NHL Review March 15 2018 – Laine Sets NHL Record

THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Toronto 5, BUFFALO 2
Washington 7, NY ISLANDERS 3
Columbus 5, PHILADELPHIA 3
Pittsburgh 5, MONTREAL 3
FLORIDA 3, Boston 0
Colorado 4, ST. LOUIS 1
WINNIPEG 6, Chicago 2
Nashville 3, ARIZONA 2
LOS ANGELES 4, Detroit 1

LAINE SETS NHL RECORD FOR LONGEST POINT STREAK BY A TEENAGER

Patrik Laine collected an assist on one of Winnipeg’s five first-period goals to help the Jets (42-19-10, 94 points) improve to 25-7-2 (52 points) at Bell MTS Place this season. Winnipeg is second in the Central Division, eight points back of Nashville (46-14-10, 102 points) for first place.

Laine extended his franchise-record point streak to 14 games (16-8—24), the longest by a teenager in NHL history.

The Jets established a franchise record for most home wins in a season (25), eclipsing the mark of 24 set by the Thrashers in 2005-06 (24-13-4, 52 points). Winnipeg moved within one win of matching its franchise record for most in a season overall (43), a mark set by the Thrashers in 2006-07 (43-28-11, 97 points) and matched by the Jets in 2014-15 (43-26-13, 99 points).

ATKINSON (HAT TRICK) HELPS BLUE JACKETS EXTEND WIN STREAK

Cam Atkinson (3-0—3) scored three of Columbus’ five goals as the Blue Jackets (38-28-5, 81 points) earned their sixth consecutive victory, the longest active win streak in the NHL.

Columbus leapfrogged New Jersey (36-26-8, 80 points) for the first Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference standings and tied Philadelphia (35-25-11, 81 points) for the third-most points in the tightly-contested Metropolitan Division, where seeds 3-5 are separated by just one point.

Atkinson scored the fourth hat trick of his NHL career (all w/ CBJ) to move within one of tying Rick Nash (5) for the most in franchise history.

MALKIN CONTINUES CHASE FOR ART ROSS, RICHARD IN PENGUINS WIN 

Evgeni Malkin collected 1-1—2 to reach the 40-goal mark for the third time in his NHL career and help the Penguins (41-26-5, 87 points) improve to 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Pittsburgh is second in the Metropolitan Division standings.

Malkin continues to lead the NHL with 26-27—53 in 2018 (32 GP). Since Jan. 1, he has moved from a share of 22nd to second place in the tightly-contested Art Ross Trophy race – where only five points separate Nikita Kucherov, Malkin and Connor McDavid.

Malkin’s 40 goals trail only Alex Ovechkin (42) and Patrik Laine (41) for the most in the NHL this season. Only one player in franchise history has concluded a season leading the League outright in both goals and points: Mario Lemieux in 1987-88, 1988-89 and 1995-96.

NHL Schedule for Friday, Mar 16 2018

Matchup	Time
NY Islanders@ Washington	7:00 PM ET
Dallas@ Ottawa	7:30 PM ET
Nashville@ Colorado	9:00 PM ET
San Jose@ Calgary	9:00 PM ET
Detroit@ Anaheim	10:00 PM ET
Minnesota@ Vegas	10:30 PM ET