After a huge 2-0 road trip against Southwestern and Northwestern Oklahoma State, Henderson returns to Arkadelphia for a four-game home stand beginning Tuesday, Feb. 14 as HSU looks for revenge against its arch-rival Ouachita Baptist. Tip-off from inside the Duke Wells Center is set for 7:30 p.m.
REDDIES REPORT
With HSU tied for ninth in the conference standings heading into this past Thursday, the Reddies needed two road wins in the worst way, and two road wins is what they got. After defeating the Bulldogs and the Rangers by a combined eight points, including besting NWOSU in overtime, Henderson is now tied for eighth in the league ranks and one game out of sixth.
A large contributor to the consecutive wins was Alvin Miles, who was named the GAC’s Player of the Week for his efforts. The Reddie starting point guard finished the week with 46 points on 16-of-27 shooting (59.3%) and a perfect 11-for-11 at the free-throw line. The consecutive wins also brought 10 rebounds, nine steals and seven assists in the busy week for the Whitehaven High School product. Against SWOSU, Miles became the first HSU player in the GAC era to record at least 20 points, five assists and five steals.
After posting four straight games of 16 or more points, Miles has established himself as the team’s second leading scorer with 11.6 points per game, behind only Kamgain’s GAC-12th best 13.8 points per contest. Henderson’s offense as a whole put on show in Alva, Oklahoma Saturday, with 91 points the most points HSU has scored in a conference game since defeating Ouachita Baptist back on Jan. 25, 2021, 96-67.
With 216 meetings in the all-time basketball series between the Reddies and the Tigers, the head-to-head is split evenly, 108-108. Ouachita was able to even up the all-time record earlier this season on their home court, defeating HSU, 74-69. After falling behind by 16 in the first half, Henderson fought all the way back, eventually taking a brief lead late in the action, before OUA ultimately came out on top. Henderson has not lost to the purple-and-yellow at home since Feb. 20, 2018.
Prior to the Battle of the Ravine, there are some key games happening on Monday, Feb. 13 around the league that will have an effect on Henderson’s GAC Tournament chances. The current-six seed East Central Tigers travel to Southeastern Oklahoma St. and current-eight seed Southwestern Oklahoma St. makes the short drive over to the league’s current nine seed in Northwestern Oklahoma St. ECU (8-9), SWOSU (7-10) and NWOSU (6-11) are all either tied or within one game of the Reddies (7-10).
SCOUTING OUACHITA BAPTIST
Since beating Henderson back on Jan. 23, Ouachita Baptist has lost four of its last six games, including a current three-game skid. While HSU went 2-0 on this most recent Oklahoma road trip, the Tigers dropped both contests against the same teams, falling to Northwestern Oklahoma St., 75-70, before getting edged out by Southwestern, 69-68.
Of Ouachita’s 10-11 overall record, seven of those wins have come at home while just three of them have come on the road. When looking at conference games, OUA is 3-6 on the road, including having lost six of their last seven league games away from Bill Vining Arena.
The backcourt of the Tigers consists of LaQuan Butler Jr. (14.5 ppg) and Ma’Darius Hobson (14.4 ppg), who are each among the GAC’s Top-10 scorers. In the season’s first meeting against the Reddies, Butler scored a team-high 18 points while converting on 5-of-7 three-pointers. Hobson added 15 to go with seven rebounds and four steals.
MBB-D2: Ouachita Baptist Tigers (10-11) at Henderson State Reddies (10-13)
Houston Dash sign defender Courtney Petersen
NEED TO KNOW:
- Petersen signed a two-year contract with the Dash through the 2024 season
- Houston acquired the rights to Petersen via trade with Orlando Pride on Feb. 1
- Petersen will join the team for preseason training this week at Houston Sports Park
HOUSTON – The Houston Dash signed defender Courtney Petersen to a two-year contract through the 2024 season, the team announced today.
“Courtney brings versatility to our roster and is a player who not only fits us culturally, but fits our tactical vision,” Dash general manager Alex Singer said. “She’s a quick defender who loves to join the attack and can whip dangerous crosses into the box. We look forward to integrating her into our squad and the role she’ll play with the group.”
The Dash acquired the rights to Peterson in a trade with the Orlando Pride on Feb. 1. Houston also received Orlando’s natural third-round pick in the 2024 NWSL Draft. Houston sent Orlando $65,000 in allocation money and a conditional $25,00 if additional performance incentives are met this season.
Petersen made nine starts and 19 appearances for the Pride in 2022, recording two assists. She started 21 of 22 games played for the Pride in 2021, scoring her first career goal and logging four assists. The 25-year-old was the No. 7 overall pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft. The Royal Oak, Michigan native made her NWSL debut during the Fall Series, where she played every minute for the Pride.
“I am really excited to play with Diana Ordóñez and Marisa Viggiano again,” Petersen said. “I am looking forward to being part of what this organization is building toward and hopefully to win an NWSL Championship.”
The defender played collegiately at the University of Virginia and made 78 career appearances for the Cavaliers, recording 12 assists and five goals as a defender. Petersen was named an All-Region First Team selection by United Soccer Coaches and earned All-ACC Second Team honors as a senior.
Petersen played in the USWNT youth ranks and took a leave of absence from the Cavaliers in 2016 to participate in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. She finished with two appearances for the U-20 U.S. Women’s National Team and earned a berth to the semifinals of the competition.
TRANSACTION: Houston Dash sign defender Courtney Petersen to a two-year contract through the 2024 season.
NHL Preview: Buffalo Sabres (26-21-4) at Los Angeles Kings (29-18-7)
BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:
LAST GAME
Saturday, Feb. 11
Calgary 7 at Buffalo 2
Goals: Thompson, Mittelstadt
Goalie: Luukkonen (33 saves/40 shots)
PP: 1/3; PK: 2/3; Shots: Calgary 40 – Buffalo 23
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 102)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
N/A
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
2/7: Agreed to a seven-year contract extension worth $49.7 million ($7.1 million AAV) with F Dylan Cozens
UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday, Feb. 15: Buffalo at Anaheim, 10:00 p.m.
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.
TODAY’S GAME
SABRES AT KINGS
• This is the second and final meeting between the Sabres and Kings this season.
• Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Los Angeles 6-0 in Buffalo on Dec. 13, 2022.
• The Sabres are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games against the Kings; 3-6-1 on the road.
• This is the 131st game all-time between Buffalo and Los Angeles; Buffalo has a 64-47-19 series record.
• The Sabres are 26-29-10 on the road against the Kings all-time.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• The Sabres are 4-1-0 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.
• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 39 points (7+32) in his last 36 games, including eight points (1+7) in his last eight games.
• Alex Tuch has notched 44 points (17+27) in his last 36 games, including 10 points (4+6) in his last 10 games.
• Tage Thompson has recorded 18 points (8+10) in his last 16 games.
• In the last matchup between the Sabres and the Kings, Thompson earned three points (2+1).
• Dylan Cozens has tallied 36 points (13+23) in his last 37 games.
• Cozens registered three assists vs. the Kings on Dec. 13, 2022.
• Victor Olofsson has 10 points (8+2) in his last 12 games.
• In his last 30 games, Jeff Skinner has notched 36 points (15+21).
LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:
FEB. 13 vs. Buffalo Sabres – 7:30 PM PT // Venue: Crypto.com Arena // TV: Bally Sports West // Radio: iHeartRadio
- The LA Kings host the Buffalo Sabres for the second, and final, meeting between these two clubs this season (6-0 L on Dec. 13).
- The Kings aim to split the season series with the Sabres.
- Tonight’s game marks the second of three games at Crypto.com Arena for the month of February (6-0 W on Feb. 11 vs. PIT; Feb. 18 vs. ARI).
WARM-UPS
1) The Kings have won eight of their last 11 meetings against the Sabres at Crypto.com Arena, dating back to Dec. 6, 2007 (8-3-0)
2) With Saturday’s win over Pittsburgh, the Kings improved their record to 18-2-1 when leading after two periods of play this season.
3) With a point tonight, Jaret Anderson-Dolan can extend his point streak (2-1=3) to a career-long four games.
4) Rasmus Kupari recorded his second multi-point outing (0-2=2) of his NHL career on Saturday.
5) Saturday night’s game marked the fourth day since 2000-01 to feature two players each score four goals (Adrian Kempe & Artemi Panarin). The others: Nov. 4, 2021 (Patrice Bergeron & Brock Nelson), Nov. 2, 2005 (Daniel Alfredsson & Martin Havlat) and Oct. 28, 2000 (Randy McKay & John Madden).
vs. BUFFALO ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 48-61-18-3
Home: 30-26-9-0
Away: 18-35-9-3
OT: 2-3 (6 ties)
Shootout: 1-1
2021-22: 2-0-0
2022-23: 0-1-0
FRANCHISE LEADERS vs. BUFFALO:
Marcel Dionne – 41 GP, 41 PTS (19-22=41)
Luc Robitaille – 32 GP, 37 PTS (19-18=37)
Butch Goring – 40 GP, 33 PTS (14-19=33)
Dave Taylor – 46 GP, 32 PTS (10-22=32)
Juha Widing – 32 GP, 29 PTS (13-16=29)
*-denotes active roster player
LAST MEETING vs. BUFFALO: Dec. 13, 2022 – LAK 0 at BUF 6
Venue: KeyBank Center
LAK Goals: –
BUF Goals: Thompson (22, 23), Olofsson (13), Peterka (7), Tuch (14), Krebs (3)
Goalies: LAK: Copley (L, 25 saves, 31 shots) BUF: Anderson (W, 40 saves, 40 shots)
LAK PP: 0-for-3
LAK PK: 3-for-6
THE NEXT THREE:
Fri., Feb. 17 | at Anaheim Ducks | 6:00 p.m. PT | ESPN | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings aim for their fifth consecutive win over Anaheim.
Sat., Feb. 18 | vs. Arizona Coyotes | 7:30 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings have points in their last seven consecutive games against Arizona, dating back to May 5, 2021 (5-0-2).
Tues., Feb. 21 | at Minnesota Wild | 7:00 p.m. MT (5:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
Drew Doughty is currently riding a six-game point streak (2-6=8) against the Minnesota Wild, tied for the second-longest active point streak vs. MIN among defensemen.
INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Alex Iafallo, 23 games, Oct. 18 – Dec. 3 (lower-body)
F Brendan Lemieux, 18 games, Nov. 14 – Dec. 20 (lower-body)
F Arthur Kaliyev, 18 games, Dec. 22 – Jan. 31 (lower-body)
F Trevor Moore, 16 games, Dec. 27 – Jan. 31 (upper-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 9 games, Nov. 27 (lower-body); Jan. 19 – Pres. (undisclosed)
F Carl Grundstrom, 8 games, Jan. 19 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
F Viktor Arvidsson, 3 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness); Jan. 11 (illness)
D Sean Durzi, 2 games, Nov. 19 – Nov. 22. (lower-body)
D Drew Doughty, 1 game, Dec. 11 (lower-body)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 104
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 2/12/23)
Feb. 1 – Tobias Bjornfot (D), Samuel Fagemo (F) and Alex Turcotte (F) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Feb. 10 – Pheonix Copley (G) re-signed to a one-year contract extension.
Feb. 11 – Trevor Moore (F) and Arthur Kaliyev (F) activated off injured reserve. Jacob Moverare (D) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
Feb. 12 – Jacob Moverare (D) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
NHL Preview: Detroit Red Wings (23-20-8) at Vancouver Canucks (21-28-4)
DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 5 vs. VANCOUVER 2 (2/11/23)
1ST PERIOD: DET Larkin (Seider, Chiarot) 1:08-EV; DET Berggren (Chiarot, Seider) 2:35-EV
2ND PERIOD: VAN Beauvillier (Miller, Hughes) 2:02-PP; DET Larkin (Fabbri, Perron) 13:17-PP
3RD PERIOD: DET Hronek (Määttä, Rasmussen) 2:26-EV; DET Berggren (Bertuzzi, Larkin) 9:05-PP; VAN Pettersson (Beauvillier) 10:25-EV
SHOTS: DET 25 (10-8-7) / VAN 34 (7-13-14)
GOALIES: DET Husso (W, 32-34) / VAN Martin (L, 20-25)
PP: DET 2-6 / VAN 1-3
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Jake Walman – upper body (1 / Feb. 9)
Lucas Raymond – lower body (1 / Feb. 10)
Total Man Games Lost: 225
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
2/9 – Reassigned defenseman Donovan Sebrango to Grand Rapids from Toledo (ECHL) … Reassigned defenseman Seth Barton from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)
2/5 – Recalled forwards Jonatan Berggren and Filip Zadina from Grand Rapids … Assigned forward Adam Erne to Grand Rapids
TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS at CANUCKS / 10:00 P.M. EST / Rogers Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 180th all-time meeting, 90th at Vancouver … Second of two games this season, only game at Vancouver
ALL-TIME vs. VAN: 95-59-18-7 / AWAY: 40-37-10-2 / LAST 10: 6-4-0 / IN 2021-22: 2-0-0 / THIS SEASON: 1-0-0
DET top scorers vs. VAN: David Perron (12-16-28 in 44 GP), Olli Määttä (1-8-9 in 15 GP), Dylan Larkin (4-2-6 in 12 GP), Robby Fabbri (3-2-5 in 7 GP), Tyler Bertuzzi (0-4-4 in 7 GP), Moritz Seider (0-3-3 in 3 GP), Filip Hronek (1-2-3 in 6 GP), Dominik Kubalík (0-3-3 in 6 GP), Jonatan Berggren (2-0-2 in 1 GP), Gustav Lindström (0-1-1 in 1 GP)
VAN top scorers vs. DET: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (3-11-14 in 26 GP), J.T. Miller (5-6-11 in 21 GP), Elias Pettersson (4-5-9 in 7 GP), Anthony Beauvillier (5-4-9 in 17 GP), Brock Boeser (0-6-6 in 7 GP), Quinn Hughes (0-3-3 in 5 GP), Dakota Joshua (0-2-2 in 2 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Wednesday, Feb. 15: RED WINGS at OILERS / 9:30 p.m. / Rogers Place / TV: BSD EXTRA / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
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
LAST TIME OUT
Feb. 11 vs. Vancouver – 5-2 W
Detroit captured a 5-2 win over Vancouver to improve to 23-20-8 overall and 14-11-3 inside Little Caesars Arena … The Red Wings are 3-1-0 in their last four home games … The result marks the Red Wings’ third-straight victory against the Canucks dating back to Oct. 16, 2021 … Detroit scored five-or-more goals against Vancouver for the first time since a 5-3 triumph on Nov. 30, 2014 at Joe Louis Arena … Detroit won each of its last four games in its Reverse Retro 2022 uniforms (Dec. 31 vs. Ottawa, Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg, Jan. 24 vs. San Jose and Feb. 11 vs. Vancouver) … Dylan Larkin recorded two goals and an assist for his fourth three-point game of the season … Larkin also finished with three points on Oct. 15 at New Jersey (1-2-3), Nov. 19 at Columbus (1-2-3) and Dec. 21 vs. Tampa Bay (2-1-3) … Larkin extended his point streak to three-straight games (3-2-5 in 3 GP) … Larkin has tallied 15 points (5-10-15) in 13 games since Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg … In total, Larkin paces the Red Wings in goals (18), assists (30), points (48), power play goals (9), power play points (17) and shots (159) through 50 games … Larkin’s first goal was the 41st game-opening goal of his NHL career, passing Nicklas Lidström for sole possession of 12th place on the franchise’s all-time list … Jonatan Berggren also scored a pair of goals for his first career multi-point game … Berggren has 20 points (10-10-20) in 38 games to begin his NHL career … Filip Hronek gave Detroit a 4-1 cushion with his eighth goal of the season … Hronek tied Dominik Kubalík for second place among Red Wings skaters with 34 points (8-26-34) through 51 games … Moritz Seider recorded a pair of assists for his 14th career multi-point game, tying Lidström for the most multi-point games by a Detroit defenseman before age 22 … Seider extended his point streak to three-consecutive games (0-4-4 in 3 GP) … In all, Seider has seven assists in his last five games, and 15 points (1-14-15) with a plus-five rating in 13 games dating back to Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg … Ben Chiarot also picked up two assists for his second multi-point game of the season … Chiarot is two assists shy of 100 for his NHL career … Chiarot and Seider became the second and third defensemen in franchise history with two points in the opening 2:35 of a game, joining Willie Huber (0:46 on Oct. 29, 1981 vs. Calgary) … David Perron logged an assist on Larkin’s power play goal, giving him points in back-to-back games (0-2-2 in 2 GP) … Perron (283-414-697 in 1,024 GP) is three points shy of 700 for his NHL career … Ville Husso stopped 32-of-34 shots to earn his 19th win of the season … Husso is 10-0-1 this season when making 32-or-more saves … Detroit is a perfect 8-0-0 this season when scoring five-or-more goals … The Red Wings are 7-1-0 this season when scoring multiple power play goals.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Bally Sports Detroit
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second and final game between the Canucks and Red Wings this season: Feb. 11 (5-2 L @ DET) and Feb. 13 (home).
• Vancouver is 66-86-18-9 all-time against Detroit, including a 39-35-10-5 record at home.
• The Canucks are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games against the Red Wings, including 2-3-0 in their last five.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads all active Canucks in both games played (26) and career points (3-11-14) against the Red Wings.
• Elias Pettersson has nine points (4-5-9) in seven career games against Detroit.
• Anthony Beavillier has eight points (4-4-8) in his last nine games vs Detroit.
• J.T. Miller has six points (2-4-6) in his last six games vs Detroit.
• Brock Boeser has six points (0-6-6) in seven career games against Detroit.
• Spencer Martin is 0-1-0 in one game vs Detroit in his career.
• Collin Delia has yet to play against the Red Wings in his career.
• Vasily Podkolzin could play in his 100th career NHL game this evening.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Quinn Hughes has 19 points (4-15-19) in his last 14 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 12 points (7-5-12) in his last nine games.
• Brock Boeser has seven points (1-6-7) in his last five games.
• J.T. Miller has 11 points (2-9-11) in his last 11 games.
• Conor Garland has six points (2-4-6) in his last eight games.
• Anthony Beauvillier has three points (2-1-3) in his first four games with the Canucks and has power play goals in back-to-back games.
LAST MEETING – FEB. 11/23: VAN 2 at DET 5
Anthony Beauvillier scored his second power play goal in as many games to cut the Canucks’ deficit to one goal at 2:02 in the second period…J.T. Miller extended his point streak to five games (0-6-6) with the primary assist and Quinn Hughes reached the 50-point mark with the secondary assist…Elias Pettersson added a third period tally to extend his point streak to five games (6-2-8), while Anthony Beauvillier registered his fifth multi-point game (1-1-2) of the season with the lone assist…J.T. Miller and Phillip Di Giuseppe shared the team-lead in shots (5)…Luke Schenn and Tyler Myers each recorded three hits…Spencer Martin faced 25 shots.
2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN DET
Goals For/Game 3.34 (9th) 3.00 (t-21st)
Goals Against/Game 3.98 (31st) 3.24 (t-20th)
Power Play % 23.3 (11th) 20.0 (t-20th)
Penalty Kill % 65.8 (32nd) 77.0 (19th)
Penalty Min./Game 9:30 (21st) 7:21 (3rd)
*Rankings are accurate as of 1:00pm PT on February 12, 2023
LAST 5 vs DETROIT
• Feb. 11/23: VAN 2 at DET 5
• Mar. 17/22: VAN 0 vs DET 1
• Oct. 16/21: VAN 1 at DET 3
• Oct. 22/19: VAN 5 at DET 2
• Oct. 15/19: VAN 5 vs DET 1
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
• Phillip Di Giuseppe, Vasily Podkolzin, and Nils Aman recalled from Abbotsford, Feb. 4
• Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty, and condition first-round pick (2023) acquired from New York Islanders in exchange for Bo Horvat, Jan. 30
• Phillip Di Giuseppe reassigned to Abbotsford, Jan. 28
• Ilya Mikheyev placed on injured reserve, Jan. 28
• Lane Pederson placed on waivers, Jan. 27
• Phillip Di Giuseppe recalled from Abbotsford, Jan. 25
• William Lockwood placed on Injured Reserve, Jan. 25
NFL Transactions 2-13-23
The following are the NFL transactions for Monday, February 13. Transactions will be published each day after they are circulated to NFL clubs. This public version will include waiver requests, assignments via waivers, terminations, free agent signings, reserve list and practice squad additions and deletions, and trades.
| WAIVER SYSTEM TRANSACTIONS | |||||
ASSIGNMENTS VIA WAIVER SYSTEM | |||||
BALTIMORE | |||||
| Mullen, Trayvon | DB | Clemson | |||
| From DALLAS | |||||
CINCINNATI | |||||
| Lammons, Chris | DB | South Carolina | |||
| From KANSAS CITY | |||||
INDIANAPOLIS | |||||
| Shepley, Dakoda | C | British Columbia, Can. | |||
| From DALLAS | |||||
NEW YORK JETS | |||||
| Mack, Isaiah | NT | Chattanooga | |||
| From SEATTLE | |||||
ACTIVE LIST ADDITIONS | |||||
FREE AGENT SIGNINGS | |||||
JACKSONVILLE | |||||
| Ollison, Qadree | RB | Pittsburgh | |||
SAN FRANCISCO | |||||
| McCrary-Ball, Marcelino | LB | Indiana | |||
| PRACTICE SQUAD TRANSACTIONS | |||||
REVERSIONS FROM ACTIVE/INACTIVE LIST | |||||
KANSAS CITY | |||||
| Kemp, Marcus | WR | Hawaii | |||
| Reiter, Austin | C | South Florida | |||
PHILADELPHIA | |||||
| Harris, Anthony | DB | Virginia | |||
| Ward, Greg | WR | Houston | |||
OTHER TRANSACTIONS/COMMENTS | |||||
DE-ACTIVATIONS (All are 2/12) | |||||
KANSAS CITY | |||||
| Bell, Blake | TE | Oklahoma | |||
| Buechele, Shane | QB | Southern Methodist | |||
| Edwards-Helaire, Clyde | RB | Louisiana State | |||
| Herring, Malik | DE | Georgia | |||
| Kaindoh, Joshua | DE | Florida State | |||
| Kinnard, Darian | T | Kentucky | |||
| Reiter, Austin | C | South Florida | |||
| (Also see PRACTICE SQUAD TRANSACTIONS) | |||||
PHILADELPHIA | |||||
| Book, Ian | QB | Notre Dame | |||
| Harris, Anthony | DB | Virginia | |||
| (Also see PRACTICE SQUAD TRANSACTIONS) | |||||
| Johnson, Kyron | LB | Kansas | |||
| Kern, Brett | P | Toledo | |||
| Scott, Josiah | DB | Michigan State | |||
| Sermon, Trey | RB | Ohio State | |||
| Ward, Greg | WR | Houston | |||
| (Also see PRACTICE SQUAD TRANSACTIONS) |
FOX Sports’ Presentation of Super Bowl LVII Scores Six-Year High with 113 Million Viewers
Third Most-Watched Television Show All-Time
Chiefs’ Victory over Eagles Posts Best Super Bowl Audience Since 2017
Most-Streamed Super Bowl Ever and Most-Streamed Event in FOX Sports History
Halftime Show Starring Rihanna Shines Bright Like a Diamond with 118.7 Million
ARIZONA – The Grand Canyon State delivered a grand finale for the ages with a preliminary average audience of 113 million tuning in to watch the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles (38 – 35) in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
Kansas City’s victory in the Valley delivered the best Super Bowl audience in six years ranking as the most-watched Super Bowl since 2017 on FOX, per Nielsen Media Research Fast National data and Adobe Analytics. Final Nielsen data will be available tomorrow.
SUPER BOWL LVII HIGHLIGHTS
- Super Bowl LVII drew an average audience of 113 million across television (FOX and FOX Deportes) and digital (FOX and NFL properties)
- FOX’s average audience represents the second most-watched non-overtime Super Bowl on record and the second most-watched program in FOX Sports history
- 182.6 million viewers watched all or part of Super Bowl LVII on FOX and FOX Deportes
- Super Bowl LVII on FOX ran away in primetime viewership across all networks with a 40.0/77 household rating/share
METERED MARKETS
- Local markets were led by Kansas City with a 52.0/87 rating/share and Philadelphia with a 46.3/77 rating/share. Host market Phoenix posted a +23% increase over last year’s Super Bowl with a 39.5/76 ratings/share
- Top metered markets available for Super Bowl LVII:
| 1. | Kansas City | 52.0/87 |
| 2. | Philadelphia | 46.3/77 |
| 3. | Cincinnati | 45.9/77 |
| 4. | Detroit | 43.4/74 |
| 5. | Pittsburgh | 43.0/73 |
| 6. | Milwaukee | 42.4/74 |
| 7. | Norfolk | 42.1/70 |
| 8. | Charlotte | 42.0/74 |
| 9. | Minneapolis | 41.9/77 |
| 10. | St. Louis | 41.6/74 |
HALFTIME
- The Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, starring Rihanna, drew an average of 118.7 million viewers across TV (FOX and FOX Deportes) and digital platforms (FOX and NFL properties)
- Most-watched Super Bowl halftime show since Katy Perry’s performance in 2015 and second most-watched Super Bowl halftime performance on record
PREGAME
Final FOX SUPER BOWL LVII PREGAME viewership will be available tomorrow
DIGITAL
- Super Bowl LVII was the most-streamed Super Bowl in history, delivering an average of 7 million streams, up +18% over last year (vs. 6 million) and up +103% over FOX’s last Super Bowl stream in 2020 (vs. 3.4 million), according to Adobe Analytics and traditional counting of streaming (which does not take into account co-viewing from connected devices)
- The Super Bowl LVII live streaming audience includes consumption across: FOXSports.com; the FOX Sports app; FOX.com; the FOX NOW app; NFL digital properties including the NFL mobile app, the NFL Fantasy mobile app, NFL.com, the NFL connected TV app and NFL+ for subscribers
FOX DEPORTES
- An average audience of 891,000 watched the game in Spanish on FOX Deportes setting the record for the most-watched Super Bowl game in Spanish-language cable television history. FOX Deportes total audience includes connected TV devices and FOX and NFL digital properties
- Super Bowl LVII on FOX Deportes was the most watched non-soccer event in Spanish-language cable history
- FOX Deportes shattered its own viewership record of 762,000 set in 2020 by +25%
- FOX Deportes now holds four of the top five highest-rated Spanish-language telecasts in Super Bowl history
NHL Preview: Florida Panthers (26-2-6) at Minnesota Wild (28-20-4)
FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
- F Anthony Duclair | Games Missed: 55
- F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 30
Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 169
LAST GAME
Panthers 3, Avalanche 5 – Feb. 11 – FLA Live Arena
FLA Goals: Ekblad (9), Bennett (14), Barkov (15)
COL Goals: O’Connor (6-SHG), Nieto (10), Toews (4), MacKinnon (15-PPG, 16)
FLA Goalie: Bobrovsky (L) – 45 Saves
COL Goalie: Georgiev (W) – 42 Saves
FLA Shots: 45
COL Shots: 50
Notes: Sam Reinhart (0-2-2) notched two assists for his second consecutive multi-point game (2-2-4)…Matthew Tkachuk posted two assists…Eric Staal logged an assist to extend his point streak to three games (3-1-4)…Anton Lundell recorded an assist for the second straight game…Sergei Bobrovsky’s 45 saves were the most by a Panthers goaltender in a game this season…FLA PP: 0-4, FLA PK: 2-3
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
- Feb. 12: F Grigori Denisenko recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
- Feb. 10: D Josh Mahura agreed to terms on one-year contract extension through 2023-24
- Feb. 6: G Alex Lyon loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
PANTHERS vs. WILD
ALL-TIME vs. MIN: 11-16-1-2
ALL-TIME ROAD vs. MIN: 3-9-1-1
2022-23 vs. MIN: 1-0-0
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Florida hits the road again tonight for the first of a four-game road swing. Following games played Feb. 11, the Panthers 29 road games played were second only to Arizona’s 32. The Cats have won each of their past two road outings and have earned at least a point in four of their past five games away from FLA Live Arena (3-1-1). Their 90 road goals ranked eighth-most among NHL teams, and their 34.4 road shots on goal per game ranked second behind Calgary (35.6). Matthew Tkachuk leads Florida with 33 road points (13-20-33), tied for sixth-most among League skaters.
CATS AND WILD
The Panthers face off against the Wild for the second and final time this season following Florida’s 5-3 win over Minnesota at FLA Live Arena on Jan. 21. In that game, 11 different Panthers skaters produced at least one point and goaltender (and Minnesota native) Alex Lyon secured his first win of the season. The Cats have won each of their past four matchups against the Wild dating to Jan. 20, 2020, and own a 5-1-0 record over their prior six meetings. Aleksander Barkov has amassed 17 points (4-13-17) over 16 career games against Minnesota.
LEADING THE WAY
Since Jan. 3, 2022, Matthew Tkachuk leads all NHL skaters with 20 assists and 30 points (10-20-30) over 16 games, logging at least one point in 15 of the 17 contests, including two separate seven-game point streaks. His 19 even-strength points from Jan. 3-Feb. 11 also led all skaters. Over that span, Sergei Bobrovsky owns a 6-2-1 record and .924 save percentage.
POWER UP
Since the turn of the calendar, the Panthers lead the league with a 33.3% power-play success rate (18/54). The Cats have scored at least one power-play goal in seven of their past 10 games. Florida’s 18 power-play goals from Jan. 1-Feb. 11 were three more than the next-best team (OTT, 15).
PK PROWESS
The Panthers have allowed just one power-play goal against over their past five games, killing of 13 of 14 penalties against since Jan. 27. Florida has scored five shorthanded goals this season: Anton Lundell (2), Eric Staal (2), Aleksander Barkov.
MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
FLORIDA PANTHERS
All-Time Wild Record: 18-9-3 (10-2-2 at Xcel Energy Center, 8-7-1 at Florida)
2022-23: The Wild lost the first meeting, 5-3, at FLA Live Arena (1/21)…LW Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild with three points (0-3=3)…C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-1=2) and LW Matt Boldy (1-1=2) each tallied multi-point games…G Filip Gustavsson stopped 22 of 26 shots faced for Minnesota…C Anton Lundell (1-1=2) and C Sam Reinhart (1-1=2) led the Panthers with two points each…D Gustav Forsling (1-0=1), C Eetu Luostarinen (1-0=1) and C Carter Verhaeghe (1-0=1) all added goals…G Alex Lyon stopped 29 of 32 shots faced for Florida.
WILD LEADERS: RW Mats Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 27 points (14-13=27) in 26 matches against Florida…D Jared Spurgeon has 12 points (2-10=12) in 18 contests…LW Marcus Foligno owns 11 points (5-6=11) in 26 games…D Jonas Brodin owns nine points (2-7=9) in 15 games …D
Alex Goligoski has nine points (1-8=9) in 24 games.
WILD GOALIES: G Marc-Andre Fleury is 18-10-2 with a 2.30 GAA, a .922 SV% and two shutouts in 31 career games (29 starts) vs. the Panthers…
Gustavsson is 0-2-0 with a 4.04 GAA and a .857 SV% in two starts against Florida.
PANTHERS LEADERS: C Aleksander Barkov leads Florida with 17 points (4-13=17) in 16 matches against Minnesota…RW Patric Hornqvist owns 15 points (7-8=15) in 30 contests…C Nick Cousins owns nine points (3-6=9) in 15 matches…RW Matthew Tkachuk has nine points (4-5=9) in 16 games.
PANTHERS GOALIES: Bobrovsky is 12-3-1 with a 2.10 GAA, a .929 SV% and one shutout in 16 career starts vs. the Wild…G Spencer Knight has not faced Minnesota…G Alex Lyon is 1-0-0 with a 3.00 GAA and a .906 SV% in one game (one start) against the Wild.
FAST FACTS: Minnesota went 10-0-1 against Florida from Nov. 29, 2001- Dec. 13, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center – its second-longest home point streak against a team in franchise history…The Wild’s 18 career wins against the Panthers are its fourth-most wins against an Eastern Conference opponents
HOME SWEET HOME
• Dating back to Nov. 19th, Minnesota is 14-4-0 at home for a .778 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 eighth with a .635 point percentage at home.
• In home games since Nov. 19, the Wild is recording a 2.28 goals against average (GAA) and .918 save percentage (SV%). Since Nov. 19, Minnesota ranks second in the NHL in home GAA and fifth in home SV%.
ON THE POWER PLAY
• The Wild have converted 30.8 percent (24 of 78) of power-play opportunities at home this season, third-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 ninth in the NHL with a 81.9 penalty-kill percentage (113 for 138).
• 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 52 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.
NO FREE HANDOUTS
• Minnesota is averaging 6.1 giveaways per game (316 in 52 games) this season, tied for the lowest rate in the NHL.
• The average is tied for the NHL’s fourth-lowest total through 52 games in the last five seasons.
Blue Bombers re-sign Canadian linebacker Jesse Briggs
WINNIPEG, MB., – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce the club has agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension with Canadian linebacker Jesse Briggs. He was scheduled to become a free agent on Tuesday.
Briggs (6-1, 207; McGill University; born: April 14, 1990, in Kelowna, BC) returns to the Blue Bombers for a ninth season in 2023.
A second-round selection by the Blue Bombers in the 2014 CFL Draft, Briggs has suited up for 116 regular season games with Winnipeg, ranking him behind only Jake Thomas (169) as the longest-serving member in terms of games played with the team.
An injury limited Briggs to 12 games in 2022, over which he registered three defensive tackles and four more on special teams. His 2021 season was his best statistically as he finished with 24 tackles and five more on special teams as well as adding a forced fumble and an 83-yard fumble return touchdown, the first of his professional career.
Over the course of his 116 games with the Blue Bombers, Briggs has made 66 special-teams tackles.
In 2013, his final year at McGill, Briggs won the Friends of McGill Football Trophy as the team’s most outstanding defensive player.
NHL Preview: Arizona Coyotes (17-28-8) at Nashville Predators (25-19-6)
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona enters tonight on a five-game point streak (2-0-3) and is 4-3-3 in its last 10 GP
• The duo of Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz have combined for 12 points in the last two games, each contributing six points on this road trip. Schmaltz’s 13 points (6-7-13) rank third in the NHL since 1/22, trailing only Dougie Hamilton (14 pts) and Matthew Tkachuk (14 pts)
• Tonight’s game is the last of a three-game road trip. It’s the second-to-last time this season the Coyotes will be on the road for at least
three consecutive games (March 21-24)
LAST GAME
Blues 6, Coyotes 5 (OT) – February 11, 2023 – Enterprise Center
ARI Goals: Keller (20, 21), Schmaltz (13), Bjugstad (13), Crouse (17)
STL Goals: Saad (15), Blais (1), Thomas (13), Rosen (6, 7), O’Reilly (11)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (O) – 31 svs on 37 shots
STL Goalie: Binnington (W) – 23 svs on 28 shots
PP: 2-4 PK: 5-5
Notes: ARI erased a 5-2 deficit to force overtime but fell 6-5, marking the first time ARI has lost consecutive OT games since Nov. 16-17, 2016…Nick Schmaltz (1-3-4) and Juuso Valimaki (0-4-4) led all skaters with 4 pts…Valimaki’s 4 assists is tied for the most by a Coyotes defenseman (since 1996-97)… Per NHL Stats & Info, Saturday is the third time since the start of 2009-10 that the Coyotes had multiple players post 4+ pts in a game (all of three of which have happened since the start of last season)…Clayton Keller chipped in 3 pts (2-1-3) and cleared 20 goals in the process for the second consecutive season…Lawson Crouse tallied his 17th goal of the season which came with 57 seconds left in regulation…Barrett Hayton picked up another assist to establish a three-game point streak…Nick Bjugstad recorded his first PPG as a Coyote…ARIs PK went 5-for-5 and has killed off its last 18 shorthanded situations…Per NHL Stats & Info, the game combined for 6 goals in the 3rd period, which is T-4th most in a game this season; Only three games this season have featured more combined 3rd-period goals: ANA-VAN on 11/3 (8), VGK-MTL on 11/5 (7) and STL-NYI on 12/6 (7)…Saturday was the 7th time this season ARI registered 2 PPGs in a game…Liam O’Brien missed the game due to an upper-body injury
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Liam O’Brien…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (1 / 2/10)
Shayne Gostisbehere…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (5 / 1/24)
Total man games lost: 114 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
Wed, Feb 15 7pm vs TBL Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
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
YOTES & PREDS
- Tonight is the second of four ARI-NSH matchups this season. They’ll play twice more in Tempe on 2/26 and 3/9
- NSH captured the first meeting 4-3 in shootout on 11/21
- Nick Bjugstad led all skaters with 3 pts (2-1-3) on 11/21, one of his tallies coming shorthanded…He also scored in the shootout
- Bjugstad has posted 3-1-4 over the last two times he’s faced Nashville
- Lawson Crouse also pitched in a goal in the November meeting
- Connor Ingram registered a then-career-high 42 saves in the 11/21 matchup
- Matias Maccelli recorded an assist on 11/21, which was his 10th helper of the season. That game is the only time Maccelli has faced the Predators
- Coyotes vs Predators
• All-Time: 36-29-2-12
• Home: 24-11-0-4
• Road: 12-18-2-8
• L10: 4-5-1
• STRK: OT1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE PREDATORS
Nick Bjugstad…7-1-8…17 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…2-7-9…11 career GP
Clayton Keller…2-4-6…11 career GP
Jakob Chychrun…3-2-5…10 career GP
JJ Moser…0-2-2…3 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 7)… Assists (Schmaltz, 7)…Points (Schmaltz, 9)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Chychrun/Gostisbehere, 3)… Assists (Gostisbehere, 5)…Points (Gostisbehere, 8)
NASHVILLE PREDATORS NOTES:
ALL-TIME vs. ARIZONA
OVERALL (79 GP) 41-30-(2)-6
HOME (40 GP) 26-11-(2)-1
ROAD (39 GP) 15-19-(0)-5
LAST MEETING Nov. 21, 2022 at NSH (SOW, 4-3)
PLAYOFFS (0-2) Last: 2020 SCQ (L, 3-1)
− The Predators are 41-30-(2)-6 all-time against the Coyotes, including a 26-11-(2)-1 record at Bridgestone Arena.
− This is the second of four matchups between Nashville and Arizona in 2022-23; it is the second and final at home.
− Nashville is 1-0-0 against Arizona this season, earning a 4-3 shootout win on Nov. 21. Mikael Granlund and Roman Josi both had a goal and an assist in the victory.
− The Predators are 4-1-0 in their last five games against the Coyotes; they are 6-4-0 in their last 10; and 4-1-0 in their last five at home.
− This is the second season Nashville and Arizona are both part of the Central Division.
− Nashville scored four times in the first 6:57 of the first period on April 29, 2022 at Arizona, including three goals in the opening 2:31, the fastest three goals to begin a game in franchise history.
NOTABLES vs. ARIZONA
− Matt Duchene owns 26 career points (13g-13a) against Arizona, the most among Predators skaters.
− Roman Josi has 14 points (6g-8a) in his last seven games vs. the Coyotes, including a four-point effort on Nov. 13, 2021 (2g2a).
− Coyotes goaltender Connor Ingram was claimed on waivers from Nashville on Oct. 10. He made his first three career NHL starts with the Predators and started three of Nashville’s four postseason games in 2022.
− Arizona goaltender Karel Vejmelka was selected by the Predators in the fifth round (145th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft.
LAST TIME OUT
− Nashville Predators 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (OT) – Feb. 11 (Wells Fargo Center)
− NSH goals: Niederreiter (14), Duchene – OT/GWG (16)
− PHI goals: Hayes (17)
− Goaltenders: NSH – Saros (W, 23/24); PHI – Hart (OTL, 23/25)
− Power plays: NSH 0-1; PHI 0-0
− Notes: Nashville improved to 11-11-3 on the road in 2022-23… The Predators closed out their two-game regular-season series against Philadelphia with a 1-1-0 record… Nashville is now 6-6 in overtime/shootouts this season (4-5 in OT; 2-1 in shootout)… It was Nashville’s first OT game since Dec. 31 at Vegas… The Predators did not allow a power-play opportunity for the second time this season and first since Nov. 29 vs. Anaheim… Matt Duchene scored his 10th career OT goal… Duchene’s four overtime goals since the 2021-22 season are tied for the fourth-most in the NHL… He added an assist on Nino Niederreiter’s goal… Niederreiter’s goal was his first since Dec. 12 at Montreal… Jeremy Lauzon matched his season high in hits with nine… Tanner Jeannot and Juuso Parssinen recorded fighting majors; it was the first of Parssinen’s NHL career.
INJURY REPORT
Player Designation Dates Missed Games Missed
Mark Borowiecki Upper body – IR Oct. 27-Feb. 11 43
Alexandre Carrier Upper body Jan. 26-Feb. 11 3
Filip Forsberg Upper body – day-to-day
Total man-games lost: 100
Individual man-games lost: Borowiecki – 44; McCarron – 20; Carrier – 8; McDonagh – 7; Smith – 6; Trenin – 5; Glass – 3; Lauzon – 3; Jankowski – 2; Duchene – 1; Lankinen – 1
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
− Feb. 8: Signed forward Tommy Novak to a one-year, $800,000 contract for 2023-24.
− Feb. 6: Signed forward Cole Smith to a one-year, $775,000 contract for 2023-24.
− Feb. 5: Recalled forward Tommy Novak and defenseman Kevin Gravel from Milwaukee (AHL).
ALL-TIME LEADERBOARDS
Games Played
Rk. Player GP
1 David Legwand 956
2 Roman Josi 810
3 Shea Weber 763
4 Martin Erat 723
5 Mattias Ekholm 712
6 Craig Smith 661
7 Filip Forsberg 616
8 Dan Hamhuis 600
9 Kimmo Timonen 573
10 Ryan Ellis 562
ALL GLASS, NO BRAKES
− After opening the season with three points (1g-2a) in his first 16 appearances (Oct. 7-Dec. 12), Cody Glass owns 16 points (6g-10a) in his last 24 games. He’s found the scoresheet in four of his last five games (2g-3a).
− His 16 points since Dec. 13 are tied for the third-most among Predators forwards in that time span.
− Since being held pointless for three games from Jan. 6-11, Glass has found the scoresheet in seven of his last 10 contests, posting eight points (3g-5a).
− Glass has established career highs in goals (7), assists (12) and points (19) this season.
QUICK HITS
− The Predators have scored the first goal of the game on 31 occasions this season, tied for the fifth-best mark in the NHL.
− Nashville has scored 20 first-period goals since Dec. 27, the eighth-most in the NHL in that time span.
− Among NHL players who have taken at least 600 faceoffs, Ryan Johansen is sixth at 59 percent. Johansen won at least 50 percent of his faceoffs in a franchise-record 23 consecutive games, a streak that came to an end on Nov. 23 at Detroit. The previous record was held by current Predators Assistant GM Scott Nichol, who did so in 17 straight games during the 2006-07 season.
− Colton Sissons is second in the NHL in shorthanded faceoffs won (99).
NHL Preview: Calgary Flames (25-18-10) at Ottawa Senators (24-24-3)
CALGARY FLAME NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
February 11, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [7] vs. BUFFALO SABRES [2]
The Calgary Flames continued on a four-game Eastern Conference road trip in Buffalo for a matinee game against the Sabres. Buffalo opened the scoring courtesy of Tage Thompson just under eight minutes into the first on the powerplay, followed by a Casey Mittelstadt goal to make it 2-0 Sabres through 20. The Flames offense exploded for four goals in the second, starting with Jakob Pelletier’s first NHL goal. Mikael Backlund scored just 20 seconds later, followed by Dennis Gilbert’s first goal as a Flame and Nazem Kadri to make it 4-2 Flames through 40. In the final frame, Tyler Toffoli netted a pair and assisted Dillon Dube for a three-point period. Dube’s goal gave him four points on the night for the first time in his career and the Flames put up a ‘touchdown’ the day before Super Bowl Sunday with a 7-2 win. CGY GOAL SCORERS: Pelletier (1), Backlund (10), Gilbert (1), Kadri (20), Toffoli (20, 21), Dube (13) GOALIE: Markstrom (21/23 .913 Sv%)
PP: 1/3 (33%)
PK: 2/3 (66%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 2-2-1
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
February 11, 2023 CGY [7] at BUF [2] Gilbert Markstrom Luukkonen
February 9, 2023 CGY [1] at DET [2] Zadina Vladar Husso
February 6, 2023 CGY [4] at NYR 5 Lafrenière Markstrom Halak
January 27, 2023 CGY [5] at SEA [2] Zadorov Vladar Jones
January 26, 2023 CHI [5] vs. CGY [1] Katchouk Markstrom Stauber
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME (MST) OPPONENT VENUE
February 13, 2023 5:30pm at Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre
February 16, 2023 7:00pm vs. Detroit Red Wings Scotiabank Saddledome
February 18, 2023 8:00pm vs. New York Rangers Scotiabank Saddledome
February 20, 2023 2:00pm vs. Philadelphia Flyers Scotiabank Saddledome
February 22, 2023 7:30pm at Arizona Coyotes Mullett Arena
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the first of two matchups this season between the Flames and Senators. The Flames and Senators split the season-series last year. This is a Pacific Division versus Atlantic Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 4-5-2 against Atlantic Division opponents this season and a record of 10-9-6 against Eastern Conference opponents.
LAST TIME AT CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE:
The Flames last trip to Ottawa came back in November of 2021, prevailing 4-0. Andrew Mangiapane, Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov all scored for Calgary, and Dan Vladar made 27 saves to earn his first NHL shutout and was named the First Star. The Flames were midway through a season-long seven game road trip at the time and following the win would go 3-0-1 on the rest of the trip.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. OTTAWA SENATORS
CGY vs. OTT ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
27-21-4-4 17-9-1-1 10-12-3-3 4-5-1 L1
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Ottawa Senators
7:30pm ET
Canadian Tire Centre
TV: Sportsnet
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road 0-0-0)
Feb. 13, 2023 – CGY at OTT
Mar. 12, 2023 – OTT at CGY
2021-22 Season Record vs. OTT: 1-1-0
Last Home Win vs. OTT: May 9, 2021 –Ottawa [1] vs. Calgary [6]
Last Road Win @ OTT: November 14, 2021 – Calgary [4] at Ottawa [0]
Last Home Loss vs. OTT: January 13, 2022 – Ottawa [4] vs. Calgary [1]
Last Road Loss @ OTT: March 24, 2021 – Calgary [1] at Ottawa [3]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb. 5 – recalled Jakob Pelletier (F) and Dennis Gilbert (D) from Calgary (AHL)
Feb. 6 – activated Chris Tanev (D) from IR
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 42)
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 (2 game: Feb. 9 – Feb. 11)
OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: Feb. 11, 6-3 loss vs. Edmonton: McDavid paced the Oilers with three points (one goal, two assists) as Ottawa’s four-game winning streak was snapped with a 6-3 loss at Canadian Tire Centre. The contest extended McDavid’s road point streak to 17 games matched for the second-longest run among all active skaters. Goals in the first two periods from McDavid, Hyman (on a penalty shot) and McLeod (shorthanded) for the visitors along with Sanderson, Giroux and Brannstrom (with his first goal in 120 games) saw the contest knotted 3-3 heading into the final stanza. The Oilers then provided three unanswered goals in the third period from Puljujarvi, Ryan (shorthanded) and Nugent-Hopkins to establish the afternoon’s final score. Campbell earned the win for Edmonton in making 26 saves while Forsberg took the loss for Ottawa in turning aside 31 of the 37 shots he faced before leaving due to injury at 14:37 of the third period. Sogaard stopped each of the three shots he faced in relief. Scratches: Watson, Zaitsev; Injuries: Norris, Talbot; Shots: OTT – 29, EDM – 40; PP: OTT – 1-4, EDM – 1-5.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Calgary will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet and RDS. On the radio,
the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).
WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa heads to Long Island to take on the N.Y. Islanders tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. The contest will mark the third of three regular-season meetings and the lone matchup at UBS Arena.
INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg, C Norris, D Sanderson and G Talbot are on IR and will not oppose the Flames this evening. Total man-games lost: 179.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Recalled G Mandolese from Belleville (AHL) on Feb. 12.
OTTAWA vs. CALGARY – History:
2022-23 (0-0-0): Feb. 13 @ Ottawa, March 12 @ Calgary
2021-22 (1-1-0): 11/14/21 @ Ottawa (4-0 loss), 1/13/22 @ Calgary (4-1 win)
Series record: Overall: 25-24-4-3; Home: 15-8-3-2; Away: 10-16-1-1
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 3/24/21 (3-1); @ Calgary: 1/13/22 (4-1)
Last Calgary win: @ Ottawa: 11/14/21 (4-0); @ Calgary: 5/9/21 (6-1)
Last OT result: 1/26/17 (3-2 OT loss) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: 3/7/21 (4-3 SO win) @ Calgary
Most goals, game: Scored: 6, (4x, Last: 2/25/21, 6-1 win); Allowed: 10, (1/15/94, 10-0 loss); Both teams: 12, (11/5/92, 8-4 loss)
Last Game: 1/13/22, 4-1 win @ Calgary; OTT Goals: Paul (x2), Batherson, C. Brown; CGY Goal: Tkachuk; OTT Scratches:
Gaudette, Heatherington, Mete; OTT Injuries: Stützle, Pinto, White, Zaitsev; OTT Goalie: Murray; CGY Goalie: Markstrom; OTT PP: 0-3; CGY PP: 0-1; Shots: 34-28.
Career vs. Edmonton: Brassard leads all players in career games played (27), in goals (seven), in points (19) and is tied with Giroux in assists (12); Watson leads in penalty minutes (39) against Calgary.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 14-12-1 at home this season … Tim Stützle is the Senators leader with 14 goals at home while Stützle and Brady Tkachuk maintain the club lead with 17 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 27 home games, Stützle leads the team with 31 points on home ice … The Senators earned a record of 15-22-4 at home through 41 home contests in 2021-22.
FRANCHISE RECORD: Ottawa has posted an all-time record of 1,028-1,006-115-179 over 2,328 games … The Senators are 562-447-60-98 through 1,167 all-time home games and 466-559-55-81 through 1,161 all-time road games.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa will play back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and will open their sixth set of the season this evening when the team hosts Calgary ahead of visiting the N.Y. Islanders tomorrow night … The Senators played 17 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 6-9-2 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (3-2-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (3-2-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 52 for 193 (26.9%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 11 powerplay goals while also maintaining 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 145 of the 180 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 80.6% through 51 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.
