NHL Review March 8 2018 – Luongo Nets 75th Shutout
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
BOSTON 3, Philadelphia 2
Winnipeg 3, NEW JERSEY 2
COLUMBUS 5, Colorado 4 (OT)
Buffalo 4, OTTAWA 3 (SO)
Vegas 4, DETROIT 0
TAMPA BAY 5, NY Rangers 3
FLORIDA 5, Montreal 0
NASHVILLE 4, Anaheim 2
Carolina 3, CHICAGO 2
EDMONTON 2, NY Islanders 1 (SO)
LOS ANGELES 3, Washington 1
SAN JOSE 2, St. Louis 0
LUONGO RECORDS 75TH CAREER SHUTOUT AS PANTHERS STAY HOT
Playing in his 990th career game, Roberto Luongo turned aside all 40 shots he faced to record his 75th career shutout and help the Panthers extend their point streak to eight games (7-0-1).
With a 14-3-1 record in their last 18 contests, Florida has moved within two points of Columbus (35-28-5, 75 points) for the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. The Panthers hold three games in hand over the Blue Jackets, with the clubs slated to close their three-game season series on March 22 at Nationwide Arena (CBJ: 2-0-0; FLA: 0-1-1).
Luongo moved within one shutout of tying Tony Esposito and Ed Belfour for ninth place on the NHL’s all-time list among goaltenders.
PREDATORS MATCH LONGEST WIN STREAK IN NHL THIS SEASON
Pekka Rinne made 31 saves to help the Western Conference-leading Predators (44-14-9, 97 points) extend their franchise-record win streak to 10 games, tied for the longest in the NHL this season (COL: 10-0-0 from Dec. 29 – Jan. 22). Nashville remains a point behind Tampa Bay (47-17-4, 98 points) for first place in the NHL standings (with one game in hand).
Rinne improved to 37-9-4 this season (2.28 GAA, .928 SV%, 7 SO), including victories in each of his last eight appearances. His 37 wins trail only Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy (40) for the most among all goaltenders this season.
The Predators honored David Poile in a pre-game ceremony for recently passing Glen Sather for the most regular-season wins by a general manager in NHL history.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS MATCH ANOTHER NHL RECORD WITH ROAD WIN
Alex Tuch (2-0—2) and Cody Eakin (2-1—3) combined for all four Vegas goals and Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside all 28 shots he faced as the Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights (43-19-5, 91 points) shut out the Detroit Red Wings and matched an NHL record with their 19th road win of the season.
Vegas improved to 19-12-3 (41 points) as visitors to equal the NHL record for road wins by a team in its inaugural season, a mark set by Anaheim in 1993-94.
NHL Schedule for Friday, Mar 9 2018
Matchup |
Time |
---|---|
Detroit@ Columbus |
7:00 PM ET |
Calgary@ Ottawa |
7:30 PM ET |
Anaheim@ Dallas |
8:30 PM ET |
Minnesota@ Vancouver |
10:00 PM ET |
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