Monthly Archives: November 2016
NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – November 7, 2016
Flames set dubious record with another loss in Anaheim
Sometimes in life, one must face the facts:The Calgary Flames are probably never going to beat the Ducks in Anaheim again.
With a 4-1 loss in SoCal, the Flames set a record they didn't want to set:
The Flames' last win in Anaheim was in 2004.
Calgary wraps up its four-game road trip with a 1-3 record, and was outscored 18-5.
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Watch: Cogliano buries 2nd effort
Anaheim Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano was rewarded for his work Sunday, burying his own rebound past Calgary Flames netminder Chad Johnson.
Cogliano drove to the Calgary net and was initially stopped by Johnson, who couldn't stop the second attempt as Cogliano found the back of the net while falling to the ice.
Cogliano nows leads all Ducks skaters with five goals on the season.
(Video courtesy: NHL.com)
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Watch: Dog drops puck for ceremonial faceoff
It was Military Appreciation Night on Sunday in Anaheim with the Ducks hosting the Calgary Flames, and a very special guest dropped the puck for the ceremonial faceoff.
That's Corporal Nero, a police patrol and explosive detector dog.
He's without a doubt a good boy.
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Darling robs Eaves with game-saving toe stop
There is only one reason why the Dallas Stars didn't earn a win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night: Scott Darling.
With the Stars on the power play, Darling made a sensational toe save on Patrick Eaves in overtime to help prolong the extra period and keep things square at three.
As fate would have it, Marian Hossa would fire the game-winner past a screened Kari Lehtonen three minutes later.
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McDavid’s postgame interview features pizza-eating Puljujarvi cameo
Jesse Puljujarvi may have been absent from the ice on Sunday night, but he certainly made an appearance postgame.
The Edmonton Oilers rookie sat out the team's 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings after taking a knee-on-knee hit during the club's game against the New York Islanders on Saturday, but made an appearance in the dressing room where he was seen eating pizza while captain Connor McDavid conducted interviews with reporters.
Looks like taking the night off comes with its share of perks.
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Rangers post 5th straight 5-goal game to fly past Jets
NEW YORK - J.T. Miller, Jesper Fast, and Pavel Buchnevich scored 4:04 apart late in the second period to lead the New York Rangers over the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight victory.
Kevin Hayes and Mats Zuccarello also scored, Kevin Klein and Brandon Pirri had two assists and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 24 shots as New York won for the eighth time in nine games. The Rangers, who lead the NHL with 55 goals and 4.23 per game, have scored at least five in each game of their winning streak.
Patrik Laine and Mark Scheifele scored for Winnipeg, which has lost four of its last five (1-3-1). Connor Hellebuyck started and gave up four goals on 16 shots before he was replaced late in the second period by Michael Hutchinson, who finished with one save.
After a scoreless first half of the second period in which Winnipeg had a 4-1 advantage on shots, the Rangers outscored the Jets 4-1 over the final 10 minutes.
Zuccarello took a pass from Chris Kreider and fired a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle past Hellebuyck for his sixth to put the Rangers up 2-1 just past the midpoint of the period.
Scheifele tied it two minutes later as he pounced on a puck sitting in front of an open net after a shot by Paul Postma was stopped by Lundqvist. It was Scheifele's seventh of the season.
Miller skated up along the right side and fired a wrist shot over Hellebuyck's right shoulder for his fifth, putting the Rangers up 3-2 with 6:59 remaining.
Fast gave New York a two-goal lead with 3:36 left as he tipped a point shot by Klein from the right faceoff circle for his second goal. That chased Hellebuyck and brought on Hutchinson.
Buchnevich made it 5-2 just 41 seconds later as he skated in from the right side, slid the puck from his backhand across to the left side as he crossed in front of Hutchinson and fired it over the sprawled goalie. It was Buchnevich's second of the season and second in two games.
The Jets controlled play in the scoreless third period, outshooting the Rangers 9-1, but couldn't get anything past Lundqvist.
Hayes got the Rangers off to a fast start with his sixth of the season 2:12 into the game. Skating with an extra attacker on a delayed penalty, Klein sent a pass across to Hayes at the right point, and Hayes fired a slap shot from inside the blue line past Hellebuyck. That gave Hayes a goal in four straight games.
Laine tied it with 9:15 left in the first, tipping a point shot by Ben Chiarot for the 18-year-old rookie's eighth of the season. It came on Winnipeg's fifth shot of the game.
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Watch: Rangers’ Buchnevich undresses Burmistrov, nets showstopper
Michael Hutchinson received a rude welcome to Sunday's game against the New York Rangers.
The Winnipeg Jets puck-stopper entered the game in the second period in relief of Connor Hellebuyck, who allowed four goals on 16 shots. Unfortunately, the first shot Hutchinson faced came off the stick of Pavel Buchnevich, who added insult to injury after undressing forward Alex Burmistrov by out-waiting Hutchinson for his second goal of the season.
Goals have been coming fast and furious for the Rangers to start the campaign. With Buchnevich's marker, New York now has 55 goals through 13 games and at least five goals in each of their last five games.
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Toews feeds Kane for shifty backhand goal
This is what a $21-million goal looks like.
Chicago Blackhawks' big-time money-makers Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane connected on Sunday as the latter scored a beauty going backhand, shelf on Dallas Stars' Kari Lehtonen.
The goal gives Toews his eighth point of the season, while Kane's 16 now pace the league.
(Video courtesy: NHL.com)
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