* The six newest members of the Hockey Hall of Fame were officially inducted Monday at a ceremony in Toronto. * For the fourth day in a row, an NHL game featured a go-ahead goal in the last two minutes of regulation as the Blue Jackets rallied late to earn their sixth comeback win of the season.
* Ryan Getzlaf eyes his 1,000th NHL point and Troy Terry looks to match him on a franchise list as the Ducks put their seven-game win streak on the line against the Capitals on Tuesday.
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME INDUCTS CLASS OF 2020
Doug Wilson, Kim St-Pierre, Kevin Lowe, Jarome Iginla and Marian Hossa were officially inducted into the player category of the Hockey Hall of Fame while Ken Holland went in as a builder to round out the 2020 class at an induction ceremony Monday in Toronto.
* Click here for highlights from the Hockey Hall of Fame speeches.
BLUE JACKETS STAGE YET ANOTHER LATE RALLY
After 20-year-old Yegor Chinakhov scored his first career NHL goal to tie the game with 4:18 to play, Zach Werenski put the Blue Jackets ahead for good with 1:19 remaining in regulation as the club picked up its sixth comeback win of the season. Werenski’s 11th career game-winning goal stood as the third-latest go-ahead tally by a defenseman in franchise history.
* Columbus’ six comeback victories are tied with Carolina and Winnipeg for the second-most this season behind Minnesota (7). After facing a 2-0 deficit, Columbus joined Detroit, Minnesota and Vegas as the fourth club with two multi-goal comeback wins in 2021-22 (also Nov. 3 at COL).
LIGHTNING CLAIM REMATCH OF 2021 STANLEY CUP SEMIFINALS OVER ISLANDERS
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves and Brayden Point (1-1—2) scored his 145th career goal to tie Freddy Modin for eighth place in franchise history as the Lightning (8-3-3, 19 points) claimed a rematch of the 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinals.
* Tampa Bay extended its point streak to eight games (6-0-2) – their longest run since a nine-game stretch last season – to equal the Kings (8 GP: 7-0-1) for the second-longest active run behind the Ducks (9 GP: 7-0-2).
GREENE HITTING 1,000-GAME MILESTONE COVERED IN #NHLSTATS: LIVE UPDATES
Islanders defenseman Andy Greene skated in his 1,000th career regular-season game, becoming the ninth undrafted blueliner to reach the milestone (since the first NHL Draft in 1963). Click here to read the latest edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates, featuring notes from all four teams that took to the ice Monday.
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TUESDAY
Ryan Getzlaf and the Ducks will look to extend their win streak to eight games when they welcome the Capitals, who are undefeated in each of their past four contests. Meanwhile, Leon Draisaitl (15-16—31 in 14 GP) enters Tuesday aiming to improve his NHL-leading totals when the Oilers wrap their five-game road trip in Winnipeg.
* Getzlaf has six points through his last three games (0-6—6) and is one shy of 1,000 on his career (280-719—999 in 1,117 GP). Only six active NHL players have reached the milestone: Joe Thornton, Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Patrick Kane and Anze Kopitar.
* The Ducks enter Tuesday with a 7-0-0 record since Oct. 31 and are 7-0-2 since Oct. 28 – the longest active win and point streaks in the NHL. Meanwhile, the Capitals will look to snap an opponent’s winning streak of seven or more contests for the 18th time in franchise history – coincidentally, one of those instances halted the Ducks’ franchise-record 11-game win streak in 2015-16.
NHL-LEADING SCORER DRAISAITL AIMS TO CONTINUE STRONG START TO 2021-22
Leon Draisaitl will look to build on his strong start to the 2021-22 season, which has included nine multi-point performances and only two outings without a point, while captain Connor McDavid will aim to extend his season-opening point streak to 15 games. The Oilers visit the Jets for the first meeting since Winnipeg swept Edmonton in the 2021 First Round.
* Draisaitl leads the NHL with 15-16—31 (14 GP) – a total which already stands as the most by any active player through the 15-game mark of a season, besting David Pastrnak who posted 15-15—30 (15 GP) to start 2019-20.
* With a point Tuesday, Draisaitl can become the third different Oilers player to record 32 or more points through the first 15 games of a season; he would join Wayne Gretzky (43 in 1984-85, 42 in 1983-84, 39 in 1986-87, 38 in 1987-88, 37 in 1985-86 & 32 in 1982-83) and Jari Kurri (32 in 1984-85).
