Today is Thursday, December 20th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.
There were two contests last night in the NHL.
- Pittsburgh 2, WASHINGTON 1
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby recorded his 23rd multi-point game against the Capitals in their second third match-up of the season and would lift the Penguins past Washington with the 2-1 win last night at Capital One Arena.
Crosby has more multi-point games against the Islanders and the Flyers than he does against the Capitals.
Sidney Crosby recorded his 23rd multi-point game against the Capitals Wednesday. The @penguins captain has only registered more multi-point outings against the Islanders (33) and Flyers (32). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/LdbLeBn6bX
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 20, 2018
Penguins goaltender registered 31 saves in the contest against the Capitals and has six career wins against the Capitals and is tied for the most wins with Columbus.
Matt Murray made 31 saves to earn his sixth career win vs. WSH (6-4-0), tied for his highest total against any team (6-1-1 vs. CBJ). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/tFdxxgFq1g
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 20, 2018
With his multi-point game, Crosby now has 344 on his career. He is 36 behind Joe Thornton for the most among active NHL players.
Sidney Crosby trails only Joe Thornton (380) for the most multi-point performances among active NHL players. #NHLStats #PITvsWSH pic.twitter.com/2AGzK3opI6
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 20, 2018
POSTGAME NOTEBOOK: Pens 2, #Caps 1 – A slew of Caps streaks are stopped in Wednesday loss to Pens, power play comes up empty on five tries, more: https://t.co/ek0NDjIR65
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) December 20, 2018
TXHT has your full recap of the contest between the Capitals and the Penguins at the following page.
Game Recap – 12/19/2018 – Pittsburgh Penguins v. Washington Capitals
- COLORADO 2, Montreal 1
With Colorado’s win over the Montreal Canadiens, Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, and Gabriel Landeskog have a combined 155 points thus far on the season.
The total is 25 higher than the Tampa Bay Lightning’s trio of Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, and Braden Point.
Gabriel Landeskog would go on to score the game-winner in this contest, his seventh on the season. With that seventh game-winning goal, Landeskog leads all players this season, and it is the most game-winners thus far in his career.
Gabriel Landeskog scored his League-leading seventh game-winning goal of the season, the highest total of his NHL career. #NHLStats #MTLvsCOL pic.twitter.com/q5Pnt6Je7F
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) December 20, 2018
Tonight’s schedule of contests:
For the Toronto Maple Leafs, check out TXHT’s Gameday Preview of the contest between the Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers.
The Gameday Preview was written by TXHT’s Maple Leafs writer, Steve Gardiner.
Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 20/12/2018 – Game Day Preview
In NHL News…
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada released his weekly “31 Thoughts” article, which you can read below.
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1075816445810946048
In the NWHL….
Today the 2018 NWHL Draft concluded with rounds 3-5.
Below are the results from all five teams.
The @Riveters took five forwards in the 2018 #NWHLDraft! pic.twitter.com/QVjalYnphj
— PHF (@PHF) December 20, 2018
The @CTWhale_NWHL selected players with Connecticut connections and teammates from @MerrimackWIH in the 2018 #NWHLDraft! pic.twitter.com/sRTONFokdV
— PHF (@PHF) December 20, 2018
The @BuffaloBeauts picked up some fire power in the #2018NWHLDraft! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/YxC5oOk6B2
— PHF (@PHF) December 20, 2018
Sensing a Minnesota trend in these @WhitecapsHockey picks from the 2018 #NWHLDraft… #StateofHockey pic.twitter.com/JxHPq53sjV
— PHF (@PHF) December 20, 2018
In the 2018 #NWHLDraft, @TheBostonPride selected players at every position, including the only goalie drafted! pic.twitter.com/r48HgRCvoa
— PHF (@PHF) December 20, 2018
