[xraygord]

Nice slate tonight. Good luck everyone!

[yisman]

Alex DeBrincat has been known as a smaller player with a big game. Now he has a paycheck to match that game.
The Chicago Blackhawks announced Thursday that they have signed the 21-year-old to a three-year extension with an annual average value of $6.4 million. DeBrincat is in the final year of his entry-level contract with an AAV of $894,166.

[hotcross]

Henrik Lundqvist -- going into Thursday's home opener, The New York Rangers goalie is one victory away from becoming the sixth in NHL history to reach 450 wins. With six wins, Lundqvist, who is entering his 15th season, would pass Curtis Joseph for fifth place in League history.

[mr. leisure]

Henrik Lundqvist -- going into Thursday's home opener, The New York Rangers goalie is one victory away from becoming the sixth in NHL history to reach 450 wins. With six wins, Lundqvist, who is entering his 15th season, would pass Curtis Joseph for fifth place in League history.

N Y Winner 6-4

[hotcross]

that was a wild game

Winnipeg outshot them 47-36. Two times they answered a Rangers goal within seconds later. Not sure who that game tells us more about as a team. I heard a post-game interview and Winnipeg felt good about their number of shots and time of possession in the offensive zone.

Perhaps the Jets need to think about defense a bit more.

[yisman]

Blues extend Schenn for 8 years, $52M

.

[yisman]

Schneider hurt and Blackwood sucks

allowed 3 goals in relief of Schneider and then 7 goals today

[jrgum3]

Sharks have been horrible so far this season. Granted the first 2 games were against Vegas who should be very good again this season but I thought they would beat Anaheim tonight. Once again their goaltending is trash whether its Jones or Dell between the pipes.

[BarkingToad]

New Jersey looking bad for a team that was supposed to improve

[hotcross]

Ovechkin scheduled to throw out ceremonial first pitch at NLDS Game 4 on Monday in Washington when the Nationals host the Dodgers


again, this is for Monday game 4 (not Sunday game 3)


Ovechkin is no stranger to the mound at Nationals Park. He delivered the first pitch on June 9, 2018 (Washington went on to win 7-5 score vs SF Giants), two days after he won the Conn Smythe Trophy and helped the Capitals win the Stanley Cup for their first championship in 43 NHL seasons.


Aside from his pitches in Washington, Ovechkin also made guest pitching appearances before a Baltimore Orioles game against the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards in 2011 (Baltimore won the game 8-3 score) and a United States vs. Canada baseball game in Durham, North Carolina in 2004.

[mr. leisure]

John Gibson will keep the ducks in some games but they won`t score many goals again this year .

[yisman]

Anaheim just a bad team now. They started to fall apart last season.

Rough time for SoCal hockey as the Kings are going to be bad for a few years too.

[mr. leisure]

Anaheim just a bad team now. They started to fall apart last season.

Rough time for SoCal hockey as the Kings are going to be bad for a few years too.

Ducks are rebuilding slowly , the kings are old and slow .

Yep , both are going to be real bad .

[hotcross]

St. Louis Blues will try to win their seventh consecutive game against the Toronto Maple Leafs when they play at Scotiabank Arena on Monday.

Three of the Blues' six wins during their run have occurred in overtime, including a 3-2 victory in Toronto on Feb. 19. The Maple Leafs last defeated the Blues on Jan. 2, 2016, a 4-1 win on home ice.

Players to watch

Blues forward Sammy Blais has three points (two goals, one assist) in his first two games. Ryan O'Reilly has three assists in his first two games.

The Maple Leafs have nine players with at least three points in their first three games.

Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews has scored five goals in his first three games. He scored in each of his first six games to begin last season (14 points; 10 goals, four assists) and is the third player in Toronto history to have multiple season-opening goal streaks of at least three games

[yisman]

Tavares and Matthews do nothing in a home loss to the Blues.

[hotcross]

Ovechkin scheduled to throw out ceremonial first pitch at NLDS Game 4 on Monday in Washington when the Nationals host the Dodgers

....He delivered the first pitch on June 9, 2018 (Washington went on to win 7-5 score vs SF Giants),

....Ovechkin also made guest pitching appearances before a Baltimore Orioles game against the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards in 2011 (Baltimore won the game 8-3 score)

That worked again as Nationals won 6-1 final score

[BarkingToad]

St. Louis Blues will try to win their seventh consecutive game against the Toronto Maple Leafs when they play at Scotiabank Arena on Monday.

Three of the Blues' six wins during their run have occurred in overtime, including a 3-2 victory in Toronto on Feb. 19. The Maple Leafs last defeated the Blues on Jan. 2, 2016, a 4-1 win on home ice.

Players to watch

Blues forward Sammy Blais has three points (two goals, one assist) in his first two games. Ryan O'Reilly has three assists in his first two games.

The Maple Leafs have nine players with at least three points in their first three games.

Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews has scored five goals in his first three games. He scored in each of his first six games to begin last season (14 points; 10 goals, four assists) and is the third player in Toronto history to have multiple season-opening goal streaks of at least three games

Blais has been doing some early scoring.

[mr. leisure]

John Gibson will keep the ducks in some games but they won`t score many goals again this year .

Ducks 3 -0 game unders so far .

[hotcross]

Carter Hart made 25 saves for his first NHL shutout, and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New Jersey Devils, by a score of 4-0 at home Wed. Oct.9

The 21-year-old is now the youngest Flyers goalie with a shutout

[yisman]

Sad that Calgary lost in OT. Had them +250 live

[yisman]

hoping Arizona can upset Vegas here.

[hotcross]

Brayden Point had two goals and an assist in his season debut for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 7-3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.

Point missed the first three games of the season after having offseason hip surgery.

[mr. leisure]

hoping Arizona can upset Vegas here.

Nice pick , winner

[yisman]

thanks, great win

[mr. leisure]

Ducks are currently 5-0 unders this year .

[yisman]

Is October 14 a Canadian holiday? A lot of afternoon games.


canadian thanksgiving I guess

[mr. leisure]

Kings with another over .

5-0 over this year .

[Carseller4]

Jets and Penguins with a lot of offense tonight!

[hotcross]

Edmonton Oilers set an NHL record with their fifth straight come-from-behind win to start a season Saturday, a 4-1 victory against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, and are 5-0-0 for the first time since 1985-86.

It's a stark contrast from the past two seasons when they were a combined 26-54-7 in games where the opponent scored first.

Can they keep it going on Monday in Chicago?

[BarkingToad]

New Jersey blew another big lead, big day for Pastrnak.

[yisman]

Weird

a whole bunch of afternoon games with one night game (EDM/CHI)

[mr. leisure]

Edmonton Oilers set an NHL record with their fifth straight come-from-behind win to start a season Saturday, a 4-1 victory against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, and are 5-0-0 for the first time since 1985-86.

It's a stark contrast from the past two seasons when they were a combined 26-54-7 in games where the opponent scored first.

Can they keep it going on Monday in Chicago?

The Oilers with a poor performance tonight .

[Carseller4]

A lot of high scoring games.

Are the pucks juiced?

[hotcross]

League-wide Goals per Game Averages:

Season 2018-19 = 5.96 (this is last year)
Season 2017-18 = 5.86
Season 2016-17 = 5.45
Season 2015-16 = 5.34
Season 2014-15 = 5.32
Season 2013-14 = 5.34
Season 2012-13 = 5.31
Season 2011-12 = 5.32
Season 2010-11 = 5.46

[mr. leisure]

Minn. and Dallas off to horrible starts to the season .