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Eichel to have hearing for hit on Soderberg
Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel will have a hearing Sunday for this hit on Colorado Avalanche forward Carl Soderberg, which occurred in the second period of Saturday's game.
Eichel gets a penalty for a head shot. doesnt look good #sabres #goavsgo pic.twitter.com/NZJitRAgtv
— Buffalo Sabres plays and goals (@SabresPlays) March 9, 2019
Eichel received a penalty for an illegal check to the head on the play, and if he receives a suspension, it will be the first of his career.
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Fleury passes Plante for 8th on all-time wins list
Marc-Andre Fleury passed Hall of Famer Jacques Plante for eighth place on the NHL's all-time wins list with the Vegas Golden Knights' 6-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.
Sole possession of eighth place on the NHL’s all-time regular-season wins list now belongs to @GoldenKnights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. 🌸 #NHLStats #VGKvsVAN pic.twitter.com/0IpXt5H3KB
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 10, 2019
With 438 career wins, Fleury is just seven back of the legendary Terry Sawchuk for seventh on the all-time leaderboard.
The 34-year-old is in the midst of another stellar season; his 34 wins and eight shutouts are both tops in the league. He entered Saturday's action with a .912 save percentage and 2.49 goals-against average.
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Voracek rebukes Boychuk: ‘He’s pointing at me like it’s WrestleMania’
New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk was visually upset with Jakub Voracek after the Philadelphia Flyers forward injured him with a reverse hit on Saturday night.
But it's safe to say Voracek wasn't pleased with the way Boychuk responded to the incident.
"He's skating off the ice and he's pointing at me like it's WrestleMania or something," Voracek said postgame, according to NBC Sports.
Here's a full look at the incident:
Jake Voracek injures Johnny Boychuk with a hit. Boychuk tells him "I will get you" pic.twitter.com/YDhon3hUxs
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) March 10, 2019
"C'mon, it's a hockey game. Jesus Christ," Voracek continued. "He's the guy who was sucker-punching 19-year-old Nolan Patrick last year at the end of our game. And he's gonna do that? Jeez, gimme a break."
Voracek received a five-minute major on the play and was handed a two-game suspension for the hit on Sunday. When he returned to the ice during Saturday's action, Islanders blue-liner Scott Mayfield unsuccessfully tried to fight him.
Boychuk left the game and didn't return. Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said postgame he's day-to-day, according to NHL.com's Brian Compton.
The Islanders and Flyers will meet again March 23 in Philadelphia.
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Maple Leafs hang on to victory after late surge from Oilers
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) John Tavares had a goal and two assists and the Toronto Maple Leafs held off the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night.
Morgan Rielly and Jake Muzzin also scored and Frederik Andersen made 33 saves to help Toronto improve to 6-1-1 in its last eight.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Oscar Klefbom scored for the Oilers, and Anthony Stolarz stopped 37 shots. They had won four in a row.
Rielly opened the scoring with a point shot on a power play with 14 seconds left in the first period.
Toronto made it 2-0 lead at 12:28 of the second when Tavares shrugged off a defender and made a nice move to chip his 38th of the season over Stolarz. Muzzin connected three minutes into the third off a feed from William Nylander.
Nugent-Hopkins ended Andersen's shutout bid with 1:39 left with Stolarz off for an extra attacker. Leon Draisaitl assisted on the goal to extend his points streak to 13 games, the longest active run in the NHL.
The Oilers got another goal with Stolarz on the bench when Connor McDavid set up Klefbom with 53 seconds remaining.
NOTES: Stolarz was a surprise starter when it was announced Mikko Koskinen wouldn't dress due to an illness. ... It was the second and final meeting between the two teams. Toronto won the first game 6-2 at home on Feb. 27... Toronto center Nazem Kadri returned to the lineup after missing eight games because of a concussion.
UP NEXT:
Maple Leafs: Host Tampa Bay on Monday night.
Oilers: Host New York Rangers on Monday night.
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Voracek gets 5-minute major for reverse hit on Boychuk
Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek received a five-minute major for interference on New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk during Saturday night's game.
Voracek caught Boychuk with a Peter Forsberg-like reverse hit in the third period. Boychuk then appeared to say "I will get you" to Voracek as he left the ice for medical attention. Boychuk didn't return to the game.
Jake Voracek injures Johnny Boychuk with a hit. Boychuk tells him "I will get you" pic.twitter.com/YDhon3hUxs
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) March 10, 2019
The Islanders took exception to the hit, as Josh Bailey received a two-minute minor for roughing on the play. When Voracek returned to the ice following his penalty, Scott Mayfield took a run at him in an unsuccessful attempt to spark a fight. Mayfield received 10 minutes and a game misconduct on the play.
The Flyers won the contest 5-2.
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Atkinson scores twice to lift Blue Jackets over Penguins
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Cam Atkinson had two goals, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots and the Columbus Blue Jackets broke an eight-game losing streak against the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 4-1 victory Saturday night.
Boone Jenner and Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored for the Blue Jackets. They had lost four of their last six - including a 3-0 loss to the Penguins on Thursday night - and desperately needed a win to stay in the mix for an Eastern Conference wild-card playoff spot. Columbus started the day two points below the wild-card line.
Zach Aston-Reese scored for Pittsburgh in the second period and Matt Murray, starting his seventh straight game, had 29 saves.
Bobrovsky, who was a healthy scratch Thursday, bounced back with an exceptional game against the Penguins, who were 4-0-2 in their last six and started the day in third place in the Metropolitan Division.
Jenner went into the box for slashing 20 seconds into the game, then made up for it by taking a feed from Josh Anderson on a rush and beating Murray to give the Blue Jackets the lead 2:31 into the game.
Atkinson scored a short-handed goal early in the second when Pittsburgh's Phil Kessel went sprawling and the Columbus winger found himself with a loose puck and an open net. He snapped it in over Murray for his team-leading 37th goal of the season.
Pittsburgh pulled it back to a one-goal game at 6:39 of the second when Zach Aston-Reese took Evgeni Malkin's pass on the doorstep and beat Bobrovsky.
Bjorkstrand tapped in the insurance goal off a short pass from Ryan Dzingel with 3:01 left, and Atkinson got his 38th of the season when he added an empty-netter at the 1:49 mark.
NOTES: Kessel played in 314th straight game for Pittsburgh, the second-longest streak in franchise history. Craig Adams holds the record with 319. ... Anderson got his 100th career NHL point. ... Atkinson has 12 career short-handed goal, two short of the franchise record. ... Columbus last beat Pittsburgh in the regular season on Feb. 17, 2017 (2-1 in overtime). ... Malkin has a nine-game points streak against the Blue Jackets. ... Columbus is 27-5-2 this season when scoring the first goal.
UP NEXT
Pittsburgh: At Boston on Sunday night.
Columbus: At New York Islanders on Monday night.
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