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Always been a fan of the "undertaker", too bad he skates like sh&t

11/14/23

Games played on 11/14/23 Ducks Radko Gudas vs Preds Jeremy Lauzon Winner ? Ducks Ross Johnston vs Preds Michael McCarron Winner ? Devils Brendan Smith vs Jets Nikolaj Ehlers Winner ? VGK Keegan Kolesar vs Caps Dylan McIIrath Winner ?

Game # 15 Bos 5 Buff 2 Pastrnak, with a goal and 2 assists, leads Boston Bruins to 5-2 win over Buffalo Sabres ByAP Updated: Nov 14, 2023, 11:06 pm BUFFALO, N.Y. -- — David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists to lead the Boston Bruins to a 5-2 victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. Danton Heinen, Brandon Carlo, Oskar Steen, and Hampus Lindholm all scored their first goals of the season and Linus Ullmark made 32 saves for the Bruins, who are 3-0-1 in their last four games. Pastrnak’s 11th goal of the season was the second of five straight goals scored by Boston. “(Pastrnak) allows you to have a lot of success as a team because he’s a difference maker, right,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “He makes people around him better. As good a goal scorer he is, he’s as equal a passer, and the way he competes as a leader on our team and our most skilled player, it shows everybody that you have to work to have success.” Victor Olofsson scored two goals for Buffalo. Devon Levi made 13 saves on 18 shots before he was replaced by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in the second period. Luukkonen made 14 saves for Buffalo who are 1-2-1 in their last four. Heinen gave Boston a 1-0 lead when he put a rebound of Charlie McAvoy’s shot past Levi at 3:01 of the first period. Pastrnak made it 2-0 with a one-timer 1:08 later. Carlo made it 3-0 at 15:14 of the first when he scored on a 3-on-1 from a pass by Pastrnak. “I think the first period kind of set the game up,” Pastrnak said. “Obviously, it wasn’t a great game for us overall, there was mistakes but most importantly, we got the goals and we got the saves and we got the dub.” Steen gave Boston a 4-0 lead at 4:07 of the second period and Lindholm made it 5-0 with a power-play goal at 12:23. Olofsson cut the Bruins lead to 5-1 with his first goal of the season at 15:07 of the second period when he put the rebound of Owen Power’s shot off the end boards past Ullmark. His second at 15:02 of the third made it 5-2. “I feel like I just kind of attacked a little bit more,” Olofsson said. “I kind of searched those pucks around the net. I’m kind of not just looking for open ice. I tried to just go to the net and had a lucky bounce there, the first one. And then the second one, JJ (Peterka) found me with a great pass.” Sabres center Tage Thompson sustained an upper-body injury after he blocked a shot by McAvoy in the second period off his arm and did not return. Thompson was cut by a skate blade in a separate collision with McAvoy in the first period and left the game momentarily but returned for the second period. OKPOSO HITS MILESTONE Sabres captain Kyle Okposo played in his 1,000th NHL game on Tuesday. At 35 years old, Okposo is the 381st skater and 384th player in NHL history to play a thousand games in the league. Okposo made his NHL debut March 18, 2008.

Games # 15 Flames 2 Habs 1 Markstrom sharp in net to lead Calgary Flames past Montreal Canadiens 2-1 1:35 Calgary Flames vs. Montreal Canadiens: Full Highlights Calgary Flames vs. Montreal Canadiens: Full Highlights ByAP Updated: Nov 15, 2023, 12:08 am MONTREAL -- — Nazem Kadri and Connor Zary scored goals, Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves and the Calgary Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Tuesday night. Markstrom earned his third win of the season in his first start in a week due to an upper-body injury. “Our goalie was our best player tonight,” said Flames head coach Ryan Huska. “I thought Marky had a real great night, especially late in the game when they were coming on, he made some really big saves for us.” His best stop was with 1:11 left in the game when he robbed Josh Anderson with a glove save in front of the net to keep Calgary ahead. “Marky was excellent tonight. Unbelievable,” Zary said. “I saw that stop at the end, and that’s what wins you games right there.” Anderson couldn’t believe his luck. “You’re not wrong there,” said Anderson, asked if he had to pinch himself. “I’m definitely getting the looks. Certainly have to change something, maybe a new stick, I don’t know. “I’m still in disbelief.” Gustav Lindstrom scored the lone goal for Montreal, which lost its second in a row. Samuel Montembeault made 27 saves. Up 2-1, Calgary's Andrew Mangiapane appeared to score the 100th goal of his career four minutes into the third period but the play was ruled offside after a Montreal challenge. Montreal had multiple shots with the goalie pulled as time wound down, but couldn’t find the equalizer. Kadri opened the scoring at 2:35 of the second period with a spinning wrist shot past Montembeault after a deke around Christian Dvorak to enter the offensive zone. The lead was short-lived as Lindstrom replied 17 seconds later with his first for the Canadiens off a one-timer that hit Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson on its way into the net. Zary scored a tap-in off a feed from Andersson and regained the lead for Calgary at 13:07 of the period. Cole Caufield had a chance to tie the game with a one-timer from the slot, but Markstrom shut the door. Some of Markstrom’s best work was in the first. Montreal put the pressure on with nine shots in the first eight minutes, including one from the slot by Caufield that Markstrom turned away with his mask. With under two minutes left in the period, Markstrom stretched out to make a left pad save on Caufield. The Canadiens held a pre-game ceremony for Pierre Turgeon, the newest member of their Ring of Honour. Turgeon was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday after a 19-season career where he totalled 1,327 points in 1,294 games. Turgeon also played for Buffalo, the New York Islanders, St. Louis, Dallas and Colorado. Although Montreal was a short stop, he said playing for the team he watched growing up was special.

What i would give to have the Whalers return.....

I love the passion of fans, using the middle finger happens every nhl game, almost a rite of passage.

I miss the Whalers.... greatest jersey ever.

Games played on 11/13/23 Avs Kurtis MacDermid vs Seattle Jamie Oleksiak Winner ?

Games played on 11/12/23 Sharks Luke Kunin vs Ducks Max Jones Winner ? Sharks Givani Smith vs Ducks Sam Carrick Winner ? Wild Connor Dewar vs Stars Craig Smith Winner ?

The Edmonton Oilers are firing head coach Jay Woodcroft, the team announced on Sunday. Edmonton was on a shortlist of Stanley Cup favourites coming into the season but a 3-9-1 record through 13 games has them well back in the Pacific Division standings. And now, it’s cost Woodcroft his job. Assistant coach Dave Manson has also been relieved of his duties. Hartford Wold Pack head coach Kris Knoblauch will replace Woodcroft as head coach in Edmonton with Paul Coffey as an assistant. Woodcroft's run as head coach ends after a year-and-a-half run, beginning when he took over a struggling team from Dave Tippett in February of 2022. The Oilers found a spark under their new head coach, going 26-9-3 over their final 38 games and advancing to the Western Conference Final. But Edmonton’s run came to an end after they ran into the 119-point Colorado Avalanche, who swept them en route to a Stanley Cup title. In their first full season under the 47-year-old, Oilers finished with 109 points – the fourth highest total in team history – and went into the playoffs with the second-most wins in the Western Conference. The Oilers once again ran into the eventual Stanley Cup champion as the Vegas Golden Knights sent them home in six games in the second round. Hopes were sky-high for 2023-24 but the Oilers dropped six of their first seven games, including an 8-1 drubbing in Vancouver on opening night, and the team is currently mired in a four-game skid. Woodcroft has been with the Oilers since 2015 when he joined the team as an assistant coach under Todd McLellan. In 2018, Woodcroft became the head coach of the club’s AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors, and returned to the NHL just under four years later as Tippett’s replacement. Woodcroft worked for the Detroit Red Wings as a video coach and the San Jose Sharks as an assistant before joining the Oilers.

Games played on 11/11/23 Van Dakota Joshua vs Leafs Mark Giordano Winner ? Van Ian Cole vs Leafs Max Domi Winner ? EDM Dylan Holloway vs Seattle Vince Dunn Winner ?

Game # 14 Bos 2 Habs 3 OT Guhle scores in OT to lift Canadiens to 3-2 win over Bruins 0:30 Kaiden Guhle wins it in OT for the Canadiens ByAP Updated: Nov 11, 2023, 11:13 pm MONTREAL -- — Kaiden Guhle scored the unassisted game winner in overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. “Like every team you have some off games, but our good is really good. When we’re on top of it, we can beat any team in the league,” Guhle said. Nick Suzuki and Brendan Gallagher also found the back of the net for Montreal (7-5-2), which beat Boston (11-1-2) for the first time since the 2019-2020 season. “It’s a group decision and a group effort to get back in a game and get something out of it,” said Canadiens coach Martin St Louis. “You have to understand the way you need to carry yourself on the ice every game to give yourself the best chance of winning. It doesn’t guarantee a win, but you understand what is needed to be done with and without the puck.” Pavel Zacha deflected a point shot from Charlie McAvoy past Montreal goalie Samuel Montembeault and into the top corner just 36 seconds into the game to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. Montembeault had 26 saves. Montreal’s best chance to equalize in the first period came when Sean Monahan and Gallagher found themselves on a two-on-one, with the latter hitting the post from a tight angle. The Canadiens scored two goals just 27 seconds apart in the first minute of the third period for a 2-1 lead. Suzuki’s shot from the right side drew them level 24 seconds in. Gallagher jumped on a rebound in the crease and scored Montreal’s second goal 51 seconds into the period. “It was a great 60 minutes. We couldn’t score in the first two periods, but we just kept fighting,” said Suzuki. “They’re a really hot team with a lot of great players. It’s definitely satisfying that all the work you’re putting in gets rewarded … I think we deserved that win.” “I think the first two minutes were a microcosm of the two periods," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. "We were lucky to be in the position we were in. We had players in moments playing OK, but for the majority it looked like it was a team thing, not an individual thing. So we have to look at what we’re doing to internally to get rest and have energy for games.” Boston thought it had the equalizer when Oskar Steen deflected a shot from the point. However, after Montreal challenged the play the goal was waved off because of goaltender interference. After failing to score on a 5-on-3 power play, Brad Marchand got on loose puck at the back post to tie it at 2 with a power-play goal. Jeremy Swayman finished with 24 saves for the Bruins.

Game # 14 CGY 1 Sens 4 Senators snap 5-game home losing streak with 4-1 win over Calgary Flames ByAP Updated: Nov 11, 2023, 11:42 pm OTTAWA, Ontario -- — The Ottawa Senators snapped a five-game home ice losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. It was a team effort with Mathieu Joseph, Drake Batherson, Rourke Chartier and Travis Hamonic all scoring. Joonas Korpisalo was solid in goal stopping 24 shots. “Whenever you win it’s always a good feeling,” said Senators captain Brady Tkachuk. “Losing is never fun, so I think we’re getting there. We’re finding our game. We’re finding what makes us successful and we’re just going to keep the ball rolling and keep the momentum going.” Dustin Wolf made his season debut for the Flames making 34 saves, but didn’t get much offensive support as Blake Coleman scored the lone goal for Calgary. “It’s frustrating when you feel like the game’s right there for you,” said Coleman. “They made plays and there was nothing (Wolf) could’ve done on those, obviously. He gave us a great chance to be in this game. He played really well. We wish we could’ve got him his win today.” With his first of the season, Chartier gave the Senators a 3-1 lead early in the third off a nice feed from Dominik Kubalik. It’s Chartier’s second ever NHL goal, with the last coming Oct. 28, 2018. “After sitting out two years and I’d played and as much as I hoped and knew inside myself that I would get another crack, hopefully, you mean you never really know,” said Chartier. “Obviously, I would have liked to get it a few games earlier, but definitely worth the wait. “I think this one probably feels even better than the first one. Hopefully I don’t have to wait as long for the third one.” Less than two minutes later Hamonic scored his first of the season. Ottawa took a 2-0 lead with a power-play goal early in the second. Brady Tkachuk tipped Jakob Chychrun’s shot and the puck went high but Batherson was able to bat it in as it came down. Calgary cut the lead in half 15:52 into the second on a two-on-one when Martin Pospisil fed a wide-open Coleman. The Senators had a two-man advantage for 71 seconds late in the period, but failed to capitalize as Wolf made a number of saves. “I think the American (Hockey) League is pretty different from the NHL,” Wolf said. “Those are some big men out there. It’s a lot tougher for myself to fight through screens, which I thought I did a pretty good job of tonight, but at the end of the day, I felt really good.” The Flames controlled the play for much of the first period, but it was the Senators who struck first when Joseph tipped a Jake Sanderson shot in close. Ottawa’s Erik Brannstrom returned to the lineup after missing five games with a concussion.

Game # 13 Flames 4 Leafs 5 Domi scores shootout winner to lift Maple Leafs to 5-4 win over Flames 0:42 Maple Leafs take down Flames in a shootout Max Domi scores the winning goal for the Toronto Maple Leaves in a shootout vs. the Calgary Flames. ByAP Updated: Nov 11, 2023, 12:19 am TORONTO -- — Max Domi scored in the fifth round of the shootout and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Friday night. William Nylander had two goals and an assist, and John Tavares and Calle Jarnkrok also scored for Toronto, which has won two of three. Joseph Woll made 24 saves. “We battled,” Nylander said. “Just sticking with it.” Nylander extended his franchise-record point streak to open a season to 14 games. “One of the best players in the world right now,” Domi said of Nylander. “Every time he touches the puck, something dangerous is happening.” Connor Zary, Nikita Zadorov, A.J. Greer and Martin Pospisil had goals as Calgary snapped a two-game win streak. MacKenzie Weegar added two assists and Dan Vladar stopped 32 shots. “Pretty good effort being able to crawl back and secure a point,” Flames center Nazem Kadri said. “Proud of our effort.” Domi scored the deciding goal in the shootout upstairs on Vladar before Woll denied Dillon Dube to secure the extra point in the standings. Calgary's Yegor Sharangovich and Toronto's Mitch Marner scored earlier in the tiebreaker. "(Vladar) made a couple big saves on the blocker side,” Domi said. “Figured I would take it to his glove — got a little lucky with the shot and Woller made a huge save. ... Massive win.” Toronto went up 3-1 just 66 seconds into the second period when Nylander stole the puck from Flames defenseman Noah Hanifin on a Calgary power play and ripped his ninth goal of the season. It was the first short-handed goal ever scored by the Nylander family — including father Michael and brother Alex — in 1,548 combined NHL games. “That’s good,” Nylander said with a smile when told of the stat. “Fun to get that one, but the win’s what’s important.” The Maple Leafs then made it 4-1 at 4:45 when Nylander found Tavares in front for his sixth. Calgary got one back 48 seconds later when Zadorov blast his first before Greer brought the Flames within one at 4-3 on a deflection for his second at 12:22. The Flames tied it at 3:22 of the third when Pospisil scored his second from Woll’s doorstep. Nylander had a great chance to complete the hat trick a few minutes later, but fired wide with Vladar out of position. A chaotic overtime saw Vladar deny Nylander from in close and Woll stop Andrew Mangiapane on a breakaway. The Maple Leafs opened the scoring at 3:01 of the first when Nylander capitalized on a broken play. Morgan Rielly then hit the post and Tavares was alone in front as Toronto pressed for more, but Calgary evened it up at 7:02 when Zary chipped his own rebound over Woll for his second. Toronto went back in front at 8:18 when Jarnkrok scored his fourth by finishing off a pretty passing play with Domi and Nick Robertson. “Good job by the guys staying with it, sticking together,” Tavares said. “But we know we’ve got to keep building from here.” Jake McCabe (groin) returned to action for Toronto following a six-game absence, while fellow defenseman John Klingberg sat out with an undisclosed injury of his own.

Games played on 11/9/23 Preds Jeremy Lauzon vs Jets Adam Lowry Winner ? Preds Cole Smith vs Jets Adam Lowry. Winner ? Wild Brandon Duhaime vs NYR Barclay Goodrow Winner ?

Game # 13 Bos 5 NYI 2 Coyle has 1st career hat trick, leads Bruins to 5-2 win over Islanders 0:39 Charlie Coyle scores third goal for first career hat trick Charlie Coyle scores third goal for first career hat trick ByAP Updated: Nov 9, 2023, 10:50 pm BOSTON -- — Bruins forwards Charlie Coyle and David Pastrnak were racing toward the empty Islanders net, with one New York defender trying to keep up. Coyle, who already had two goals on the night and has never had three in an NHL game, slid it over to Pastrnak. Pastrnak passed up the open shot and slid it right back to Coyle. “He was screaming, 'Shoot!’" Coyle recalled after registering his first career hat trick in Boston's 5-2 win over the Islanders on Thursday night. “He was tired. I backhanded that over and he was kind of like, ‘What are you doing that (for)?’ But I’m glad it worked out.” Coyle added an assist for his first four-point game since 2016, and Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for the Bruins. Pastrnak had a goal and two assists and Trent Frederic also scored for Boston to help the defending Presidents Trophy champions earn their 11th victory in their first 13 games. They ended the night tied with Stanley Cup champion Vegas for the most points in the NHL, with 23. A 13-year NHL veteran playing in his 798th career game, Coyle scored a power play goal in the second period on crisp passing from Pastrnak to Pavel Zacha to Coyle, in the slot. He added a second score to make it 4-2 midway through the third period, crashing the net to receive the pass from James van Riemsdyk. The hat trick came with 1:21 left and Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin off for an extra skater. “In a sense it kind of feels like getting your first goal out of the way,” Coyle said. “Those are milestones you kind of think about, but you never really focus on that stuff, honestly. Sometimes it just pans out like that.” Simon Holmstrom scored a short-handed goal for New York 10 seconds after the faceoff to open the power play, tying it at 2 early in the third period. But Pastrnak gave the Bruins the lead with a wrist shot that squirted through Sorokin’s pads. The Boston scoring leader had no interest in a second goal Thursday. “That’s why I love working with this team,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “To see Pasta waving at him, like ‘Go to the net! I’m going to give it back to you for the hat trick.’ They’re incredibly unselfish and thoughtful people and it shows in the way they love playing for each other.” Brock Nelson also scored and Sorokin stopped 30 shots for the Islanders. They have lost three in a row. The Bruins were without top defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who was serving the final game of a four-game suspension for head hit on Florida’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

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Top prospects for Toronto Maple Leafs Knies, Woll expected to make impact in NHL this season © Mark Blinch/Getty Images ByMike Zeisberger @Zeisberger NHL.com Staff Writer August 27, 2023 NHL.com is providing in-depth prospect analysis for each of its 32 teams from Aug. 1-Sept. 1. Today, the top five prospects for the Toronto Maple Leafs, according to NHL.com. 1. Matthew Knies, F How acquired: Selected with No. 57 pick in 2021 NHL Draft 2022-23 season: Toronto (NHL): 3 GP, 0-1-1; University of Minnesota (NCAA): 40 GP, 21-21-42 In his brief body of work at the NHL level, the 20-year-old has shown the combination of size (6-foot-2, 210 pounds) and speed that could see him vie for a spot on the Maple Leafs' top two lines alongside either Auston Matthews or John Tavares. After signing with Toronto after his college season ended, he played three regular-season games. But it was during the Stanley Cup Playoffs where he exhibited a glimpse of his potential, creating havoc at times offensively while not backing down from physical play. "He's shown he's a guy who can play and be a difference maker," coach Sheldon Keefe said. As far as mentorship goes, Knies couldn't ask for better: He has spent the summer training in Arizona with Matthews and will spend the season living with Tavares and his family, something he did after joining Toronto late last season. Projected NHL arrival: This season FLA@TOR, Gm1: Knies scores his 1st career goal 2. Joseph Woll, G How acquired: Selected with No. 62 pick in 2016 NHL Draft 2022-23 season: Toronto (NHL): 7 GP, 6-1-0, 2.16 GAA, .932 save percentage; Toronto (AHL), 21 GP, 16-4-1, 2.37 GAA, .941 save percentage. The Maple Leafs have been patient during the 25-year-old's development. Now it finally appears to be paying off. All signs point to Woll (6-3, 203) starting the regular season as the backup and, potentially, battling Ilya Samsonov for the starting job. Veteran Martin Jones was brought in for depth, but that should not affect Woll's opportunity heading into training camp, especially with the steps he took last season. First, he set a Toronto American Hockey League mark by winning 11 consecutive games midway through the season. After Samsonov was injured in the Eastern Conference Second Round against the Florida Panthers, Woll played the final two games of the series, going 1-1 and stopping 64 of 68 shots. "Joe Woll is a guy we're really excited about," Keefe said. "He has been tremendous." Projected NHL arrival: This season 3. Nicholas Robertson, F How acquired: Selected with No. 53 pick in 2019 NHL Draft Last season: Toronto (NHL): 15 GP, 2-3-5; Toronto (AHL): 2 GP, 1-1-2 The 21-year-old still is full of potential with an offensive arsenal highlighted by a lethal shot, but his inability to stay healthy is a concern. A variety of injuries has limited Robertson (5-9, 183) to 31 NHL games (seven points; three goals, four assists) since he was drafted four years ago. The latest setback was season-ending shoulder surgery in January that sidelined him for six months after being injured by a hit from Los Angeles Kings defenseman Matt Roy in a 5-0 win Dec. 8. Despite such adversity, the Maple Leafs are hopeful Robertson can get back up to speed quickly. "We saw what type of training camp he had this year, he came in and gave us some good minutes at the NHL level," Keefe said. "So he's been in this situation before. You can never question his work ethic and commitment." Projected NHL arrival: This season 4. Topi Niemela, D How acquired: Selected with No. 64 pick in 2020 NHL Draft 2022-23 season: Karpat (Liiga): 58 GP, 8-10-18; Toronto (AHL): 6 GP, 1-1-2 The 21-year-old (5-11, 156) could use some beefing up, but he showed during his brief AHL stint at the end of last season he's a solid two-way player who is willing to take and deliver hits. The organization hopes his arrival in North America after honing his skills in Finland will take his development to the next stage, on the ice and off. Niemela said he needs to get stronger, and the Maple Leafs' development staff is poised to help him do that. Meanwhile, he'll get a prime opportunity to quarterback the AHL power play with the chance to prove his offensive skills are better than his recent numbers indicate. "The next step (will be) physical conditioning and strength, to be able to win retrievals on pucks and handle the contact and physical play that comes with the American Hockey League level," said Hayley Wickenheiser, Maple Leafs assistant GM, player development. Projected NHL arrival: 2025-26 5. Roni Hirvonen, F How acquired: Selected with No. 59 pick in 2020 NHL Draft 2022-23 season: HIFK (Liiga): 57 GP, 15-13-28 There are plenty of similarities between Hirvonen (5-9, 164) and Niemela. They were selected five spots from each other in the 2020 NHL Draft; each is a Finland-born player who honed his skills in Liiga, the country's top professional league; and each needs to get stronger to handle the physicality of the North American game, complete with the smaller ice surfaces. "He's a competitor, he's got a good head on him, and sees the ice very well," Wickenheiser said of Hirvonen.

Games played on 11/7/23 Flyers Nicolas Deslauriers vs Sharks Givani Smith Winner ? Bolts Tanner Jeannot vs Habs Arber Xhekaj. Winner ?

Game # 12 Flames 4 Preds 2 Flames rally with three goals in third to beat Predators 4-2 1:46 Nashville Predators vs. Calgary Flames: Full Highlights ByAP Updated: Nov 8, 2023, 03:03 am CALGARY, Alberta -- — Blake Coleman scored the go-ahead goal and the Calgary Flames rallied for three in the third period of a 4-2 comeback victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Dillon Dube, Noah Hanifin and Nazem Kadri, into an empty net, also scored for Calgary (4-7-1), which has won consecutive games for the first time this season. "You can see the confidence growing in guys and in the group and the way we’re playing,” Coleman said. “Confidence is a big thing in this league, and it makes a big difference, and when you start to get that collective confidence, that’s when teams get dangerous.” Michael McCarron and Kiefer Sherwood scored for the Predators (5-7-0), who have lost three of four. “We’re playing with fire. To a man, we weren’t good enough. We didn’t win the battles. We weren’t sharp enough,” Sherwood said. “It’s just a matter of time when you play like that. You can’t hold onto a lead in this league when you’re just on your back foot.” Jacob Markstrom made 17 stops to snap his seven-game winless skid. He hadn’t won since he was in net for Calgary’s victory in its season opener. The much busier Juuse Saros had 35 saves in the loss. Trailing 2-1 after 40 minutes, the Flames tied it at 4:45 of the third. Shortly after Yegor Sharangovich was stopped on a great setup in front by Kadri, Sharangovich got the puck in the corner and set up Hanifin breaking in from the blue line. He whipped a 30-foot wrist shot into the top corner. Less than two minutes later, Coleman gave Calgary its first lead. Holding onto the puck on a 2-on-1, he wristed a shot high over Saros’ glove. With the Flames down 2-0, their comeback began at 15:06 of the second when defenseman Nikita Zadorov burst up ice and dropped the puck to Dube, whose shot squeezed through Saros’ pads for his second goal of the season. Nashville opened the scoring at 4:35 of the first when McCarron scored his first goal of the season by finishing off a slick passing sequence. In his second NHL game, defenseman Marc Del Gaizo sent a pass down low to Liam Foudy, whose touch pass across to McCarron was neatly steered inside the post. Sherwood finished off a perfectly executed 2-on-0 with Luke Evangelista to make it 2-0 at 14:34. But the Flames carried the play for most of the opening 20 minutes and outshot Nashville 17-6. “In the first period, we were lucky to come out of the period up 2-0,” McCarron said. “I think they had a lot of great chances. Juice stood on his head for us the whole night. At the end of the day we just gave up too many Grade As against him.” BENCHED Calgary forward Jonathan Huberdeau sat out the entire third period. In the first season of an $84 million, eight-year deal, Huberdeau has two goals and four assists in 12 games. He has only two assists in his last eight games. “I thought Huby had an off night and when we went into the third period, we wanted to try to get a little bit more flow and we went with the guys we felt were rolling,” Flames coach Ryan Huska said. “It’s not anything anybody wants to go through ever, but at times, it’s gonna happen. You’re not gonna have an A-plus game every night.” UNAVAILABLE Flames winger Andrew Mangiapane, one goal shy of 100 for his career, did not play as he served his one-game suspension for his cross-check to the neck of Jared McCann of the Seattle Kraken.

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Game # 12 Bos 3 Stars 2 Boston rookies Beecher and Lohrei score 1st NHL goals in Bruins' 3-2 victory over Stars 1:49 Boston Bruins vs. Dallas Stars: Full Highlights Boston Bruins vs. Dallas Stars: Full Highlights ByAP Updated: Nov 7, 2023, 12:01 am DALLAS -- — Boston rookie defenseman Mason Lohrei pulled the puck out of his pocket, the keepsake from his first NHL goal. John Beecher had one, too. Beecher and Lohrei became the first Boston rookies in more than six years to score their first goals in the same game, doing so less than four minutes apart in the first period to put the Bruins ahead to stay in a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night. “Had to steal my thunder a little bit I guess,” Beecher, who scored first, said with a smile. “That’s special. that’s something that’s going to get us rolling off right off the bat,” Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman, who stopped 34 shots, said of the rookie scorers. "They’re not even close to done yet.” Brad Marchand added a power-play goal in the third period for the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins (10-1-1), who rebounded from their first regulation loss two nights earlier at Detroit. It was the sixth goal this season for Marchand, the first-year Boston captain. Central Division leader Dallas had its net empty and an extra skater when Joe Pavelski scored his fifth goal with 27 seconds left. They had a power play for the final 5.7 seconds after a tripping penalty by Hampus Lindholm. Miro Heiskanen got off a shot that appeared to get by Swayman, but then bounced off the post as time expired. The Stars just couldn't overcome the slow start when coming off a three-game trip to Canada. “I expected that we might come out a little flat tonight, coming back from the road trip. ... This is one of those ones where you give them a little bit of leeway,” Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. “I thought the second and third period, we pushed hard, we did some good stuff." Wyatt Johnston, the 20-year-old Stars center who was one of the NHL’s top rookies last season, scored his fourth goal with his deflection in front of the net after Esa Lindell’s shot from just inside the blue line about five minutes into the third period. Beecher, the 22-year-old center who was Boston’s first-round pick in the 2019 NHL draft and has played in every game, got a hard ricochet off the board behind the net. He skated around and into the right circle for a wrister past Jake Oettinger with 9:39 left in the first period. Lohrei made it 2-0 from the top the slot on a pass from Danton Heinen with 5:51 left in the first. The 22-year-old defenseman, a second-round pick in 2020, had an assist in his NHL debut Thursday and was playing only his third game. “Pretty cool to watch that one to get in,” said Lohrei, crediting Heinen's pass and traffic in front of the net. “That all made it easy on me. Just had to hit the net." The last Bruins rookies to get their first goals in the same game were Jake DeBrusk and Charlie McAvoy against Nashville in a season opener Oct. 5, 2017. McAvoy was still out of the Bruins lineup Monday, serving the third of his four-game suspension from the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Florida’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson on Oct. 30. Oettinger had 26 saves for the Stars, who played with 11 forwards and seven defensemen with forwards Radek Faksa and Matt Duchene both out with upper body injuries.

Thousands gather to remember late hockey player Adam Johnson ESPN News Services Nov 6, 2023, 10:26 PM ET HIBBING, Minn. -- Thousands gathered Monday to remember Adam Johnson, the 29-year-old American hockey player who died last month after his neck was cut by a skate blade during a game in England. Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019 and 2020, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in a Challenge Cup game against the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered the skate cut during the Elite Ice Hockey League contest. Family, friends and former teammates gathered to celebrate the life of the former Hibbing High School, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Penguins and Nottingham player. "Adam was a joyful, kind human being. He had a quiet unselfishness about him, but he was a guy you wanted to be around all of the time," said James Perunovich, a spokesperson for the Johnson family. "He didn't have to say much. You were a better person as a result of meeting him. "Everyone knew who Adam was. He wasn't just a tremendous hockey player. He was a tremendous athlete. ... Everything he did, he excelled at." The memorial was held a day after Johnson's funeral. Scott Pionk, also a family spokesman, relayed how former Hibbing assistant coach Grant Clafton described Johnson. "He said Adam was known as joyfully grumpy, but once he met Ryan [Wolfe, Johnson's fiancée], he was just joyful," Pionk said. "That was the best thing I heard all day. That was awesome." Johnson was also remembered for his hockey talent. He spent 13 games over parts of the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons playing for Pittsburgh in the NHL before spending the 2020-21 season in Sweden with the Malmo Redhawks. He had a goal and three assists for the Penguins. Johnson helped Minnesota-Duluth reach two NCAA tournaments. He scored an overtime winner in the 2017 tournament, sending the Bulldogs to the Frozen Four by beating Boston University. He also played for three American Hockey League clubs during his career and in Germany with the Augsburger Panther in 2022-23 before agreeing to join Nottingham for this season. Johnson's death has led to further discussions about cut-resistant protection in the NHL and other leagues. "He was a great player," Pionk said. "I'll remember him flying around in high school with his jersey flapping behind his back. We see enough hockey players come through here that if you're not a great guy, that part has to stay for the rest of your life. The hockey part is going to go away. We have to keep them humble. Hibbing did a great job with him. He was a great young man." Perunovich said Johnson's family is handling things the best they can. "Everybody is feeling the same," Perunovich said. "I don't think the words are as important as the emotions. We had people come in from all over the world here with their hugs and tears. "We're hurting bad up here right now. It's going to take a while. Nobody can understand it, but maybe God needed him more than we did."