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  • Game Recap – 3/24/19 – Philadelphia Flyers v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 3/24/19 – Philadelphia Flyers v. Washington Capitals

    Philadelphia Flyers (36-31-8 80pts) v. Washington Capitals (43-24-8 94pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Washington Capitals host the Philadelphia Flyers for an NBC matinee in their final meeting of the regular season. Early in the first period it would be the Capitals scorimg first as an Alex Ovechkin pass would be deflected to Nick Jensen who would shoot it from the point with Tom Wilson deflecting it past Briam Elliott for the 1-0 lead. The Capitals wouldvgain two powerplay opportunities, but would not be able to use them to build on their 1-0 lead going into the intermission.

     

    In the second period it would be the Flyers dominating the play against the Capitals for the first half of the period, but it would be the Capitals who would strike once again with a deflection in front of the net this time Travis Boyd deflecting Matt Niskanen’s point shot. However, the Capitals would continuously go to the penalty box, and the third time would be the charm as Jakub Voracek would score for the Flyers on their third powerplay opportunity on a TJ Oshie holding call.

     

    In the third period, it would be a tightly contested affair, but a Jakub Vrana breakaway courtesy of Brett Connolly would ice the game for the Capitals as they would sweep the regular season series with a 3-1 victory over the Flyers.

     

    Lineups:

    Philadelphia Flyers:

    Oskar Lindblom — Sean Couturier — Jakub Voracek

    James van Riemsdyk — Nolan Patrick — Claude Giroux

    Michael Raffl — Scott Laughton — Travis Konecny

    Justin Bailey — Corban Knight — Ryan Hartman

    Ivan Provorov — Travis Sanheim

    Shayne Gostisbehere — Philippe Myers

    Robert Hagg — Radko Gudas

    Brian Elliott

    Carter Hart

    Scratched: Cam Talbot, Andrew MacDonald, Samuel Morin, Phil Varone

    Injured: Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin – Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Andre Burakovsky — Nic Dowd — Travis Boyd

    Christian Djoos — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Brooks Orpik — Nick Jensen

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Chandler Stephenson, Tyler Lewington

    Injured: Michal Kempny (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 3:52 – Tom Wilson (22) from Nick Jensen (16) and Alex Ovechkin (36)

    Flyers Penalty – 7:18 – James van Riemsdyk 2 minutes for Interference

    Flyers Penalty – 14:22 – Justin Bailey 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 1st – PHI – 0       WAS – 1

    Shots              11                11

    Faceoffs         13                04

    Hits               05                  02

    PP                 0/0                 0/2

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Penalty – :29 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Goal  – 10:47 – Travis Boyd (5) from Matt Niskanen (16) and Nic Dowd (14)

    Capitals Penalty – 13:22 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals Penalty – 16:51 – TJ Oshie 2 minutes for Holding

    Flyers PPG – 17:10 – Jakub Voracek (20) from unassisted

     

    End of 2nd – PHI – 1        WAS – 2

    Shots               31                 18

    Faceoffs          25                 14

    Hits                 11                  12

    PP                   1/3                  0/2

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 3:25 – Brooks Orpik 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Goal – 8:07 – Jakub Vrana (22) from Brett Connolly (23)

     

    End of 3rd – PHI – 1         WAS – 3

    Shots              36                   30

    Faceoffs        38                    22

    Hits               16                     22

    PP                 1/4                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (44-24-8 96pts) v. Carolina (41-26-7 89pts)

    Philadelphia (36-32-8 80pts) v. Toronto (44-25-6 94pts)

  • TXHT Podcast – 3/16/19

    TXHT Podcast – 3/16/19

    The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans!

     

    Audio Version:

     

    This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs writer Steve Gardiner.

     

    Michael and Steve talk about an array of topics going on in the world of hockey including a preview of the NWHL Isobel Cup Championship Game between the Minnesota Whitecaps and the Buffalo Beauts.

     

    Also amongst the topics discussed on the show, Michael and Steve talk about the Morgan Reilly situation, and how poorly it was handled by the media and the fans. Plus they discuss the current states of the Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs, How Tom Wilson is doing, and the questionable decisions by the Department of Player Safety.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Saturday, March 16th, 2019

    Opening Music: “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

     

    Have a question you want answered on the show? Ask us! Comment on here or on one of our Social Media outlets, and we’ll answer it.

  • 2019 NHL Stadium Series Recap – 2/23/2019 – Pittsburgh Penguins v. Philadelphia Flyers

    2019 NHL Stadium Series Recap – 2/23/2019 – Pittsburgh Penguins v. Philadelphia Flyers

    Pittsburgh Penguins (32-22-7 71pts) v. Philadelphia Flyers (28-26-7 63pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The 2019 Stadium Series has arrived to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and the Flyers would cough up the puck in their own zone and it would be Sidney Crosby scoring to give the Pittsburgh Penguins the early 1-0 lead. However, the Flyers would respond when Sean Couturier would walk right up the slot to make it a 1-1 game. Then we would have some fireworks after a very clean hit by Wayne Simmonds on Brian Dumoulin.

     

    The second period would see the Flyers buzzing in the Penguins zone, but would not be able to convert. Especially after Jack Johnson kneed Nolan Patrick to give the Flyers the first powerplay of the game, which should have been a 5 minute major and a game misconduct, the Flyers would continue to buzz despite not capitalizing on the powerplay. Then Justin Schultz would blast a shot past Brian Elliott to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead.

     

    The Flyers would start the third period with some jump in their step again, but still would be stone walled by Matt Murray and the lack of whistles from the officials (another story for another day). However, the Penguins would benefit for a very fortunate bounce as an Evgeni Malkin shot would take a flukey bounce off of Elliott’s skate and in to give the Penguins a 3-1 lead. Then later in the period James van Reimsdyk would crash the net and bat in the rebound to cut the deficit to one on the powerplay. And then with 20 seconds left in regulation Jakub Voracek would shoot the puck on a bad angle and beat Murray to tie the game at three and send the game to overtime.

     

    In overtime it had a vibe that the Penguins were going to win it with the mistakes the Flyers were making, but it would be Claude Giroux who would score the game winner two minutes into overtime to cap off the Flyers comeback victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Pittsburgh Penguins:

    Jake Guentzel — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust

    Zach Aston-Reese — Evgeni Malkin — Phil Kessel

    Jared McCann — Nick Bjugstad — Patric Hornqvist

    Tanner Pearson — Matt Cullen — Dominik Simon

    Brian Dumoulin — Kris Letang

    Jack Johnson — Justin Schultz

    Marcus Pettersson — Chad Ruhwedel

    Matt Murray

    Casey DeSmith

    Scratched: Garrett Wilson, Juuso Riikola, Teddy Blueger

    Injured: Olli Maatta (upper body)

     

    Philadelphia Flyers:

    Claude Giroux — Nolan Patrick — Travis Konecny

    Oskar Lindblom — Sean Couturier — Jakub Voracek

    Michael Raffl — Scott Laughton — Wayne Simmonds

    James van Riemsdyk — Phil Varone — Justin Bailey

    Ivan Provorov — Travis Sanheim

    Shayne Gostisbehere — Philippe Myers

    Robert Hagg — Andrew MacDonald

    Brian Elliott

    Cam Talbot

    Scratched: Corban Knight

    Injured: Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Carter Hart (lower body)

    Suspended: Radko Gudas

     

    First Period:

    Penguins Penalty – 5:47 – Garrett Wilson 2 minutes for Roughing

    Flyers Penalty – 5:47 – Robert Hagg 2 minutes for Roughing

    Penguins Goal – 7:59 – Sidney Crosby (26) from Kris Letang (38)

    Flyers Goal – 12:06 – Sean Couturier (25) from Oskar Linblom (13) and Jakub Voracek (36)

    Flyers Penalty – 16:23 – Wayne Simmonds 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    Penguins Penalty – 16:23 – Kris Letang 2 minutes for Unsportsmalike Conduct

     

    End of 1st – PIT – 1       PHI – 1

    Shots              18                08

    Faceoffs         06                08

    Hits               09                  14

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Penguins Penalty – 1:03 – Jack Johnson 2 minutes for Tripping

    Penguins Goal – 10:01 – Justin Schultz (1) from Sidney Crosby (49) and Patric Hornqvist (12)

     

    End of 2nd – PIT – 2        PHI – 1

    Shots               30                 17

    Faceoffs          18                 20

    Hits                 26                  25

    PP                   0/0                  0/1

     

    Third Period:

    Penguins Goal – 6:29 – Evgeni Malkin (19) from Phil Kessel (42) and Zach Aston-Reese (8)

    Penguins Penalty – 14:51 – Evgeni Malkin 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Flyers Penalty – 14:51 – Robert Hagg 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Penguins Penalty – 15:40 – Matt Cullen 2 minutes for Slashing

    Flyers PPG – 16:56 – James van Reimsdyk (16) from Jakub Voracek (37) and Claude Giroux (45)

    Flyers Goal – 19:40 – Jakub Voracek (16) from Sean Couturier (33)

     

    End of 3rd – PIT – 3         PHI – 3

    Shots              40                   35

    Faceoffs        29                    37

    Hits               34                     29

    PP                 0/0                    1/2

     

    OT:

    Flyers Goal – 1:59 – Claude Giroux (18) from Nolan Patrick (12) and Travis Sanheim (19)

     

    End of OT – PIT – 3         PHI – 4

    Shots              43                   37

    Faceoffs        31                    40

    Hits               35                     30

    PP                 0/0                    1/2

     

    Next Up:

    Philadelphia (29-26-7 65pts) v. Buffalo (29-24-8 66pts)

    Pittsburgh (32-22-8 72pts) @ Columbus (35-23-3 73pts)

  • Game Recap – 1/8/2019 – Philadelphia Flyers v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 1/8/2019 – Philadelphia Flyers v. Washington Capitals

    Philadelphia Flyers (15-21-6 36pts) v. Washington Capitals (25-12-4 54pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    To start the game both the Washington Capitals and the Philadelphia Flyers would test each other out, and get a feel for the game, but it would be off a defensive zone faceoff that the Flyers would win but Jakub Vrana getting to the puck first and taking it all the way down tot he offensive zone and throwing the puck on net for Tom Wilson to tip in to get the first goal of the game. Then Andre Burakovsky would take an ill advised offensive zone penalty for hooking, but the Capitals would shut down the Flyers powerplay and prevent them from taking a shot on goal. However, the Flyers would strike back when Michal Kempny would make a bad pass out of the zone that would be picked off and lead to Jakub Voracek tying the game at 1 a piece. The period would end with game tied at one a piece, but one of the bigger points is the fact that the Flyers dominated the Capitals both in shots and in the faceoff circle. The Capitals would only generate 4 shots in the opening period.

    To start the second period, there would be a lot of back and forth between the two teams until Robert Hagg would be called for hooking against Evgeny Kuznetsov. However, on the powerplay the Capitals would not generate much with the opportunity. the Capitals would respond not that much longer as Lars Eller would let a shot of from the point that TJ Oshie would tip in front of the net to give the Capitals the lead. Then not the long after getting the lead, Vrana would cause a turnover and turn on the wheels as he does a great individual play to create a turnover and then convert it into a goal for the Capitals. The Capitals would keep the pressure going as ALex Ovechkin would draw a tripping penalty on Ivan Provorov, and the Capitals would strike in the final seconds of the powerplay as Vrana would score his second goal of the game. In the final minute of the second period, Brooks Orpik would get called for roughing which would give the Flyers a powerplay to start the third period. Biggest flaw in the Capitals game right now is in the faceoff circle as the Flyers are manhandling them in that category.

    The Capitals would start the period by killing the remainder of Orpik’s penalty, but not long after, Radko Gudas would lay a clean hit on Nic Dowd which Devante Smith=-Pelly would step up and fight Gudas. However, the Smith-Pelly would gain an additional two minutes for instigating to give the Flyers another powerplay. After the Capitals would kill off this penalty, Wilson would get called for slashing, but the Capitals would kill that one as well. Then Travis Konecny would be upset over a hit by Alex Ovechkin and would then take a slashing penalty as a result. On this powerplay, the Capitals would get some looks, but would not capitalize on the powerplay. The Flyers would respond though after a failed clearing attempt by Ovechkin as Wayne Simmonds crashed the net and was able to jam one home to cut the Capitals lead to 2. After this goal would be scored chaos would ensue as when Tom Wilson thought he had a empty net goal to seal the deal for the Capitals, it would be ruled offsides after a Coach’s Challenge, but it would also result in Shayne Gostisbehere penalty that would upset the Flyers and result in Simmonds getting a 10 minute misconduct. However, the Capitals would not be on the powerplay long as Evgeny Kuznetsov would be called for hooking, and then while 4 on 4 with the goalie pulled Claude Giroux would score to inch the Flyers closer, but then Oshie would get the empty netter to ice this win for the Capitals.

     

    Lineups:

    Philadelphia Flyers:

    Claude Giroux — Sean Couturier — Travis Konecny

    Oskar Lindblom — Nolan Patrick — Jakub Voracek

    James van Riemsdyk — Jordan Weal — Wayne Simmonds

    Michael Raffl — Scott Laughton — Dale Weise

    Ivan Provorov — Travis Sanheim

    Robert Hagg — Christian Folin

    Shayne Gostisbehere — Radko Gudas

    Mike McKenna

    Carter Hart

    Scratched: Jori Lehtera, Phil Varone

    Injured: Corban Knight (collarbone), Brian Elliott (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Andrew MacDonald (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Travis Boyd — Brett Connolly

    Chandler Stephenson — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Brooks Orpik — Jonas Siegenthaler

    Pheonix Copley

    Braden Holtby

    Scratched: Dmitrij Jaskin, Madison Bowey

    Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (illness), Christian Djoos (leg)

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Goal – 4:21 – Tom Wilson (13) from Jakub Vrana (10)

    Capitals Penalty – 5:46 – Andre Burakovsky 2 minutes for Hooking

    Flyers Goal – 9:28 – Jakub Voracek (11) from Oskar Lindblom (8)

     

    End of 1st – PHI – 1       WAS – 1

    Shots              11                04

    Faceoffs         09                05

    Hits                10                 06

    PP                 0/1                 0/0

     

    Second Period:

    Flyers Penalty – 5:24 – Robert Hagg 2 minutes for Slashing

    Capitals Goal – 9:19 – TJ Oshie (12) from Lars Eller (13) and /john Carlson (34)

    Capitals Goal – 11:22 – Jakub Vrana (13) from unassisted

    Flyers Penalty – 14:12 – Ivan Provorov 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 15:55 – Jakub Vrana (14) from Travis Boyd (8) and John Carlson (35)

    Capitals Penalty – 19:06 – Brooks Orpik 2 minutes for Roughing

     

    End of 2nd – PHI – 1        WAS – 4

    Shots               23                 17

    Faceoffs          30                 11

    Hits                 19                  09

    PP                   0/1                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Flyers Penalty – 2:04 – Radko Gudas 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 2:04 – Devante Smith-Pelly 5 minute major for Fighting

    Capitals Penalty – 2:04 – Devante Smith-Pelly (Burakovsky) 2 minutes for Roughing

    Capitals Penalty – 9:06 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Slashing

    Flyers Penalty – 13:31 – Travis Konecny 2 minutes for Slashing

    Flyers Goal – 16:33 – Wayne Simmonds (13) from Jakub Voracek (23) and Sean Couturier (15)

    Capitals ENG – 17:56 – Coaches Challenge for Offsides Successful – No Goal

    Flyers Penalty – 17:56 – Shayne Gostisbehere 2 minutes for Hooking

    Flyers Penalty – 17:56 – Wayne Simmonds 10 minute Misconduct

    Capitals Penalty – 19:28 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Hooking

    Flyers Goal – 19:53 – Claude Giroux (14) from Sean Coutrier (16) and Jakub Voracek (24)

    Capitals ENG – 19:57 – TJ Oshie (13) from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – PHI – 3         WAS – 5

    Shots              40                   26

    Faceoffs        45                    19

    Hits               23                     15

    PP                 0/4                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (26-12-4 56pts) @ Boston (25-14-4 54pts)

    Philadelphia (15-22-6 36pts) v. Dallas (23-17-4 50pts)