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Blue Jays acquire Thompson

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Blue Jays acquire Thompson

The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired RHP Zach Thompson from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for OF Chavez Young.

Thompson, 29, appeared in 29 games for the Pirates last season, including 22 starts, pitching to a 3-10 record and a 5.18 ERA. Drafted in the fifth round by the Chicago White Sox in 2014, the 6-7, 250 lb. righty made his Major League debut with the Miami Marlins in 2021. The Burleson, TX, native owns a career 4.44 ERA over 55 big-league games and 36 starts.

Young, 25, split his 2022 campaign between Single-A Dunedin and Triple-A Buffalo, batting .237 with six doubles, two triples, six home runs, and 22 RBI over 70 combined games. The switch-hitting outfielder was selected by the Blue Jays in the 39th round of the 2016 draft. Over 472 career Minor League contests, the native of Freeport, Bahamas, has hit .266 while racking up 94 doubles, 27 triples, 31 home runs, and 210 RBI for a .747 OPS.

To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Junior Fernández has been designated for assignment.

NHL Preview: Florida Panthers (18-19-4) at Colorado Avalanche (20-15-3)

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NHL Preview: Florida Panthers (18-19-4) at Colorado Avalanche (20-15-3)

FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:

BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT

  • F Anthony Duclair | Games Missed: 41
  • F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 16
    Total Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 122

LAST GAME
Panthers 1, Stars 5 – Jan. 8 – American Airlines Center
FLA Goals: Verhaeghe (19)
DAL Goals: Robertson (27), Lundkvist (4-PPG), Lindell (5), Robertson (28), Heiskanen (7)
FLA Goalie: Knight (L) – 29 Saves
DAL Goalie: Oettinger (W) – 27 Saves
FLA Shots: 28
DAL Shots: 34
Notes: Carter Verhaeghe tallied his team-leading 10th road goal of the season and led Florida with six shots on goal…Matthew Tkachuk notched an assist to extend his assist/point streak to three games (3-3-6)…Brandon Montour logged an assist for the second consecutive game…Josh Mahura led the Panthers with five hits…FLA PP: 0-4, FLA PK: 1-2

RECENT TRANSACTIONS:

  • Jan 5: F Chris Tierney recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
  • Jan 3: F Givani Smith recalled from Charlotte (AHL)

PANTHERS vs. AVALANCHE
ALL-TIME vs. COL: 16-22-3-4
ALL-TIME ROAD vs. COL: 9-8-3-2
2021-22 vs. COL: 1-1-0

CATS STATS

  • Matthew Tkachuk has produced 17 points (2-15-17) over 15 career games against the Avalanche.

COUNTDOWN TO ALL-STAR WEEKEND IN SOUTH FLORIDA
The Panthers and FLA Live Arena will host the 2023 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend from Feb. 3-4, the second time in franchise history the Cats have hosted the all-star festivities (2003). The first 32 All-Stars were named on Jan. 5, with the final 12 to be voted in via online and Twitter fan vote which ends on Jan. 14. Fans can head to NHL.com/VOTE or tweet “NHLAllStarVote” followed by a player’s full name or a player’s Twitter handle. The remaining All-Stars will be announced on Jan. 19. Matthew Tkachuk, who leads the Panthers in goals, assists and points, will represent the Cats at All-Star Weekend.

CATS AND AVALANCHE
The Panthers face off against the Avalanche for the first time this season. The two clubs split their season series in 2021-22, with each team winning at home. Florida defeated Colorado 4-1 on Oct. 21, 2021 at FLA Live Arena behind 30 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky in his 300th NHL game. Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell (1-1-2) and Sam Reinhart all tallied in the game. The Cats have earned at least one point in four of their past five matchups with Colorado (3-1-1) since Feb. 25, 2019, and are 3-2-0 in their past five visits to Ball Arena.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Panthers play seven of their next nine games on the road. Florida ranks fourth in the NHL in shots on goal per game on the road (34.4). Matthew Tkachuk paces the Cats in assists (14) and points (22) away from FLA Live Arena, while Carter Verhaeghe’s 10 road tallies lead the team. Gustav Forsling has scored all six of his goals on the road; Rasmus Dahlin (7) is the only NHL defenseman to tally more road goals this season.

COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:

UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Tue, Jan. 10 FLORIDA 7:30 p.m. HULU, ESPN+ 92.5 FM
Thu, Jan. 12 at Chicago 6:30 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Jan. 14 OTTAWA 5 p.m. Altitude / SN1 92.5 FM
Mon, Jan. 16 DETROIT 1 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM

TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO vs. FLORIDA
7:38 p.m.
HULU, ESPN+ / 92.5 Altitude Sports Radio
On The Call: John Buccigross (play-by-play), Ray Ferraro (analyst between the benches), Emily Kaplan (reporter)
Radio: Conor McGahey
The Colorado Avalanche takes on the Florida Panthers tonight at Ball Arena … This is a quick one-game homestand for the Avs, who will hit the road again tomorrow for a matchup against the Blackhawks in Chicago on Thursday.

LAST GAME
Jan. 7 – Colorado 3, Edmonton 2 in overtime
Cale Makar scored 2:09 into overtime and the Avalanche overcame an 0-2 deficit in the third period to beat the Oilers, 3-2, at Rogers Place … Makar also had an assist, Nathan MacKinnon tallied a goal and one helper and Brad Hunt scored the tying marker with 11:41 left in the third … Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves in his 11th consecutive start.
SF: 46 SA: 30 PP: 0-4 PK: 3-5

Makar’s tally was his fourth career regular-season overtime goal, tying Tyson Barrie for the most by a defenseman in Avalanche/Nordiques history … It was Makar’s fifth OT goal including the playoffs, which is the most by a defender in franchise annals Cale now has 16 career game-winning goals (20 including playoffs), the most of any NHL defenseman since he started his career in 2019-20 … It’s the most game winners by a blueliner in his first 216 NHL contests since World War II and only one rearguard in history has had that many GWG in his first four seasons, Dion Phaneuf (19) from 2005-06 to 2008-09

Makar logged a career-high 33:09 of ice time, the most minutes by an Avalanche player since Adam Foote played 34:33 on Feb. 4, 2003 at Boston … It was the third highest ice time in the NHL this season behind Alex Pietrangelo (34:16) on Dec. 28 at Anaheim and Erik Karlsson (34:12) on Nov. 13 at Minnesota MacKinnon’s goal was the 252nd of his career, tying Anton Stastny for fifth place on the franchise’s all-time goals list The Avalanche improved to 8-3 in games decided past regulation, 5-1 in overtime and 3-2 in shootouts … The eight wins are tied for the NHL lead while the .727 winning percentage is tied for fourth in the league

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – FLORIDA PANTHERS
Tonight is the first of two meetings between the Avalanche and Panthers in 2022-23.

SCHEDULE vs. PANTHERS
Jan. 10 vs. FLORIDA
Feb. 11 @ Florida

RECORD vs. PANTHERS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: — Overall: 1-1-0 Overall: 26-11-8 Overall: 22-9-7 Series: 1 (1-0)
Home: — Home: 1-0-0 Home: 10-6-6 Home: 9-5-5 W-L Record: 4-0
Road: — Road: 0-1-0 Road: 16-5-2 Road: 13-4-2 last: 1996 Final (W, 4-0)

NHL Preview: San Jose Sharks (12-21-8) at Arizona Coyotes (13-21-5)

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NHL Preview: San Jose Sharks (12-21-8) at Arizona Coyotes (13-21-5)

SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:

LAST GAME
Game 41 – 1/7 – SJS 2 vs. BOS 4…Logan Couture (1g, 0a) and Mario Ferraro (1g, 0a) found the back of the net while Matt Benning (0g, 1a), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (0g, 1a) and Alexander Barabanov (0g, 1a) each extended their respective scoring streaks to four games, but the San Jose Sharks fell short against the top team in the NHL by a 4-2 final. Erik Karlsson’s team-record point streak came to a close at 14 games as he was held off the score sheet. Kevin Labanc skated in his 400th career game.
SJ Goals: Couture (15), Ferraro (2)
SF: 30
SA: 29
SJ PP: 0/4
SJ PK: 1/2
W: Ullmark
L: Reimer

RECENT SHARKS TRANSACTIONS
1/6 Claimed F Mikey Eyssimont off waivers; placed D Radim Simek on IR
1/5 Recalled D Nick Cicek from the San Jose Barracuda
1/4 Assigned D Nick Cicek to the San Jose Barracuda
1/1 Recalled D Nick Cicek from the San Jose Barracuda
12/22 Assigned F C.J. Suess to the San Jose Barracuda
12/20 Activated D Mario Ferraro off IR
12/20 Recalled F C.J. Suess from the San Jose Barracuda
12/18 Assigned D Nick Cicek and F C.J. Suess to the San Jose Barracuda
12/17 Placed F Luke Kunin on IR; activated F Matt Nieto off IR
12/12 Activated G James Reimer off IR; Assigned G Eetu Makiniemi to the San Jose Barracuda

TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: ARIZONA COYOTES
The Arizona Coyotes are hoping to put an end to a five-game skid as they host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday at Mullett Arena, entering the game on the heels of a 4-1 setback against the Pittsburgh Penguins Sunday. Barrett Hayton put Arizona ahead 1-0 at the 5:18 mark of the opening frame before four unanswered goals from the visiting team. San Jose won the lone meeting between the clubs earlier this season, a 3-2 decision on Dec. 13, a game in which Karel Vejmelka stopped 30 of 33 shot faced. The Coyotes are led offensively by Clayton Keller, with the All Star selection boasting 37 points on the season with four (1g, 3a) in the past five games.

STORYLINES
DEFENSE TO OFFENSE…With an assist provided by Marc-Edouard Vlasic on Oskar Lindblom’s second period goal at DAL on Dec. 31, San Jose became the first NHL team to have their defensemen reach 100 points on the season. San Jose blueliners then added five points (1g, 4a) on Jan. 1, with four of the six in the game finding the score sheet, and another three helpers on Jan. 6 at Anaheim. Most recently, Sharks defensemen combined for three points against Boston on Jan. 7 with Mario Ferraro scoring a goal and Matt Benning and Vlasic adding assists. The Sharks lead the league in assists (92) and points (111) from defensemen this season. Last campaign, the Sharks finished 23rd and 25th in the League with 151 points and 117 assists, respectively, from defensemen.

ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:

3 HARD LAPS
• The Coyotes are 0-5-0 in their last five games

• A win tonight would mark the fifth straight time the Coyotes beat the Sharks at home, which would tie the second longest home win streak the Coyotes/Jets franchise has posted versus San Jose

• Tonight is Clayton Keller’s 400th career game. The winger leads Arizona in scoring with 37 pts (14-23-37) this season

LAST GAME
Penguins 4, Coyotes 1 – January 8, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Hayton (3)
PIT Goals: Guentzel (16, 17), Zucker (9), Carter (7)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (L) – 24 svs on 27 shots
PIT Goalie: DeSmith (W) – 23 svs on 24 shots
PP: 0-2 PK: 6-6
Notes: Barrett Hayton opened the scoring for ARI for the 1st period’s only goal and enters tonight with 2-5-7 in his last 6 GP…Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller assisted on Hayton’s tally…Keller widened his team-lead in assists (23) and points (37) on the season…The Coyotes PK unit went 6-for-6 on Sunday; The last time Arizona delivered a perfect penalty kill performance in a game it was shorthanded at least six times in was 4/26/22 at MIN (6-for-6) and the last time the team did it at home was 11/2/18 vs CAR (6-for-6)…Dylan Guenther played in his first NHL game since being loaned to Team Canada for the 2023 WJC and saw 12:21 of ice time…Jack McBain threw a career-high 8 hits …Ivan Prosvetov served as the backup goaltender due to Connor Ingram being a late scratch (illness)

MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Connor Ingram…Day-to-Day…Illness (1 / 1/6)
Matias Maccelli…Week-to-Week…Lower-Body (7 / 12/23)
Liam O’Brien…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (11 / 12/16)
Total man games lost: 83 games
Jakob Chychrun – 16 (10/13 – 11/17) – Upper-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

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-1/8 – Recalled G Ivan Prosvetov from Tucson (AHL)
-1/7 – Assigned F Michael Carcone to Tucson (AHL)
-1/6 – Recalled F Dylan Guenther from Team Canada (U20 National Junior Team)
-1/4 – Assigned F Laurent Dauphin to Tucson (AHL)
-12/31 – Recalled F Laurent Dauphin from Tucson (AHL)
-12/27 – Recalled F Michael Carcone from Tucson (AHL)
-12/18 – Assigned F Jan Jenik to Tucson (AHL)
-12/17 – Recalled F Jan Jenik from Tucson (AHL)
-12/15 – Assigned D Dysin Mayo to Tucson (AHL)
-12/8 – Loaned F Dylan Guenther to Team Canada for the 2023 WJC

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME
(AZ)

OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Thur, Jan 12 7pm vs OTT Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona ESPN 620

Sat, Jan 14 6pm at MIN Xcel Energy Center Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM

Sun, Jan 15 5pm at WPG Canada Life Center Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM

YOTES & FINS

  • Tonight is the second of three ARI-SJ matchups this season. After tonight, the teams will play again on 4/1 in Tempe
  • SJ captured the first meeting 3-2 on 12/13 at SAP Center. Lawson Crouse and Nick Bjugstad scored the goals for Arizona
  • The Yotes enter tonight on a 4-game home win streak versus San Jose dating back to 1/16/21 and a 6-game home point streak (5-0-1) dating back to 1/14/20 against them
  • The only longer home win streaks the Coyotes franchise has strung together against the Sharks are a 5-game run from 10/10/96 – 2/4/99 and a 6-game run from 2/2/92 – 1/12/93 as the Jets
  • Lawson Crouse comes into tonight with a 3-game point streak against the Sharks and has registered 4-3-7 in that span
  • Shayne Gostisbehere has recorded 4 pts (1-3-4) over the four times he’s faced the Sharks as a Coyote
  • Clayton Keller’s 13 career assists vs SJ are the most he’s totaled against an NHL club
  • Coyotes franchise vs Sharks
    • All-Time: 72-68-7-15
    • Home: 41-31-3-7
    • Road: 31-37-4-8
    • L10: 5-4-1
    • STRK: L1

SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE SHARKS
Clayton Keller…5-13-18…23 career GP
Jakob Chychrun…3-8-11…22 career GP
Nick Bjugstad…8-2-10…20 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…6-9-15…20 career GP
Lawson Crouse…7-8-15…19 career GP
Shayne Gostisbehere…2-6-8…13 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Bjugstad, 8)… Assists (Keller, 13)…Points (Keller, 18)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Chychrun, 3)… Assists (Chychrun, 8)…Points (Chychrun, 11)

NHL Preview: Calgary Flames (19-14-8) at St. Louis Blues (20-18-3)

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NHL Preview: Calgary Flames (19-14-8) at St. Louis Blues (20-18-3)

CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:

FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
JANUARY 8, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 4
The Calgary Flames began a five-game Central Division road trip on Sunday night in Chicago. The Blackhawks drew first blood just 2:39 into the contests courtesy of Lukas Reichel’s first NHL goal. The Flames would respond on the power play with Elias Lindholm sliding home his 13th on the campaign, but Colin Blackwell would restore Chicago’s lead shortly after and the score was 2-1 through 20. In the second, Philipp Kurashev scored just 0:35 into the frame to give the Blackhawks a two-goal lead. The Flames would battle back with goals from Jonathan Huberdeau and a second power play marker from Nazem Kadri to tie the game at three before the end of the second. No goals were scored in the third, and in overtime Max Domi was the hero for Chicago and the Flames claimed a point in a 4-3 overtime defeat.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Lindholm (13), Huberdeau (8), Kadri (16)
GOALIE: Markstrom (8/11, .727 Sv%), Vladar (13/14, .929 SV%)
PP: 2/3 (66%)
PK: 1/1 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-1-1

DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
January 8, 2022 CGY [3] at CHI 4 Domi Markstrom/Vladar Stalock
January 6, 2023 NYI [1] vs. CGY [4] Coleman Markstrom Varlamov
January 3, 2023 CGY [2] at WPG [3] Gagner Markstrom Hellebuyck
December 31, 2022 VAN [2] vs. CGY [3] Weegar Markstrom Martin
December 28, 2022 CGY [3] at SEA [2] Huberdeau Vladar Grubauer
*shootout winning goal

FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
January 10, 2023 6:00pm at. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
January 12, 2023 6:00pm at. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
January 14, 2023 12:00pm at Dallas Starts American Airlines Center
January 16, 2023 6:00pm at Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena
January 18, 2023 7:30pm vs. Colorado Avalanche Scotiabank Saddledome

TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the second of three matchups this season between the Flames and Blues. The Flames fell 5-2 in the teams opening meeting in December. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 4-3-1 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 12-6-3 against Western Conference opponents.

FIRST MEETING WITH ST. LOUIS:
The Calgary Flames welcomed the St. Louis Blues to the Saddledome on December 16th. The Blues struck first with Ivan Barbashev scoring the games opening goal just 4:07 into the contest, but later in the frame, Connor Mackey would net his first of the season for the Flames and the two teams would skate into the first intermission tied at one. In the second Jordan Kyrou would bury the only goal of the period and through 40 it was 2-1 Blues. Pavel Buchnevich recorded his 10th of the season just under four minutes into the third to extend the Blues lead to two, but later in the period Connor Mackey would strike again for Calgary, scoring his second of the game for his first NHL multi-goal game, drawing the Flames within one. The Blues would quickly restore their two-goal lead with Brandon Saad scoring just over a minute later. Kyrou would add his second of the night in the late stages of the game, and the Blues won 5-2.

CALGARY FLAMES vs. ST. LOUIS BLUES
ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
CGY vs. STL 81-81-14-6 45-37-5-5 36-44-9-1 2-6-2 L3

GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. St. Louis Blues
7:00pm CT
Enterprise Center
TV: Sportsnet West
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960

2022-23 Season Series: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road 0-0-0)
Dec. 16, 2022 – STL [5] at CGY [2]
Jan.10, 2022 – CGY at STL
Jan. 12, 2023 – CGY at STL

2021-22 Season Record vs. STL: 1-2-0 (Home: 1-1-0, Road: 0-1-0)
Last Home Win vs. STL: January 24, 2022 – St. Louis [1] vs. Calgary [7]
Last Road Win @ STL: December 16, 2018 – Calgary [7] at St. Louis [2]
Last Home Loss vs. STL: December 16, 2022 – St. Louis [5] vs. Calgary [2]
Last Road Loss @ STL: January 27, 2022 – Calgary [1] at St. Louis [5]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES

FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Dec. 18 – recalled Dennis Gilbert (D) from Calgary (AHL); placed Chris Tanev (D) on IR (retroactive)
Dec. 20 – recalled Nick DeSimone (D) from Calgary (AHL); placed Dennis Gilbert (D) on IR
Dec. 20 – reassigned Radim Zohorna (F) to Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 24 – reassigned Matthew Phillips (F) and Nick DeSimone (D) to Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 27 – recalled Radim Zohorna (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 28 – activated Dennis Gilbert (D) from IR
Dec. 29 – reassigned Dennis Gilbert (D) and Radim Zohorna (F) to Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 30 – recalled Radim Zohorna (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Jan. 7 – recalled Jakob Pelletier (F) and Walker Duehr (F) from Calgary (AHL)

FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 29)
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)

ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:

CURRENT INJURIES
Scott Perunovich – Shoulder (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Oct. 4)
Marco Scandella – Right Hip (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Sep. 20)
Torey Krug – Lower-Body (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Dec. 27)
Vladimir Tarasenko – Hand Injury (Re-evaluated in 4 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Ryan O’Reilly – Broken Foot (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Logan Brown – Upper-Body (announced on Jan. 7)
Robert Bortuzzo – Lower-Body (announced on Jan. 9)
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 160

Recent Transactions
January
9 – Placed defenseman Robert Bortuzzo on injured reserve
9 – Recalled defenseman Dmitri Samorukov from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
5 – Placed forward Logan Brown on the injured reserve
5 – Recalled defenseman Tyler Tucker from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
4 – Assigned defenseman Tyler Tucker to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
4 – Recalled defenseman Steven Santini from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)

BLUES VS. FLAMES

  • The Blues and Flames will meet for the 2nd of 3 matchups this season
  • The Blues won the first matchup of the season, 5-2 on Dec. 16 in Calgary
  • The Blues and Flames will finish their season series on Thursday in St. Louis, as the Blues will host the Flames at Enterprise Center in back-to-back games

-The Blues went 2-1-0 against Calgary last season (1-1-0 away; 1-0-0 at home)

-The Blues have won 3 straight games against the Flames

  • In their last 8 matchups with the Flames, the Blues are 7-1-0
  • The Blues have won back-to-back games against Calgary at Enterprise Center and are 4-1-1 in their last 6 home games against the Flames
  • The Blues have scored at least 1 power play goal in 7 of their last 8 games against Calgary, going 8 for 19 (42.1%) on the power play over those 8 games
  • The Blues are 8-3-3 in their last 14 games overall since Dec. 11 vs. Colorado
  • The Blues’ 8 wins share 5th in the NHL (1. Boston, 11), while their 19 points rank 5th in the NHL (1. Boston, 25 points) since Dec. 11
  • The Blues are 17-6-0 this season when scoring first, which shares the 5th most wins in the NHL (1. Boston, 21-0-2)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
1/12 – vs. Calgary
1/14 – vs. Tampa Bay
1/16 – vs. Ottawa
1/19 – vs. Nashville
11/21 – vs. Chicago

A LOOK AHEAD

  • The Blues will begin a season-long 7-game home stand on Tuesday against Calgary after starting 2023 with a 4-game road trip (3-1-0 on 4-game trip)
  • The Blues will play 14 of their next 19 games at Enterprise Center, which will go through February and take them into March
  • The Blues next 3 games, including tonight and Thursday against Calgary, will come against teams who currently hold a playoff spot

NHL Preview: Dallas Stars (24-11-6) at New York Islanders (22-17-2)

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NHL Preview: Dallas Stars (24-11-6) at New York Islanders (22-17-2)

DALLAS STARS NOTES:

LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
Jan. 8, 2023 – STARS 5 vs. PANTHERS 1
Determined to bust out of their two-game losing streak, the Stars lit the lamp five times in a 5-1 victory over the Florida Panthers in front of sellout crowd of 18,532 at American Airlines Center on Sunday afternoon. Forward Jason Robertson (2-0—2) led the way with two goals and defenseman Ryan Suter (0-2—2) registered his first multi-point game of the season to prevent Dallas from losing three in a row for the first time all season. Three of the five goals came from defensemen with Miro Heiskanen (1-0—1), Nils Lundkvist (1-0—1) and Esa Lindell (1-0—1) finding the back of the net. Forwards Ty Dellandrea (0-1—1), Jamie Benn (0-1—1), Joe Pavelski (0-1—1), Wyatt Johnston (0-1—1) and blueliner Colin Miller (0-1—1) added assists, while goaltender Jake Oettinger returned to his winning ways with a 27-save effort. The Stars went 2-0 in the two-game season series against the Panthers, outscoring them 11-5.
PP: 1-2 | PK: 4-4 | SF: 34 | SA: 28 | DAL TOI: Hakanpää (22:14) | Attendance: 18,532 (sellout)
Three Stars: 1. DAL – J. Oettinger 2. DAL – J. Robertson 3. DAL – E. Lindell

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Tue., Jan. 10, 2023 New York Islanders 6:30 p.m. UBS Arena BSSWX/KTCK
Thu., Jan. 12, 2023 New York Rangers 6 p.m. Madison Square Garden BSSW/KTCK
Sat., Jan. 14, 2023 Calgary Flames 1 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Mon., Jan. 16, 2023 Vegas Golden Knights 5 p.m. T-Mobile Arena BSSW/KTCK
Wed., Jan. 18, 2023 San Jose Sharks 9 p.m. SAP Center TNT/KTCK

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 12 – Recalled forward Riley Tufte from Texas (AHL)
Dec. 15 – Acquired defenseman Oskari Laaksonen from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenseman Joseph Cecconi
Dec. 23 – Loaned forward Riley Tufte to Texas (AHL)
Dec. 27 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)
Jan. 1 – Loaned forward Fredrik Olofsson to Texas (AHL)
Jan. 1 – Signed forward Joe Pavelski to a one-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season
Jan. 2 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)

INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 14
NAME INJURY # OF GAMES DATES
D Miro Heiskanen Upper body 3 Oct. 25-29
G Jake Oettinger Lower body 4 Nov. 1-8
F Denis Gurianov Upper body 6 Nov. 11-21
F Roope Hintz Lower body 1 Nov. 19

DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Stars hit the road for a two-game road trip through the Empire State beginning tonight against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. (6 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest Extra, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). This closes out the two-game season series between the two clubs, which opened with a 5-2 Stars victory on Nov. 19 at American Airlines Center. Dallas will conclude their East Coast swing on Thursday against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Fri., Jan. 6, 2023 Loss CGY 4 vs. NYI 1 Parise Varlamov (17/21)
Zach Parise tallied his 12th goal of the season and Scott Mayfield and Jean-Gabriel Pageau tallied assists, but the New York Islanders were unable to mount the Calgary Flames’ three-goal lead and fell to the Flames, 4-1, Friday night at Scotiabank Saddledome. Semyon Varlamov turned aside 17 shots in the Islanders’ final meeting with Calgary this season.

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Nov. 19, 2022 American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) L (5-2)
Jan. 10, 2023 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 6 Mat Barzal is day-to-day with a lower body injury.
Jan. 5 Cal Clutterbuck has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Jan. 2 Cory Schneider has been returned on loan to Bridgeport. Semyon Varlamov has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Dec. 30 Simon Holmstrom is day to day with a lower body injury and is on IR (retroactive to 12/23/22). Oliver Wahlstrom is out indefinitely with a lower body injury is on IR (retroactive to 12/27/22).
Dec. 23 Kyle Palmieri (Dec. 16) and Semyon Varlamov (Dec. 17) have both been placed on IR, retroactive to their dates. Aatu Raty and Parker Wotherspoon have been recalled from loan (Bridgeport)

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 –

10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 –

12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29

13 Mathew Barzal Jan. 6

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

18 Anthony Beauvillier Dec. 10 – Dec. 13

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

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –

40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

Man Games Lost: 73

RECENT RESULTS
Friday, Jan. 6 at Calgary L (4-1)
Thursday, Jan. 5 at Edmonton L (4-2)
Tuesday, Jan. 3 at Vancouver W (6-2)
Sunday, Jan. 1 at Seattle L (4-1)
Thursday, Dec. 29 vs. Columbus W (2-1)

UPCOMING GAMES
Jan. 12 vs. Minnesota UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 14 vs. Montreal UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:00pm
Jan. 16 vs. Washington UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 18 vs. Boston UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 19 at Buffalo KeyBank Center (Buffalo, NY) 7:30pm

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VS. DALLAS:
Nov. 19, 2022 American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) Loss (5-2)
Apr. 5, 3033 American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) Loss (3-2)
Mar. 19, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (4-2)
Feb. 4, 2020 Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY) OT Win (4-3)
Dec. 7, 2019 American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) Loss (3-1)

vs. THE STARS:
2022-23 0-1-0
Last five games: 2-3-0
Franchise History 58-42-16-3
NYI Home 32-18-8-2
NYI Away 26-24-8-1

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders host the Dallas Stars in the second and final matchup between the two clubs this season. The Islanders last hosted the Stars on March 19, 2022, when Brock Nelson and Ryan Pulock each scored and Semyon Varlamov made 37 saves to help the Islanders earn a 4-2 victory. The Islanders will look to earn a split in their season series with Dallas as they return home tonight following a four-game road trip. The Islanders visited the Stars at American Airlines Center on November 19, a 5-2 decision in Dallas’ favor. The Islanders will play each of their next five matchups at UBS Arena, their longest home stand in the 2022-23 regular season schedule.

NHL Preview: Winnipeg Jets (26-13-1) at Detroit Red Wings (16-15-7)

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NHL Preview: Winnipeg Jets (26-13-1) at Detroit Red Wings (16-15-7)

WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:

Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets begin a three-game road trip on Tuesday when they visit the Detroit Red Wings for the only time this season. The Jets are coming off a perfect three-game homestand, which ended with a 7-4 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday afternoon. Winnipeg travels to Buffalo on Thursday and Pittsburgh on Friday for the other two games of the trip.

Next Five Games
Date Opp TV Radio
Jan. 10 At DET TSN CJOB/Power 97
Jan. 12 At BUF TSN CJOB/Power 97
Jan. 13 At PIT SN CJOB/Power 97
Jan. 15 ARI TSN CJOB/Power 97
Jan. 17 At MTL TSN CJOB/Power 97

Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Dec. 29 VAN 4-2 W 1W
Dec. 31 At EDM 2-1 W 2W
Jan. 2 CGY 3-2 W 3W
Jan. 6 TBL 4-2 W 4W
Jan. 8 VAN 7-4 W 5W

Upcoming Schedule
Tuesday, Jan. 10
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets at Detroit Red Wings 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11
Practice – KeyBank Center 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 12
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets at Buffalo Sabres 7:00 p.m.

Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 7
Vancouver Canucks 4
Jets Scorers: Connor (18, 19, 20), Ehlers (1), Barron (5), Jonsson-Fjällby (3), DeMelo (2)
Canucks Scorers: Miller (15), Studnicka (3), Horvat (29), Dries (5)
Jets Goaltender: David Rittich (34 sv, 4 ga)
Canucks Goaltenders: Collin Delia (9 sv, 4 ga), Spencer Martin (11 sv, 3 ga)
Jets PP: 0-for-0
Jets PK: 2-for-3
Recap: The Winnipeg Jets surrendered a pair of two-goal leads before scoring the game’s final three goals in a 7-4 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. Kyle Connor tallied a hat trick, while Pierre-Luc Dubois registered four assists. Nikolaj Ehlers also had a three-point night with a goal and two assists.

Top 5
The Jets are tied for fifth in the NHL with a .663 points percentage, which ranks first in the Central Division and second in the Western Conference… Winnipeg’s best points percentage in franchise history was in 2017-18 when the team finished at .695… The franchise has finished a season with a points percentage better than .600 four times.

Five and Counting
For the first time since 2018, the Jets have won five games in a row…. It’s on the longest active winning streak in the NHL… The Jets most recent five-game winning streak before this one was Dec. 9-16/18… The longest winning streak in franchise history is seven games from Mar. 26-Apr. 8/17.

Four or More
The Jets improved to 18-1-0 on Sunday when scoring four goals or more in a game… Winnipeg’s .947 winning percentage when scoring four goals in a game this season is sixth in the NHL… The Jets have scored at least four goals in three of the five games during their current winning streak.

Halfway Point
With Game 41 happening on Tuesday in Detroit to reach the midway point of their schedule, the Jets are having their best first half of a season in franchise history… Winnipeg’s 26 wins matches the franchise best 26 wins through 41 games during the 2018-19 season, giving them one game to break that mark with a 27th win on Tuesday… The Jets .663 points percentage is also poised to be the best through 41 games, currently four points better than the .659 points percentage from the 2006-07 and 2018-19 seasons… This is the third time in the past five seasons the Jets have posted 25 wins or more in the first 41 games of a season.

The January Upon Us
After playing 16 games in 30 days in December, the Jets play 15 games in 28 days from Jan. 2-30, but opened the month with two games in the first seven days… Seven of the 15 games are at home… Winnipeg’s eight road games in January come in the form of a three-game road trip and five-game road trip… The Jets are 15-16-3 in January during the past four seasons.

Road Record
The Jets are 10-7-1 on the road this season… Winnipeg ended their three-game road losing streak last Saturday in Edmonton… Defenceman Josh Morrissey (1G, 19A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 20 points… Pierre-Luc Dubois has a team leading eight goals.

On the PK
Winnipeg is fifth in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 82.9% of the time… The Jets are 19-for-21 (90.5%) on the penalty kill in their past seven games… The last time the Jets had a penalty kill better than 82% was in 2013-14 when they finished the season at 83.2%… The franchise record for penalty kill percentage in a season is 85.2%, which occurred in Atlanta during the 2003-04 season.

Team Leader
Kyle Connor has 11 points (5G, 6A) during a six-game scoring streak, which has propelled him into the team scoring lead with 49 points (20G, 29A) in 40 games… He also led the Jets last season with 93 points (47G, 46A) in 79 games, which was the fourth most points in a season in franchise history… He reached the 20-goal mark for the sixth consecutive season on Sunday and is one point shy of reach 50 points for the sixth season in a row… Connor scored his fourth career hat trick on Sunday and second of the season… His four hat tricks are tied with Nikolaj Ehlers for fourth in franchise history.

That’s Offensive
Jets defencemen have combined for 102 points this season, which is tied for second in the NHL… Sunday’s game marked the eighth time this season that four or more defencemen had a point for the Jets in the same game, which leads the NHL… Winnipeg’s defencemen are averaging 2.55 points per game, compared to 1.99 last season… They have contributed 27.4% of Winnipeg’s points this season, fifth in the NHL.

Jets vs. DET Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Red Wings meet for the first time this season on Tuesday… The rematch in Winnipeg is slated for Mar. 31.

Recent History
Winnipeg has won five of the past seven games against Detroit, but have split the season series in each of the past two seasons in which they have faced each other… The road team won both meetings last season… Winnipeg went a perfect 9-for-9 on the penalty kill against Detroit last season, but were 0-for-4 on the power play… The Jets haven’t lost consecutive games to the Red Wings in regulation since relocation.

In Detroit
The Jets are 5-4-0 in their nine trips to the Motor City since relocation, but have split the past six games… Three of the past four games in Detroit have been decided by three goals or more… Winnipeg is 0-for-1 on the power play in each of their last two games in Detroit.

Player Notes
Sam Gagner leads the Jets in career scoring against Detroit with 16 points (7G, 9A) in 32 games… Three of his seven goals have come on the power play… Mark Scheifele has 13 points (4G, 11A) in 14 games against the Red Wings… Kyle Connor had all nine of his points against the Wings during a five-game point streak from Oct. 26/18-Jan. 13/22… He has four goals in his past three games in Detroit… Nikolaj Ehlers had his first four-point game (1G, 3A) in Detroit on Nov. 4/16.

Jets vs. DET Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
11/04/2016 @Det W 5 3 31 0 0 8 33 3 0 2
12/06/2016 Det SOL 3 4 34 3 0 4 30 2 0 6
12/05/2017 @Det L 1 5 26 6 1 12 32 6 0 12
03/02/2018 Det W 4 3 42 3 0 2 33 1 1 6
10/26/2018 @Det W 2 1 40 5 1 6 28 3 1 10
01/11/2019 Det W 4 2 27 3 0 8 35 4 1 6
12/10/2019 Det W 5 1 30 5 1 16 17 4 0 18
12/12/2019 @Det L 2 5 28 1 0 8 34 4 2 2
01/13/2022 @Det W 3 0 32 1 0 14 33 5 0 6
04/06/2022 Det L 1 3 33 3 0 8 35 4 0 6

DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:

LAST GAME
RED WINGS 1 at TORONTO 4 (1/7/23)
1ST PERIOD: DET Walman (Määttä, Hronek) 11:57-EV
2ND PERIOD: TOR Marner (Matthews, Rielly) 0:24-PP; TOR Tavares (Järnkrok, Giordano) 6:37-EV
3RD PERIOD: TOR Holmberg (Rielly, Brodie) 6:19-EV; TOR Tavares (Marner, Holl) 18:21-EN
SHOTS: DET 23 (8-10-5) / TOR 29 (2-12-15)
GOALIES: DET Hellberg (L, 25-28) / TOR Samsonov (W, 22-23)
PP: DET 0-4 / TOR 1-5
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Tyler Bertuzzi – upper body (29 / Nov. 30)
Filip Zadina – lower body (27 / Nov. 5)
Matt Luff – upper body (25 / Nov. 8)
Robert Hägg – undisclosed (12 / Dec. 8)
Total Man Games Lost: 201
Individual Man Games Lost: Robby Fabbri (35), Jakub Vrána (33), Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Ville Husso (2), Michael Rasmussen (2), Dylan Larkin (1)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
1/8 – Assigned forward Elmer Söderblom to Grand Rapids
1/4 – Assigned goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to Grand Rapids to conditioning … Activated forward Robby Fabbri from injured reserve
… Assigned forward Jakub Vrána to Grand Rapids

TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. JETS / 7:00 P.M. EST / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 31st all-time meeting, 17th in Detroit … First of two games this season, only game at Little Caesars Arena
ALL-TIME vs. WPG: 16-12-0-2 / HOME: 9-5-0-2 / LAST 10: 4-6-0 / IN 2021-22: 1-1-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-0-0

DET top scorers vs. WPG: David Perron (11-12-23 in 31 GP), Dominik Kubalík (3-3-6 in 8 GP), Ben Chiarot (2-3-5 in 9 GP), Filip Hronek (1-3-4 in 5 GP), Andrew Copp (0-2-2 in 1 GP), Michael Rasmussen (1-0-1 in 2 GP), Pius Suter (0-1-1 in 2 GP)

WPG top scorers vs. DET: Sam Gagner (7-9-16 in 32 GP), Blake Wheeler (4-11-15 in 20 GP), Mark Scheifele (3-10-13 in 14 GP), Pierre-Luc Dubois (6-4-10 in 13 GP), Kyle Connor (5-4-9 in 9 GP), Nikolaj Ehlers (1-7-8 in 9 GP), Dylan Samberg (0-1-1 in 1 GP)

UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Thursday, Jan. 12: RED WINGS vs. MAPLE LEAFS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: ESPN / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Saturday, Jan. 14: RED WINGS vs. BLUE JACKETS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Monday, Jan. 16: RED WINGS at AVALANCHE / 3:00 p.m. / Ball Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM

LAST TIME OUT
Jan. 7 at Toronto – 4-1 L
Detroit fell at Toronto to move to 16-15-7 overall and 7-7-4 on the road … Jake Walman opened the scoring with his third goal of the season … Walman, a Toronto native, has three points (2-1-3) in his last six games since Dec. 28 at Pittsburgh … Walman has three goals in 22 appearances this season after scoring three goals in 51 contests during the entire 2021-22 campaign between Detroit and St. Louis … Olli Määttä recorded his 150th career NHL point with the primary assist on Walman’s goal … Filip Hronek picked up his team-leading 22nd assist of the season with a helper on Walman’s goal … Hronek has three assists in his last two games … Additionally, Hronek gained sole possession of second place among Detroit skaters with 29 points (7-22-29) through 38 games … Detroit is 8-5-6 this season when scoring first, and 3-1-4 when doing so on the road … Detroit is 4-1-2 this season when leading after one period, and 2-1-2 when doing so on the road … Detroit finished with 38 hits, matching a season high which was set on Oct. 14 vs. Montreal … Michael Rasmussen paced the Red Wings with six hits, while Adam Erne and Moritz Seider each had five hits … Detroit matched a season low by allowing two shots in the first period … Detroit also surrendered two shots in the second period on Dec. 31 vs. Ottawa … The last time Detroit allowed two shots on goal in the first period of a game was Dec. 13, 2017 vs. Boston … Detroit is 3- 3-0 in the first half of back-to-backs this season, and also 3-3-0 in the second half of a back-to-back.

NHL Preview: Vancouver Canucks (17-19-3) at Pittsburgh Penguins (20-13-6)

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NHL Preview: Vancouver Canucks (17-19-3) at Pittsburgh Penguins (20-13-6)

VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet East, AT&T SportsNet – PT
Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Penguins this season: Oct. 28 (5-1 W vs PIT), Jan. 10 (away).

• The Canucks are 43-65-11-4 all-time against Pittsburgh, including a 15-38-7-1 record on the road.

• Vancouver is 5-5-0 in their last 10 games vs Pittsburgh (2-3-0 in their last 5).

• Among active Canucks skaters, Luke Schenn leads the team in games played (33) against the Penguins (2-9-11 in those games).

• J.T. Miller leads active Canucks skaters in career points against the Penguins with 17 (9-8-17) in 24 games.

• Brock Boeser has 10 points (7-3-10) in eight career games against the Penguins.

• Bo Horvat has 10 points (6-4-10) in 14 career games against the Penguins.

• Ilya Mikheyev tallied each of his two career points against the Penguins (0-2-2 in 3 career GP) earlier this season.

• Spencer Martin is 1-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and .971 save percentage in one career game vs Pittsburgh.

• Collin Delia has yet to face Pittsburgh in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 13 points (4-9-13) in his last eight games.

• Bo Horvat has 13 points (7-6-13) in his last seven games.

• Andrei Kuzmenko has 14 points (6-8-14) in his last 14 games.

• J.T. Miller has five points (2-3-5) in his last three games.

• Spencer Martin is 6-3-1 with a .898 save percentage on the road this season.

LAST MEETING – OCT. 28/22: VAN 5 vs PIT 1
Tanner Pearson opened the scoring with his first goal of the season at 13:52 in the first period, with Ilya Mikheyev and Conor Garland drawing the assists…Bo Horvat added to Vancouver’s lead with a power play tally off the rush just 32 seconds into the second period…Andrei Kuzmenko recorded the lone assist before contributing with a goal of his own at 10:28 in the third period…Horvat deflected home his second power play goal of the evening on a point shot from Oliver Ekman-Larsson at 16:42 in the third period…J.T. Miller potted the empty-net goal at 17:50 in the final frame, with Tyler Myers and Guillaume Brisebois (first NHL point) recording the assists…Horvat (2-0-2), Mikheyev (0-2-2) and Kuzmenko (1-1-2) all registered multi-point outings…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (4), blocks (4), and picked up an assist…Spencer Martin continued his personal eight-game point streak (4-0-4) with 34 saves.

2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN PIT
Goals For/Game 3.38 (9th) 3.26 (t-11th)
Goals Against/Game 3.90 (31st) 3.00 (t-15th)
Power Play % 24.8 (9th) 20.6 (t-18th)
Penalty Kill % 68.1 (32nd) 83.9 (3rd)
Penalty Min./Game 9:50 (22nd) 7:29 (3rd)
*Rankings are accurate as of 2:00pm PT on January 9, 2023

LAST GAME PLAYED – JAN. 8/23: VAN 4 at WPG 7
J.T. Miller scored the first goal for the Canucks at 15:14 in the first, for his 250th point as a Canuck…Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko recorded assists on the play…Jack Studnicka tied the game at two to close out the first…Luke Schenn and Dakota Joshua were credited with assists…Spencer Martin entered the game in relief for starter Collin Delia…Bo Horvat bought the game within one Vancouver Canucks: Media Notes
with his 29th goal of the season…Miller and Ethan Bear got the helpers…Sheldon Dries tied the game up again at 9:26 in the second…Miller registered his first 3+ point game of the season with the first assist and Conor Garland got the second assist…The Canucks recorded zero penalties in the contest…Pettersson led the team in shots (6)…Schenn and Curtis Lazar led the team in hits (6).

LAST 5 vs PITTSBURGH
• Oct. 28/22: VAN 5 vs PIT 1
• Dec. 4/21: VAN 1 vs PIT 4
• Nov. 24/21: VAN 1 at PIT 4
• Dec. 21/19: VAN 4 vs PIT 1
• Nov. 27/19: VAN 6 at PIT 8

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NOTES:

LAST 2 GAMES
Jan. 8: Pittsburgh 4, Arizona 1 – Mullet Arena
PIT Goals: Guentzel (2), Zucker, Carter
Multiple Points: Crosby (2A), Guentzel (2G)
Goalie: DeSmith (23 saves, 24 shots)
Key Stats: Jake Guentzel’s second multi-goal game of the season helped snap a six-game winless streak (0-4-2).
PP: 0-6
PK: 2-2

Jan. 5: Vegas 5, Pittsburgh 2 – T-Mobile Arena
PIT Goals: Smith, Crosby
Multiple Points: Crosby (1G-1A), Guentzel (2A)
Goalie: DeSmith (26 saves, 31 shots)
Key Stats: Sidney Crosby scored his 20th goal of the season for the 15th time in his career.
PP: 0-3
PK: 0-1

INJURIES
Position Player Status Consecutive Games Missed Total Games Missed
D Jeff Petry Upper-Body 11 11
F Josh Archibald Lower-Body 8 9
D Kris Letang Lower-Body 4 10
F Ryan Poehling Upper-Body 3 8
G Tristan Jarry Lower-Body 2 2
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 72

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Date Transaction
Jan. 3 G Dustin Tokarski recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL
Jan. 3 D Kris Letang’s status changed to non-roster.
Dec. 30 F Ryan Poehling activated off of injured reserve.
Dec. 30 F Drake Caggiula re-assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).

Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Canucks: 69-41-13
In Pittsburgh: 39-14-8
In Vancouver: 30-27-5
OT Record vs. Canucks: 7-2-4
Shootout Record vs. Canucks: 4-0
2022-23 Results: Pittsburgh is 0-1-0

Penguins All-Time Point Leaders vs. CANUCKS:
Mario Lemieux – 28GP, 61 PTS (26G-35A)
Jean Pronovost – 35GP, 39 PTS (22G-17A)
Rick Kehoe – 32GP, 37 PTS (19G-18A)

TONIGHT’S GAME

  • The Penguins return home to the friendly confines of PPG Paints Arena as they take on the Vancouver Canucks (TV: AT&T SportsNet; Radio: 105.9 The X).
  • The Penguins are 8-4-1 overall in their last 13 games versus the Canucks.
  • Here at home, Pittsburgh has points in five of its last six games versus Vancouver (4-1-1). Going back further, they are 6-2-1 in their last nine home games against them dating back to Nov. 17, 2010.
  • The Penguins are 6-1-0 at home against Western Conference opponents this season.
  • The Penguins have won eight of their last nine games versus Western Conference opponents. They are 10-6-0 versus the West this season.

NHL Preview: Seattle Kraken (23-12-4) at Buffalo Sabres (20-16-2)

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NHL Preview: Seattle Kraken (23-12-4) at Buffalo Sabres (20-16-2)

SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:

LAST GAME
Seattle 4 at Montreal 0
Goals: Tolvanen, Sprong, Dunn, Beniers
Goalie: Jones (21/21)
PP: 1/6 PK: 2/2 Shots: Seattle 41 – Montreal 21

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 101)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 39 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 39 games – day-to-day

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Jan. 6, 2022: Reassigned F Shane Wright to Kingston (OHL)

UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, Jan. 12: Seattle at Boston, 4 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 14: Seattle at Chicago, 5 p.m. PT
Monday, Jan. 16: Tampa Bay at Seattle, 1 p.m. PT
Tuesday, Jan. 17: Seattle at Edmonton, 6 p.m. PT
Thursday, Jan. 19: New Jersey at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight is Seattle’s fifth of seven consecutive games that they will play on the road. Their seven-game road trip is their longest such stretch of the season and will conclude on Jan. 14 at Chicago. The team’s current stretch of seven road games are the most consecutive games they have played on the road in franchise history.

• A win tonight would give the Kraken wins in at least six consecutive games for the second time this season. The team previously a franchise-best seven straight games from Nov. 17 to Dec. 1. Their five-game win streak is tied with the Winnipeg Jets for the longest active win streak in the NHL.

• If the Kraken are victorious tonight, it would make the Sabres the third team that Seattle has defeated four times (Los Angeles, San Jose) and the first team that the Kraken have won four consecutive games against a single opponent. The Kraken are 3-0-0 all-time against the Sabres.

• A win tonight would also make the Sabres the fifth team that the Kraken have defeated in consecutive road games. They have previously won at least two consecutive road games against the Florida Panthers (Nov. 27, 2021 and Dec. 1, 2022), Los Angeles Kings (March 28, 20222, Oct. 13, 2022 and Nov. 29, 2022), Montreal Canadiens (March 12, 2022 and Jan. 9, 2023) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (Jan. 27, 2022 and Nov. 5, 2022).

• Yesterday’s game against the Canadiens and tonight’s game against the Sabres is the Kraken’s second back-to-back set this season. The team will play in eight total back-to-back sets this year, five of which where both games are played on the road. The Kraken went 1-0-1 in the first back-to-back set of the season, falling 5-4 in overtime to the Ducks on Oct. 12 and defeating the Kings 4-1 on Oct. 13.

• The Kraken are one of four teams (Boston, Nashville, Winnipeg) to have not lost a game in 2023 and the only team to have five wins.

• Jamie Oleksiak’s next point will be the 100th of his NHL career. He is set to become the seventh defenseman from the 2011
NHL Draft class to reach the milestone.

BUFFALO SABRES NOTES:

LAST GAME
Monday, Jan. 9
Philadelphia 4 at Buffalo 0
Goals: N/A
Goalie: Anderson (34 saves/38 shots)
PP: 0/1; PK: 3/3; Shots: Philadelphia 38 – Buffalo 28
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 99)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Henri Jokiharju (Lower body, Dec. 10; IR) – 11 games
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
1/7: Assigned F Jiri Kulich and F Isak Rosen to Rochester (AHL)
1/9: Activated G Eric Comrie off of IR; Loaned goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday, Jan. 12: Winnipeg at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14: Buffalo at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 16: Florida at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 17: Buffalo at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 19: NY Islanders at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
TONIGHT’S GAME
KRAKEN AT SABRES
• This is the second and final meeting between the Sabres and Kraken this season.
• Last meeting: Seattle defeated Buffalo 5-1 in Seattle on Oct. 25, 2022.
• This is the fourth game all-time between Buffalo and Seattle; Buffalo has a 0-3-0 series record.
• The Sabres are 0-1-0 at home against the Kraken all-time.
THIS DATE IN SABRES HISTORY
• The Sabres are 12-7-2 all-time on January 10.
• January 10, 1974: Rene Robert and Rick Martin each score in a 10-second span in the third period as the Sabres defeat the
Rangers 7-2 at the Aud.
• January 10, 1986: The Sabres get goals from seven different players, including two each from John Tucker and Dave
Andreychuk, to earn the 600th win in franchise history (9-7 vs. Toronto).

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded an assist in all three of his career meetings with the Kraken.

• After Monday’s game, Buffalo led all NHL teams in goals scored per game (3.89) in 2022-23.

• Alex Tuch has notched 32 points (11+21) in his last 23 games, including eight points (3+5) in his last five games.

• Tage Thompson has recorded 30 goals in his last 31 games, totaling 53 points (30+23) in that span.

• Dylan Cozens has tallied 29 points (9+20) in his last 25 games and owns six points (2+4) in his last six games.

• Cozens is one goal, two assists and two points away from surpassing his previous single-season career highs in those categories, all of which he set in 79 games in 2021-22.

• Rasmus Dahlin has recorded 27 points (5+22) in his last 23 games, including six points (2+4) in his last three games.

• Dahlin is one goal away from matching his previous career high of 13, which he set in 80 games in 2021-22.

• In his last 17 games, Jeff Skinner has recorded 25 points (12+13).

• Casey Mittelstadt owns four points (0+4) in his last three games.

• Jacob Bryson needs three points to surpass his previous career high for points in a single season (10 in 2021-22).

BACK-TO-BACK
Tonight’s game wraps up Buffalo’s seventh of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season, which began last night with a 4-0 loss vs. Philadelphia. The Sabres are 3-3-1 in the first game of back-to-back sets and 1-5-0 in the second game so far this season. Buffalo’s point breakdown in back-to-back sets this season is: four points (1), three points (0), two points (2), one point (1) and zero points (2).

NHL Preview: New Jersey Devils (25-12-3) at Carolina Hurricanes (25-8-7)

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NHL Preview: New Jersey Devils (25-12-3) at Carolina Hurricanes (25-8-7)

NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:

LAST GAME
New York Rangers 3 New Jersey Devils 4 (OT)
(22-12-7—51 PTS) (25-12-3—53 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. J. Hughes 2. D. Severson 3. N. Hischier

Goals:
NYR: J. Vesey, J. Gauthier, C. Kreider
SCORE 1
ST 2
ND 3
RD OT SO FINAL
NY Rangers 1 2 0 – 3
DEVILS 0 1 2 1 – 4
New Jersey Devils: Media Notes
NJD: J. Hughes, J. Bratt (PPG), J. Hughes, D. Severson (OT-Winner)

INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 40
Nate Bastian I.R. Upper-Body Nov. 27 17
John Marino Upper-body Dec. 21 8
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 123

DATE PLAYER ACTION
1/1/23 Ryan Graves Activated from I.R.
1/1/23 Tyler Wotherspoon Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Tyce Thompson Reassigned to Utica
1/5/23 Akira Schmid Recalled from Utica
1/5/23 Ondrej Palat Activated off I.R.
1/6/23 Akira Schmid Reassigned to Utica
The Devils defeated the New York Rangers at Prudential Center on Saturday afternoon, after a 4-3 overtime win. The win snapped an eight-game home winless streak. Jersey also improved to 4-2 for games decided in overtime this season.

Jersey’s team embarks on a season-long five-game road trip:
1/10 at CAR
1/13 at ANA
1/14 at LAK
1/16 at SJS
1/19 at SEA

The Devils enter Tuesday’s contest vs Carolina with a 14-2-1 road record which ranks second in the NHL for wins, but the Devils ranks first in the league for points-percentage on the road at .853. The Devils are 19-0-1 when leading after the second period this season, which is tied with Toronto for the second most wins in the NHL behind Boston (21), per Jan. 9. The Devils are 17-11-2 when outshooting an opponent this season, while Jersey is 7-1-1 when outshot in a game for the 2022-23 campaign. Jersey’s team experienced its first contest decided in a shootout this season via New Year’s Day vs Carolina, which marked the franchise’s longest stretch from the start of a season without entering a shootout round (36 GP). The second longest stretch was 27 games in 2018-19. Jersey’s team is 23-4-3 when scoring three-or-more goals in a game this season. The Devils have allowed 1, or fewer, goals against 10 times this season in a game. Jersey’s team allowed one, or fewer goals against, in a game just eight times all of last season. Jersey is one of nine teams that hasn’t been shut out this season. The Devils are 15-10-2 vs the Eastern Conference and 7-5-2 vs the Metropolitan Division. Jersey’s team is 21-4-3 when Nico Hischier recorded a point in a game this season and 13-5-2 when Jack Hughes scored a goal in a game for 2022-23. The league named Jack Hughes the NHL’s second Star of the Week for the week ending on Jan. 8.

It marked the third Devils player this season who earned the Stars of the Week honors:
M. Blackwood: Week ending on Oct. 23
J. Bratt: Week ending on Oct. 30
Goaltender Vitek Vanecek was named the second Star of the Month for November. The NHL announced on Thu.,Jan. 5, that Jack Hughes was named New Jersey 2023 NHL All-Star. Hughes was a first-time NHL All-Star last season at Vegas.

The team’s 25 wins after 40 games played from the start of a season ranks as the third most in franchise history:
29 wins: 2009-10
26 wins: 1997-98

Miles Wood, John Marino and Nate Bastian all traveled with New Jersey on the five-game road trip. Wood left practice early on Monday after going down and being helped off the ice. As of Jan. 9, Carolina and New Jersey ranked first and second for shots against, per game, respectively.

CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:

LAST GAME
The Hurricanes suffered a 4-3 shootout loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Saturday, marking their first road shootout loss since 2017 (also at CBJ). After Carolina fell down 2-0 in the second period, Max Pacioretty scored the first goal of his Hurricanes career to cut the deficit. Brady Skjei tied the game on the man-advantage, and Pacioretty scored his second goal and Carolina’s second power-play goal of the period to give the Hurricanes a 3-2 lead. Antti Raanta made 15 saves in regulation but suffered his first shootout loss of the season and his first loss in eight decisions. Andrei Svechnikov and Teuvo Teravainen scored Carolina’s only goals in the shootout.

INJURY REPORT
Frederik Andersen, lower-body, missed 28 games (11/9-1/7)
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 40 games (10/12-1/7)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 39 games (10/14-1/7)
Stefan Noesen, lower-body, missed two game (1/5-1/7)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 166

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 5 Assigned Cavan Fitzgerald to Chicago (AHL)
Jan. 4 Activated Max Pacioretty from injured non-roster list, placed Ondrej Kase on long-term injured reserve and placed Cavan Fitzgerald on waivers
Dec. 28 Reassigned Jack Drury to Chicago (AHL)

STREAKS
Paul Stastny has recorded a point in three consecutive games (1/3-1/7: 1g, 3a)
Brady Skjei has tallied a goal/point in back-to-back games (1/5-1/7: 2g, 1a)

UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
Jan. 10 New Jersey 7 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu HRN
Jan. 12 at Columbus 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 14 Pittsburgh 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 15 Vancouver 5 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 19 Minnesota 7 p.m. BSSO HRN

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

UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
Jan. 10 Tuesday PNC Arena 10:30 a.m.
Jan. 11 Wednesday PNC Arena 12 p.m.
Jan. 12 Thursday Nationwide Arena 11:30 a.m.
Jan. 13 Friday Invisalign Arena 12 p.m.
Jan. 14 Saturday Invisalign Arena 10:30 a.m.

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

HURRICANES vs. DEVILS SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing New Jersey in the third of four meetings between the teams during the 2022-23 season. The Hurricanes travel to Prudential Center on 3/12.

— Carolina and New Jersey are meeting for the 154th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 62-73-12-6 overall record, including a 36-32-8-2 home record.

— The Hurricanes lead the season series 2-0-0 in 2022-23 (Devils: 0-1-1), and they are now 7-2-0 in the teams’ last nine meetings, with wins in each of the last five.

— Carolina posted a 4-1 win over New Jersey at PNC Arena on 12/20. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Stefan Noesen, Jordan Staal and Teuvo Teravainen each scored for the Hurricanes, while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 37 of 38 shots faced in net.

— The Hurricanes earned a 5-4 shootout win over the Devils at Prudential Center on 1/1. Sebastian Aho (1g, 1a), Stefan Noesen (2a) and Derek Stepan (2g) recorded two points, and Martin Necas scored a power-play goal to force overtime before Andrei Svechnikov scored the only goal in the shootout. Antti Raanta made 24 saves in regulation/overtime and stopped all three shootout attempts.

— Brent Burns has posted 17 points (4g, 13a) in 22 career regular-season games against New Jersey.

— Jesperi Kotkaniemi has earned nine points (4g, 5a) in 10 career regular-season games against the Devils.

— Stefan Noesen tallied 43 points (22g, 21a) in 145 NHL games with New Jersey from 2017-19. He also played four postseason games with the Devils in 2018 and scored the game-winning goal in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round, the only playoff goal of his NHL career. Noesen has tallied three points (1g, 2a) in four career regular-season games against New Jersey.

— Max Pacioretty has registered 22 points (14g, 8a) in 31 career regular-season games against the Devils.

— Brett Pesce is a native of Tarrytown, N.Y., about 40 miles northeast of Newark. He played youth hockey with the North Jersey Avalanche and spent one season with the EJHL’s New Jersey Hitmen in 2011-12.

— Paul Stastny’s father, Peter, spent parts of four NHL seasons with the Devils from 1990-93, posting 173 points (64g, 109a) in 217 games.

— Derek Stepan has earned 31 points (15g, 16a) in 43 career regular-season games against New Jersey.

— Dougie Hamilton registered 121 points (42g, 79a) in 184 NHL games with Carolina from 2018-21 and added 14 points (6g, 8a) in 31 playoff games with the Hurricanes. He was selected to the NHL All-Star Game in 2020 and named a Second-Team All-Star in 2021. Hamilton was acquired from CGY along with Micheal Ferland and Adam Fox in exchange for Noah Hanifin and Elias Lindholm on 6/23/18.

— Erik Haula recorded 22 points (12g, 10a) in 41 games with Carolina in 2019-20. Acquired from VGK in exchange for Nicolas Roy and a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft (Oscar Plandowski) on 6/27/19, Haula was traded to FLA along with Lucas Wallmark, Eetu Luostarinen and Chase Priskie in exchange for Vincent Trocheck on 2/24/20.

— Brendan Smith tallied eight points (4g, 4a) in 45 games with the Hurricanes in 2021-22. He added four points (1g, 3a) in 14 playoff games with Carolina, scoring his first career postseason shorthanded goal in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round vs. NYR.

— Devils Video Coach Jerry Dineen’s brother, Kevin, was selected by the Whalers in the third round (56th overall) of the 1982 NHL Draft and played 708 games with Hartford/Carolina over two stints with the franchise (1984-91, 1995-99), recording 544 points (250g, 294a) and a franchise-record 1,439 penalty minutes. Kevin ranks top-four in franchise history in games played, goals, assists, points, powerplay goals (71) and power-play points (173).

NHL Preview: Minnesota Wild (22-14-3) at New York Rangers (22-12-7)

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NHL Preview: Minnesota Wild (22-14-3) at New York Rangers (22-12-7)

MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:

SERIES NOTES
NEW YORK RANGERS
All-Time Wild Record: 14-14-3 (8-7-2 at Xcel Energy
Center, 6-7-1 at New York)
2022-23:The Wild fell 7-3 to New York in the season opener (10/13) at Xcel Energy Center…RW Matt Boldy (2-0=2) led Minnesota with two points…RW Mats Zuccarello (1-0=1) also scored a goal…G MarcAndre Fleury stopped 28-of-35 shots faced…LW Artemi Panarin (1-3=4) led New York with four points…LW Alexis Lafrenière (0-2=2), C Vincent Trocheck (1-1=2), LW Chris Kreider (2-0=2) and C Mika Zibanejad (0-2=2) all had two points…G Igor Shesterkin stopped 33-of-36 shots faced.

WILD LEADERS: D Alex Goligoski leads Minnesota with 15 points (2-13=15) in 28 games against the Rangers…LW Marcus Foligno owns 13 points (4-9=13) in 23 matches…D Matt Dumba has 10 points (4-6=10) in 13 contests.

WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 33-20-9 with a 2.83 GAA, a .906 SV% and four shutouts in 63 career games (62 starts) against the Rangers…G Filip Gustavsson is 0-1-0 with a 2.05 GAA and a .939 SV% in one career start (2/20/22).

RANGERS LEADERS: Panarin leads New York with 22 points (6-16=22) in 18 games against the Wild… Zibanejad has 11 points (6-5=11) in 16 games. D Jacob Trouba owns 10 points (2-8=10) in 27 contests.

RANGERS GOALIES: G Jaroslav Halak is 5-3-4 with a 2.12 GAA, a .925 SV% and two shutouts in 14 career starts against Minnesota… Shesterkin is 1-1-0 with a 3.04 GAA and a .914 SV% in one start.

FAST FACTS: Minnesota is on a five-game point streak at Madison Square Garden (4-0-1), outscoring the Rangers 20-11.…The Wild is 8-5-1 in its last 14 games against the Rangers in Saint Paul, with seven of those games decided by one goal.

NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 3 – OVERTIME – January 7, 2023 – Prudential Center
NYR Goals: J. Vesey (7), J. Gauthier (6), C. Kreider (19)
NJD Goals: J. Hughes (25, 26), J. Bratt (15), D. Severson (3)
NYR Goalie: I. Shesterkin (OTL – 39/43)
NJD Goalie: V. Vanecek (W – 31/34)
NYR Shots: 34
NJD Shots: 43
NYR PP: 0/2
NYR PK: 3/4

RECAP/NOTES: The Blueshirts extended their point streak to five games but fell in overtime to the Devils on Saturday afternoon in New Jersey. On the road, the Rangers have now earned a point in eight of their last nine contests (6-1-2) and 15 of their last 18 games (12-3-3) away from home. Jimmy Vesey scored his seventh goal of the year and Julien Gauthier scored his sixth in the overtime loss.

RANGERS RUNDOWN

  • The New York Rangers begin a three-game homestand, when they complete their season-series with Minnesota on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden (7:00 PM ET – TV: MSG Network – Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM). The Blueshirts will play nine of their next 11 games at home.
  • The Blueshirts have earned points in five-straight games (3-0-2) and are 4-1-2 in their last seven games. New York has points in 13 of its last 15 games (11-2-2). Since November 30, the Rangers rank fourth in the NHL in points (27).
  • At home, New York has won five of its last six games dating back to December 5. In that span, the Rangers’ .833 point percentage at home ranks third in the league while their 3.83 GF/GP ranks fifth.
  • The Blueshirts reached the halfway point in the season with a 22-12-7 record for 51 points, tied for their 10th most points through the halfway point in franchise history. Since 2011-12, the Rangers have had 51 or more points through the halfway point on five occasions.
  • The Rangers are 7-3-1 against Central Division teams this season and 11-5-3 against Western Conference foes. – New York has scored four or more goals in three of their last four games and on the year is 15-0-0 when scoring four or more goals in a game. Only two other teams (VGK, ARI) are undefeated this season when scoring 4+ goals.
  • New York ranks third in the NHL in third period goals (53) and fourth in third-period goal differential (+14).
  • Heading into the third period tied, the Rangers are 9-1-5, tied for the most such wins in the NHL.
  • The Rangers defensemen group has collected 102 points and 82 assists, both the second most in the NHL.

UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES ET)
DATE/TIME OPPONENT/LOCATION TV RADIO
Jan. 12/7:00 PM Dallas/MSG MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Jan. 15/5:00 PM Montreal/MSG MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Jan. 16/7:00 PM Columbus/Nationwide Arena MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Jan. 19/7:00 PM Boston/MSG MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Jan. 23/7:00 PM Florida/MSG MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM

LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Jan. 7 at New Jersey OTL, 4-3
Jan. 5 at Montreal W, 4-1
Jan. 3 Carolina W, 5-3
Jan. 1 at Florida W, 5-3
Dec. 29 at Tampa Bay SOL, 2-1

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
January 6 – Gustav Rydahl re-assigned to Hartford
January 5 – Gustav Rydahl recalled from Hartford
January 4 – Jimmy Vesey re-signed to two-year contract extension
December 9 – Ryan Carpenter re-assigned to Hartford.
December 5 – Jonny Brodzinski recalled from Hartford

ALL-TIME RECORD 17-14-0-0 (34 PTS)
2022-23 1-0-0
2021-22 0-2-0
NYR HOME 8-6-0-0 (16 PTS)
NYR AWAY 9-8-0-0 (18 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 3-2-0
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Kreider (8) – A: Panarin (16) – Pts: Panarin (22)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Kreider (8) – A: McDonagh (10) – Pts: McDonagh (12)

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