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NBA Preview: Phoenix Suns (33-28) at Milwaukee Bucks (42-17)

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NBA Preview: Phoenix Suns (33-28) at Milwaukee Bucks (42-17)

The Phoenix Suns begin a four-game road trip with a Sunday matinee against the host Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA’s hottest team, while still waiting for Kevin Durant to make his debut.

Durant, who was acquired in a trade on February 9 and is a 10-time All-NBA honoree, has not yet played his first game with Phoenix. Durant is expected to return to action and make his debut with the Suns on Wednesday, the second leg of the road swing, according to a report in The Athletic on Thursday.

Durant has been out since January 8 with a sprained MCL. The Brooklyn Nets’ wingman was averaging 29.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game prior to the injury.

Phoenix has won six of its last eight games since Feb. 3 in anticipation of Durant’s first appearance. On Friday, after returning from the All-Star break, the Suns defeated Oklahoma City by a score of 124-115.

Devin Booker scored 25 points, his second-best performance since missing 24 of 25 games and only appearing in 4:20 of those games. Booker made 1,052 3-pointers in Friday’s victory, surpassing Steve Nash for the most in franchise history.

In addition, Phoenix has added depth going into its final 21 games thanks, in part, to the return of reserve guard Cameron Payne. After missing 30 of the previous 32 games, Payne played on Friday and scored 14 points.

On Sunday, the Suns will face a Milwaukee team with six players who score between 10.6 and 31.3 points per game, putting the newly reassembled lineup to the test.

Milwaukee won its 13th game in a row and 15th in its last 16 games on Friday, despite Giannis Antetokounmpo’s knee injury limiting him to just 6:28 of action.

Jrue Holiday had 24 points, seven assists, and no turnovers in the Bucks’ 128-99 victory over Miami. Friday marked Holiday’s 10th appearance in which he scored 20 points or more since Jan. 11. In a victory over Boston, the current champion of the Eastern Conference, on February 14, he scored 40 points.

Bobby Portis, a sixth man who joins Antetokounmpo in averaging a double-double throughout the season, scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Heat’s defeat.

Prior to Sunday’s matchup, Antetokounmpo’s condition is currently day-to-day. However, Milwaukee’s options have been bolstered by Khris Middleton’s return to the rotation. His 12 points on Friday made it seven games in a row since he came off the bench to score double digits.

MLS Preview: Colorado Rapids (0-0-0) at Seattle Sounders FC (0-0-0)

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MLS Preview: Colorado Rapids (0-0-0) at Seattle Sounders FC (0-0-0)

The Sounders have won 15 of their 18 MLS home games against Colorado (D1, L2, playoffs included), including six consecutive victories. The highest win percentage in MLS history among matches played at least ten times is Seattle’s.833 win percentage against Colorado at home.

In 2022, the Sounders failed to make the playoffs for the first time in their history. Last year, Seattle set club records for most losses (17, compared to a previous record of 14 in 2016) and fewest points (41, compared to a previous record of 49 in 2009).

Last season, the Rapids only won one of their 19 road matches in all competitions, a 5-4 victory over the Red Bulls in New York at the beginning of August (D5 L13). Last year, Colorado tied San Jose for the worst road record in MLS with eight points and 42 goals conceded.

Nicolas Lodeiro has scored eight goals in five home games in his 10 career MLS games against the Rapids, including 5 goals and 5 assists in playoff games. In three of his last four games against Colorado at home, Lodeiro has scored multiple goals, including a goal and an assist in the 2017-18 matchup.

Diego Rubio set a Rapids club record with 23 goals last season—more than any other player in club history—with 16 goals and 7 assists. In Rapids history, Rubio’s 16 goals tied Conor Casey’s 2009 total for the most goals scored in a single regular season.

MLS Preview: Real Salt Lake (0-0-0) at Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0-0-0)

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MLS Preview: Real Salt Lake (0-0-0) at Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0-0-0)

The Whitecaps have won 10 of their 13 true home games against Real Salt Lake, including the last two in a row (W1 L1 in neutral site home games). Vancouver has won 10 home games against Real Salt Lake, more than any other team in MLS history.

In its first four MLS seasons (2011-2014), Vancouver won its season opener, but since then, it has only managed two victories (D1 L5). The only time Vancouver has started a season on the road was last year, when they lost 4-0 to the Crew on the first weekend.

Since 2010, Real Salt Lake has not lost a season opener (W6 D7), which matches C Dallas’ current record for the longest such streak in MLS history. Despite playing 12 of the 13 games on the road, Real Salt Lake has survived.

In 2022, Ryan Gauld was responsible for four goals and three assists on seven of Vancouver’s last 11 goals. Since making his MLS debut in August 2021, Gauld has scored 12 goals and provided 15 assists, contributing seven more goals than any other Whitecaps player.

Last year, nine different Real Salt Lake players scored at least one headed goal, ranking them second only to Nashville SC’s 14 goals. With a league-high 27.9% of its 43 goals coming from headers, Real Salt Lake was the team most dependent on headed goals.

NHL Preview: Chicago Blackhawks (20-32-5) at San Jose Sharks (18-30-11)

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NHL Preview: Chicago Blackhawks (20-32-5) at San Jose Sharks (18-30-11)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:

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

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Monday, Feb. 27 at ANA, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Tuesday, Feb. 28 at ARI, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Thursday, March 2 vs. DAL, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, March 4 vs. NSH, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Monday, March 6 vs. OTT, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
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 (4) at DAL (3) – Wed., Feb. 22 – American Airlines Center
CHI Goals: Domi (16; PP), Kane (15), Kane (16), Domi (17)
DAL Goals: Seguin (15), Benn (23), Robertson (35; PP)
Goalies: CHI – Stauber (29/32, 60:00) DAL – Oettinger (18/23, 57:42)
CHI PP: 1/2; PK: 2/3
DAL PP: 1/3; PK: 1/2
Recap: The Blackhawks erased a three-goal deficit by scoring four unanswered goals to win the game in regulation on Wednesday night in Dallas … Patrick Kane scored twice and added an assist, giving him seven goals and 10 points over his last four-straight games … Max Domi also notched three points (2G, 1A), extending his point streak to five games (3G, 8A), tying his season-long stretch … Seth Jones tallied two helpers, his fifth multi-point game of the season … Jaxson Stauber made 29 saves on 32 shots for his fifth win of the season and is now 5-1-0.

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – SAN JOSE SHARKS
The Blackhawks and Sharks face off in the final of three matchups scheduled in 2022-23 on Saturday night … Chicago is 1-1 so far in the season series against the club … Sam Lafferty has four points (3G, 1A) over both games against the Sharks this season, including a three-point night on Oct. 15 (2G, 1A) … Jason Dickinson also registered a three-point night (1G, 2A) on Oct. 15 and has four points (2G, 2A) over his last three games against San Jose … Seth Jones has assists (4A) over his last four games against San Jose … Petr Mrazek has earned wins in four of his last five against San Jose, posting a 2.48 GAA and a .906 SV% over that span.

2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 1 (2-5) AWAY: Oct. 15 (5-2), Feb. 25 
All-Time Record: 46-48-14 Home: 28-21-6 Road: 18-27-8 
Last Home Win: April 14, 2022 (5-4, SO) Last Road Win: Oct. 15, 2022 (5-2) Last Home Loss: Jan. 1, 2023
(2-5) Last Road Loss: April 23, 2022 (1-4) 

ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. SJS ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 12; Andreas Athanasiou, 7; Tyler Johnson, 6
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 26; Jack Johnson, 10; Seth Jones, 7
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 38; Jack Johnson, 12; Andreas Athanasiou, 11

BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 12-13-1
Two-Days Rest: 3-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-2
First Game of a B2B: 2-5-1
Second Game of a B2B: 1-8-1

BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 3-7-1
Wednesday: 1-6-0
Thursday: 4-4-1
Friday: 5-2-1
Saturday: 4-6-1
Sunday: 3-6-1

SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:

LAST GAME
Game 59 – 2/23 – SJS 2 vs NSH 6…Nico Sturm (1g, 0a) scored a shorthanded goal in the second period to establish a new single-season career high in goals (12). Martin Kaut (1g, 0a) scored early in the third period to record his first goal as a Shark.
SJ Goal: Sturm (12 sh), Kaut (2)
SF: 24
SA: 31
SJ PP: 0/5
SJ PK: 1/3
W: Husso
L: Reimer

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
2/23 Activated D Radim Simek off IR
2/21 Assigned D Nick Cicek to the San Jose Barracuda
2/20 Recalled F Martin Kaut from the San Jose Barracuda
2/19 Assigned G Aaron Dell to the San Jose Barracuda
2/16 Recalled D Nick Cicek from the San Jose Barracuda
2/15 Assigned D Nick Cicek and G Eetu Makiniemi to the San Jose Barracuda
2/14 Placed F Jonah Gadjovich on IR; Recalled G Eetu Makiniemi from the San Jose Barracuda

TODAY’S OPPONENT – CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
The Sharks and Blackhawks meet tonight for the third and final time this season, which each team grabbing a 5-2 road win (Chicago’s coming on Oct. 15, San Jose’s coming on Jan. 1). Erik Karlsson (1g, 3a) is San Jose’s leading scoring against Chicago this season, and Logan Couture (0g, 3a) and Oskar Lindblom (0g, 2a) have multiple points against the Blackhawks this campaign. Chicago has caught fire recently and is on a four-game winning streak, with victories against Ottawa (road 4-3 OT win on Feb. 17), Toronto (home 5-3 win on Feb. 19), Vegas (home 3-2 SO win on Feb. 21) and Dallas (road 4-3 win on Feb. 22). Patrick Kane (7g, 3a) and Max Domi (3g, 7a) have 10 points each in that four-game stretch and Petr Mrazek (2-0-0, 2.37 GAA, .925 sv%) and rookie Jaxson Stauber (2-0-0, 3.00 GAA, .910 sv%) have earned two wins each.

NHL Preview: Dallas Stars (30-16-12) at Vegas Golden Knights (35-18-5)

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NHL Preview: Dallas Stars (30-16-12) at Vegas Golden Knights (35-18-5)

DALLAS STARS NOTES:

LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
Feb. 22, 2023 – STARS 3 vs. BLACKHAWKS 4
Despite jumping out to a three-goal lead, the Stars fell 4-3 to the Chicago Blackhawks in front of 18,326 at American Airlines Center on Wednesday. Tyler Seguin (1-0—1), Jamie Benn (1-1—2) and Jason Robertson (1-0—1) tallied goals for the Stars, while Denis Gurianov (0-1—1) and Miro Heiskanen (0-1—1) picked up assists. Making his 42nd start of the season, goaltender Jake Oettinger made 19 saves on 23 shots. With the loss, the Stars fell to 1-1-0 vs. the Blackhawks this season, having earned a 6-4 victory in the series opener on Nov. 23, 2022 at American Airlines Center.
PP: 1-3 | PK: 1-2 | SF: 32 | SA: 23 | DAL TOI: Heiskanen (27:29 – game high) | Attendance: 18,326
Three Stars: 1. CHI – M. Domi 2. CHI – P. Kane 3. DAL – J. Benn

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Sat, Feb. 25, 2023 Vegas Golden Knights 9 p.m. T-Mobile Arena BSSW/KTCK
Mon, Feb. 27, 2023 Vancouver Canucks 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Wed, March 1, 2023 Arizona Coyotes 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Thu, March 2, 2023 Chicago Blackhawks 7:30 p.m. United Center BSSW/KTCK
Sat, March 4, 2023 Colorado Avalanche 2:30 p.m. American Airlines Center ABC/KTCK

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 10 – Recalled forward Marián Studenič from Texas (AHL)
Feb. 15 – Loaned forward Marián Studenič to Texas (AHL)
Feb. 16 – Recalled forward Fredrik Karlstrom from Texas (AHL)
Feb. 18 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)
Feb. 19 – Loaned forwards Fredrik Karlstrom and Fredrik Olofsson to Texas (AHL)
Feb. 20 – Recalled forwards Fredrik Karlstrom and Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)
Feb. 21 – Loaned forwards Fredrik Karlstrom and Fredrik Olofsson to Texas (AHL)
Feb. 22 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson and goaltender Matt Murray from Texas (AHL)
Feb. 23 – Loaned forward Fredrik Olofsson and goaltender Matt Murray to Texas (AHL)
Feb. 24 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)

INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 30
NAME INJURY # OF GAMES 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 6 Feb. 8-pres.
F Luke Glendening Undisclosed 2 Feb. 18-pres.
G Scott Wedgewood Undisclosed 1 Feb. 22-pres.

DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Stars hit the road for a quick trip to Sin City to take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena (9 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). This is the second meeting of the season between the two clubs and the final regular-season matchup in Las Vegas. In the series opener, the Stars earned a 4-0 victory over the Golden Knights at TMobile Arena on Jan. 16. These teams will meet once more on April 8 at American Airlines Center.

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

  • The Stars are 1-0-0 vs. the Golden Knights this season, earning a 4-0 victory on Jan. 16 at T-Mobile Arena.
  • Dallas is 4-6-8 all-time against Vegas, including a 2-3-0 mark on the road.
  • The Stars enter tonight’s game with points in five of the past six games (3-1-2) against the Golden Knights.
  • Captain Jamie Benn (1-0—1) lit the lamp in the series opener giving him points in four of his past five games (2-2—4) against the Golden Knights. He also has five points (3-2—5) in 11 career contests against them.
  • Forward Tyler Seguin (1-0—1) tallied his third goal and seventh point (3-4—7) in his 12th career game against Vegas in the series opener in January.
  • Forward Joe Pavelski leads active Stars in goals (5) and points (5-4—9) and shares second in assists (4) in 12 career games against the Golden Knights.
  • Forward Ty Dellandrea (0-2—2) recorded two assists in his first career appearance against the Golden Knights on Jan. 16.
  • Defenseman Ryan Suter (1-0—1) tallied his first goal of the season against Vegas on Jan. 16. Suter paces the Stars in assists (6) and shares second in points (1-6—7) in a team-high 20 career contests against the Golden Knights. Suter is averaging 24:12 over that span, tops among active Stars.
  • Defenseman Miro Heiskanen enters tonight’s game with four assists (0-4—4) in nine career games vs. Vegas.
  • Defenseman Nils Lundkvist (0-1—1) registered an assist in his first career game against the Golden Knights on Jan. 16.
  • With a 27-save shutout on Jan. 16, goaltender Jake Oettinger improved 2-0-0 with a 0.96 goals-against average and .968 save percentage in two career appearances against the Golden Knights.
  • Netminder Scott Wedgewood is 1-1-1 with a 2.75 GAA and .934 SV% in three career appearances vs. Vegas.
  • Pete DeBoer spent parts of three seasons as the head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights. Hired midway through the 2019-20 season, he guided the Golden Knights to the 2020 Western Conference Final against the Stars.
  • In his time with Vegas, DeBoer earned a 98-50-12 record in 160 regular-season contests with a .650 points percentage. He led Vegas to the postseason in two of his three campaigns with the club, registering a 22-17 record in 39 postseason games and reaching the semifinal round in both the 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Jan. 16 at Vegas – W, 4-0
Feb. 25 at Vegas
April 8 vs. Vegas

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:

GOLDEN KNIGHTS UPCOMING GAMES
Golden Knights 2022-23 Record: 35-18-5, 75 points (18-13-0 at Home, 17-5-5 on Road)

DATE OPPONENT TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
Feb. 25 vs. Dallas Stars AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Feb. 27 at Colorado Avalanche AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Mar. 1 vs. Carolina Hurricanes TNT Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Mar. 3 vs. New Jersey Devils AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Mar. 5 vs. Montreal Canadiens AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM

GOLDEN KNIGHTS LAST GAME RECAP
February 23 – Vegas Golden Knights 4, Calgary Flames 3 OT
Alex Pietrangelo scored at 42 seconds of overtime to lift the Vegas Golden Knights (35-18-5) to a 4-3 victory against the Calgary Flames (27-20-12) on Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena. Jakob Pelletier’s goal midway through the first period was the only goal in the opening frame as Calgary took a 1-0 lead into the intermission. After Jonathan Huberdeau added to the lead, Jack Eichel buried his 19th goal of the season to make it a 2-1 game. Mikael Macklund put the Flames ahead, 3-1, heading into the third period. Zach Whitecloud scored five minutes into the third period to make it a one-goal game before William Carrier’s goal at 12:35 brought the game to 3-3. In overtime, Jonathan Marchessault’s shot rang off the crossbar but sat in the crease for Pietrangelo who chipped in the winning goal.

LAST GAME BY THE NUMBERS

  • With his 19th goal of the season, Eichel is tied with Reilly Smith for the team lead in goals this season
  • Pietrangelo’s OT winner was the fifth of his career and second as a Golden Knight
  • Carrier has five goals and three assists since returning to the line-up from injury on 1/27/23
  • The Golden Knights limited the Flames to one shot in the third period for the fourth time in franchise history (last 3/1/20 vs. LAK third period)
  • Vegas extended their point streak to eight games, going back to their game against the Islanders on Jan. 28

Comeback Kids
The Golden Knights completed their 10th third-period comeback win of the season on Thursday night over Calgary, the most in the NHL this season. This is the second time the Golden Knights have overcome a multi-goal deficit in the third period and win this season (Nov. 21, 2022 @ VAN) and the third time in franchise history that Vegas has completed the feat twice in a season (2x in 2021-22 and 2020- 21). Vegas has outscored their opponents 65-60 in the third period, has won six in overtime, three in a shootout and has a .333 win percentage when trailing after the second period (first in NHL).

Eight Straight
The Golden Knights secured their eighth straight win at home against the Flames to improve to 8-0-0 when facing Calgary at T-Mobile Arena. With the win, Vegas becomes the first club since 2005-06 to win each of its first eight or more home games against an opposing franchise. The Stars (Nov. 1, 2000 to Apr. 11, 2006) and Avalanche (Oct. 14 2000 to Mar. 2, 2006) both saw their streaks end in the same season.

Back on Track
Despite seeing their five-game win streak come to an end on Tuesday against the Blackhawks, the Golden Knights currently hold on to an eight-game point streak at 6-0-2 entering their game with the Stars on Saturday. Additionally, Vegas has won five straight games at home for the first time this season and for the first time since Mar. 6 – 26, 2022.

Against the Stars
Saturday’s meeting marks the second of three this season against Dallas. The Golden Knights are 8-3-1 all-time against the Stars and 3-2-0 when at home. The last time these two teams met, Jake Oettinger shut out Vegas to secure Dallas the 4-0 victory. The Golden Knights have won five straight games at home and will look to extend it with a win over the Stars on Saturday.

2022-23 Season DAL Series: 0-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0, Road: 0-0-0)
Jan. 16 – at Vegas (Vegas 0, Dallas 4)
Feb. 25 – at Vegas
Apr. 8 – at Vegas

2021-22 Season DAL Series: 2-1-0 (Home: 1-0-0, Road: 1-1-0)
Oct. 27 – at Dallas (Vegas 3, Dallas 2)
Dec. 8 – at Vegas (Vegas 5, Dallas 4)
Apr. 26 – at Dallas (Vegas 2, Dallas 3 SO)

NHL Preview: Calgary Flames (27-20-12) at Colorado Avalanche (32-19-5)

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NHL Preview: Calgary Flames (27-20-12) at Colorado Avalanche (32-19-5)

CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:

FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
February 23, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4
The Calgary Flames continued a three-game road trip with the second half of a back-to-back at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Flames carried their momentum from a dominant performance in Arizona to the first period in Vegas, outshooting the Golden Knights 18-8 in the opening frame and were rewarded when Jakob Pelletier tipped home his third of the season. The Flames extended their lead in the second with Pelletier feeding Jonathan Huberdeau who slid home his 11th on the campaign to make it 2-0 for the visitors. Jack Eichel would draw Vegas within one, before Mikael Backlund extended his point-streak to five games and restored Calgary’s two-goal lead. Vegas would rally in the third to tie the
game, and eventually win in overtime 4-3.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Pelletier (3), Huberdeau (11), Backlund (14)
GOALIE: Vladar (22/25, .862 Sv%)
PP: 1/4 (25%)
PK: 1/2 (50%)

FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 2-2-1
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
February 23, 2023 CGY [] at VGK [] Pietrangelo Vladar Brossoit
February 22, 2023 CGY [6] at ARI [3] Pelletier Vladar Vejmelka
February 20, 2023 PHI [4] vs. CGY [3] Allison Markstrom Ersson
February 18, 2023 NYR [2] vs. CGY 3 Backlund Markstrom Halak
February 16, 2023 DET [5] vs. CGY [2] Kubalik Vladar Hellberg
*shootout winning goal

FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
February 25, 2023 8:00pm at Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena
February 28, 2023 7:00pm vs. Boston Bruins Scotiabank Saddledome
March 2, 2023 7:00pm vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Saddledome
March 4, 2023 8:00pm vs. Minnesota Wild Scotiabank Saddledome
March 6, 2023 6:30pm at Dallas Stars American Airlines Center

TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the third and final matchup this season between the Flames and Avalanche. These teams have split the season-series so far in 2022-23. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 7-6-2 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 16-9-5 against Western Conference opponents.

THIS SEASON VERSUS COLORADO:
The Calgary Flames opened their season at home on October 13th against the Colorado Avalanche. The Avs opened the scoring courtesy of Bowen Byram but the Flames would respond with five-unanswered tallies from Brett Ritchie, Dillon Dube, Rasmus Andersson, Tyler Toffoli, and Elias Lindholm. Colorado would try and battle back in the third with goals from MacKinnon and Nichushkin, but the Flames would hold on and win 5-3 in meeting number one. In their second matchup Calgary fell behind the eight-ball early with Mikko Rantanen scoring quickly to give the Avs an early advantage, followed by a pair of goals by Artturi Lehkonen to make it 3-0 Colorado through 20. In the third the Flames tried to start a rally after Tyler Toffoli gave the Flames life, with his 16th of the season. But that is as close as Calgary would come, and the Flames fell 4-1 as Colorado evened the season-series.

CALGARY FLAMES vs. COLORADO AVALANCHE
CGY vs. COL ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
C 81-63-20-8 44-28-9-5 37-35-11-3 3-7-0 L1

GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Colorado Avalanche
8:00pm MT
Ball Arena
TV: CBC, Sportsnet, City
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960

2022-23 Season Series: 1-1-0 (Home: 1-1-0, Road 0-0-0)
Oct. 23, 2022 – COL [3] at CGY [5]
Jan. 18, 2023 – COL [4] at CGY [1]
Feb. 25, 2023 – CGY at COL

2021-22 Season Record vs. COL: 1-2-0
Last Home Win vs. COL: October 13, 2022 – Calgary [5] vs. Colorado [3]
Last Road Win @ COL: March 5, 2022 – Calgary [4] at Colorado 3
Last Home Loss vs. COL: January 18, 2023 – Colorado [4] at Calgary [1]
Last Road Loss @ COL: March 13, 2022 – Colorado [3] vs. Calgary [0]

2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb. 6 – activated Chris Tanev (D) from IR
Feb. 21 – recalled Walker Duehr (F) from Calgary (AHL); placed Michael Stone (D) on IR

FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 44)
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 – injury reserve (1 game: Feb. 22)

COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:

UPCOMING GAMES

Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Sat, Feb. 25 CALGARY 8 p.m. Altitude, CBC 950 AM
Mon, Feb. 27 VEGAS 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Wed, Mar. 1 NEW JERSEY 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Mar. 4 at Dallas 1:30 p.m. ESPN+, ABC, SNet 92.5 FM
Sun, Mar. 5 SEATTLE 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM

TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO vs. CALGARY
8:13 p.m.
Altitude, CBC Hockey Night In Canada / 950 AM
The Colorado Avalanche hosts the Calgary Flames in a Saturday night matchup at Ball Arena … This evening’s contest is the second half of a back-to-back for the Avs, who beat the Jets 5-1 last night in Winnipeg … Tonight’s contest ends a run three consecutive sets of back-to-back games for the Avalanche … All three back-to-backs required travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back were waiting for the Avs, including the Flamestonight … Colorado has won fourstraight games, is 5-0-1 in its last six and 12-2-2 in itslast 16 contests… The Avalanche have won four consecutive road games and are 7-1-1 in the last nine away from home … Colorado is 5-1-1 in its last seven on home ice … Colorado has played only 56 games, tied for the fewest in the NHL.

ON THE CALL
Altitude TV: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter)
CBC: Harnarayan Singh (play-by-play), Greg Millen (analyst), Scott Oake (reporter)
Altitude Radio: Conor McGahey

LAST GAME
Feb. 24 – Colorado 5, Winnipeg 1 at Canada Life Centre
The Avalanche scored four first-period goals en route to a 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre… Eleven different Colorado skaters got onto the scoresheet, led by J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen who each had a goal and one assist … Bowen Byram and Matt Nieto also scored and Alexandar Georgiev made 26 saves.
SF: 36 SA: 27 PP: 0-3 PK: 4-5

The Avalanche have won four straight games, are 5-0-1 in their last six contests and 12-2-2 in their last 16 games The Avs have won four consecutive road games and are 7-1-1 in the last nine away from home Colorado is 12-4-1 against Central Division teams this season, 5-1-1 at home and 7-3-0 on the road The four-goal first period was the Avalanche’s most goals scored in the opening period of a game this season and ties the overall season high for goals in a single frame (fourth time) Rantanen goal was his 37th of the season, a new career high … He topped his 36 from a year ago Rantanen’s tally was his league-leading 30th even-strength goal of the season …. That’s the most even-strength goals
by an Avalanche player since Milan Hejduk had 32 in 2002-03 The goal stood as Rantanen’s 30th career game-winner, passing Matt Duchene (29) for ninth place in franchise history MacKinnon recorded his sixth consecutive multi-point game (6g/8a), tying his career high and matching the longest streak in Avalanche history (since the franchise relocated) …. MacKinnon and Rantanen had six straight multi-point games in 2018-19, as did Peter Forsberg in 1995-96 and Joe Sakic twice (1999-2000, 1997-98) It was MacKinnon’s 198th career multi-point game, tying Hejduk for fifth place in franchise history MacKinnon reached the 20-goal plateau for the eighth time in his career and for the sixth consecutive season … Only five players in franchise history have more overall 20-goal seasons and more consecutive: Sakic (17 overall, 11 straight), Hejduk (11 all consecutive), Peter Stastny (10 all consecutive), Michel Goulet (10 all consecutive), while Gabriel Landeskog (nine career 20-goal seasons) and Anton Stastny (eight consecutive) rank fifth, respectively MacKinnon’s goal came 19 seconds into the first period, the fastest goal to start a game for the Avs in 2022-23 Byram’s tally was his fifth goal of the season, the second-most among all Avalanche defensemen this season … The five goals match his rookie season total from a year ago Compher picked up his third straight multi-point game, during which he has eight points (2g/6a) Artturi Lehkonen’s assist was his 100th career helper and 39th point of the season to set a new career high Alexandar Georgiev is 8-1-1 in his last 10 appearances

CURRENT INJURIES
Pavel Francouz – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Darren Helm – lower body (Jan. 14 – present)
Erik Johnson – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – lower body (Oct. 12 – present)
Cale Makar – head (Feb. 19 – present)
Total: 316

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 25 – Justus Annunen recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 24 – Jonas Jonansson reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 23 – Brad Hunt, Jonas Johansson recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 21 – Justus Annunen reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 19 – Ben Meyers reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 17 – Justus Annunen, Ben Meyers recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – CALGARY FLAMES
The Avalanche and Flames close out the season series with the third and final meeting of 2022-23 … Tonight is Calgary’s first and only visit of the season to the Mile High City … Colorado and Calgary split the first two meetings at the Saddledome, with the Flames winning the first matchup 5-3 on Oct. 13 and the Avalanche winning the second 4-1 on Jan. 18

SCHEDULE vs. FLAMES
Oct. 13 @ Calgary (L, 3-5)
Jan. 18 @ Calgary (W, 4-1)
Feb. 25 vs. CALGARY

RECORD vs. FLAMES
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 1-1-0 Overall: 2-0-1 Overall: 71-76-25 Overall: 60-54-13 Series: 1 (1-0)
Home: — Home: 1-0-1 Home: 38-33-15 Home: 31-24-9 W-L: 4-1
Road: 1-1-0 Road: 1-0-0 Road: 33-43-10 Road: 29-30-4 Last: 2019 R1 (W, 4-1)

BACK-TO-BACK
Tonight’s contest ends a stretch of three consecutive sets of back-to-back games for the Avalanche … All three back-to-backs required travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back were waiting for the Avs, including the Flames … Colorado is 10-5-1 overall in back-to-back games this season, going 5-2-1 in the first game and 5-2-0 in the second … Colorado will play 13 back-to-back contests this year … The Avalanche posted a 15-5-2 (.727) combined record in back-to-back games last season, the second-best mark behind Minnesota (.732, 19-6-3) … The Avs finished 7-3-1 in the first game and 8-2-1 in the second.

Feb. 14 vs. TBL (O, 3-4 SO)
Feb. 15 @ MIN (W, 3-2)
Feb. 18 @ STL (W, 4-1)
Feb. 19 vs. EDM (W, 6-5 OT)
Feb. 24 @ WPG (W, 5-1)
Feb. 25 vs. CGY

SATURDAY….IN THE PARK
The Avalanche are 12-3-0 (.800) on Saturdays this season, best in the NHL

NHL Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning (36-17-4) at Detroit Red Wings (28-21-8)

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NHL Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning (36-17-4) at Detroit Red Wings (28-21-8)

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:

LAST GAME
Lightning 5 vs. Buffalo 6 (OT)
The Tampa Bay Lightning extended their franchise record home point streak to 16 games, but fell to the Buffalo Sabres in a 6-5 overtime loss Thursday night at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts are 2-0-1 vs. BUF this season with a final matchup set to be played March 4 at KeyBank Center…Steven Stamkos opened the scoring 2:19 into the first period when he took a pass from Brayden Point and sped into the BUF zone on a 2-on-1 before firing a wrist shot over the glove of Eric Comrie for his 26th goal of the season with Nikita Kucherov picking up the secondary helper…Zemgus Girgensons tied the game at one with 8:19 remaining in the first period…Tage Thompson scored back-to-back goals at the 9:36 and 12:20 marks of the second period to give BUF a 3-1 lead…Victor Hedman responded 16 seconds after Thompson’s second goal and ripped a slap shot past Comrie to make it a 3-2 game with Pat Maroon and Nick Paul recording the assists…Jack Quinn answered for BUF just 49 seconds later and put Tampa Bay back in a two-goal hole heading into the third period…Point got the Lightning back within one 5:48 into the third period when he took a pass from Hedman and flew into the BUF zone before beating Comrie on the backhand with Brandon Hagel picking up the secondary assist…Thompson completed his hat trick 30 seconds later to put BUF back up by two…Anthony Cirelli made it a 5-4 game when he forced the puck past Comrie after a backhand shot on goal from Erik Cernak with Point recording the secondary helper…Ross Colton took a pass from Stamkos on the power play and wired a one-timer past Comrie to tie the game with 5:06 remaining in regulation as Point recorded another secondary helper…Ilya Lyubushkin scored a shorthanded, game-winning goal in overtime to earn a 6-5 win for BUF…Andrei Vasilevskiy got the start in goal for Tampa Bay and made 17 saves.
PP: TBL – 1-3 BUF – 1-2
SOG: TBL – 41 BUF – 23
Attendance: 19,092

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Red Wings are playing the third of four matchups this season and the second of two meetings at Little Caesars Arena…The Bolts are 0-2-0 against DET this season with a 4-2 loss Dec. 6 at AMALIE Arena and a 7-4 loss Dec. 21 at Little Caesars Arena…Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with three points in two games vs. DET this season (1-2—3)…Brayden Point leads Tampa Bay with two goals vs. DET this season (2-0—2)…Steven Stamkos has picked up points in seven straight games vs. DET (5-7—12)…Stamkos has pointed in four straight games at DET (4-4—8) and 10 of his last 11 contests at DET (7-9—16)…Kucherov has recorded points in three straight games vs. DET (2-2—4) and eight of the last 10 meetings (7-10—17)…Kucherov has pointed in nine of his last 11 games at DET (11-9—20) with goals in eight of those contests…Point has recorded points in five of his last six games vs. DET (4-2— 6)…Point has found the scoresheet in seven of his last nine contests at DET (7-5—12) with goals in six of those games…Ross Colton has scored three goals over his last three contests vs. DET (3-1—4)…Victor Hedman has recorded an assist in three straight games vs. DET (0-3—3) and five of the last six meetings (0-10—10)…In 15 career games vs. DET, Andrei Vasilevskiy is 13-2-0 with a .921 save percentage and 2.22 goals against average…Over the last 10 meetings with DET, the Bolts penalty kill is 26-of-28 (92.9%)…The Lightning have recorded 35 or more shots on goal in seven straight games vs. DET…Tampa Bay has scored four or more goals in eight of their last 11 games at DET…The Lightning have won 50% or more of the faceoffs in nine straight games vs. DET and 11 of the last 12 meetings…Tampa Bay is 6-2-2 in their last 10 games at DET and 5-4-1 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Bolts are 36-33-3 with two ties all-time vs. DET, including a road record of 14-19-2 with one tie…Kucherov (19-20—39) holds the Tampa Bay franchise record for career points vs. DET.

TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. DET

  1. Nikita Kucherov – 39 pts. (19-20—39, 31 GP)
  2. Steven Stamkos – 38 pts. (20-18—38, 37 GP)
  3. Victor Hedman – 36 pts. (3-33—36, 40 GP)
  4. Ondrej Palat – 28 pts. (8-20—28, 38 GP)
  5. Brayden Point – 26 pts. (15-11—26, 29 GP)

TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the first game of a brief, two-game road trip tonight…The Bolts will play seven of their 12 games in February on the road…The Lightning are 9-6-1 against Atlantic Division opponents and 16-10-2 against the Eastern Conference this season…The Bolts are 7-3-0 in the first game of a back-to-back set this season…Tampa Bay is 14-13-1 on the road this season and posted a 2-1-1 record on their last road trip…The Lightning penalty kill posted a perfect 12-for-12 mark on their last road trip…The Bolts have scored three or more goals in eight of their last 10 road games…Tampa Bay will not have more than one day between games until their March 28 matchup with Carolina.

INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 95
Current Injuries:
None

TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 30 – Recalled D Nick Perbix from AHL Syracuse
Jan. 30 – Re-assigned F Rudolfs Balcers to AHL Syracuse
Jan. 29 – Assigned D Nick Perbix to AHL Syracuse
Jan. 29 – Recalled F Rudolfs Balcers from AHL Syracuse

DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:

LAST GAME
RED WINGS 4 vs. RANGERS 1 (2/23/23)
1ST PERIOD: DET Copp (Rasmussen, Perron) 15:33-EV
2ND PERIOD: NYR Trocheck (unassisted) 6:06-EV; DET Zadina (Larkin) 8:18-EV; DET Rasmussen (Perron, Copp) 18:02-EV
3RD PERIOD: DET Hronek (Copp, Kubalík) 4:51-PP
SHOTS: DET 23 (7-8-8) / NYR 31 (10-13-8)
GOALIES: DET Husso (W, 30-31) / NYR Halák (L, 19-23)
PP: DET 1-4 / NYR 0-2

MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Lucas Raymond – lower body (7 / Feb. 10)
Total Man Games Lost: 233
Individual Man Games Lost: Filip Zadina (37), Robby Fabbri (35), Jakub Vrána (33), Matt Luff (32), Tyler Bertuzzi (31), Robert Hägg (15), Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Jake Walman (3), Ville Husso (2), Michael Rasmussen (2), Dylan Larkin (1)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
2/23 – Reassigned defenseman Seth Barton to Grand Rapids from Toledo (ECHL)
2/16 – Signed defenseman Olli Määttä to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of $3 million

TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. LIGHTNING / 8:00 P.M. EST / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 75th all-time meeting, 37th in Detroit … Third of four games this season, second of two at Little Caesars Arena
ALL-TIME vs. TB: 36-28-2-8 / HOME: 21-7-1-7 / LAST 10: 5-3-2 / IN 2021-22: 1-1-2 / THIS SEASON: 2-0-0
DET top scorers vs. TB: Dylan Larkin (8-8-16 in 28 GP), David Perron (7-7-14 in 16 GP), Tyler Bertuzzi (5-6-11 in 11 GP), Robby Fabbri (5-5-10 in 13 GP), Dominik Kubalík (5-5-10 in 13 GP), Michael Rasmussen (5-5-10 in 16 GP), Filip Zadina (1-8-9 in 14 GP), Filip Hronek (0-9-9 in 18 GP), Oskar Sundqvist (5-2-7 in 14 GP), Robert Hägg (3-2-5 in 10 GP), Moritz Seider (0-4-4 in 6 GP), Jonatan Berggren (1-0-1 in 2 GP)
TB top scorers vs. DET: Nikita Kucherov (19-20-39 in 31 GP), Steven Stamkos (20-18-38 in 37 GP), Victor Hedman (3-33-36 in 40 GP), Brayden Point (15-11-26 in 29 GP), Corey Perry (11-12-23 in 45 GP), Ross Colton (5-2-7 in 11 GP), Nick Perbix (0-1-1 in 2 GP)

UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Monday, Feb. 27: RED WINGS at SENATORS / 7:00 p.m. / Canadian Tire Centre / TV: BSD EXTRA / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Tuesday, Feb. 28: RED WINGS at SENATORS / 7:00 p.m. / Canadian Tire Centre / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Thursday, March 2: RED WINGS vs. KRAKEN / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM

LAST TIME OUT
Feb. 23 vs. New York Rangers – 4-1 W
Detroit captured a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers to improve to 28-21-8 overall and 15-11-3 inside Little Caesars Arena … The result lifted Detroit (64 points) above Florida (64 points) and Pittsburgh (63 points) for the second Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference through games played on Feb. 23 … The last time the Red Wings occupied a playoff spot at this stage of a season (minimum 50 GP) was in 2015-16 when they held a playoff spot for the final nine days of the campaign … Detroit is 7-1-0 since Feb. 9 vs. Calgary, outscoring its opponents by a 32-16 margin … The Red Wings have won three-straight home games for the first time since Oct. 29-Nov. 5 … Detroit has scored four-or-more goals in five of its last seven contests … Andrew Copp finished with a goal and two assists for his first three-point game in a Detroit uniform … Copp has recorded five points (1-4-5) and a plus-four rating in six games since Feb. 13 at Vancouver … Michael Rasmussen logged a goal and an assist for his seventh multi-point game of the campaign … Rasmussen has 12 points (3-9-12) and a plus-nine rating in 16 games dating back to Jan. 16 at Colorado … Rasmussen became the seventh Detroit skater to score 10-or-more goals this season … Rasmussen also picked up his 50th career NHL assist with the primary helper on Copp’s goal … David Perron added a pair of assists for his eighth multi-point game of the season … Perron, who tallied his 700th career NHL point on Feb. 16 at Calgary, has seven assists in his last eight games since Feb. 9 vs. Calgary … Filip Zadina gave Detroit a 2-1 lead with his second goal of the season … Both of Zadina’s goals this season have been game-winners … Zadina has a point in each of his last three appearances (1-2-3 in 3 GP) … Filip Hronek wrapped up the scoring on the power play … Hronek continues to lead all Red Wings defensemen in goals (9), assists (28), points (37), power play goals (4), power play points (15) and shots (120) through 57 games … Dylan Larkin picked up the lone assist on Zadina’s goal, giving him 14 points (7-7-14) in nine games since returning from the 2023 Honda NHL All-Star Game … Larkin continues to average better than a point-per-game this season, pacing the Red Wings with 57 points (22-35-57) in 56 games … Larkin recorded his 415th career NHL point (169-246-415 in 560 GP), tying Vyacheslav Kozlov for 20th place on the franchise’s all-time scoring list … Ville Husso stopped 30-of-31 shots to earn his 23rd win of the season … Husso is 6-1-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a 0.939 save percentage in seven starts dating back to Feb. 9 vs. Calgary … Husso has allowed one goal or fewer in 13 starts this season, including four of his last seven contests … The Red Wings are 19-0-2 this season when leading after two periods, and a perfect 9-0-0 when doing so on home ice.

NHL Preview: Philadelphia Flyers (23-27-10) at New Jersey Devils (38-15-5)

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NHL Preview: Philadelphia Flyers (23-27-10) at New Jersey Devils (38-15-5)

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S GAME
Philadelphia Flyers at New Jersey Devils
Prudential Center
TV: NBCSP | Radio: 93.3 WMMR

CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 60
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 60
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 60
Travis Konecny upper body 2/21-present 2
Tanner Laczynski IR-lower body 12/7-present 34
Zack MacEwen upper body-jaw 1/28-present 10
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 318

FLYERS VS. DEVILS: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS NEW JERSEY
124-108-31 ALL-TIME RECORD 121-116-26
75-40-17 HOME 74-45-12
49-68-14 ROAD 47-71-14
3-2-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 2-3-0
4-6-0 LAST 10 MEETINGS 6-4-0
849 GOALS SCORED 771
20.8% POWER PLAY 21.7%
78.3% PENALTY KILL 79.2%
van Riemsdyk: 35 pts (17-18=35) in 47 GP
Provorov: 20 pts (4-16=20) in 30 GP
Hayes: 18 pts (6-12=18) in 32 GP

TEAM SCORING LEADERS Bratt: 18 pts (7-11=18) in 23 GP
Severson: 17 pts (7-10=17) in 37 GP
Hamilton: 16 pts (4-12=16) in 28 GP
Hart: 6-4-0, 2.02 GAA, .933 SV% in 10 GP
Ersson & Sandstrom: Have not faced NJ

TEAM GOALTENDERS Blackwood: 8-2-2, 2.55 GAA, .917 SV%, 2 SO in 12 GP
Schmid: 1-0-0, 2.25 GAA, .927 SV% in 2 GP
Vanecek: 0-3-0, 3.13 GAA, .888 SV% in 4 GP

2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
October 13 Wells Fargo Center PHI (5), NJ (2)
December 3 Wells Fargo Center NJ (3), PHI (2)
December 15 Prudential Center PHI (2), NJ (1)
February 25 Prudential Center 7 p.m

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
2/13 – Recalled F Kieffer Bellows and G Sam Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL); Placed F Zack MacEwen on Injured Reserve
2/11 – Loaned F Kieffer Bellows to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
2/11 – Recalled F Olle Lycksell from Lehigh Valley (AHL)

TEAM NOTES
QUICK HITS

  • Philadelphia takes on New Jersey for the fourth and final season meeting Saturday and is 2-1-0 in the three season contests.
  • The Flyers are 12-10-3 in their last 25 games.
  • Philadelphia has allowed the opposing team to score first in 35 of its 60 games this season. Philadelphia ranks T-9th in the NHL with 11 wins when trailing first in a game. The Flyers have scored first in 14 of their last 23 games, ranking T-9th in the NHL in wins (9) when scoring first since Jan. 2.
  • 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 Monday 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 lead the NHL with 1,690 hits and with 1,063 blocked shots.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
2/13 – Recalled F Kieffer Bellows and G Sam Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL); Placed F Zack MacEwen on Injured Reserve
2/11 – Loaned F Kieffer Bellows to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
2/11 – Recalled F Olle Lycksell from Lehigh Valley (AHL)

BACK-TO-BACKS

  • The Flyers conclude its two sets of back-to-backs Saturday, marking the team’s 11th & 12th back-to-back sets out of 15 this season.
  • Monday’s and Tuesday’s set was the fourth and final road back-to-back of the season:
  1. Oct. 18 at TBL (3-2 W); Oct. 19 at FLA (4-3 L)
  2. Nov. 1 at NYR (1-0 OTL); Nov. 2 at TOR (5-2 L)
  3. Dec. 22 at TOR (4-3 L); Dec. 23 at CAR (6-5 L)
  4. Feb. 20 at CGY (4-3 W); Feb. 21 at EDM (4-3 L)
  • Friday’s and Saturday’s set is the third of four home-to-road back-to-backs this season:
  1. Nov. 25 vs. PIT (4-1 L); Nov. 26 at NYI (5-2 L)
  2. Jan. 8 vs. TOR (6-2 L); Jan. 9 at BUF (4-0 W)
  3. Feb. 24 vs. MTL (5-2 L); Feb. 25 at NJ
  4. April 1 vs. BUF; April 2 at PIT
  • The Flyers are 4-6-2 in the first game of a back-to-back this season and 2-9-0 in the second.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

  • The Flyers head to New Jersey Saturday for its fifth road game in the last six contests.
  • Philadelphia has 10 road games remaining in the 2022-23 regular season and is 3-3-1 in its last six road games.
  • The Flyers are 8-4-1 in its last 13 road games, including a season-high five-game road win streak, Dec. 29-Jan. 14.
  • The Flyers have scored three-plus goals in 11 of their last 18 road games. Philadelphia is 9-3-4 on the road this season when scoring three-plus goals.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:

Last Game:
Last Game
Los Angeles Kings 3 New Jersey Devils 4 (OT)
(32-19-8 -52 PTS) (38-15-5 -81 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. D. Mercer 2. T. Tatar 3. N. Hischier
SCORE 1
ST 2
ND 3
RD OT SO FINAL
Los Angeles 2 0 1 – – 3
DEVILS 0 1 1 1 – 4
New Jersey Devils: Media Notes

Goals:
LAK: V. Arvidsson, A. Kopitar, S. Durzi
NJD: T. Tatar, D. Mercer, N. Hischier (extra attacker), D. Mercer (OTG)
Game Summary | Event Summary
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 57
Mackenzie Blackwood Lower-body 2/21/23 2
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 165

TRANSACTIONS
DATE PLAYER ACTION
2/17/23 Alex Holtz Reassigned to Utica
2/21/23 Akira Schmid Recalled from Utica

WHAT TO KNOW
The Devils conclude a four-game homestand (2-1-0) and host the City of Brotherly Love for the second time this season. It also marks the 2022-23 regular-season finale between the two Metropolitan Division rivals. After Saturday’s contest the Devils embark on a three-game road trip, which starts in Colorado on Wed. Mar. 1 (9:00 P.M. E.T.). The Devils enter Saturday’s contest with a 15-4-3 record since January 1, 2023. Per Feb. 24, New Jersey’s record since that time ranks second in the NHL behind Boston (16-4-1). Jersey’s team is fresh off its 21st comeback victory, after trailing Los Angeles 2-0 on Thursday. The 21 comeback victories leads the NHL this season, while the team’s seven multi-goal comeback are tied with Chicago for first in the NHL. The most comeback wins earned in franchise history is 23, which was earned in 2017-18. Additionally, the logged its seventh third-period comeback win for 2022-23, while Vegas ranked first in the NHL with 10 comeback victories, per Feb. 24. The Devils also improved to 3-1-1 when trailing by a score of 2-0 after the first period this season:

Results when trailing 2-0 after the 1st period this season:
10/18, vs ANA, 4-2, W
11/23, vs TOR, 2-1, L
Dec. 1, vs NSH, 4-3, L-OT
Jan. 27, at DAL, 3-2, W
Feb. 23, vs LAK, 4-3, W-OT

Thursday’s win also marked the team’s ninth overtime victory for 2022-23, which ranks as the most in the NHL for the campaign. The nine overtime wins also tied a franchise record for the most OT wins in a single season.

Most overtime wins in a single season for franchise history:
2022-23: 9-3
2015-16: 9-2
2013-14: 9-5
2008-09: 9-2

The team’s 38 wins after 58 games played from the start of a season are the most in franchise history:
38 wins: 2022-23
37 wins: 2008-09
36 wins: 1999-00
36 wins: 2009-10
36 wins: 1997-98
35 wins: 2002-03
35 wins: 2006-07

The Devils are 30-4-4 when Nico Hischier recorded a point in a game this season and 18-6-2 when Jack Hughes scored a goal in a game for 2022-23. Jersey’s team is 35-5-4 when scoring three-or-more goals in a game this season. The most wins that the Devils earned in franchise history when scoring three-or-more goals in a game for a single season is 43 wins, which was earned in 2000-01. New Jersey’s 35 wins for this matter in 2022-23 rank tied for second in the NHL Tampa, while Boston’s 42 wins when scoring three-or-more goals in a game rank first in the NHL this season. The Devils are 20-7-1 when scoring first in a game this season and 18-7-4 when trailing first in a contest. New Jersey’s 18 wins when trailing first in a game this season ranks first in the NHL, per Feb. 24, while Boston ranked second with 15 wins (15-8-2). The Devils are 23-0-2 when leading after the second period this season, while Boston ranks first in the NHL for this matter with a 30-0-2 record. The team’s zero regulation losses when leading after two periods is tied for the fewest with seven other teams this season, per Feb. 24. The Devils are 13-2-2 when outshot by an opponent this season and 24-13-3 when outshooting teams. The team’s two regulation losses when outshot are tied with NY Rangers, Calgary and Carolina fo the fewest in the NHL. The Devils are 1-0-0 when shots are even vs an opponent for 2022-23. The Devils have allowed 1, or fewer, goals against 12 times this season in a game. Jersey’s team allowed one, or fewer goals against, in a game just eight times all of last season.

BACK-TO-BACK GAMES
Overall: 10-5-1
First game: 4-3-1 | home: 0-1-0 | road: 4-2-1
Second game: 6-2-0 | home: 2-2-0 | road: 4-0-0

ALL-TIME vs PHILLY
Record: 121-116-18-8
Home: 74-45-8-4
Road: 47-71-10-4

VS CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
Jersey’s team is 1-2-0 vs Philadelphia in 2022-23.
The Devils were 2-1-0 vs Philadelphia last season.

DID YOU KNOW…
The most goals in franchise history earned in a single game vs the Flyers is eight, which was earned on Feb. 19, 1980, in a 8-6 (CLR). The most goals that the Devils allowed in a single game vs Philly is 10, twice, last on Nov 2, 1975 (KCS), at Philly in a 10-0 loss. The most shots that Jersey earned in a single game vs Philly is 48 in a 5-4 win on Dec. 19, 1995 at the Meadowlands. The most shots that the Devils allowed in a single game vs the Flyers is 55 in a 4-3 loss at Philly on Nov. 19, 1976 (CLR). The last time the Devils shut out the Flyers was on Dec. 8, 2021, in a 3-0 win. (M. Blackwood, 25 saves). The last time Philly shut out the Devils was on Oct. 9, 2019, in a 4-0 loss at Philly.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE .
Wed. Mar. 1, at COL, 9:00 P.M. E.T.
Fri. Mar. 3, at VGK, 10:00 P.M. E.T.
Sun. Mar. 5, at ARI, 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Tue. Mar. 7, vs TOR, 7:00 P.M.

NHL Preview: Ottawa Senators (27-26-4) at Montréal Canadiens (25-29-4)

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NHL Preview: Ottawa Senators (27-26-4) at Montréal Canadiens (25-29-4)

OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:

LAST GAME: Feb. 24, 4-0 loss at Carolina: Raanta made 32 saves to record his third shutout of the season as Ottawa suffered a 4-0 loss at PNC Arena. The blanking marked Ottawa’s third contest this season in which they failed to record a goal. Burns opened the scoring for the home side with his 12th goal of the season to move into sixth leaguewide for goals from a rearguard. Jarvis and Necas also found the back of the net for the Hurricanes before Skjei scored into an empty to give Carolina its 37th goal from a defenceman this season, tops in the NHL. Aho and Svechnikov both recorded two assist evenings. Talbot took the loss for Ottawa in turning aside 26 shots in what was his first start since Jan. 25 due to injury. Scratches: Kelly, Larsson; Injuries: Forsberg, Norris; Shots: OTT – 32, CAR – 30; PP: OTT – 0-5, CAR – 0-2.

BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Montreal will be broadcast nationally on CBC, Sportsnet Ontario 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 returns home to face Detroit for the first of two consecutive games on Monday at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the third of four regular-season meetings and the first of two matchups at Canadian Tire Centre.

INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg and C Norris are on IR and will not oppose the Canadiens this evening. Total man-games lost: 205.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Re-assigned C Greig and recalled C Kastelic to/from Belleville (AHL) on Feb. 25.

OTTAWA vs. MONTREAL – History:
2022-23 (3-0-0): Dec. 14 @ Ottawa (3-2 win), Jan. 28 @ Ottawa (5-0 win), Jan. 31 @ Montreal (5-4 win), Feb. 25 @ Montreal
2021-22 (2-2-0): 2/26/22 @ Ottawa (2-1 loss), 3/19/22 @ Montreal (5-1 loss), 4/5/22 @ Montreal (6-3 win), 4/23/22 @ Ottawa (6-4 win)
Series record: Overall: 77-70-5-11; Home: 44-31-1-5; Away: 33-39-4-6
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: Jan. 28 (5-0); @ Montreal: Jan. 31 (5-4)
Last Montreal win: @ Ottawa: 2/26/22 (2-1); @ Montreal: 3/19/22 (5-1)
Last OT result: 5/1/21 (3-2 OT loss) @ Montreal
Last shootout: 2/23/21 (5-4 SO win) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 8, (1/13/07, 8-3 win); Allowed: 8, (10/30/17, 8-3 loss); Both teams: 12, (3/24/08, 7-5 loss)
Last Game: Jan. 31, 5-4 win @ Montreal; OTT Goals: Stützle (x2), Giroux, DeBrincat, Tkachuk; MTL Goals: Harvey-Pinard (x2), Dach, Hoffman; OTT Scratches: Kastelic, Watson; OTT Injuries: Norris, Talbot; OTT Goalie: Forsberg; MTL Goalie: Allen; OTT PP: 2-3; MTL PP: 2-5; Shots: 29-32.
Career vs. Montreal: Giroux leads all players in career games played (43), in goals (14), in assists (20) and in points (34); Tkachuk leads in penalty minutes (45) against Montreal.

ROAD SCHOLARS: The Senators have a record of 11-14-2 on the road this season … Brady Tkachuk leads with 12 goals on the road this season while also ranking first with 16 assists while the Senators serve as visitors … Through 27 road games this season, Tkachuk maintains the club lead with 28 points … The Senators registered an 18-20-3 record over 41 road contests in 2021-22.

ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 54 for 215 (25.1%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 11 powerplay goals while Batherson, Alex DeBrincat, Tkachuk and Stützle maintain the club lead with 22 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals 13 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.

ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 168 of the 205 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 82.0% through 57 regular-season games … The team has registered five (Joseph x2, Watson x2, Motte) shorthanded markers this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.

MONTREAL CANADIENS NOTES:

À SURVEILLER CE SOIR / KEEP AN EYE ON…

  • Les Canadiens et les Sénateurs s’affrontent ce soir pour la 164e fois en saison régulière. En incluant les matchs de séries, c’est le 175e affrontement entre ces deux équipes.
  • The Canadiens and Senators are facing each other for the 164th time in regular season. Including playoff contests, tonight’s the 175th matchup between the two teams.

DERNIER MATCH / LAST GAME – MTL 5 @ PHI 2 (@ WELLS FARGO CENTER)
Buts MTL Goals – Savard, Tierney, Suzuki (AN/PP), Ylönen, Anderson
Buts PHI Goals – Tippett, Provorov
Gardien MTL Goalie – Allen (24-26)
Gardien PHI Goalie – Hart (26-31)
Avantage numérique MTL Powerplay – 1/2
Avantage numérique PHI Powerplay – 0/0
Meneurs MTL Leaders – TOI (Harris – 20:38) ; S (Anderson, Matheson – 5) ; HT (Pezzetta – 6) ; BS (Harris, Savard – 3)

MATCHS À VENIR / UPCOMING GAMES
28 FÉV. @ SAN JOSE 22h30 / 10:30 p.m.
2 MARS @ LOS ANGELES 22h30 / 10:30 p.m.
3 MARS @ ANAHEIM 22 h / 10 p.m.
5 MARS @ VEGAS 18 h / 6 p.m.
7 MARS VS. CAROLINE 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 58 –
P. Byron – Hanche / Hip 58 –
J. Evans – Bas du corps / Lower-body 15 –
B. Gallagher – Bas du corps / Lower-body 20 –
K. Guhle – Bas du corps / Lower-body 22 –
J. Slafkovsky – Bas du corps / Lower-body 14 –
S. Monahan – Bas du corps / Lower-body 33 –
C. Caufield – Épaule / Shoulder 12 –

RÉAFFECTATIONS, SIGNATURES ET TRANSACTIONS / ROSTER MOVES, SIGNINGS AND TRANSACTIONS
Les Canadiens ont réclamé l’attaquant Chris Tierney au ballottage (23/02)
The Canadiens have claimed forward Chris Tierney off waivers (02/23)
Les Canadiens ont rappelé le défenseur Corey Schueneman du Rocket de Laval (18/02)
The Canadiens have recalled defenseman Corey Schueneman from the Laval Rocket (02/18)
Les Canadiens ont rappelé les attaquants Alex Belzile et Jesse Ylönen du Rocket de Laval (09/02)
The Canadiens have recalled forwards Alex Belzile and Jesse Ylönen from the Laval Rocket (02/09)
Les Canadiens ont cédé les attaquants Alex Belzile et Jesse Ylönen au Rocket de Laval (31/01)
The Canadiens have loaned forwards Alex Belzile and Jesse Ylönen to the Laval Rocket (01/31)
Les Canadiens ont cédé l’attaquant Owen Beck aux Petes de Peterborough (28/01)
The Canadiens have loaned forward Owen Beck to the Peterborough Petes (01/28)

NOTES DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS NOTES
STATISTIQUES D’ÉQUIPE / TEAM STATISTICS – AVANT LES MATCHS DU 25/02 – BEFORE GAMES ON 02/25
PTS (54 – 26e/26th)
V/W (25 – 25e/25th)
BP/GF (157 – 28e/28th)
BC/GA (209 – 26e/26th)
Tirs-PM/Shots-PG (27.8 – 30e/30th)
Tirs accordés-PM/Shots allowed-PG (33.9 – 28e/28th)
MÉ/Hits (1118 – 28e/28th)
MP/PIM (718 – 2e/2nd)
AN/PP (17.1% – 28e/28th)
DN/PK (73.6% – 28e/28th)

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 4-11-1 9 33 67
Centrale 8-5-2 18 48 45
Métropolitaine 8-7-0 16 44 54
Pacifique 5-6-1 11 36 43
Total 25-29-4 54 161 209
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals

MARTIN ST-LOUIS EN CHIFFRES / MARTIN ST. LOUIS’ NUMBERS…
Matchs/Games : 95
Victoires/Wins : 39
Fiche : 39-48-8
Points de classement/Standing points : 86

CANADIENS VS. OTTAWA
À vie / All-Time
CANADIENS vs. OTT 81-62-5-15 (163 PJ / GP)
Dom. / Home 45-28-4-5 (82 PJ / GP)
Étr. / Away 36-34-1-10 (81 PJ / GP)
Dern. Match / Last game:
D 5-4 L @ MTL (31/01/23)
J. Allen 5-29 | A. Forsberg 4-32
BG / WG: B. Tkachuk

10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE OTTAWA / LAST 10 GAMES VS. OTTAWA:
31/01/23 – OTT 5 @ MTL 4
28/01/23 – MTL 0 @ OTT 5
14/12/22 – MTL 2 @ OTT 3
23/04/22 – MTL 4 @ OTT 6
05/04/22 – OTT 6 @ MTL 3
19/03/22 – OTT 1 @ MTL 5
26/02/22 – MTL 2 @ OTT 1
05/05/21 – MTL 1 @ OTT 5
01/05/21 – OTT 2 @ MTL 3 (P/OT)
17/04/21 – OTT 4 @ MTL 0

CETTE SAISON CONTRE OTTAWA / THIS SEASON VS. OTTAWA
Match #1: 14/12/2022 @ OTT – D/L 3-2
Match #2: 28/01/2023 @ OTT – D/L 5-0
Match #3: 31/01/2023 @ MTL – D/L 5-4
Match #4: 25/01/2023 @ MTL

MEILLEURS BUTEURS CONTRE OTTAWA / LEADING GOAL SCORERS VS. OTTAWA:
1) Brendan Gallagher (10-13-23, 41 pj/gp)
2) Evgenii Dadonov (7-7-14, 18 pj/gp)
3) Josh Anderson (7-6-13, 27 pj/gp)

MEILLEURS POINTEURS CONTRE OTTAWA / LEADING SCORERS VS. OTTAWA:
1) Brendan Gallagher (10-13-23, 41 pj/gp)
2) Sean Monahan (6-10-16, 25 pj/gp)
3) Jonathan Drouin (5-10-15, 27 pj/gp)

MENEURS MINUTES DE PÉNALITÉ CONTRE OTTAWA / MOST PENALTY MINUTES VS. OTTAWA:
1) Brendan Gallagher (57, 41 pj/gp)
2) David Savard (27, 23 pj/gp)
3) Josh Anderson (24, 27 pj/gp)

NHL Preview: Boston Bruins (44-8-5) at Vancouver Canucks (23-30-5)

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NHL Preview: Boston Bruins (44-8-5) at Vancouver Canucks (23-30-5)

BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S GAME

  • The Bruins visit the Canucks tonight in the 2nd and final game between these teams this season and the Bruins’ lone visit to Rogers Arena.
  • The Bruins are 44-8-5 overall this season and they are 20-6-2 on the road … The Bruins are 19-2-2 vs Western Conference opponents.
  • The Bruins play game 2 of a four-game road trip tonight in Vancouver (1-0-0), continuing in Edmonton on 2/27 and Calgary on 2/28 … They will then return to Boston for a 4-game home stand, hosting Buffalo on 3/2, NY Rangers on 3/4, Edmonton on 3/9 and Detroit on 3/11.

RECENT GAMES:

  • The Bruins have won their last 5 games with a 3-2/OT win in Dallas on 2/14, 5-0 win in Nashville on 2/16, and 6-2 win vs. NY Islanders on 2/18, 3-1 victory vs Ottawa on 2/20 and 6-5 win in Seattle on 2/23 … They are 7-3-1 in their last 11 games and they are 17-3-1 in their last 21 contests.
  • They have won their last 4 road games and are 13-2-2 in their last 17 road games, including a 9-0-1 road point streak from 12/11-1/24.
  • The Bruins are 5-2-0 in their last 7 home games … That followed a 22-game home unbeaten at 19-0-3 and a 14-game home win streak, the longest from the start of a season in league history and longest point streak from a season’s start in Boston annals … It was also their fourth longest home point streak overall in team history.
  • Boston 6 vs NY Islanders 2 … The Bruins had 2G from Trent Frederic, 1-1=2 totals each from Nick Foligno and Jake DeBrusk, and 2A from Charlie McAvoy, along with goals from Pavel Zacha and Patrice Bergeron … Linus Ullmak earned the win in net … SOG: Bos 27, NYI 28 … PP: 1/3 … PK: 0/2
  • Boston 3 vs Ottawa 1 … Jake DeBrusk scored the game’s 1st goal, David Pastrnak scored his 40th and 41st goals of the season, and Charlie McAvoy had all 3A … Linus Ullmark had consecutive wins in goal … SOG: Bos 32, Ott 31 … PP: 0/4 … PK: 0/3
  • Boston 6 at Seattle 5 … The Bruins had two-point games from David Krejci, David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron (1-1=2 totals each), Hampus Lindholm and Charlie McAvoy (2A each) …Brandon Carlo and Jake Debrusk scored each in the last 16:19 of the 3rd period for the win … Jeremy Swayman tied a season-high of 41 shots against in the win … SOG: Bos 33, Sea 41 … PP: 0/1 … PK: 1/4

INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 76)

  • Tomas Nosek: Non-displaced fracture in left foot
  • Vinni Lettieri: Lower body injury suffered in practice

BOSTON vs VANCOUVER, LIFETIME SERIES

  • The Bruins and Canucks are meeting for the 127th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 76-32-15-3 record and 492-361 scoring advantage in those games.
  • The Bruins have a 31-21-8-2 record in Vancouver with a 235-205 sc0ring edge in those 62 games.
  • The Bruins won the 1st game of this season’s series with a 5-2 win in Boston on 11/13

FUN FACTS

  • The Bruins currently have 24 players on their roster (2 on IR) … 11 were drafted by the team, 6 were acquired in trade and 7 were signed as free agents.
  • The Bruins play 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 6-1-1 record in afternoon games so far.
  • The Bruins play 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 6-0-2 in the 1st game of those sets and are 6-2-0 in the 2nd games so far.
  • The Bruins are playing game 8 of their 10-game February schedule today (3 hm/7 rd, 6-1-0) … They will play 15 in March (9 hm/6 rd) and 7 in April (3 hm/4 rd) … They went 8-1-0 in October, 11- 2-0 in November, 9-1-4 in December and 10-3-1 in January.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 23: Marc McLaughlin recalled from Providence/AHL.
Jan. 30: Joona Koppanen and Marc McLaughlin returned to Providence/AHL.
Jan. 31: Jakub Lauko and Vinni Lettieri recalled from Providence/AHL.
Feb. 2: Jakub Lauko returned to Providence/AHL.
Feb. 9: Jakub Lauko recalled from Providence/AHL.
Feb. 17: Jakub Lauko returned to Providence/AHL.
Feb. 23: Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway acquired from Washington for Craig Smith, 2023 first round draft pick,
2025 second round draft pick and 2024 third round draft pick.
Feb. 23: Rights to Andrei Svetlakov acquired from Minnesota for 2023 fifth round draft pick.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:

CANUCKS vs BRUINS
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet West, CITY, NESN
Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO
• Today marks the second and final meeting of the season between the Canucks and the Bruins: Nov. 13 (5-2 L @ BOS) and Feb. 25 (home).
• Vancouver is 35-74-15-2 all-time against Boston, including a 23-30-8-1 record at home.
• The Canucks are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games against the Bruins, including 2-3-0 in their last five.
• Luke Schenn leads all active Canucks skaters in games played (40) against the Bruins (3-13-16 in those games).
• J.T. Miller has 18 points (7-11-18) in 25 career games against Boston to lead all active Canucks.
• Brock Boeser has five points (1-4-5) in seven career games against Boston.
• Quinn Hughes has four points (0-4-4) in five career games against Boston.
• Collin Delia is 0-1-0 in one career game against Boston.
• Arturs Silovs has yet to face the Bruins in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 23 points (10-13-23) in his last 14 games.
• J.T. Miller has 12 points (2-10-12) in his last 10 games.
• Quinn Hughes has nine points (1-8-9) in his last eight games.
• Brock Boeser has nine points (1-8-9) in his last 10 games.
• Conor Garland has seven points (3-4-7) in his last nine games.
• Anthony Beauvillier has seven points (4-3-7) in his last seven games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has seven points (5-2-7) in his last five games.

LAST MEETING – NOV. 13/22: VAN 2 at BOS 5
J.T. Miller scored on the power play for his ninth goal of the season to tie the game at one 9:05 into the game…Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser picked up the assists…Hughes extended his personal point streak to 10 games on the goal…Sheldon Dries scored his first goal and second power play point of the season just 4:34 into the third period…Bo Horvat and Luke Schenn tied for the team lead with five shots on goal…Schenn and Miller tied for the team lead in hits with four…Thatcher Demko faced 32 shots.

2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN BOS
Goals For/Game 3.36 (10th) 3.75 (2nd)
Goals Against/Game 3.98 (31st) 2.11 (1st)
Power Play % 23.0 (11th) 23.7 (7th)
Penalty Kill % 66.3 (32nd) 86.2 (1st)
Penalty Min./Game 9:09 (20th) 10:14 (23rd)
*Rankings are accurate as of 7:30am PT on February 25, 2023

LAST GAME PLAYED – FEB. 23/23: VAN 3 at STL 2 (OT)
J.T. Miller brought the Canucks within one with his first shorthanded goal of the season just past the nine-minute mark of the third period…Elias Pettersson recorded the only assist…Andrei Kuzmenko tied the game with 28.6 seconds left in regulation…Pettersson and Miller had the assists…Pettersson scored his third overtime winner of the season with 15 seconds left in the extra frame… Anthony Beauvillier and Ethan Bear recorded the assists…Pettersson set a career-high with 10 shots on goal…Jack Studnicka and Kyle V Burroughs both led the team with two hits…Burroughs and Tyler Myers co-led the team with three blocked shots…Arturs Silovs made 20 saves.

LAST 5 vs BOSTON
• Nov. 13/22: VAN 2 @ BOS 5
• Dec. 8/21: VAN 2 vs BOS 1 (SO)
• Nov. 28/21: VAN 2 @ BOS 3
• Feb. 22/20: VAN 9 vs BOS 3
• Feb. 4/20: VAN 0 @ BOS 4

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Aatu Räty and Guillaume Brisebois recalled from Abbotsford, Feb. 22
• Phillip Di Giuseppe assigned to Abbotsford, Feb. 22
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson placed on injured reserve, Feb. 21
• William Lockwood activated from injured reserve and assigned to Abbotsford, Feb. 20

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