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Game # 41 Bos 1 VGK 2 OT Alex Pietrangelo scores in OT to lift Knights past Bruins, 2-1 ByAP Updated: Jan 12, 2024, 01:55 am LAS VEGAS -- — Alex Pietrangelo scored 46 seconds into overtime on a 2-on-1 to give the struggling Vegas Golden Knights a 2-1 victory Thursday night over a Boston Bruins team still searching for a victory with a game left on a four-game trip. Jack Eichel also scored for the Knights, and Mark Stone assisted on the winner. Logan Thompson made 32 saves. “I love to beat the Bruins,” said Knights second-year coach Bruce Cassidy, who coached Boston for six seasons. “A big piece of my heart will always be with that organization. I've got friends on the other team. But it's always nice to beat the team that lets you go.” The Knights had lost seven of nine games before this one. “There was a sense of desperation from us,” Eichel said. “I think that we need that.” Matt Grzelcyk scored for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman made 23 stops. “(Swayman) was terrific again,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery. “Unfortunately, our goaltender's got to make several great saves for us to get a point right now.” Boston fell by 4-3 scores in a shootout Monday night at Colorado and overtime Tuesday night at Arizona. Neither team scored through the first two periods, and each had 18 shots on goal. The Bruins, though, missed a big opportunity in the second period when Eichel and Stone left the game minutes apart and headed to the locker room. Boston went on a power play during that time, but failed to score. Vegas broke through 7:01 into the third when Eichel, who is from northwest of Boston, scored on a power play off a pass from Jonathan Marchessault. Eichel, with his 19th of the season, ended Vegas' goal drought at 122 minutes, 41 seconds. The Knights were on a 3-for-31 power-play skid, including 0 for 4 in this game, before Eichel's goal. Boston tied it with 7:42 left on Grzelcyk's blast from the left point that went off the stick of Vegas defenseman Alec Martinez. Bruins defenseman Mason Lohrei left the game with 4:15 left in the third period. MILESTONE GAME Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb played his 700th NHL game. “I just feel very fortunate being in the NHL and playing in Vegas,” McNabb said. “I never thought that would be a thing, but it's been awesome. It's been an awesome ride. Now, I'm just looking to keep it going.” SHOUT-OUT TO BELICHICK Cassidy opened his post-game news conference with a tribute to Bill Belichick, who stepped down Thursday after 24 seasons as the New England Patriots' coach. “He was good to me as a young coach there,” Cassidy said. "Our relationship grew over the years because I got to know him better and I had more tenure there. I wish him all the best. There is an opening in Vegas. I love the job that coach (Antonio) Pierce did there, too.” Pierce served as the Las Vegas Raiders' interim coach and could get the job full time.

Game # 42 Flames 6 Yotes 2 Yegor Sharangovich has 2nd career hat trick, Flames beat Coyotes 6-2 Updated: Jan 12, 2024, 12:43 am TEMPE, Ariz. -- — Yegor Sharangovich scored two of his three goals in the third period and the Calgary Flames chased Arizona goalie Karel Vejmelka early in a 6-2 victory over the Coyotes on Thursday night. Sharangovich, Mikael Backlund, Rasmus Andersson and Blake Coleman scored in the Flames’ four-goal first period, and Sharangovich finished his second career hat trick in the third. “I think it's chemistry with his two linemates now,” Flames coach Ryan Huska said about Sharangovich, who skates on a line with center Elias Lindholm and Jonathan Huberdeau. “They are starting to make some plays together. We have talked all year about his shot release. I think he is putting himself in positions now where he is available and they are starting to find him.” Jacob Markstrom made 33 saves to help the Flames win for the fifth time in seven games. Coleman also had two assists. Lawson Crouse and Clayton Keller scored for the Coyotes, who trailed 4-1 after the first period. They finished 1-4 on a five-game homestand after winning six of seven. “It worries me,” said Arizona coach Andre Tourigny, whose team was coming off an overtime victory over Boston. "You saw what we can do against Boston. You saw the energy. You saw the desperation. That was a bright spot. Today, that’s why it is disappointing, surprising.” Sharangovich has five goals in his last two games after scoring twice in a 6-3 victory over Ottawa on Tuesday night, when Coleman also had two goals. Backlund skated in his 950th game, second in Calgary franchise history. “Sharky (Sharangovich) was really good,” Coleman said. “That whole line was really solid. They made some big plays, some big goals. Really happy for Sharky to get that hat trick. It’s always a special feeling. The third one was really a big goal for us.” Backlund opened the scoring 20 seconds into the game, when he skated in alone on Vejmelka after an Arizona turnover and scored on a wrist shot from the lower left circle. Sharangovich made it 2-0 six minutes later on a short-handed goal after another turnover, taking a nifty backhand pass from Coleman to score from the right circle. Andersson scored with 7:53 left for a three-goal lead. Nazem Kadri took a shot from the left circle that hit the back boards and ricocheted directly to Andersson, who tucked it in from the right side. Crouse got the Coyotes’ first goal when he picked up a rebound of Nick Bjugstad's shot and had a backhander bounce in off the Flames’ Martin Posipsil with 6:14 left in the period. The Flames regained a three-goal lead 14 seconds later, when Coleman tipped in Chris Tanev’s shot from the right point to make it 4-1. Connor Ingram then replaced Vejmelka, who gave up goals on three of the first four shots he faced and four of 12 overall. Ingram made 18 saves. Keller scored from the left circle on a 3-on-2 break two minutes into the second period to close the deficit to 4-2. Sharangovich scored 58 seconds in the third period and again on a power play seven minutes into the period to make it 6-2. The Flames scored four goals in consecutive periods over two games. They had four in the third period of the 6-3 win over Ottawa, which broke a two-game losing streak. “We had a tough weekend,” Coleman said. “We wanted to bounce back and show we were better than that."

If you go to the tankathon website....heavy d class

MacKinnon extends home point streak to 23, Avalanche shut out Golden Knights Ties Sakic for franchise record, Georgiev makes 25 saves for Colorado Recap: Golden Knights at Avalanche 1.10.24 ByRyan Boulding DENVER -- Nathan MacKinnon had an assist to extend his season-opening home point streak to 23 games for the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-0 win against the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena on Wednesday. MacKinnon tied Joe Sakic (2000-01) for the longest home point streak at any point in a season in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history, and he tied Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers in 1983-84) and Phil Esposito (Boston Bruins in 1973-74) for the third-longest home point streak from the start of a season in NHL history. “It's insane to think about, and I still don't even know if he gets enough credit for how much he plays,” Colorado forward Logan O'Connor said. “He’s playing the best matchups every night. And just the pace he plays with, it's a different speed with him out there. So, the point streak is pretty unbelievable. “He's sort of put the team on his back here for a long stretch this whole year, I guess, so it's been awesome to see him get rewarded. He's a guy that we can rely on every single night. He's a horse out there, and he's easy to follow when he's doing all the right things.” Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves, Valeri Nichushkin scored twice, and Mikko Rantanen had two assists for the Avalanche (27-12-3), who have won eight of their past 10 games (8-1-1). “I just think that the last couple of games, our commitment to check and play the right way has been really good,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “This is exactly how I want our team to be. I don't want us like giving up a lot of chances, and when we have a big breakdown, we need our goalie to make a save. It's the difference between winning and losing, and tonight [Georgiev] was perfect in that regard.” Jiri Patera made 32 saves for the Golden Knights (23-13-5), who went 0-for-4 on the power play and lost for the eighth time in 11 games. Adin Hill was originally expected to start in goal but missed his ninth straight game with a lower-body injury. Vegas hosts Boston on Thursday. “Not good enough, obviously, to beat a very good hockey club. Didn't think we were on our toes,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Had pockets of some good hockey, but not good enough. Special teams are a problem again; got outplayed on those. “I liked Patera's game. Got kind of thrown in at the last minute [and] did a great job for us. Gave us a chance to win.” Nichushkin scored a power-play goal to give the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 19:46 of the first period, one-timing Rantanen’s centering pass under the blocker of Patera. Nichushkin scored again on the power play at 11:44 of the second period, converting another Rantanen pass from the top of the crease. “That five-man unit right now, I mean they're clicking pretty good,” O’Connor said. “It's insane. Unfortunately, we have to go up against them every morning skate, and sometimes it can be pretty difficult, but it makes us better at the same time.” Colorado outshot Vegas 14-5 in the second. O’Connor scored with a slap shot from just inside the blue line that deflected off the stick of Golden Knights defenseman Nicolas Hague at 9:20 of the third period for the 3-0 final. “This time of the year, you’ve got to find way to score goals in every possible way,” Vegas defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. “I think we’ve got to, as a group collectively, find a way to score more goals in front of the net. Hard to win when you don't score. “I know they had the two power-play goals. We didn't [get] one on the power play. Special teams kind of let us down.”

Games played on 1/9/24 Preds Luke Schenn vs Ducks Ross Johnston Winner ? Yotes Liam O'Brien vs Bos Trent Frederic Winner ?

Game # 40 Bos 3 Yotes 4 Schmaltz scores with less than a minute left in OT, lifts Coyotes past Bruins 4-3 1:13 ByAP Updated: Jan 10, 2024, 01:01 am TEMPE, Ariz. -- — The Arizona Coyotes have thrived on a feisty, hard-nosed mentality during a surprisingly good season, but that reputation was wavering some after three straight home blowouts. Nick Schmaltz's goal with less than a minute left in overtime gave the Coyotes a jolt they needed badly. Schmaltz's 13th goal of the season came with 55.6 seconds remaining in extra time and Arizona edged the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday night. The center's shot found the far side of the net, beating Jeremy Swayman, who entered the game midway through overtime after Linus Ullmark left with an injury. Arizona's Connor Ingram had 30 saves, including a few impressive stops in overtime. “We pride ourselves on working hard and being a hard team to play against, no matter the result,” Schmaltz said. "The last couple games we got away from that and the score got pretty lopsided. These are tough days of the season, guys are banged up, everyone's feeling a little something. But we get paid to do this, so you've got to be able to bring it every night.” The Coyotes pushed ahead 3-2 early in the third period when Mattias Maccelli scored on a rebound. Lawson Crouse got the play started on a breakaway and his wrist shot bounced off Ullmann, giving Maccelli the easy opportunity to get his seventh goal of the season. Jake DeBrusk responded with Boston's second power play goal of the night, making it 3-all with 14:56 remaining, which held until the end of regulation. The Bruins have lost three of their last four. “You've got to bring it right from the puck drop, especially against the team that can make you pay if you're not ready to go,” Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy said. Boston's David Pastrnak got the scoring started on a power play less than five minutes into the game, smacking a well-placed shot into the top right corner of the net, just over the shoulder of Ingram. It was his 25th goal of the season. Clayton Keller tied it up for Arizona on its own power play goal midway through the second period. Keller's initial shot bounced off Ullmark, but the forward corralled the rebound and scored. Boston responded less than a minute later to take a 2-1 lead when Jesper Boqvist scored his first goal of the season and first for the Bruins, hitting a high wrister past Ingram. The 25-year-old spent his first four seasons with the New Jersey Devils. The back-and-forth continued late in the second period when Arizona's Dylan Guenther beat Ullmark with a low wrister. Logan Cooley got the assist. The 20-year-old Guenther has scored a goal in each of his first two games since being called up from Tucson. Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said he's already got a lot of confidence in him. “You see the way we use him — words don't mean much, especially early in 2024, I think actions speak louder than words,” Tourigny said. “Same thing as a coach, you put him in that position. I know the organization loves him.”

Game # 41 Flames 6 Sens 3 Flames catch fire in 3rd period, burn Senators 6-3 ByAP Updated: Jan 10, 2024, 02:07 am CALGARY, Alberta -- — Yegor Sharangovich and Blake Coleman each scored twice and the Calgary Flames scored four unanswered goals in the third period to defeat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 on Tuesday night. Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists for Calgary, and rookie Connor Zary also scored. Nazem Kadri added two assists to give him 600 points in the NHL. Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves to improve to 11-11-2. “We did a good job of handling our emotions,” Hanifin said. “Sometimes coming off a road trip like that out East, coming off a couple of tough losses for us, these can be tough games coming back home and I thought we had a really mature game out there and a great third period, obviously.” The Flames come back to win when trailing after two periods for the sixth time, tied with Colorado for the league lead. Jacob Bernard-Docker, Dominik Kubalik and Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa, which has dropped the first four on its five-game trip. The Senators have lost nine of their last 10 away from home. “There’s nobody else to look at and there’s nobody else to blame. There’s not one guy better than anybody else on this team. We’re all in this situation,” defenseman Thomas Chabot said. Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves for the Senators. Down 3-2 entering the third period, it took just 47 seconds for Calgary to tie it, with Hanifin swooping in front from off the point and sending a backhand inside the far post. “It was pretty silky,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if he surprised himself, but the bench got pretty fired up about that.” Hanifin was also involved in the go-ahead goal at 8:57, only in a much different way. When his stick broke on a shot attempt from the blue line, the puck still trickled forward. Coleman corralled it and fired it past Korpisalo. “Nice shot … pass … broken stick. We’ve been working on that one for a while,” Coleman said with a laugh. Hanifin, also smiling, acknowledged it was a fortuitous bounce. “I tried shooting it and the stick just exploded,” he said. “Luckily Colesy was there. He’s hot right now so he’s the guy to be in front of the net that time.” Hanifin has seven goals and 22 points this season. He was plus-five against the Senators, equaling his career high. Sharangovich’s second of the game at 15:45 made it a two-goal cushion and Coleman wrapped up the third-period barrage with his team-leading 17th goal into an empty net at 17:12. Ottawa welcomed back Mathieu Joseph after he missed 10 games with a lower-body injury. He played on the Senators’ top line with Tkachuk and Josh Norris. Exiting the lineup due to illness was D Artem Zub. “I think it can be really hard to stay positive at times, but we’re really left with no other option,” Ottawa defenseman Jeff Chychrun said. “We just need to continue to put the work boots on and find a way out of this hole.”

I read that the ducks have 3 2nd rounders this year, but the flyers got a second in 2025....

Perhaps with a name like cutter, he'd be a hard ass... Maybe he's just an entitiled weenie.... Either way, you got a RHD who could be an anchor on the blueline for years, cupped with a 2nd rounder from a team that will still suck in a season.

I can't wait til he signs with the ducks and plays his first game in philly. Prob be a healthy scratch that night, or the philly flu....

Game # 39 Bos 3 Avs 4 SO Nichushkin scores only goal in shootout, Avalanche beat Bruins 4-3 Updated: Jan 9, 2024, 01:07 am DENVER -- — Valeri Nichushkin scored the only goal in the shootout, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Monday night. The first five shooters couldn’t convert but Nichushkin beat Jeremy Swayman with a shot under his glove. Colorado bounced back from an 8-4 loss to Florida on Saturday to win for the fifth time in six games. “From start to finish that’s probably one of our most complete games of the year,” coach Jared Bednar said. “Just the way we played, competed, took care of the puck — it was a really good hockey game.” Sam Malinski, Mikko Rantanen and Logan O’Connor had goals and Alexandar Georgiev had 23 saves through overtime and three more in the shootout for the Avalanche. “Anytime you’re able to contribute to a big win it feels good,” said Malinski, who was recalled from the Colorado Eagles of the AHL to replace Josh Manson (undisclosed) in the lineup. “Considering it’s my first game back it makes a little bit more special.” Nathan MacKinnon had an assist to continue his dominant play in Denver, where he has 16 goals and 29 assists. He has registered at least one point in all 22 home games this season and is one shy of tying Joe Sakic for the longest home point streak in franchise history. Brad Marchand had two goals, John Beecher also scored and Swayman stopped 33 shots for Boston, which opened a four-game road trip with a loss. Defenseman Brandon Carlo left the game early in the second with an upper-body injury. Coach Jim Montgomery had no update on Carlo’s condition after the game. The Bruins had a chance to win it in overtime when they got a 4-on-3 power play but couldn’t get one by Georgiev. “Unfortunately we couldn’t get that second point,” Marchand said. “We kind of squandered the power play in overtime so we need to be better there in those opportunities to close out games.” Malinski got his second goal of the season when his shot from the point at 17:56 of the second beat Swayman to give the Avalanche a 3-2 lead. “He’s played really well when he’s been with us,” Bednar said of the rookie, who played in his 15th game Monday night. “We have a couple of (defensemen) out of the lineup now so he’ll be here for a little bit.” Marchand’s second of the night and 17th of the season at 5:46 of the third tied it again. The teams traded power-play goals in the first period. Boston scored first on Marchand’s goal midway through the frame but Rantanen tied it at 16:13. O’Connor scored an unassisted goal off of a turnover just 2:23 into the second period but Beecher tied it 2 when he knocked in a rebound at 10:05 of the second. “The puck squirted out to me and I just wanted to get it off my tape quick,” O’Connor said of his sixth goal of the season. Colorado was without forward Miles Wood (illness) for the second straight game. Jason Polin was recalled from the Eagles and made his NHL debut.

Flyers send American prospect Gauthier to Ducks for Drysdale, second-round pick Jamie Drysdale - The Canadian Press TSN.ca Staff Published Jan 08, 2024 at 07:22 PM ET Share More options The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired defenceman Jamie Drysdale and a 2025 second-round draft pick in exchange for forward Cutter Gauthier. More to follow.

SMH.... Half the cap tied up in 4 players, and everyone of them is over paid. None the less, with that garbage netminding, they still are not going anywhere.

Maple Leafs give William Nylander team-record $92M contract William Nylander isn't going anywhere. The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Monday an eight-year, $92 million contract extension with their top-line winger. The deal, which includes a full no-movement clause for its duration, kicks in next season and will keep Nylander with the club through 2032. It also marks the richest total value contract Toronto has ever offered to a player. Nylander, 27, was drafted eighth overall by the Maple Leafs in 2014 and has produced 198 goals and 484 points through 558 NHL games to date. This season has been among Nylander's best, including a franchise-record 17-game point streak to open the season, in which Nylander put up 12 goals and 27 points. He's currently fifth overall in NHL scoring with 21 goals and 54 points in 37 games. Now that Nylander's deal is done, the Leafs have officially invested more than $40 million of cap space in four players next season -- Nylander, Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner and John Tavares. Nylander and Leafs' general manager Brad Treliving will be available on Monday afternoon to speak on the long-term pact.

Games played on 1/7/24 Yotes Jack McBain vs Jets Adam Lowry Winner ?

Game # 40 Flames 3 Hawks 4 Blackwell helps the Blackhawks beat the Flames 4-3 in first game without Bedard ByAP Updated: Jan 7, 2024, 06:57 pm CHICAGO -- — Back at home after a disastrous trip, the depleted Chicago Blackhawks desperately needed an encouraging performance. With Colin Blackwell leading the way, they got one. Blackwell had two goals and an assist, and Chicago beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Sunday in the Blackhawks' first game since Connor Bedard was sidelined by a broken jaw. “I think you can create a storyline for each game and each part of the season,” Chicago defenseman Connor Murphy said, “and for us, I think that's a great way to go at it now, is realizing we have a lot of guys out and for everyone to come and band together quick and win games by work ethic, really.” Nikita Zaitsev added a goal and an assist for last-place Chicago, which had dropped five in a row and seven of eight overall. Philipp Kurashev also scored, and Petr Mrazek made 28 saves. Bedard’s jaw was fractured when the No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft was hit by New Jersey defenseman Brendan Smith during Friday night's 4-2 loss to the Devils. Chicago then lost Nick Foligno when he broke a finger on his left hand in a fight with Smith. Nazem Kadri had two goals for Calgary, which closed out a 2-2-0 road trip after losing 3-2 at Philadelphia on Saturday. Andrew Mangiapane also scored, and Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists. “Not good enough," Flames forward Mikael Backlund said. "If we want to be a playoff team, that’s a game we’ve got to win, find a way to win. Yeah, it wasn’t good enough.” Blackwell scored the first goal of the game with a well-placed wrist shot 4:32 into the first period. He made it 4-2 with a power-play goal with 5:23 left, beating Dan Vladar on the goaltender's glove side. “A lot of guys stepped up today and I thought we had a great team effort,” Blackwell said. “When you do the little things like that and we get good special teams, we come out with a victory.” Calgary got one back on Kadri's 13th of the season with 4:41 remaining, but Chicago held on in the final minutes. “Today not the best," Kadri said. “Obviously walking out of here, .500 road trip, which is OK, but we felt like it could have been better.” Each team had to deal with an unfortunate deflection in the second period. Calgary took a 2-1 lead at 3:26 when Mangiapane's power-play shot from the side banked in off Murphy's right skate. Mangiapane was credited with his eighth goal of the season. After Kurashev tied it with his eighth, Zaitsev's big slap shot from beyond the right circle went in off the right skate of Flames defenseman Nick DeSimone for a 3-2 lead with 5:11 left in the period. It was Zaitsev's second goal. With nine players on injured reserve, including eight forwards, the Blackhawks went with seven defensemen against the Flames. There has been no word on how long Bedard and Foligno will be out. The 18-year-old Bedard was off to an impressive start in his first season, leading the Blackhawks with 15 goals and 18 assists. “Still just evaluating how he's doing and settling down,” coach Luke Richardson said. “We know there's a jaw fracture, but it's swollen so I think the doctors are just giving it a few days to see how it settles.” Richardson inserted Zach Sanford into the lineup after the veteran forward was claimed off waivers from Arizona on Saturday, but Rem Pitlick had some travel issues after he was acquired in a trade with Pittsburgh.

Games played on 1/6/24 Flames Elias Lindholm vs Flyers Joel Farabee Winner ?

Game # 38 Bos 7 TB 3 Trent Frederic scores 2 goals, David Pastrnak gets 24th as Bruins beat Lightning 7-3 Updated: Jan 6, 2024, 10:24 pm BOSTON -- — Trent Frederic scored two goals, David Pastrnak added his team-leading 24th and the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-3 on Saturday night. Charlie McAvoy, Morgan Geekie, Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk also scored for Boston, which has won five of its last six games. Hampus Lindholm and Matt Poitras each had two assists, and Linus Ullmark made 23 saves. The loss spoiled Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper’s chance to become the 29th coach to reach 500 NHL wins for at least one game. Brayden Point scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov had a goal with two assists for the Lightning, who have dropped four of six. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 shots. After the Bruins gave up Point’s goal 21 seconds into the game, Frederic tied it with his power-play score at 4:42. The Bruins forward got a pass in the slot, quickly shifted from his backhand to forehand and shoveled it over Vasilevskiy’s right pad. “I think his confidence has increased his poise with the puck, and he's got tremendous hands," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said of Frederic. “In practice he's scores more than anyone except for (Pastrnak).” Seconds after Frederic’s hard check sent Emil Martinsen Lilleberg into the side boards and brought a loud roar from the TD Garden crowd, McAvoy’s goal pushed Boston ahead 2-1 with 5:04 left in the first when his wrister from the right point deflected off Point’s stick and sailed over Vasilevskiy. Frederic added his second early into the second period, scoring off his own rebound when it caromed in off the back of Vasilevskiy’s right pad to make it 3-1. “A lot of that is confidence,” Fredric said of his 12 goals this season. “I don't think it's something that I haven't had, it's just having that confidence to look up to have the puck on certain parts of you stick.” Tampa Bay sliced it to 3-2 on Kuchreov’s hustle goal before Pavel Zacha sent Pastrnak in on a semi-breakaway. The Bruins’ star forward fired a wrister past Vasilevskiy’s glove to restore the two-goal lead, then pumped his left fist as he was gliding on one knee celebrating along the boards. Point’s second cut the Lightning's deficit to one again late in the second when he scored off a cross-ice feed from Kucherov, but Geekie made it 5-3 at 1:35 of the third. “Penalties hurt us early, took a little wind out of our sails and we kind of got ourselves back,” Cooper said. “Weird game. A lot of weird pucks going in the net. ... The bottom line is a 4-3 game going into the third and they took advantage of their three shots.” DeBrusk’s empty-net short-handed score sealed it with 3:26 to play, and Coyle scored his 14th just 40 seconds later. Copper was whistled for a misconduct when he was screaming at the referees after Frederic’s second goal.

Game # 39 Flames 2 Flyers 3 Travis Konecny scores short-handed goal as Philadelphia Flyers top the Calgary Flames 3-2 ByAP Updated: Jan 6, 2024, 05:20 pm PHILADELPHIA -- — Travis Konecny snapped a third-period tie with a short-handed goal, and the Philadelphia Flyers stopped a four-game slide with a spirited 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Morgan Frost had a goal and an assist for Philadelphia, which had dropped six of seven overall. Sean Couturier also scored, and Carter Hart made 22 saves. Konecny, the Flyers' All-Star representative, snapped a wrist shot past Flames goalie Jakob Markstrom on a breakaway 2:27 into the final period. It was his NHL-best fifth short-handed goal and No. 21 on the season overall. The Flyers lead the NHL with 10 short-handed goals this season. “What’s nice is we’re getting these chances but we’re not necessarily cheating for them,” said Couturier, who is also a big part of the Flyers' penalty kill. “They’re just sort of presenting themselves. With the speed (Konecny) and (Scott Laughton) have they can jump all over loose pucks and create offense. “What’s even better is we’re not just scoring on those penalties, but we’re killing them. Getting an extra one is a bonus, and that’s probably the difference tonight.” Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar scored for Calgary, which had won three in a row. Markstrom made 39 saves. The Flames had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 in the second, but the Flyers came back each time. “The first period was OK but then I thought the second and third, we got outworked,” Flames coach Ryan Huska said. “They were the better team. Jakob was the only reason the game was close.” Frost was standing by the far post for a tap-in of a Sean Walker shot at 4:15. Couturier knocked home a rebound of a Frost shot at 16:06, tying at 2 with his 10th goal of the season. Frost was scratched by Flyers coach John Tortorella for the team’s previous game. He asked Tortorella for a sitdown on Thursday and the two hashed out some differences, creating common ground and getting Frost back in the lineup. “I had some things that I wanted to get off my chest,” Frost said. “It was a good back and forth. I want to be in the lineup, obviously. I think I should be in the lineup. It’s kind of a wake-up call when you get pulled out like that.” Calgary thought it had tied the game with six minutes to play, but the goal was waved off when Connor Zary was whistled for an interference penalty for dumping Flyers defenseman Nick Seeler to the ice. The game got a bit chippy in the second period as the teams combined for 30 minutes in penalties. There was a fight between two top-line forwards, Joel Farabee for Philadelphia and Elias Lindholm for the Flames. The Flyers celebrated the birthday of their late founder, Hockey Hall of Famer Ed Snider, throughout the game. Dozens of alumni were in attendance and new Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker dropped the ceremonial first puck with three of Snider’s children present for the festivities. “The kind of game, the style of game it was, I feel like he had us playing that way up there,” Tortorella said, extending his hands and moving his fingers as if to indicate a puppeteer.

3rd period... Big save by Markstrom on coots early.... Sweet Shorty by TK, under the armpit on give the flyers the lead.... Zary with a bone head brain fart to give the flyers another PP.... Big scrum to end this game... Flyers quietly put up over 40 shots in this one. Time for steelers football, meaningless game for the ravens

2nd period... Huberdeau pots one early, gets # 6 on the season, good for him, cause he's been absolute trash this year... Frost evens it up with his # 6....maybe torts should sit him more often I notice alot of Joel music played during stoppages....seems silly since he's a long island gent. Weegar and coots trade goals to make it a 2-2 game. Garbage hit by Greer, then Farabee gives Lindholm a smackdown....

If i may jump in.... Pre game.... Happy Birthday Mr. Snyder. Bobby Clarke looks like he could still go Lauren Hart, is she the flyers reg anthem singer ? She sort of sucks, was all over the place. 1st period.... Hart making big saves early till the flyers got going. Flames PP sucks, no finish went 0-2 Music maestro playing "man in the box" is always a great thing. 8-9 shot advantage for the flyers, but both hart and markstrom have in stellar thus far.

Yep....good clean hit, bad result. Out 4-6 weeks, there goes the calder.

NEW YORK — During preseason games, Rangers prospect Brennan Othmann noticed cries of, “Let’s go, Rangers!” between verses of the national anthem. But they were scattered and soft — nothing compared to the succinct, forceful chant he heard when the song played in a full arena on Thursday. “The whole building is screaming it,” he said following his NHL debut, a 4-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks. “It’s pretty special.” As he stood on the bench, soaking in those cheers moments before puck drop, it hit him. He was in the NHL. Shortly before the anthem, Othmann skated onto the ice alone for warmups and took the traditional rookie lap. When the rest of the Rangers joined, defenseman Braden Schneider gave the newcomer an encouraging stick tap, and Othmann stayed on the ice for almost the entire warmup period. His parents, grandparents and sister caught flights in time to make it to the game, and he spotted them cheering during warmups. He stopped from time to time, looking around Madison Square Garden as he prepared for a moment he long dreamed about. “I worked 20 years for this,” said the forward, who turns 21 on Friday. “Good early birthday present for tomorrow.” Playing third-line left wing, Othmann showed offensive instincts early, putting three shots on net in the first period. His best scoring opportunity came in the second period, when Nick Bonino found him alone in front of the net. Chicago goalie Petr Mrazek cut off Othmann’s angle and made the save, but Bonino and Othmann nearly connected for another goal that same shift. When Chicago managed to get the puck out of the Rangers’ offensive zone, the New York fans recognized the flurry of chances with a small round of applause. “I think I did a good job creating,” Othmann said. “Obviously, I want to create more, but our line played well. We tried to stay out of our own end most of the game. The chances I created were good and positive, so it’s a good confidence-builder going forward.” Coach Peter Laviolette liked what he saw and rewarded his play in the third period, temporarily moving him to the top line while Blake Wheeler was in the penalty box for fighting Jarred Tinordi. Othmann was pleasantly surprised at the opportunity but thought he handled it well. First-liners Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider are always in the right spots, he said, so playing with them felt easy. Othmann finished the night with 12:26 of ice time. He wasn’t on the ice for any goals for or against, but had five shots and added three hits. His line with Bonino and Jonny Brodzinski played 8:13 together at five-on-five, and the Rangers had 81.54 percent of the expected goals share during that stretch. “I noticed him all night,” Laviolette said. “His speed and his skill, his ability to create probably at least a half a dozen chances at the net, some good scoring chances. … He played a good game.” Othmann has 23 points in 28 AHL games for the Hartford Wolf Pack, and he found out before practice Wednesday that the Rangers were bringing him up. He should get a somewhat extended look at the NHL level while Tyler Pitlick (week-to-week) recovers from a lower-body injury. In August, The Athletic’s Corey Pronman ranked Othmann the No. 5 prospect in the Rangers pipeline, writing that he plays with a high compete level and has an above average shot. “He’s a highly physical and competitive forward who can frustrate opponents,” Pronman wrote. “His skating isn’t the best, but his compete should allow him to have NHL success as a second-line wing.” One pro scout who has seen Othmann play with Hartford said he’s had a great start to the season and called him a “very good prospect.” “(He) has shown very good offensive instincts and the ability to make plays and score at the AHL level,” the scout said. “His play without (and) away from the puck can be better, but he will play harder and differently in the NHL.” Othmann had familiar faces on the ice during his debut. He played with both Chicago forward Connor Bedard and defenseman Kevin Korchinski at last year’s world juniors, during which he scored six points in seven games for Canada and had two assists in the gold-medal game against Czechia. Both young Blackhawks praised his role in their country’s tournament victory. “That’s the player that wins you games,” said Korchinski, who received a friendly stick tap from Othmann during the game. “He competes out there, gets in front of the net (and) has a high-end shot.” Othmann is even more familiar with Bedard, the Calder Trophy frontrunner. The two won gold at two world juniors tournaments (2023 and 2022), as well as the 2021 under-18 championships. Bedard, who sent Othmann a congratulatory text Wednesday evening, remembers his former teammate laying a massive hit on an opponent their first game together and being both surprised and impressed. It showed he was more than just a goal-scorer. “Overall, he’s really physical and good in all areas, along with his offensive abilities,” Bedard said. “It’s fun to see those guys that kind of do it all.” That’s what he tried to bring in his debut. “I was a bit nervous my first couple shifts, but Jonny and (Bonino) did a great job calming me down,” Othmann said. Everyone was great today leading up to the game and even during the game, so I just wanted to have fun, enjoy the moment. You only get your first game once.”