearing today for his elbowing penalty on Boston’s Urho Vaakanainen last night.
    • The New York Islanders announced today that their contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 28th, 2019 has been moved from Barclays Center to Nassau Coliseum.

     

     

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