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NBA Preview: Miami Heat (38-33) at Chicago Bulls (32-37)

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NBA Preview: Miami Heat (38-33) at Chicago Bulls (32-37)

Eastern Conference counterparts are maneuvering for a postseason situation will make right Saturday night in Chicago when the Bulls and Miami Heat conflict.

The Chicago (32-37) team will play the second leg of a pair of games. Miami (38-33) will play this as the first game of a road back-to-back.

The Heat will begin their weekend double-dip with a Sunday appearance in last-place Detroit. Before that, Miami will attempt to win its third consecutive game after defeating Utah and Memphis, respectively, on Monday and Wednesday at home.

In Miami’s victory over the Grizzlies on Wednesday, Bam Adebayo scored 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the floor to lead three players who scored at least 23 points. Jimmy Butler finished with 23 points, eight rebounds, and six assists, while Tyler Herro added 24 points.

Wednesday’s challenge denoted Steward’s 6th in a row with no less than 23 places, a stretch that topped with a 38-point execution in the Intensity’s latest misfortune – a 126-114 extra time choice at Orlando on Walk 11.

Steward’s scoring capability concurs with a six-game stretch wherein Miami scored more than its NBA-low 109.1 focuses per-game normal in five of six trips. Going into the final stretch of the regular season, improved offense has been a focus, according to coach Erik Spoelstra.

Miami entered the game against Chicago in seventh place in the East and atop the four-team play-in group. After defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves 139-131 in double overtime on Friday, the Bulls moved up to 10th place through games.

The Bulls’ third victory in their last four games came on Friday. They lost at the ringer on Wednesday to Sacramento.

DeMar DeRozan scored 49 points against the Timberwolves, a season-high, after scoring 33 points against the Kings. In the victory, DeRozan also pulled in 14 rebounds.

39 points were scored by Zach LaVine.

Nikola Vucevic scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Chicago, achieving his 43rd career double-double.

With a victory over the Heat on Saturday, the Bulls can move to 3-0 on the season. Chicago won 113-103 in Miami on Dec. 20 and opened the season with a 116-108 triumph, likewise out and about.

This season’s final matchup between the two teams will be on Saturday.

NHL Preview: New York Islanders (35-27-8) at San Jose Sharks (19-36-14)

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NHL Preview: New York Islanders (35-27-8) at San Jose Sharks (19-36-14)

NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Wednesday,
March 15
Win NYI 6 at ANA 3 Palmieri, Fasching,
Nelson (2), Engvall,
Parise
Sorokin (30/33)
Kyle Palmieri recorded four points and Brock Nelson scored twice as the New York Islanders defeated the Anaheim Ducks, 6-3, Wednesday night at Honda Center in Anaheim. Adam Pelech and Zach Parise each tallied multi-point games, Hudson Fasching found the back of the net for the sixth time this season, and Ilya Sorokin turned aside 20 of 23 shots faced to help the Islanders sweep their two-game season series against Anaheim.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS & UPDATES
Mar. 14 Jean-Gabriel Pageau has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Mar. 11 Cal Clutterbuck has been activated off the team’s IR list.

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 – Jan. 21

8 Noah Dobson Jan. 23 – Jan. 28

10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 – Jan. 6

12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29, Feb. 18 – Feb. 24

13 Mathew Barzal Jan. 6, Feb. 20 –

15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13, Nov. 8, Dec. 2- Dec. 6, Dec. 17 – Jan. 3, Jan. 21 – Mar. 9

20 Hudson Fasching Jan. 19 – Jan. 28

21 Kyle Palmieri Nov. 23 – Dec. 13, Dec. 17 – Jan. 21

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –

36 Otto Koivula Mar. 11 –

40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau Feb. 14 – Mar. 11

Man Games Lost: 176

RECENT RESULTS
Wednesday, Mar. 15 at Anaheim W (6-3)
Tuesday, Mar. 14 at Los Angeles L (5-2)
Saturday, Mar. 11 vs. Washington L (5-1)
Thursday, Mar. 9 at Pittsburgh W/OT (4-3)
Tuesday, Mar. 7 vs. Buffalo W (3-2)
Saturday, Mar. 4 vs. Detroit W (4-1)

UPCOMING GAMES
Mar. 21 vs. Toronto UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30PM
Mar. 24 at Columbus Nationwide Arena (Columbus, OH) 7:00pm
Mar. 25 vs. Buffalo UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 5:00pm
Mar. 27 vs. New Jersey UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Mar. 29 at Washington Capital One Arena (Washington, DC) 7:30pm

VS. SAN JOSE:
Last five meetings (2-0-3)
Oct. 18, 2022 UBS Arena W (5-2)
Feb. 24, 2022 SAP Center L/SO (4-3)
Dec. 2, 2023 UBS Arena L/OT (2-1)
Feb. 23, 2020 Nassau Coliseum W (4-1)
Nov. 23, 2019 SAP Center L/OT (2-1)

2022-23 1-0-0
Franchise History 21-17-3-5
NYI Home 12-7-2-2
NYI Away 9-10-1-3

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Oct. 18, 2022 UBS Arena W, 5-2
Mar. 18, 2023 SAP Center 10:30pm

TEAM NOTES
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders visit the San Jose Sharks in the second and final matchup between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was October 18, 2022, when four Islanders recorded multi-point games, including Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson and Adam Pelech, in a 5-2 Islander win. The Islanders conclude a three-game West Coast road trip tonight, as they face their final Pacific Division opponent of the 2022-23 regular season. They will look to improve to 10-6-0 against Pacific teams tonight.

The Islanders enter tonight’s matchup with points in six of their last eight games (5-2-1) and in their last five straight meetings against San Jose. The last time the Islanders visited SAP Center was February 24, 2022, where they collected a point in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Sharks.

The Islanders improved to 15-15-5 in road contests and 8-4-1 on the back-end of back-to-back games on Wednesday night, as they defeated the Anaheim Ducks, 6-3, at Honda Center. It was the first time the Islanders found the back of the net six times in a single contest since January 3, 2022 in Vancouver. Five Islanders registered multi-point games in the win.

DIVISION RECORDS
DIVISION RECORD NEXT OPPONENT LAST OPPONENT
Metropolitan 13-6-1 Mar. 24 at CBJ Mar. 11 vs. WSH (L)
Atlantic 7-8-4 Mar. 21 vs. TOR Mar. 7 vs. BUF (W)
Pacific 9-6-0 Mar. 18 at SJS Mar. 15 at ANA (W)
Central 6-7-3 none Feb. 28 at MIN (L/SO)

SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:

LAST GAME
Game 69 – 3/16 – SJS 1 vs SEA 2 (OT)…William Eklund (1g, 0a) scored his second goal in as many games, a penalty shot marker
against Philipp Grubauer. At 20 years, 155 days, Eklund became the second-youngest player in Sharks history to score on a penalty
shot, trailing only Jeff Friesen (19 years, 119 days on Dec. 2, 1995). He’s the second rookie (Tomas Plihal, March 9, 2008) to score a
penalty shot for the Sharks. It was the first penalty shot goal for San Jose since Logan Couture on March 11, 2019.
SJ Goals: Eklund (2 penalty shot)
SF: 32
SA: 32
SJ PP: 0/2
SJ PK: 3/3
W: Grubauer
OTL: Reimer

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/16 Assigned D Shakir Mukhamadullin to the San Jose Barracuda

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: NEW YORK ISLANDERS
With six wins and points in seven of their past 10 games, the New York Islanders find themselves tied with the Pittsburgh Penguins with 78 points in the Eastern Conference Wild Card race. The Islanders, who are 15-15-5 on the road this season, have split the first two games of a California swing, falling at Los Angeles Tuesday before a 6-3 win at Anaheim Wednesday. The Pierre Engvall, Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri line had a big effort in the Isles’ Wednesday contest, totaling four goals and four assists on the evening. New York took the first meeting between the clubs on the season series, a 5-2 decision on October 18. Oliver Wahlstrom paced the Islanders with two goals in the game with four skaters chipping in multi-point efforts for New York.

March 18, 7:30 p.m. PT
SAN JOSE SHARKS VS NEW YORK ISLANDERS
19-36-14 (52 pts), 8th Pacific 2022-23 RECORD/STANDING 35-27-8 (78 pts), 5th Metropolitan/2nd Wild Card
0-3-2 LAST 5 GAMES 3-2-0
0-1-0 SEASON SERIES 1-0-0
22-18-3-3 ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST OPPONENT 21-17-3-5
2022-23 PLAYER STATS
Logan Couture and Erik Karlsson (69) GAMES PLAYED LEADER 5 players (70)
Timo Meier (31) GOALS LEADER Brock Nelson (30)
Erik Karlsson (65) ASSISTS LEADER Mathew Barzal (37)
Erik Karlsson (85) POINTS LEADER Brock Nelson (65)

NHL Preview: Chicago Blackhawks (24-38-6) at Arizona Coyotes (26-32-11)

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NHL Preview: Chicago Blackhawks (24-38-6) at Arizona Coyotes (26-32-11)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Monday, March 20 at COL, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio)
Thursday, March 23 at WSH, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, March 25 at MIN, 4:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Sunday, Match 26 vs. VAN, 5:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, March 28 vs. DAL, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 15 – Recalled Anton Khudobin from Rockford … March 13 – Recalled Mike Hardman and Buddy Robinson from Rockford … March 12 – Assigned Luke Philp, Filip Roos and Anton Khudobin to Rockford … March 9 – Recalled Filip Roos from Rockford … March 3 – Recalled Anders Bjork from Rockford … Activated MacKenzie Entwistle from IR … Activated Nikita Zaitsev from non-roster … Assigned David Gust, Brett Seney and Isaak Phillips to Rockford … March 2 – Recalled Lukas Reichel from Rockford …

LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (2) at Nashville (1) – Thurs., March 16 – Bridgestone Arena
CHI Goals: Reichel (3), Anderson (5)
NSH Goals: Josi (18)
Goalies: CHI – Stalock (35/26, 60:00) NSH – Saros (19/21, 57:37)
CHI PP: 0/1; PK: 2/2
NSH PP: 0/2; PK: 1/1
Recap: The Blackhawks posted a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena … It was Chicago’s first regulation win against the Predators since Nov. 16, 2019, ending a streak of 16 games (3-10-3) … Joey Anderson scored the game-winning goal on Thursday, marking the second of his career and his first since Nov. 15, 2018 … Lukas Reichel also lit the lamp against Nashville and now has four points (2G, 2A) in his last eight games since being recalled on March 2 … Boris Katchouk recorded an assist in Thursday’s contest and now has points (1G, 3A) in each of his last two and three of his last four games (2G, 3A) … Goaltender Alex Stalock stopped 35 of the 36 shots he faced, including a penalty shot from Matt Duchene, on Thursday night en route to his team-leading ninth win of the season … Stalock has now made a save on a penalty shot in three-straight games, becoming the first NHL goaltender to do so since penalty shots began being tracked in 1934-35 … He also stopped penalty shots from Boston’s David Pastrnak on March 14 and from Detroit’s Dylan Larkin on March 8.

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – ARIZONA COYOTES
The Blackhawks square off against the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday for the fourth and final time in 2022-23 … Chicago is 2-1-0 against the Coyotes so far this season, including a 0-1-0 mark on the road … The Blackhawks fell to Arizona, 4-1, in the last meeting between the two teams on Feb. 28 at Mullett Arena … Andreas Athanasiou lit the lamp in the last game against the Coyotes and has recorded points (2G, 2A) in each of his last two games against them … Athanasiou paces Chicago with four points (2G, 2A) against Arizona this season and leads the team with five goals and 13 points (5G, 8A) in 19 career games against them … Seth Jones ranks second on the Blackhawks with two points (1G, 1A) against the Coyotes in 2022-23 and comes into Saturday’s tilt having earned points (1G, 3A) in four of his last five games against them … Tyler Johnson has one goal against the Coyotes this season and is tied for second on Chicago with 12 points (3G, 9A) in 18 career games against them … Johnson enters Saturday’s contest having tallied five points (1G, 4A) in his last six road games at Arizona … Connor Murphy was drafted by the Coyotes (20 th overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft. 

2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 6 (2-0), Feb. 10 (4-3 OT) | AWAY: Feb. 28 (1-4), March 18  
All-Time Record: 78-53-26 Home: 43-17-17 Road: 35-36-9 
Last Home Win: Feb. 10, 2023 (4-3 OT) Last Road Win: April 20, 2022 (4-3 OT) Last Home Loss: April 3,
2022 (2-3 OT) Road Loss: Feb. 28, 2023 (1-4) 

ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. ARI ALL-TIME
GOALS: Andreas Athanasiou, 5; Tyler Johnson, 3; three players tied with 2
ASSISTS: Seth Jones, 11; Tyler Johnson, 9; Andreas Athanasiou, 8
POINTS: Andreas Athanasiou, 13; Tyler Johnson, 12; Seth Jones, 12

ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:

3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona comes into tonight on a seven-game point streak (5-0-2) as well as a five-game home win streak. A victory tonight would mark the Coyotes’ first six-game home win streak since an eight-game run during the 2013-14 campaign

• The Coyotes have produced a 5-1-2 record since the NHL’s trade deadline (March 3), good for a share of the most points in the League since then (VGK)

• The combo of Clayton Keller (7-7-14) and Barrett Hayton (4-8-12) have tallied a combined 11-15-26 in March (9 GP), ranking T-3rd and T-8th in the NHL in that span, respectively. Keller is on a season-high 7-game point streak while Hayton has rung up a career-high six game point streak. Additionally, Keller comes into tonight tied for the second-most points in the NHL since the All-Star break (13-18-31), trailing only Connor McDavid (16-23-39)

LAST GAME
Coyotes 3, Canucks 2 – March 16, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Boyd (13, 14), Crouse (22)
VAN Goals: Kuzmenko (34), Pettersson (31)
ARI Goalie: Prosvetov (W) – 29 svs on 31 shots
VAN Goalie: Demko (L) – 24 svs on 27 shots
PP: 2-3 PK: 5-5
Notes: ARI won on Thursday to establish a 3-game win streak as well as extend their point streak to 7 games (5-0-2)…The 3-game win streak ties a season-high (11/5 – 11/10 and 12/23 – 12/29) and the 5-game home win streak and 6-game home point steak both mark season-highs…After scoring the overtime goal on Tuesday, Travis Boyd lit the lamp twice to give himself three goals in his last two games while establishing three-game point streak in the process…Thursday was Boyd’s first career goals against the Canucks, his former team; His career scoring line against them is 2-5-7 in 12 GP…Boyd has also registered 5-2-7 in his last 6 GP overall…Thursday was Boyd’s second career multi-goal game (other: 3/7/23); He’s notched a multi-goal game twice in his last six games after recording zero in his first 261 career games…The Yotes are now 9-2-1 when Boyd scores…Clayton Keller assisted on Boyd’s second goal to extend his point streak to seven games (6-7-13 in that span), the longest by a Coyote this season…Barrett Hayton also assisted on Boyd’s second goal and extended his point streak to six games (3-8-11 in that span)…Hayton 4-game assist streak is t-most by a Coyote this season…Ivan Prosvetov stopped 29-of-31 VAN shots and is 2-0-0 in two starts in the NHL this season; He’s produced a 1.50 GAA and a .958 SV% in those apps…Lawson Crouse tallied his 22nd goal of the campaign and has found the scoresheet in seven of his last eight games…Matias Maccelli widened his lead among NHL rookies in assists to 32 with a helper on Crouse’s goal and has posted 2-6-8 in his last 7 GP…Arizona recorded two PPGs, the eighth time this season the club has scored twice on the man-advantage in a contest…The Coyotes PK unit went 5-for-5 against the Canucks and is operating at 92.6% over the last seven games (25-for-27), good for the third-highest PK in the NHL since 3/5…The Yotes are 15-5-5 this season when not allowing a PPG…Josh Brown missed Thursday’s game due to a lower-body injury

MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Nick Schmaltz…Day-to-Day…Lower-Body (3 / 3/11)
Josh Brown…Day-to-Day…Lower-Body (1 / 3/14)
Total man games lost: 129 games
Liam O’Brien – 23 (12/17 – 2/6) – Upper-Body | 2 (2/11 – 2/13) – Upper-Body
Jakob Chychrun – 16 (10/13 – 11/17) – Upper-Body
Matias Maccelli – 16 (12/27 – 1/24) – Lower-Body
Nick Schmaltz – 15 (10/15 – 11/17) – Upper-Body | 1 (12/31) – Upper-Body
Zack Kassian – 9 (11/1 – 11/21) – Lower-Body
Connor Timmins – 9 (10/15 – 11/5) – Upper-Body
Shayne Gostisbehere – 8 (1/26 – 2/18) – Upper-Body
Andrew Ladd – 6 (N/A) – Undisclosed
Josh Brown – 3 (11/23 – 11/27) – Upper-Body | 4 (2/26 – 3/3) – Upper-Body
Ben McCartney – 3 (10/13 – 10/17) – Lower-Body
Juuso Valimaki – 1 (11/23) – Upper-Body
Lawson Crouse – 1 (12/1) – Illness | 4 (1/19 – 1/24) – Upper-Body
Christian Fischer – 1 (3/3) – Illness | 1 (3/12) – Lower-Body
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness
Patrik Nemeth – 1 (3/14) – Lower-Body

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-3/17 – Assigned F Bokondji Imama and D Michael Kesselring to Tucson (AHL)
-3/16 – Signed F Josh Doan to a three-year entry-level contract, beginning with the 2023-24 NHL season
-3/16 – Recalled F Bokondji Imama from Tucson (AHL)
-3/15 – Assigned F Bokondji Imama and to Tucson (AHL)
-3/14 – Recalled F Bokondji Imama and D Michael Kesselring from Tucson (AHL)
-3/13 – Assigned F Bokondji Imama and F Milos Kelemen to Tucson (AHL)
-3/12 – Recalled F Bokondji Imama and F Milos Kelemen from Tucson (AHL)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Tue, March 21 5pm at WPG Canada Life Centre Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620
Wed, March 22 7:30pm at EDM Rogers Place TNT ESPN 620
Fri, March 24 6pm at COL Ball Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620

YOTES & HAWKS

  • Tonight is the fourth and final ARI-CHI meeting this season. The Blackhawks took the first two contests at the United Center (1/6 and 2/10) but the Yotes beat them 4-1 in the first game at Mullett on 2/28
  • The Yotes fell in overtime in the 2/10 meeting and come into tonight with a 1-1-1 season series ledger against the Hawks
  • Karel Vejmelka had a shutout bid spoiled with 1:29 remaining in the 2/28 contest, a 4-1 Yotes win. Vejmelka has posted a 3-0-1 record with a 2.65 GAA and a .916 GAA in his career against the Hawks
  • Travis Boyd, Barrett Hayton, Jack McBain and Nick Schmaltz all scored in the 2/28 game, while Schmaltz also chipped in an assist
  • Schmaltz has found the scoresheet in four of the last five games he’s played against the Blackhawks, collecting 2-5-7 in that span
  • Clayton Keller chipped in three points (1-2-3) in the 2/10 ARI-CHI meeting and cleared 300 career pts in the process. He followed that up with two assists in the last contest – widening his grip on the most career goals (7) and assists (8) against the Blackhawks in his career among active Coyotes
  • Arizona enters tonight with a seven-game home point streak versus Chicago (5-0-2). That’s the longest home point streak the Coyotes/Jets franchise has recorded against the Hawks
  • In those last seven meetings in AZ, the Coyotes have out-scored the Blackhawks 27-14 (excluding shootout-deciding goals)
  • Coyotes franchise vs Blackhawks
    • All-Time: 64-69-15-9
    • Home: 40-30-5-5
    • Road: 24-39-10-4
    • L10: 5-2-3
    • STRK: W1

SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE BLACKHAWKS
Zack Kassian…4-5-9…26 career GP
Clayton Keller…7-8-15…14 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…3-7-10…9 career GP
Travis Boyd…3-4-7…10 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Keller, 7)… Assists (Keller, 8)…Points (Keller, 15)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (-)…Assists (Nemeth, 7)…Points (Nemeth, 7)

MAKING A POINT
-Arizona enters tonight on a seven-game point streak (5-0-2). The active seven-game run is two shy of a season-high nine-game point
streak from Jan. 26 – Feb. 19
-The last time the Coyotes posted multiple 7+ game point streaks in the same season was 2010-11 (four instances)
-The Coyotes are one of nine NHL clubs this season to produce multiple 7+ game point streaks (BOS, 4x; NYR, 3x; CAR, 2x; DAL, 2x;
LAK, 2x; NJD, 2x, SEA, 2x; VGK, 2x)
-In Coyotes/Jets franchise history, there have only been two seasons where the club registered multiple 8+ game point streaks in the
same season (2010-11, 3x; 2000-01, 2x)

2022-23 COYOTES RECORD ON…
1-Day Rest: 18-20-6
2-Days Rest: 3-3-2
3+ Days Rest: 2-4-2

Back-to-Backs
Coyotes record on…
First Game of Back-to-Back: 2-4-3
Second Game of Back-to-Back: 3-5-1

When ARI and opponent is completing a back-to-back: 3-1-0
When completing a back-to-back where opponent is not: 1-4-1
When ARI is not completing a back-to-back but opponent is: 3-1-2

New York Islanders (35-27-8) at San Jose Sharks (19-36-14)

NHL Preview: Dallas Stars (37-19-13) at Calgary Flames (31-24-14)

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NHL Preview: Dallas Stars (37-19-13) at Calgary Flames (31-24-14)

DALLAS STARS NOTES:

LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
March 16, 2023 – STARS 1 at OILERS 4
The Stars dropped their second consecutive game with a 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Thursday night. Rookie
forward Wyatt Johnston (1-0—1) recorded his 19th goal of the season while defensemen Miro Heiskanen (0-1—1) and Ryan Suter
(0-1—1) picked up the assists. This was the third and final game of the regular season between the Stars and Oilers, with Dallas losing
two of them, including a 6-3 defeat Dec. 21, 2022 at American Airlines Center. The Stars on Thursday went 0-for-3 on the power play
and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill. Goaltender Jake Oettinger made 26 saves on 29 shots.
PP: 0-3 | PK: 3-4 | SF: 26 | SA: 30 | DAL TOI: M. Heiskanen (26:38 – game high) | Attendance: 18,347
Three Stars: 1. EDM – S. Skinner 2. EDM – C. McDavid 3. EDM – E. Bouchard
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Sat, March 18, 2023 Calgary Flames 9 p.m. Scotiabank Saddledome BSSW/KTCK
Tue, March 21, 2023 Seattle Kraken 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Thu, March 23, 2023 Pittsburgh Penguins 8 p.m. American Airlines Center ESPN/KTCK
Sat, March 25, 2023 Vancouver Canucks 6 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Tue, March 28, 2023 Chicago Blackhawks 7:30 p.m. United Center BSSW/KTCK
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 1 – Placed forward Luke Glendening on injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 17
March 2 – Signed defenseman Gavin White to a three-year entry-level contract
March 2 – Acquired forward Max Domi and goaltender Dylan Wells from Chicago for goaltender Anton Khudobin and a 2025
second-round draft pick
March 2 – Assigned goaltender Dylan Wells and loaned forwards Fredrik Karlstrom, Fredrik Olofsson and goaltender Matt Murray
to Texas
March 4 – Acquired forward Scott Reedy from San Jose for forward Jacob Peterson
March 4 – Recalled goaltender Matt Murray and forward Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)
March 5 – Loaned forward Fredrik Olofsson and goaltender Matt Murray to Texas (AHL)
March 6 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson and goaltender Matt Murray from Texas (AHL)
March 8 – Signed defenseman Christian Kyrou to a three-year entry-level contract
March 10 – Signed forward Kyle McDonald to a three-year entry-level contract

INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 59
NAME INJURY GAMES

MISSED DATES
D Miro Heiskanen Upper body 3 Oct. 25-29
G Jake Oettinger Lower body 4 Nov. 1-8
F Denis Gurianov Upper body 6 Nov. 11-21
F Roope Hintz Lower body 1 Nov. 19
F Roope Hintz Upper body 7 Jan. 10-21
F Joel Kiviranta Lower body 11 Feb. 8-Mar. 4
F Luke Glendening Undisclosed 11 Feb. 18-Mar. 13
G Scott Wedgewood Undisclosed 1 Feb. 22-25
Undisclosed 9 Mar. 1-pres.
F Tyler Seguin Lower body 4 Mar. 11-pres.
F Mason Marchment Lower body 2 Mar. 14-pres.

DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Stars have reached the end of their season-long six-game road trip as they take on the Calgary Flames tonight at Scotiabank Saddledome (9 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). This is third and final meeting of the regular season between the two clubs, and the lone contest held in Calgary. The Stars have dropped the previous two games against the Flames this season – both at American Airlines Center – losing 6-5 on Jan. 4 and 5-4 on March 6

MY SOURCES SAY THE ROADS ARE CLEAR AND STREET SIGNS POINT THE WAY

  • Dallas is 0-2-0 vs. Calgary this season, losing both games at American Airlines Center.
  • The Stars are 75-71-35 all-time vs. the Flames, including a 31-41-17 mark on the road.
  • Dallas has won five of its past six games at Scotiabank Saddledome (5-1-0) and has logged points in 10 of its past 12 trips to Scotiabank Saddledome, earning a 9-2-1 record over that span.
  • Forward Joe Pavelski enters tonight’s contest with four points (2-2—4) in two games vs. Calgary this season. Pavelski leads active Stars in assists (38) and points (18-38—56) and ranks second in goals (18) in a team high 60 career games vs. Calgary. Pavelski also paces the club in power-play goals (7) and ranks third in game winners (3) against them.
  • Forward Max Domi has two goals and four points (2-2—4) in three games vs. Calgary this season, including his first goal with the Stars on March 6. Domi has 18 points (6-12—18) in 21 career games vs. the Flames and leads active Stars in overtime goals (2) against them.
  • Captain Jamie Benn has two goals and three points (2-1—3) in two games against Calgary this season. Benn leads active stars in goals (22), ranks second in points (22-16—38) and third in assists (16) in 39 career contests vs. the Flames. Benn also shares first in game-winning goals (4), ranks second in power-play tallies (5) and is one of two players on the active roster with a shorthanded marker against them (also Roope Hintz).
  • Forward Jason Robertson has three points (1-2—3) in the first two games against the Flames this season and has five points (3-2—5) in five career contests against them.
  • Forward Tyler Seguin has a goal and three points (1-2—3) in two games vs. Calgary in 2022-23. Seguin ranks third among active Stars in goals (13) and points (13-14—27) and fourth in assists (14) in 28 career games vs. Calgary.
  • Forward Evgenii Dadonov has nine goals and 12 points (9-3—12) in 21 career games against the Flames.
  • Defenseman Miro Heiskanen is averaging nearly a point a game in his career vs. Calgary with 10 points (1-9—10) in 11 games.
  • Defenseman Ryan Suter ranks second in assists (24) and third in points (5-24—29) in 59 career games vs. the Flames.
  • Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 0-3-0 with a 4.05 goals-against average and .903 save percentage in three career appearance vs. Calgary.
  • Netminder Scott Wedgewood is 0-3-0 with a 4.06 GAA and .892 SV% in three career appearances against the Flames.

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Jan. 14 vs. Calgary – L, 6-5
March 6 vs. Calgary – L, 5-4
March 18 at Calgary

CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:

FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
March 16, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [7] vs. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS [2]
The Calgary Flames finished a brief two-game road trip at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday night against the Vegas Golden Knights. It took until the 15:05 mark for either side to break the scoreless deadlock, but MacKenzie Weegar would score his second of the season to give the Flames a 1-0 lead through 20. In the second, Tyler Toffoli would make it 2-0 Flames, before Vegas tied the game with a pair of unanswered goals from Zach Whitecloud and Reilly Smith. Blake Coleman would restore the Flames lead just before the break and the score was 3-2 Calgary through 40. The Flames would put the game to bed in the third with a four-goal final frame which saw Backlund and Dube get on the scoresheet as well as Toffoli and Coleman both notching their second of the game and the Flames left T-Mobile Arena with two points for the first time in their history with a 7-2 win.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Weegar (2), Toffoli (27, 28), Coleman (15, 16), Backlund (17), Dube (18)
GOALIE: Markstrom (17/19, .895 Sv%)
PP: 1/2 (50%)
PK: 4/4 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-1-1

DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
March 16, 2023 CGY [7] at VGK [2] Coleman Markstrom Quick
March 14, 2023 CGY [3] at ARI 4 Boyd Markstrom Ingram
March 12, 2023 OTT [1] vs. CGY [5] Lindholm Markstrom Mandolese
March 10, 2023 ANA [3] vs. CGY [1] Leason Markstrom Gibson
March 7, 2023 CGY [1] at MIN 0 Toffoli* Markstrom Gustavsson
*shootout winning goal

FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
March 18, 2023 8:00pm vs. Dallas Stars Scotiabank Saddledome
March 20, 2023 8:30pm at Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena
March 21, 2023 8:00pm at Anaheim Ducks Honda Center
March 23, 2023 7:00pm vs. Vegas Golden Knights Scotiabank Saddledome
March 25, 2023 2:00pm vs. San Jose Sharks Scotiabank Saddledome

TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the third and final matchups this season between the Flames and Stars. The Flames have won the previous two meeting so far, scoring 11 goals in the pair of contests. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 9-8-3 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 19-12-6 against Western Conference opponents.

FLAMES VERSUS THE STARS THIS SEASON:
The Flames and Stars get set to face off for the third time this season, with the Flames winning both prior meetings. Their first matchup with Dallas came in January which saw the Flames put up six goals, beginning with Andrew Mangiapane scoring just 25 seconds in. Trevor Lewis, Elias Lindholm, Nazem Kadri, Rasmus Andersson, and Chris Tanev would also find the back of the net to help the Flames edge the Stars 6-5. In their second meeting just under two weeks ago, Tyler Toffoli was the hero for Calgary, scoring at the 19:53 mark of the third period to give the Flames the lead. The goal held up as the third-latest go-ahead goal in franchise history behind a pair of goals at 59:56 by Cory Stillman (April 14th, 1999) and Jarome Iginla (February 12th, 1999). It was also the second-latest go-ahead goal by any player this season behind Ryan Graves (59:58 with NJD on February 14th).

QUICK HITS:
Blake Coleman scored two goals on Thursday, including his second game-winning goal of the season. Troy Stecher dropped the gloves for the first time as a member of the Flames, and just the fifth time of his 427-game career when he fought Vegas’ Paul Cotter. Nick Ritchie had a game-high seven hits in Vegas, while MacKenzie Weegar had six and the Flames out-hit the Golden Knights 37-23. Mikael Backlund’s third period tally now gives him goals in back-to-back games, and he has found the back of the net in three-straight contests against the Golden Knights.

CALGARY FLAMES vs. DALLAS STARS
CGY vs. DAL ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
81-66-25-9 44-25-14-6 37-41-11-3 7-3-0 W4

GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Dallas Stars
7:00pm MT
Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet Flames
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960

2022-23 Season Series: 2-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road 2-0-0)
Jan.14, 2023 – CGY [6] at DAL [5]
Mar. 6, 2023 – CGY [5] at DAL [4]
Mar. 18, 2023 – DAL at CGY

2021-22 Season Record vs. DAL: 2-0-1 (Home: 1-0-1, Road: 1-0-0)
Last Home Win vs. DAL: April 21, 2023 – Dallas [2] vs. Calgary [4]
Last Road Win @ DAL: March 6, 2023 – Calgary [5] at Dallas [4]
Last Home Loss vs. DAL: November 4, 2021 – Dallas [4] vs. Calgary 3
Last Road Loss @ DAL: December 18, 2018 – Calgary [0] at Dallas [2]

2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Mar. 3 – acquired Dryden Hunt (F) from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Radim Zohorna (F)
Mar. 3 – acquired Troy Stecher (D) and Nick Ritchie (F) from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Brett Ritchie (F) and Connor Mackey (D)

FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 54)
Noah Hanifin – illness (1 game: Oct. 21)
Chris Tanev – upper-body (5 games: Nov. 3 – Nov. 10)
Jonathan Huberdeau – upper-body (3 games: Nov. 8 – Nov. 12)
Michael Stone – lower-body (11 games: Nov. 7 – Nov. 25)
MacKenzie Weegar – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 12)
Elias Lindholm – upper-body injury (1 game: Dec. 12)
Chris Tanev – upper-body injury (3 games: Dec. 14 – Dec. 18)
Radim Zohorna – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 18)
Dennis Gilbert – lower-body injury (4 games: Dec. 20 – Dec. 27)
Brett Ritchie – upper-body injury (8 games: Jan. 8 – Jan. 26)
Chris Tanev – injury reserve (2 games: Jan. 26 – Jan. 27)
Rasmus Andersson – day-to-day (3 games: Feb. 9 – Feb. 13)
Michael Stone – lower-body injury (11 games: Feb. 22 – Mar. 16)

NHL Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs (40-18-9) at Ottawa Senators (33-31-4)

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NHL Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs (40-18-9) at Ottawa Senators (33-31-4)

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS NOTES:

LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 5 vs. Carolina 2
Date: Friday, March 17, 2023
TOR Goals: Aston-Reese (2x), Marner, Matthews (PP), Rielly
CAR Goals: Skjei, Necas
TOR Goaltender: Samsonov, 32/34, .941 SV%
CAR Goaltender: Kochetkov, 19/24, .792 SV%
TOR Power Play: 1-for-1
TOR Penalty Kill: 3-for-3
Player Notes: – Zach Aston-Reese opened the scoring for the Maple Leafs at 2:54 of the first period and scored his second goal of the game at 14:59 of the second period. Aston-Reese tied a single-game NHL career-high with two goals which he has marked on four occasions during his NHL career.

  • Mitch Marner scored for Toronto at 12:30 of the first period. Marner extended his point streak to five games where he has posted 10 points (3G, 7A). Per NHL Stats, “Marner recorded a point in a game for the 58th time this season. Marner has only been held off the scoresheet 10 times in 2022-23, the only player with as many or fewer outings without a point is Connor McDavid (7 GP).”
  • Auston Matthews scored the game-winning goal on a Maple Leafs power play opportunity at 17:38 of the first period. Matthews has scored in four of his last five games, posting seven points (4G, 3A) during the five-game span.
  • Erik Gustafsson posted the primary assist on Aston-Reese’s first goal of the game. With the assist, Gustafsson recorded his first point as a Maple Leaf.
  • John Tavares posted the secondary assist on Marner’s goal and the primary assist on Matthews’ goal. Tavares posted his eighth multi-assist game of the season and his 18th multipoint game of the season.
  • Ilya Samsonov stopped 32 of 34 shots he faced in Friday’s win. With his 24th win of the season, Samsonov set a new career-high in wins.

TONIGHT’S GAME
2022-23 Matchups vs. Ottawa: Third of Four
2021-22 Record vs. Ottawa: 3-1-0
Toronto Season Record: 41-18-9
Toronto Road Record: 16-11-4

TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
The Maple Leafs are set to take on the Ottawa Senators tonight in the third of four matchups between the clubs this season. Toronto has posted a 1-1-0 record in the team’s first two meeting against the Senators during the 2022-23 campaign. The Maple Leafs will play their fourth and final meeting against the Senators on April 1st in Ottawa at Canadian Tire Centre. The Maple Leafs have won four of their last five games against the Senators, with only one of their last five games being played on the road. Toronto is playing in their second game of a back-to-back, they have posted a 6-3-1 record in such games during the 2022-23 season. Tonight marks the first of five-consecutive road games for the Maple Leafs.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: Sportsnet 590
Toronto Maple Leafs: Media Notes

NEXT GAME
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Opponent: at New York Islanders
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Broadcast Information: TSN4 (TV), TSN 1050 (Radio)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 12, 2023 The Maple Leafs recalled forward Alex Steeves from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
March 3, 2023 The Maple Leafs acquired forward Radim Zohorna from the Calgary Flames in exchange for forward Dryden Hunt.

INJURY REPORT
Carl Dahlström Shoulder (LTIR)
Victor Mete Lower Body (LTIR)
Jake Muzzin Neck (LTIR)
Ryan O’Reilly Broken Finger (LTIR)
Nick Robertson Shoulder (LTIR)
ALL-TIME VS. OTTAWA SENATORS:
First Matchup between Clubs: October 20, 1992 (Toronto 5 vs. Ottawa 3)
All-Time Record: 65-57-3-13 (138 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 37-23-2-8 (70 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 28-34-1-5 (68 Games)
Last Road Win vs. Opponent: April 16, 2022 (Toronto 5 at Ottawa 4 – OTW)

ACTIVE LEADERS VS. OTTAWA SENATORS:
Games Played: John Tavares (49), Luke Schenn (39), Morgan Rielly (38)
Goals: Auston Matthews (23), Mitch Marner (11), Wayne Simmonds (11), John Tavares (11)
Assists: Mitch Marner (23), John Tavares (22), Auston Matthews (18)
Points: Auston Matthews (41), Mitch Marner (34), John Tavares (33)
Penalty Minutes: Luke Schenn (49), Wayne Simmonds (38), John Tavares (28)

2022-23 AVERAGES
Points% GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .669 3.41 2.66 25.6 81.0 31.8 29.0 53.6
Ottawa .515 3.12 3.28 23.6 82.6 33.0 31.6 51.5

THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2022-23
Power Play: 25.6%
Power Play Goal Leader: 13 – Tavares, Matthews
Power Play Point Leader: 32 – Marner (7G, 25A)
2021-22 Power Play: 63/231 (27.3%)

ON THE PK IN 2022-23
Penalty Kill: 81.0%
Shorthanded Goal Leader: 3 – Marner
Shorthanded Point Leader: 4 – Marner (3G, 1A)
2021-22 Penalty Kill: 192/234 (82.1%)

FAST FACTS
Saturday games 19th of 22 (10 home, 12 road)
Back-to-Backs played 10 of 14
Record in first game of back-to-back 7-4-0
Record in second game of back-to-back 6-3-1
March games 9th of 14 (5 home, 9 road)

OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:

LAST GAME: March 16, 5-4 loss vs. Colorado: Eller scored the game-winning goal at 18:09 of the second period as Colorado won their 11th one-goal game on the road this season with a 5-4 victory over Ottawa at Canadian Tire Centre. Rantanen (one goal, two assists) and MacKinnon (three assists) both recorded three-point games while Makar added one goal and one assist to become the second defenceman in franchise history with 60 career multi-point games. Nichushkin and Rodrigues rounded out the scoring for the Avalanche. Batherson became the fifth 20-goal scorer of the season for the Senators while Pinto, Hamonic and Tkachuk also found the back of the net. Stützle recorded his second career three-assist contest. Johansson made 32 saves to earn the win for Colorado while Sogaard turned aside 25 shots in the taking the loss for Ottawa. Scratches: Holden, Kastelic; Injuries: Forsberg, Joseph, Kelly, Norris, Talbot; Shots: OTT – 36, COL – 30; PP: OTT – 2-5, COL – 1-3.

BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Toronto will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet Ontario and CBC as a part of Hockey Night in Canada. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).

WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa begins a two-game road trip at Pittsburgh on Monday evening at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the third of three regular-season meetings and the second of two matchups at PPG Paints Arena.

INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg, C Norris and G Talbot are on IR and will not oppose the Maple Leafs this evening. F Joseph and F Kelly have missed the last two games with lower-body injuries. Total man-games lost: 238.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Recalled C Greig from Belleville (AHL) on March 15.

OTTAWA vs. TORONTO – History:
2022-23 (1-1-0): Oct. 15 @ Toronto (3-2 loss), Jan. 27 @ Toronto (6-2 win), March 18 @ Ottawa, April 1 @ Ottawa
2021-22 (1-2-1): 10/14/21 @ Ottawa (3-2 win), 10/16/21 @ Toronto (3-1 loss), 1/1/22 @ Toronto (6-0 loss), 4/16/22 @ Ottawa (5-4 OT loss)
Series record: Overall: 70-53-3-12; Home: 39-21-1-7; Away: 31-32-2-5
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 10/14/21 (3-2); @ Toronto: Jan. 27 (6-2)
Last Toronto win: @ Ottawa: 4/16/22 (5-4 OT); @ Toronto: Oct. 15 (3-2)
Last OT result: 4/16/22 (5-4 OT loss) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: 1/21/17 (3-2 SO win) @ Toronto
Most goals, game: Scored: 8, (3x, Last: 4/3/08, 8-2 win); Allowed: 7, (2/18/21, 7-3 loss); Both teams: 11, (3x, Last: 4/10/21, 6-5 loss)
Last Game: Jan. 27, 6-2 win @ Toronto; OTT Goals: Tkachuk (x2), Chabot, Brassard, Batherson, Giroux; TOR Goals: Anderson, Nylander; OTT Scratches: Kastelic, Larsson; OTT Injuries: Motte, Norris, Talbot, Zub; OTT Goalie: Forsberg; TOR Goalie:
Samsonov; OTT PP: 1-5; TOR PP: 1-3; Shots: 34-33.
Career vs. Toronto: Giroux leads all players in career games played (43), in goals (17), in assists (28) and in points (45); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (24) against Toronto.

HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 19-13-2 at home this season … Tim Stützle is the Senators leader with 21 goals at home while also maintaining the club lead with 27 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 34 home games, Stützle leads the team with 48 points on home ice … The Senators earned a record of 15-22-4 at home through 41 home contests in 2021-22.

BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa will play back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and will open their 11th set of the season on Monday when the team visits Pittsburgh ahead of a game at Boston the following night … The Senators played 17 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 6-9-2 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (6-4-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (6-4-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.

ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 61 for 258 (23.6%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 13 powerplay goals while Alex DeBrincat maintains the club lead with 26 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals 16 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.

ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 204 of the 247 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 82.6% through 68 regular-season games … The team has registered seven (Watson x3, Joseph x2, Motte, Stützle) shorthanded markers this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.

NHL Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins (34-24-10) at New York Rangers (39-19-10)

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NHL Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins (34-24-10) at New York Rangers (39-19-10)

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NOTES:

LAST 2 GAMES
Mar. 16: NY Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 2 – PPG Paints Arena
PIT Goals: Rakell, Guentzel
Multiple Points: Rakell (1G-1A), Crosby (2A)
Goalie: Jarry (31 saves, 34 shots)
Key Stats: Sidney Crosby (2A) ensured he will average a point per game for the 18th straight season.
PP: 0-0
PK: 2-2

Mar. 14: Montreal 6, Pittsburgh 4 – PPG Paints Arena
PIT Goals: Guentzel (2), Malkin (PP), Letang
Multiple Points: Guentzel (2G-1A), Letang (1G-2A), Malkin (1G1A)
Goalie: Jarry (3 saves, 7 shots), DeSmith (12 saves, 13 shots)
Key Stats: Jake Guentzel’s third three-point game of the year wasn’t enough as Pittsburgh fell at home.
PP: 2-4
PK: 2-2

INJURIES
Position Player Status Consecutive Games Missed Total Games Missed
F Nick Bonino Kidney 4 4
D Dmitry Kulikov Lower-Body 2 2
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 158

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Date Transaction
Mar. 16 F Ryan Poehling activated off of injured reserve.
Mar. 10 F Alex Nylander recalled from WBS (AHL).
Mar. 9 F Alex Nylander re-assigned to WBS (AHL).
Mar. 7 F Alex Nylander recalled from WBS (AHL).
Mar. 4 F Drew O’Connor recalled from WBS (AHL).

Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Rangers: 136-123-36
In Pittsburgh: 72-54-20
In New York: 64-69-16
OT Record vs. Rangers: 26-11-17
Shootout Record vs. Rangers: 7-4

2022-23 Results: Pittsburgh is 2-1-0.
Penguins All-Time Point Leaders vs. RANGERS:
Mario Lemieux: 70 GP, 132 PTS (61G-71A)
Sidney Crosby 81 GP, 104 PTS (38G-66A)
Evgeni Malkin 70 GP, 70 PTS (31G-39A)

TONIGHT’S GAME

  • The Penguins conclude their series of back-to-back games against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden (TV: ABC; Radio: 105.9 The X).
  • Pittsburgh has points in 16 of its last 22 games versus New York (13-6-3), and is 17-8-3 in its last 28 games versus the Rangers.
  • A win tonight would allow Pittsburgh to take the season series with New York for the sixth time in the last eight seasons.
  • Pittsburgh is 3-1-1 in its last five games versus Metropolitan Division opponents.
  • The Penguins are 7-3-1 over their last 11 games total.

NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
New York Rangers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 – March 16, 2023 – Madison Square Garden
NYR Goals: M. Zibanejad (35), T. Motte (4), C. Kreider (29, 30)
PIT Goals: R. Rakell (24), J. Guentzel (30)
NYR Goalie: I. Shesterkin (W – 30/32)
PIT Goalie: T. Jarry (L – 31/34)
NYR Shots: 35
PIT Shots: 32
NYR PP: 0/2
NYR PK: 0/0

RECAP/NOTES: The Rangers grew their lead over Pittsburgh in the playoff race with a 4-2 win over them on Thursday night at MSG. New York was led by multi-point games from Vincent Trocheck, Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad and a 30-save performance by Igor Shesterkin. In the win, K’Andre Miller played in his 200th career NHL game.

RANGERS RUNDOWN

  • The New York Rangers finish off their regular season series with the Penguins when Pittsburgh plays at MSG for the second time in three days (8:00 PM ET – TV: ABC, ESPN Plus – Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM). The Rangers begin a back-to-back, where they are 8-3-2 in the first game of back-to-back sets this year.
  • New York has points in five-straight games (4-0-1). At home, the Blueshirts have won eight of their last 10 games and are 11-4-0 in their last 15 home games. Against Pittsburgh at home, New York has points in seven of its last eight contests (6-1-1).
  • Since December 5, New York is 28-9-5 for 61 points. In the NHL in that span, the Rangers rank third in wins, points, points percentage (.726), power play percentage (25.4), and sixth in goals per game (3.48).
  • The Rangers have scored five or more goals on 19 occasions this season, tied for the fourth most in the NHL. When scoring four or more goals, New York is 26-0-0 and one of two teams in the NHL (VGK) to have a perfect such record.
  • The Blueshirts’ 19 comeback wins are tied for the third most in the NHL and their eight third-period comeback wins are tied for the fourth most in the NH. Their eight third-period comeback wins are tied for the second most in franchise history (11 – 2010-11).
  • Filip Chytil and Vincent Trocheck are both within one of reaching the 20-goal mark this season and joining Kreider, Zibanejad and Panarin. The last season to feature five different 20-goal scorers for the Ranger was 2015-16 (Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello, J.T. Miller, Derek Stepan and Chris Kreider).
  • When scoring first this year, the Blueshirts are 26-5-4 and 20-3-3 when leading after the second period. When tied after two periods, the Rangers have 13 wins, the most in the NHL.
  • The Rangers defensemen group has compiled 160 points, tied for the sixth most in the NHL.

UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES ET)
DATE/TIME OPPONENT/LOCATION TV RADIO
Mar. 19/7:00 PM Nashville/Madison Square Garden MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Mar. 21/7:00 PM Carolina/Madison Square Garden MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Mar. 23/7:00 PM Carolina/PNC Arena MSGSN ESPN 1050 AM
Mar. 25/5:00 PM Florida/FLA Live Arena MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Mar. 28/7:00 PM Columbus/Madison Square Garden MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM

LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Mar. 16 Pittsburgh W, 4-2
Mar. 14 Washington W, 5-3
Mar. 12 at Pittsburgh OTL, 3-2
Mar. 11 at Buffalo OTW, 2-1
Mar. 9 at Montreal SOW, 4-3

MAN GAMES LOST – 42
PLAYER INJURY/REASON DATES MISSED CONS. GAMES MISSED
Ryan Lindgren Upper Body Feb. 26-Mar. 16 9

ALL-TIME RECORD 136-119-23-17 (312 PTS)
2022-23 1-1-1
2021-22 3-1-0
NYR HOME 77-55-9-8 (171 PTS)
NYR AWAY 59-64-14-9 (141 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 3-1-1
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Panarin (13) – A: Kane (19) – Pts: Panarin (31)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Ratelle (23) – A: Leetch (70) – Pts: Leetch (89)

2022-23 SEASON SERIES
December 20 at Pittsburgh L, 3-2
March 12 at Pittsburgh OTL, 3-2
March 16 at MSG W, 4-2
March 18 at MSG 8:00 PM ET

SPECIAL TEAMS

  • The Rangers have scored a power play goal in four of their last six games (5G), seven of their last 10 games (8G) and nine of their last 14 contests (11G).
  • On the penalty kill, New York has been perfect in six of their last seven games

NHL Preview: Montréal Canadiens (27-36-6) at Tampa Bay Lightning (41-22-6)

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NHL Preview: Montréal Canadiens (27-36-6) at Tampa Bay Lightning (41-22-6)

MONTREAL CANADIENS NOTES:

À SURVEILLER CE SOIR / KEEP AN EYE ON…

  • Les Canadiens et le Lightning s’affrontent ce soir pour la 111e fois en saison régulière. En incluant les matchs de séries, il s’agira de la 129e confrontation entre ces deux clubs.
  • The Canadiens and Lightning are facing each other for the 111th time in regular season. Including playoff contests, this will be the 129th match-up between those two opponents.

DERNIER MATCH / LAST GAME – FLA 9 VS. MTL 5 (@ FLA LIVE ARENA)
Buts MTL Goals – Matheson, Richard, Pezzetta, Harvey-Pinard, Pitlick (AN/PP)
Buts FLA Goals – White, Verhaeghe, Forsling, Ekblad, Lomberg, Reinhart, Verhaeghe, Ekblad (AN/PP), Tkachuk
Gardien MTL Goalie – Montembeault (21-24) ; Allen (13-18)
Gardien FLA Goalie – Bobrovsky (25-30)
Avantage numérique MTL Powerplay – 1/1
Avantage numérique FLA Powerplay – 1/4
Meneurs MTL Leaders – TOI (Savard – 22:05) ; S (Suzuki – 4) ; HT (Pezzetta – 6) ; BS (Belzile, Guhle, Harvey-Pinard, Kovacevic, Savard – 2)

MATCHS À VENIR / UPCOMING GAMES
21 MARS VS. TAMPA BAY 19 h / 7 p.m.
23 MARS @ BOSTON 19 h / 7 p.m.
25 MARS VS. COLUMBUS 19 h / 7 p.m.
27 MARS @ BUFFALO 19 h / 7 p.m.
28 MARS @ PHILADELPHIE 19 h / 7 p.m.

RAPPORT MÉDICAL DE LA SAISON / SEASON INJURY REPORT
Joueur Player Date Blessure Injury Matchs ratés Games lost Retour Return
C. Price – Genou / Knee 69 –
P. Byron – Hanche / Hip 69 –
J. Evans – Bas du corps / Lower-body 26 –
B. Gallagher – Bas du corps / Lower-body 31 –
J. Slafkovsky – Bas du corps / Lower-body 25 –
S. Monahan – Bas du corps / Lower-body 44 –
C. Caufield – Épaule / Shoulder 23 –
A. Xhekaj – Épaule / Shoulder 16 –

RÉAFFECTATIONS, SIGNATURES ET TRANSACTIONS / ROSTER MOVES, SIGNINGS AND TRANSACTIONS
Les Canadiens ont rappelé l’attaquant Anthony Richard du Rocket de Laval (09/03)
The Canadiens have recalled forward Anthony Richard from the Laval Rocket (03/09)
Les Canadiens ont cédé le défenseur Frédéric Allard au Rocket de Laval (06/03)
The Canadiens have loaned defenseman Frédéric Allard to the Laval Rocket (03/06)
Les Canadiens ont rappelé le défenseur Frédéric Allard du Rocket de Laval (04/03)
The Canadiens have recalled defenseman Frédéric Allard from the Laval Rocket (03/04)
Les Canadiens ont acquis l’attaquant Denis Gurianov des Stars de Dallas (26/02)
The Canadiens have acquired forward Denis Gurianov from the Dallas Stars (02/26)
Les Canadiens ont cédé le défenseur Corey Schueneman au Rocket de Laval (25/02)
The Canadiens have loaned defenseman Corey Schueneman to the Laval Rocket (02/25)

STATISTIQUES D’ÉQUIPE / TEAM STATISTICS – AVANT LES MATCHS DU 17/03 – BEFORE GAMES ON 03/17
PTS (60 – 27e/27th)
V/W (27 – 26e/26th)
BP/GF (191 – 27e/27th)
BC/GA (255 – 30e/30th)
Tirs-PM/Shots-PG (27.5 – 30e/30th)
Tirs accordés-PM/Shots allowed-PG (34.0 – 28e/28th)
MÉ/Hits (1359 – 28e/28th)
MP/PIM (832 – 1er/1st)
AN/PP (16.3% – 30e/30th)
DN/PK (72.5% – 30e/30th)

LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION L’AN DERNIER / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION LAST SEASON
Adversaire Opponent Fiche Record PTS Buts pour Goals for Buts contre Goals against
Atlantique 9-14-3 21 84 89
Centrale 3-9-4 10 39 65
Métropolitaine 6-17-1 13 55 103
Pacifique 4-9-3 11 43 62
Total 22-49-11 55 221 319
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals

LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION CETTE SAISON / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION THIS SEASON
Division Fiche Record PTS Buts pour Goals for Buts contre Goals against
Atlantique 4-12-1 9 40 81
Centrale 8-6-2 18 52 53
Métropolitaine 9-8-2 20 57 69
Pacifique 6-9-1 13 46 54
Total 27-36-6 60 195 257
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals

MARTIN ST-LOUIS EN CHIFFRES / MARTIN ST. LOUIS’ NUMBERS…
Matchs/Games : 106
Victoires/Wins : 41
Fiche : 41-55-10
Points de classement/Standing points : 92

CANADIENS VS. TAMPA BAY
À vie / All-Time
CANADIENS vs. TBL 49-46-6-9 (110 PJ / GP)
Dom. / Home 26-21-1-6 (54 PJ / GP)
Étr. / Away 23-25-5-2 (56 PJ / GP)
Dern. Match / Last game:
D 4-1 L @ TBL (28/12/22)
J. Allen 4-38 | A. Vasilevskiy 1-28
BG / WG: B. Point

10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE TAMPA BAY / LAST 10 GAMES VS. TAMPA BAY:
28/12/22 – MTL 1 @ TBL 4
17/12/22 – TBL 5 @ MTL 1
02/04/22 – MTL 5 @ TBL 4 (TB/SO)
28/12/21 – MTL 4 @ TBL 5 (P/OT)
07/12/21 – TBL 3 @ MTL 2
05/03/20 – MTL 0 @ TBL 4
02/01/20 – TBL 2 @ MTL 1
28/12/19 – MTL 4 @ TBL 5
15/10/19 – TBL 3 @ MTL 1
02/04/19 – TBL 2 @ MTL 4

CETTE SAISON CONTRE TAMPA BAY / THIS SEASON VS. TAMPA BAY
Match #1: 17/12/2022 @ MTL – D/L 5-1
Match #2: 28/12/2022 @ TBL – D/L 4-1
Match #3: 18/03/2023 @ TBL
Match #4: 21/03/2023 @ MTL

MEILLEURS BUTEURS CONTRE TAMPA BAY / LEADING GOAL SCORERS VS. TAMPA BAY:
1) Mike Hoffman (8-8-16, 31 pj/gp)
2) Sean Monahan (7-3-10, 15 pj/gp)
3) Josh Anderson (5-2-7, 12 pj/gp)

MEILLEURS POINTEURS CONTRE TAMPA BAY / LEADING SCORERS VS. TAMPA BAY:
1) Mike Hoffman (8-8-16, 31 pj/gp)
2) Brendan Gallagher (5-8-13, 29 pj/gp)
3) Sean Monahan (7-3-10, 15 pj/gp)

MENEURS MINUTES DE PÉNALITÉ CONTRE TAMPA BAY / MOST PENALTY MINUTES VS. TAMPA BAY:
1) Mike Hoffman (16, 31 pj/gp)
2) Josh Anderson (15, 12 pj/gp)
3) David Savard (12, 25 pj/gp)

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:

LAST GAME
Lightning 4 at New Jersey 3 (SO)
The Tampa Bay Lightning collected a second-straight victory over the New Jersey Devils in a 4-3 shootout win March 16 at Prudential Center…Tampa Bay moved to 41-22-6 on the season with a road record of 17-16-1…Ross Colton opened the scoring 1:09 into the first period when Steven Stamkos sent a pass to Mikhail Sergachev, who fired a shot on goal that deflected off the knee of Colton and past Akira Schmid to put the Bolts up 1-0…Timo Meier tied the game at one at the 8:59 mark of the second period…After the Lightning successfully killed off a full, two minute 5-on-3, Erik Cernak carried the puck up ice and sent a pass behind the NJD net to Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, who fed Stamkos in front before the captain fired a quick shot into the top right corner with 1:49 left in the middle frame and put Tampa Bay up 2-1…Timo Meier tied the game 2-2 at the 9:41 mark of the third period…Stamkos scored his second goal of the night and put the Bolts up 3-2 with 4:47 remaining after Nikita Kucherov sent a pass to Sergachev, who put the puck on a platter for Stamkos to fire home his patented one-timer on the power play…Meier scored his second goal of the period and tied the game for NJD with 2:16 left in regulation…After neither team found the back of the net in overtime, Colton and Alex Killorn scored in the shootout for the Lightning, while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped two-of-three shots and finished the game with 34 saves.
PP: TBL – 1-3 NJD – 1-4
SOG: TBL – 24 NJD – 35
Attendance: 16,094

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Canadiens are playing the third of four matchups this season and the second of two meetings at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts are 2-0-0 vs. MTL this season with a 5-1 win Dec. 17 at Bell Centre and a 4-1 win Dec. 28 at AMALIE Arena…Brandon Hagel (3-1—4) leads Tampa Bay in goals and points vs. MTL this season, while Victor Hedman (0-3—3) leads the team in assists…Andrei Vasilevskiy has started both games vs. MTL this season and has stopped 47 of 49 shots against for a .959 save percentage and 1.00 goals against average…Hedman is riding a six-game point streak vs. MTL (2-8—10) with four multi-point efforts during that span and has found the scoresheet in nine of the last 11 meetings (2-15—17)…Hedman has posted five straight multi-point games vs. MTL at AMALIE Arena (2-10—12)…Steven Stamkos has picked up points in nine of his last 10 games vs. MTL (5-8—13) and 14 of the last 16 meetings (9-11—20)…Nikita Kucherov is riding a five-game point streak vs. MTL (4-5—9) and has points in 14 of the last 16 matchups (10-14—24)…Brayden Point has found the scoresheet in four straight home games vs. MTL (5-2—7) with goals in each of the least three contests…Anthony Cirelli has picked up points in six of his last seven games vs. MTL (3-4—7)…Alex Killorn has pointed in six of his last eight contests vs. MTL (4-5—9)…Vasilevskiy has won 11 consecutive games vs. MTL with two shutouts, a .945 SV%, 1.72 GAA and one assist…The Lightning have scored four or more goals in four straight games vs. MTL (total: 18 goals)…Tampa Bay’s penalty kill is 21-for-21 over the last seven games vs. MTL with one shorthanded goal…The Bolts have picked up at least one point in 19 of the last 20 meetings with MTL…The Lightning have scored three or more goals in seven consecutive home games vs. MTL (total: 31 goals)…Tampa Bay is 8-0-2 in their last 10 home games vs. MTL and 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Bolts are 55-38-11 with six ties all-time vs. MTL, including a home record of 28-15-8 with five ties…Hedman (8-36—44) holds the Lightning franchise record for career points vs. MTL.

TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. MTL

  1. Victor Hedman – 44 pts. (8-36—44, 42 GP)
  2. Vincent Lecavalier – 42 pts. (19-23—42, 53 GP)
  3. Steven Stamkos – 41 pts. (22-19—41, 45 GP)
  4. Martin St. Louis – 40 pts. (18-22—40, 48 GP)
  5. Nikita Kucherov – 32 pts. (12-20—32, 30 GP)

TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the first game of a brief, two-game homestand tonight…The Bolts will play eight of their 16 games in March on home ice…The Lightning are 10-8-1 against Atlantic Division opponents and 20-14-3 against the Eastern Conference this season…Tampa Bay is 24-6-5 on home ice this season…Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis, both with the MTL organization, were inducted into the Lightning Hall of Fame on Friday night.

INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 104
Current Injuries:
None

TRANSACTIONS
March 4 – Recalled D Darren Raddysh from AHL Syracuse
March 3 – Re-assigned D Darren Raddysh to AHL Syracuse
March 2 – Recalled D Darren Raddysh from AHL Syracuse
March 1 – Acquired F Michael Eyssimont from San Jose in exchange for F Vladislav Namestnikov

HOME COOKING
The Lightning are 24-6-5 at home this season with a .757 points percentage, trailing only Boston (.864) for the NHL lead…Tampa Bay has scored three or more goals in 14 of their last 16 games at AMALIE Arena and 29 of 35 home games overall…The Bolts lead the NHL with a 3.97 goals per game average on home ice…Tampa Bay’s power play is clicking at a 31% conversion rate on home ice, the second-best among all NHL teams, trailing only Edmonton (32.1%)…Since Dec. 1, the Lightning have given up just eight power-play goals on 64 attempts at AMALIE Arena, good for an 87.5 PK%, the third-best penalty kill percentage in the NHL during that span.

NHL HOME GOALS PER GAME LEADERS

  1. Tampa Bay Lightning – 3.97 GF/GP (139 goals, 35 GP)
  2. Edmonton Oilers – 3.83 GF/GP (134 goals, 35 GP)
  3. Florida Panthers – 3.82 GF/GP (130 goals, 34 GP)
  4. Boston Bruins – 3.73 GF/GP (123 goals, 33 GP)
  5. Buffalo Sabres – 3.62 GF/GP (123 goals, 34 GP)

NHL Preview: New Jersey Devils (44-17-7) at Florida Panthers (34-27-7)

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NHL Preview: New Jersey Devils (44-17-7) at Florida Panthers (34-27-7)

NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:

Last Game:
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (SO) New Jersey Devils 3
(41-22-6 – 88 PTS) (44-17-7 – 95 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. T. Meier 2. A. Killorn 3. S. Stamkos
SCORE 1ST 2ND 3RD OT SO FINAL
Tampa 1 1 1 0 1 4
DEVILS 0 1 2 0 0 3
Goals:
TBL: R. Colton, S. Stamkos, St. Stamkos (PPG), A. Killorn (GDG)
NJD: T. Tatar, T. Meier, T. Meier (PPG)

INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 68
Mackenzie Blackwood I.R. Lower-body 2/21/23 12
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 184

TRANSACTIONS
DATE PLAYER ACTION
3/3/23 Curtis Lazar Acquired via trade from VAN
3/3/23 Kevin Bahl & Akira Schmid Loaned to & recalled from Utica
3/3/23 Graeme Clarke Reassigned to Utica
3/17/23 Nolan Foote Recalled from Utica

WHAT TO KNOW
The Devils hosted Tampa for consecutive home games via Tuesday, March 14, and Thursday, March 16. The Devils logged a 4-1 loss on Tuesday and then a 4-3 shootout loss on Thursday.

The last time that the Devils played Tampa in consecutive games, and with no games vs other opponents in between, in the regular-season was Jan. 9, 2011, to Jan. 14. Jersey team hosted the Bolts in the first game (6-3, W) and then visited Tampa for the second contest (5-2, W).

The consecutive contests vs Tampa marked the first time in franchise history that the team plays Tampa at home in the regular season and in consecutive games. The Devils never visited Tampa for consecutive games played in franchise history.

Tuesday’s 4-1 loss ended New Jersey’s three-game winning-streak that the team earned. The Devils were also held to one goal in a contest for the seventh time this season (1-6-0 record).

The Devils enter Saturday’s contest seven wins shy of tying the franchise record (51) for the most wins in a single season, which was earned in 2008-09.

The last time that the Devils earned 44 wins in a singles season was in 2017-18, and the last time that Jersey logged more than 44 wins in a season was in 2011-12 (48-28-6).

MARCH MADNESS
The Devils’ schedule for March entails 16 games, which marks the most contests that the team plays in a single month this season. The second most games played in a single month this season was 14 in November, after the team posted a 13-1-0 record. Jersey’s 30 goals for in the month of March led all Eastern Conference team, but ranked sixth in the NHL, per March 17. Jersey’s power-play% ranked tied for fifth n the NHL with Florida and Detroit and at 30.0% for the month of March, per March 17; while the team’s penalty kill ranked fourth at 87.5. The team is averaging 34.4 shots per game this month, which ranked fourth in the NHL…Florida ranked first this month at 40.0 S/GP. Florida is fresh off a 9-5 victory vs Montreal. The Panthers netted seven goals in the first period, which marked the most goals scored in a single period for franchise history

VS CONFERENCE/DIVISION
The Devils are 21-4-4 vs the Western Conference this season. The franchise record for most wins vs the Western Conference was 18, which was logged in 2000-01.

The Devils enter tonight’s contest with a 23-13-3 record vs the Eastern Conference and a 9-8-1 record vs the Atlantic Division for 2022-23. The team’s 23 wins vs the East are the third most earned in the NHL, while Boston ranks first (28) and Carolina ranks second (26).

FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:

BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT

  • F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 43
  • F Givani Smith | Games Missed: 8
    Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 205

LAST GAME
Panthers 9, Canadiens 5 – March 16 – FLA Live Arena
FLA Goals: White (8), Verhaeghe (33), Forsling (9), Ekblad (11), Lomberg (10), Reinhart (24), Verhaeghe (34), Ekblad (12-PPG), Tkachuk (31)
MTL Goals: Matheson (7), Richard (3), Pezzetta (6), Harvey-Pinard (9), Pitlick (5-PPG)
FLA Goalie: Bobrovksky (W) – 25 Saves
MTL Goalie: Allen (L) – 12 Saves, Montembeault – 21 Saves
FLA Shots: 42
MTL Shots: 30
Notes: Florida extended their point streak to five games (4-0-1)…The Panthers scored a franchise-record seven goals in the first period, all at even strength…Florida’s nine goals fell one shy of the franchise single-game record (10, Nov. 26, 1997 vs. BOS)…Matthew Tkachuk (1-3-4) recorded at least three points for the third consecutive game (3GP, 3-7-10)…Aaron Ekblad (2-0-2) scored 2 goals, surpassing R. Svehla for most multi-goal games by a d-man in club history (6)…Carter Verhaeghe (2-0-2) recorded his 8th multi-goal game of the season, extending his point streak to 3 games (2-2-4)…Aleksander Barkov notched two assists, extending his point streak to 5 games (1-7-8)…Sam Reinhart tallied a goal for the 3rd straight game, with four points (3-1-4) over that span…Brandon Montour notched an assist to extend his point streak to 3 games (1-4-5)…Ryan Lomberg scored his career-high 10th goal of the campaign…Radko Gudas posted an assist and led FLA with seven hits…FLA PP: 1-4, FLA PK: 0-1

RECENT TRANSACTIONS:

  • March 15: G Mack Guzda recalled from Charlotte (AHL) | G Alex Lyon loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
  • March 13: D Marek Alscher agreed to terms on a three-year, entry-level contract commencing in 2023-24

PANTHERS vs. CANADIENS
ALL-TIME vs. MTL: 53-38-6-11
ALL-TIME HOME vs. MTL: 29-19-3-5
2022-23 vs. MTL: 2-0-0

CATS STATS

  • Ryan Lomberg’s goal March 16 vs. NJD marked his 10th of the season, surpassing his previous career mark of nine from 2021-22

MARCH MADNESS
The Panthers and Canadiens combined for 14 goals March 16 at FLA Live Arena. Florida’s seven first-period tallies surpassed their previous franchise record of six (April 5, 2000 vs. BOS, 2nd period). Their nine total goals fell one shy of the franchise record of 10 (Nov. 26, 1997 vs. BOS), and represented the fourth time in club history the Cats have amassed at least nine goals in a game. All seven first-period goals were scored at even strength. The only team in NHL history to score more goals in the first period of regular season game was MTL with eight in the first period at the Toronto St. Pat’s on March 8, 1922. The Panthers and Canadiens combined for 10 goals in the opening period. The only other games in NHL history with as many tallies in the opening frame were BUF vs. MTL on Oct. 26, 1982 and CGY vs. VAN on Jan. 16, 1987, per NHL PR.

HOME SWEET HOME
The Panthers play the final game of a season-long seven-game homestand tonight against New Jersey. Over the course of the homestand (since March 2) Florida owns a 4-1-1 record, out-shooting their opponents by an average of 40.0 to 26.5. Matthew Tkachuk leads the Panthers with 12 points (3-9-12) since March 2. The Cats have registered an 11-4-1 record over their past 16 games at FLA Live Arena since Jan. 3, averaging 41.6 shots on goal per game. Florida leads all NHL teams this season with 39.3 shots on goal per game at home and their 3.82 goals per game at home rank third. Tkachuk has amassed a team-leading 54 points (17-37-54) over 32 games at FLA Live Arena this season, the fourth-most single-season home points in franchise history.

CATS AND DEVILS
Florida faces off against New Jersey for the third and final time in 2022-23, with each team having won once on the road thus far. The Panthers have earned at least one point in six of their past eight matchups (5-2-1) against the Devils dating to April 6, 2019. Aleksander Barkov has produced 18 points (10-8-18) over 20 career matchups against New Jersey, and Gustav Forsling has recorded five points (3-2-5) across seven career matchups with the Devils. Sergei Bobrovsky owns an 18-6-1 record with a .920 save percentage over 26 career games against New Jersey.

NHL Preview: Carolina Hurricanes (44-14-8) at Philadelphia Flyers (25-32-11)

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NHL Preview: Carolina Hurricanes (44-14-8) at Philadelphia Flyers (25-32-11)

CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:

LAST GAME
The Hurricanes suffered a 5-2 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Friday, falling in Toronto on St. Patrick’s Day for the second straight season. Martin Necas and Brady Skjei each scored for Carolina, marking Skjei’s second straight game with a goal. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jordan Martinook, Brett Pesce and Teuvo Teravainen recorded an assist, while Pyotr Kochetkov made 19 saves in net but suffered his sixth defeat in his last seven NHL decisions.

INJURY REPORT
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 67 games (10/12-3/17)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 66 games (10/14-3/17)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed 22 games (1/21-3/17)
Antti Raanta, lower-body, missed five games (3/9-3/17)
Andrei Svechnikov, knee, missed three games (3/12-3/17)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 263

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 15 Placed Andrei Svechnikov on injured reserve
March 13 Recalled Jack Drury from Chicago (AHL)
March 10 Acquired Jack Dugan from New Jersey in exchange for Zack Hayes and reassigned Dugan to Chicago (AHL)
March 8 Recalled Pyotr Kochetkov from Chicago (AHL) on an emergency basis

UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
March 18 at Philadelphia 5 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu HRN
March 21 at NY Rangers 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
March 23 NY Rangers 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
March 25 Toronto 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
March 26 Boston 5 p.m. BSSO HRN

  • All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network

UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
March 18 Saturday No morning skate
March 19 Sunday No practice
March 20 Monday Invisalign Arena 11 a.m.
March 21 Tuesday Madison Square Garden 11:30 a.m.
March 22 Wednesday PNC Arena 12 p.m.

  • All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.

Carolina Hurricanes: Media Notes
HURRICANES vs. FLYERS SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing Philadelphia in the fourth and final meeting between the teams during the 2022-23 season.

— The Hurricanes and Flyers are meeting for the 156th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 53-73-14-15 overall record, including a 24-39-5-9 road record.

— The Hurricanes lead the season series 3-0-0 in 2022-23 (Flyers: 0-2-1), and they are 11-4-0 in the teams’ last 15 meetings dating back to 12/31/18 (Philadelphia: 4-8-3).

— Carolina posted a 4-3 overtime win over Philadelphia at Wells Fargo Center on 10/29. Martin Necas and Jordan Staal tallied two points (1g, 1a), and Brent Burns added the overtime winner as Antti Raanta made 26 saves in net.

— The Hurricanes earned a 6-5 win over the Flyers at PNC Arena on 12/23. Jordan Martinook (1g, 2a) and Jordan Staal (3a) each recorded three points, while Antti Raanta made 26 saves in net.

— Carolina registered a 1-0 win against Philadelphia at PNC Arena on 3/9. Andrei Svechnikov scored the game’s only goal on the power play, while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped all 19 shots faced in net for his fourth shutout of the season.

— Sebastian Aho has recorded 23 points (10g, 13a) in 24 career regular-season games against Philadelphia.

— Jordan Staal has posted 49 points (22g, 27a) in 73 career regular-season games against the Flyers, marking his most goals and points against any NHL opponent. He has played the second-most games against Philadelphia of any active player.

— Paul Stastny has tallied 18 points (5g, 13a) in 25 career regular-season games against Philadelphia.

— Derek Stepan has earned 36 points (11g, 25a) in 45 career regular-season games against the Flyers.

— Teuvo Teravainen has registered 21 points (7g, 14a) in 26 career regular-season games against Philadelphia.

— Shayne Gostisbehere was selected by the Flyers in the third round (78th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft and recorded 219 points (60g, 159a) in 381 games with Philadelphia from 2014-21. He ranks sixth in assists, fifth in goals and points, fourth in power-play points (106) and third in power-play goals (27) among all defensemen in Flyers history.

— Hurricanes Head Coach Rod Brind’Amour recorded 601 points (235g, 366a) in 633 games with Philadelphia from 1991-00, and he was inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame in 2015. He was acquired by Carolina along with Jean-Marc Pelletier and a second-round pick in the 2000 NHL Draft (Argis Saviels) in exchange for Keith Primeau and a fifth-round pick in the 2000 NHL Draft (Kristofer Ottosson) on 1/23/00.

— Tony DeAngelo recorded 51 points (10g, 41a) in 64 NHL games with the Hurricanes in 2021-22, marking the most points by any defenseman in a single season in team history (since relocation). He added 10 points (1g, 9a) in 14 playoff games with Carolina and was traded to Philadelphia on 7/8/22 in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (Simon Forsmark), a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.

— Flyers Associate Coach Brad Shaw played 212 NHL games as a defenseman for Hartford from 1986-92, recording 95 points (11g, 84a). He also appeared in 19 playoff games for the franchise, tallying 12 points (4g, 8a).

SERIAL KILLERS
The Hurricanes went 0-for-1 on the penalty kill against the Maple Leafs on Friday, ending their 12-game streak of games played without allowing a power-play goal (2/18-3/14: 28-for-28). Carolina’s streak tied for the second-longest such streak in franchise history and tied for the longest such streak by any NHL team this season (MIN, 2/8-2/28: 24-for-24). Despite allowing a goal on the man-advantage, the Hurricanes have held the opposing power play scoreless in 21 of their last 27 games (1/10-3/17), with a 91.7% kill rate over that span (66-for-72). They now rank second in the NHL in that category (83.6%), trailing only BOS (85.7%).

Longest streak of games without allowing a power-play goal, franchise history:
13 games – 12/21/14-1/17/15 (33-for-33)
12 games – 2/18/23-3/14/23 (28-for-28)
12 games – 11/1/16-11/26/16 (25-for-25)
11 games – 12/9/21-1/15/22 (34-for-34)
9 games – 3/11/17-3/25/17 (17-for-17)
9 games – 10/30/83-11/17/83 (25-for-25)

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S GAME
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Wells Fargo Center
TV: ESPN+, Hulu | Radio: 93.3 WMMR

UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (ET) BROADCAST INFO.
Tue., March 21 Florida Panthers Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. NBCSP/97.5 The Fanatic
Thur., March 23 Minnesota Wild Wells Fargo Center 6:30 p.m. ESPN/97.5 The Fanatic
Sat., March 25 Detroit Red Wings Wells Fargo Center 1 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic

CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 68
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 68
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 68
Travis Konecny IR-upper body 2/21-present 10
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 360

FLYERS VS. HURRICANES: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS HURRICANES
88-42-25 ALL-TIME RECORD 53-73-29
48-17-12 HOME 29-34-15
40-25-13 ROAD 24-39-14
0-3-2 LAST 5 MEETINGS 5-0-0
3-4-3 LAST 10 MEETINGS 7-3-0
537 GOALS SCORED 436
18.9% POWER PLAY 17.1%
82.9% PENALTY KILL 81.1%
van Riemsdyk: 21 pts (6-15=21) in 39 GP
DeAngelo: 12 pts (3-9=12) in 13 GP
Two players tied at 11 pts
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Staal: 49 pts (22-27=49) in 73 GP
Stepan: 36 pts (11-25=36) in 45 GP
Aho: 23 pts (10-13=23) in 24 GP
Hart: 3-4-1, 3.19 GAA, .905 SV% in 8 GP
Sandstrom: 0-1-0, 1.04 GAA, .966 SV% in 1 GP
TEAM GOALTENDERS Andersen: 10-4-3, 3.00 GAA, .911 SV% in 17 GP
Raanta: 6-1-2, 2.37 GAA, .924 SV%, 1 SO in 9 GP
Kochetkov: 1-0-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV%, 1 SO in 1 GP

2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
October 29 Wells Fargo Center CAR (4), PHI (3) OT
December 23 PNC Arena CAR (6), PHI (5)
March 9 PNC Arena CAR (1), PHI (0)
March 18 Wells Fargo Center 5 p.m

TEAM NOTES
HOME COOKIN’

  • Philadelphia continues its season-high seven-game homestand Saturday (March 14-28), posting a 1-1-0 record after two games of the homestand.
  • The Flyers have played in four extra session games in the last nine home contests, posting a 1-0-3 record in those games. Flyers are 1-0-4 in extra play games at home this season.
  • Philadelphia is 7-7-3 in its last 17 home games and 13-16-4 in 33 home games this season.
  • The Flyers have scored three-plus goals in 12 of its last 20 home games. The Flyers are 12-4-2 at home this season when scoring three-plus goals.

BACK-TO-BACKS

  • Friday’s and Saturday’s games mark the Flyers’ 13th back-to-back set of 15 this season.
  • This set marks the final home back-to-backs this season:
  1. Nov. 12 vs. OTT (4-1 L); Nov. 13 vs. DAL (5-1 L)
  2. Feb. 11 vs. NSH (2-1 OTL); Feb. 12 vs. SEA (4-3 L)
  3. March 17 vs. BUF (5-2 W); March 18 vs. CAR
  • The Flyers are 5-6-2 in the first game of a back-to-back this season and 2-10-0 in the second.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/15 – Loaned G Samuel Ersson to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
3/14 – Recalled F Tyson Foerster and G Samuel Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) on an emergency basis
3/12 – Loaned F Elliot Desnoyers and F Tyson Foerster to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
3/10 – Relieved President of Hockey Operations & General Manger, Chuck Fletcher, of his duties; Named Daniel Briere Interim GM

QUICK HITS

  • The Flyers tallied 40 hits Feb. 11 vs. NSH for their sixth game of 40-plus hits this season. The six games of 40-plus hits are the most in a single season since recording 13 games during the 2014-15 season.
  • Philadelphia recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
  • Philadelphia registered 30 blocked shots Feb. 12 at CGY for its fifth game of the season with 30-plus blocked shots

– the most 30-plus blocked shot games in a Flyers season since 2005-06. The Flyers tallied a season-high 32 blocked shots Oct. 27 vs. FLA.

  • The Flyers rank third in the NHL with 1,190 blocked shots and 1,892 hits.

NHL Preview: Edmonton Oilers (38-23-8) at Seattle Kraken (38-23-7)

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NHL Preview: Edmonton Oilers (38-23-8) at Seattle Kraken (38-23-7)

EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:

EDMONTON OILERS AT SEATTLE KRAKEN
2:00 p.m. MT at Climate Pledge Arena
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
38-23-8 – 84 PTS RECORD 38-23-7 – 83 PTS
Div. – 3rd Conference – 6th RANK Div. – 4th Conference – 7th
1st –31.5% (75/238) POWER PLAY 23rd – 19.7% (39/198)
25th – 75.3% (183/243) PENALTY KILL 26th – 74.5 (146/196)

ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. SEATTLE GP RECORD HOME (3) AWAY (3) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. SEATTLE 6 4-2-0-0 2-1-0-0 2-1-0-0 27 18
OILERS vs. SEATTLE – 2022-23 3 2-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 14 9

QUICK FACTS
Saturday’s game will mark Edmonton’s fourth and final game against the Kraken this season and the second of two games in Seattle.

The last time these teams met was on January 17th in Edmonton where the Oilers won 5-2.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl lead the team with 12 career points against Seattle.

POWER PLAY PROWESS
The Oilers have the top three power play point getters in the NHL, with McDavid (60), Draisaitl (51) and Nugent-Hopkins (44) ranking first, second and third respectively. Connor McDavid’s 60 power play points on the year, give him the Oilers single season record for most PPP’s in a season, a record previously held by Wayne Gretzky (57 – 1981-82). Leon Draisaitl scored his league leading 27th power play goal of the season on Mar. 11 at TOR to pass his own franchise record for most PPG’s in one season, a mark he set in 2021-22. Draisaitl’s 27 power play goals are the most by any player since 2005-06, when Ilya Kovalchuk posted 27 with the Atlanta Thrashers. Only one other active player has scored 26+ PPG’s in a single season – Chris Kreider (26 in ’21-22 w/NYR).

CAREER GAMES vs. SEATTLE
Record: 4-2-0
GF: 27 GA: 18
2022-23 1/17/23 @ EDM 5-2 W
2022-23 1/3/23 @ EDM 5-2 L
2022-23 12/30/22@ SEA 7-2 W
2021-22 12/18/21@ SEA 5-3 W
2021-22 12/3/21 @ SEA 4-3 L
2021-22 11/1/21 @ EDM 5-2 W

SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:

LAST GAME
Seattle 2 at San Jose 1
Goals: Bjorkstrand, Dunn
Goalie: Grubauer (31/32)
PP: 0/3 PK: 2/2 Shots: Seattle 32 – San Jose 32

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 194)
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 68 games – no timeline for return
Andre Burakovsky (lower body) – 18 games – week-to-week

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
March 15, 2023: Recalled F John Hayden from Coachella Valley (AHL)

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday, March 21: Seattle at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. PT
Thursday, March 23: Seattle at Nashville, 5 p.m. PT
Saturday, March 25: Seattle at Nashville, 11 a.m. PT
Monday, March 27: Seattle at Minnesota, 5 p.m. PT
Thursday, March 30: Anaheim at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is the final time the Kraken will play the Oilers this season. Seattle has gone 1-2-0 against Edmonton in the teams’ three previous meetings this year.

• Seattle has an 11-7-2 record against Pacific Division opponents this season and have beaten each of their division rivals at least once.

• With the Kraken’s four-goal outing in their game on March 3 against Columbus, they surpassed their goal total from all of last season in 20 fewer games. Seattle has scored 236 goals in 68 games this season compared to 213 goals in 2021-22. The team’s 236 goals this season were tied for the sixth-most in the NHL entering play Friday.

• Since the start of the New Year, the Kraken are tied for third the league in wins (20) and tied for fourth in points (43). The team’s 119 goals since Jan. 1 were the second-most in the league entering play Friday.

• Jordan Eberle’s goal in the Kraken’s game on March 3 at Columbus was his 50th point of the season. It is the sixth time in his career and first time since 2017-18 that Eberle has recorded 50 or more points in a season.

• Entering play Friday, Adam Larsson was one of four skaters to have at least 160 hits and 120 blocked shots this season, joining Vegas’ Brayden McNabb, New York’s Jacob Trouba and Detroit’s Moritz Seider.

OIL LEAK
• Jaden Schwartz has five points (two goals, three assists) in his last four games against the Oilers dating back to last season and had a three-point performance (one goal, two assists) in his last meeting with the Edmonton on Jan. 3. He has 32 career points against Edmonton (14 goals, 18 assists) in 26 games played, along with a +18 rating for those games. His 32 points are his most against a single opponent. Schwartz scored his 100th NHL goal on Nov. 21, 2017 against Edmonton.

• Daniel Sprong has scored three points (two goals, one assist) in his last three games against the Oilers and has tallied a point in each game Seattle has played against Edmonton this season.

• Justin Schultz has recorded three assists in his last two games against the Oilers.

• Alex Wennberg has three points (one goal, two assists) in his last two games against Edmonton. Wennberg recorded his 200th NHL point on March 7, 2021 against Edmonton.

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