2018-2019 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #7

Final Score:
Jagr 9 – Chicago 5

3-Star Selection:
Star #1 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 4G
Star #2 – Alex Ovechkin 2G
Star #3 – Patrick Marleau 2G

Final Score: Chicago 4 – Bathgate 3

3-Star Selection:
Star #1 – David Pastrnak 1G, 2Pts
Star #2 – William Nylander 1G
Star #3 – Alex Debrincat 1G

This is what happened in this exciting game. Rangers scored on PP goal early in the 2nd period and then added another goal when Ferland scored midway through the 3rd. Then, soon to be departed, Patrice Bergeron cut the 2-0 Rangers lead in half 4 minutes later. Then in the final minute, the Bison pull the goalie and pour on the pressure. 27 seconds left Palmieri tries the wrap-arounds – blocker knocks it down. 21 seconds, Koivu tries the wrap-around – Mrazek denies it again, and Karlsson gets it out. Not far enough and Palmieri gets it and crosses and shoots – Mrazek save – but rebound, Palmieri again gets it and again tries the wrap-around – GOAL, 3rd times a charm I guess. And they all looked up and there was 1 SECOND LEFT on the clock as Clearfield ties it 2-2.

OT belonged to Clearfield, 6-1 in SOG. 2 minutes in, Rangers over the line, Provorov lets one rip, Rakell blocks it, and skates through the neutral zone to Palmieri, but wait, he doesn’t try the wrap-around, the whole team was ready for that, and he passes it back to Rakell on a 3 on 1 rush – he shoots, hoping for a rebound. WHY? The puck goes in for the game winning goals – assisted of course by that dramatic game finisher Palmieri. Clearfield wins the come from behind thriller 3-2 in OT.
STARS (all CLE)
1. Palmieri 1 goal, 1 assist (you expected someone else??)
2. Bergeron 1 goal
3. Rakell 1 goal

The Great Danes host Long Beach and Lafayette as they start the week with a slim one point lead in the Pacific.

It takes just 24 seconds for Lars Eller to put the Danes up 1-0, and Ryan Donato’s PPG puts the Danes up 2-0. Jack Eichel scores off the rush to make at 2-1 after one period. Another fast start in period 2 for LA, with Alex Pietrangelo scoring at 0:31 and 5:58 to put the Danes up 4-1. But 2 PPG’s by Lafayette make it 4-3 after 2. Lafayette goalie Martin Jones may want to change his warm-up routine – after giving up goals 24 and 31 seconds into the first 2 periods, it takes the Danes all of 93 seconds into the 3rd to beat Jones twice, and it’s 6-3 LA just like that. Nurse and Perlini trade goals after that, and the Danes close out the homestand with a 7-4 victory.

The rest of the game is Lafayettes goals by Routsainen, Dadonovand Forsberg

Give the home team a much needed wn

Second game was simmed with Gilbert winning 4-1

Early in the 2nd, Nash (6) strikes again to put the Mullets up 2-0. In net, John Gibson is having his best game of the season to keep the Rangers off the board.

Just 39 seconds into the 3rd, Taylor Hall (12) beats Rinne and we’re up 3-0 with everyone playing well. Can we hold on?

Bathgate finally gets on the board at 10:39, with Anderson collecting his 3rd goal of the year.

The Rangers get a 5-on-3 power play, but fail to convert. After going 0-5 on the PP, Bathgate finally loses their cool and collects their first two penalties of the game.

Fatal error.

Jagr cashes in on both man advantages: Laine (15) at 15:32 and then Letang (3) at 17:48 to put the Mullets up 5-1. Just need to ride out the clock, right?

Sometimes the best defense is a good oh-fense. Patrik Laine (16) scores with 48 seconds left and it’s 6-1… then Ovechkin (18) scores with 9 seconds left to make it 7-1! The Mullets pull a Belichick and run up the score late.

Will the outburst come back and haunt the Mullets later? We’ll never underestimate the powerful Bathgate squad, and we’re sure the year will be filled with hot and heavy rivalry games the rest of the way.

Both teams manage 38 shots on goal, but Jagr totals 26 scoring chances to just 9 for Bathgate. The Mullets totally dominate the faceoff circle 54-21.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 15:11 EV JAG Nash (5), assisted by Ellis (8)
2 3:22 EV JAG Nash (6), assisted by Marleau (2) and Letang (8)
3 :39 EV JAG Hall (12), assisted by Letang (9) and Laine (13)
3 10:39 EV BGR Anderson (3), assisted by Karlsson (21) and Killorn (7)
3 15:32 PP JAG Laine (15), assisted by Hall (31) and Matthews (16)
3 17:48 PP JAG Letang (3), assisted by Radulov (21) and Ovechkin (8)
3 19:18 EV JAG Laine (16), assisted by Hall (32) and Rielly (20)
3 19:51 EV JAG Ovechkin (18), assisted by Radulov (22) and Kadri (13)

Star 1: JAG Laine 2 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: JAG Nash 2 G
Star 3: JAG Gibson 37 saves

GWG: Riley Nash

Notables: BGR Rinne 31 saves
JAG Matthews 17 faceoffs won, Gibson 37 saves

First period – Goldobin (1) with a rare start puts his first of the season to give the Bandits a 1-0 lead.

On the PP ex-Bandit Galchenyuk (11) ties it up 1-1.

Eberle (6) gives the Bandits the lead back less than two minutes later with former Chicago center, Horvat assisting.

Hinostroza (2) scores his first as a Bandit less than a minute later.

Into the 2nd with the Bandits leading 3-1.

Eberle gets his second of the game (7) with Horvat assisting again. 4-1 Brentwood.

Tavares joins in on the fun with his 9th of the season. 5-1 Bandits

Head to the third. Chicago needs to buckle down if they wanna make a run.

Eberle completes the HT (8) from Horvat 1:37 seconds into the third to give the Bandits a 6-1 lead.

Vasilevskiy kept the Cosa Nostra off the board until 17:45 when Bailey (8) scores a meaningless goal.

Bandits go on to win 6-2.

Baertschi (4) is playing like a man who wants a starting job. Tied 1-1.

Tavares (10) on the PP 2-1 Bandits.

Schwartz (11) on the PP to tie it 2-2.

Back and forth through the rest of the game til we head to OT tied 4-4.

A carry over penalty of “Too Many Men” into OT sees Kessel (11) win it for the home team.

Final 5-4 Bandits win in OT.

Dumoulin (3) gets it started for the Bandits for a 1-0 lead.

That’s all the scoring we’d have until the 3rd period.

Matt Murray, making his second straight start, is trying to prove that he still has it as he stops everything thrown at him until 7:35 of the 3rd where Johnny Gaudreau (3) brings Cali within 1, 2-1 Bandits lead.

2 minutes later Tavares (11) regulates the score back to a 2 goal lead and the Bandits cruise to a 3-1 win behind Matt Murray’s 41 saves.

Either way, it’s a lot of fun… and both Kessel and Tavares are making cases to stick around a while.

The Inferno jump out quickly with a pair of first period goals from Vladislav Namestnikov, to take a 2-0 lead into the intermission. Namestnikov’s tally at 6:16 was his sixth of the season and was the result of a deflection of a David Perron shot. The second marker came off a three-on-two rush saw him step beat goaltender Pekka Rinne high on the stick side to grab the two-goal cushion.

Following a secoreless second stanza, Cincinnati pushed the lead out to 3-0 at 11:46, when Perron notched his fifth score of the campaign–sidestepping a defender and launching a shot top shelf. John Carlson and Namestnikov had the assists. Bathgate tried to rally late, as Joonas Donskoi collected his second goal of the season at 19:18 to break up the shutout bid with a power play goal.

Cincinnati dominated the faceoffs, winning 43 of the 65 puck drops and the Rangers went one-for-four on the power play, while Cincinnati was limited to zero-for-one.

DSergei Bobrovsky turned aside 30 shots in taking the win, while Rinne stopped 29 shots. William Karlsson won 18 of the 26 draws he participated in.

Final – CIN 3, BAT 1

In game that looked like the first team to score would win — the Inferno kicked off the scoring at 16:38 of the second period when Zdeno Chara picked up his fifth goal of the season on a two-on-rush with David Perron.

Alamo appeared ready to level the scores early in the third, when at 18:48 remaining, two Cincinnati players were in the penalty box for 1:19. Somehow, despite an onslaught of six shots in the timeframe and with the top defense penalty killers in the box (Radko Gudas and Chara) — the Inferno were able to escape potential disaster. Forty-two seconds after the second penalty ended — Brayden Point delivered his sixth goal of the year at 3:54, to push Cincinnati to a 2-0 edge. Point finished off a three-on-two rush with a glove-side low shot past Robin Lehner.

Alamo climbed back to within one at 3-2, at 14:26 when veteran Brad Marchand tipped-in his ninth goal of the year. The Inferno would put the breathing room back in the score at 17:18, as Sidney Crosby wwrapped around his sixth goal of the campaign to close out the scoring.

Carter Hutton took the win, stopping 27 shots, while Robin Lehner turned aside 26 shots in the loss. Alamo was zero-for-six with the ma-advantage, while Cincinnati did not have a power play chance in this one.

Final – CIN 3, ALA 1

Next week Long Beach and Guenzel visit, while the club hits the road in Charlotte and Columbus as the schedule has Cincinnati play a team from all four divisions.

In the second, the Homesteaders get Leblanc’s 3rd goal of the year. On the PP, Alamo ties it on Marchand’s second goal of the game. Then, Glendening scores a goal to put Alamo on top.

Late in the 2nd, Duchene scores for Lafayette to tie the game.

3rd period – Forsberg scores his 13th. Later, Lafayette scores a short-handed goal and the Homesteaders win the game, 5-3.

Lafayette 5 Alamo 3

1st – Marchand 2 goals
2nd – Gudbranson 1 goal
3rd – Ristolainen 3 assists

Early in the 2nd, Marchand scores his 11th goal and the Defenders go up, 2-1. Midway through the period, Hertl scores for the Bison and its tied at 2.

3rd period – Glendening scores his 6th goal of the year and his 2nd of the game. Alamo wins,
3-2.

Alamo 3 Clearfield 2

1st – Glendening 2 goals
2nd -Marchand 1 goal
3rd -Anderson 31 saves

Player of the week: Backstrom with 2 goals, 3 assists in 2 games.

Should have punted the game and played the scrubs.

Never in doubt, Jagr breezes by 5-1 in Luongo’s last-ever start for the Bison.

More dealing to come – Clearfield is putting out the call, we have cap space to take on contracts, and we have young players/prospects to deal. We are willing to go ‘all in’ for this season!