NHL Review Thursday Feb 15 2018

THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
NEW JERSEY 5, Carolina 2
NY ISLANDERS 3, NY Rangers 0
PITTSBURGH 3, Los Angeles 1
OTTAWA 3, Buffalo 2 (OT)
TAMPA BAY 4, Detroit 1
Calgary 4, NASHVILLE 3
Washington 5, MINNESOTA 2
Anaheim 3, CHICAGO 2
ARIZONA 5, Montreal 2
VEGAS 4, Edmonton 1
SAN JOSE 4, Vancouver 1

HALL EXTENDS POINT STREAK IN DEVILS WIN

Former Windsor Spitfire Taylor Hall notched an assist to extend his point streak to nine games (6-6—12), the longest active run in the NHL and the longest by a Devils player since 2010-11 (Ilya Kovalchuk: 7-7—14 in 12 GP).

Hall’s point streak began Jan. 30 when he returned from a three-game absence. Prior to that, Hall had points in seven consecutive games from Jan. 2-20 (5-7—12).

Overall, Hall’s stretch of 16 consecutive appearances with at least one point is the longest such run in Devilsfranchise history, besting the previous mark set by Patrik Elias from Dec. 27, 1999 – Jan. 28, 2000 (15-9—24 in 15 GP) and matched by Brian Gionta from March 21 – April 18, 2006 (12-13—25 in 15 GP). Elias and Gionta achieved their runs in consecutive team games.

HALAK JOINS SHORT LIST WITH 50-SAVE SHUTOUT

Jaroslav Halak made a career-high 50 saves to become the 11th goaltender to register a shutout when making at least 50 saves (since 1955-56 when shots on goal became an official NHL statistic).

Halak became the second Islanders goaltender to achieve the feat, joining Glenn Healy who made 51 stops in a 3-0 victory vs. VAN on Jan. 16, 1990. The benchmark for most saves in a regular-season shutout (since 1955-56) was set on Jan. 29, 2014 when Edmonton’s Ben Scrivens posted 59 saves in a 3-0 win vs. SJS.

LEAGUE LEADERS KUCHEROV, OVECHKIN POST FOUR POINTS APIECE

Nikita Kucherov and Alex Ovechkin each collected 1-3—4 to power the League-leading Lightning (39-16-3, 81 points) and Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals (33-17-7, 73 points) to wins, respectively.

Kucherov extended his point streak to five games (4-6—10) and boosted his totals to 31-45—76 in 58 games this season, opening an eight-point lead over Johnny Gaudreau (19-49—68) in the race for the Art Ross Trophy.

Ovechkin scored his 34th goal of the season, tops in the NHL, and became the first player in Capitals history to record 1,100 career points (592-508—1,100 in 978 GP). In pursuit of his seventh Maurice Richard Trophy, Ovechkin moved within eight tallies of becoming the 20th player in NHL history to score 600 goals.

NHL Schedule for Friday Feb 16 2018

Matchup	Time
Philadelphia@ Columbus	7:00 PM ET
NY Islanders@ Carolina	7:30 PM ET
Colorado@ Winnipeg	8:00 PM ET
St. Louis@ Dallas	8:30 PM ET