2018-2019 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #6

Kerfoot (4) and Baertschi (2nd of the game and season – first start) tie it at 4.

Head to OT. Nothing.

Shootout…

Schenn… stoned by Vasilevskiy
Kessel… shoots and scores on Andersen
Byron… stoned by Vasilevskiy
Tavares… sends ’em home happy with a goal on Andersen.

Final Brentwood 5, LA 4 (SO).

Strange game. The Gunners out-gun the Bandits 40-25, but shot 38 blanks while Brentwood buried 7.

Final Brentwood 7, Guentzel 2

A pair of 5 point games by Kessel and Tavares.

Kessel with 7 points (2G, 5A) and Tavares with 8 points (2G, 6A)… almost as if they are auditioning for a potential trade or something.

Baertschi scores 3 goals in his first 2 games of the season, as well as his homecoming back to the team who drafted him.

In the 2nd, Jagr pads their lead by Patrick Marleau’s first goal as a Mullet (6), and Taylor Hall (8). Jersey answers the bell with a goal at 11:22 of the 2nd from Draisaitl (4), but then the Grizzlies step into a trap as Matthews (14) puts one behind Kinkaid at 14:06 to give the Mullets a 5-2 lead heading into the 3rd.

Radulov (4) scores the only PP goal of the game for either team at 5:50, and then at 13:49 Elias Lindholm (3) gets the 7th Jagr goal of the game. John Gibson turns aside 22 of 24 shots for the easy 7-2 victory.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 14:35 EV NJG Arvidsson (9), assisted by Byfuglien (11) and Draisaitl (11)
1 19:39 EV JAG Laine (12), assisted by Hall (25)
1 19:59 EV JAG Ovechkin (13), assisted by Kadri (10) and Radulov (17)
2 5:15 EV JAG Marleau (6), assisted by Staal (4) and Granlund (7)
2 7:23 EV JAG Hall (8), assisted by Matthews (13) and Laine (9)
2 11:22 EV NJG Draisaitl (4), assisted by Arvidsson (6)
2 14:06 EV JAG Matthews (14), assisted by Hall (26)
3 5:50 PP JAG Radulov (4), assisted by Ovechkin (7) and Rielly (17)
3 13:49 EV JAG Elias Lindholm (3), assisted by Roussel (1)

Star 1: JAG Hall 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: JAG Ovechkin 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: JAG Laine 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Patrick Marleau

Notables: NJG Kinkaid 36 saves
JAG None

Cincy strikes first, with ex-Mullet Justin Faulk (3) beating Gibson at 2:26 to open an early lead. That holds until 14:01, when Taylor Hall (9) beats Crawford to tie it up. A little over a minute later, Boeser (8) scores on the PP, which is no small feat with the Mullets’ elite PK. Morgan Rielly (1) gets his first of the year at 18:42 to knot it up at 2 heading into the 2nd.

Things are calm until 11:10, when Riley Nash (2) pots his first as a Mullet, and then Patrik Laine (13) scores a little over two minutes later to put the home team up 4-2. But then ex-Mullet David Perron (2) scores late in the 2nd to shave the margin to one.

Just 45 seconds into the 3rd, Sidney Crosby (5) beats Gibson unassisted to tie it up — we’ve got a hockey game, folks!

The teams trade chances until Patrik Laine (14) finally draws blood at 8:30 to put the Mullets up 5-4. Can they hold on until the end?

Cincy fires a lot of pucks, but can’t beat Gibson and they ultimately fall 5-4. The run and gun mullets are rarely outshot, and only hold a slight edge in this one (38-34). Most of the team stats are neatly split between the two teams – it’s clear that these two squads are a matchup nightmare for each other.

We go to the 2nd and with 1:45 to go, Rangers on the PP – Matheson delay of game, Zajac puts a hard hit on Gallagher and the Rangers gain control and enter the zone on a 2 on 1 rush. Shaw, Zajac work it back and forth and Shaw shots and beats Valamov high to tie the game. Hornqvist then takes a penalty – lots of them in this game – with 1:02 to go, but Rangers kill it in 2nd, but still the Ice Dogs have 52 seconds of PP to start the 3rd.

And they take advantage with Stamkos gaining control and he uses the wraparound move and scores to make it 2-1 Ice Dogs. Mrazek apparently can’t handle wraparounds!. But the Rangers aren’t out of it – they keep the pressure going and Staal wins a faceoff late in the game in the Long Beach end. To Subban, to Ferland, to Staal, back to Subban – he slaps one and it was a rocket and blew right past Verlamov to tie the game. Play winds down and we’re headed to overtime – or it seemed that way until Klingberg mishandles the puck with 45 second to go. Line changes, Long Beach gets it in deep, Iafallo digs for and wins control of the puck, clock is ticking down, Teravainen gets the puck – and shoots (why?) – and of course it goes right past Mzarek to put Long Beach up 3-2. And that’s the way it ends.
STARS (all Dogs)
1. Varlamov (36 saves)
2. Stamkos 1 goal
3. Teravainen 1 goal
NOTABLE – Staal, who usually is good with the faceoffs, won 23 of 37 (62.2%) in this game – but all he gets for it is a notable.

Clearfield would respond with a pair of second period tallied from James Neal (seventh) and Nolan Patrick (fifth) to narrow the gap to 3-2.

The scores would be levelled at three apiece when Patrick Kane collected his sixth at 10:50 on the power play. Tomas Hertl would score the game’s final Goal (his eight) at 15:29. Cincinnati would have a power play to end the game for the last 1:10, but even with the netminder pulled, could not solve Connor Hellebuyck.

Clearfield would go one-for-four on the power play, while Cincinnati was zero-for-two. Hellebuyck was the winner with 30 saves, while Crawford absorbed the loss with 31 saves.

In the 2nd, the Regulators get on the board first on a Nelson goal. Later in the second, Alamo ties the game on a Tanner Pearson goal.

Its 1-1 going into the 3rd, and the Defenders break the tie on a Marchand even strength goal. Then, the Defenders score an insurance goal as Vlasic scores his first goal of the year on an empty netter.

Alamo 3 California 1

SOG: California 32 Alamo 26

1st – Pearson 1 goal, 1 assist
2nd – Anderson 31 saves
3rd – Marchand 1 goal

In the 2nd period, Bjugstad scores an even handed goal. Alamo can’t muster any more goals and Long Beach wins. Talbot plays a great game.

Long Beach 2 Alamo 1

1st -Teravainen 1 goal, 1 assist
2nd -Talbot 27 saves
3rd – Bjugstad

Final Score: Cincinnati 5 – Chicago 4

3-Star Selections:
Star #1 – Anthony Beauvillier – 3G (Hat Trick)
Star #2 – Wayne Simmonds – 3 A
Star #3 – Mark Stone – 1 G

Final Score: Chicago 2 – Clearfield 1

3-Star Selections:
Star #1 – Juuse Saros – 38 Saves
Star #2 – David Pastrnak – 1 G
Star #3 – Chris Kreider – 1 G

Behind backup goalie Lundvquist, the Buzzards tread water, going 1-1 at home. A winning streak is likely needed and soon to make a legitimate playoff run.