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NHL Preview: St. Louis Blues (27-29-5) at Los Angeles Kings (35-20-8)

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NHL Preview: St. Louis Blues (27-29-5) at Los Angeles Kings (35-20-8)

ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:

CURRENT INJURIES
Jake Neighbours – Upper-Body (Will be re-evaluated in 5 weeks; announced on Feb. 20)
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 242

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March
3 – Acquired forward Jakub Vrana from Detroit in exchange for Dylan McLaughlin and a 2025 7th-round draft pick
2 – Signed forward Sammy Blais to a one-year, $1,000,000 contract extension
1 – Signed defenseman Michael Buchinger to a three-year, entry-level contract February

BLUES VS. KINGS

  • The Blues and Kings will meet for the 2nd of 3 matchups this season (Last matchup on Mar. 26 in Los Angeles)
  • The Kings won the 1st matchup of the season, 5-1, back on Oct. 31 in St. Louis
  • The Blues went 2-0-1 against Los Angeles last season (2-0-0 at home; 0-0-1 away)
  • The Blues are 3-1-1 in their last 5 games against the Kings
  • The Blues are 4-2-2 in their last 8 games against the Kings
  • The Blues have earned points in back-to-back games in Los Angeles (1-0-1)
  • The Blues are 6-2-2 in their last 10 trips to Los Angeles
  • The Blues have not allowed a power play goal to the Kings in 4 of their last 5 matchups, going 15 for 16 (93.8%) on the penalty kill over those 5 games
  • Robert Thomas is expected to dress in his 300th career game
  • With his next appearance, Jordan Binnington will pass Greg Millen for 5th on the Blues all-time franchise list with 210 games played

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
3/7 – at Arizona
3/9 – vs. San Jose
3/11 – at Columbus
3/12 – vs. Vegas
3/15 – vs. Minnesota

A LOOK AHEAD

  • The Blues will continue their 3-game road trip to start the month of March on Saturday in Los Angeles (1-0-0 so far), which will finish Tuesday in Arizona
  • The Blues will play 14 more games in March (8 away; 6 home)
  • 11 of the Blues’ 15 games in March will come against Central Division opponents (3 against the Central)

LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:

MARCH 4 vs. St. Louis Blues – 7:30 PM PT // Venue: Crypto.com Arena // TV: Bally Sports West // Radio: iHeartRadio

  • The LA Kings host the St. Louis Blues for the second of three meetings between these two clubs this season (5-1 W on Oct. 31; Mar. 26).
  • The Kings aim for their third win in a row vs. the Blues (3-2 SOW on Nov. 3, 2021; 5-1 W on Oct. 31, 2022).
  • Tonight’s game marks the second game of the team’s three-game homestand (3-2 W on Mar. 2 vs. MTL; March 6 vs. WSH).

WARM-UPS
1) With his goal Thursday night vs. Montreal, Gabriel Vilardi eclipsed the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career.
2) Alex Iafallo has six points in his last six games vs. St. Louis, dating ack to March 6, 2021.
3) The Kings are 5-2 against Central Division teams at home this season.
4) No team has more one-goal victories this season than the Kings’ 20.
5) Adrian Kempe (118-114=232) is two points shy of tying Marty McSorley (71-163=234) for the 29th-most points in franchise history.

vs. ST. LOUIS ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 85-106-22-6
Home: 52-40-12-4
Away: 33-66-10-2
OT: 5-7 (13 ties)
Shootout: 4-2
2021-22: 1-2-0
2022-23: 1-0-0

FRANCHISE LEADERS vs. ST. LOUIS:
Marcel Dionne – 41 GP, 74 PTS (27-47=74)
Anze Kopitar* – 59 GP, 61 PTS (20-41=61)
Dave Taylor – 45 GP, 52 PTS (23-29=52)
Luc Robitaille – 48 GP, 44 PTS (22-22=44)
Butch Goring – 45 GP, 38 PTS (13-25=38)
*-denotes active roster player

LAST MEETING vs. ST. LOUIS: Oct. 31, 2022 – LAK 5 at STL 1
Venue: Enterprise Center
LAK Goals: Vilardi (8), Grundstrom (2, 3), Kopitar (2), Kaliyev (3)
STL Goals: Toropchenko (1)
Goalies: LAK: Quick (W; 27 saves – 28 shots) STL: Binnington (L; 14 saves – 19 shots), Griess (11 saves – 11 shots)
LAK PP: 1-for-3
LAK PK: 4-for-4

THE NEXT THREE:
Mon., March 6 | vs. Washington Capitals | 7:30 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings host the Capitals at Crypto.com Arena for the first time since Nov. 17, 2021 (2-0 L)

Thurs., March 9 | at Colorado Avalanche | 7:00 p.m. MT (6:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings aim for their second victory in Denver this season (5-4 SOW, Dec. 29).

Sat., March 11 | vs. Nashville | 7:30 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
Anze Kopitar has four points in his last three games against the Predators (0-4=4).

INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Alex Iafallo, 23 games, Oct. 18 – Dec. 3 (lower-body)
F Trevor Moore, 21 games, Dec. 27 – Jan. 31 (upper-body); Feb. 23 – Pres. (upper-body)
F Brendan Lemieux, 18 games, Nov. 14 – Dec. 20 (lower-body)
F Arthur Kaliyev, 18 games, Dec. 22 – Jan. 31 (lower-body)
F Carl Grundstrom, 15 games, Jan. 19 – Feb. 26 (lower-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 10 games, Nov. 27 (lower-body); Jan. 19 – Feb. 13 (undisclosed)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
F Viktor Arvidsson, 3 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness); Jan. 11 (illness)
D Sean Durzi, 2 games, Nov. 19 – Nov. 22. (lower-body)
D Drew Doughty, 1 game, Dec. 11 (lower-body)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 117

RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 3/1/23)
Feb. 28 – Vladislav Gavrikov (D) and Joonas Korpisalo (G) acquired from Columbus in exchange for Jonathan Quick (G), a conditional 2023 first-round draft pick and a 2024 third-round draft pick.
Mar. 1 – Tobias Bjornfot (D) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Mar. 1 – Rights to Erik Portillo (G) acquired from Buffalo in exchange for a 2023 third-round draft pick.
Mar. 3 – Zack MacEwen (F) acquired from Philadelphia in exchange for Brendan Lemieux (F) and a 2024 fifth-round draft pick.
Mar. 3 – Nate Schnarr (F) acquired from Montreal in exchange for Frederic Allard (D).
Mar. 3 – Austin Wagner (F) traded to Chicago for future considerations.

NHL Preview: Minnesota Wild (35-21-6) at Calgary Flames (27-22-13)

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NHL Preview: Minnesota Wild (35-21-6) at Calgary Flames (27-22-13)

MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:

SERIES NOTES
GAME BROADCASTS
CALGARY FLAMES
All-Time Wild Record: 41-43-15 (25-16-9 at Xcel Energy Center, 16-27-6 at Calgary)

2022-23: The Wild fell in the first season meeting, 5-3, at Scotiabank Saddledome (12/7)…C Connor Dewar (0-2=2), D Jon Merrill (1-1=2) and C Mason Shaw (1-1=2) led Minnesota with two points each… LW Kirill Kaprizov (1-0=1) also scored a goal…G Marc-Andre Fleury saved 22-of-26 shots faced for Minnesota…D Rasmus Andersson (1-2=3) and C Elias Lindholm (0-3=3) led Vancouver with three points each…C Blake Coleman (1-1=2), C Adam Ruzicka (0-2=2) and RW Tyler Toffoli (2-0=2) all added multi-point performances…G Dan Vlader stopped 25-of-28 shots faced for the Canucks.

WILD LEADERS: D Jared Spurgeon leads the Wild with 13 points (5-8=13) in 37 games against Calgary…D Alex Goligoski owns 10 assists in 39 contests…LW Marcus Foligno has nine points (7-2=9) in 20 matches.

WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 14-6-1 with a 2.13 GAA, a .930 SV% and five shutouts in 22 career starts vs. Calgary…G Filip Gustavsson is 2-0-0 with a 1.61 GAA and a .949 SV% in three games (two starts).

FLAMES LEADERS: Toffoli leads the Flames with 18 points (9-9=18) in 25 games played against Minnesota …C Mikael Backlund leads the Flames with 17 points (6-11=17) in 37 matches…C Nazem Kadri owns 16 points (8-8=15) in 29 games…Lindholm owns 16 points (5- 11=16) in 18 games.

FLAMES GOALIES: G Jacob Markstrom is 5-2-2 with a 2.55 GAA and a .912 SV% in 10 games (nine starts) vs. the Wild…G Dan Vladar is 1-0-0 with a 3.01 GAA and .893 SV% in one start.

FAST FACTS: Minnesota is 15-11-4 in its last 30 games against Calgary…The Wild owns points in 26 of its last 36 games in Saint Paul (19-10-7) and is 13-9-2 in its last 24 games at the Saddledome after starting 3-18-4

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/3/23 Acquired a second-round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft and a fifth-round selection in the 2024 NHL Draft from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for LW Jordan Greenway. Buffalo previously acquired the 2023 second-round selection from the Vegas Golden Knights
3/3/23 Acquired C Oskar Sundqvist from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft
3/3/23 Acquired D John Klingberg from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for D Andrej Sustr, the rights to F Nikita Nesterenko and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. Anaheim retained 50% of Klingberg’s salary
3/3/23 Reassigned D Dakota Mermis to Iowa

ON THE POWER PLAY
• The Wild has converted 28.6 percent (28 of 98) of power-play opportunities at home this season, fourth-best in the NHL.

• Since Jan. 19, Minnesota ranks tied for second in the NHL with 13 power-play goals. Minnesota is 13-for-56 (23.2%) with the man advantage during that span, eighth-best in the NHL, and has scored a power-play goal in 12 of 19 contests.

PENALTY KILLERS
• Had a streak of 27 consecutive successful penalty kills across 14 total games snapped by allowing a PPG to Vancouver (3/2). Did not allow a power-play goal in 12 consecutive games from 2/8 – 2/28, the longest streak in the NHL this season, tied for the longest streak in franchise history and tied for the 13th-longest streak in the NHL’s Expansion Era (since 1967-68 season)

• For the season, the Wild is ninth in the NHL with a 82.0 penalty-kill percentage (160 for 195).

• Since Nov. 8, Minnesota is fifth in the NHL with a 83.9 penalty-kill percentage (135 for 161).

• Minnesota is seventh in the NHL with a 82.2 penalty-kill percentage (83 of 101) on the road this season.

CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:

FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
March 2, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [1] vs. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS [2]
The Calgary Flames welcomed the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Scotiabank Saddledome amid a three-game homestand on Thursday night. Blake Coleman opened the scoring for the Flames just 2:32 into the game with his second shorthanded goal of the season and the Flames were up 1-0 through 20. In the second, both teams fired 14 shots on goal but it was Mitch Marner who scored the only goal to tie the game at ones. Calle Jarnkrok would give Toronto the lead 2:20 into the third, and the Leafs held on to win 2-1.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Coleman (14)
GOALIE: Markstrom (32/34, .941 Sv%)
PP: 0/2 (0%)
PK: 2/2 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 1-2-2
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
March 2, 2023 TOR [2] vs. CGY [2] Jarnkrok Markstrom Woll
February 28, 2023 BOS [4] at CGY 3 McAvoy Vladar/Markstrom Ullmark
February 25, 2023 CGY [1] at COL [4] Newhook Markstrom Georgiev
February 23, 2023 CGY [3] at VGK 4 Pietrangelo Vladar Brossoit
February 22, 2023 CGY [6] at ARI [3] Pelletier Vladar Vejmelka
*shootout winning goal

FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
March 4, 2023 8:00pm vs. Minnesota Wild Scotiabank Saddledome
March 6, 2023 6:30pm at Dallas Stars American Airlines Center
March 7, 2023 6:00pm at Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center
March 10, 2023 7:00pm vs. Anaheim Ducks Scotiabank Saddledome
March 12, 2023 7:00pm vs. Ottawa Senators Scotiabank Saddledome

TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the second of three matchups this season between the Flames and Wild. The Flames won 5-3 in the clubs first meeting in December. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 7-7-2 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 16-10-5 against Western Conference opponents.

LAST MEETING WITH THE WILD:
The Calgary Flames welcomed the Minnesota Wild to the Scotiabank Saddledome back on December 7th. The Flames fell behind early with Kirill Kaprizov and Mason Shaw both scoring before the three-minute mark to make it 2-0 Wild through 20. However, in the second period it would be the Flames who would come out of the gate flying, first with Nazem Kadri scoring just 16 seconds into the frame on the powerplay followed by Blake Coleman netting his fifth and Tyler Toffoli deflecting home his ninth and with just 3:11 gone in the second, the Flames had flipped the script and taken their first lead of the night, 3-2. Calgary would maintain that lead until 15:45 of the third when Jon Merrill’s point shot took a deflection to tie the game. Off the ensuing draw the Flames would gain possession and 12 seconds later Rasmus Andersson’s backhand would beat Marc-Andre Fleury to help the Flames regain the lead 4-3. Toffoli would add an empty netter for his second of the night, and the Flames closed out a five-game homestand with a 5-3 win over the Wild.

CALGARY FLAMES vs. MINNESOTA WILD
CGY vs. MIN ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
54-29-4-12 30-11-3-5 24-18-1-7 7-2-1 W1

GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Minnesota Wild
8:00pm MT
Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: CBC, Sportsnet, City
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960

2022-23 Season Series: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road 0-0-0)
Dec. 7, 2022 – MIN [3] at CGY [5]
Mar. 4, 2023 – MIN at CGY
Mar. 7, 2023 – CGY at MIN

2021-22 Season Record vs. MIN: 2-0-1 (Home: 1-0-0, Road: 1-0-1)
Last Home Win vs. MIN: December 7, 2022 – Minnesota [3] vs. Calgary [5]
Last Road Win @ MIN: March 1, 2022 – Calgary [5] at Minnesota [1]
Last Home Loss vs. MIN: March 2, 2019 – Minnesota [4] vs. Calgary [2]
Last Road Loss @ MIN: April 28, 2022 – Calgary [2] at Minnesota 3

2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb. 5 – recalled Jakob Pelletier (F) and Dennis Gilbert (D) from Calgary (AHL)
Feb. 6 – activated Chris Tanev (D) from IR
Feb. 21 – recalled Walker Duehr (F) from Calgary (AHL); placed Michael Stone (D) on IR
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 – 47)
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 (4 games: Feb. 22 – Mar. 2)

MLS Preview: New York City FC (0-1-0) at Chicago Fire (0-0-0)

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MLS Preview: New York City FC (0-1-0) at Chicago Fire (0-0-0)

Since the start of the 2018 season, New York City FC has only lost one of its last ten matches against the Fire (W7 D2) NYCFC has come out on top in each of the last three encounters, keeping a clean sheet in each of them. D. C. United was the only team to defeat the Fire in four regular-season matches in 2002-03.

The Fire are winless in a MLS-record 13 straight season opening matches (D5 8L) tracing all the way back to 2010 with the last time they took three focuses in their most memorable match coming in 2009, a 3-1 win over FC Dallas. The first two games of Chicago’s season have drawn.

For the fourth year in a row, New York City FC lost its season opener against Nashville on Saturday by a score of 2-0. In the club’s history, NYCFC has only once lost two matches in a row to begin a season, in 2020 (lost the first four).

Zherdan Shaqiri led the Fire last season with 18 goals (11 goals, 7 assists), more than Nemanja Nikolic (28) and David Accam (22) did in the Fire’s last postseason appearance in 2017.

Before its opening 2-0 defeat at Nashville this season, New York City FC failed to score in only four of their 33 MLS games, including playoffs. NYCFC last went scoreless in back to back matches in the initial two matches of last season, at the Los Angeles Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

MLS Preview: CF Montreal Impact (0-1-0) at Austin FC (0-1-0)

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MLS Preview: CF Montreal Impact (0-1-0) at Austin FC (0-1-0)

After Austin FC defeated CF Montreal Impact 1-0 on the road in June, this will be their second meeting. Montreal kept a success in Houston last August in the wake of neglecting to win any of its initial 14 visits to Texas (D2 L12, including end of the season games).

At Q2 Stadium, Austin FC suffered a 3-2 thriller defeat to St. Louis City SC, an expansion team. Recent Austin home games have typically featured goals, with 59 goals scored over the last 14 games, including playoffs, for an average of 4.2 goals per game. In those games, Austin has a record of W5 D6 L3.

With a 2-0 defeat at Miami on Saturday, CF Montreal ended its joint-regular season record seven-match road winning streak. Last season, Montreal suffered its first three defeats but recovered to score 65 points, a club record.

Against St. Louis City on Saturday, Austin FC’s Sebastian Druissi scored their first goal of the season. Druissi has now scored 13 goals in five straight games and in 10 of his last 11 home MLS games (including playoffs).

Even though CF Montreal attempted all 14 of its inside-the-box shots against Miami on Saturday, the team failed to score. Since 2010, this was only the third time in MLS history that a team had taken 14 or more shots, all of which came from within the area. The other two teams that did so, Seattle in 2020 and Toronto in 2019, scored a total of ten goals.

NHL Preview: Nashville Predators (30-23-6) at Chicago Blackhawks (21-35-5)

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NHL Preview: Nashville Predators (30-23-6) at Chicago Blackhawks (21-35-5)

NASHVILLE PREDATORS NOTES:

ALL-TIME vs. CHICAGO
OVERALL (130 GP) 64-50-(4)-12
HOME (64 GP) 36-22-(3)-3
ROAD (66 GP) 28-28-(1)-9
LAST MEETING Dec. 21, 2022 at CHI (W, 4-2)
PLAYOFFS (1-2) Last: 2017 WCQ (W, 4-0)

− The Predators are 64-50-(4)-12 all-time against the Blackhawks, including a 28-28-(1)-9 record on the road.

− This is the second of three matchups between Nashville and Chicago in 2022-23; it is the second and final at United Center.

− Nashville is 1-0-0 against Chicago this season, securing a 4-2 win on the road on Dec. 21 in a game that saw Roman Josi pass David Legwand for the most points in franchise history.

− The Predators are 4-0-1 in their last five games against the Blackhawks; they are 8-0-2 in their last 10; and 3-0-2 in their last five on the road.

− The Predators have earned at least a point in 22 of their last 25 games against the Blackhawks (18-3-4), holding Chicago to two-or-fewer goals 21 times in that span.

− Nashville is currently on a 15-game point streak against Chicago (12-0-3), its longest active point streak against a single opponent.

− The Predators went 7-0-1 vs. the Blackhawks in 2020-21, their most wins against Chicago in a single season in team history. Nashville outscored Chicago 25-14, allowing two-or-fewer goals in seven of those contests. The team’s seven wins against Chicago in 2020-21 were its most vs. a single opponent in a season since 2007-08 (seven vs. Columbus); it also was the fifth time in Preds history they won at least seven games against an opponent in a single season.

− On Jan. 9, 2020, the Preds defeated Chicago, 5-2, at the United Center in a game that featured Pekka Rinne’s first career goal and John Hynes’ first win as Nashville head coach.

− This will be the 131st time the Predators and Blackhawks clash in the regular season, Nashville’s most games played against a single opponent.

NOTABLES vs. CHICAGO
− Juuse Saros is 9-2-2 with a 2.13 goals-against average, .932 save percentage and one shutout in 14 career appearances vs. the Blackhawks.

− Kevin Lankinen played the first 69 games of his NHL career with Chicago from 2020-22. He went 25-29-11 and posted a 3.23 goals-against average and .901 save percentage for the Blackhawks.

− Dante Fabbro scored his first career NHL goal on April 6, 2019 vs. Chicago (Cam Ward).

− Predators prospect Ryan Ufko won the USHL’s Clark Cup with the Chicago Steel in 2020-21.

− Predators prospect Spencer Stastney is a product of the Chicago Mission youth hockey program.

− Blackhawks defenseman Seth Jones was drafted fourth overall by the Predators in 2013; he skated in 199 games for Nashville from 2013-16, tallying 63 points (15g-48a).

− Chicago forward Colin Blackwell made his NHL debut with Nashville in 2018-19 and skated in 33 total games with the Predators, recording 10 points (3g-7a).

− Blackhawks defenseman Jarred Tinordi played in 35 games with the Predators from 2019-21

LAST TIME OUT
− Nashville Predators 2, Florida Panthers 1 – March 2 (FLA Live Arena)

− NSH goals: Duchene – PP (19), Leonard – GWG (1)

− FLA goals: Montour (11)

− Goaltenders: NSH – Lankinen (W, 30/31); FLA – Bobrovsky (L, 21/23)

− Power plays: NSH 1-1; FLA 0-0

− Notes: Nashville improved to 14-12-3 on the road in 2022-23… The Predators closed out their two-game, regular-season series against the Panthers with a 2-0-0 record… Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves, including 15 in the second period, to pick up his seventh win of the season… Tyson Barrie skated 21:58 in his Predators debut… John Leonard, also making his Predators debut, scored his first career game-winning goal… Luke Evangelista recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Matt Duchene’s power-play goal… Duchene moved into a tie with Filip Forsberg for the most goals on the team (19)… Roman Josi tallied two assists.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS GAME NOTES
March 4, 2023 at Chicago Blackhawks

INJURY REPORT
Player Designation Dates Missed Games Missed
Mark Borowiecki Upper body – IR Oct. 27-March 2 52
Filip Forsberg Upper body – day-to-day Feb. 13-March 2 9
Ryan Johansen Right leg surgery Feb. 23-March 2 4
Juuso Parssinen Upper body – day-to-day Feb. 26-March 2 3
Total man-games lost: 131
Individual man-games lost: Borowiecki – 53; McCarron – 20; Carrier – 14; Forsberg – 9; McDonagh – 7; Smith – 6; Trenin – 5;
Johansen – 4; Glass – 3; Lauzon – 3; Parssinen – 3; Jankowski – 2; Duchene – 1; Lankinen – 1

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
− March 3: Acquired forward Rasmus Asplund from Buffalo for a seventh-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. Signed defenseman Dante Fabbro to a one-year, $2.5 million contract for 2023-24. Signed goaltender Kevin Lankinen to a oneyear, $2 million contract for 2023-24.

− March 2: Recalled forward John Leonard from Milwaukee (AHL).

− March 1: Acquired a second-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft from Pittsburgh for forward Mikael Granlund

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst) and Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Joe Brand (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst) 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Monday, March 6 vs. OTT, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Wednesday, March 8 at DET, 6:30 p.m. CT (TNT, WGN Radio)
Friday, March 10 at FLA, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, March 11 at TBL, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Tuesday, March 14 vs. BOS, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 3 – Recalled Anders Bjork from Rockford … Activated Nikita Zaitsev from non-roster … Assigned David Gust, Brett Seney and Isaak Phillips to Rockford … Feb. 27 – Activated Jarred Tinordi from IR … Feb. 26 – Activated Alex Stalock off IR and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Feb. 25 – Placed Reese Johnson on IR retroactive to Feb. 20 … Activated Jujhar Khaira from IR … Feb. 23 – Signed David Gust to a two-year, two-way contract and recalled him from Rockford … Feb. 21 – Placed MacKenzie Entwistle on IR … Feb. 15 – Recalled Cole Guttman, Isaak Phillips and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed Alex Stalock, Jarred Tinordi and Jonathan Toews on IR … Feb. 7 – Activated Tyler Johnson and Jarred Tinordi off IR … Feb. 5 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford … Jan. 29 – Assigned Luke Philp, Filip Roos and Jaxson Stauber to Rockford.

LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (2) vs. Dallas (5) – Thu., March 2 – United Center
CHI Goals: Guttman (3), Jones (7)
DAL Goals: Hintz (27; PP), Hintz (28; PP), Benn (25), Lindell (7), Hintz (29; EN)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (31/34, 58:15) DAL – Murray (19/21, 60:00)
CHI PP: 0/2; PK: 2/4
DAL PP: 2/4; PK: 2/2
Recap: The Blackhawks dropped a 5-2 decision to the Dallas Stars on Thursday … Cole Guttman scored his third goal of the season and the first of the night for the Blackhawks … Seth Jones also scored his seventh of the season … Jarred Tinordi tallied an assist, his first point since missing six games with injury … Tyler Johnson also posted a helper … Petr Mrazek made 31 saves.

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – NASHVILLE PREDATORS
The Blackhawks play the Predators tonight in the second of three matchups against the club this season … Chicago is 2-4-1 in their last seven games against Nashville … Chicago fell to Nashville 4-2 on Dec. 21 Connor Murphy registered a multi-point effort (1G, 1A), his first of the season … MacKenzie Entwistle scored the other goal for the Blackhawks … Andreas Athanasiou has points in four of his last six contests against the team (4G, 1A) … Seth Jones was drafted by Nashville in the first round (4th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft … Colin Blackwell played in 33 games with the Predators between 2018-20, registering 10 points (3G, 7A).

2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Dec. 21 (2-4), March 4 | AWAY: March 16
All-Time Record: 252-243-101 | Home: 134-119-46 | Road: 118-124-55
Last Home Win: Nov. 7, 2021 (2-1) | Last Road Win: Dec. 3, 2022 (5-2) | Last Home Loss: Dec. 21, 2022
(2-4) | Last Road Loss: Nov. 16, 2019 (7-2)
  
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. NSH ALL-TIME
GOALS: Tyler Johnson, 6; Andreas Athanasiou, 4; 4 players with 1 goal
ASSISTS: Seth Jones, 9; Jason Dickinson, 6; Tyler Johnson, 4
POINTS: Tyler Johnson, 10; Seth Jones, 9; Jason Dickinson, 7

BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 12-14-1
Two-Days Rest: 4-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-2
First Game of a B2B: 2-6-1
Second Game of a B2B: 1-9-1

BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-2-0
Tuesday: 3-8-1
Wednesday: 1-6-0
Thursday: 4-5-1
Friday: 5-2-1
Saturday: 5-6-1
Sunday: 3-6-1

MLS Preview: FC Cincinnati (1-0-0) at Orlando City SC (1-0-0)

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MLS Preview: FC Cincinnati (1-0-0) at Orlando City SC (1-0-0)

After losing all five of their previous matches (D2, L3), FC Cincinnati defeated Orlando City in 2022 with victories over both teams. From 2019 to 2021, Cincinnati’s only three-match winning streak against a single opponent in MLS history was against CF Montreal.

With their 1-0 victory over the Red Bulls on Saturday, Orlando City maintained their unbeaten record in season openers, even though it was only the Lions’ third consecutive victory (D6). Orlando’s only previous start to a season with consecutive victories was in 2017.

The longest streak in FC Cincinnati’s history occurred in 2022, when it went unbeaten (W2 D4) in its final six road games of the regular season. In fact, Cincinnati lost only two of its final 14 regular season road games last year (W5 L7), tied with CF Montreal for the fewest losses in Major League Soccer since that stretch began in mid-April.

From the penalty spot, Orlando’s only goal in Saturday’s 1-0 win over the Red Bulls came from Facundo Torres. This was his fifth regular-season game with a goal since last year. Sacha Kljestan and Yoshimar Yotun’s streak of six games in 2018 was the longest in club history.

D. C. United’s Luciano Acosta scored his only MLS hat trick in 2018 against Orlando City. Since joining FC Cincinnati in 2021, Acosta has assisted on three of the team’s four goals against Orlando, including setting up Brenner for the game’s only goal in June 2022.

NHL Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs (38-16-8) at Vancouver Canucks (24-32-5)

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NHL Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs (38-16-8) at Vancouver Canucks (24-32-5)

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS NOTES:

LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 2 at Calgary 1
Date: Thursday, March 2, 2023
TOR Goals: Marner, Järnkrok
CGY Goals: Coleman (SH)
TOR Goaltender: Woll, 25/26, .962 SV%
CGY Goaltender: Markstrom, 32/34, .941 SV%
TOR Power Play: 0-for-2
TOR Penalty Kill: 2-for-2

Player Notes:

  • Mitch Marner scored for Toronto at 7:36 of the second period. Marner has scored in back-toback games and extended his point streak to three games where he has posted six points (2G, 4A).
  • Calle Järnkrok scored the game-winning goal for Toronto at 2:20 of the third period. Järnkrok recorded his second game-winning goal of the season and 16th of his NHL career.
  • Auston Matthews posted the primary assist on Marner’s goal. Matthews is currently on a threegame point streak where he has posted four points (2G, 2A).
  • David Kämpf (1G, 1A) and Morgan Rielly (2A) each posted an assist in Thursday’s win and have recorded a point in back-to-back games.
  • Luke Schenn skated in his season debut with the Maple Leafs. The defenceman was originally drafted by Toronto in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft and was with the team for four season (2008-2012).
  • Erik Gustafsson skated in his debut with the Maple Leafs.

TONIGHT’S GAME
2022-23 Matchups vs. Vancouver: Second of Two
2021-22 Record vs. Vancouver: 0-2-0
Toronto Season Record: 38-16-8
Toronto Road Record: 15-10-4

TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
The Maple Leafs are set to face-off against the Vancouver Canucks tonight in the second of two matchups between the clubs this season. Toronto on their first meeting of the 2022-23 campaign against the Canucks 3-2 on November 12th at Scotiabank Arena. Toronto has posted a 3-2-0 record through their last five games against Vancouver. The Maple Leafs are skating in their fourth matchup of a five-game road trip. The club will conclude their road trip with a meeting against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, March 7th.

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

NEXT GAME
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Opponent: at New Jersey Devils
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Broadcast Information: TSN4 (TV), Sportsnet 590 (Radio)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
February 28, 2023 The Maple Leafs acquired defenceman Luke Schenn from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a third round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft.
February 28, 2023 The Maple Leafs acquired a third round selection in the 2024 NHL Draft from the New York Islanders in exchange for forward Pierre Engvall.
February 28, 2023 The Maple Leafs acquired defenceman Erik Gustafsson and Boston’s first round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft from the Washington Capitals in exchange for defenceman Rasmus Sandin.

INJURY REPORT
Carl Dahlström Shoulder (LTIR)
Victor Mete Lower Body (LTIR)
Matt Murray Ankle (LTIR)
Jake Muzzin Neck (LTIR)
Nick Robertson Shoulder (LTIR)

ALL-TIME VS. VANCOUVER CANUCKS:
First Matchup between Clubs: October 11, 1970 (Toronto 3 at Vancouver 5)
All-Time Record: 67-67-22-4 (160 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 41-26-11-1 (79 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 26-41-11-3 (81 Games)
Last Road Win vs. Opponent: December 10, 2019 (Toronto 4 at Vancouver 1)

ACTIVE LEADERS VS. VANCOUVER CANUCKS:
Games Played: Mark Giordano (76), TJ Brodie (47), Ryan O’Reilly (42)
Goals: Auston Matthews (18), Mark Giordano (16), John Tavares (14)
Assists: Mark Giordano (27), John Tavares (19), Mitch Marner (17), Ryan O’Reilly (17)
Points: Mark Giordano (43), John Tavares (33), Auston Matthews (22)
Penalty Minutes: Mark Giordano (67), Luke Schenn (25), TJ Brodie (14)

2022-23 AVERAGES
Points% GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .677 3.40 2.63 25.1 81.5 32.2 28.9 53.3
Vancouver .434 3.31 3.93 22.9 67.6 30.5 31.3 49.3

THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2022-23
Power Play: 25.1%
Power Play Goal Leader: 11 – Tavares
Power Play Point Leader: 29 – Marner (7G, 22A)
2021-22 Power Play: 63/231 (27.3%)

ON THE PK IN 2022-23
Penalty Kill: 81.5%
Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Marner
Shorthanded Point Leader: 3 – Järnkrok (1G, 2A), Marner (2G, 1A)
2021-22 Penalty Kill: 192/234 (82.1%)

FAST FACTS
Saturday games 17th of 22 (10 home, 12 road)
Back-to-Backs played 10 of 14
Record in first game of back-to-back 6-4-0
Record in second game of back-to-back 6-3-1
March games 3rd of 14 (5 home, 9 road)

VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:

TV: Sportsnet
Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and the Maple Leafs this season: Nov. 12 (3-2 L @ TOR) and Mar. 4 (home).
• Vancouver is 71-64-22-3 all-time against Toronto, including a 44-24-11-2 record on home ice.
• The Canucks are 6-4-0 in their last 10 games against the Maple Leafs (2-3-0 in their last five).
• J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in career points against Toronto with 26 (12-14-26 in 31 GP).
• Brock Boeser has 16 points (5-11-16) in 17 career games against the Leafs.
• Quinn Hughes has 10 points (1-9-10) in 13 career games against the Leafs.
• Vasily Podkolzin has two points (0-2-2) in three career games against the Leafs.
• Tyler Myers leads all active Canucks skaters in career games played (47) against Toronto.
• Thatcher Demko is 4-3-0 in seven career games against Toronto with a 3.32 GAA and a .911 save percentage.
• Collin Delia has made one career appearance against Toronto with an .897 save percentage.

QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 24 points (10-14-24) in his last 17 games.
• J.T. Miller has 12 points (2-10-12) in his last 12 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 12 points (1-11-12) in his last 11 games.
• Brock Boeser has nine points (3-6-9) in his last 11 games.
• Conor Garland has seven points (2-5-7) in his last eight games.
• Anthony Beauvillier has 10 points (6-4-10) in his last 10 games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 10 points (6-4-10) in his last eight games.

LAST MEETING – NOV. 12/22: VAN 2 at TOR 3
Bo Horvat deflected home the game’s first goal with his team-leading 13th goal of the season just 3:41 into the first period…Luke Schenn and Vasily Podkolzin drew the assists on the play…J.T. Miller added to Vancouver’s lead with a power play market at 12:11 in the first period…Quinn Hughes (9 games) and Brock Boeser (3 games) both extended their assist streaks on the goal…Boeser led the team in shots (5)…Luke Schenn set an NHL-high for hits (12) so far this season, matching his personal career-high and Canucks franchise-high…Spencer Martin faced 35 shots.

2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN TOR
Goals For/Game 3.31 (10th) 3.40 (7th)
Goals Against/Game 3.93 (31st) 2.63 (4th)
Power Play % 22.9 (t-9th) 25.1 (t-3rd)
Penalty Kill % 67.6 (32nd) 81.5 (12th)
Penalty Min./Game 9:12 (21st) 8:06 (6th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 3:00pm PT on March 3, 2023

LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 2/23: VAN 1 vs MIN 2
Brock Boeser evened the score at 14:03 in the first period with his 12th of the season…Vitali Kravtsov recorded his first point since being acquired by the Canucks with the first assist…Conor Garland was credited with the second assist…Thatcher Demko stopped 34 shots on the night…Sheldon Dries led the team in shots (4)…Dakota Joshua, Noah Juulsen, and Kyle Burroughs co-led the team in hits (6).

LAST 5 vs TORONTO
• Nov. 12/22: VAN 2 at TOR 3
• Mar. 5/22: VAN 6 vs TOR 4
• Feb. 12/21: VAN 3 at TOR 2
• May 1/21 VAN 1 vs TOR 5
• Apr. 29/21: VAN 1 vs TOR 4

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Wyatt Kalynuk traded to New York Rangers in exchange for future considerations, Mar. 3
• Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen, Vasily Podkolzin, and Phillip Di Giuseppe assigned to Abbotsford (AHL), Mar. 3
• Aatu Räty, Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen, and Vasily Podkolzin assigned to Abbotsford (AHL), Mar. 3
• Curtis Lazar traded to New Jersey in exchange for a 2024 fourth-round pick, Mar. 3
• Curtis Lazar activated from injured reserve, Mar. 2
• Filip Hronek and a 2023 fourth-round draft pick acquired from Detroit Red Wings in exchange for conditional 2023 first-round draft pick and 2023 second-round draft pick, Mar. 1

NHL Preview: Edmonton Oilers(34-21-8) at Winnipeg Jets (35-25-2)

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NHL Preview: Edmonton Oilers(34-21-8) at Winnipeg Jets (35-25-2)

EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:

ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. WINNIPEG GP RECORD HOME (18) AWAY (18) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. WINNIPEG 36 19-11-0-6 9-8-0-1 10-3-0-5 113 103
OILERS vs. WINNIPEG – 2022-23 2 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 7 5

QUICK FACTS
Saturday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third and final game against the Winnipeg this season and the lone game in Winnipeg. This game marks the second in a home and home, back-to-back matchup.

These teams met last night in Edmonton, with the Oilers winning 6-3. Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 50 career points against Winnipeg and Mattias Ekholm has played a team high 36 career games against Winnipeg.

NEED FOR SPEED
With two goals in 40 seconds in the second period on Mar. 3 vs. WPG, Kailer Yamamoto recorded the fastest two goals by an Oilers since Taylor Hall scored twice in 8 seconds on Oct. 17, 2013.

POWER PLAY PROWESS
The Oilers have the top three power play point getters in the NHL, with McDavid (57), Draisaitl (x) and Nugent-Hopkins (x) ranking first, second and third respectively. Connor McDavid collected his 57th power play point of the season on Mar. 3 vs. WPG, tying him with Wayne Gretzky (1981-82) for the Oilers single season record. Leon Draisaitl scored his 24th power play goal of the season on Mar. 3 vs. WPG to equal his own franchise record for most PPG’s in one season, a mark he set in 2021-22. Only two active players have scored more than 24 PPG’s in a single season – Chris Kreider (26 in ’21-22 w/NYR) and Alex Ovechkin (25 in ’14-15 w/WSH).

GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank 1st in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 99. They also rank 2nd in the NHL in first period goals with 66 goals.

LAST 10 GAMES vs. WINNIPEG
Record: 4-3-3
GF: 26 GA: 28
2022-23 3/3/23 @ EDM 6-3 W
2022-23 12/31/22 @ EDM 2-1 L
2021-22 2/19/22 @ WPG 4-2 W
2021-22 11/18/21 @ EDM 2-1 W (SO)
2021-22 11/16/21 @ WPG 5-2 L
*2020-21 5/24/21 @ WPG 4-3 L (3OT)
*2020-21 5/23/21 @ WPG 5-4 L (OT)
*2020-21 5/21/21 @ EDM 1-0 L (OT)
*2020-21 5/19/21 @ EDM 4-1 L
2020-21 4/28/21 @ WPG 3-1 W
*Notes it was a playoff game

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 27 F Devin Shore loaned to Bakersfield
Feb. 28 F Devin Shore recalled from Bakersfield
F Jesse Puljujarvi was traded to Carolina
D Mattias Ekholm was acquired from Nashville, in exchange for Tyson Barrie

OILERS IN MARCH
Overall – 584 GP, 285-220-39-40 – 649 PTS
2022-23 – 2 GP, 2-0-0 – 4 PTS
2021-22 – 15 GP, 9-4-2 – 18 PTS

WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:

Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets return to Canada Life Centre on Saturday to host the Edmonton Oilers in the back half of their weekend home-and-home set… The Jets lost 6-3 to the Oilers in the first game on Friday in Edmonton… After this weekend’s games, the Jets host the San Jose Sharks on Monday and Minnesota Wild on Wednesday as part of a three-game homestand.

Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat EDM
62 GP 63
35 W 34
25 L 21
1 OT 8
71 PTS 76
190 GF 243
171 GA 209
21.4% PP 31.4%
84.2% PK 75.3%

Next Five Games
Date Opp TV Radio
Mar. 4 EDM SN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 6 SJS SN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 8 MIN SN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 11 At FLA SN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 12 At TBL TSN CJOB/Power 97

Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Feb. 22 At NYI 2-1 L 1L
Feb. 24 COL 5-1 L 2L
Feb. 26 NYI 4-0 L 3L
Feb. 28 LAK 6-5 SOL 4L
Mar. 3 At EDM 6-3 L 5L

Broadcast Information
TV: Sportsnet
Play-By-Play: Harnarayan Singh
Analyst: Louie DeBrusk
Rinkside: Sean Reynolds
Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97
Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds
Analyst: Jamie Thomas
Host: Kelly Moore

Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, March 4
Jets vs. Edmonton Oilers 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 5
Day Off – No Media Availability
Monday, March 6
Morning Skate 10:30 a.m.
Jets vs. San Jose Sharks 7:00 p.m.
All Times Local

Last Game
Edmonton Oilers 6
Winnipeg Jets 3
Jets Scorers: Jonsson-Fjällby (5), Scheifele (35), Dillon (2)
Oilers Scorers: Draisaitl (37, 38), Nugent-Hopkins (29, 30), Yamamoto (7, 8)
Jets Goaltenders: Connor Hellebuyck (20 sv, 4 ga), David Rittich (7 sv, 2 ga)
Oilers Goaltender: Stuart Skinner (24 sv, 3 ga)
Jets PP: 1-for-3
Jets PK: 7-for-9
Recap: The Jets scored three times in the third period, but lost 6-3 to the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. Axel Jonsson-Fjällby had a goal and an assist to lead the Jets, while Saku Mäenalanen tallied two assists. Mark Scheifele scored his team leading 35th goal of the season, while Brenden Dillon scored his second.

Winless
The Jets are winless in their past five games, which is the longest winless streak of the season… Winnipeg had two winless streaks of five games or longer last season… The Jets have allowed six goals against in consecutive games for the ninth time in franchise history,

Back-2-Back
The Jets are playing their 10th of 13 back-to-back sets on their schedule this season, having gone 12-7-0 so far… Winnipeg’s .632 points percentage in back-to-back games this season is 10th in the NHL.. The Jets were 7-4-2 in the first game of a back-to-back last season and 5-5-2 in the second game for an overall record of 11-9-4.

Home Comforts
The Jets are 20-11-0 at Canada Life Centre this season, which is sixth in the NHL and second in the Western Conference… Winnipeg is winless in three consecutive home games for the first time this season… Kyle Connor (15G, 23A) leads the team with 38 points in 31 home games… Mark Scheifele’s 18 goals at home leads the team and has him six goals behind his career high 24 goals he had at home during the 2018-19 season… Connor Hellebuyck has been stellar on home ice this season, going 16-9-0 with a 2.25 goals-against average, .927 save percentage and three shutouts… Winnipeg is 249-160-36 all-time at Canada Life Centre and have posted a .500 record or better at home in six consecutive seasons.

PK Prowess
Winnipeg is second in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 84.2% of the time… Winnipeg is 24-for-27 (88.9%) on the penalty kill in their past seven games… Winnipeg had to kill of a season high nine power plays on Friday in Edmonton… It was the first time since Oct. 11/18 at NSH that Winnipeg’s opponent had nine power plays in a game… The last time the Jets had a penalty kill better than 82% was in 2013-14 when they finished the season at 83.2%… The franchise record for penalty kill percentage in a season is 85.2%, which occurred in Atlanta during the 2003-04 season.

Productive Thirds
The Jets’ three goals in the third period on Friday gives them 67 third period goals, which is their most productive period this season…Winnipeg holds a plus-nine goal differential in the third period, which is eighth in the NHL.

Jets vs. EDM Records
Overall Record
GP W L OT
48 21 24 3

Home Record
GP W L OT
23 10 12 1

Away Record
GP W L OT
25 11 12 2

Jets vs. EDM Notes
Season Series
This is the third of three games between the Oilers and Jets this season… Winnipeg won the first meeting on Dec. 31 with a 2-1 score, while the Oilers won 6-3 on Friday to even the season series.

Recent History
The Jets are 2-8-1 in their past 11 games against the Oilers, but 2-2-1 in the past five games… Winnipeg has scored on the power play in three consecutive games against the Oilers (3-for-12) and are 16-for-19 (84.2%) on the penalty kill as well.

In Winnipeg
The Jets are 5-5-1 in their past 11 games against the Oilers at Canada Life Centre… The past six games have been decided by two goals or more after the two teams played five consecutive one-goal games in Winnipeg.

Player Notes
Mark Scheifele has 22 points (11G, 11A) in 34 games against the Oilers, including six power play goals… Scheifele had a five-game point streak against the Oilers from Mar. 11/20-Feb. 17/21… Axel Jonsson-Fjällby’s two-point game on Friday gives him four points (2G, 2A) in four games against the Oilers.

Jets vs. EDM Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
03/18/2021 @Edm L 1 2 25 1 0 2 21 1 0 2
03/20/2021 @Edm L 2 4 31 3 1 16 37 3 0 6
04/17/2021 Edm L 0 3 26 3 0 12 25 6 2 6
04/26/2021 Edm L 1 6 37 2 1 2 30 1 0 4
04/28/2021 Edm L 1 3 30 1 0 6 27 3 2 2
11/16/2021 Edm W 5 2 35 4 1 8 34 4 2 8
11/18/2021 @Edm SOL 1 2 47 5 0 11 32 2 0 17
02/19/2022 Edm L 2 4 24 6 1 12 40 5 1 14
12/31/2022 @Edm W 2 1 17 3 1 10 32 5 0 6
03/03/2023 @Edm L 3 6 28 3 1 20 33 9 2 8

NHL Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets (20-36-6) at Ottawa Senators (31-26-4)

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NHL Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets (20-36-6) at Ottawa Senators (31-26-4)

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:

Mar. 4, 2023 Game No. 63 (20-36-6, 46 pts.)
at Ottawa Senators (31-26-4, 66 pts.), Canadian Tire Centre Road Game No. 29 (7-17-4, 18 pts.) The Blue Jackets Press Box website, which includes game notes, stats, releases and video/audio clips as well as the 2022-23 Media Guide can be accessed at bluejackets.com/pressbox. Follow @BlueJacketsPR on Twitter for comprehensive information and updates on the team.

THE LAST GAME: MAR. 3, 2023 – CBJ 2 vs. SEA 4
CBJ Goal Scorers: PP – Laine (18), Boqvist (3)
SEA Goal Scorers: PP – McCann (30), Eberle (14), PP – Wennberg (11), EN – Tanev (12)
Goalies: CBJ – Merzlikins (31/34; 59:08); SEA – Grubauer (21/23; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 1/4; PK: 2/4 | Shots: CBJ: 23 / SEA: 35
3 Stars: 1. Wennberg, SEA; 2. Boqvist, CBJ; 3. McCann, SEA
Noteworthy: CBJ had their 3-game points streak snapped (2-0-1)… CBJ scored the 1st goal of the game 10:18 into the 2nd period, but SEA followed up with 2 goals in the 2nd… CBJ scored 4:53 into the 3rd period to tie the game at 2 but SEA scored final 2 goals to win… Laine notched his 12th multi-point effort of the season (1-1-2), giving him points in 2-straight games (1-2-3)… Boqvist recorded his 3rd multi-point contest of the campaign (1-1-2)… Gaudreau tallied his team-leading 40th assist of the season, becoming the 13th different player in club history to do so in a single season… Gudbranson registered his 11th assist of the campaign, tying his single-season career high in assists (78 GP with CGY in 2021-22).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (56 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (retro to Nov. 10); rest of regular season (49 games)
Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (47 games)
Kuraly (left oblique strain); 6 weeks (1 game)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 422

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Mar. 2 Acquired Hutchinson and a 7th-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft from Vegas in exchange for Quick
Mar. 2 Acquired Gillies from Arizona in exchange for Voracek and a 6th-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and assigned Gillies to Cleveland (AHL)
Mar. 1 Loaned Greaves to Cleveland (AHL)
Mar. 1 Acquired Quick, a conditional 1st-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and a 3rd-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft from Los Angeles in exchange for Gavrikov and Korpisalo
Feb. 28 Acquired a 5th-round pick in 2023 NHL Draft from Minnesota in exchange for Nyquist
Feb. 28 Recalled Greaves from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Sweezey to Cleveland

TODAY’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
7pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 The Fan

AGAINST THE SENATORS
2022-23 Series: 0-1-0 (0-1-0 at OTT)
2021-22 Series: 1-1-1 (1-0-0 at OTT)
All-Time Series: 16-16-2-2 (7-9-1-1 at OTT)
Last 10 (Overall | Road): 6-2-2 | 5-4-1
All-Time GF/GA: 101/102
All-Time SF/SA: 1,133/1,057
All-Time PP: 25-of-135
All-Time PK: 101-of-128

THE LAST GAME VS. OTT: JAN. 3, 2023 – CBJ 0 at OTT 4
CBJ Goal Scorers:
OTT Goal Scorers: PP – Brassard (5), Stutzle (15), PP – Batherson (13), EN/SH – Watson (4)
Goalies: CBJ – Korpisalo (30/33; 59:37); OTT – Forsberg (22/22; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/3; PK: 4/6 | Shots: CBJ: 22 / OTT: 34
3 Stars: 1. Stutzle, OTT; 2. Forsberg, OTT; 3. Giroux, OTT
Noteworthy: CBJ failed to score a goal for the 3rd time this season… OTT’s eventual GWG was scored 2:59 into the 2nd period with the club adding two more 2nd period goals (7:00 and 11:31) and one 3rd period goal (16:41)… CBJ were led by Kuraly in shots (3), Olivier in hits (6), Marchenko and Sillinger in blocked shots (3) and Gudbranson in TOI (22:21).

SEASON SERIES LEFT: Apr. 2 at CBJ
Columbus Blue Jackets: Media Notes

NOTED (Team Highlights vs. OTT)
CBJ have recorded points in 9 of last 11 meetings vs. OTT dating back to 3/17/18 (7-2-2)… CBJ had registered points in 4-straight games at Canadian Tire Centre (3-0-1) prior to a 4-0 shutout loss in the Jan. 3 loss earlier this season… The road team has recorded points in 7 of the last 9 games in the series dating back to 2/22/19 (5-2-2)… 5 of the last 7 meetings have been decided by a single goal (CBJ; 3-2-2) with 3 of them decided in OT… The club has killed off 28-of-32 Ottawa power play chances over the last 14 meetings dating back to 3/4/17 (87.5 pct.)… CBJ and OTT have split the 6 shutouts in the all-time series at 3 each with the Senators recording the most recent one in the earlier game this season by Anton Forsberg in a 4-0 win over CBJ in Ottawa on Jan. 3, 2023 (22 saves)…. OTT has registered both hat tricks and owns all three penalty shot attempts in the series… Most goals scored at OTT: 7 (1/22/17)… Most goals allowed at OTT: 6 (1/22/17).

NOTED (Player Highlights vs. OTT)
Bayreuther notched 1st NHL goal on 11/23/18 vs. OTT… Gavrikov skated in his 200th career NHL game on 4/22/22 vs. OTT… Gudbranson skated in his 100th career NHL game on 4/7/13 vs. OTT… Jenner recorded his 100th NHL career assist on 11/25/19 vs. OTT… Laine skated in his 100th NHL career game on 12/3/17 vs. OTT and notched his 8th career hat trick on 2/8/20 vs. OTT.

PLAYER NOTABLES vs. OTT
• Gaudreau – 6-15-21 in 24 career GP, including 3-7-10 with two multi-point efforts in his last 11 contests vs. the club

• Laine – 4-8-12 in 11 career GP, including points in 7 of his contests and 3-4-7 with 3 multi-point efforts in his past 5

• Merzlikins – 1-1-1 with a 2.05 GAA and .931 SV% in 5 career GP, including a 0.96 GAA and .965 SV% while recording points in his last two games (1-0-1)

• Robinson – 1-2-3 in 8 career GP with all 3 of his points scored in his last 3 road games.

• Roslovic – 3-1-4 in 8 career GP, including goals in 2 of the last 3 games played (3-0-3)

STRONG PLAY OF LATE
The Blue Jackets had their three-game points-streak snapped (2-0-1) and now have collected points in six of their last eight games (4-2-2) following Friday’s 4-2 loss to Seattle. The club is 7-6-4 in the past 17 contests and has registered points in seven of its last 10 games (5-3-2) with wins against four of the top-14 teams in the League in points (Toronto-4th; Dallas-8th; Edmonton-12th; Winnipeg14th). Columbus, which has collected points in four of its last five games of a back-to-back set (2-1-2), concludes its 13th of 17 back-to-back sets of the season at Ottawa (Saturday).

HIT THE ROAD, JACK(ETS)
After playing a schedule heavy in-home games to date, the Blue Jackets will keep their travel bags packed over the next month. The club, which has collected points in a season-high five-straight road games (3-0-2), kicked off a stretch on Sunday of 12-of-15 games away from Nationwide Arena through the end of March. The schedule includes a season-long five-game road trip from March 14-21 with stops in California (San Jose, Los Angeles and Anaheim), Vegas and Washington. The lone home games during that stretch are March 3 (vs. Seattle), March 11 (vs. St. Louis) and March 24 (vs. NY Islanders).

COMEBACK JACKETS
The club picked up its ninth comeback victory of the season (four by multiple goal deficits) with a 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Feb. 16. CBJ have come-from-behind to win in four of their last seven victories after trailing 2-0 and 3-2 in a 5-3 win vs. San Jose (Jan. 21), 2-1 in a 3-2 OT win at Edmonton (Jan. 25), 2-0 in a 4-3 win at Toronto (Feb. 11) and 1-0 in the 3-1 win vs. Winnipeg. The team set a franchise record in 2021-22 by coming back at some point in a game in 23 of its 37 wins (6th in the NHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:

LAST GAME: March 2, 5-3 win at N.Y. Rangers: The Senators scored at least five goals for a fourth consecutive game to extend their winning streak to four games with a 5-3 win at Madison Square Garden. The victory marked the fifth time in the last six seasons in which the two teams played that Ottawa emerged with more wins in the season series. Brassard became the 10th skater to appear in a 1,000th career regular season game with the Senators while pacing Ottawa with two goals in the contest to become the seventh skater in league history to record multiple goals while skating in the milestone game. Giroux added a goal and two assists for a game-high three points to mark his 19th multi-point game of the season, tied for the second most by a player in their first year with Ottawa. Pinto moved into a tie for second in rookie goal scoring with his 16th of the year and Stützle added his third goal of the season against New York. Kreider (shorthanded), Trouba and Tarasenko scored for the Rangers. Talbot made 29 saves to earn the win for Ottawa while Halak turned aside 29 shots in taking the loss for the Rangers. Scratches: Brannstrom, Kelly; Injuries: Forsberg, Norris; Shots: OTT – 0-3, NYR – 0-4; PP: OTT – 34, NYR – 32.

BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Columbus will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet ONE, Citytv and
TVAS as a part of Hockey Night in Canada. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 UniqueFM (French).

WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa begins a five-game road trip at Chicago on Monday evening at 9 p.m. ET. The contest will mark the second of two regular-season meetings and the lone matchup at United Center.

INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg and C Norris are on IR and will not oppose the Blue Jackets this evening. Total man-games lost: 213.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Acquired D Chychrun from Arizona in exchange for three draft picks on March 1; Re-assigned D Larsson to Belleville (AHL) on March 2.

OTTAWA vs. COLUMBUS – History:
2022-23 (1-0-0): Jan. 3 @ Ottawa (4-0 win), March 4 @ Ottawa, April 2 @ Columbus
2021-22 (2-1-0): 1/23/22 @ Columbus (2-1 win), 3/16/22 @ Ottawa (4-1 loss), 4/22/22 @ Columbus (2-1 SO win)
Series record: Overall: 18-12-2-4; Home: 10-5-1-2; Away: 8-7-1-2
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: Jan. 3 (4-0); @ Columbus: 4/22/22 (2-1 SO)
Last Columbus win: @ Ottawa: 3/16/22 (4-1); @ Columbus: 2/24/20 (4-3 OT)
Last OT result: 2/24/20 (4-3 OT loss) @ Columbus
Last shootout: 4/22/22 (2-1 SO win) @ Columbus
Most goals, game: Scored: 7, (10/14/15, 7-3 win); Allowed: 7, (1/22/17, 7-6 OT loss); Both teams: 13, (1/22/17, 7-6 OT loss)
Last Game: Jan. 3, 4-0 win @ Ottawa; OTT Goals: Brassard, Stützle, Batherson, Watson; CBJ Goals: None; OTT Scratches: None; OTT Injuries: Chartier, Joseph, Motte, Norris, Zaitsev; OTT Goalie: Forsberg; CBJ Goalie: Korpisalo; OTT PP: 2-6; CBJ PP: 0-3; Shots: 34-22.

Career vs. Columbus: Giroux leads all players in career games played (35), in goals (11), in assists (24) and in points (35); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (18) against Columbus.

SWEATER WEATHER: The Senators enter their third season of wearing a primary logo which sees the organization return to its roots with the implementation of the modified original “2D” logo. The team has earned a 82-92-15 all-time record (27-25-4 this season) while wearing its current sweater. Ottawa unveiled their Reverse Retro jersey on Oct. 20 and wore the sweater on five occasions in 2022-23 (4-1-0 this season). The Senators hold an all-time record of 116-76-7-25 when wearing an alternate; 27-19-2-5 when wearing a red alternate, 88-56-5-19 when wearing a black alternate and 1-1-0-1 when wearing a cream alternate.

HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 18-12-2 at home this season … Tim Stützle is the Senators leader with 19 goals at home while also maintaining the club lead with 24 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 32 home games, Stützle leads the team with 43 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 10th set of the season on March 11 when the team visits Vancouver ahead of visiting Calgary the following evening … 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 (6-3-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (6-3-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.

ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 58 for 231 (25.1%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 12 powerplay goals while Alex DeBrincat maintains the club lead with 25 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals 15 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.

ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 186 of the 224 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 83.0% through 61 regular-season games … The team has registered six (Watson x3, Joseph x2, Motte) shorthanded markers this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.

NBA Preview: Minnesota Timberwolves (33-32) at Sacramento Kings (37-25)

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NBA Preview: Minnesota Timberwolves (33-32) at Sacramento Kings (37-25)

When the Minnesota Timberwolves and Sacramento Kings meet on Saturday night in the capital of California, they will be put to the test as two teams coming off dramatic and draining victories 24 hours earlier.

On Friday night, Minnesota defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 110-102 on the road thanks to Mike Conley’s crucial late 3-pointer and Rudy Gobert’s 22 points and 14 rebounds double-double.

At the same time, about 400 miles to the north, Domantas Sabonis converted a foul on the offensive boards into two free throws, giving the host Kings a 128-127 victory over the Clippers, the other Los Angeles team.

On a four-game California trip in which they have played or will play only playoff contenders, the Timberwolves recorded their second win in a row. After beginning the journey with a 109-104 defeat to the Golden State Warriors, they swept the Los Angeles teams.

In the meantime, the Kings have won five of their last six games. They are currently in third place in the Western Conference, three games ahead of the Phoenix Suns, who recently acquired Kevin Durant, and four games ahead of the Warriors, who are the defending champions and have also won five games in a row.

During their two previous meetings in Minneapolis, which were scheduled as part of a same-site miniseries, the Timberwolves and Kings were separated by little. On Jan. 28, the hosts prevailed 117-110 in the set opener thanks to 34 points from Anthony Edwards. Two days later, the Kings prevailed 118-111 in overtime thanks to 32 points from De’Aaron Fox.

On March 27, the clubs will meet once more in Sacramento.

Conley and the Timberwolves will be seen by the Kings for the first time this season. The seasoned point guard averaged 17.5 points and 7.5 assists in Sacramento’s two previous meetings with the Utah Jazz.

Gobert, Conley’s former Jazz teammate, has reunited with Conley. In his last five games, Gobert has averaged 18.6 points and 12.8 rebounds.

Gobert, who has shot 39-for-56 (69.6%) in those games, is aware that the meteoric rise in his stats since Conley joined the team is not accidental.

With their victory on Friday, the Kings, who haven’t made the playoffs since 2006, got closer. They moved within one game of the Memphis Grizzlies, who lost 113-97 to the Denver Nuggets, who were in first place, on Friday.

Mike Brown was named Western Coach of the Month for February, giving Sacramento a reward for its continued success this season.

Brown insisted that the accomplishment was the result of a team effort, as he has repeatedly stated about his team throughout the year.

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