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Date | Match Up | Rating | Score | Result | Profit | Lead Time | Analysis |
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12-21-22 | Devils v. Panthers -132 | 4-2 | Loss | -132 | 7 h 20 m | Show | |
The New Jersey Devils are a tough team to figure. By the time the regular season ends, will their 21-4-1 start turn out to be a true reading of their talent? Or are the real Devils more in line with their current six-game losing streak? New Jersey, which fell 4-1 to the host Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, will look to end the skid when it faces the Florida Panthers on Wednesday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers beat the Devils 4-2 on Saturday in Newark, N.J. "Our group as a whole has to be better," Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. Ruff, who is fifth on the all-time NHL wins list, could be on the proverbial hot seat if the current losing streak (0-5-1) continues much longer. But perhaps the skid is a blip on the radar. Perhaps the Devils will revert back to their season-opening form, when things looked so promising for a squad led by forwards Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier. All three of those players are younger than 25. Hughes, 21, leads the team in goals (17) and points (37). Bratt has 31 points and a team-high 21 assists, and Hischier, 23, has 29 points. Dawson Mercer, 21, is fifth on the team with 18 points. |
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12-20-22 | Senators +120 v. Jets | 1-5 | Loss | -100 | 8 h 40 m | Show | |
Both the Winnipeg Jets and the visiting Ottawa Senators will try to bounce back from losses when they meet on Tuesday. Winnipeg lost 3-2 to the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, letting a 2-1 lead slip away in the third period. "We were half a step behind physically, and then mentally we complicated the game a little bit," Winnipeg coach Rick Bowness said. "When we do that, you're on your heels a little too much. ... We got it right down to the last five minutes. You hope at that point you can find a way to hang on, and we didn't." The loss comes at a time when the team has been dealing with a difficult batch of injuries. Blake Wheeler and Nate Schmidt are both out for at least a month, while there are still ongoing long-term injuries to Mason Appleton and Nikolaj Ehlers. Ottawa has been healthier but is also coming off a loss after a 4-2 setback against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. In that loss the Senators tried to rally in the third period, but an early 3-0 hole was too much to come back from against the Wild. |
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12-20-22 | Rangers +120 v. Penguins | 2-3 | Loss | -100 | 7 h 35 m | Show | |
It will be a when-last-we-met kind of game Tuesday when the Pittsburgh Penguins and visiting New York Rangers face off. This is the first meeting of the season between the Metropolitan Division foes, so it's the first rematch since the Rangers eliminated the Penguins in seven games in the first round of the playoffs last spring. The memories are likely to be fonder for New York, and not just because of the outcome. The series came down to overtime of Game 7, a 4-3 Rangers win with Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry gutting out his first game of the series on a badly injured foot. The Penguins had been forced to use three goalies in the series. Pittsburgh came away from the series pointing to one pivotal moment. The Penguins held a 2-0 lead in Game 5 when New York defenseman Jacob Trouba -- since named team captain -- knocked Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby out of the game with what many thought was a questionable hit to the head. The Rangers quickly scored three goals, won that game and Game 6 with Crosby out before clinching it in Game 7. |
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12-20-22 | Lightning v. Maple Leafs -129 | 1-4 | Win | 100 | 7 h 32 m | Show | |
The Toronto Maple Leafs hope that a return to home ice Tuesday night to play the Tampa Bay Lightning will help them regain their winning touch. After earning a standings point in 15 consecutive games (12-0-3), the Leafs suffered regulation losses to the New York Rangers and the Washington Capitals on a two-game road trip. The Lightning, meanwhile, extended their winning streak to five games on Saturday when they opened a four-game road trip with a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. With two games in hand, the third-place Lightning have pulled to within three points of the second-place Maple Leafs in the Atlantic Division, led by the Boston Bruins. "Seems like every time you look at Boston, they're winning," Maple Leafs defenseman Mark Giordano said. "That's our goal, to get to the top of our division. We were happy with the streak we were on. We have to get it back." After losing 3-1 in New York Thursday to end the team's point streak and Mitchell Marner's 23-game individual point streak, Toronto lost 5-2 at Washington on Saturday. |
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12-19-22 | Stars v. Blue Jackets +1.5 | 2-1 | Win | 100 | 3 h 45 m | Show | |
The visiting Dallas Stars will try to close out a strong road trip with another victory against the reeling Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. Dallas has picked up five out of eight points on its five-game road trip thus far, including a 5-4 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Even in defeat, the Stars showed staying power after they rallied for two goals in the third period to force overtime. "Big point, down 4-2 in the third, quite a bit of adversity all night," Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said. "I've been happy with the group." The Stars were led by Jason Robertson, who had three assists and now has 46 points in 32 games. Robertson's line, with Joe Pavelski and Roope Hintz, have been one of the best units in the NHL this season. Hintz has 35 points and Pavelski has 31. Led by that line, the Stars have the second-best record in the Western Conference and best in the Central Division with 42 points in their 32 games. Things have gone much worse in Columbus, where the Blue Jackets are last in the Eastern Conference with 22 points and have a negative-40 goal differential this season. |
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12-18-22 | Rangers -1.5 v. Blackhawks | 7-1 | Win | 115 | 7 h 20 m | Show | |
The New York Rangers rolled to their season-high sixth straight victory on Saturday, and the line of Barclay Goodrow, Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin played a major role. Panarin and Goodrow each scored and set up a goal, and Zibanejad notched two assists in a 6-3 win at Philadelphia. The trio hopes to keep clicking on Sunday night as the Rangers visit the reeling Chicago Blackhawks. Goodrow called Panarin and Zibanejad "two elite players, not only on our team but throughout the league." "The more we play together, the more chemistry we're gonna build," Goodrow said. Defenseman K'Andre Miller also had a goal and assist for the Rangers, while Jimmy Vesey scored for the second straight game. Vesey had a pair of goals in Thursday's 3-1 home victory against Toronto. |
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12-17-22 | Panthers +125 v. Devils | 4-2 | Win | 125 | 7 h 5 m | Show | |
The New Jersey Devils will try to end their season-long losing streak on Saturday when they host the Florida Panthers in Newark, N.J. One of the top teams in the league this season with a 21-7-2 record through 30 games, the Devils are on a four-game skid (0-3-1) and have lost back-to-back games in regulation against the Dallas Stars and Philadelphia Flyers. In both games the Devils were held to a single goal, falling 4-1 and 2-1, a rarity for a team that's averaging 3.5 per game this season. In Thursday's game against Philadelphia, the Devils fired 49 shots but only beat Flyers goalie Carter Hart once in the loss. |
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12-17-22 | Stars v. Hurricanes -130 | 4-5 | Win | 100 | 7 h 3 m | Show | |
The Carolina Hurricanes have been without one of their best players for a week, but they haven't missed a beat. The team's depth has shown up in big ways. The Hurricanes take a nine-game points streak into Saturday night's game against the visiting Dallas Stars in Raleigh, N.C. It is the third season in a row Carolina has established a points streak of at least nine games. "You're always counting on 20 guys," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "You can't always have the same guys being the heroes." Sebastian Aho has missed three games with a lower-body injury, and he is not expected to play Saturday against the Stars or Sunday against the Pittsburgh Penguins. In Carolina's most recent game, veteran forward Derek Stepan notched his first goal of the season and Stefan Noesen scored on penalty shot in a 3-2 win at home against Seattle. These fourth-line contributions are adding up for the Hurricanes. |
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12-17-22 | Lightning v. Canadiens +1.5 | 5-1 | Loss | -125 | 7 h 44 m | Show | |
Currently on a two-game losing skid and fresh off a bad loss against one of the NHL's worst clubs, the Montreal Canadiens will look to change their fortunes against one of the Eastern Conference's elite. In their first matchup this season, Montreal will square off against the sizzling Tampa Bay Lightning in Quebec on Saturday night, with the visitors on a hot stretch of play. The same can't be said for the Habs. After losing 3-2 in Ottawa to the Senators on Wednesday, matters got worse Thursday when Montreal fell behind 2-0 against the Anaheim Ducks -- slotted 31st in the league-wide standings. The Habs tied it behind Cole Caufield but saw John Klingberg's game-winning goal and two empty-netters sink them in a 5-2 setback. Caufield netted twice in the third period -- once on the power play, the other at even strength -- to push his total to a team-best 18 goals. He became the third Montreal player since the 1990-91 campaign to score at least that many times in 30 matches, joining Tyler Toffoli (2020-21) and Brian Savage (1995-96). Now set to play their third game in four nights, the Habs will have to be ready for the Lightning, Caufield said. The loss to the Ducks, who earned only their second regulation win, clearly stung the Montreal dressing room. |
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12-17-22 | Maple Leafs v. Capitals +134 | 2-5 | Win | 134 | 7 h 40 m | Show | |
Alex Ovechkin will try to catch Gordie Howe on the all-time goals list and help the Washington Capitals defeat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Ovechkin had a four-game goal streak snapped Thursday night in a 2-1 home loss to the Dallas Stars. After being held to an assist, the Russian star still needs one goal to match Howe's 801, which is second on the all-time list. Wayne Gretzky leads with 894. Ovechkin had five shots on goal in 22:16 of ice time Thursday as Washington's five-game winning streak ended. "We're trying to win games here," Capitals right winger T.J. Oshie said. "Ovi's going to do it and we're all going to be the first ones to congratulate him and be super, super proud of him, but we're also in a little bit of a hole here. So, we'll take care of his business, and as a team we've got to focus on getting more wins here." The Maple Leafs are coming off a 3-1 road loss Thursday to the New York Rangers in which two significant streaks ended. |
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12-17-22 | Ducks v. Oilers -1.5 | 4-3 | Loss | -120 | 4 h 6 m | Show | |
The Anaheim Ducks will try to match their longest winning streak of the season -- two games -- when they visit Edmonton on Saturday afternoon. The Oilers, meantime, will try to rebound blowing a two-goal, third-period lead at home and eventually falling to St. Louis 4-3 on Thursday. That result dropped Edmonton to 4-3-1 in December, and even though the Oilers are still clinging to a wild-card playoff spot in the Western Conference, the game against the Blues was too indicative of what has been an inconsistent, often frustrating season. "It's disappointing because the game is right there, but you move on," Edmonton defenseman Tyson Barrie said. "It's a game of mistakes. Obviously, we've got to learn how to close those ones out." The Oilers entered Friday tied for the second-most goals in the NHL this season (112), but had just the 15th-best points percentage overall. Anaheim, meanwhile, led in three games amid an 0-7-2 road slide that ended with Thursday's 5-2 victory at Montreal. The Ducks even squandered a 2-0, third-period lead in that contest, but regrouped to score the final three to win their first regulation road contest of the season. |
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12-16-22 | Islanders v. Coyotes OVER 5.5 | 4-5 | Win | 100 | 9 h 6 m | Show | |
The Arizona Coyotes are playing in a home arena that would normally be considered unfit for an NHL team. Most of the New York Islanders have an idea of what that's like. Unfortunately for the Coyotes, that's where the similarities between the teams end. The Islanders are slated to make their first trip to Mullett Arena Friday night, when New York continues a cross-country road trip by visiting the Coyotes in Tempe, Ariz. Both teams have been off since narrow defeats Tuesday night, when the visiting Coyotes lost to the San Jose Sharks 3-2 and the Islanders fell to the Boston Bruins 4-3 via shootout. The loss was the fifth in seven games (2-4-1) for the Islanders, though coming back from a two-goal first-period deficit and eventually earning the loser point allowed them to tie the New York Rangers for fourth place in the competitive Metropolitan Division and remain in a playoff spot as of Thursday morning. |
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12-16-22 | Blues v. Flames UNDER 6 | 5-2 | Loss | -115 | 9 h 39 m | Show | |
Calgary Flames coach Darryl Sutter is known for being a taskmaster -- and often acerbic. As his team prepares to play host to the St. Louis Blues, though, Sutter is preaching from the other side of the pendulum while his team tries to snap a four-game winless slide. The Flames, who are coming off a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, have lost their last three games in extra time. However, Sutter is quick to point out his squad is 3-1-3 in its last seven outings and could just as easily be riding a winning spree driving them up the standings. "The difference is the difference maker, right?" Sutter said. "You get to the extra or late opportunities, whether it's a power play or overtime or shootouts. ... That's where your best players have to be difference makers, for sure." Certainly goal scoring has been an issue for the Flames during their recent struggles. Calgary has managed nine goals in its last four games. |
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12-16-22 | Blues +1.5 v. Flames | 5-2 | Win | 100 | 8 h 29 m | Show | |
The Blues arrive in Stampede City on the heels of a wild 4-3 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. The Blues scored twice in the third period, including Vladimir Tarasenko's game-tying tally with 20 seconds remaining. The Oilers even had an overtime goal disallowed because of an offside call before Jordan Kyrou scored the lone shootout goal to cap a night in which he netted one goal and two assists. "It's one of those wins we'll remember moving forward," goaltender Jordan Bennington said. Certainly, it was memorable right from the start. The Blues were penalized for starting a wrong player, with Brayden Schenn listed as a starter but Brandon Saad instead on the ice at puck drop. The Oilers scored on the ensuing power play |
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12-11-22 | Capitals v. Jets UNDER 6.5 | 5-2 | Loss | -120 | 7 h 22 m | Show | |
A pair of winning streaks collide when the Washington Capitals visit the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday. Winnipeg will be looking for its fifth straight victory while Washington is riding its first three-game winning streak of the season. The Jets, holding first place in the NHL's Central Division, open a three-game homestand after completing road wins on back-to-back nights with a 3-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. Blake Wheeler, Cole Perfetti and Adam Lowry scored for the Jets, who had defeated the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday. "We're playing smart, playing above them, playing behind their goal line, stuff like that that we did tonight will work to our advantage," Perfetti said. "That's why we're finding success right now." David Rittich stopped 22 shots for the Jets, who have won seven of eight -- scoring five or more goals five times in that span. |
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12-11-22 | Seattle Kraken v. Panthers UNDER 6.5 | 5-2 | Loss | -100 | 6 h 9 m | Show | |
The Seattle Kraken, who were perhaps the most surprising team in the NHL one week ago, will visit the Florida Panthers on Sunday with a different mindset: ending a three-game losing streak. Seattle was on a 12-1-1 roll until they played host to the Panthers on Dec. 3, losing 5-1. "There weren't just one or two guys who weren't good enough," Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said after the loss to Florida. "We were all below the bar." Seattle followed that dud with two more losses -- 4-2 at home against Montreal on Tuesday and 4-1 at Washington on Friday. "We have to get back to work," Hakstol said after Friday's loss. "You have tough stretches on the schedule. Guys have to step up and play good hockey." The Kraken will have to step up without defenseman Jamie Oleksiak, who was suspended for three games by the NHL on Saturday. The league penalized him for a high hit on Washington's Alexander Alexeyev. |
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12-10-22 | Senators v. Predators OVER 6 | 3-2 | Loss | -125 | 2 h 37 m | Show | |
The Nashville Predators and Ottawa Senators both will try to bounce back from recent losses when they meet Saturday afternoon in Music City. Ottawa has lost back-to-back games, including a 4-3 overtime setback to the Dallas Stars on Thursday. In the loss to Dallas, Ottawa had a late lead but allowed a game-tying goal from defenseman Nils Lundkvist with 5:06 remaining. In overtime, a Senators turnover in their own defensive zone led to a game-winning goal for the Stars' Tyler Seguin. "Down 2-0 early, and not a couple of great goals (against), but stayed with it and battled," Senators coach D.J. Smith said. "I thought we played a really good game. To lose that way in overtime, it hurts, but in saying that, that's a really good team and we had all kinds of opportunities to win." Smith's comments about the Senators battling back from an early 2-0 were echoed in the locker room. |
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12-08-22 | Senators v. Stars UNDER 6.5 | 3-4 | Loss | -100 | 1 h 26 m | Show | |
The Dallas Stars have managed to avoid letting losses build up this season, a trend they will look to maintain when hosting the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. Dallas is coming off a 4-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, its second straight defeat after dropping a 6-5 shootout decision to the Minnesota Wild. It's only the fourth time this season the Stars have lost consecutive games, and they have yet to lose three in a row. The club is 1-1-1 to start a five-game homestand and 2-2-2 in the past six games. While the Stars' potent offense -- among the NHL's best with an average of 3.77 goals for per game (third-most entering Wednesday) -- has delivered with at least four goals scored in five of their past seven games, the team has struggled to keep the puck out of its own net, allowing at least four goals in five of their past seven as well. |
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12-08-22 | Senators +1.5 v. Stars | 3-4 | Win | 100 | 1 h 22 m | Show | |
The Dallas Stars have managed to avoid letting losses build up this season, a trend they will look to maintain when hosting the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. Dallas is coming off a 4-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, its second straight defeat after dropping a 6-5 shootout decision to the Minnesota Wild. It's only the fourth time this season the Stars have lost consecutive games, and they have yet to lose three in a row. The club is 1-1-1 to start a five-game homestand and 2-2-2 in the past six games. While the Stars' potent offense -- among the NHL's best with an average of 3.77 goals for per game (third-most entering Wednesday) -- has delivered with at least four goals scored in five of their past seven games, the team has struggled to keep the puck out of its own net, allowing at least four goals in five of their past seven as well. |
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12-08-22 | Jets v. Blues +110 | 5-2 | Loss | -100 | 1 h 47 m | Show | |
The Blues earned a 7-4 road victory over the New York Islanders Tuesday to snap a four-game losing streak. They broke out to a 5-1 lead and held on for the win. "It's really nice to win," Blues captain Ryan O'Reilly said. "It's something we haven't had in a while. Made it a little too exciting at the end there. But the big thing is we won a game. There's a lot of good things we did tonight. A few bad bounces in just a few minutes that gave them some life and spark. But at the end of the day it's a big win, and there's something to build off." The Blues won despite missing winger Pavel Buchnevich (lower-body injury) and defenseman Torey Krug (upper-body injury). Buchnevich has eight goals and six assists in his last 10 games. |
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12-08-22 | Jets v. Blues UNDER 6.5 | Top | 5-2 | Loss | -120 | 1 h 43 m | Show |
The Blues earned a 7-4 road victory over the New York Islanders Tuesday to snap a four-game losing streak. They broke out to a 5-1 lead and held on for the win. "It's really nice to win," Blues captain Ryan O'Reilly said. "It's something we haven't had in a while. Made it a little too exciting at the end there. But the big thing is we won a game. There's a lot of good things we did tonight. A few bad bounces in just a few minutes that gave them some life and spark. But at the end of the day it's a big win, and there's something to build off." The Blues won despite missing winger Pavel Buchnevich (lower-body injury) and defenseman Torey Krug (upper-body injury). Buchnevich has eight goals and six assists in his last 10 games. After winning seven straight games last month, the Blues lost six of seven games before beating the Islanders. Once again they are searching for a turning point to their season. |
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12-07-22 | Canucks v. Sharks UNDER 6.5 | 6-5 | Loss | -100 | 3 h 6 m | Show | |
The Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks have yet to get on a serious roll this season. Neither team has won more than three games in a row. Vancouver has shown some recent signs of positivity, however, and the Canucks will try to build on that success when they visit the Sharks on Wednesday night. Vancouver is coming off back-to-back overtime home wins against the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday and the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. The last three victories for the Canucks have come in the extra five-minute period. The Canucks fell behind 4-0 to Montreal before rallying for the 7-6 win 13 seconds into overtime. "At the end of the day, I don't care how we did it, we got it done," Vancouver forward Bo Horvat said. "Obviously, it was not pretty. We made it pretty hard on ourselves, but we showed a lot of resilience (Monday) night. ... It was a fun one." The Sharks, meanwhile, have lost three in a row and six of seven (1-5-1). San Jose is coming off a 6-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday to complete a 1-3-0 road trip. |
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12-07-22 | Coyotes +1.5 v. Oilers | 2-8 | Loss | -100 | 2 h 58 m | Show | |
The Edmonton Oilers will look for a bounce-back win when they host the reeling Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday. The Oilers suffered their second loss in the past three games, falling 3-2 to the visiting Washington Capitals on Monday. The Coyotes are coming off a 3-2 loss at Calgary on Monday, Arizona's ninth defeat in its past 10 games, with three of the setbacks coming in overtime or a shootout. Edmonton took a 2-1 in the second period on goals by Brett Kulak and Connor McDavid before the Capitals pulled even on T.J. Oshie's goal with a little more than three minutes left in the period. Nic Dowd's goal at the 7:13 mark of the third period proved to be the difference. While McDavid scored in his fifth straight game to give him 22 goals for the season -- second most in the league -- it was Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner (7-6, 2.93 goals-against average) who kept Edmonton in the game. He finished with 47 saves, including 22 in the first period alone, as Washington outshot the Oilers by a whopping 50-30 for the game. |
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12-07-22 | Wild v. Flames UNDER 6 | 3-5 | Loss | -100 | 1 h 30 m | Show | |
With a four-game winning streak and victories in six of seven outings, the Minnesota Wild head to Calgary for Wednesday's road clash with the Flames feeling some confidence in their game. Some confidence, but not brimming with it. The Wild arrive in Canada on the heels of winning their last two games in rather inglorious fashion. After requiring a late goal to force extra time in a 5-4 shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday, the Wild kicked off a four-game road swing with a crazier 6-5 shootout victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday. Minnesota staked a 5-1 lead in the first minute of the third period before watching it dissipate -- then recovering to win thanks to Frederick Gaudreau's shootout winner. A win is a win, but those two didn't follow the script teams want. |
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12-06-22 | Maple Leafs v. Stars -110 | 4-0 | Loss | -110 | 8 h 36 m | Show | |
Dallas erased a three-goal disadvantage to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4 in regulation on Nov. 23. Two nights later, Jason Robertson scored twice with the goaltender removed for an extra attacker to force overtime against the Winnipeg Jets before losing 5-4. "It's a good feeling to have a lot of belief in here," Stars defenseman Ryan Suter said. "Everyone believes in each other and knows that that next line can go get us something, either some momentum or a goal." The Stars are 1-0-1 after two games of a five-game homestand. "It's 5-1 with 12 minutes left," DeBoer said. "We could be walking out of here with nothing. That's a really critical point, and you can't underestimate the fight in the group." Dallas is 0-5 in games that have gone to overtime, including a 0-2 record in shootouts. |
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12-06-22 | Maple Leafs v. Stars OVER 6 | 4-0 | Loss | -120 | 7 h 26 m | Show | |
Mitchell Marner will try to extend his team-record 19-game point streak and help the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs regain their winning form Tuesday night against the Dallas Stars. Marner set the club record Saturday night with two goals -- the first while Toronto was short-handed -- in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the opener of a two-game road trip. Toronto had won its previous five games. "It's special growing up to watch this team play hockey and now to have my name in something -- pretty amazing, it's hard to describe," Marner said. "Like I've been saying, it's not a one-man effort out there. It's five men. Great effort by Dave (Kampf) on the first one. A lot of love to my guys for helping me achieve this accomplishment." Darryl Sittler (1977-78 season) and Eddie Olczyk (1989-90) each had 18-game point streaks for Toronto. Marner has nine goals and 17 assists during his streak. "To secure the record, it's great to see," Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. "Very well-deserved. He was excellent again (Saturday)." Keefe wasn't the only one impressed by Marner's feat. |
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12-06-22 | Panthers v. Jets +105 | 2-5 | Win | 105 | 7 h 51 m | Show | |
It's been a solid first two months of the season for the Winnipeg Jets. But while the start of the campaign has gone well, starts of games have been a different story, and one they'll try to rectify when they host the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. The Jets scored five unanswered goals after trailing 2-0 in a 5-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks, the last-place team in the Pacific Division, in their most recent outing Sunday. It was the second straight game and the third time in its past six that Winnipeg has trailed by multiple goals. "I'm the head coach so I'm responsible for the way we start and getting our team prepared. So that starts with me," Winnipeg coach Rick Bowness said. "The second thing is, I'm not a babysitter. These guys are men. They're professionals and they're paid to show up here and go to work. My job here is to make that happen." The Jets have allowed 22 goals in the first period, their highest total of the three periods, and have scored only 15. They've had to come from behind in seven of their 15 wins this season, and five of their victories have come after trailing after the opening frame. |
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12-06-22 | Red Wings v. Lightning UNDER 6.5 | 4-2 | Win | 100 | 6 h 9 m | Show | |
Firmly entrenched in a recent run of superb play, the Tampa Bay Lightning are adhering to one of the most common narratives this time of year -- being home for the holidays. After a November in which they went 8-4-1, the Lightning will play the second contest of their season-long six-game homestand Tuesday when they host the Detroit Red Wings in the first of four matchups this season. In all, Tampa Bay will play eight more December matches at its home by the bay, closing out 2022 with three home tilts in four days -- versus the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Arizona Coyotes. Home ice has been good to the third-place Lightning, who are 8-3-1 on it and coming off an impressive meeting with the division-rival Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. The Lightning scored twice on the power play in the third period to take a 3-2 lead, then saw veteran Alex Killorn pot the game-winning goal 33 seconds into overtime for a 4-3 victory over the second-place Leafs. Lightning coach Jon Cooper, whose squad was 2-for-6 on the power play but allowed Mitch Marner's short-handed tally, said special teams created a "weird" flow throughout. |
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12-06-22 | Blue Jackets v. Penguins -1.5 | 1-4 | Win | 100 | 6 h 0 m | Show | |
The Pittsburgh Penguins and visiting Columbus Blue Jackets meet Tuesday in a Metropolitan Division matchup. The teams played Oct. 22 in Columbus, with Pittsburgh coming out with a 6-3 win. Since then, things have continued to go better for the Penguins, while the Blue Jackets have dropped to the bottom of not only the division, but also the Eastern Conference. Pittsburgh has points in 11 of its past 13 games (9-2-2), including two wins in a row. In those two Penguins' wins, there was a clear standout. While others compiled points, none got as much attention as winger Kasperi Kapanen. He scored the deciding goal midway through the third Thursday in a 4-3 win against the Vegas Golden Knights, then had his second career hat trick Saturday in a 6-2 win against the St. Louis Blues. The game against the Golden Knights was just Kapanen's second following seven in a row in which he was a healthy scratch after he struggled, as he hadn't scored a goal since the season opener. |
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12-05-22 | Canadiens +1.5 v. Canucks | 6-7 | Win | 100 | 10 h 43 m | Show | |
The Vancouver Canucks will try to win back-to-back home games for the first time this season when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. Vancouver picked up just its fourth home win in 11 games (4-6-1) when they rallied for a 3-2 overtime victory against Arizona on Saturday. That snapped a three-game home losing streak that included back-to-back 5-1 losses to Washington and Florida earlier in the week. Bo Horvat scored two goals, including the game-winner on a power play with 51 seconds remaining in overtime, and Brock Boeser scored the tying goal at the 11:48 mark of the third period. "When you lose a couple in a row, you need your captain to step up and do the job," Vancouver coach Bruce Boudreau said of Horvat. "And he stepped up and did the job." The goals were the 18th and 19th of the season for Horvat. |
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12-05-22 | Capitals v. Oilers UNDER 6.5 | 3-2 | Win | 105 | 8 h 49 m | Show | |
The Edmonton Oilers will attempt to secure their fifth win in six games when they host the Washington Capitals on Monday night. The Oilers come in off a 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night that saw Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl produce four points apiece. McDavid provided two goals and two assists and Draisaitl scored a goal while adding three assists. It was the ninth time the duo has scored four points each in the same game. The Oilers led 4-3 after two periods and shut the Canadiens down for the final 20 minutes. "We were not very good for 40 minutes, and we were lucky to find ourselves up by one after two periods," McDavid said. "But I thought it was really a good job of playing a solid, mature third period and not giving them anything." Tyson Barrie and Zach Hyman each had two assists for Edmonton, which scored three straight power-play goals in an 8:11 span of the second period. Stuart Skinner made 30 saves. The Oilers were without forwards Evander Kane (wrist surgery), Warren Foegele (undisclosed injuries) and Ryan McLeod (undisclosed). |
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12-05-22 | Blues v. Rangers OVER 5.5 | 4-6 | Win | 100 | 6 h 25 m | Show | |
With just under three minutes left in the second period Saturday, New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba was given a misconduct for his second fighting major and before heading to the locker room, the team captain flung his helmet at the boards and yelled at his teammates on the bench. Roughly 400 miles away, the St. Louis Blues experienced similar frustration in a game at Pittsburgh. Two teams agitated by recent performances get together Monday when the Rangers host the Blues. After a spirited run to the Eastern Conference finals last season, the Rangers are struggling to match the high expectations and their dissatisfaction seemed to reach its boiling point with a 5-2 home loss Saturday to the Chicago Blackhawks. Trouba took two fighting majors, in addition to a hooking penalty that led to Chicago's third power-play goal, and his emotional display occurred after the Rangers allowed two power-play goals in 60 seconds to fall behind by three goals. The loss to Chicago gave New York a four-game home losing streak (0-3-1) and a middling 4-6-4 home record after going 27-10-4 on home ice last year. It also sent the Rangers to their 10th loss in 15 games (5-7-3) since Nov. 3 and pushed them 14 points behind the first-place New Jersey Devils in the Metropolitan Division. |
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12-05-22 | Avalanche -1.5 v. Flyers | 3-5 | Loss | -100 | 6 h 9 m | Show | |
The depleted Philadelphia Flyers will continue a difficult homestand when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. The Flyers dropped home games last week to the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils. After a 4-1 loss to the Lightning on Thursday, the Flyers were edged 3-2 by the Devils on Saturday. The task won't get any easier against the defending Stanley Cup champion Avalanche as the Flyers still are without key injured players such as Ryan Ellis, Sean Couturier, James van Riemsdyk and Cam Atkinson. "We played a great game (Saturday); a full 60," Flyers goaltender Carter Hart said. "I think it came down to goaltending. I have to be better, and I will be better." The Flyers outshot the Devils 33-18 and scored a power-play goal. But they lost. Again. |
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12-04-22 | Blackhawks v. Islanders UNDER 6 | 0-3 | Win | 100 | 6 h 33 m | Show | |
The Chicago Blackhawks waited almost three weeks to end a losing streak. They won't even have to wait 24 hours to try to build a winning streak. The Blackhawks are looking to conclude their weekend in the New York City area in successful fashion Sunday night, when they are slated to visit the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y. The Blackhawks snapped their eight-game losing streak Saturday night, when they never trailed in a 5-2 win over the host New York Rangers. The Islanders were off Saturday after suffering their second straight defeat Friday night, when they fell to the visiting Nashville Predators 4-1. Chicago's win provided some much-needed relief, after it lost six games by two goals or more during their eight-game skid (0-7-1). Max Domi scored twice Saturday for the Blackhawks, who raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first 30 minutes. They were never seriously threatened in winning for the first time since Nov. 12 and for just the third time in 17 games (3-10-4) since opening 4-2-0. The margin of victory was tied for the Blackhawks' largest of the season. Chicago also beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Oct. 15. |
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12-04-22 | Ducks +1.5 v. Jets | 2-5 | Loss | -110 | 1 h 59 m | Show | |
A visit from the reeling Anaheim Ducks might be what the Winnipeg Jets need to avoid losing back-to-back home contests for the first time this season. Looking to rebound from their third home defeat, the Jets aim to hand the visiting Ducks a sixth straight defeat Sunday. Winnipeg outscored Dallas, Chicago and Colorado 17-6 during a three-game winning streak that ended with Friday's 4-1 loss to Columbus. Ex-Jet Patrik Laine scored twice as Winnipeg got down 4-0 before Pierre-Luc Dubois registered his 11th goal late in the third. It was the fourth regulation defeat in the last 17 games for the Jets, who also fell to 8-3-0 at home. Winnipeg has only dropped back-to-back games this season on Oct. 20 at Vegas, and two days later against Toronto. "That's just not our team," Jets coach Rick Bowness said. "Every game is important. We set the standard of how we're going to play regardless of who we play. And, as I told (the team), it's on every individual to look at yourself first." While Columbus sits last in the Eastern Conference, the Jets find themselves in a similar situation Sunday. Anaheim has six wins and an NHL-low 15 points through 25 games. |
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12-01-22 | Capitals v. Seattle Kraken UNDER 6 | 2-3 | Win | 100 | 3 h 27 m | Show | |
If it seems like every goal Alex Ovechkin scores this season has historical significance, perhaps that's because it does. Ovechkin will try to continue his assault on the league's record book Thursday night when the Washington Capitals face the surprising Kraken in Seattle. The longtime Capitals star scored twice Tuesday in a 5-1 victory at Vancouver, tying one NHL record and breaking another. Ovechkin's first strike against the Canucks was his 135th game-opening goal, tying Jaromir Jagr for most in league history. His second tally was the 403rd road goal of his career, breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL mark. "It's always nice when you beat the Great One," Ovechkin said. "It doesn't matter what kind of milestone it is. It's history." Ovechkin has 793 career goals, eight behind Gordie Howe for second in NHL history. Gretzky holds the record with 894. |
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12-01-22 | Ducks +1.5 v. Stars | 0-5 | Loss | -100 | 2 h 8 m | Show | |
Jason Robertson will try to extend his points streak to 17 games when the Dallas Stars open a five-game homestand against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. Robertson has 17 goals and 12 assists during the streak, which is second-longest in the Stars and Minnesota North Stars histories. Brian Bellows had a 20-game point streak for the North Stars during the 1985-86 season. "I told him, I've seen the goal-scoring ability, so the shot should impress the (heck) out of me, but it doesn't," Stars coach Peter DeBoer said. "The blocked shot impresses the (heck) out of me." Dallas avoided losing three in a row for the first time this season with a 4-1 win at the St. Louis Blues on Monday, improving to 5-1-3 in its past nine games. Roberston scored a goal to extend his point streak, and Scott Wedgewood came through with 23 saves. Wedgewood was a late substitute for Jake Oettinger, who was unable to play because of an illness. |
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12-01-22 | Oilers v. Wild UNDER 6.5 | 3-5 | Loss | -100 | 1 h 30 m | Show | |
Minnesota left winger Kirill Kaprizov will try to extend a nine-game point streak on Thursday night when the Wild face the Edmonton Oilers in Saint Paul, Minn. Kaprizov has five goals and nine assists during the hot streak. He also has at least one assist in eight straight games, tying the franchise record set by Jim Dowd in the 2001-02 season. The 25-year-old Russian isn't worried about the streak, though. "To be honest, I don't really think to think about that or criticize or talk about my game when it's going well," Kaprizov said through an interpreter. "I just kind of play and let the media you yourselves tell me if I'm doing better or not. I focus on my game and just doing the best I can." His teammates, however, are heaping praise on a player who has helped Minnesota win three of its past four games. "There's no pass that guy is not making through the seams," forward Matt Boldy said. "You kind of see it unfold with how smart he is. Just walking down, he knows I'm there. I've got to be ready for it for sure." Edmonton is set to play the second of back-to-back games after defeating the host Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Wednesday evening. Leon Draisaitl led the Oilers with two goals and an assist, giving him six goals in his past six games. |
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12-01-22 | Lightning v. Flyers +1.5 | 4-1 | Loss | -128 | 1 h 35 m | Show | |
The Tampa Bay Lightning were unable to prevent the Boston Bruins from extending their NHL-record season-opening home winning streak in the most recent encounter between the teams. On Thursday, the Lightning will look to stop the Flyers from posting back-to-back wins at home when the teams meet in Philadelphia. Tampa Bay star captain Steven Stamkos recorded his 999th career NHL point by scoring a power-play goal late in the second period of his team's 3-1 setback to the Bruins on Tuesday. Stamkos has collected six goals and eight assists during his eight-game points streak, during which the Lightning have posted a 6-2-0 record. Former Hart Trophy recipient Nikita Kucherov set up Stamkos' team-leading 13th goal of the season on Tuesday to boost his point total to 14 (four goals, 10 assists) during that same eight-game stretch. Kucherov leads the team in both assists (25) and points (35). Tampa Bay was unable to muster anything more than Stamkos' goal on Tuesday, much to the chagrin of coach Jon Cooper. |
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12-01-22 | Predators +1.5 v. Devils | 4-3 | Win | 100 | 1 h 33 m | Show | |
The New Jersey Devils will aim for their fourth straight win and 17th in their past 18 games on Thursday when they host the Nashville Predators in Newark, N.J. The Devils answered the lone misstep in that stretch -- a loss to Toronto on Nov. 23 -- with multi-goal victories over Buffalo, Washington and the New York Rangers. The 5-3 win over the Rangers in the Hudson River Rivalry on Monday allowed New Jersey to conclude November with a 13-1-0 record, with only four teams in NHL history having recorded more victories in a single calendar month. |
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11-30-22 | Oilers -1.5 v. Blackhawks | 5-4 | Loss | -100 | 8 h 7 m | Show | |
Hungry for a jolt following a stretch of seven losses in 10 games, the Edmonton Oilers think they've rediscovered their spark. Edmonton enters Wednesday's visit to the Chicago Blackhawks with two straight high-drama wins. After rebounding from a 3-0, third-period deficit to top the host New York Rangers on Saturday, the Oilers prevailed 4-3 in overtime on Monday, stunning the visiting Florida Panthers with the tying goal with five seconds to go in regulation before netting the game-winner 22 seconds into overtime. "We haven't had the greatest first quarter ... not where we want to be," Oilers star Connor McDavid said. "We want to go on a run. We have to put a string together." Can the club's recent heroics be a turning point? "Yeah, hopefully," said Leon Draisaitl, who scored the winning goal against Florida. "You've got to work for those bounces, when it seems like it's going your way. They don't just come and fall on your plate. We've put in two pretty solid games here." The outlook is decidedly less sunny for Chicago. The Blackhawks have lost seven straight and nine of 10, with Sunday's 7-2 home loss to Winnipeg tying for the most lopsided result of the current slide. Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews challenged the team's preparation following the Winnipeg game, which prompted a players-only meeting before the team spoke with the media. |
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11-30-22 | Oilers v. Blackhawks UNDER 6.5 | 5-4 | Loss | -110 | 8 h 54 m | Show | |
Hungry for a jolt following a stretch of seven losses in 10 games, the Edmonton Oilers think they've rediscovered their spark. Edmonton enters Wednesday's visit to the Chicago Blackhawks with two straight high-drama wins. After rebounding from a 3-0, third-period deficit to top the host New York Rangers on Saturday, the Oilers prevailed 4-3 in overtime on Monday, stunning the visiting Florida Panthers with the tying goal with five seconds to go in regulation before netting the game-winner 22 seconds into overtime. "We haven't had the greatest first quarter ... not where we want to be," Oilers star Connor McDavid said. "We want to go on a run. We have to put a string together." Can the club's recent heroics be a turning point? "Yeah, hopefully," said Leon Draisaitl, who scored the winning goal against Florida. "You've got to work for those bounces, when it seems like it's going your way. They don't just come and fall on your plate. We've put in two pretty solid games here." The outlook is decidedly less sunny for Chicago. The Blackhawks have lost seven straight and nine of 10, with Sunday's 7-2 home loss to Winnipeg tying for the most lopsided result of the current slide. Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews challenged the team's preparation following the Winnipeg game, which prompted a players-only meeting before the team spoke with the media. |
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11-30-22 | Rangers v. Senators +110 | 3-1 | Loss | -100 | 6 h 41 m | Show | |
The New York Rangers will look to end a three-game losing streak when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night before the teams meet again on Friday in New York. The Rangers are coming off a 5-3 setback to visiting New Jersey on Monday after losing 4-3 to Edmonton and 3-2 to Anaheim. Ottawa is coming off a 3-2 overtime win against host Los Angeles on Sunday after knocking off the Ducks on Friday. The Rangers took a 2-0 first-period lead against the Devils on goals by Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad before falling apart defensively. New Jersey scored four times on Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin in a span of about 23 minutes bridging the first two periods to take a lead, 4-2, they wouldn't relinquish. "Goalie played [expletive] game again," said Shesterkin, who made 33 saves. "I feel so bad and play so bad. I'm ashamed. "Every goal is an easy play for me. I have to stop those. If our team wants to win the game, I have to play better." Panarin's goal was his first in 13 games for the Rangers, who squandered a multiple-goal lead for the second straight game. The Oilers scored four times in the third period to rally from a three-goal deficit on Saturday. |
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11-30-22 | Sabres v. Red Wings UNDER 6.5 | 5-4 | Loss | -100 | 5 h 27 m | Show | |
The losses have piled up for the Buffalo Sabres, but the most recent defeat was particularly galling. Buffalo squandered a two-goal lead in the final six minutes of regulation, then lost in overtime to Tampa Bay 6-5 on Monday. The Sabres will try to end the month on a winning note when they visit Detroit on Wednesday night. Buffalo is 2-9-1 over its past 12 games. "You leave this game; that's going to dominate everything else," Sabres coach Don Granato said of the late collapse. "And it was every single guy. It was all the way to the overtime goal. "I do say all this, and our guys will learn from it. I know they will. I know they are [ticked] off at it. They've got to own it, and they will. I know we will. It happened, and you've got to make sure you gain the experience of it to the point where you don't allow it to happen again." Buffalo appeared to be on its way to a third victory in four games after Dylan Cozens and Jeff Skinner scored third-period goals against the Lightning. Steven Stamkos answered Skinner's tally 16 seconds later, and Brandon Hagel tied the score with a power-play goal. Stamkos scored again during the overtime session. |
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11-29-22 | Seattle Kraken v. Kings UNDER 6 | 9-8 | Loss | -100 | 7 h 55 m | Show | |
Los Angeles Kings coach Todd McLellan had some high praise for forward Arthur Kaliyev after he scored two power-play goals in a 3-2 overtime loss to visiting Ottawa on Sunday. Especially after what he saw on a one-timer from the right hash marks midway through the game. "I'm not saying that Arthur is (Washington Capitals forward Alex) Ovechkin by no means ... but they both have (the same) element of a shot from that spot," McLellan said. "Obviously, different hands, and you have respect it and it opens up ice for others." Kaliyev and the Kings, who have lost four of their past five games (1-2-2), will look to get back on track Tuesday night when they play host to the streaking Seattle Kraken. Fellow forward Gabriel Vilardi, who leads the Kings with 11 goals, didn't play Sunday because of an upper-body injury and is considered day-to-day. McLellan indicated Vilardi was injured in a 3-2 overtime loss at Seattle on Nov. 19. Kaliyev, who has scored six of his eight goals on the power play this season, stepped up to help the Kings earn a point Sunday. |
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11-29-22 | Panthers v. Flames UNDER 6.5 | 2-6 | Loss | -100 | 5 h 21 m | Show | |
The Calgary Flames hope a return to home ice will spark their offense when they host the slumping Florida Panthers on Tuesday. The Flames begin a five-game homestand after posting a modest 2-3-1 record on their six-game road trip, which included a 5-4 shootout win over the Panthers on Nov. 19. Just when it seemed as if Calgary might be escaping its season-long scoring malaise, the team has again had trouble putting the puck into the net. Calgary has scored only three goals during its three-game winless streak (0-2-1). A 3-0 loss to the Washington Capitals on Friday was the Flames' first shutout defeat of the season, and a 3-2 setback to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday saw the Flames register a season-low 20 shots. |
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11-29-22 | Avalanche v. Jets UNDER 6 | 0-5 | Win | 100 | 4 h 29 m | Show | |
Widespread contributions have been key to the success of both the Colorado Avalanche and Winnipeg Jets this season. The Avalanche look to extend their season-high road win streak to four as they open a four-game road trip, while trying to keep the Jets from an overall third consecutive victory, on Tuesday night. Dallas sits atop the Central Division in the final days of November, but Winnipeg and the reigning Stanley Cup champion Avalanche are close behind. Colorado has won eight of 10, while the Jets are 11-3-1 since losing three of their first five to open the season. The Avs have managed to stay strong while dealing with injuries to the likes of budding star Valeri Nichushkin (ankle), Evan Rodrigues (lower body) and captain Gabriel Landeskog -- the latter who has yet to play in 2022-23 due to knee surgery. Stars Mikko Rantanen (29 points), Nathan MacKinnon (28 points) and Artturi Lehkonen (four goals, seven assists during a nine-game point streak) have certainly paced Colorado, but Dryden Hunt scored his first goal in 15 games since coming over from the New York Rangers during Saturday's 4-1 home victory over Dallas. |
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11-29-22 | Avalanche v. Jets +125 | 0-5 | Win | 125 | 4 h 17 m | Show | |
The Jets had 13 players record at least one point during Sunday's 7-2 road rout of Chicago. Saku Maenalanen posted his second and third goals, while Josh Morrissey had three assists to increase his team points lead to 23 for Winnipeg, which has totaled 12 goals in winning two straight after scoring four times in losing two of the previous three. "If you want to be a successful team in this league, the only way to do it through the whole 82-game season is like that, when everybody contributes," said Winnipeg's Pierre-Luc Dubois, who recorded two goals Sunday and has six points in the past four games. |
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11-28-22 | Stars v. Blues UNDER 6 | 4-1 | Win | 105 | 4 h 6 m | Show | |
The St. Louis Blues will try to ride the momentum from their improbable Saturday night comeback at Florida when they host the Dallas Stars on Monday. The Blues trailed the Panthers 4-1 with less than 12 minutes remaining before rallying for a 5-4 overtime victory. The dramatic victory snapped a two-game skid. "We understand that games are at a premium," the Blues' Torey Krug said, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "You need to collect points when you can. So we knew if there was a chance -- if we got one -- that we could come back in the game. We didn't hang our heads, we just kept our heads up and went to work, and like I said, we got rewarded." The Blues hope to start a new streak during their roller coaster of a season. They won their first three games, lost eight straight in regulation time, then won seven consecutive games before losing the next two. |
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11-28-22 | Maple Leafs v. Red Wings UNDER 6.5 | 4-2 | Win | 100 | 3 h 14 m | Show | |
At least one streak will end in Detroit on Monday. The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to finish off a perfect four-game road trip against the host Red Wings on Monday. Also, Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner will seek to extend his point streak to 17 games. Detroit, in turn, will try to extend its winning streak to five games and defenseman Filip Hronek will aim to score for the fifth consecutive contest. Toronto has collected victories against New Jersey, Minnesota and Pittsburgh during its road swing. It posted a 4-1 win over the Penguins on Saturday as Marner scored in the first minute and added an assist. Marner has 22 points (five goals, 17 assists) during the point streak and needs at least one point against Detroit and San Jose on Wednesday to tie the club record set by Darryl Sittler (1977-78) and Eddie Olczyk (1989-90). "I guess it's cool, but we're trying to get wins as a hockey team," Marner said. "We're trying to do something special. We're just trying to collect wins and do our thing." The Maple Leafs haven't lost in regulation over the last eight games, going 6-0-2 during that streak. During the last five victories, they have outscored the opposition 10-1 in the first period. A pair of those wins came in Pittsburgh, as they beat the Penguins 5-2 on Nov. 15 after scoring two goals in the first period. |
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11-28-22 | Devils v. Rangers +105 | 5-3 | Loss | -100 | 3 h 11 m | Show | |
For the first time in a decade, the first clash of a season between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers can be accompanied by visions of a playoff rematch. A pair of Eastern Conference contenders will oppose each other for the first time this year Monday night, when the Devils are slated to visit the Rangers in a battle of longtime rivals. Both teams were off Sunday after playing at home Saturday, when the surging Devils beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 and the Rangers squandered a three-goal third-period lead and fell to the Edmonton Oilers, 4-3. The Devils' win was notable in a number of ways. The victory was the 800th for coach Lindy Ruff, who is just the fifth coach to reach 800 wins in NHL history. "It means I've been around a long time," Ruff said. "You've got to do a lot of right things, have good teams, and the way our team is playing, I have to give them a lot of credit for getting me there." The victory was also the 15th in the last 16 games for the Devils, who have outscored the Capitals and Buffalo Sabres by a combined margin of 8-2 since a 13-game winning streak -- tied for the longest in franchise history -- ended Wednesday with a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
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11-27-22 | Seattle Kraken v. Ducks UNDER 6 | 5-4 | Loss | -100 | 8 h 12 m | Show | |
The Ducks, who got their first regulation victory of the season Wednesday as John Gibson made 41 saves in a 3-2 decision against the New York Rangers, couldn't follow that up. They suffered a 5-1 defeat Friday against visiting Ottawa, which scored three power-play goals and went 6-for-6 on the penalty kill. "The lesson there is that we have a young team," Anaheim defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said. "We have a lot of guys in here who are starting to realize how hard it is to win in this league." Max Jones scored the lone goal for Anaheim, which has lost four of its past five games. "Penalties were kind of everywhere," Jones said. "Ruins the flow of the game. There were a lot of them. It's hard to stick in it through those games like that. I think that's something we've got to figure out moving forward. ... All around, just kind of a mess." The Ducks yielded eight power plays. |
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11-27-22 | Coyotes v. Wild UNDER 6 | 3-4 | Loss | -100 | 2 h 3 m | Show | |
The Minnesota Wild continue their six-game homestand Sunday afternoon against the Arizona Coyotes in St. Paul, Minn. The Wild have split the first four games following a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday. Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello each scored and set up a goal and Alex Goligoski had two assists for Minnesota. Zuccarello's goal with 3:34 left in the third period pulled the Wild within 4-3 but they couldn't get the equalizer. "We had the looks," Wild coach Dean Evason said. "Everything was executed correctly from whenever we pulled (goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury), four (minutes) and a bit, we definitely gave ourselves a chance at the end." Kaprizov extended his point streak to eight games (four goals, seven assists) and Zuccarello has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his last eight games. Fleury made 24 saves in his return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. He would have liked another chance at Zach Aston-Reese's goal that made it 2-1. |
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11-26-22 | Stars v. Avalanche -155 | Top | 1-4 | Win | 100 | 10 h 35 m | Show |
A break early Friday morning gave the Colorado Avalanche, well, a break. The Avalanche were prepared to play the Predators in Nashville on Friday afternoon before a water main break at Bridgestone Arena forced the game to be postponed to a later date. The NHL also postponed the Predators' game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. So instead of hosting the Dallas Stars in Denver on Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back set, the Avalanche flew home and had a day off while Dallas rallied to force overtime before dropping a 5-4 decision to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night. The Stars are on a seven-game point streak (4-0-3) despite the loss. The unexpected day off gave Colorado a chance to heal a little. Mikko Rantanen took a stick to the face during a 4-3 loss to Vancouver on Wednesday night, and Evan Rodrigues left the game with a lower-body injury and didn't play after the first intermission. Coach Jared Bednar said Thursday that Rodrigues was day-to-day but there were indications he might not miss much time. The team assigned Anton Blidh and Sampo Ranta to the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. The downside of getting an extra day off is the Avalanche had more time to think about squandering a game to Vancouver. Colorado gave up two goals in the third period to lose in regulation and end a brief three-game winning streak. |
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11-26-22 | Maple Leafs v. Penguins -126 | 4-1 | Loss | -126 | 8 h 32 m | Show | |
The visiting Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins come streaking into their meeting Saturday night. The Maple Leafs extended their point streak to seven games (5-0-2) Friday with a 4-3 win at Minnesota, and the Penguins won their fifth game in a row, 4-1 at Philadelphia. The last time Toronto lost in regulation was Nov. 11, a 4-2 defeat by Pittsburgh. In fact, this will be the teams' third meeting of the month. The Maple Leafs won 5-2 on Nov. 15. "We talked about it before we played (the Penguins) the first time, that we were going to see them three times in November, so here's our third time," Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said. "Get on the plane, get to Pittsburgh and be ready to do it again." Since that 4-2 loss in the teams' first November meeting, Toronto has found success, if not style points, Keefe said. |
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11-26-22 | Capitals v. Devils UNDER 6.5 | 1-5 | Win | 100 | 7 h 19 m | Show | |
The Washington Capitals will aim to continue their dominance of the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night when they open a six-game, 12-day road trip in Newark, N.J. The Capitals have emerged victorious in each of their past six trips to the Garden State, including a 6-3 win on Oct. 24. All told, Washington is 13-2-1 in its past 16 games in New Jersey and 26-3-3 in the past 32 overall vs. the Devils dating to the 2015-16 season. Six different players scored in that October encounter for Washington, including superstar captain Alex Ovechkin. Scoring a goal is nothing new for Ovechkin, of course. The three-time Hart Trophy recipient has done so 791 times in his decorated NHL career. Ovechkin was at it again on Friday, joining T.J. Oshie in collecting a goal and an assist to lead the Capitals to a 3-0 victory over the Calgary Flames. |
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11-26-22 | Blues v. Panthers UNDER 6.5 | 5-4 | Loss | -100 | 7 h 59 m | Show | |
The Florida Panthers will aim to continue their recent success on the power play Saturday evening when they host the St. Louis Blues. The Panthers are 11-for-30 on the man advantage over the past eight games for an impressive 36.7 success rate. Five of those 11 goals have come from Sam Reinhart, who said his team's flow on the power play has improved of late. "It hasn't been as structured," Reinhart said of the power play. "We're not so worried about finding our spots. (Instead), we're attacking and reading off each other, and it's been working." Reinhart led the Panthers last season with 16 power-play goals. This season, Reinhart (five) and captain Aleksander Barkov (four) are Florida's leaders in power-play goals. Matthew Tkachuk (seven), Barkov (five), Brandon Montour (five) and defenseman Aaron Ekblad (four) are Florida's leaders in power-play assists. Overall, Tkachuk leads the Panthers in assists (18) and points (27). He's also on a five-game point streak with four goals and six assists. Reinhart has four goals and one assist in his past five games. |
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11-26-22 | Oilers v. Rangers UNDER 6.5 | 4-3 | Loss | -115 | 1 h 20 m | Show | |
The Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers qualified for the conference finals last spring and fell short. So far both teams are playing inconsistently at times with the Oilers at .500 heading into Saturday afternoon's encounter in New York. Edmonton allowed 22 goals in a four-game sweep by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. The Rangers won the first two games against the Tampa Bay Lightning and lost the next four by scoring five goals. Now, the Oilers head into New York with a split of their first 20 games. Edmonton won seven of its first 10 games but is 3-7-0 in its past 10, starting with a third-period collapse at home to the New Jersey Devils on Nov. 3. The Oilers have allowed 40 of their 72 goals in the past 10 contests, including eight on the first two games of their New York area trip. Edmonton followed up its 5-2 loss to New Jersey on Monday with a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders on Wednesday when it took a season-high 49 shots, went 0-for-5 on the power play and also conceded a short-handed goal. |
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11-25-22 | Kings -140 v. Sharks | 5-2 | Win | 100 | 11 h 12 m | Show | |
The Los Angeles Kings will try to snap a three-game losing streak on Friday night when they travel to San Jose to face the Sharks. Both teams are coming off disappointing losses. The Kings jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead against the visiting New York Rangers on Tuesday, gave up three consecutive goals in the second period to fall behind, 3-2, tied it on a Sean Walker goal in the third before Chris Kreider scored twice to give the Rangers a 5-3 victory. Kings coach Todd McLellan said the inconsistent performance was characteristic of his team's season. "Our game tonight has matched our year, where we're inconsistent, we're up and down," McLellan said. "Whether it's within a game, whether it's two-game segments, one-game segments, back-to-backs, we're still searching for that." "Yeah, disappointed," said forward Kevin Fiala, who scored his seventh goal 35 seconds into the contest and added two assists. "Going into the lead like that, 2-0 in the first, got to find a way to keep going, you know? There's no reason to step off the gas." So what happened? "I think we just stopped playing," Fiala said. "In the first period we had a lot of shots on net. We didn't give them anything defensively. ... It's just another game. Got to learn from it and get better the next game." The next game is against old rival San Jose, coming off an even bigger clunker, an 8-5 loss at Seattle on Wednesday |
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11-25-22 | Jets v. Stars -155 | 5-4 | Loss | -155 | 9 h 9 m | Show | |
Coming off a stunning comeback victory, the Dallas Stars will look for another win over a Central Division opponent when they host the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. The Stars trailed the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 through 50 minutes of play on Wednesday, yet emerged with a 6-4 win after scoring five unanswered goals. After Max Domi scored for Chicago 9:37 into the third period, the Stars quickly responded on Jamie Benn's power-play marker just 38 seconds later. Then, "we just got rolling," said forward Ty Dellandrea, who tipped in the equalizer for the Stars at 14:12 of the third period. "We got the building going and we fed off of that ... (Benn's goal) kind of erupted the place. And then we just took that and every line was going. Every line contributed. Great comeback." Twelve of the Stars' 18 skaters recorded at least one point, but Jason Robertson was again a key factor with two goals. The forward extended his points streak to 13 games on Wednesday, earning himself a spot in the team's record books. Robertson tied Dave Gagner for the longest points streak in Dallas Stars history (when the franchise moved from Minnesota for the 1993-94 season). As a team, the Central-leading Stars are on a six-game points streak of their own (4-0-2). |
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11-25-22 | Seattle Kraken v. Golden Knights -190 | 4-2 | Loss | -190 | 9 h 36 m | Show | |
Thanksgiving is considered a significant benchmark in the NHL. From the 2005-06 season through 2018-19, 76.3 percent of the teams that were in playoff position on the U.S. holiday made the postseason, according to NHL Stats. That bodes well for the Vegas Golden Knights and Seattle Kraken, the top two teams in the Pacific Division, respectively, heading into Friday night's matchup in Las Vegas. "It's relevant, otherwise they wouldn't bring it up every year," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "Still think we've got a lot of things we've got to do better. But ... I like where we are at the break at Thanksgiving. Things can change, but we put ourselves in a really good spot." The Golden Knights defeated visiting Ottawa 4-1 Wednesday as goaltender Logan Thompson stopped 39 shots for his conference-leading 11th victory of the season. Mark Stone, William Carrier, William Karlsson and Jack Eichel tallied for the Golden Knights. Both Carrier and Karlsson scored highlight-reel goals. |
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11-23-22 | Oilers v. Islanders UNDER 6.5 | 0-3 | Win | 100 | 4 h 13 m | Show | |
The New York Islanders overcame some imperfections to earn a much-needed road win Monday night. The Edmonton Oilers couldn't do the same -- but they had a reasonable excuse as the latest team to fall victim to the red-hot New Jersey Devils. The Islanders and Oilers will both be looking to play more complete games Wednesday night, when New York hosts Edmonton in a Thanksgiving Eve clash in Elmont, N.Y. Both teams were off Tuesday following their games a night earlier. The Islanders overcame a late deficit in the third period to edge the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in overtime. The Oilers fell to the surging Devils, 5-2. The Islanders' win ended a two-game losing streak and salvaged a split of a four-game road trip, even as New York gave up the first seven shots of Monday's game and were outshot 32-24. According to Natural Stat Trick, the Maple Leafs had 12 high-danger chances compared to five for New York. |
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11-23-22 | Oilers v. Islanders -115 | Top | 0-3 | Win | 100 | 4 h 16 m | Show |
The New York Islanders overcame some imperfections to earn a much-needed road win Monday night. The Edmonton Oilers couldn't do the same -- but they had a reasonable excuse as the latest team to fall victim to the red-hot New Jersey Devils. The Islanders and Oilers will both be looking to play more complete games Wednesday night, when New York hosts Edmonton in a Thanksgiving Eve clash in Elmont, N.Y. Both teams were off Tuesday following their games a night earlier. The Islanders overcame a late deficit in the third period to edge the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in overtime. The Oilers fell to the surging Devils, 5-2. The Islanders' win ended a two-game losing streak and salvaged a split of a four-game road trip, even as New York gave up the first seven shots of Monday's game and were outshot 32-24. According to Natural Stat Trick, the Maple Leafs had 12 high-danger chances compared to five for New York. |
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11-23-22 | Jets v. Wild -150 | Top | 1-6 | Win | 100 | 4 h 59 m | Show |
The Wild are coming off an overtime victory against the Hurricanes, a 2-1 result on Saturday that snapped a three-game (0-2-1) winless drought. Minnesota was the team with the late comeback on that night, trailing until Sam Steel tied the score 17:23 into the third period. Steel also earned an assist for helping to set up Alex Goligoski's overtime winner. Wild coach Dean Evason said he hopes the game will be a turning point and a reminder of how successful his team can be when it is at top form. "That's who we are. That team looked like us, right?" Evason asked rhetorically. "(Carolina) pushed us to play like us. ... It's a really good template for us to remember, to reinforce." Minnesota is 0-for-14 on the power play over its past five games. Solving the power-play woes could be difficult against the Jets, whose 85.7 percent (36-for-42) penalty-kill percentage is among the best in the league. The Wild's Kirill Kaprizov has seven points (two goals, five assists) during his six-game points streak. Kaprizov is two games away from matching his career-best, as he collected a pair of eight-game points streaks last season. Filip Gustavsson likely will receive another start on Wednesday, since Marc-Andre Fleury (upper-body injury) is still on the Wild's injured reserve. Gustavsson looked good against the Hurricanes, stopping 20 of 21 shots. |
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11-23-22 | Bruins v. Panthers +105 | Top | 2-5 | Win | 105 | 4 h 54 m | Show |
The Panthers are still adjusting after making a couple of big offseason decisions, trading away homegrown star Jonathan Huberdeau and bringing in Paul Maurice as a coach. The Panthers also traded valuable defenseman MacKenzie Weegar in that same deal, which brought back power forward Matthew Tkachuk from the Calgary Flames. So far, it hasn't clicked. The Panthers will enter Wednesday on a three-game losing streak (0-2-1), allowing 15 regulation goals during that span. Tkachuk has done his part, leading Florida in assists (17) and points (25). Carter Verhaeghe, who scored a career-high 24 goals last season, leads the Panthers with 11 tallies, putting him on pace for a career year. But some of Florida's other big guns have been somewhat subdued so far, including Aleksander Barkov (four goals), Sam Reinhart (five), and Sam Bennett (five). Last season, Barkov scored 39 goals, Reinhart had 33 and Bennett netted 28 -- all career highs. It's been frustrating for the Panthers, who earlier this season had to endure 11 games without their top defenseman, Aaron Ekblad while starting goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has struggled (4-5-1, 3.62 GAA). The Panthers are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday. In that game, Florida had 50 shots on goal and still lost despite Columbus putting only 23 on net. "We've got to get some people in front of the net to score some hard, ugly goals," Maurice said. "We're having a hard time completing plays around the net." |
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11-23-22 | Blues v. Sabres UNDER 6.5 | Top | 2-6 | Loss | -104 | 4 h 40 m | Show |
The St. Louis Blues will ride momentum into their game at Buffalo on Wednesday, while the Sabres will bring a sense of relief. St. Louis finds itself on a seven-game winning streak and hasn't lost since Nov. 8. "Winning cures everything, everyone feels better about it," Blues captain Ryan O'Reilly said. "We have that belief back in our group and it's exciting. It's fun coming to the rink." The Sabres are coming off a 7-2 road victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday that snapped an eight-game losing streak. "It has taken a weight off my shoulders, I can tell you that, personally," Sabres coach Don Granato said after the game. "It's great. It's fun to see the guys play that way, obviously. Lots of guys, I mean, they care and they work. We're young. "You see the care behind the scenes. It's really nice to see them enjoy this tonight." The Blues know how the Sabres have felt. Prior to the current winning streak, St. Louis lost a team-record eight consecutive games in regulation while getting outscored 38-12. |
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11-22-22 | Rangers -106 v. Kings | 5-3 | Win | 100 | 9 h 19 m | Show | |
The Los Angeles Kings entered this week having played more games than any other NHL team this season. And they won't catch any breaks this week, either, starting with a matchup against the visiting New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Los Angeles will be trying to avoid a third successive defeat -- which would be its longest losing streak of the season -- having ended a four-game road trip with a 4-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks and 3-2 overtime setback to the Seattle Kraken on Friday and Saturday. Kings coach Todd McLellan, whose team has three games this week as part of a 14-game November, said he can sense his players are dealing with some early-season fatigue, but he reminded reporters that every team will go through busy stretches eventually. "They'll get it at some point and we have to be playing them, so we need to take advantage of it," McLellan said. "At the end, we all play 82 games, it's just how it's dispersed, when it's dispersed and where. There will be times where certain teams are tired and other teams are fresh." Kings defenseman Alex Edler concurred that a busy schedule is never an excuse for poor play. |
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11-22-22 | Sabres +101 v. Canadiens | 7-2 | Win | 101 | 6 h 52 m | Show | |
Mired in an eight-game losing streak, the Buffalo Sabres will aim to stop the slide when they visit the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. Each of the losses during their skid have come in regulation, including their most recent setback, 5-2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. They've allowed at least three goals in each loss and at least four in seven of the past eight games. All but one loss has been by at least two goals. "There's always going to be ups and downs," alternate captain Zemgus Girgensons said. "If you asked me at the 7-3 mark if this was going to happen, I probably would've answered no, but it is what it is. Right now, we have the game tomorrow that is important us." Buffalo has had good moments in some games during the streak only to be done in by youthful mistakes. General manager Kevyn Adams and coach Don Granato expected those hiccups as they work to develop the young core. Other times, the losses have stemmed from details of their game and in-game habits slipping. |
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11-21-22 | Avalanche v. Stars -109 | 3-2 | Loss | -109 | 7 h 9 m | Show | |
The Colorado Avalanche are short-handed and plugging in AHL players to fill out the lineup, but it hasn't yet hurt them on the ice. Colorado has kept winning despite missing key players and being outshot 80-44 over the last two games, but it will face a stiff test at the Dallas Stars on Monday night. The Avalanche wrap up their three-game road trip at Dallas and look for a road sweep. They beat Carolina in overtime on Thursday despite the Hurricanes holding a 48-15 advantage in shots on goal and then shut out Washington 4-0 on Saturday night. "We have half our team out right now, and we're still finding ways to win," Nathan MacKinnon said. "Our division's good, obviously like every other year and we need these points. We want to be in a good, solid position when we get healthy." Colorado is winning because its star players are carrying a load. Artturi Lehkonen scored the overtime goal on Thursday night and had a goal and an assist on Saturday night, while MacKinnon had a goal and an assist and Cale Makar also scored in the victory versus the Capitals. |
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11-21-22 | Ducks v. Blues UNDER 6 | 1-3 | Win | 110 | 6 h 22 m | Show | |
After absorbing a 6-2 beating Saturday night in St. Louis, the Anaheim Ducks will try to regroup for a bounce-back performance in their rematch against the Blues Monday. The Blues dominated the first two periods in the opener of this two-game set at Enterprise Center while building a 5-1 lead. That propelled them to their sixth straight victory and sent the Ducks reeling to their fifth loss in their last six games. "We just did not have it," Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. "We had one player compete in the first period, and that was the goaltender. It wasn't until the third period that we got our (stuff) together. I think that makes us even angrier as a group, that 'why now?' It's basically too late." Eakins pulled goaltender John Gibson after two periods in favor of Anthony Stolarz. That change sparked a response from the Ducks. "I think just the first few periods weren't, you know, the competitive level isn't high enough," Ducks center Adam Henrique said. "I think that was just, that was really not X's and O's execution. I think it was bottom line, was just the compete level. They had a higher one than us those first two periods." This was the 13th time this season that Anaheim allowed four or more goals in a game. The Ducks' 4.33 goals-against average is the second-worst in the NHL. Look for both teams to tighten it down tonight |
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11-21-22 | Islanders v. Maple Leafs -164 | 3-2 | Loss | -164 | 6 h 12 m | Show | |
The New York Islanders will be out to split their four-game road trip Monday night when they play the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Islanders have lost two in a row on their trip after dropping a 5-2 decision to the Dallas Stars on Saturday. One positive the Islanders can take from the loss at Dallas is that Mathew Barzal scored his first two goals of the season. He had produced 19 assists without a goal in the previous 18 games. "I'm excited to score whether it's my first or my 15th," Barzal said. "I wasn't worried about it." His goals gave the Islanders 1-0 and 2-1 leads. "We all knew it was coming," said Anders Lee, who had an assist on Barzal's second goal. "So now we can stop worrying about that and start seeing him do it more often. I don't think that was as big a deal as it got made up." Allowing five goals, on the other hand, wasn't an ideal outcome. "Defensively, in our zone, we had a couple of breakdowns," Islanders coach Lane Lambert said. "When we broke down, they took advantage of us, and it's just something that we have to correct." |
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11-21-22 | Bruins v. Lightning -109 | 5-3 | Loss | -109 | 5 h 29 m | Show | |
Two of the three hottest clubs in the Eastern Conference will meet for the first time this season when the Boston Bruins visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. Under first-year coach Jim Montgomery, the Atlantic Division-leading Bruins have won six straight games and 16 of 18 to begin the season. Boston dropped a 7-5 decision at the Ottawa Senators in the fourth game of the season on Oct. 18. Montgomery's group also lost 2-1 at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Nov. 5. That's it. In Saturday's 6-1 home rout of the Chicago Blackhawks, the Bruins tied an NHL record with 11 straight home victories to start a season. After games at the Lightning and Florida Panthers (on Wednesday), the team will have a chance to own the high mark on Friday afternoon when the Carolina Hurricanes come to Beantown. "It's a special team," said Boston captain Patrice Bergeron, who had a goal and an assist on Thursday to increase his point total to 999 in his career. The problem is, the Bruins have been horrible in Tampa. |
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11-21-22 | Oilers v. Devils -146 | 2-5 | Win | 100 | 6 h 47 m | Show | |
Thirty-nine years ago Saturday, Wayne Gretzky uttered his most famous quote after he collected a hat trick and finished with eight points in the Edmonton Oilers' rout of the New Jersey Devils. "Well, it's time they got their act together," Gretzky said. "They're ruining the whole league. They had better stop running a Mickey Mouse organization and put somebody on the ice." On Monday night, the Devils can provide more proof of how far they've come in the last four decades -- and in the last month -- by chasing a record-tying victory against the Oilers when the teams face off in Newark, N.J. Both teams earned wins Saturday. The red-hot Devils recorded their 12th straight victory after cruising past the host Ottawa Senators, 5-1. The Oilers concluded a two-game homestand by defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in overtime. New Jersey's 12-game winning streak is the second-longest in franchise history and one shy of tying the record 13-game run produced from Feb. 26 through March 23, 2001. At the time the Devils were the defending Stanley Cup champion and in the midst of a 24-season stretch in which they qualified for the playoffs 21 times, won the Cup three times and made two additional trips to the Finals. The Devils of recent vintage haven't quite fallen to the depths of the early '80s -- the infamous 13-4 loss to Gretzky and the Oilers on Nov. 19, 1983 dropped that team to 2-18-0 -- but this winning streak has vaulted New Jersey back into what had become unfamiliar air. |
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11-20-22 | Penguins v. Blackhawks UNDER 6.5 | 5-3 | Loss | -115 | 8 h 60 m | Show | |
The Chicago Blackhawks felt bamboozled for much of Saturday's 6-1 road loss to the Boston Bruins. "It almost looked like they were running a bit of a power play on some of our five-on-five (plays)," Chicago defenseman Connor Murphy said. "That can't happen." While a back-to-back would seem to be the opposite of a remedy for that problem, the Blackhawks at least know they're not facing the surging Bruins on Sunday. Instead, it's the Pittsburgh Penguins who will visit the Windy City on the heels of Saturday's 3-0 road shutout of the Winnipeg Jets. Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said the team "got caught just standing and watching quite a bit" as Boston matched an NHL record with its 11th successive victory at home to open the season. Chicago has lost three straight and nine of 11 after being outshot by the Bruins 43-18. "If you work and compete, there's no reason in this league you can't compete with a team like that," Richardson said. "We've got to realize that quickly and not be starstruck." While the Penguins haven't enjoyed the sizzling start Boston has had, they still boast many of the same marquee names that have steered the franchise for long stretches. |
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11-20-22 | Panthers v. Blue Jackets UNDER 6.5 | 3-5 | Loss | -100 | 7 h 2 m | Show | |
The Florida Panthers will aim to avoid a three-game winless skid on Sunday evening when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets. Florida split the first four contests of its five-game homestand before taking a 5-4 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday, which followed a 6-4 setback to the Dallas Stars. The Panthers erased an early two-goal deficit as well as a pair of one-goal margins before falling to the Flames. "We always have good moments in the game and bad moments. We keep learning," Florida captain Aleksander Barkov said. "It's a long season. We've just got to keep our heads up and keep learning from those moments. It was a good point (Saturday). Of course, we wanted two, but we didn't get it (Saturday). We have a new chance (Sunday)." Matthew Tkachuk scored against his former team to forge a 4-4 tie with 6:14 remaining in regulation. Tkachuk acknowledged that he viewed Saturday's contest as just another game, which makes a fair amount of sense since he was the one who requested to be traded from Calgary prior to the deal coming to fruition. |
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11-19-22 | Kings v. Seattle Kraken -126 | 2-3 | Win | 100 | 10 h 16 m | Show | |
On the first day of the NHL's free agency signing period this summer, the Seattle Kraken inked forward Andre Burakovsky, defenseman Justin Schultz and goaltender Martin Jones to contracts. It's hard to imagine where the Kraken would be without that trio as they prepare to play host to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. Burakovsky leads the Kraken in scoring with 15 points through 17 games (four goals, 11 assists). Jones has been a workhorse since No. 1 goalie Philipp Grubauer got injured, going 8-4-2 with a 2.34 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage overall. Schultz has been a reliable second-pairing defender, and he scored twice, including the overtime winner, in Seattle's 3-2 victory over the visiting New York Rangers on Thursday night. Those are three of the reasons the second-year Kraken enter Saturday just two points behind Los Angeles for second place in the Pacific Division with three games in hand. Seattle is 6-1-1 in its past eight games. |
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11-19-22 | Islanders v. Stars UNDER 6 | 2-5 | Loss | -110 | 8 h 4 m | Show | |
The Islanders, who also have 22 points, are 5-4-0 on the road, and look to rebound from Thursday's 5-4 loss at Nashville. They fell behind 3-1 after the first period and trailed 4-1 before making it a one-goal game late. New York has been outscored 12-9 in the first period this season but has compensated for that by owning a 30-16 goal advantage in the third. "We just have to be ready to go from the start in Dallas, and build on the last 30 minutes against the Predators," Islanders forward Noah Dobson said. New York is 9-3-0 since Oct. 26 and has not dropped back-to-back games since losing three in a row from Oct. 20-23. |
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11-19-22 | Islanders v. Stars -139 | Top | 2-5 | Win | 100 | 8 h 20 m | Show |
Following a successful road stretch, the high-scoring Dallas Stars try to hand the visiting New York Islanders a second straight defeat on Saturday night. Given the Stars' potent offense, the Islanders can't afford another rough opening period. Sitting atop the Central Division with 22 points, Dallas ranks among the NHL leaders with 66 goals. The Stars have totaled 38 of those goals while going 5-2-1 in November and scored at least four in each of the last four games. Roope Hintz scored twice while Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin each had a goal with an assist during Thursday's 6-4 win at Florida to cap a 2-0-1 road trip. |
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11-19-22 | Lightning v. Predators UNDER 6 | 3-2 | Win | 100 | 8 h 7 m | Show | |
The Lightning look to extend a recent run of dominance over the Predators as they meet for the first time in 2022-23. The reigning three-time Eastern Conference champs have won nine of the last 11 matchups and swept last season's series after Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos each had a goal and two assists in a 6-2 rout on April 23.
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11-19-22 | Devils v. Senators UNDER 6.5 | 5-1 | Win | 110 | 1 h 11 m | Show | |
The New Jersey Devils are playing so well that even none of their three championship teams started this quickly. Off to their best 17-game start in franchise history, the Devils seek their 12th straight win Saturday afternoon when they visit the Ottawa Senators. The Devils are on their second-longest winning streak in team history, matching an 11-game run they enjoyed from March 28 to April 18, 2006. New Jersey is two away from matching the longest run in team history set from Feb. 26 to March 23, 2001. New Jersey also is 14-1 in its past 15 games after dropping its first two contests to Philadelphia and Detroit. The Devils outscored opponents 19-5 in the first four games of the streak and since then they have won five one-goal games, including three in overtime. The latest was Thursday's 3-2 thriller in Toronto when Jack Hughes set up Yegor Sharangovich's game-winner 57 seconds into overtime. Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt also scored for the Devils while Vitek Vanecek won his eighth straight game by making 25 saves. |
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11-17-22 | Penguins -105 v. Wild | 6-4 | Win | 100 | 5 h 39 m | Show | |
The inability to get various aspects of the game clicking at the same time continue to plague both the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Minnesota Wild. Each club looks to avoid a third straight loss when they meet Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn. Pittsburgh opened the season on a 4-0-1 stretch, then endured an 0-6-1 rut before winning two in a row. The Penguins, though, have followed that mini-run of success with a 5-4 overtime loss at Montreal and Tuesday's 5-2 home defeat to Toronto. Through 16 games, Pittsburgh has scored 56 goals and allowed 57. It's also just 2-for-22 on the power play over the last eight contests. "I think we have moments in the game where we generate scoring chances, we're playing on our toes, we're dictating the terms out there," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. "And then, there are lapses in the game where we break down -- the breakdowns are egregious, and they're hard to recover from." Meanwhile, Minnesota dropped its first three games of the season, then followed with a 5-1-1 stretch. Since that spurt, the Wild are 2-3-1 -- and coming off consecutive losses to San Jose and Nashville. It's been a six-game span in which Minnesota has allowed 11 goals, but only scored eight and been shut out twice. |
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11-17-22 | Devils v. Maple Leafs -135 | 3-2 | Loss | -135 | 4 h 54 m | Show | |
The New Jersey Devils shoot for their 11th consecutive victory Thursday night when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Devils defeated the host Montreal Canadiens 5-1 on Tuesday, with Jack Hughes scoring two goals and adding an assist. Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 Tuesday, with goaltender Matt Murray returning from a groin injury to play his first game since Oct. 12. The Maple Leafs already have been successful at ending one winning streak, stopping the Boston Bruins' seven-game run with a 2-1 home victory on Nov. 5. John Tavares scored his 400th career NHL goal Tuesday and Michael Bunting scored twice, but the game was about Murray, a former Penguin. Murray, who won two Stanley Cup championships with the Penguins, made 35 saves. |
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11-17-22 | Flames v. Lightning UNDER 6.5 | 1-4 | Win | 100 | 4 h 46 m | Show | |
It took a tough stretch of six games, but the Calgary Flames' offense finally found itself Monday night at home against the Los Angeles Kings in a six-goal outburst. The Western Conference club will need that type of outing Thursday night when it embarks on a season-long six-game road trip that starts on Florida's Gulf Coast. The Flames will face the Tampa Bay Lightning, with both teams owning two-game winning streaks. Luckily for Calgary, left winger Jonathan Huberdeau -- whose career for the Pacific Division team has started slowly and seen him slide from line to line -- scored the first goal of the game while playing with his new linemates. A 613-point producer for the Florida Panthers across 10 seasons, Huberdeau was slotted onto the third line against the Kings beside Mikael Backlund and Trevor Lewis. In the opening frame, he wheeled around the top of the right circle, took a pass in the slot from Rasmus Andersson, and put home just his second marker so far. |
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11-17-22 | Canadiens v. Blue Jackets -108 | Top | 4-6 | Win | 100 | 4 h 49 m | Show |
The improving Columbus Blue Jackets look to continue their climb out of the Metropolitan Division cellar Thursday when they host the Montreal Canadiens. After a five-game losing streak, the Blue Jackets have earned points in their last three games, including a pair of home-ice wins over Philadelphia. Thursday's game is the second of a six-game homestand for Columbus. On Tuesday, Vladislav Gavrikov scored at 3:14 of overtime to give the Blue Jackets their second overtime win, with Gavrikov accounting for both game-winners. Boone Jenner scored twice, and Eric Robinson had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, who did get a dose of bad news in the win. Elvis Merzlikins allowed two goals on 17 shots before leaving the game in the second period with an undisclosed injury. Merzlikins was replaced by Joonas Korpisalo, who made 18 saves. Columbus lost a pair of two-goal leads against Philadelphia before prevailing in overtime. |
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11-16-22 | Sabres v. Senators UNDER 7 | Top | 1-4 | Win | 100 | 3 h 24 m | Show |
Two teams looking to snap out of funks will collide when the Buffalo Sabres visit the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night. Buffalo arrives in the Canadian capital amid a six-game losing streak after a 5-4 defeat against the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. The Sabres spotted the Canucks three two-goal leads in the contest, including a 2-0 gap before the midpoint of the opening period. Buffalo pulled to within a goal multiple times, only to have Vancouver respond. "Too easy out of the gate," Buffalo coach Don Granato said. "That is a big lesson that needs to be learned now. Period." The Sabres had won three straight before the slide began with a loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Nov. 4. Buffalo has allowed 29 goals over the past six games and has trailed entering the third period four times during that stretch. |
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11-15-22 | Flyers v. Blue Jackets +102 | 4-5 | Win | 102 | 4 h 28 m | Show | |
After a surprisingly strong start, the Philadelphia Flyers have struggled with three consecutive losses, and on Tuesday night they'll visit the Columbus Blue Jackets, who started the Flyers' losing streak last week. The Flyers, who most recently dropped consecutive home games to the Ottawa Senators and Dallas Stars, will look to rebound in the same building where things started to unravel for them: Nationwide Arena. The Flyers fell 5-2 at Columbus last Thursday, starting the slide in which they have been outscored 14-4. "I'd be more upset with the loss if I felt they weren't trying," Philadelphia head coach John Tortorella said after the flat 5-1 defeat to the Stars. "You can boo us, you can talk (expletive) about us, but I will back those guys because they're trying. If it was an effort problem, it's a different story." The Flyers scuffled on special teams, going 0-for-6 on the power play and also allowing a short-handed goal to the Stars. |
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11-15-22 | Canucks +110 v. Sabres | Top | 5-4 | Win | 110 | 4 h 59 m | Show |
Both mired in losing streaks, the Vancouver Canucks visit the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday in a battle of teams desperate for a breakout performance. The Canucks have lost their last three games while the Sabres have suffered five consecutive losses. Each team lost to the league-leading Boston Bruins over the weekend -- Buffalo had a 3-1 setback on home ice Saturday, and Vancouver a 5-2 defeat in Boston on Sunday. The Sabres held a 1-0 lead until 18:51 of the second period before the Bruins scored three unanswered goals. Tage Thompson scored a tremendous short-handed marker for Buffalo's only score of the game. |
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11-15-22 | Capitals v. Panthers UNDER 6.5 | Top | 2-5 | Loss | -100 | 4 h 52 m | Show |
Defenseman Aaron Ekblad and winger Matthew Tkachuk are back for the Florida Panthers. Next, the Panthers will try to get back on the winning track Tuesday night when they host the slumping Washington Capitals. Ekblad played on Saturday for the first time since he suffered a lower-body injury on Oct. 17. Tkachuk also returned Saturday but from a shorter absence as he had been suspended for two games for jabbing Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick with his stick. Despite the return of Ekblad and Tkachuk, the Panthers lost, 4-2, at home Saturday against the Edmonton Oilers. Despite missing those two games, Tkachuk still leads the Panthers in points (17) and assists (12). |
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11-14-22 | Blues v. Avalanche UNDER 6.5 | 3-2 | Win | 100 | 10 h 17 m | Show | |
The St. Louis Blues just ended the longest winning streak in the NHL this season, and now they are going after another one. St. Louis, which has won two straight after dropping eight in a row, beat red-hot Vegas on the road Saturday night to end the Golden Knights' nine-game winning streak. Now the Blues travel to face the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night at Denver. Colorado has won four in a row, which isn't quite what Vegas had done, but the reigning champions have started to string victories together. The Avalanche have a chance to sweep their three-game homestand before playing eight of their next 10 on the road. This will be the first time the Blues have visited Denver since losing in the second round of last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs in six games. Goaltender Jordan Binnington, who was knocked out of that series in the third game, is coming off a 34-save performance against Vegas. He made 22 saves in the third period of the 3-2 win. St. Louis is trying to get back to its level from four years ago, when it went on a surprising run to win the Stanley Cup. The eight-game skid -- all regulation losses -- negated a quick start to the year but head coach Craig Berube has seen signs of bouncing back after the Blues beat San Jose 5-3 and then the Golden Knights. |
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11-13-22 | Jets +121 v. Seattle Kraken | Top | 3-2 | Win | 121 | 11 h 46 m | Show |
It's often said that even an average NHL goaltender can make a save when he sees the puck. But what about when a goalie happens to be a former Vezina Trophy winner, a three-time Stanley Cup champion and a likely first-ballot Hall of Famer? Well, good luck to the opposition. The Seattle Kraken learned that Friday night in a 1-0 defeat to Marc-Andre Fleury and the Minnesota Wild in which the Kraken's five-game winning streak was snapped. The Kraken will look to return to their winning ways when they host the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday night. Seattle also will try to get more traffic in front of the Jets' net after failing to do so Friday against the Wild. |
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11-11-22 | Wild v. Seattle Kraken UNDER 6.5 | 1-0 | Win | 100 | 12 h 50 m | Show | |
Kirill Kaprizov had something to prove. A night after being sent off in the second period with a match penalty for high-sticking Drew Doughty in a 1-0 loss at Los Angeles, the Minnesota Wild forward scored two power-play goals in a 4-1 victory Wednesday at Anaheim. Kaprizov and the Wild will wrap up a three-games-in-four-days trip to the West Coast on Friday night in Seattle. "He was motivated with everything that went on (Tuesday)," Wild coach Dean Evason said. Kaprizov, who took a career-high nine shots on goal against the Ducks, has 10 goals in 13 games this season. It's the second-fastest a Wild player has reached double-digits in franchise history, behind only Brian Rolston, who did it in 12 games in the 2006-07 season. |
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11-11-22 | Sharks v. Stars -1.5 | 5-4 | Loss | -100 | 10 h 16 m | Show | |
Considering the success they have enjoyed in Dallas, and against the San Jose Sharks there in recent years, the Stars might be in good shape to rebound from their worst defeat of the young season. The Stars will look for a fifth win in six home games Friday night when they face the Sharks, who will try to avoid a season-high sixth straight defeat -- and eighth in a row at Dallas. The Stars outscored their opponents 18-6 during a three-game winning streak they brought into their Tuesday visit to face the surging Winnipeg Jets. After Jason Robertson extended his career-high consecutive goal streak to six games by opening the night's scoring in the second period, the Jets scored four times during the frame and handed Dallas a 5-1 loss. |
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11-11-22 | Lightning v. Capitals UNDER 6 | Top | 1-5 | Push | 0 | 9 h 55 m | Show |
Washington will be looking to rebound from Wednesday night's 4-1 home loss against Metropolitan Division foe Pittsburgh. The Penguins tallied three times in the second period en route to snapping their seven-game winless streak (0-6-1). With two games coming up against the fast-breaking Lightning, Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said the style of play the Penguins presented slowed his team down. |
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11-10-22 | Blackhawks +1.5 v. Kings | Top | 1-2 | Win | 100 | 17 h 23 m | Show |
The Chicago Blackhawks have not had much success in their past six games, but they did beat the Los Angeles Kings in that span. The Blackhawks will try to turn results around against the Kings once again on Thursday night at Los Angeles. Chicago beat the visiting Kings 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 3, ending a four-game winless streak. Chicago was shut out for the second time this season on Saturday, giving up three power-play goals in a 4-0 loss against the Winnipeg Jets to start the current three-game trip. The loss dropped the Blackhawks to 1-3-2 in their past six games, watering down their impressive 4-2-0 start to the season. The Blackhawks returned to Chicago after the loss to Winnipeg and held a long practice on Tuesday, looking to improve on their offensive zone play. |
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11-10-22 | Predators v. Avalanche -1.5 | Top | 3-5 | Win | 140 | 16 h 49 m | Show |
Winning a title is hard, but the Colorado Avalanche are starting to learn that repeating is even tougher. A beat-up Colorado team returns home on Thursday night to face the Nashville Predators after sweeping Columbus in the two-game Global Series at Finland last weekend. The organization suffered a loss with the passing of longtime broadcaster and U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer Peter McNab, who died Sunday after battling cancer. McNab has been part of the Avalanche broadcast team since the franchise moved to Denver from Quebec in 1995. The team will honor him before Thursday's game. Colorado is home for three games -- its longest home stretch so far this season -- but will be short a couple of big pieces. The team announced that top-six forward Valeri Nichushkin will undergo ankle surgery and miss approximately a month, while defensemen Bowen Byram and Sam Girard are also out, with Byram's status said to be "week-to-week" due to a lower-body injury. |
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11-10-22 | Coyotes v. Islanders -1.5 | Top | 2-0 | Loss | -105 | 14 h 18 m | Show |
The New York Islanders are aware they probably can't count on overcoming multi-goal deficits for wins every night. It just seems like that this week. The Islanders look to continue their early season surge Thursday night when they host the Arizona Coyotes in Elmont, N.Y. Both teams were off Wednesday after earning road wins Tuesday night. The Islanders came back from another two-goal, third-period deficit to edge the rival New York Rangers 4-3, while the visiting Coyotes never trailed in a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. New York's seventh victory in eight games was particularly notable for the Islanders, who overcame a two-goal, third-period deficit in a second straight win for the first time in franchise history. New York scored twice in the third Monday night before Noah Dobson scored in overtime to cap a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames. |
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11-10-22 | Senators v. Devils -1.5 | 3-4 | Loss | -100 | 14 h 59 m | Show | |
The New Jersey Devils did plenty of things wrong Tuesday and captain Nico Hischier acknowledged the flawed performance. Yet things are going so well for the Devils that the sub-par start did not prevent the Devils from winning. The hottest team in the Eastern Conference seeks an eighth consecutive victory Thursday night when it hosts the struggling Ottawa Senators at Newark, N.J. New Jersey has won seven straight for the first time since it won eight consecutive in February of 2011. This season's streak vaulted the Devils to the top of the Metropolitan Division standings as New Jersey also is 10-1-0 since opening the season with consecutive 5-2 losses to the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings. In the first four games of the winning streak, the Devils outscored opponents by a dominating 19-5 margin. The past three games required some sort of comeback to earn one-goal wins, as the Devils built the longest active winning streak in the East. |
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11-10-22 | Oilers +138 v. Hurricanes | Top | 2-7 | Loss | -100 | 14 h 13 m | Show |
The Carolina Hurricanes' recent problems suddenly look trivial compared to those of the Edmonton Oilers. The Hurricanes enter their Thursday home game against the Oilers coming off a shutout loss at the hands of the Florida Panthers on Wednesday and having scored only one goal over the past two games. In their last game, the Oilers saw a teammate sustain an injury that set off alarms around the team and the NHL in general. Now, Edmonton will try to demonstrate a strong mental approach amid a four-game, East Coast trip. Oilers left winger Evander Kane skated off the ice with a wrist injury that required emergency medical attention because of a cut that resulted in considerable loss of blood Tuesday night at Tampa Bay. The injury to Kane, which occurred while he was down and Lightning forward Pat Maroon skated over his wrist, was scary in nature and will result in him missing at least three months of action. |
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11-10-22 | Flyers +115 v. Blue Jackets | Top | 2-5 | Loss | -100 | 14 h 9 m | Show |
Two teams that have gotten off to surprising starts this season meet Thursday when the Columbus Blue Jackets host the Philadelphia Flyers. The Blue Jackets have lost nine of their first 12 games after signing star free-agent forward Johnny Gaudreau in the offseason. The move caught the hockey world by surprise and raised expectations. Columbus has struggled out of the gate under second-year head coach Brad Larsen, losing five straight games -- including both contests to the Colorado Avalanche in the NHL Global Series last weekend in Finland. The Blue Jackets were outscored 11-4 in the two losses, including last Saturday's 5-1 setback in which the Avalanche scored three goals in under four minutes of the second period. Columbus was outshot 17-4 in the second period. |
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11-10-22 | Rangers v. Red Wings UNDER 6 | Top | 8-2 | Loss | -109 | 14 h 3 m | Show |
The New York Rangers won 52 games last season and were tied for fourth best in the Eastern Conference with 110 points but will be a .500 team through the first month of this season if they lose in regulation on the road against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. New York has dropped three consecutive games, two in regulation and one in overtime to the Red Wings. All those losses came on home ice. The Rangers gave up a two-goal advantage in the third period on Tuesday, as the New York Islanders scored three unanswered goals to claim a 4-3 victory. Head coach Gerard Gallant provided an unusually rosy assessment of the blown lead after his team fell to 6-5-3. |
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