NHL Review Sunday January 7 2018

SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
NY ISLANDERS 5, New Jersey 4 (SO)
PHILADELPHIA 4, Buffalo 1
CHICAGO 4, Edmonton 1
WINNIPEG 4, San Jose 1
WASHINGTON 4, St. Louis 3 (OT)
COLUMBUS 3, Florida 2 (SO)
MONTREAL 5, Vancouver 2
Tampa Bay 5, DETROIT 2
PITTSBURGH 6, Boston 5 (OT)
VEGAS 2, NY Rangers 1

LEAGUE-LEADING LIGHTNING REACH 30-WIN MARK
Nikita Kucherov scored his NHL-leading 27th goal of the season (tied w/ Alex Ovechkin) to help Tampa Bay (30-9-3, 63 points) become the first team to reach the 30-win mark this season. The League-leading Lightning established a franchise record for fewest games to record 30 wins in a season (42 GP), eclipsing the mark of 48 contests set in 2014-15 (30-14-4, 64 points).

GOLDEN KNIGHTS PICK UP NHL-BEST 18TH HOME WIN
William Karlsson scored the go-ahead goal with 11:02 remaining in regulation to help the Western Conference-leading Golden Knights boost their record to 29-10-2 (60 points) this season, including a 14-1-1 mark in their last 16 contests.

Vegas extended its home point streak to 10 games (9-0-1) – including seven straight victories – and improved to 18-2-1 (37 points) at T-Mobile Arena overall, the most home wins in the NHL this season. Only three teams in League history have recorded more victories on home ice in their entire inaugural campaign than the Golden Knights, who have 20 games remaining at T-Mobile Arena this season.

NHL ANNOUNCES HEAD COACHES FOR 2018 HONDA NHL ALL-STAR GAME
Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning (Atlantic), Peter Laviolette of the Nashville Predators (Central), Barry Trotz of the Washington Capitals (Metropolitan) and Gerard Gallant of the Vegas Golden Knights(Pacific) will serve as the head coaches for the 2018 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend, which will be held Jan. 28-29 at Amalie Arena in Tampa.

Blue Jackets’ Savard Fined for Slashing
Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman David Savard has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for slashing Florida Panthers forward Vincent Trocheck during NHL Game No. 647 in Columbus on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The incident occurred at 16:02 of the third period. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.

NHL Schedule for Monday Jan 8 2018

Matchup	Time
Columbus@ Toronto	7:00 PM ET