NHL Review March 10 2018 – Lightning Reach 100 Points

SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
BOSTON 7, Chicago 4
Vegas 2, BUFFALO 1 (SO)
TAMPA BAY 3, Montreal 2 (SO)
PHILADELPHIA 2, Winnipeg 1
COLORADO 5, Arizona 2
St. Louis 7, LOS ANGELES 2
Washington 2, SAN JOSE 0
TORONTO 5, Pittsburgh 2
FLORIDA 4, NY Rangers 3 (SO)
New Jersey 3, NASHVILLE 2 (SO)
EDMONTON 4, Minnesota 1

LEAGUE-LEADING LIGHTNING REACH 100-POINT MARK

Nikita Kucherov tied the game in the third period and scored the decisive goal in the shootout as the League-leading Lightning (48-17-4, 100 points) extended their point streak to 10 games (9-0-1) and became the first team to reach the 100-point mark this season. The Lightning required the fewest games in franchise history to reach 100 points in a season (69 GP), eclipsing the mark of 77 contests set in 2014-15 (47-23-7, 101 points).

MAPLE LEAFS, PANTHERS EXTEND STREAKS, SET FRANCHISE RECORDS
The Maple Leafs (40-22-7, 87 points) and Panthers (34-25-7, 75 points) both earned victories to extend their respective home win streaks.

Nazem Kadri (2-0—2) scored twice and Morgan Rielly (0-3—3) matched a career high with three assists to power the Maple Leafs to their 10th consecutive victory at Air Canada Centre. Toronto, who has recorded 10 consecutive home wins for the first time in franchise history, also matched the franchise mark for the fewest games required to reach 40 wins (69 GP). The other instance: 1950-51 (40-16-13 in 69 GP).

Jonathan Huberdeau (1-1—2) and Vincent Trocheck (0-2—2) each collected two points and Trocheck scored the winning goal in the shootout to help the Panthers set a franchise record with their eighth straight home win. Florida improved to 15-3-1 in its last 19 contests and kept pace with the Devils (35-26-8, 78 points), who occupy the first Wild Card position in the Eastern Conference.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS ESTABLISH ANOTHER NHL RECORD WITH ROAD WIN

Deryk Engelland tied the game with 4:14 remaining in regulation and Erik Haula scored the decisive marker in the shootout to help the Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights (44-19-5, 93 points) establish an NHL record for most road wins by a team in its inaugural season.

Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves) earned the 399th victory of his NHL career to move within one of becoming the 13th goaltender in League history (third active) to reach the 400-win milestone. His 55 career shootout wins are the third-most in NHL history, trailing only Ryan Miller (59) and Henrik Lundqvist (58).

QUENNEVILLE MOVES INTO SECOND ON ALL-TIME GAMES COACHED LIST

Chicago’s Joel Quenneville appeared in his 1,608th career game as a head coach to pass Al Arbour (1,607) for sole possession of second place on the NHL’s all-time list.

COYOTE’S EKMAN-LARSON FINE SLASHING

Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for slashing Colorado Avalanche forward Sven Andrighetto during NHL Game No. 1052 today in Denver, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced.

The incident occurred at 13:54 of the third period. Ekman-Larsson was assessed minor penalties for slashing and cross-checking on the play.

The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.

NHL Schedule f or Sunday, Mar 11 2018

Matchup	Time
Boston@ Chicago	12:30 PM ET
NY Islanders@ Calgary	7:00 PM ET
Dallas@ Pittsburgh	7:30 PM ET
Vancouver@ Arizona	9:00 PM ET