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Game # 23 Flames 4 Stars 3 OT Nazem Kadri scores in OT to lift Flames past Stars, 4-3 ByAP Updated: Dec 1, 2023, 01:56 am CALGARY, Alberta -- — Nazem Kadri scored at 1:01 of overtime to give the Calgary Flames a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. The puck deflected off Kadri as he drove toward the net on a play that was reviewed for goaltender interference. Calgary tied it with 2:41 remaining in regulation when defensemen MacKenzie Weeger lofted a shot from the blue line past screened goalie Scott Wedgewood. Fellow defensemen Noah Hanifin and Chris Tanev also scored for Calgary. “Huge, huge,” Kadri said. “We like to get our D involved. That’s part of the offense we have. We know we can score, we know we can get on the board, including those guys and they’ve got good skill. That’s what happens when you shoot the puck.” Jacob Markstrom assisted on the winner and made 13 saves. The Flames are 6-3-1 their last 10 and went 8-4-2 in November to improve to 10-10-3. “The team’s bonding, we’re coming together, we’re playing really good hockey right now, we’re not quitting and we’re playing against really good teams while we’re doing it,” Hanifin said. “It’s great to see and just got to keep this rolling into December.” Mason Marchment twice for Dallas, the second on a penalty shot to give the Stars a 3-2 lead early in the third period. Thomas Harley also scored for Dallas, while Wedgewood made 32 saves. The Stars are 13-5-3. Dallas took three of four points on a two-game road swing. “Three of four on this trip you’ll take all day long,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “Those momentum shifts, I would have liked to have us play with a little more pressure when we had the lead. We’re at the end of a road trip here and we sat back a little too much and gave them a little bit too much room. Still thought we could have closed it out.” On the penalty shot, Marchment ripped the puck by Markstrom’s glove after Tanev hauled down Marchment on a breakaway up the middle. Dallas successfully challenged Mikael Backlund's apparent goal with 5:01 remaining in regulation when Calgary’s captain tipped Hanifin's shot by Wedgewood. The Stars argued there was a hand pass in the offensive zone. Three hours before the game, the Flames announced the trade of defenseman Nikita Zadorov to the Vancouver Canucks for a 2026 third-round draft choice and a fifth-round pick in 2024. “It could have been easily a huge distraction, but we were able to focus on what we needed to do tonight,” Tanev said.

Game # 22 Bps 3 SJS 0 Swayman rebounds with a shutout as the Bruins blank the Sharks 3-0 to stop their 3-game skid ByAP Updated: Nov 30, 2023, 11:20 pm BOSTON -- — Paval Zacha had a goal and an assist as the Boston Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk also scored. Jeremy Swayman — pulled during Monday’s 5-2 loss to Columbus — stopped all 28 shots he faced for his second shutout this season. “I’m just so happy to see everyone take initiative and play Bruins hockey in front of our fans. It’s a good step for us. Now we have to continue it,” Swayman said. “It was exactly what I wanted to do — keep the puck out of the net. It was good, but at the same time, there’s still plenty to work on. You want to use this as a momentum piece moving forward.” David Pastrnak added two assists for the Bruins, who beat the NHL-worst Sharks for the 13th straight time. “You give up 17 goals in three games and we didn’t look anything like ourselves. It was good to see us look like ourselves without the puck in all three zones,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said. MacKenzie Blackwood made 32 saves for San Jose, which won its previous two games. After both teams squandered power-play chances in a scoreless first period, the Bruins struck 1:38 into the second as Heinen drilled a shot short side for his third goal of the season. San Jose had an opportunity to clear the puck but Matt Poitras kept the play alive by sliding a backhand feed over to Heinen, who glided through the circle by his lonesome before ripping the puck past Blackwood. Later in the same period, Boston’s advantage grew to 2-0 when DeBrusk was the recipient of strong puck movement that enabled the forward to walk in and beat Blackwood with a backhand at 8:10. It was DeBrusk’s third goal in the last five games, with assists from Zacha and Pastrnak. San Jose was awarded a 5-on-3 chance with 25.5 seconds remaining in the second. The power play carried over into the third period, with the Sharks failing to register a single shot after Charlie McAvoy was given a boarding penalty and Brad Marchand received an additional two minutes for instigating a fight. “They did a great job. Penalty killing has always been one of our strengths … cutting sticks and reading plays and having good sticks,” Marchand said. “It was a huge momentum swing for us to get that kill.” A give-and-go sequence between Pastrnak and Zacha turned into a power-play goal at 6:37 of the third. Pastrnak has 20 assists. “There’s still a lot of things we can get better at, but this was a good step forward,” Zacha said. “Swayman played a great game, which helped us out a lot.” Boston’s dominance in the second translated into an 18-6 advantage in shots. For the game, San Jose was outshot 35-28. The Sharks are 0-10-0 on the road this season. They opened a six-game trip with the first of three games in four days. “Psychologically, we get down — especially on the road. We tend to feel sorry for ourselves,” coach David Quinn said. Sharks forward Tomas Hertl returned to the lineup after missing a game with an upper-body injury. He confirmed afterward he had surgery Monday to remove a kidney stone. “It was pretty painful, but I felt good enough to jump in,” Hertl said. “Two minutes with a 5-on-3, you have to put one in.”

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Meh, fair enough....

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Player jersey, always....

Game # 21 Bos 2 CBJ 5 Columbus Blue Jackets win 5-2, handing the Boston Bruins their third straight loss 1:48 Boston Bruins vs. Columbus Blue Jackets: Full Highlights ByAP Updated: Nov 27, 2023, 10:35 pm COLUMBUS, Ohio -- — Yegor Chinakhov had a goal and an assist, lifting the Columbus Blue Jackets over Boston 5-2 on Monday night, handing the Bruins to their third straight loss. Dmitri Voronkov, Ivan Provorov, Kirill Marchenko and Justin Danforth also scored for Columbus, and Boone Jenner added a pair of assists. Spencer Martin stopped 31 shots for Columbus, which has won three of its last four games and beat Boston for the first time in seven games, dating back to Jan. 14, 2020. The scores by Chinakhov, Voronkov, Provorov and Marchenko marked the first time in NHL history four Russians scored in a single game for the same team. “Everybody chipped in,” Blue Jackets coach Pascal Vincent said. “Everybody had a good game. We played really well as a team, and our goalie was really good one we needed him to be. I’m happy about it, but not overly surprised. Regardless of the score, just the way we played. We have very good people, and they want to be here, and they want to do well.” Matthew Poitras and John Beecher scored for Boston and Jeremy Swayman stopped 17 shots before being replaced in the second period by Linus Ullmark, who stopped 19 shots. The Atlantic Division-leading Bruins haven't lost three consecutive games since April 2022. “There (are) a lot of things to address and move forward, but we’ve got to move forward," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. Voronkov put Columbus on the board at 15:52 of the first period after winning a battle for the puck along the boards and sneaking it past Swayman on the right side of the net. Provorov made it 2-0 at 5:38 of the second period driving in from the right circle and taking advantage of Voronkov’s screen of Swayman, who then left the game and the bench, and was replaced by Ullmark. “I think we played fast,” Provorov said. “Maybe the first five minutes we didn’t start the way we wanted to, but afterwards we played fast. We were physical. We were taking the game to them. Our game was a complete game as a team.” Chinakhov forced a turnover in the neutral zone and padded the Blue Jackets lead at 16:42. Marchenko made it 4-0 after a pair of Bruins penalties gave Columbus a 5-on-3 power-play, just their eighth goal with a man advantage in 71 attempts. Poitras found the back of the net for Boston at 8:24 of the third. The Bruins pulled Ullmark with more than seven minutes left in the game, resulting in Danforth’s empty-netter at 13:41. Beecher provided Boston's second goal with 2:20 remaining. The Bruins, which won nine of their first 10 games, have now fallen in six of their last 11.

Game # 22 Flames 2 VGK 1 OT Weegar scores late in OT to lift Flames to 2-1 win over Golden Knights 0:54 MacKenzie Weegar nets the OT goal for the Flames ByAP Updated: Nov 28, 2023, 02:42 am CALGARY, Alberta -- — MacKenzie Weegar scored with 5 seconds left on the clock in overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night. A.J. Greer also scored for the Flames, and Dan Vladar stopped 27 shots. Calgary won for the second time in three games and is 5-2-1 in its last eight games overall and 3-0-1 in the last four at home. Late in overtime, an end-to-end rush started behind the Flames’ net with Weegar weaving his way up the ice and into the Vegas zone before firing a shot past goalie Adin Hill on his blocker side. Weegar called it his biggest goal as a Flame. “Absolutely. I don’t have an overtime goal. It comes at the right time against a great team, (to start a) six-game homestand,” Weegar said. “That’s exciting. That’s fun.” With Jacob Markstrom (flu) a late scratch, Vladar made consecutive starts for the first time and was sensational in his first home start since Feb. 28 to improve to 4-2-1. “He did an amazing job. By far his best game of the year for us,” Flames coach Ryan Huska said. “There were some key moments in the game where it could have went the other direction off of some turnovers and he made some big saves for us.” William Karlsson scored a power-play goal in the first period for Vegas, and Hill finished with 32 saves. The Golden Knights have lost seven of 10 (3-5-2) since starting the season 11-0-1. “It’s another game where we’re in the game, playing well enough to win. If we finish some of those Grade A’s we’re not sitting here talking about a loss,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. In the third period, Weegar almost ended up the goat when he lost the puck at the Vegas blue line, giving Ivan Barbashev a breakaway but Vladar made the save as he did repeatedly in his best start of the season. Vladar was especially sharp in the second period and both times he robbed Nicolas Roy. Early in the period, he went post-to-post to kick out his left pad and get a toe on Roy’s one-timer after he was set up by Jonathan Marchessault. Late in the period, Roy got in alone and made a deke to his forehand only for the 6-foot-6 goalie to stretch out his right pad to deny him. “Not our best, not our worst, either,” Roy said. “It just feels right now that we don’t find ways to win. Obviously every team in this league is going to have bad stretches. We’re in one right now.” Vegas opened the scoring 13:53 into the game, converting its first power play of the game. Michael Amadio’s shot was stopped but the rebound out the other side was fired into the vacant side by Karlsson for his 10th goal. After a scoreless second period, Calgary pulled even at 2:31 of the third when Nazem Kadri’s shot hit a Vegas player in front and fell right at the feet of Greer, who ripped it past Hill for his fourth. Greer, claimed on waivers from Boston just before the season, already has four goals, which is one off his career high of five, which he set last year in 61 games with the Bruins. Calgary lost Chris Tanev late in the third when he dove to try and block Karlsson’s wrist shot from the high slot and got the puck directly in the face. He dropped to the ice immediately holding his face. Vegas defensemen Shea Theodore (upper body) and Alec Martinez (lower body) missed their second and third games, respectively.

Stuck in seven-game skid, Minnesota Wild fire Dean Evason Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 27, 2023, 06:22 PM ET The Minnesota Wild on Monday fired coach Dean Evason after a disastrous start to their season. John Hynes, who previously coached the Nashville Predators and the New Jersey Devils, will take over as coach, an NHL source confirmed to ESPN. Evason and assistant coach Bob Woods were both let go. The Wild are 5-10-4 (14 points) and are mired in a seven-game winless streak. They have only four regulation wins this season, tied for second-fewest in the NHL. "Dean did an excellent job during his tenure with the Minnesota Wild, especially as head coach of our team," Wild general manager Bill Guerin said. "I am very thankful for his hard work and dedication to our organization." Evason is in his fifth season as Wild head coach, having been hired with 12 games left in the regular season in 2019-20. He had a record of 147-77-27. Minnesota made the postseason in all four of his previous seasons but failed to win a playoff round, including a qualification-round loss in the 2019-20 pandemic shortened season that featured a 24-team playoff field. The Wild were 22nd in the NHL in goals per game (2.95) entering Monday night. They've watched key offensive players like forwards Matt Boldy (1 goal in 12 games) and Kirill Kaprizov (6 goals in 19 games) fall short of previous production levels. Minnesota is the second-worst defensive team in the NHL (3.95 goals against per game) after finishing sixth in that category last season. The biggest factor has been goaltending, as Filip Gustavsson (.881 save percentage) and Marc-Andre Fleury (.875) have both played well below expectations. The Wild are currently seven points out of a playoff seed. Hynes was fired by the Predators in May after four seasons in Nashville. He was head coach of the Devils for five seasons. Hynes's teams have qualified for the playoffs four times but have failed to win a playoff round. He was a candidate for the New York Rangers' coaching opening that eventually went to Peter Laviolette. Hynes has a long history with two of the Wild's top executives. Guerin was his general manager when Hynes coach AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization. He was also hired as Devils head coach by Ray Shero, who is now a senior advisor for the Wild.

Stuck in seven-game skid, Minnesota Wild fire Dean Evason Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 27, 2023, 06:22 PM ET The Minnesota Wild on Monday fired coach Dean Evason after a disastrous start to their season. John Hynes, who previously coached the Nashville Predators and the New Jersey Devils, will take over as coach, an NHL source confirmed to ESPN. Evason and assistant coach Bob Woods were both let go. The Wild are 5-10-4 (14 points) and are mired in a seven-game winless streak. They have only four regulation wins this season, tied for second-fewest in the NHL. "Dean did an excellent job during his tenure with the Minnesota Wild, especially as head coach of our team," Wild general manager Bill Guerin said. "I am very thankful for his hard work and dedication to our organization." Evason is in his fifth season as Wild head coach, having been hired with 12 games left in the regular season in 2019-20. He had a record of 147-77-27. Minnesota made the postseason in all four of his previous seasons but failed to win a playoff round, including a qualification-round loss in the 2019-20 pandemic shortened season that featured a 24-team playoff field. The Wild were 22nd in the NHL in goals per game (2.95) entering Monday night. They've watched key offensive players like forwards Matt Boldy (1 goal in 12 games) and Kirill Kaprizov (6 goals in 19 games) fall short of previous production levels. Minnesota is the second-worst defensive team in the NHL (3.95 goals against per game) after finishing sixth in that category last season. The biggest factor has been goaltending, as Filip Gustavsson (.881 save percentage) and Marc-Andre Fleury (.875) have both played well below expectations. The Wild are currently seven points out of a playoff seed. Hynes was fired by the Predators in May after four seasons in Nashville. He was head coach of the Devils for five seasons. Hynes's teams have qualified for the playoffs four times but have failed to win a playoff round. He was a candidate for the New York Rangers' coaching opening that eventually went to Peter Laviolette. Hynes has a long history with two of the Wild's top executives. Guerin was his general manager when Hynes coach AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization. He was also hired as Devils head coach by Ray Shero, who is now a senior advisor for the Wild.

Such biased dogs^*t.....

The New York Rangers have managed to beat the Boston Bruins, who were sitting at the top spot in the NHL before the Blueshirts claimed the throne themselves. In what was an absolute barnburner of a game, the main focus was on the eleven total goals scored throughout the matchup. But with the dust settled, there is now some controversy surrounding one specific play in which Rangers’ Captain Jacob Trouba might have gotten himself into more hot water. Trouba landed a nasty high stick slash on Trent Frederic During yesterday’s matchup against Boston, Trouba managed to fully swing his stick with a two-handed grip, and nail Bruins’ forward Trent Frederic on the side of the head. There was no penalty given following the play, and the game continued forward. Fans quickly took to social media to give their opinions on the play, with Rangers fans defending their captain, and practically everyone else calling for a suspension. NHL Player Safety opts to hand out max fine for the high stick Per the NHL Player Safety, Trouba was charged a maximum fine of $5,000 for his high stick on Frederic. There was certainly room for debate on a potential suspension, but upon reviewing the footage, it was declared that solely a fine would suffice for penalizing Trouba. Did the Rangers get off the hook too easy for the high stick? When looking at the play, it’s clear that Trouba didn’t intentionally try to slash Frederic across the side of the head. The Boston forward was holding Trouba’s stick down, causing the stick to fly upward as he let go right as Trouba tried to break free. The NHL is known to penalize players even when plays are unintentional. The high stick wasn’t a dirty play, but it’s certainly a reckless one. Players have been suspended for actions like this in the past, so Trouba might have gotten lucky to only have been handed a fine right now. He’s a key part of the Rangers’ success, so he must aim to be more careful moving forward in the season.

As a bruins fan, i always try not to let my homer side show.... But, a $ 5000.00 fine with no suspension is a joke.

Game # 21 Flames 1 Avs 3 MacKinnon, Prosvetov key Avalanche's 3-1 win over Flames Calgary Flames vs. Colorado Avalanche: Full Highlights ByAP Updated: Nov 26, 2023, 01:57 am DENVER -- — Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist and Ivan Prosvetov stopped 30 shots as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 Saturday night for their sixth win in seven games. Ryan Johansen added a goal and Jonathan Drouin had a first-period power-play score for Colorado, the seventh straight game in which the Avalanche scored on the power play. Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary, which wrapped up a four-game road trip at 2-2. The Flames outshot the Avalanche 16-6 in the third period but Prosvetov turned away one scoring chance after another to help preserve the win. “It wasn’t a ton of work but at times during the game there were some flurries and I thought he was outstanding,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “He looked really quick and strong and covers a lot of net. He's a big guy." Both teams were stretched physically coming into the game, completing the back end of a back-to-back set. “I think we had a few guys lacking a little bit of energy tonight as I’m sure they did,” said Bednar. “They played last night, too. So, if you’re ever going to get a back to back, it’s nice that both teams are not playing on full tanks. "But I thought our overall team effort was pretty good. The penalty kill was great. Again, we got a good goaltending performance. We scored some timely goals. They came at us in the third. But we had a couple of shifts and a couple of flurries ourselves so we could build that lead up.” Calgary shook off a bit of a slow start, attacking the Colorado zone through the final two periods. “They're a good team and they're not giving you much,” said Calgary's Rasmus Andersson. “But we kept pushing and pushing, and today that wasn't enough.” Colorado extended its lead to 2-0 when Johansen chased down a loose puck deep in Calgary’s zone, carrying it with speed behind the net ahead of Flames defenders and knocking in a wraparound shot at 10:10 of the second. “I was running out of options quick,” Johansen said. “I felt like it was an impossible angle to score from on my backhand. So I thought the next best thing would be a wraparound and it worked out.” The Flames broke through for a goal on Backlund’s wrist shot from up close off a feed from Jonathan Huberdeau at 12:03 of the second. Colorado answered 34 seconds later as MacKinnon pulled up just inside the blue line and wristed a shot past goalie Dan Vladar, who had 21 saves. Cale Makar picked up the puck in Calgary’s zone and got it out to Valeri Nichushkin, who shoveled a lead pass to MacKinnon to set up the long-distance score. The Avalanche opened the scoring at 6:31 of the first with Drouin's goal. He got a centering pass from Mikko Rantanen and beat Vladar with a wrist shot from between the circles.

Game # 20 Bos 4 NYR 7 Vesey puts New York ahead, Krieder scores 2, Rangers beat Bruins 7-4 in matchup of East's top teams 1:47 Rangers make history in 7-4 win over Bruins The Rangers beat the Bruins to make it 15 wins in 19 or fewer games for the first time in franchise history. ByAP Updated: Nov 25, 2023, 04:53 pm NEW YORK -- — Jimmy Vesey's goal put the Rangers ahead late in the second period, Chris Kreider scored twice and Jonathan Quick made 27 saves as New York beat the Boston Bruins 7-4 on Saturday in a matchup of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Vesey’s fourth goal of the season came during a delayed penalty at 16:37 off a scramble in front of the Boston net. It gave the Rangers the lead to stay en route to their seventh win in eight games. Kreider scored on the power play and short-handed for the fourth time in his career. He leads the Rangers with 13 goals. “We did a good job carrying the offense with all four lines,” Kreider said. “We got two points. We can enjoy that tomorrow and get back at it the next day.” Nick Bonino, K’Andre Miller, Tyler Pitlick and Artemi Panarin also scored for New York. Vincent Trocheck had two assists for the Rangers (15-3-1), who are 13-1-1 in their last 15 games and have 15 wins in 19 or fewer games for the first time in franchise history. “We were ready to go at puck drop,” Miller said. “We knew it would be a battle for a full 60 minutes and we would need all 20 guys.” Charlie Coyle scored twice for Boston (14-3-3), which was coming off a 5-2 loss to visiting Detroit on Friday. Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak also scored for the Bruins. “They played a back-to-back too and we looked like we did way more they did,” Coyle said. Quick continued his sterling start as a Ranger, improving to 6-0-1. The 37-year-old signed as a free agent last summer. “We were solid in the third,” said Quick, who recorded his 381st win. “It's a game against a great team. It's a game you come out and give your best effort.” Bonino opened the scoring with his first goal as a Ranger, whipping the puck past goaltender Linus Ullmark at 5:58 of the first. Kreider made it 2-0 at 10:56 with the 99th power-play goal of his career. Boston didn’t record its first shot until more than 13 minutes had elapsed in the first, but the Bruins then scored two quick goals to tie it. Coyle scored at 13:50 when he picked up his own rebound, and Geekie rifled a shot past Quick at 14:14. Kreider put the Rangers ahead 3-2 with a short-handed score at 18:41 of the first, bursting in alone on Ullmark. With 278 career goals, Kreider is two behind Adam Graves for third in Rangers history. Pastrnak scored 26 seconds into the middle period on the power play to tie the game at 3-all. Pastrnak leads Boston with 13 goals and 31 points. After Vesey’s go-ahead goal, Miller added his second of the season at 19:36 of the second. In the third, Pitlick increased the lead to 6-3 at 1:26 with his first goal as a Ranger before Boston’s Coyle scored his second of the game and ninth of the season at 2:29. Panarin made it 7-4 with his 11th goal at 4:36. New York improved to 8-1-0 against Eastern Conference opponents this season. Ullmark allowed seven goals on 40 shots. “Our habits and details eroded on us,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “We’ve been a little spoiled by what we’ve been accomplishing so far. ... Detroit jumped us yesterday and the Rangers were better than us today.” Kreider, who has nine career short-handed goals — all in the last three seasons — said the Rangers made the most of their scoring opportunities. “There are no easy games,” the 32-year-old forward said. “Both coaches had to be perturbed. We just had a lot of offensive chances in this game.”

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Game # 20 Flames 7 Stars 4 Coleman and Lindholm ignite 4-goal 3rd period for Flames in 7-4 win over Stars ByAP Updated: Nov 25, 2023, 12:12 am DALLAS -- — Blake Coleman and Elias Lindholm scored 29 seconds apart early in a four-goal third period to put the Calgary Flames ahead in their 7-4 win over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. “We came out with some good jump and we wanted to dictate right away that we want to get that next goal,” Flames captain Mikael Backlund said of that decisive third period. “Everyone chipped in, and all lines and pairs were involved in the scoring and playing well on both ends.” The Flames got even at 4-4 when Coleman, who is from nearby Plano, Texas, scored 1:53 into the third from beside the net when he knocked in the puck that Stars captain Jamie Benn had deflected with his hand after MacKenzie Weegar's shot. Calgary got the go-ahead goal and first lead of the game when Jake Oettinger got his glove on a shot, but didn't secure the puck and Lindholm was able to knock it under the goalie. Coleman later had a secondary assist on Backlund's goal that gave the Flames a two-goal lead before Nazem Kadri added an empty-netter late. Seven different players had goals for the Flames, whose season high was also the most allowed by Dallas. Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and two assists, while A.J. Greer and Adam Ruzicka both added a goal and an assist. “It’s just a quiet confidence. Guys are making plays and it’s up and down the lineup. It's not relying on one guy to do the job,” Coleman said. “We know that’s our recipe and we’re sticking with it.” The Flames are 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. All of those are are since a 4-3 home loss to Dallas on Nov. 1, in their 10th game of the season when they were 2-7-1. Wyatt Johnston had two goals for the Stars, with Jamie Benn and Evgenii Dadonov assisting on both of them. Jason Robertson added a goal and an assist, and Joe Pavelski had a power-play goal. Two days after an overtime loss to Las Vegas in a rematch of last year's Western Conference Final, the Stars wrapped up a five-game homestand with a 2-2-1 record. “We got what we deserved,” Stars coach Peter DeBoer said. “We’re disappointed in 2-2-1. We’re a better team than that.” The Stars' other regulation loss in the homestand was last Saturday, when they jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Colorado scored six consecutive goals — from six different players — in a 6-3 win. Calgary goalie Jacob Markstrom had 24 saves. Oettinger stopped 20 shots. The 20-year-old Johnston has played in all 101 of Dallas’ regular-season games, plus 19 playoff games, since making his NHL debut at the start of last season. It was the second time he scored two goals in the last six games — he had none in the span between those games. Johnston’s second goal, his ninth of the season, came after he won a faceoff in the defensive end about five minutes into the second period. A few minutes later, the Stars led 4-2 on the ninth goal by Pavelski, the 39-year-old veteran whose family Johnston lives with. “Once you’re up two goals, you should be able to close those games out,” Johnston said. “Obviously not a great start to the third.”

Game #19 Bos 2 Wings 5 Alex DeBrincat, Red Wings knock off NHL-best Bruins for 2nd time, 5-2 ByAP Nov 24, 2023, 04:00 pm BOSTON -- — Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher each had a goal and an assist, and the Detroit Red Wings beat Boston 5-2 on Friday for their second victory over the NHL-leading Bruins this season. Robby Fabbri, Dylan Larkin and David Perron also scored for the Red Wings, who are the only team to beat Boston (14-2-3) in regulation. Shayne Gostisbehere had two assists and Ville Husso stopped 25 shots. In their third meeting in a month — the Bruins won the first game on Oct. 28 — Detroit took advantage of six Boston penalties to improve to 10-0-2 when scoring four or more goals. Jake DeBrusk and Danton Heinen scored for the Bruins, who had been 5-0-2 since losing at Detroit on Nov. 4. Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves on his 25th birthday. Despite a 16-save shutout Wednesday against New Jersey, Alex Lyon was the Red Wings’ backup. Husso had allowed at least four goals in his past three starts, but he was sharp until DeBrusk knocked home his own rebound on the power play to get the Bruins within 2-1 early in the second period. It was DeBrusk’s second goal in as many games after managing one in his first 16 games. But Husso kept the surging Bruins at bay until Fabbri scored on a wrist shot from the faceoff circle at 13:24 of the second. Heinen’s wrist shot 4:12 into the third got the Bruins within a goal. But Brandon Carlo was called for hooking less than a minute later and Larkin scored five seconds into the power play to give Detroit another two-goal cushion. Perron added an empty-netter with 1:45 left. Boston coach Jim Montgomery gave veteran James van Riemsdyk the day off in the team’s traditional Black Friday home matinee, with Morgan Geekie returning to the lineup. An early Geekie miscue and an odd bounce put the Bruins in a hole. With Geekie serving a holding penalty, Compher redirected Gostisbehere’s shot at 5:13. The puck bounced off Swayman’s chest and trickled between his legs. The Red Wings made it 2-0 late in the first period when DeBrincat pickpocketed rookie Matt Poitras in the neutral zone, skated in alone and wristed a shot past Swayman for his team-high 12th goal. Boston couldn’t overcome the sleepy start and lost in regulation at home for just the fifth time in 50 regular-season home games over the past two seasons. After using 11 forwards and seven defensemen for several games this season, including their first victory over Boston, the Red Wings had a traditional 12-6 lineup with Jake Walman (illness) scratched. It worked as Detroit won its second straight after returning from 0-1-1 trip to Sweden.

Cheers all.....

Would you blow it up.... Goaltending sucks, defense sucks....losing hope for a post season spot coming with every game. And the thought of trading Mcjesus or Leon seems insane, imagine the monster return the oil could get for both of them.... 1st rnd picks and prospects for both plus a serviceable netminder. You are not going anywhere as it is, so would you consider it ?

NHL radio was just saying the same thing....just a great first goal, almost as comparable to Eberle.

11/22/23 1st NHL Goal

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Game # 19 Flames 2 Preds 4 Juuse Saros stops 24 shots as the Predators beat the Flames 4-2, extend winning streak to 3 games 0:45 Juuso Parssinen's redirected goal seals Predators win ByAP Updated: Nov 23, 2023, 12:57 am NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- — Juuse Saros made 24 saves and the Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Colton Sissons, Ryan O’Reilly, Alexandre Carrier and Juuso Parssinen scored, and Ryan McDonagh had two assists for Nashville. “It took us a minute to get going, I think, in the first,” Sissons said. “We really got to our game in the second and third and controlled most of it. We performed really quite well from top to (the) bottom of the lineup.” Noah Hanifin and Yegor Sharangovich scored, and Jacob Markstrom made 41 saves for Calgary, which was 3-0-1 in its previous four games. “I thought we were slow and sloppy,” Calgary coach Ryan Huska said. “That’s the best way I can probably put it for the entire night.” Sissons opened the scoring at 2:33 of the first period. With the Flames on a power play, Roman Josi stripped the puck from Calgary’s Jonathan Huberdeau as he tried to cross the blue line into the offensive zone. Josi led the rush the other way and Sissons beat Markstrom with a slap shot. Sissons has scored both of Nashville’s short-handed goals this season. Calgary failed to convert four power plays in the game. The Flames have one man-advantage goal over their last eight games, going 1 for 22 in that stretch. Hanifin answered at 4:46 of the first, converting a nice feed from Andrew Mangiapane. O’Reilly made it 2-1 Nashville at 11:23 of the first, tapping home a rebound. With the goal, the 32-year-old O’Reilly extended his point streak to five games with two goals and four assists. Gustav Nyquist assisted on O’Reilly’s goal, extending his point streak to six games. McDonagh returned to the Nashville lineup after missing seven games with a lower-body injury. “We were pretty good with the puck execution-wise tonight, and it paid off,” McDonagh said. Markstrom had to be sharp to keep the game close, as Nashville dominated possession through two periods and outshot the Flames 32-17 in the first 40 minutes. “Tonight’s an example of where he played really good, but we’ve got to be a lot better in front of him,” Hanifin said. “When you get goaltending like that, we’ve got to be better and create some more chances and give up a little bit (fewer) grade-a chances.” Carrier scored his first goal of the season at 11:36 of the third, and Parssinen scored his first goal since Oct. 12 at 17:22 of the third. “I think we were relentless,” Carrier said. “We had more confidence with the puck making some plays and taking care of the puck.” Sharangovich scored a short-handed goal at 19:15 of the third period.