NHL Review October 13 2017
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Washington 5, NEW JERSEY 2
COLUMBUS 3, NY Rangers 1
COLORADO 3, Anaheim 1
Ottawa 6, CALGARY 0
Detroit 6, VEGAS 3
OVECHKIN, BACKSTROM AND KUZNETSOV HIT 10-POINT MARK IN CAPITALS WIN
Alex Ovechkin (1-1—2), Nicklas Backstrom (1-3—4) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (0-2—2) each hit the 10-point mark on Friday to help the Capitals hand the Devils their first loss of the season and improve to 3-1-1.
The Capitals became the 10th team in NHL history to have three or more players each record at least 10 points through the first five games of a season (Ovechkin: 9-1—10, Backstrom: 2-8—10 and Kuznetsov: 0-10—10) and first since the Sharks in 2012-13 (Patrick Marleau: 9-4—13, Joe Thornton: 3-10—13 and Joe Pavelski: 2-8—10).
ANDERSON CLIMBS ALL-TIME SHUTOUTS LIST BY U.S.-BORN GOALTENDERS
Craig Anderson turned aside all 25 shots he faced to backstop the Senators to a 6-0 victory. Elias notes that Anderson (Park Ridge, Ill.) earned his 39th career shutout to pass Tom Barrasso (38) and move into a tie with Ryan Miller for fourth on the NHL’s all-time list by an American-born goaltender.
OTHER TEAMS CONTINUE STRONG STARTS
The Red Wings, Avalanche and Blue Jackets each secured victories on Friday to continue their strong starts to the 2017-18 season:
- Down 3-2 through 40 minutes, the Red Wings scored four unanswered goals in the third period to hand the Golden Knights their first loss of the season and improve to 4-1-0.
- Tyson Barrie scored the go-ahead goal with 5:39 remaining in regulation to power the Avalanche to a 4-1-0 record.
- Artemi Panarin scored the game winner – his first goal in a Columbus uniform – to help the Blue Jackets improve to 3-1-0.
NEAL EXTENDS SEASON-OPENING GOAL STREAK IN VEGAS
Golden Knights forward James Neal (1-0—1) has scored at least one goal in all four of Vegas’ games this season (6-0—6).
NHL Schedule Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Matchup |
Time |
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Carolina@ Winnipeg |
7:00 PM ET |
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Toronto@ Montréal |
7:00 PM ET |
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St. Louis@ Tampa Bay |
7:00 PM ET |
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New Jersey@ NY Rangers |
7:00 PM ET |
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Washington@ Philadelphia |
7:00 PM ET |
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Florida@ Pittsburgh |
7:00 PM ET |
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Colorado@ Dallas |
8:00 PM ET |
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Columbus@ Minnesota |
8:00 PM ET |
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Nashville@ Chicago |
8:30 PM ET |
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Boston@ Arizona |
9:00 PM ET |
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Calgary@ Vancouver |
10:00 PM ET |
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Ottawa@ Edmonton |
10:00 PM ET |
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Buffalo@ Los Angeles |
10:30 PM ET |
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NY Islanders@ San Jose |
10:30 PM ET |