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NBA Preview: Milwaukee Bucks (40-17) at Chicago Bulls (26-32)

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The game pits the Bulls against the Bucks, who are hoping that an eight-day break won’t slow them down in their pursuit of the Boston Celtics for first place in the Eastern Conference against the Bucks. The Bulls need to turn things around in the last part of the season.

The Bucks are coming into this game on an 11-game winning streak, which is the longest streak of the season and includes victories over the best teams in the East (Boston) and West (the Denver Nuggets). The Celtics were defeated on Tuesday night, 131-125, in overtime.

The win brought the Bucks within one game of the Celtics, a gap that could have been reversed if Milwaukee hadn’t suffered two of its 17 losses to the Bulls.

DeMar DeRozan, an All-Star, scored 36 points in a 118-113 Chicago victory over Milwaukee on Nov. 23, and on Dec. 28, he dominated the Bucks in overtime to win 119-113 at home. DeRozan scored 42 points in that game.

The Bulls went on a tear after neither victory, going four of five and two of three after the victory in December, respectively.

Since their last meeting with Milwaukee, Chicago has gone on three three-game winning streaks, only to lose three, two, and five times in a row.

They enter the matchup on Thursday with a five-game losing streak. Before suffering defeats of 100-91 against the Orlando Magic on Monday and 117-113 against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday in Indianapolis, Chicago had fallen three times in a row on the road.

DeRozan missed the first game of the back-to-back due to a strained right quad. Zach LaVine scored 35 points against the Pacers. DeRozan hoped to be healthy enough to play in the All-Star Game on Sunday, and he had not been ruled out of the Milwaukee game.

The fact that the Bulls lost on Wednesday after playing some of their best basketball of the season in the first quarter and taking a 39-15 lead was especially disheartening.

In the Bucks’ victory over the Celtics on Tuesday, their two All-Stars, Jrue Holiday (40 points) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (36) dominated, scoring 13 of the team’s 15 overtime points.

As it waits for the season debut of Jae Crowder, who was acquired from the Nets at the trade deadline after the Phoenix Suns traded him to Brooklyn in exchange for Kevin Durant, Milwaukee only had three reserves who scored.

Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer is counting down the days until Crowder will be in game condition, which probably won’t be until after the All-Star break. Crowder hasn’t played this season.

NHL Preview: New York Rangers (31-14-8) at Vancouver Canucks (21-29-4)

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NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
New York Rangers 6, Carolina Hurricanes 2 – February 11, 2023 – PNC Arena
NYR Goals: M. Zibanejad (27), A. Panarin (13, 14, 15, 16), K. Kakko (11)
CAR Goals: T. Teravainen (6), J. Kotkaniemi (8)
NYR Goalie: J. Halak (W – 27/29)
CAR Goalie: F. Andersen (L – 13/18)
NYR Shots: 19
CAR Shots: 29
NYR PP: 1/1
NYR PK: 2/2

RECAP/NOTES: The Rangers began a four-game road trip with a triumphant win against the first place Carolina Hurricanes on the road, backed by four goals in the third period. In the win, Artemi Panarin recorded his first career four-goal game and fourth career five-point night while Jaroslav Halak won his seventh-straight game.

RANGERS RUNDOWN

  • The New York Rangers head out for the first of three road games in Western Canada when they play the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena (10:00 PM ET – TV: MSGSN – Radio: ESPN 1050 AM). The Blueshirts will play five of their next six games away from MSG.
  • The Blueshirts have won five games in a row and have earned a point in seven-straight games (6-0-1). The Rangers have now earned points in eight of their last nine games (7-1-1) and 15 of their last 17 games (12-2-3). Dating back to November 30, Rangers have points in 25 of their 30 contests (21-5-4).
  • This is the ninth different season in franchise history when the Rangers have had 20+ wins in a 27-game span: 1939-40, 1941-42, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1993-94, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2022-23.
  • If the Rangers garner a point tonight, it would mark their first eight-game point streak since the 2015-16 season and first road eight-game point streak since the 2019-20 campaign.
  • On the road, the Rangers have earned a point in seven-straight games (4-0-3) and 11 of their last 12 contests (8-1-3). New York has points in 18 of its last 21 games (14-3-4) away from home.
  • Against the West, New York is 17-5-3 and is 8-2-2 against Pacific Division teams.
  • The Rangers defensemen group has collected 134 points, the second-most in the NHL and 106 assists, also the second most. 27.9 percent of all Rangers points this season have been contributed to a defenseman.
  • New York’s 69 third period goals rank second for third in the NHL and their plus-19 third period goal differential ranks fourth.

LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Feb. 11 at Carolina W, 6-2
Feb. 10 Seattle W, 6-3
Feb. 8 Vancouver W, 4-3
Feb. 6 Calgary OTW, 5-4
Jan. 27 Vegas W, 4-1

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
February 10 – Libor Hajek re-assigned to Hartford

February 9 – Vladimir Tarasenko and defenseman Niko Mikkola acquired from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a conditional first-round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, Sammy Blais, and Hunter Skinner.

February 9 – Will Cuylle re-assigned to Hartford

ALL-TIME RECORD 82-36-8-2 (174 PTS)
2022-23 1-0-0
2021-22 0-1-1
NYR HOME 44-16-5-1 (94 PTS)
NYR AWAY 38-20-3-1 (80 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 1-3-1
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Tarasenko (9) – A: Tarasenko (16) – Pts: Tarasenko (25)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Gilbert (18) – A: Greschner (29) – Pts: Greschner (44)

TEAM NOTES
ROAD RANKS
The Blueshirts head into tonight’s game as one of the best road teams in the entire NHL, winning four of their last six road games and earning a point in 19 of 24 road games overall (15-5-4). If the Rangers win tonight, it would mark the fourth time in franchise history the club has won at least 16 of their first 25 road games.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, MSGSN
Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second and final game between the Canucks and Rangers this season: Feb. 8 (4-3 L @ NYR) and Feb. 15 (home).

• Vancouver is 38-79-8-3 all-time against New York, including a 21-37-3-1 record at home.

• The Canucks are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games against the Rangers, including 4-1-0 in their last five.

• Anthony Beauvillier leads all active Canucks skaters in career points against the Rangers with 23 (13-10-27 in 28 GP).

• J.T. Miller has 10 points (4-6-10) in 10 career games against the Rangers.

• Quinn Hughes has five points (0-5-5) in five career games against the Rangers.

• Conor Garland has five points (3-2-5) in six career games against the Rangers.

• Elias Pettersson has five points (2-3-5) in seven career games against the Rangers.

• Collin Delia is 0-1-0 in one game vs New York in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS
• Quinn Hughes has 19 points (4-15-19) in his last 15 games.

• Elias Pettersson has 12 points (7-5-12) in his last 10 games.

• Brock Boeser has seven points (1-6-7) in his last six games.

• J.T. Miller has 11 points (2-9-11) in his last 12 games.

• Conor Garland has seven points (2-5-7) in his last nine games.

LAST MEETING – FEB. 8/23: VAN 3 at NYR 4
Conor Garland got the Canucks on the board off a Quinn Hughes pass with his 10th goal of the season at 17:36 in the first period to cut the deficit to one goal…Vasily Podkolzin scored his first goal of the season at 16:06 in the second period to bring the Canucks back within one…former New York Ranger J.T. Miller collected his 500th NHL point on the play with the lone assist…Elias Pettersson beat an icing call to strike just 11 seconds after a Mika Zibanejad tally at 16:16 in the third period…Quinn Hughes picked up his second assist of the night while Brock Boeser registered the other assist…Luke Schenn and Riley Stillman co-led Vancouver skaters in hits (3) while six Canucks recorded two blocks…Elias Pettersson went 13-6 in the face-off circle…Spencer Martin faced 21 shots.

2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN NYR
Goals For/Game 3.30 (12th) 3.32 (9th)
Goals Against/Game 4.02 (31st) 2.62 (4th)
Power Play % 22.8 (11th) 22.7 (12th)
Penalty Kill % 65.4 (32nd) 81.3 (9th)
Penalty Min./Game 9:22 (20th) 7:40 (4th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 11:30am PT on February 14, 2023

LAST GAME PLAYED – FEB. 13/23: VAN 1 vs DET 6
Sheldon Dries scored his seventh of the season to bring the Canucks within one 1:31 into the second period…Conor Garland and Andrei Kuzmenko picked up the assists…it was Garland’s 100th career assist…Philip Di Giuseppe and Elias Pettersson tied for the team lead with four shots on goal…Curtis Lazar led the team with six hits…Vasily Podkolzin played in his 100th career game…Collin Delia faced 23 shots.

LAST 5 vs NEW YORK
• Feb. 8/23: VAN 3 at NYR 4
• Feb. 27/22: VAN 5 vs NYR 2
• Nov. 2/21: VAN 3 at NYR 2 (OT)
• Jan. 4/20: VAN 2 at NYR 1
• Oct. 20/19: VAN 3 vs NYR 2

KNACK FOR THE NET
Extending his goal streak to three games with a third period tally on Feb. 11 at DET, Elias Pettersson reached the 25-goal mark for the fourth time in his young career, becoming just the third player in Canucks history to record as many 25-goal campaigns in his first five career NHL seasons, joining Stan Smyl (4) and Petri Skriko (4).

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Spencer Martin placed on waivers, Feb. 13
• Phillip Di Giuseppe, Vasily Podkolzin, and Nils Aman recalled from Abbotsford, Feb. 4

NHL Preview: Buffalo Sabres (26-22-4) at Anaheim Ducks (17-31-6)

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BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:

LAST GAME
Monday, Feb. 13
Buffalo 2 at Los Angeles 5
Goals: Cozens, Krebs
Goalie: Anderson (23 saves/28 shots)
PP: 1/5; PK: 1/3; Shots: Buffalo 29 – Los Angeles 28

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 102)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
N/A
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
N/A

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Feb. 18: Buffalo at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21: Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 23: Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 24: Buffalo at Florida, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 26: Washington at Buffalo, 1:00 p.m.

TODAY’S GAME
SABRES AT DUCKS
• This is the second and final meeting between the Sabres and Ducks this season.
• Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Anaheim 6-3 in Buffalo on Jan. 21, 2023.
• The Sabres are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games against the Ducks; 5-5-0 on the road.
• This is the 44th game all-time between Buffalo and Los Angeles; Buffalo has a 22-17-4 series record.
• The Sabres are 12-9-0 on the road against the Ducks all-time.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• A win in tonight’s game would give Buffalo consecutive wins against the Ducks for the first time since the team earned two wins in a row from Oct. 21 to Dec. 22, 2018.

• The Sabres are 4-2-0 on the road against Pacific Division opponents this season. The last season Buffalo won at least five road games against Pacific teams was 2017-18, when Buffalo went 5-2-1 in such contests.

• In his last two games, Casey Mittelstadt has registered three points (1+2) and a point in tonight’s game would give him his second three-game point streak of 2022-23.

• Victor Olofsson has tallied 12 points (8+4) in his last 13 games.

• With a point in tonight’s game, Olofsson would earn his second point streak of three or more games this season (four games, Jan. 17 to 23).

• In four career games against the Ducks, Olofsson has recorded five points (3+2).

• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 39 points (7+32) in his last 37 games, including eight points (1+7) in his last nine games.

• Alex Tuch has notched 10 points (4+6) in his last 11 games.

• Tage Thompson has recorded 18 points (8+10) in his last 17 games.

• Dylan Cozens has tallied 37 points (14+23) in his last 38 games.

• In his last 31 games, Jeff Skinner has notched 36 points (15+21).

• Skinner has 12 points (7+5) in his last twelve games against Anaheim.

ROAD TRIPPIN’
• The Sabres are 15-8-2 on the road this season and are ranked eighth in the NHL in road points percentage (.640).

• .640 is the third-highest road points percentage in franchise history. The 2006-07 Sabres recorded a road points percentage of .659, the current team record.

• Since Nov. 22, the Sabres have gone 12-3-2 in away games and they are tied for first in road points earned (26) in that span.

• Buffalo is currently scoring 3.64 goals per game on the road this season, which would rank fifth all-time in Sabres franchise history for the most goals scored per game on the road in a single season.

• The Sabres also currently have the second-highest road power-play percentage (24.4) in franchise history. Only the 1979-80 Sabres (26.0 percent) scored on a higher percentage of power plays on the road.

• The Sabres currently rank second in franchise history in road winning percentage when scoring first (.833), trailing just the 2005-06 Sabres (.882).

• This season, the Sabres have gone 10-2-2 against Western Conference opponents on the road.

• Entering play on Feb. 14, Tage Thompson was tied for second among all NHL skaters in road points this season (36) and was tied for third in goals scored on the road (18).

• Rasmus Dahlin led all NHL defensemen in road goals (8) and ranked second in road points (27).

ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES:

LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME
Feb. 12, 2023 – ANAHEIM 2 @ VEGAS 7
The Ducks fell 7-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in their second-ever game on a Super Bowl Sunday. Isac Lundestrom netted his second goal and added an assist, marking his second multi-point effort to the season and third point the last three games (1-2=3). Frank Vatrano netted his 13th goal (12th road goal) to push his goal total to six his last seven games (6-2=8). Derek Grant, Colton White and Trevor Zegras earned assists, with Zegras now earning seven assists in seven career games vs. Vegas (2-7=9). John Gibson made 32 saves in his 37th appearance.
PP: 0-3 PK: 2-2 SF: 25 SA: 39 TOI: Simon Benoit (22:55)
Three Stars: 1. J. Eichel 2. W. Carrier 3. S. Theodore

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV / AUDIO
Feb. 17 Los Angeles Honda Center 6 p.m. ESPN / Ducks Stream
Feb. 20 Florida FLA Live Arena 10 a.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Feb. 21 Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 4 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Feb. 23 Washington Capital One Arena 4 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream
Feb. 25 Carolina PNC Arna 4 p.m. BSSC / Ducks Stream

RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb. 6 Placed D Urho Vaakanainen on Injured Reserve (IR).
Feb. 7 Activated C Derek Grant from Injured Reserve (IR).
Feb. 10 Recalled G Olle Eriksson Ek from San Diego (AHL). Placed Troy Terry on Injured Reserve (IR).
Feb. 11 Recalled G Lukas Dostal from San Diego (AHL) and reassigned G Olle Eriksson Ek to San Diego.

ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES
Man-Games Lost: 282

PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED
John Moore Upper-body Indefinite 54
Jamie Drysdale Torn labrum (shoulder) 4-6 months 46
Justin Kirkland Car accident Day-to-day 14
Urho Vaakanainen Lower-body Day-to-day 4
Troy Terry Upper-body Day-to-day 3
Anthony Stolarz Lower-body Day-to-day 2

ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks begin a two-game homestand tonight when they host the Buffalo Sabres at Honda Cent (7 p.m. PT, TV: Bally Sports SoCal AUDIO: Ducks Stream). Anaheim enters tonight’s game with points in six of their last seven games (4-2-1) in addition to a 5-3-1 record the last nine games and points in eight of the last 11 overall (5-4-2). The Ducks have also picked up points in 12 of their last 24 contests (9-12-3). The Ducks penalty kill enters tonight having killed 16 of the last 17 penalties (94.1%) dating to Jan. 28 (spanning five games), third among NHL clubs. Anaheim continues its 11-game February schedule today (1-2-1 to date), consisting of four home and seven road contests. All-time, Anaheim is 154-126-35 in the month of February. Since the start of 2012-13, Anaheim is 57-47-13 in the month, earning points in 70 of the 117 contests (.598%). Following tonight’s game, the Ducks will conclude the homestand Friday, Feb. 17 when they host the first Freeway Faceoff this season vs. Los Angeles Kings at Honda Center (6 p.m. PT, ESPN).

DUCKS-SABRES: Anaheim and Buffalo wrap up a two-game season series tonight at Honda Center. The Ducks have won three of the past five meetings with the Sabres overall (3-2-0) while earning points in six of the last 10 (4-4-2). In Orange County, the Ducks have earned points in seven of their last 10 games against the Sabres dating back to the 2009-10 season (5-3-2). Buffalo earned a 6-3 win Jan. 21 in Buffalo to open the 2022-23 series. Trevor Zegras recorded a career-tying 2-1=3 points in the contest, marking 2-2=4 points in three career games vs. the Sabres. The Ducks own an 18-19-6 all-time record vs. the Sabres, including a 9-10-2 mark at Honda Center. Adam Henrique (9-16=25 in 27 GP) leads active Ducks skaters in career scoring and goals vs. the Sabres and co-leads in assists alongside John Klingberg (0-16=16 in 15 GP).

ANA-BUF SEASON SERIES:
DATE LOCATION TIME / RESULT TV / AUDIO
Jan. 21 KeyBank Center 6-3 BUF win
Feb. 15 Honda Center 7 p.m. PT Bally Sports SoCal / Ducks Stream

ANA-BUF ALL-TIME SERIES:
Overall @ Anaheim @ Buffalo
All-Time Series: 18-19-6 9-10-2 9-9-4
Current Streak: One ANA win One BUF win One BUF win
Last ANA Win: Dec. 7, 2021 (2-0) Oct. 16, 2019 (5-2) Dec. 7, 2021 (2-0)
Last BUF Win: Jan. 21, 2023 (6-3) Oct. 28, 2021 (4-3 OT) Jan. 21, 2023 (6-3)
ANA Last 10: 4-4-2 5-3-2 6-4-0

NHL Preview: Detroit Red Wings (24-20-8) at Edmonton Oilers (30-19-5)

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DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:

LAST GAME
RED WINGS 6 at VANCOUVER 1 (2/13/23)
1ST PERIOD: DET Larkin (Seider) 10:58-EV; DET Larkin (Fabbri, Bertuzzi) 19:24-PP
2ND PERIOD: VAN Dries (Garland, Kuzmenko) 1:31-EV; DET Fabbri (Rasmussen, Copp) 8:09-EV
3RD PERIOD: DET Lindström (Rasmussen, Fabbri) 0:40-EV; DET Suter (Sundqvist, Lindström) 5:19-EV; DET Berggren (Veleno, Hronek) 7:52-EV
SHOTS: DET 23 (7-6-10) / VAN 30 (7-11-12)
GOALIES: DET Husso (W, 29-30) / VAN Delia (L, 17-23)
PP: DET 1-1 / VAN 0-4

MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Jake Walman – upper body (2 / Feb. 9)
Lucas Raymond – lower body (2 / Feb. 10)
Total Man Games Lost: 227
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), Ville Husso (2), Michael Rasmussen (2), Dylan Larkin (1)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
2/14 – Recalled forward Jakub Vrána from Grand Rapids … Placed forward Lucas Raymond on injured reserve retroactive to 2/10
2/9 – Reassigned defenseman Donovan Sebrango to Grand Rapids from Toledo (ECHL) … Reassigned defenseman Seth Barton from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)

TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS at OILERS / 9:30 P.M. EST / Rogers Place / TV: BSD EXTRA / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 137th all-time meeting, 68th at Edmonton … Second of two games this season, only game at Edmonton
ALL-TIME vs. EDM: 68-44-13-11 / AWAY: 26-24-10-7 / LAST 10: 4-6-0 / IN 2021-22: 1-1-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-1-0

DET top scorers vs. EDM: David Perron (9-15-24 in 40 GP), Dylan Larkin (5-6-11 in 13 GP), Tyler Bertuzzi (2-3-5 in 6 GP), Moritz Seider (1-2-3 in 3 GP), Michael Rasmussen (0-3-3 in 4 GP), Jakub Vrána (2-1-3 in 6 GP), Filip Hronek (1-2-3 in 6 GP), Lucas Raymond (1-1-2 in 3 GP), Joe Veleno (1-0-1 in 2 GP), Filip Zadina (1-0-1 in 2 GP)

EDM top scorers vs. DET: Evander Kane (9-6-15 in 24 GP), Connor McDavid (4-10-14 in 12 GP), Tyson Barrie (4-9-13 in 18 GP), Zach Hyman (5-6-11 in 17 GP), Mattias Janmark (5-5-10 in 17 GP), Leon Draisaitl (2-7-9 in 12 GP), Derek Ryan (1-7-8 in 12 GP), Darnell Nurse (1-5-6 in 12 GP), Philip Broberg (0-3-3 in 2 GP), Evan Bouchard (0-2-2 in 3 GP), Jesse Puljujärvi (2-0-2 in 4 GP), Vincent Desharnais (0-1-1 in 1 GP)

UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Thursday, Feb. 16: RED WINGS at FLAMES / 9:00 p.m. / Scotiabank Saddledome / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Saturday, Feb. 18: RED WINGS at KRAKEN / 10:30 p.m. / Climate Pledge Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Tuesday, Feb. 21: RED WINGS at CAPITALS / 7:00 p.m. / Capital One Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM

LAST TIME OUT
Feb. 13 at Vancouver – 6-1 W
Detroit captured a 6-1 win at Vancouver to improve to 24-20-8 overall and 10-9-5 on the road … The Red Wings have won three-consecutive games and are 5-2-0 overall since Jan. 24 vs. San Jose … The Red Wings have earned three-straight victories for the first time since authoring a four-game winning streak from Nov. 17-25 … The Red Wings are 3-1-0 in their last four road contests dating back to Jan. 19 at Vegas … Detroit has won four-straight head-to-head meetings against Vancouver since Oct. 16, 2021, outscoring the Canucks by a 15-4 margin … Additionally, the Red Wings are 8-3-1 at Vancouver dating back to Feb. 2, 2010 … Detroit netted six-or-more goals against Vancouver for the first time since an 8-3 triumph on Feb. 24, 2013 at Joe Louis Arena … The Red Wings have allowed two-or-fewer goals in seven of their last nine games … Dylan Larkin scored twice in the opening period to reach the 20-goal mark for the fourth time in his NHL career … It marked the first time Larkin has scored multiple goals in back-to-back games … Larkin also reached the 50-point mark for the fifth time in his NHL career … Larkin paces the Red Wings in goals (20), assists (30), points (50), power play goals (10), power play points (18), game-winning goals (4) and shots (164) through 51 games … Larkin became the first Detroit skater to score multiple goals in consecutive games since the 2018-19 season, when Anthony Mantha (2 GP from March 31-April 2, 2019) and Andreas Athanasiou (2 GP from March 16-19, 2019) both accomplished the feat … Larkin scored twice in backto-back meetings against the Canucks (also 2-1-3 on Feb. 11 vs. Vancouver), becoming the first Red Wings player to score multiple
goals in consecutive games against the same opponent since Todd Bertuzzi (Feb. 11-13, 2011 vs. Boston) … Larkin extended his point streak to four-straight games (5-2-7 in 4 GP) … Larkin has compiled 17 points (7-10-17) in 14 games since Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg … Larkin opened the scoring for the second-consecutive game and NHL-best 18th time since the beginning of the 2021-22 season … Larkin bagged his 42nd career game-opening goal, tying Vyacheslav Kozlov for 11th place on the franchise’s all-time list … Moritz Seider picked up the lone assist on Larkin’s first goal to extend his point streak to four-straight games (0-5-5 in 4 GP) … Seider has eight assists in his last six games, and 16 points (1-15-16) with a plus-six rating in 14 games since Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg … Robby Fabbri recorded a goal and two assists for his first three-point game since netting a hat trick on March 18, 2021 vs. Dallas … Fabbri has four points (1-3-4) in his last two appearances … Gustav Lindström also finished with a goal and an assist for his first multi-point game of the campaign … Lindström tallied his first goal since Feb. 14, 2022 at Minnesota … Michael Rasmussen dished out a pair of assists for his sixth multi-point game of the season … Rasmussen has three assists in his last two games, and 10 points (2-8-10) in 11 contests since Jan. 16 at Colorado … Rasmussen (9-18-27 in 50 GP) matched his point total from the 2021-22 season in 30 fewer games (15-12-27 in 80 GP) … Rasmussen ranks second among Detroit skaters with 26 even-strength points (9-17-26), trailing only Larkin (9-22-31) … Pius Suter gave Detroit a 5-1 lead with his seventh goal of the season … Jonatan Berggren wrapped up the scoring with his 11th goal of the season … Berggren has three goals over his last two games … Tyler Bertuzzi recorded an assist for the second-consecutive game … Bertuzzi has three points (1-2-3) in his last four contests … Filip Hronek also has points in back-toback games (1-1-2 in 2 GP) … Hronek ranks second among Detroit skaters with 35 points (8-27-35) through 52 games … Husso stopped 29-of-30 shots to collect his 20th win of the season … Husso is 5-1-0 in his last six starts since Jan. 24 vs. San Jose … Husso has allowed one goal or fewer in 11 starts this season … Husso is a perfect 2-for-2 on penalty shot attempts in his NHL career … Detroit is 22-for-24 (91.7%) on the penalty kill since Jan. 17 at Arizona.

EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:

ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. DETROIT GP RECORD HOME (67) AWAY (69) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. DETROIT 136 55-61-13-7 31-24-10-2 24-37-3-5 439 485
OILERS vs. DETROIT – 2022-23 1 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 5 2

QUICK FACTS
Wednesday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second of two meetings against Detroit this season and the lone game in Edmonton.

The last time these teams met was on February 7th in Detroit, with the Oilers winning 5-2.

Evander Kane leads the team with 15 career points against Detroit. Cody Ceci has played in a team high 26 career games against the Red Wings.

WINNING WAYS
The Oilers are 10-2-3 in their last 15 games, outscoring opponents 63-43.

FIVE OF A KIND
The Oilers scored 5+ goals for the 19th time this season on February 11th at Ottawa, maintaining their undefeated record when posting five or more goals in a game.

GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank 1st in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 80.

They also rank tied for tied for 4th in the league in third period goals with 66.

LAST 10 GAMES vs. DETROIT
Record: 6-4-0
GF: 33 GA: 30
2022-23 2/7/23 @ DET 5-2 W
2021-22 3/15/22 @ EDM 7-5 W
2021-22 11/9/21 @ DET 4-2 L
2019-20 10/29/19 @ DET 3-1 L
2019-20 10/18/19 @ EDM 2-1 W
2018-19 1/22/19 @ EDM 2-3 L
2018-19 11/3/18 @ DET 4-3 W
2017-18 11/22/17 @ DET 6-2 W
2017-18 11/5/17 @ EDM 0-4 L
2016-17 3/4/17 @ EDM 4-3 W

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 12 F Devin Shore placed on waivers
Feb. 13 F Devin Shore cleared waivers and assigned to Bakersfield
Feb. 14 F Devin Shore recalled from Bakersfield

OILERS IN FEBRUARY
Overall – 503 GP, 224-223-29-27 – 504 PTS
2022-23 – 4 GP, 2-1-1 – 5 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 7-5-0 – 14 PTS

NHL Preview: Colorado Avalanche (28-19-5) at Minnesota Wild (28-20-5)

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COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:

UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Wed, Feb. 15 at Minnesota 7:30 p.m. TNT 950 AM
Sat, Feb. 18 at St. Louis Noon Altitude / NHLN 92.5 FM
Sun, Feb. 19 EDMONTON 1 p.m. ESPN+, HULU / SNet 92.5 FM
Fri, Feb. 24 at Winnipeg 6 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Feb. 25 CALGARY 8 p.m. Altitude, CBC 950 AM
Mon, Feb. 27 VEGAS 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM

TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO @ MINNESOTA
7:52 p.m. MT / 8:52 p.m. CT
TNT / 92.5 FM
The Avalanche travels to Minnesota to face the Wild tonight at Xcel Energy Center … This evening is the second half of a back-to-back for the Avs, who fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Lightning last night in Denver … Colorado is in a stretch of three consecutive back-to-backs … All three back-to-backs will require travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back will be waiting for the Avs … The Avs are 8-2-2 in their last 12.

ON THE CALL
TNT: Kenny Albert, Eddie Olczyk, Keith Jones
Altitude Radio: Conor McGahey

LAST GAME
Feb. 14 – Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 3 in shootout
Steven Stamkos scored the only goal of the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena … Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and one assist and Artturi Lehkonen and Denis Malgin also scored for the Avs … Alexandar Georgiev made 32 saves while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 43 of Colorado’s 46 shots SF: 46 SA: 35 PP: 0-2 PK: 4-4

The Avs are 8-2-2 in their last 12 games The Avalanche had 46 shots after recording a season-high 50 on Saturday in Florida … This marks just the second time in franchise history that Colorado/Quebec has fired 46+ shots in consecutive games … They also did it Mar. 10-12, 2021 (46 vs. Arizona and 46 vs. Los Angeles) MacKinnon reached the 60-point mark, the seventh time in his career that he’s surpassed 60 points … That trails only Joe Sakic (17x), Peter Stastny (10x), Michel Goulet (9x) and Anton Stastny (8x) for the most 60-point campaigns in Avalanche/Nordiques franchise history MacKinnon has an eight-game home point streak Devon Toews logged a season-high 30:04 of ice time, the third time in his career he’s gone over 30 minutes in a game

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. 9 – present)
Josh Manson – lower body (Dec. 3 – present)
Total: 297 (3rd in NHL)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 14 – Brad Hunt, Ben Meyers recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Erik Johnson placed on Injured Reserve (retroactive to Feb. 11) … Ben Meyers reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 13 – Jonas Johansson recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 12 – Brad Hunt cleared waivers and was reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 11 – Brad Hunt placed on waivers
Feb. 7 – Bowen Byram activated from Injured Reserve

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – MINNESOTA WILD
Tonight is the second of three meetings between the Avalanche and Wild and the second of two in St. Paul … The Avalanche won the first matchup 6-3 here at Xcel Energy Center on Oct. 17 …. The Wild and Blackhawks are the only two divisional opponents who will play the Avalanche three times instead of four.

SCHEDULE vs. WILD
Oct. 17 @ Minnesota (W, 6-3)
Feb. 15 @ Minnesota
Mar. 29 vs. MINNESOTA

RECORD vs. WILD
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 1-0-0 Overall: 2-1-1 Overall: 58-46-15 Series: 3 (1-2)
Home: — Home: 2-0-0 Home: 32-23-4 Record: 10-10
Road: 1-0-0 Road: 0-1-1 Road: 26-23-11 2003 CQF (L, 3-4), 2008 CQF (W, 4-2), 2014 R1 (L, 3-4)

2022-23 SEASON NOTES
BACK-TO-BACK
Tonight ends the first of what will be three consecutive back-to-back sets for the Avalanche … All three back-to-backs will require travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back will be waiting for the Avs … Colorado, which will play 13 back-to-back contests overall this year, owns a 3-2-1 record in the first game and 3-2-0 in the second … 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 (.773), with only Tampa (10-0-2, .917) posting a better record in the second half of a back-to-back.

MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:

SERIES NOTES

COLORADO AVALANCHE
All-Time Wild Record: 58-48-12 (33-21-5 at Xcel Energy Center, 25-27-7 at Colorado)
2022-23: Colorado earned a 6-3 victory in St. Paul in the series-opening game (10/17)…D Calen Addison led Minnesota with three points (0-3=3)…LW Kirill Kaprizov (2-0=2) and C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-0=1) both scored goals for the Wild…G Filip Gustavsson stopped 32 of 37 shots faced for the Wild…RW Valeri Nichushkin (1-2=3) and C Nathan MacKinnon (1-2=3) each posted three points to lead the Avalanche…D Cale Makar (0-2=2) and D Samuel Girard (0-2=2) recorded multi-point performances…G Alexander Georgiev stopped 36 of 39 shots faced for the Avalanche.

WILD LEADERS: RW Mats Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 24 points (5-19=24) in 24 matches against Colorado…D Alex Goligoski has 21 points (4-17=21) in 42 games…D Jared Spurgeon owns 20 points (5- 15=20) in 56 contests…C Ryan Hartman owns 16 points (9-7=16) in 30 contests.

WILD GOALIES: G Marc-Andre Fleury is 16-11-3 with a 2.51 GAA, a .916 SV% and three shutouts in 31 career games (30 starts) against Colorado…Gustavsson is 0-2-0 with a 5.72 GAA and a .856 SV% in two starts against Colorado.

AVALANCHE LEADERS: MacKinnon leads the Avalanche with 47 points (16-31=47) in 41 games against Minnesota…RW Mikko Rantanen has 35 points (14-21=35) in 29 contests…D Cale Makar owns 17 points (4- 13=15) in 16 matches…C Andrew Cogliano has 17 points (6-11=17) in 61 games.

AVALANCHE GOALIES: G Pavel Francouz 2-2-0 with a 3.39 GAA and a .897 SV% in four games (three starts) vs. Minnesota…Georgiev is 2-2-0 with a 3.69 GAA and a .885 SV% in four starts.

FAST FACTS: Minnesota has 58 wins and 128 points against Colorado all-time, second-most against any franchise…The Wild is 21-17-2 against the Avalanche in the last 40 matches, including six shutout victories…The Wild’s three shutouts against Colorado during the 2014-15 campaign marked the second time in franchise history it recorded at least three shutouts against the same opponent in a season (2006-07 vs.
Edmonton)…Minnesota defeated Colorado in seven games in the 2003 First Round and the 2014 First Round …The Avalanche won the 2008 First Round series in six games.

HOME SWEET HOME
• Dating back to Nov. 19th, Minnesota is 14-4-1 at home for a .763 point percentage, the third-best rate in the NHL during that span.

• The Wild recorded an seven-game home win streak from Nov. 27 – Dec. 18, the fourth-longest home win streak in the NHL this season.

• Minnesota is tied for sixth in the NHL with 16 home victories this season and ranks tied for ninth with a .630 point percentage at home.

• In home games since Nov. 19, the Wild is recording a 2.21 goals against average (GAA) and .922 save percentage (SV%). Since Nov. 19, Minnesota ranks second in the NHL in home GAA and third in home SV%.

ON THE POWER PLAY
• The Wild have converted 28.9 percent (24 of 83) of power-play opportunities at home this season, fifth-best in the NHL.

• Minnesota recorded a power-play goal in a season-high six consecutive games from Nov. 23 – Dec. 4, going eight-for-19 (42.1 pct.) during that span. The streak tied for the fifth-longest in franchise history.

PENALTY KILLERS
• Since Nov. 8, Minnesota is sixth in the NHL with a 82.8 penalty-kill percentage (120 for 145).

• Minnesota is fifth in the NHL with a 82.1 penalty-kill percentage (78 of 95) on the road this season.

SHORT (HANDED) KINGS
• Minnesota is fourth in the NHL with eight shorthanded goals this season.

• The total is tied for the highest in franchise history through a season’s first 53 games (eight SHG in 2001-02 and 2006-07 seasons).

• Minnesota has not eclipsed eight shorthanded goals in season since recording nine during the 2008-09 campaign.

NHL Preview: Tampa Bay Lightning (35-16-2) at Arizona Coyotes (18-28-8)

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TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:

LAST GAME
Lightning 4 at Colorado 3 (SO)
The Tampa Bay Lightning collected a third-straight victory with a 4-3 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night at Ball Arena…The Bolts swept the season series vs. COL after collecting a 5-0 win Feb. 9 at AMALIE Arena…The Lightning improved to 35-16-2 on the season with a road record of 14-12-0…Arturri Lehkonen opened the scoring just 50 seconds into the game with the lone goal of the first period to put COL up 1-0…Nathan MacKinnon doubled the lead for COL and made it 2-0 with a goal at the 6:21 mark of the second period…Nikita Kucherov got Tampa Bay back within one when he went to the back door and buried his 21st goal of the season off a pass from Brayden Point to make it 2-1 with 6:51 left in the second…Anthony Cirelli tied the game at two just 26 seconds into the third period when he fired home a one-timer off a pass from Steven Stamkos with Victor Hedman picking up the secondary assist…Denis Malgin gave COL a 3-2 lead 1:37 after Cirelli’s sixth goal of the season…The Lightning answered right back and made it a 3-3 game after Corey Perry held the puck in at the COL blue line and moved the puck up to Vladislav Namestnikov, who beat Alexander Georgiev with a smooth move to his backhand just 2:07 after the Malgin goal…After neither team found the back of the net in overtime, Stamkos scored the lone goal of the shootout as Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all three COL shooters to wrap up the 4-3 win for Tampa Bay…Vasilevskiy made 43 saves on 46 shots against in the win.
PP: TBL – 0-4 COL – 0-2
SOG: TBL – 35 COL – 46
Attendance: 18,072

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Coyotes are playing the second of two matchups this season and the only meeting at Mullett Arena…The Bolts defeated ARI 5-3 in the first matchup this season Dec. 31 at AMALIE Arena…The Lightning fell into a early 2-0 hole when ARI got back-to-back goals from Travis Boyd and Christian Fischer just 34 seconds apart at the 6:12 and 6:46 marks of the first period…Brayden Point got the Bolts back within one at the 10:53 mark of the first when he took a pass from Nikita Kucherov off his skate and batted the puck out of midair past Karel Vejmelka for his team-leading 21st goal of the season…Mikhail Sergachev tied the game at two with 10:44 remaining in the second period when he fired a shot from the point that deflected off the stick of Lawson Crouse and past Vejmelka with Point and Victor Hedman collecting the assists…After ARI unsuccessfully challenged for offside on the Sergachev goal, Tampa Bay went to the power play and took a 3-2 lead 28 seconds into the man advantage with Steven Stamkos hammering a one-timer past Vejmelka for his 498th career goal with Hedman and Kucherov collecting the helpers…Nick Bjugstad tied the game at three 1:32 after the Stamkos goal before Alex Killorn stole the puck at the Lightning blue line and beat Vejmelka on a breakaway with 1:01 remaining in the second period…After Josh Brown got sent off for boarding Nick Perbix, the Bolts made it a 5-3 game with Brandon Hagel redirecting a Hedman shot from the point with 15:34 remaining in regulation and Stamkos picking up the secondary assist…Andrei Vasilevskiy collected his third-straight win with 28 saves on 31 shots against…The Lightning are 6-4- 0 in both their last 10 games at ARI and the last 10 meetings overall…The Bolts have scored three or more goals in six consecutive games vs. ARI…Stamkos has recorded three straight multi-point games vs. ARI (4-2—6) and has pointed six consecutive contests vs. ARI (5-5—10)…Stamkos has recorded at least one point in 15 of his 19 career games vs. ARI (10-10—20)…Point is riding a five-game point streak vs. ARI (3-3—6) and has recorded four points in four career games at ARI (3-1—4)…Killorn has recorded points in six consecutive games vs. ARI (4-4—8)…Hedman has picked up five assists over his last five games vs. ARI (0-5—5)…The Lightning are 23-14-1 all-time vs. ARI, including a road record of 11-9-0…Vincent Lecavalier (9-12—21) holds the Tampa Bay franchise record for career points vs. ARI.

TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. ARI

  1. Vincent Lecavalier – 21 pts. (9-12—21, 17 GP)
  2. Steven Stamkos – 20 pts. (10-10—20, 19 GP)
  3. Martin St. Louis – 16 pts. (8-8—16, 15 GP)
  4. Nikita Kucherov – 14 pts. (9-5—14, 13 GP)
  5. Alex Killorn – 13 pts. (5-8—13, 17 GP)

TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the third game of a four-game road trip tonight…The Bolts will play seven of their 12 games in February on the road…The Lightning are 3-5-1 in the second half of back-to-back games this season…The Lightning are 11-2-0 against Central Division opponents and 19-6-1 against the Western Conference this season…The Bolts are 14-12-0 on the road this season…Tampa Bay has scored three or more goals in seven of their last eight road games and 14 of their last 15 games overall…The Lightning have failed to score a power-play goal in seven consecutive road games…The Bolts are 10-4-1 in their last 15 games against Western Conference opponents.

INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 93
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

ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:

3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona enters tonight on a season-high six-game point streak (3-0-3), good for the second-longest active point streak in the NHL. The last time the Yotes posted a 7-game point streak was 12/31/15 – 1/14/16 (5-0-2)

• The duo of Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz have combined for 15 points in the last three games, including Keller posting 8 pts (3- 5-8) over the most recent 3-game road trip. Keller’s 8 pts paces the NHL since 2/10

• The Coyotes are 11-8-2 at home through 21 games at Mullett Arena. The Coyotes have a chance to reach 12 home wins within their first 22 home contests for the first time since 2015-16 (20 home games)

LAST GAME
Coyotes 4, Predators 2 – February 13, 2023 – Bridgestone Arena
ARI Goals: Schmaltz (14), Crouse (18, 19), Fischer (9)
NSH Goals: Josi (13), Sissons (8)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (W) – 29 svs on 31 shots
NSH Goalie: Lankinen (L) – 15 svs on 18 shots
PP: 1-1 PK: 4-5
Notes: ARI earned its ninth comeback win of the season and extended its season-long point streak to six games (3-0-3)…Lawson Crouse scored two goals for his third multi-goal game of the season…Clayton Keller chipped in two assists and has 9 pts (3-6-9) in his last 4 GP… Keller reached 50 points on the season with his second assist… Keller’s four-game assist streak ties the longest official assist streak by a Coyote this season …Nick Schmaltz scored a goal and established a 3-game goal/point streak…Matias Maccelli recorded a pair of helpers to grab a share of the second-most among rookies this season (22) at the conclusion of Monday’s games…JJ Moser reached 20 pts on the campaign (5-15-20) with a two-assist night, his third multi-point game of the season…Christian Fischer scored the ENG and is one point shy of securing his second career 20+ point season…Karel Vejmelka registered his 15th win of the season and is 4-0-1 in his last five starts, posting a 2.20 GAA and a .936 SV% in that span…The last time the Coyotes did not suffer a regulation loss for their first four games of a month was March of 2022 (4-0-0)…The Coyotes enter tonight with the second-longest active point streak in the NHL (7 games, NYR)

MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Liam O’Brien…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (2 / 2/10)
Shayne Gostisbehere…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (6 / 1/24)
Total man games lost: 116 games
Liam O’Brien – 23 (12/17 – 2/6) – Upper-Body
Jakob Chychrun – 16 (10/13 – 11/17) – Upper-Body
Matias Maccelli – 16 (12/27 – 1/24) – Lower-Body
Nick Schmaltz – 15 (10/15 – 11/17) – Upper-Body … 1 (12/31) – Upper-Body
Zack Kassian – 9 (11/1 – 11/21) – Lower-Body
Connor Timmins – 9 (10/15 – 11/5) – Upper-Body
Andrew Ladd – 6 (N/A) – Undisclosed
Josh Brown – 3 (11/23 – 11/27) – Upper-Body
Ben McCartney – 3 (10/13 – 10/17) – Lower-Body
Juuso Valimaki – 1 (11/23) – Upper-Body
Lawson Crouse – 1 (12/1) – Illness | 4 (1/19 – 1/24) – Upper-Body
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-2/11 – Recalled D Victor Sodestrom from Tucson (AHL)
-2/11 – Recalled D Dysin Mayo from Tucson (AHL)
-2/7 – Assigned F Jean-Sebastien Dea to Tucson (AHL)
-2/5 – Recalled F Jean-Sebastien Dea from Tucson (AHL)
-2/5 – Assigned F Dylan Guenther to the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sat, Feb 18 8:30pm at LAK Crypto.com Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Sun, Feb 19 6:30pm vs CBJ Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
Wed, Feb 22 7:30pm vs CGY Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM

YOTES & BOLTS

  • Tonight is the second of two ARI-TBL matchups this season. The Lightning captured the first meeting by a 5-3 score on 12/31 in Tampa
  • ARI got two goals in less than a minute from Travis Boyd and Christian Fischer in the first period of the 12/31 meeting
  • Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz both scored the last time ARI-TBL played in AZ (2/11/22)
  • Keller also chipped in an assist in the ARI-TBL game this season and has collected 3-3-6 over the last four times he’s played TBL
  • Keller holds a career 7-4-11 scoring line in 9 GP vs TBL. The 1.22 p/gp is his 3rd-highest he’s posted against an NHL club (DET, 1.33; MTL, 1.30)
  • Nick Bjugstad leads current Coyotes in career goals against the Lightning with 11. He scored in the 12/31 matchup and enters tonight having lit the lamp the last two times he’s seen the Lightning
  • A goal tonight would make the Lightning the first team that Bjugstad has posted a 3-game goal streak against
  • In the all-time series between the two franchises, every game but two has been decided in regulation. The only Coyotes-Lightning game that was not been decided in regulation was 3/10/14 (4-3, W [SO]), and the other occurred in the Original Jets era on 1/16/94 (3-2, L [OT])
  • Coyotes franchise vs Lightning
    • All-Time: 20-26-0-0
    • Home: 11-13-0-0
    • Road: 9-13-0-0
    • L10: 4-6-0
    • STRK: L3

SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE LIGHTNING
Nick Bjugstad…11-7-18…23 career GP
Clayton Keller…7-4-11…9 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…2-4-6…9 career GP
Barrett Hayton…0-2-2…3 career GP

Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 11)… Assists (Bjugstad, 7)…Points (Bjugstad, 18)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Gostisbehere, 3)… Assists (Stecher, 3)…Points (Gostisbehere, 5)

NHL Preview: Chicago Blackhawks (16-31-5) at Toronto Maple Leafs (32-14-8)

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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: TNT – Brendan Burke (PxP), Darren Pang (analyst) and Jackie Redmond (reporter)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst) and Caley Chelios (analyst)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 17 at OTT, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Sunday, Feb. 19 vs. TOR, 5:00 p.m. CT (ESPN+/Hulu, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Feb. 21 vs. VGK, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Wednesday, Feb. 22 at DAL, 8:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, TNT, WGN Radio)
Saturday, Feb. 25 at SJS, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
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 … Jan. 23 – Recalled Luke Philp and Filip Roos from Rockford … Assigned Isaak Phillips to Rockford … Placed Tyler Johnson on IR … Jan. 17 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford … Jan. 14 – Activated Patrick Kane off IR and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Jan. 13 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Jan. 11 – Recalled Jaxson Stauber from Rockford and assigned Brett Seney to Rockford … Jan. 4 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed MacKenzie Entwistle and Jujhar Khaira on IR.

LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (0) at MTL (4) – Tue., Feb. 14 – Bell Centre
CHI Goals:
MTL Goals: Barron (2; PP), Armia (4), Savard (2), Dvorak (9)
Goalies: CHI – Stauber (27/31, 60:00) MTL – Allen (22/22, 60:00)
CHI PP: 0/4; PK: 2/3
MTL PP: 1/3; PK: 4/4
Recap: The Blackhawks fell to the Canadiens on Tuesday night 4-0 … Jake McCabe led the club with four shots … Reese Johnson registered a team-high five hits … Connor Murphy led all Blackhawks with three blocked shots.

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
The Blackhawks face the Maple Leafs for the first time this season … Chicago has points in 12 of their last 13 games against Toronto (8-2-4) … Jake McCabe (1G, 1A) and Connor Murphy (1G, 1A) each notched two points in the Blackhawks’ last contest against Toronto on Dec. 11, 2021 … Patrick Kane has eight points (4G, 4A) over his last six games against the club … Andreas Athanasiou has six points (1G, 5A) over his last five games against Toronto, including two multi-point efforts … Colin Blackwell played for the Maple Leafs during the 2021-22 season, registering three points (2G, 1A) in 19 games … Petr Mrazek also played in Toronto that season, going 12-6-0 with a 3.34 goals-against average and .888 save percentage.

2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Feb. 19 | AWAY: Feb. 15
All-Time Record: 268-287-100 | Home: 164-120-45 | Road: 104-167-55
Last Home Win: Nov. 10, 2019 (5-4) | Last Road Win: Jan. 18, 2020 (6-2) | Last Home Loss: Oct. 27,
2021 (2-3 OT) Last Road Loss: Dec. 11, 2021 (4-5)

ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. TOR ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 14; Jonathan Toews, 8; Tyler Johnson, 7
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 16; Seth Jones, 11; Max Domi, 10
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 30; Jonathan Toews, 15; Max Domi/Seth Jones, 14

BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 10-13-1
Two-Days Rest: 3-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-2
First Game of a B2B: 1-5-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-7-1

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

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS NOTES:

LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 3 vs. Columbus 4
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2023
TOR Goals: Nylander, Bunting, Rielly (PP)
CBJ Goals: Jenner, Marchenko, Kuraly, Johnson
TOR Goaltender: Woll, 36/40, .900 SV%
CBJ Goaltender: Merzlikins, 26/29, .897 SV%
TOR Power Play: 1-for-1
TOR Penalty Kill: 4-for-4
Player Notes: – William Nylander scored for the Maple Leafs at 2:39 of the first period and posted the secondary assist on Rielly’s goal. Nylander has recorded 61 points this season (29G, 32A), a feat he has reached in four seasons during his NHL career. Per NHL Stats, “Since his debut in 2015-16, the only Maple Leafs players with more such campaigns are Mitchell Marner (7x) and Auston Matthews (6x).” Nylander posted his 15th multi-point game of the season.

  • Michael Bunting scored for Toronto at 10:40 of the first period. Bunting has recorded a point in back-to-back games (1G, 1A) and has scored in two of his last four games (2G).
  • Morgan Rielly scored on a Maple Leafs power play opportunity at 1:20 of the third period. With his goal, Rielly is currently two points away from 400 career NHL points. Rielly is currently on a four-game point streak where he has recorded four points (2G, 2A).
  • Mitch Marner recorded the primary assist on Bunting’s goal and the primary assist on Rielly’s goal. Marner extended his current point streak to six games where he has posted eight points (2G, 6A). Marner has recorded a multi-point outing in back-to-back games. Marner posted his ninth multi-assist game of the season and his 16th multi-point game of the season. Marner recorded a single-game NHL career-high with 28:05 in time on ice.
  • Joseph Woll stopped 36 of 40 shots in Toronto’s loss. Woll appeared in his season debut for the Maple Leafs and in his NHL career debut at Scotiabank Arena. Woll posted a single-game NHL career-high with 36 saves.

TONIGHT’S GAME
2022-23 Matchups vs. Chicago: First of Two
2021-22 Record vs. Chicago: 2-0-0
Toronto Season Record: 32-14-8
Toronto Home Record: 20-6-4

TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
The Maple Leafs are facing-off against the Chicago Blackhawks tonight in the first of two games between the clubs this season. Toronto’s next meeting with Chicago will be played at United Center on February 19th. The Maple Leafs have earned two-consecutive wins against the Blackhawks. Toronto has earned a 20-6-4 record on home ice this season, currently tied for the second-best home record in the league. The Maple Leafs are playing in their second matchup of a three-game homestand. Toronto will conclude their homestand on Saturday against the Montréal Canadiens.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: Sportsnet 590

NEXT GAME
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2023
Opponent: vs. Montréal Canadiens
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), Sportsnet 590 (Radio)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
February 14, 2023 The Maple Leafs have recalled forward Pontus Holmberg, forward Alex Steeves and goaltender Joseph Woll from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
February 13, 2023 The Maple Leafs have loaned forward Pontus Holmberg, forward Alex Steeves and goaltender Joseph Woll to the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
January 29, 2023 The Maple Leafs have loaned forward Bobby McMann to the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
January 24, 2023 The Maple Leafs have recalled forward Joey Anderson from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).

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

ALL-TIME VS. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS:
First Matchup between Clubs: November 17, 1926 (Toronto 1 at Chicago 4)
All-Time Record: 291-265-96-3 (655 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 168-102-54-2 (326 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 123-163-42-1 (329 Games)
Last Home Win vs. Opponent: December 11, 2021 (Toronto 5 vs. Chicago 4)

ACTIVE LEADERS VS. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS:
Games Played: Mark Giordano (41), Calle Järnkrok (37), Jordie Benn (30)
Goals: John Tavares (10), William Nylander (8), Calle Järnkrok (5)
Assists: TJ Brodie (10), John Tavares (9), Mark Giordano (9)
Points: John Tavares (19), TJ Brodie (11), Calle Järnkrok (11), Wayne Simmonds (11)
Penalty Minutes: Mark Giordano (33), Wayne Simmonds (30), John Tavares (18)

2022-23 AVERAGES
Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .667 3.35 2.67 25.4 80.2 32.0 29.0 52.2
Chicago .356 2.40 3.62 18.0 75.6 26.6 33.5 55.5

THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2022-23
Power Play: 25.4%
Power Play Goal Leader: 10 – Matthews, Tavares
Power Play Point Leader: 27 – Marner (6G, 21A)
2021-22 Power Play: 63/231 (27.3%)

ON THE PK IN 2022-23
Penalty Kill: 80.2%
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
Wednesday games 8th of 11 (8 home, 3 road)
Back-to-Backs played 8 of 14
Record in first game of back-to-back 5-3-0
Record in second game of back-to-back 5-2-1
February games 4th of 9 (5 home, 4 road)

NHL Morning Skate – Feb. 15, 2023

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* The Hurricanes took down the Capitals in Washington ahead of their meeting at the 2023 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series on Saturday. Each team will take to the ice one more time before facing off at Carter-Finley Stadium, home of the NC State Wolfpack (CAR: Feb. 16 vs. MTL; WSH: Feb. 16 vs. FLA).

David Pastrnak scored in overtime to help the Bruins collect their 40th win of the season and match the fewest games in NHL history to reach the mark.
 

* Twenty-two-year-old Kevin Mandolese had an NHL debut to remember, turning aside 46 shots to backstop the Senators to their second comeback win in as many days.


HURRICANES EDGE CAPITALS IN 2023 STADIUM SERIES PREVIEW
Brent Burns (1-0—1) scored one of Carolina’s three goals and Frederik Andersen made 34 saves as the Hurricanes (35-10-8, 78 points) withstood two game-tying tallies from the Capitals to earn a victory against their 2023 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series opponent.

 
* Burns (1-0—1 in 2015 SS w/ SJS) and Andersen are two of 11 current Carolina players who have appeared in at least one NHL outdoor game (min. 1 GP in 2022-23), with the latter backstopping the Maple Leafs to victory against the Red Wings during the NHL Centennial Classic at Exhibition Stadium on Jan. 1, 2017 (33 saves).



* The 2023 Stadium Series will be the 185th regular-season meeting between the clubs, the fourth most the Hurricanes/Whalers franchise has faced one opponent (BUF: 210 GP; BOS: 209 GP; & MTL: 208 GP). The Capitals (103-57-24, 230 points) hold the all-time, head-to-head edge (CAR: 67-90-27, 161 points) but the Hurricanes won their only playoff series (2019 R1).

* More stats and storylines like these can be found in the #NHLStats Pack: 2023 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series.


2023 NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION NHL STADIUM SERIES COVERAGE

Alex Ovechkin away from Capitals for family matter, likely out rest of week
Hurricanes-Capitals Stadium Series will have college football feel

Hurricanes’ forecheck key part of their identity, success

*Brett Pesce‘s dad energetically reads out Hurricanes starting lineups

Jake Owenlovelytheband to perform at Stadium Series between Capitals, Hurricanes



BRUINS JOIN ELITE COMPANY WITH 40TH WIN IN 53 GAMES
David Pastrnak (1-1—2) assisted on the game-tying tally and scored his 39th goal of the season in overtime to help NHL-leading Boston (40-8-5, 85 points) become the first team to reach the 40-win mark in 2022-23. The Bruins, who have lost consecutive games only once during this current campaign (0-2-1 from Jan. 26-29), matched the 2015-16 Capitals (53 GP) for the fewest contests to hit 40 wins in a single season.



* Boston has 29 games remaining in 2022-23, with 12 contests against clubs currently occupying a postseason position, and continues its chase toward breaking the NHL’s single-season wins record (62: DET in 1995-96 & TBL in 2018-19) as well as the single-season points record (132: MTL in 1976-77).

* The Bruins own a .802 point percentage and sit as one of seven teams in NHL history with a point percentage of .800 or higher at this stage of a season (860 GP), joining the 1929-30 Bruins (.875), 1943-44 Canadiens (.830), 1976-77 Canadiens (.825), 1977-78 Canadiens (.806), 2012-13 Blackhawks (.802) and 1944-45 Canadiens (.800). Every team went on to win the Stanley Cup except for the Bruins in 1929-30 (SCF loss vs. MTL) and the Canadiens in 1944-45 (SF loss vs. TOR).

GRAVES’ LATE GO-AHEAD GOAL GUIDES DEVILS TO 20TH ROAD VICTORY
With the help of a late go-ahead goal by Ryan Graves and a 31-save performance by Vitek Vanecek, the Devils claimed victory at Nationwide Arena and became the first team in NHL history to record 20 road wins in 26 games or fewer – the previous mark was 27 contests, accomplished by the Capitals twice (2019-20 & 2015-16).


Graves’ tally at 59:58 of the contest is tied for the latest go-ahead goal in Devils/Rockies/Scouts franchise history, a mark set by Patrik Elias on Jan. 26, 2000 (at FLA).



LIGHTNING DEFEAT AVALANCHE AGAIN, LEAPFROG MAPLE LEAFS IN ATLANTIC
Nikita Kucherov (1-0—1) scored to extend his point streak to 11 games while Andrei Vasilevskiy made 43 saves to help the Lightning (35-16-2, 72 points) defeat the Avalanche and move into second place in the Atlantic Division for the first time since Nov. 5, leapfrogging the idle Maple Leafs (32-14-8, 72 points).

* Kucherov became the third player in Lightning history to record multiple point streaks of 11-plus games in a single season (also 11 GP from Oct. 15 – Nov. 8), joining Martin St. Louis (2x: 2009-10 & 2006-07) and Steven Stamkos (2022-23).



MANDOLESE’S VICTORY IN NHL DEBUT HIGHLIGHTED IN #NHLSTATS: LIVE UPDATES
The latest edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates featured multiple notes from all 18 teams in action, including one on a Senators netminder winning his NHL debut Tuesday.

Kevin Mandolese stopped 46 of 48 shots he faced to win his first NHL game, trailing only Craig Anderson (47 on Feb. 19, 2011) for the most saves by a goaltender in their Senators debut.
 



ICYMI: ABC’s Hockey Saturday game between the Capitals and Bruins was the second most-watched game of the season across all networks.



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WEDNESDAY HIGHLIGHTED BY NHL ON TNT, TVA SPORTS DOUBLEHEADERS

Wednesday’s six-game slate is highlighted by an NHL on TNT tangle featuring the Avalanche (28-19-5, 61 points) and Wild (28-20-5, 61 points), a TVA Sports showcase of the Red Wings (24-20-8, 56 points) and Oilers (30-19-5, 65 points) as well as both networks carrying the clash between the Blackhawks (16-31-5, 37 points) and Maple Leafs (32-14-8, 72 points). The Chicago-Toronto and Detroit-Edmonton games can also be seen on Sportsnet and Sportsnet ONE, respectively.
 

NBA Preview: New Orleans Pelicans (30-28) at Los Angeles Lakers (26-32)

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Lakers hope to redirect course vs. Pelicans

The visiting New Orleans Pelicans will face the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday in a rematch of a game that appears to have altered the fortunes of each team.

The Pelicans ended a 10-game losing streak with a 131-126 home victory over Los Angeles on Feb. 4, with former Laker Brandon Ingram scoring 35 points. It remains Ingram’s highest-scoring game since he returned from a two-month absence caused by a left big toe contusion.

The Lakers returned home from that defeat and saw LeBron James set the NBA’s all-time scoring record three days later. But the loss at New Orleans also started a run in which Los Angeles has dropped four of five games, including a 127-115 defeat at Portland on Monday.

Now the Lakers and Pelicans will meet in their last game before the All-Star break.

The Pelicans will enter off a 103-100 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday that ended their six-game road losing streak. Ingram had 34 points on 14-of-24 shooting as CJ McCollum missed the game with a sprained right ankle.

Thunder coach Mark Daigneault heaped praise on the Pelicans’ level of play, calling them more “physical” and “alert” than his own team as New Orleans looks ready to climb up the Western Conference standings again.

The biggest reason for the charge forward has been the return of Ingram, who has averaged 25.1 points per game in the eight games he has been back on the floor.

The Lakers have been without James for the past three games because of a left ankle injury. As he pushed toward Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record, James averaged 33.9 points over his past 17 contests. He is scoring 30.2 points per game on the season.

Anthony Davis had 19 points and 20 rebounds against the Trail Blazers, but the Lakers had no answer for Damian Lillard, who scored 40 points. Portland led by as many as 27 points and hit 23 3-pointers in the game, 17 of them in the first half.

Aside from Davis, the Lakers got 22 points from Malik Beasley, 16 points from D’Angelo Russell and 13 points from Troy Brown Jr.

Los Angeles doesn’t necessarily have a lot of time to ease into a flow. The Lakers are in 13th place in the 15-team Western Conference, ahead of just the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets, but they are still within touching distance of the final play-in tournament spot.

NBA Preview: Dallas Mavericks (31-28) at Denver Nuggets (40-18)

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Not having Jamal Murray or Aaron Gordon available could give the Denver Nuggets some worry when facing the Dallas Mavericks, but history provides comfort.

Murray, Gordon and Nikola Jokic missed a game at Dallas on Nov. 20 and Denver pulled out a 98-97 win that night. The Mavericks got revenge with a one-point win against the Nuggets on Dec. 6, and they can win the four-game season series when the teams meet in Denver on Wednesday night.

Murray has missed five games with right knee inflammation, which coach Michael Malone said might be a result of compensating for his surgically repaired left knee. The Nuggets don’t think the injury is too serious but have kept him out of the lineup out of caution.

Murray and Gordon are both formally listed as questionable for Wednesday, but with the All-Star break coming up this weekend, it’s likely that Murray sits to give him more than three weeks to settle down his knee.

Gordon has missed two games with a left rib contusion, and he has battled a sore shoulder most of the season.

Denver has learned to play without its second- and third-leading scorers. The Nuggets won at Charlotte on Saturday and beat the Heat in Miami on Monday night to complete a 2-1 road trip. They sit atop the Western Conference and are guaranteed to hold that spot after Wednesday.

Denver got good play from its bench players as well as another near triple-double from Nikola Jokic (27 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists) in the 112-108 win over the Heat.

The Nuggets will get their first and — barring a postseason meeting — only look at the new-look Mavericks since they acquired Kyrie Irving from the Brooklyn Nets. Dallas has lost both games with Luka Doncic and Irving in the lineup but has time to figure out the chemistry.

The Mavericks seemed to find something in a three-point loss to Minnesota on Monday night. Doncic scored 33 points and Irving had 36, with 26 coming in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks had a chance to tie in the final seconds, but Irving turned it over.

The Mavericks could be getting more talent soon, but not in time to face Jokic. ESPN reported Monday night that LaMarcus Aldridge was working out for Dallas on Tuesday. Aldridge, a seven-time All-Star, hasn’t played this season after averaging 12.9 points and 5.5 rebounds in 47 games for Brooklyn last year.

If Aldridge signs with the Mavericks, he has the chance to provide depth and another defensive presence in the frontcourt. Dallas traded away one of its best defenders, Dorian Finney-Smith, to the Nets in the deal that brought Irving to the team.

Veteran guard Reggie Jackson signed with the Nuggets on Tuesday after being bought out by the Charlotte Hornets, who acquired him from the Los Angeles Clippers at the trade deadline.