NHL Review December 21, 2021
ROBERTSON, SEGUIN HELP STARS STAY HOT AT AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER
Jason Robertson (0-2—2) collected two assists to extend his home point streak to eight games (4-7—11) and Tyler Seguin notched one of the Stars’ seven goals as Dallas improved to 9-1-0 in their last 10 home games dating to Nov. 16.
- Robertson recorded his 19th career multi-point outing. Since he entered the NHL in 2019-20, only two players have more with the Stars: Roope Hintz (23) and Joe Pavelski (22).
- Dallas owns a 30-8-4 all-time record against Minnesota at American Airlines Center. The Stars’ .714 home win percentage against the Wild is their second-best mark against any franchise, trailing only their record against the Ducks (46-12-6, .719 W%).
KAPRIZOV SETS WILD BENCHMARK WITH THREE-POINT OUTING
Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild with 1-2—3 Monday and boosted his 2021-22 totals to 12-24—36 (30 GP), surpassing Marian Gaborik’s franchise mark (18-16—34 in 30 GP) for the most points by a Wild skater through their first 30 games of a campaign.
- The performance marked Kaprizov’s fifth outing with at least three points this season – only Leon Draisaitl (10), Connor McDavid (6), Alex Ovechkin (6) and Nazem Kadri (6) have more.
- Kaprizov, who ranks fifth in the NHL in points, is leading Minnesota by a 10-point margin over the team’s next-highest contributor, Ryan Hartman (14-12—26 in 30 GP). Only Ovechkin (22-25—47 in 31 GP) has a wider surplus (17) over his team’s second-highest scorer (Evgeny Kuznetsov: 9-21—30 in 28 GP).
NHL Postpones Tonight’s Capitals-Flyers Game
The National Hockey League has announced that due to COVID-related issues affecting the Washington Capitals, tonight’s game at the Philadelphia Flyers has been postponed. A make-up date for the game has yet to be established.
NHL Postpones Tomorrow’s Coyotes-Kraken Game
The National Hockey League announced that due to COVID-related issues affecting the Seattle Kraken, tomorrow’s game in Seattle has been postponed. A make-up date for the game has yet to be established. Seattle’s game on Thursday against the Calgary Flames had been postponed previously.
NHL, NHLPA Agree to Begin Holiday Break After Tuesday’s Games, Resume Practices on Dec. 26, Game Schedule on Dec. 27. Remaining Games Scheduled for Dec. 23 Postponed
With no games currently scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 22, because of COVID-related postponements, the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players’ Association have agreed to postpone the five games that remain scheduled on Thursday, Dec. 23, in order to begin the collectively-bargained Holiday Break effective with the conclusion of games tomorrow night, Dec. 21.
Under the revised schedule, Dec. 22, Dec. 23, Dec. 24 and Dec. 25 (Christmas Day) shall be off days for all purposes — including travel.
Players will report back to their Clubs on Dec. 26, which shall be used for testing, practice and/or travel only. Upon return from the Holiday Break to team facilities, no individual in the team’s Traveling Party shall enter the facility (other than for testing purposes) until they have a negative test result. Any practice scheduled for Dec. 26 must begin after 2:00 p.m. local time.
The League’s regular-season schedule will resume on Monday, Dec. 27.