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Burakovsky scores late goal, Avalanche beat Bruins 4-2 Game # 4 2 4 Colorado comes back from a two-goal deficit to beat Boston 4-2. By Associated Press Updated: 4 hours ago DENVER -- Andre Burakovsky skated by one Boston defender and collided with another. In between, he had an instant of separation, just enough to get off a shot. Burakovsky scored the go-ahead goal with 7:06 remaining, Boston had two goals disallowed after video reviews, and the unbeaten Colorado Avalanche handed the Bruins their first loss of the season with a 4-2 victory on Thursday night. Gabriel Landeskog added an empty-net goal with 1:01 remaining for the Avalanche, who are off to a 3-0 start for just the second time since relocating to Denver from Quebec in 1995. The 2013-14 club opened the season 6-0. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Nathan MacKinnon also had goals for Colorado and Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves. David Pastrnak and Zdeno Chara had goals for the Bruins. Burakovsky, acquired last June in a trade with the Washington Capitals, scored his first goal as a member of the Avalanche. From the top of the left circle, Burakovsky banged in a shot off the post, falling on his backside an instant after the shot as he took a hit from a defender. "It felt great," Burakovsky said. "I don't think the (defenseman) was fully awake when I kind of jumped by him. We've been talking all the time about getting pucks to the net. That's something that was in my mind and I was just lucky it hit the post and went in." Colorado coach Jared Bednar said there was a lot more than luck involved in Burakovsky's game-winner. "That's the best game we've seen out of him," Bednar said. "He was on pucks, he was making some plays, he was using his speed and driving by guys in foot races." Boston had appeared to take a 3-1 lead on a goal by Karson Kuhlman at 1:50 of the second period, but it was negated after Bednar's challenge was upheld. Officials rescinded the goal after a video review determined David Krejci interfered with Grubauer as he jostled with a defender in front of the net. The Bruins had an apparent tiebreaking power-play goal by Jake DeBrusk negated in the opening seconds of the third period, again when a challenge by Bednar was upheld on a video review that showed Pastrnak was narrowly offside on the play. "Any time you get production finally and it gets taken away from you -- twice -- you almost don't believe it, but that's how things are going for me," said DeBrusk, who also was in line for an assist on the first disallowed goal. "I scored and had an assist tonight but they got called back. We should've won this game 4-2, but I guess neither of them were goals and that's how they called it. They looked at it and called it out how it was. It won't snowball for me, but I'm definitely (upset)." Boston took a 2-0 lead on first-period goals by Pastrnak and Chara, who scored on a slap shot from just inside the blue line. Colorado got on the board with a power-play score by MacKinnon. Gabriel Landeskog split defenders while leading a rush into the Boston zone and let fly a shot that Jaroslav Halak turned away. But MacKinnon knocked in the rebound from up close. The Avalanche evened the score at 2 on a goal by Bellemare at 9:43 of the second.

Games Played on 10/8/19 Austin Watson vs Trevor Carrick Milan Lucic vs Kurtis MacDermid

Bruins top Golden Knights 4-3, off to best start in 18 years Brad Marchand nets two goals as the Bruins edge the Golden Knights 4-3. By Associated Press Updated: 3 hours ago Game # 3 4 3 LAS VEGAS -- The defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins won't play their first home game until Saturday. That hasn't stopped them from opening on a rampage in Western Conference cities, clearly putting last season's Game 7 loss in the Stanley Cup Final behind them. The Bruins (3-0-0) remained undefeated when Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist in a 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night. Boston scored four straight goals after falling behind 2-0 early in the first period and has won its first three games for the first time in the past 18 seasons. "We have a good group. We're pretty much all together again. We've got a couple of new guys, but we have a good team," said Marchand, who has three goals this season. "We're going to compete every night. That's what's in this room, that's what we expect. "If we're going to get beat, we're either going to have a really bad game or another team is going to battle us." Neither of which has taken place yet, as the Bruins have outscored Dallas, Arizona and Vegas 7-3. David Pastrnak and Torey Krug also scored for the Bruins, and Tuukka Rask made 31 saves. "It's not too long since we last played together and I think we have pretty much the same group, so we know the system and it helps," said Rask, who moved into sole possession of 49th place with his 267th career win. "I think we're feeling comfortable playing together and even though we were down a couple of goals we just trust the system and it worked out today." Boston, which was 4-0-2 in the preseason, improved to 4-1-0 all-time vs. the Golden Knights and concludes its four-game road trip Thursday in Denver. "Obviously being down early, being able to come back, winning a close game at the end, pushing them off a little bit at the end, those are just experiences that we'll put in our pocket and use for another day," Krug said. "Early on you're trying to find your legs, your game and sometimes it's not going to be pretty. When you go on the road you don't worry about putting on a show for the fans. We're just able to grind out some games. "We got some greasy wins, they weren't pretty early on, it's still not where we want to be -- but they're steppingstones. I think it's beneficial to go out on the road." The Golden Knights (2-1-0), who swept a season-opening home-and-home series with San Jose, looked out of sync much of the night despite occasional flashes from their top two lines. Mark Stone, Reilly Smith and Max Pacioretty scored for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves but dropped to 12-8-5 against the Bruins with a .915 save percentage. "Their defense has good gaps, big, long sticks -- we had to be prepared for that," Stone said. "We didn't do a good enough job in the neutral zone and that led to their attack. We had our looks in the second period to score goals. A bounce here, a bounce there, we're right back in it. We've just got to clean up our mistakes." Vegas started out strong with back-to-back goals in the first period by Stone and Smith to take a 2-0 lead in the first 8:20. But then the Bruins answered with four consecutive goals -- three from their top line of Marchand, Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron. Marchand scored 33 seconds into the second period to put Boston ahead 3-2, handing Vegas its first deficit of the young season, and Krug extended the lead with a blistering slap shot that got through traffic to make it 4-2. The Golden Knights, who didn't get their first shot on goal in the third period until there was 8:28 left in the game, made it a one-goal game when Pacioretty beat Rusk with his first of the season, a power-play goal with 5:18 remaining.

Bruins top Golden Knights 4-3, off to best start in 18 years Brad Marchand nets two goals as the Bruins edge the Golden Knights 4-3. By Associated Press Updated: 3 hours ago Game # 3 4 3 LAS VEGAS -- The defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins won't play their first home game until Saturday. That hasn't stopped them from opening on a rampage in Western Conference cities, clearly putting last season's Game 7 loss in the Stanley Cup Final behind them. The Bruins (3-0-0) remained undefeated when Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist in a 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night. Boston scored four straight goals after falling behind 2-0 early in the first period and has won its first three games for the first time in the past 18 seasons. "We have a good group. We're pretty much all together again. We've got a couple of new guys, but we have a good team," said Marchand, who has three goals this season. "We're going to compete every night. That's what's in this room, that's what we expect. "If we're going to get beat, we're either going to have a really bad game or another team is going to battle us." Neither of which has taken place yet, as the Bruins have outscored Dallas, Arizona and Vegas 7-3. David Pastrnak and Torey Krug also scored for the Bruins, and Tuukka Rask made 31 saves. "It's not too long since we last played together and I think we have pretty much the same group, so we know the system and it helps," said Rask, who moved into sole possession of 49th place with his 267th career win. "I think we're feeling comfortable playing together and even though we were down a couple of goals we just trust the system and it worked out today." Boston, which was 4-0-2 in the preseason, improved to 4-1-0 all-time vs. the Golden Knights and concludes its four-game road trip Thursday in Denver. "Obviously being down early, being able to come back, winning a close game at the end, pushing them off a little bit at the end, those are just experiences that we'll put in our pocket and use for another day," Krug said. "Early on you're trying to find your legs, your game and sometimes it's not going to be pretty. When you go on the road you don't worry about putting on a show for the fans. We're just able to grind out some games. "We got some greasy wins, they weren't pretty early on, it's still not where we want to be -- but they're steppingstones. I think it's beneficial to go out on the road." The Golden Knights (2-1-0), who swept a season-opening home-and-home series with San Jose, looked out of sync much of the night despite occasional flashes from their top two lines. Mark Stone, Reilly Smith and Max Pacioretty scored for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves but dropped to 12-8-5 against the Bruins with a .915 save percentage. "Their defense has good gaps, big, long sticks -- we had to be prepared for that," Stone said. "We didn't do a good enough job in the neutral zone and that led to their attack. We had our looks in the second period to score goals. A bounce here, a bounce there, we're right back in it. We've just got to clean up our mistakes." Vegas started out strong with back-to-back goals in the first period by Stone and Smith to take a 2-0 lead in the first 8:20. But then the Bruins answered with four consecutive goals -- three from their top line of Marchand, Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron. Marchand scored 33 seconds into the second period to put Boston ahead 3-2, handing Vegas its first deficit of the young season, and Krug extended the lead with a blistering slap shot that got through traffic to make it 4-2. The Golden Knights, who didn't get their first shot on goal in the third period until there was 8:28 left in the game, made it a one-goal game when Pacioretty beat Rusk with his first of the season, a power-play goal with 5:18 remaining.

Doughty's OT winner gives Kings 4-3 win over Flames Game # 3 3 4 OT Drew Doughty is wide open on the one-timer for the game-winning goal in the Kings' 4-3 victory vs. the Flames. By Associated Press Updated: 3 hours ago CALGARY, Alberta -- Drew Doughty and Matthew Tkachuk lived up to the hype around their rivalry. Doughty scored a power-play goal 50 seconds into overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. Tkachuk scored twice, including the tying goal with 64 seconds left in regulation, and had an assist for Calgary. The tension between Doughty and Tkachuk dates back to the latter elbowing the former in the face in 2017 during Tkachuk's rookie season. The Flames winger and the Kings defenseman have taken the odd verbal jab at each other off ice in the media. The men bring out the competitor in the other on the ice. Doughty said before Tuesday's game: "I think we both know who the better player is." He was more conciliatory in victory and downplayed the friction between the two players. "You guys make a bigger deal of it than we do," Doughty told reporters. "He's just trying to play a good game. "As much as he doesn't want to say it, he knows I'm a really good player and he's trying to get me off my game. But really, he's just feeding into my game. "We're both good players. We just want to win games. That's it." Said Tkachuk: "I'm excited for round two in two weeks in L.A." The Kings picked up their first win after falling 6-5 in their season opener to the host Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist, with Sean Walker and Ilya Kovalchuk also scoring for Los Angeles (1-1-0). Jack Campbell made 26 saves. Noah Hanifin also scored for Calgary (1-1-1). David Rittich turned away 36 shots. With Rittich pulled for an extra attacker, Tkachuk's second goal of the game pulled the Flames even with 64 seconds remaining. The winger tipped the puck in the air on a rebound and batted it by Campbell. The Kings took a man advantage into overtime with Calgary's Sam Bennett serving a tripping minor. Calgary trailed 3-0 midway through the second period when Tkachuk and Backlund scored within a three-minute span. Campbell squeezed his pads too late on Hanifin's backhand at 13:33 to pull the hosts within a goal. Tkachuk scored off a broken play in the offensive zone, beating Campbell low stick side at 10:51 of the second period. Kovalchuk batted a rebound in the air by Rittich at 3:46 of the second period. The Kings' third goal was allowed to stand upon review. Flames forward Milan Lucic and Kings defenseman Kurtis MacDermid fought after Kovalchuk's goal. The flat-footed Flames were outshot 20-3 in the opening period and failed to register a shot on net during a first-period power play. Walker's sharp-angled wrister from the boards fooled Rittich at 17:26. A scramble for a rebound from Doughty's shot squirted out to Toffoli, who beat Rittich glove side at 2:53. Fans in the Saddledome booed Doughty whenever he had the puck. The Flames gave their fans little to cheer about for half a game until Tkachuk's goal sparked the home club. "The personal rivalry between the two . . . the intensity that both of them bring, when you buy a ticket you're going to watch those two closely," Kings coach Todd McLellan said. "Nobody went home disappointed I'm sure with Tkachuk's or Doughty's performances tonight."

Game # 2 1 0 Halak stops 35 shots in Bruins' 1-0 win over Coyotes Brad Marchand scores the only goal of the game as the Bruins win 1-0 against the Coyotes. By Associated Press Updated: 16 hours ago GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jaroslav Halak was tested from the start, facing breakaways, odd-man rushes, numerous good chances on power plays. He turned away every one and the Boston Bruins won yet another game in the desert. Halak stopped 35 shots, Brad Marchand scored and the Bruins extended their winning streak over the Arizona Coyotes to 15 straight games with a 1-0 win Saturday night. "It's good to get in the game early and if you get tested early you stay focused more," Halak said. "That's what happened tonight." The Bruins opened defense of their Eastern Conference title with a 2-1 victory over Dallas on Thursday night behind Tuukka Rask's 28 saves. Boston turned to Halak for Game 2 and the veteran was sharp against Arizona. Halak stopped Vinnie Hinostroza on a short breakaway in the first period and slid over to get a skate on Clayton Keller's shot from the slot. He also stopped Michael Grabner on a short-handed mini breakaway later in the period and had Phil Kessel muttering to himself with a glove save in the third. Halak faced a flurry of shots after Arizona pushed late in the third and turned those away, too, finishing off his 48th career shutout. "He was good like Tuukka the other night," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "Not a lot of rebound issues, pucks were sticking to him and I think we did a good job of clearing the ones that didn't." Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots to keep Arizona it in, but the Coyotes couldn't convert on numerous good scoring chances -- just as they did in the opener at Anaheim. Arizona has not beaten Boston since 2010 in Prague. "Play like that, most of the nights you're going to come out on top," Coyotes center Derek Stepan said. "I like tonight. Sometimes you get snake bitten. Their goaltender stood tall and we didn't bury them." The Coyotes made one of the biggest offseason splashes by acquiring Kessel in a trade with Pittsburgh. Kessel had an assist on Arizona's only goal in its opener on Thursday, but the Coyotes lost 2-1 to Anaheim. Kuemper, who played well after Antti Raanta was injured last season, stopped 27 shots in that game and started again Saturday after Raanta was recalled from Tucson of the AHL. Arizona controlled play most of the first period until Boston made a push. Marchand beat Kuemper to the stick side with a wrister from the left circle with less than two minutes left. "I didn't see anything," Marchand said. "I just tried to get it on net and it found its way in." Kuemper made some difficult saves in the second period, stopping David Pasternak on one shot and sliding over for a spectacular save on Marchand's rebound attempt. Kumper also stuffed Chris Wagner on a near breakaway early in the third period and gave the Coyotes a chance with several quality saves. "He had a really good game," Coyotes captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson said. "I thought when we turned a couple pucks over in the second, he kept us in the game. It could have been a different game there. He's a good goalie and showed it tonight."

Games Played on 10/5/19 Sidney Crosby vs Pierre-Luc Dubois Winner ? Brenden Dillon vs Nicolas Deslauriers Winner ?

Game # 2 3 0 CALGARY, Alberta -- Calgary's top line produced and goaltender David Rittich got to work on proving he's an NHL starter. Rittich made 34 saves, including 18 in the third period, as Calgary beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 Saturday night. Sean Monahan and Elias Lindholm scored for Calgary. Johnny Gaudreau added an empty net goal and assisted on both of his linemates' goals for his second multi-point game to open this season. "It starts in net. I thought Ritter was real solid," Flames head coach Bill Peters said. "Johnny had a good night too right? The Monahan line was real good. "They're out there at the end of the game in that five versus six and they executed. They're growing up right in front of our eyes. They know what they have to do. They're a very good line and we have a lot of confidence in them." Jacob Markstrom stopped 27 of 29 shots in the loss for Vancouver. Calgary improved to 8-8-3 in home-openers since the turn of the century. The Flames outshot the Canucks 14-5 in the second period and led 2-0 heading into the third. Vancouver failed to convert a pair of third-period power plays. The first included 61 seconds of 5-on-3, but Rittich stopped three shots in that span and made 18 saves in the period. Monahan collected his second goal in as many games, scoring from the slot at 1:10 of the second on a feed from Gaudreau behind the goal-line. Lindholm opened the scoring at 13:50 of the first. Myers misplayed a cross-ice pass in Calgary's zone onto the stick of Lindholm, who whipped the puck under Markstrom's arm. "I thought we had some good looks," Canucks head coach Travis Green said. "Still got to get results." Both teams opened their seasons with road losses Thursday.

Game # 2 5 1 Nosek nets two goals in Golden Knights' win Tomas Nosek finds the back of the net twice in the Golden Knights' 5-1 win vs. the Sharks. By Associated Press Updated: 2 hours ago SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Vegas Golden Knights got a measure of revenge five months removed from a controversial playoff loss that ended their season. Tomas Nosek scored two goals and had an assist, Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves and Vegas beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1 on Friday night. "It doesn't erase what happened last spring, but we had all summer to think about (it)," said Fleury, whose team blew a three-goal lead midway through the third period of a 5-4 Game 7 overtime loss in the first round of the NHL playoffs earlier this year. The Sharks trailed 3-0 in that game when Cody Eakin was assessed a five-minute major on Joe Pavelski, who signed with Dallas in the offseason. The Golden Knights swept the season-opening, home-and-home series with the Sharks and improved to 7-1-2 all-time against San Jose in the regular season. "It's a good rivalry," Golden Knights coach Gerald Gallant said. "We battled hard and we came out on top for the first two." Nosek and Brayden McNabb scored in a 90-second span late in the second period to break open a 2-0 game. Vegas took an early lead on a goal by William Carrier at 5:01 of the first period. Vegas extended its lead early in the second period when Shea Theodore intercepted an errant pass from Sharks defenseman Brent Burns and fired a shot that Jonathan Marchessault redirected to make it 2-0. McNabb scored a short-handed goal with just under five minutes left in the second period, and Nosek scored 88 seconds later to make it 4-0. Nosek added a short-handed goal midway through the third period. "It feels pretty good," Nosek said. "I've never had a three-point game in the NHL, so I'm happy that we win and I'm happy for the three points." Vegas had multiple short-handed goals for the first time in franchise history. Barclay Goodrow scored late in the third period for San Jose, which fell to 12-14-2 in home openers and has lost three straight home openers. Sharks goalie Martin Jones had 19 saves and gave up four goals in two periods. He was replaced at the start of the third period by Aaron Dell, who had five saves. "We drew a very good team, maybe the best team in the West right out of the gate, and they showed us how it's supposed to look and we've got some work to do," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. The Golden Knights have three short-handed goals in two games. They had just 11 all of last season. The Sharks were 0 for 5 on power plays, and haven't scored in 10 power plays through two games. "I think right now, for me, the power play is gonna be the least of my worries," DeBoer said. "We've got to find a way to get four lines out there who can put pressure on the other team."

As a bruins fan, I say this... His knowledge and passion of the game is both awesome and intense, but sometimes his blatant bruins homerism is over the top... This incident, i'm guessing that he was implying that Polak was going for a hit and missed and wound up taking himself out instead, hence the "bad" hockey karma. Either was it was a pretty bad and un needed choice of words...

Games played on 10/3/19 Milan Lucic vs Nikita Zadorov Winner ?

ame Rantanen scores twice, Avalanche beat Flames 5-3 Associated Press Updated: 5 hours ago Game #1 Flames 3 Avs 5 DENVER -- Mikko Rantanen missed training camp and the preseason, yet showed he hasn't missed a beat after a summer of uncertainty. Rantanen had two goals less than a week after agreeing to a contract with Colorado, Joonas Donskoi scored twice in his debut and the Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Thursday night. It capped a wild few days and nearly 5,000 miles of travel for the 22-year-old Rantanen. "Everything happened really quick. I got a call last Saturday and now I'm here," Rantanen said. "It's already been four or five days and played the first game, too. I felt surprisingly good; it's probably going to take a couple of games to get fresh legs." Rantanen was a restricted free agent heading into the summer and he remained in his native Finland while contract negations dragged on through training camp. The parties finally agreed to a six-year, $55.5 million deal on Saturday night and Rantanen joined the team on Sunday, four days before the start of the season. He had career highs in goals (31) and assists (56) in 74 games last season playing mostly with Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog on Colorado's top line. He didn't get to work with the team until Monday, but was sharp in more than 18 minutes of ice time against the Flames. "As soon as I watched him practice for two days, I knew he was going to pick up where he left off," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. "He came in and practiced and it looked easy for him." Rantanen scored a go-ahead goal in the first period and added the eventual decisive score on the power play late in the second period, minutes after J.T. Compher gave Colorado a 3-2 lead. Mark Giordano scored 16 seconds after Rantanen's second goal but the Flames couldn't overcome early penalties. Calgary had three in the first period and Colorado had two goals on six power-play chances overall. "They got a lot of momentum and their top players got a lot of touches early," Giordano said of penalties. "It carried on for a while. I thought after the midway point of the game we did a better job. When we were 5-on-5 we were very good." Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan each had a goal and an assist for Calgary. David Rittich had 26 saves for the Flames, who started the season the same way last season ended -- with a loss. The Avalanche defeated Calgary in the first round of last season's playoffs, beating the Western Conference's top seed in five games. Donskoi got Colorado off to a quick start with a power-play goal 5:59 in, and the teams traded goals the rest of the period. Gaudreau's goal 1:50 into the second period tied it and Donskoi scored into an empty net with 1:09 left in the third. Donskoi also helped the Flames when Monahan's shot deflected off of his stick and in for Calgary's first goal. He made up for it with a strong debut after signing with the Avalanche on July 1. "It felt amazing. I've been waiting for this moment all summer," Donskoi said. "There were a lot of emotions." Colorado goalie Philipp Grubauer had 26 saves.

Game # 1 Bos 2 Dallas 1 Ritchie beats former team on 1st shift, Bruins top Stars 2-1 Brett Ritchie and Danton Heinen notch goals in the first period, as the Bruins defeat the Stars 2-1. By Associated Press DALLAS -- Brett Ritchie had never taken the ice in an NHL game with a team other than the Dallas Stars when he debuted for the Boston Bruins. After scoring on his first shift, Ritchie watched his former teammates basically form a parade route out of the rink with injuries. The new Boston forward scored barely a minute in, Dallas defenseman Roman Polak was taken off on a stretcher just before the Stars' only goal and the Bruins opened defense of their Eastern Conference title with a 2-1 victory Thursday night. Danton Heinen had a power-play goal in the first period as the Bruins beat Vezina Trophy finalist Ben Bishop with their first two shots in a season-opening meeting of teams that lost Game 7s in the playoffs to Stanley Cup champion St. Louis last season. "You're not going to score on your first two shots very often," said Ritchie, who was with the Stars when they lost in double overtime in the second round last spring before the Bruins fell to the Blues in the Cup finals. "We jumped out to the lead there and built the momentum for the first, and then they took it to us in the second." Dallas' goal came less than a minute after Polak had to be taken off on a stretcher after going head-first into the boards when he tried to check Chris Wagner with 12:56 remaining in the second period. Polak barely moved while face down on the ice before being rolled onto a board and lifted onto the stretcher during a delay that lasted almost 10 minutes. Coach Jim Montgomery said after the game Polak was OK after an evaluation at a hospital and could return soon. "I think obviously we kind of didn't want to think about it after it happened," defenseman John Klingberg said. "We got to get back playing again. It's tough to see a teammate go down like that." Roope Hintz's goal came 51 seconds later when the 22-year-old beat Tuukka Rask stick side on a partial breakaway after Mattias Janmark split two defenders with a pass. Joe Pavelski got his first point with the Stars with an assist on the takeaway that started the rush. "You've got to find ways to stay in games and give yourself a chance," Pavelski said. "I thought we did a good job with that. We kept coming, kept getting better. It was right there for us." The Stars had 16 of their 29 shots in the third period, and Rask stopped them all to finish with 28 saves. The 13th-year pro entered the season with the best goals-against average among actives goalies at 2.28. "I felt the best in the third," Rask said. "I don't know if that's because it was the most action or what, but a big win." Before Polak's injury, forward Blake Comeau sustained a lower body injury when he fell awkwardly after getting hit in the cheek by a puck in the first period. Montgomery said he would miss multiple weeks. The Stars lost another forward after the first period when Jason Dickinson didn't return with an upper body injury. "It's life in the NHL," Montgomery said. "Next man up. We went through it all of last year and we're a resilient group. We're a deep organization and we're going to be OK." Ritchie's goal came 1:09 in when Andrew Cogliano couldn't get a clearing pass from Bishop out of the zone and turned over the puck near the blue line. Charlie Coyle got an assist. The 26-year-old Ritchie spent his first five NHL seasons with Stars as a 2011 second-round pick, signing as a free agent in Boston following two disappointing seasons in Dallas after he scored 16 goals -- nearly half his career total -- in 2016-17. "I'm still confident in what I can do," Ritchie said. "New team, new opportunity, fresh start, whatever you want to call it. I just tried to take advantage of it." Heinen beat Bishop from the left circle about five minutes later after Alexander Radulov was called for holding. Bishop stopped all 18 Boston shots after that.

Just my opinion, but Vegas in general is an attractive place, and with the immediate success the organization has had, if it continues, they won't have any issues luring ufa's to sign there, all they really have to do is deepen the pipeline and not miss on draft picks, and they should be solid for years.

10/2/19 vs The Sharks...Congrats, Kid.

Game # 1 VGK 4 Sharks 1 LAS VEGAS -- Golden Knights rookie Cody Glass couldn't seem to do anything right on the day of his NHL debut. He broke a sliding door in the locker room of the team's practice facility, couldn't fall asleep while attempting to take a pregame nap -- and his nerves continued to get the best of him. Then he stepped onto the ice. Glass, the club's first draft selection when he was picked sixth overall in 2017, scored the first goal of his career to help Vegas beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams. "It's nerve-wracking, especially with all those fans," said Glass, who centered a line that included veteran wings Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty. "It's something that I just took a deep breath and kind of tried to forget about. They (the jitters) went away. As a hockey player you take that first shift, kind of take it all in. Try and not do too much and then after that get more comfortable. "Playing with two special players like that, it's incredible. I've been watching those guys for a while growing up. To have the chance to play on a line with them is unbelievable. Obviously they had really good games today and hopefully moving forward it's the exact same." Pacioretty assisted on Glass' goal, Stone had a goal and assist, and Reilly Smith added two goals for the Golden Knights, who improved their regular-season record at T-Mobile Arena to 54-22-7. Sitting amongst the regular season-record crowd of 18,588 at T-Mobile Arena was Glass' father Jeff and brother Matt, making the night even more special. "They've been through it all with me, through the tough times and the good," Glass said. "It's incredible to have them here. I know they're very happy for me and I can't wait to share this moment with them. It's a special day, but I don't want to be a one-game player. I want to be an 82-game player." Marc-Andre Fleury, who was 2-1-0 with a 1.68 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage in the preseason, made 21 saves to earn the win in the 799th game of his career. Fleury, now in his 16th season, improved to 10-5-0 in openers. The victory tied him with Curtis Joseph (10-2-0) and Martin Brodeur (10-5-3) for the most season-opening wins in NHL history. Vegas, which will play in San Jose on Friday, improved to 6-1-2 all-time against the Sharks in the regular season. But it was San Jose that ousted Vegas in a highly controversial Game 7 during last season's first round of the playoffs. "It's nice to get that first win at home, especially against these guys," Fleury said. "Our crowd again was awesome; it was loud in there. I think our team played an awesome game from start to finish and I didn't have to do too much back there." Marcus Sorensen scored for San Jose, which played with a contingent of newcomers after forward Evander Kane was handed a three-game suspension Tuesday, and All-Star defenseman Erik Karlsson was ruled out for a personal matter just before puck drop. Martin Jones, who tied for third in the league with 36 wins last season, made 31 saves. "It's hard," San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. "We have a lot of young players that we're asking to come into this environment against a veteran, battle-hardened team with revenge on their minds. It was a big ask. The result was just and deserved. Hopefully we'll learn some lessons and get better from it." Stone opened the scoring when he snapped a wrist shot past Jones on the power play. Less than two minutes later it was Smith with a one-timer from William Karlsson at the doorstep to make it 2-0. It was Karlsson's 100th career assist. Sorensen cut the lead in the half later in the period when he rifled a wrist shot just over the top of Fleury's glove. Glass extended Vegas' lead to 3-1 with his goal, and Smith provided the final margin with a short-handed goal, his second of the game.

As i did last year, i try to keep a record of every NHL fight during the regular season and post video of those that are worthy, and hopefully it leads to some discussion.The rules of "Fight Club"... 1st Rule "You do not talk about fight club"2nd Rule "YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB" 3rd Rule "If someone yells stop, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over"4th Rule "Only two guys to a fight"5th Rule "One fight at a time , fellas"6th Rule "No shirts, no shoes"7th Rule "Fights will go on as long as they have to"And the 8th and final rule of "Fight Club" is... "If tonight is you're first night at fight club, you have to fight"

Going into season # 3, it's going to be interesting...

I will post game recaps after each game and discuss the flames season.

The Vegas Golden Knights have traded defensemen Collin Miller to the Buffalo Sabres for a 2nd round pick in 2021 and 5th round pick in 2022.

Bruins Announce 2019 Development Camp Roster & Schedule All on-ice sessions at Warrior Ice Arena are free and open to the public by Boston Bruins @NHLBruins / Boston Bruins 3:56 PM Facebook Share Twitter Share Link Share Email Share BOSTON - The Boston Bruins announced today, June 25, their roster, practice schedule and media availability for the Bruins' 13th annual Development Camp at Warrior Ice Arena. Please note roster, practice times and availability are subject to change. The Bruins Development Camp will be held from Wednesday, June 26 through Friday, June 28. All on-ice sessions of the Bruins Development Camp are open to the public and the media. The Development Camp participants will also partake in three community events on Thursday, June 27. A group of prospects will visit Franciscan Children's Hospital at 2:30 p.m., while another group visits Woburn Public Library for a Bruins Summer Reading Kickoff at 3 p.m. The final group of prospects will remain at Warrior Ice Arena to assist with a Northeast Passage Sled Hockey Clinic at 2:30 p.m. The Development Camp roster features 34 players, including 21 forwards, 8 defensemen and 5 goaltenders. The roster includes 19 players within the Bruins organization and 15 players who will attend on an invite basis. The roster also includes players from six different countries: United States (20), Canada (5), Sweden (4), Czech Republic (3), Finland (1), Russia (1). The average age of all attendees is 20.1 years old. BOSTON BRUINS 2019 DEVELOPMENT CAMP ROSTER: (Players are listed in alphabetical order by last name) Forwards: Samuel Asselin, Jack Becker, John Beecher, Matt Brown*, Nathan Burke*, Casey Dornbach*, Curtis Hall, Mike Hardman*, Jakub Lauko, Matias Mantykivi, Drew O'Connor*, Quinn Olson, Justin Richards*, Linus Sandin*, Jake Schmaltz, Pavel Shen, Oskar Steen, Jack Studnicka, Nate Sucese*, Nolan Walker*, Marek Zachar* Defensemen: Axel Andersson, Victor Berglund, Cameron Clarke, Brandon Estes*, Josh Maniscalco*, Dustyn McFaul, Nick Wolff*, Cooper Zech Goaltenders: James Corcoran*, Taylor Gauthier*, Kyle Keyser, Jeremy Swayman, Dan Vladar *Indicates attendance to Development Camp is on an invite basis BOSTON BRUINS 2019 DEVELOPMENT CAMP SCHEDULE: (Locations and times are subject to change) Wednesday, June 26 (Warrior Ice Arena, Brighton, MA) -On-ice session (Group A), 11 a.m. -On-ice session (Group B), 12 p.m. -On-ice session (Group C), 1 p.m. Thursday, June 27 (Warrior Ice Arena, Brighton, MA) -On-ice session (Group A), 10:30 a.m. -On-ice session (Group A & B), 11:15 a.m. -On-ice session (Group B), 12:15 p.m. Friday, June 28 (Warrior Ice Arena, Brighton, MA) -On-ice session, 10:15 a.m.

Updated to the best of my knowledge...