NHL Review Monday December 11 2017

MONDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
NY ISLANDERS 3, Washington 1
Dallas 2, NY RANGERS 1 (SO)
Colorado 2, PITTSBURGH 1
Florida 2, DETROIT 1 (OT)
WINNIPEG 5, Vancouver 1
ANAHEIM 3, Carolina 2

CANUCKS ROOKIE BOESER SCORES FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE GAME

Canucks forward Brock Boeser scored for the third consecutive game and continues to pace all rookies – and shares sixth in the entire NHL – with 16 goals this season (16-12—28 in 28 GP). Only 15 rookies have scored more goals through their first 28 games of a season in the NHL’s expansion era (since 1967-68), including only three who achieved the feat in the past 28 years.

TAVARES HELPS ISLANDERS IMPROVE TO 9-1-2 AT HOME

John Tavares scored his 18th goal of the season to help the Islanders improve to 9-1-2 at Barclays Center in 2017-18. Tavares trails only Alex Ovechkin and Nikita Kucherov for the most goals in the NHL this season.

JETS EXTEND HOME WIN STREAK TO SEVEN GAMES

Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves and Mathieu Perreault (2-1—3) factored on three of five goals to help the Jets extend their home win and home point streaks to seven and 11 games (10-0-1), respectively. Elias notes that both streaks equal a franchise record set when the team was based in Atlanta.

The Jets’ 11-game home point streak is the longest in the NHL this season; the longest such run in 2016-17 stretched from Dec. 23 to March 4 when the Capitals went 16-0-1 on home ice. Only two teams have strung together more consecutive victories on home ice in 2017-18 – the Golden Knights (Oct. 15 – Nov. 24) and Rangers (Oct. 26 – Nov. 26) each had eight-game runs at home.

Overall, the Jets own an 11-2-1 record at Bell MTS Place this season, trailing the Lightning (13-2-1), Capitals (12-5-0) and Rangers (12-5-3) for the most home wins in the NHL.

Hellebuyck improved to 16-3-4 this season (2.44 GAA, .920 SV%, 1 SO), including an 11-0-1 clip on home ice (2.09 GAA, .930 SV%, 1 SO). Hellebuyck became the second goaltender in as many seasons to earn at least one point in his first 12 home decisions of a season, joining Jake Allen of the Blues, who went 11-0-2 from Oct. 13 to Dec. 15, 2016.

NHL Schedule for Tuesday, Dec 12

Matchup	Time
Ottawa@ Buffalo	7:00 PM ET
Los Angeles@ New Jersey	7:00 PM ET
Toronto@ Philadelphia	7:00 PM ET
Colorado@ Washington	7:00 PM ET
Edmonton@ Columbus	7:00 PM ET
Tampa Bay@ St. Louis	8:00 PM ET
Calgary@ Minnesota	8:00 PM ET
Florida@ Chicago	8:30 PM ET
Carolina@ Vegas	10:00 PM ET