NHL Review Thursday December 7 2017

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

Home Team in Caps
BOSTON 6, Arizona 1
PITTSBURGH 4, NY Islanders 3 (OT)
Calgary 3, MONTREAL 2 (OT)
TAMPA BAY 5, Colorado 2
FLORIDA 6, Winnipeg 4
ST. LOUIS 3, Dallas 0
Philadelphia 4, VANCOUVER 1
LOS ANGELES 4, Ottawa 3 (OT)
SAN JOSE 5, Carolina 4 (OT)

THORNTON LEADS THREE-GOAL COMEBACK, CLIMBS ALL-TIME POINTS LIST

The Sharks faced deficits of 3-0 and 4-1, but Joe Thornton collected 1-2—3, including an assist on the overtime winner by Brent Burns (1-1—2), to rally San Jose to victory. In doing so, Thornton (389-1,021—1,410) leapfrogged Dale Hawerchuk (518-891—1,409) for sole possession of 19th place on the NHL’s all-time points list.

Thornton recorded his 107th career three-point game – and first since Feb. 29, 2016 vs. MTL (1-2—3) – and now sits four points from tying Doug Gilmour (450-964—1,414) for 18th place on the all-time points list.

KINGS EXTEND WIN STREAK TO SEVEN GAMES

Ottawa tied the game with 8.5 seconds remaining in regulation, but Drew Doughty (1-1—2) scored 31 seconds into overtime to power Los Angeles to its seventh consecutive win and into sole possession of first place in the Western Conference (19-8-3, 41 points).

The Kings’ seven-game run is the longest win streak in the NHL this season and the longest by Los Angeles since an equal run from Oct. 16-31, 2015. Their last win streak of at least eight games came from Feb. 7-24, 2015 (8-0-0).

The Kings lead the NHL with 27 regular-season overtime goals since the 3-on-3 format was introduced in 2015-16, five more than the next-closest team (CGY: 22).

STAMKOS, NAMESTNIKOV POWER LEAGUE-LEADING LIGHTNING TO 20TH WIN

Steven Stamkos and Vladislav Namestnikov each had 1-2—3 as the League-leading Lightning scored at least five goals for the third consecutive game to become the first team to reach 20 wins this season (20-6-2, 42 points).

Stamkos boosted his totals to 12-29—41 this season (28 GP) to join teammate Nikita Kucherov (19-21—40 in 28 GP) as the only players in the NHL to reach the 40-point mark this season. Stamkos and Kucherov were the top two vote-getters in the Atlantic Division after one week of the 2018 NHL All-Star Fan Vote.

NHL BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGS IN FLORIDA

The NHL Board of Governors gathered in Florida for their final meetings of the League’s Centennial year. Following Thursday’s meeting, Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that a Seattle ownership group has been authorized to file an application for an NHL expansion team. Bettman also announced that the Hurricanes have entered into a purchase agreement for controlling interest in the team.

NHL Schedule Friday, December 8

Matchup	Time
Columbus@ New Jersey	7:00 PM ET
NY Rangers@ Washington	7:00 PM ET
Vegas@ Nashville	8:00 PM ET
Buffalo@ Chicago	8:30 PM ET
Minnesota@ Anaheim	10:00 PM ET