Andrew Copp has one for the highlight reel.
The Winnipeg Jets center scored for the fifth time in his rookie season Sunday, blasting through the Minnesota Wild defense pairing with a burst of speed through center before finishing with a silky backhand deke.
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In lacing up his wheels Sunday, Anaheim Ducks winger Andrew Cogliano became just the second player in NHL history to begin a career by dressing in 700 consecutive games.
Cogliano is the sixth player to skate in 700 straight, but joins long-time Montreal Canadiens center Doug Jarvis, who survived his first 964, to do so at the outset of his career.
When you play your 700th @nhl game on home ice. #LetsGoDucks pic.twitter.com/T2M2DNLmTI
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) April 4, 2016
His run began with 328 consecutive games with the Edmonton Oilers before moving on to Anaheim.
With another clean season next year, Cogliano can own the fourth-longest ironman streak in NHL history behind only Jarvis, Garry Unger, and Steve Larmer.
Knock on wood.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins trampled the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday, scoring six times to reach 100 points for the seventh time in the Sidney Crosby era.
The loss for the Flyers comes at considerable consequence, as they failed to distance themselves further from the ninth-place Boston Bruins. But much of the postgame chatter didn't center around the dropped points, but a strange sequence late in the game that saw defender Andrew MacDonald heading down the tunnel after Pittsburgh scored a creative fifth goal.
MacDonald lost his balance stopped up at the boards, and right before Penguins winger Tom Kuhnhackl closed the gap and finished his check.
Another look at the Kuhnhackl hit on MacDonald pic.twitter.com/c4vFZzc1Ow
— Joe Dought (@JoeR35h93) April 3, 2016
The contact crumpled MacDonald and left him clutching his head.
Philadelphia did not offer an update on MacDonald's condition.
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Simmonds sticks Murray in the face after the whistle. No call. https://t.co/CXWuUKS09q
— Evgeni Malkin's Ego (@EvgeniMaIkinEgo) April 3, 2016
Wayne Simmonds got away, at least temporarily, with a nasty bit of stick work while flying through the Pittsburgh Penguins crease late in Sunday's loss.
The Philadelphia Flyers power forward quite clearly keeps his stick held out, and rigid, purposefully jabbing it under the mask and across the neck of Matt Murray.
“@EvgeniMaIkinEgo: Simmonds with a blatant attempt to injure Matt Murray. Despicable. https://t.co/DlRngyZLRS” @NHL very classy
— Rj (@720_kid) April 3, 2016
It will be hard to precisely determine intent, and whether Simmonds was targeting Murray's neck, but it's obviously a reckless, ill-considered play that warrants scrutinization.
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Nazem Kadri versus the NHL's Department of Player Safety wages on.
Merely hours after detailing his frustration with the league's decision to fine him $5,000 for embellishment, Kadri has been booked for a hearing with the disciplinary committee for a cross-check Saturday on Detroit's Luke Glendening.
It was a nasty bit of stick work as Kadri, who had his helmet pulled off while wrestling with Glendening, chased down the forward and delivered a retaliatory and unsuspecting blow up high.
Kadri cross-checked Glendening high after their battle. Glendening shaken up. #RedWings #DETvsTOR #Leafs pic.twitter.com/hyB5xZ7Xw7
— Stefan Kubus (@StefanKubus) April 3, 2016
Glendening was a little shaken up, but made his way to the bench and continued on in the game.
Kadri will be considered a repeat offender. He was banned for four games late last season for an illegal check to the head.
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