2020-2021 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #16

Final Score: Chicago 4 – Yellowknife 1

Labatt’s 3-Star Selection:
Star 1: CHI – Juuse Saros 37 Saves
Star 2: CHI – David Pastrnak 1G, 2Pts
Star 3: CHI – Rasmus Dahlin 3A

GWG: Chris Kreider

Notables:
YEL – None
CHI – Juuse Saros – 37 Saves, Rasmus Dahlin 3 Assists, & Zach Werenski 5 Blocked Shots

Final Score: Chicago 2 – Toledo 1

Labatt’s 3-Star Selection:
Star 1: CHI – Andrew Copp 1G
Star 2: CHI – Anze Kopitar 1G
Star 3: CHI – Viktor Advidsson 1G

GWG: Anze Kopitar 1G

Notables:
YEL – None
CHI – None

In the second, Alamo gets on the board with a McAvoy goal. Soon thereafter, Staal scores his 23rd goal of the year.

There was no scoring in the 3rd period.

Alamo outshoots California 42-22, but still loses.

California 3 Alamo 1

1- Raanta 41 saves
2- Staal
3- Stone

In the 3rd period, LA gets cranked up and scores three goals. Schenn, Pietrangelo, and Henrique all score. Alamo can’t recover and they lose their second home game of the week.

LA 3 Alamo 2

1- Henrique
2-Schenn
3-Pietrangelo

Only 3 penalties called in the entire game, but the 3rd one is another 5-minute major penalty, this one to Alamo midway through the 3rd. The Danes don’t convert, but they control the 3rd period, outshooting Alamo 15-7 n the 3rd, and Barkov seals the LA win with an empty net goal with 12 seconds left

A 3-1 win for the Great Danes. Elvis Merzlikins earns the #1 star with 31 saves, 19 in the 2nd period. Goal scorers Henrique and Ehlers were the #2/3 stars, but Scheifele with 2 assists and Nylander with 6 SOG and 9 scoring chances were big parts of the win as well.

A quiet first period with no scoring, but the goals flow in the 2nd and 3rd. Cale Makar opens the scoring on the power play, and Danault makes it 2-0 Gilbert, before Roope Hintz scores for LA. Panarin restores Gilbert’s 2-goal lead, but Ehlers bring LA back within one after 2 periods. In the 3rd, the Sharks again go up by 2 on a Tyler Ennis goal. Scheifele makes at 4-3, but Nick Holden’s empty net goal makes it 5-3 for the Sharks. But wait, it’s not over yet as one of the lineup additions, Jack Roslovic scores at 19:22 to make it 5-4. Barkov is denied on a scoring chance with 13 seconds left, and the Sharks hang on for the 5-4 win.

Three stars all from Gilbert – Ennis 1G-1A, Makar 1G-1A, and Danault 1G.

The Danes go up 2-1 on a breakaway goal by Roope Hintz at 6:42 of the 2nd, and the Danes really put the clamps down on the Regulators the rest of the way. It takes California 14 minutes to get their first SOG of the 2nd period and finish with 2 shots in the period. But it’s still a tight game at 2-1.

The Danes break the game open in the 3rd, with goals by Scheifele and Nylander putting LA up 4-1. Eric Staal does solve Elvis with 3:55 left, but Mark Scheifele gets a PPG with 1:38 left to close out the 5-2 win for LA.

Big games for Mark Scheifele with 2G-1A and Nikolaj Ehlers with 3 assists, and Nylander is the 3rd star with his goal. Newcomer Ron Hainsey has meshed with Adam Pelech as the team’s 3rd D pair, as they are +3 each in the 2 games they play for the week, and Pelech is pushing for a MYC with a team best +10 rating on the year in just 20 games.

Cincinnati raced to a 4-0 lead at the first intermission and never looked back. Cam Atkinson paced the offense with two goals and an assist for a three-point night. Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist, while Connor Hellebuyck stopped 37 shots.

Dylan Larkin helped Charlotte with an assist and a game-high 13 faceoffs won. Carey Price made 27 saves in the defeat.

The Buzzards won the shots battle, 40-32, while the Inferno scored the game’s only man-advantage goal 9in two tries), while Charlotte was shutout in three opportunities.

GWG: Nazem Kadri

Notables: NJB Bear 3 assists
JAG None

GWG: Auston Matthews

Notables: BGR None
JAG Matthews 15 faceoffs won, Markstrom 36 saves, Ristolainen 6 blocks

GWG: Alex Ovechkin

Notables: BWB Vasilevskiy 30 saves, Vlasic 5 blocks
JAG Markstrom 36 saves, Bergeron 19 faceoffs won

SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3
Thunder Bay 12 6 8
Portland 10 10 10

TBN POR
SOG 26 30
FOW 29 27
FO% 51.8 48.2
Hits 23 20
Blocks 16 9
Missed Net 12 14
Shot Attempts 47 60
Scoring Chances 14 22
PIM 6 9
PP 1-4 0-3
TOA 5:38 6:52

Star 1: TBN Koskinen 29 saves
Star 2: TBN Connor 1 G
Star 3: TBN Parayko 1 G

GWG: Kyle Connor

Notables: TBN Parayko 6 blocks
POR None

SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3
Charlotte 14 6 6
Portland 10 10 2

CHA POR
SOG 26 22
FOW 31 24
FO% 56.4 43.6
Hits 27 20
Blocks 11 13
Missed Net 9 13
Shot Attempts 48 46
Scoring Chances 15 3
PIM 9 8
PP 0-4 0-3
TOA 5:42 4:58

Star 1: CHA Marner 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 2: CHA Hamilton 1 G
Star 3: POR Faksa 1 G

GWG: Mitchell Marner

Notables: CHA None
POR None

SOG 1 SOG 2 SOG 3
Cincinnati 14 5 9
Portland 5 9 15

CIN POR
SOG 28 29
FOW 30 26
FO% 53.6 46.4
Hits 27 26
Blocks 11 7
Missed Net 5 11
Shot Attempts 40 51
Scoring Chances 13 7
PIM 8 8
PP 2-4 0-4
TOA 4:19 6:43

Star 1: CIN Teravainen 1 G, 4 Pts
Star 2: CIN Carlson 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: CIN Talbot 28 saves

GWG: Cam Atkinson

Notables: CIN Teravainen 3 assists
POR None

2nd period the visitors kill 2 penalties while the home team kills 1. After all that, Dadonov adds one more to the total, and its 4-0 after 2.

Toledo avoids the whitewash when Hoffman converts on a powerplay. Theodore answers quickly to put down any hopes of a rally. Its 5-1 when the final horn sounds.

1st star – Dadonov 2G
2nd – Blackwood 34 saves
3rd – Wennberg 1G

2nd period sees the Braves even things up early on a goal by Benn. Just over a minute later Pageau pokes one in to put the Walleye back up 3-2. Then after Pageau gets 5 minutes for charging, Monahan takes advantage on a rebound and ties it a 3 with 10 minutes to go in the period. Benn opens the door with a tripping penalty, and Hoffman takes advantage to make it 4-3. Minutes later, its Laughton adding an insurance goal, and we go to intermission 5-3 Toledo.

Goalies finally get control of this one in the 3rd, allowing only one more score, and its Barrie with a blast, on a powerplay, to make the final 6-3

1st star – Pageau 2G
2nd – Hoffman 1G 2pts
3rd – Steen 1G 2pts

2nd period – Walleye wipe the goose egg off the board when Pettersson scores. The visitors quell the uprising with a goal from Meier 4 minutes later, with help from a penalty by Cernak. On to the 3rd with the Raccoons up 3-1.

3rd period – Fans on the edge of their seats waiting for a response from the home team. They don’t get it. Instead, Wilson gets his second of the game, and kills the hopes of the home team fans, on a powerplay goal from Wilson. 4-1 Raccoons. Toledo adds a meaningless goal late from Pageau, who is one of the few bright spots for the Walleye this week.

1st star – Wilson 2G
2nd – Meier 1G 2pts
3rd – Bishop 33 saves

Ovie with 2 goals, Bergeron with 2 goals, Kuemper with 39 saves.

Vatrano with the lone Bandits goal.

Charlotte trailed early 2-0 but rallied big time before faltering. Bryan Rust’s power play goal with 2:09 left to play in the third put Charlotte ahead briefly at 4-3 prior to Kucherov’s last minute heroics. Cincinnati outshot Charlotte 41-37.

Three stars (all from the Inferno)
Star 1: Kucherov 2 G
Star 2: Max Pacioretty 1 G, 2 points
Star 3: Tyler Seguin 3 assists

Notable: Conor Helleybuyck is the winning goalie with 33 saves; Allen records 36 saves for Charlotte.

Blake Coleman, Bryan Rust and Craig Smith scored to stake the Buzzards to a 3-0 lead midway through the contest. In the third, the NorWesters peppered Allen with 18 shots but all they could muster was a Kyle Connor goal with just over seven minutes left that reduced the Thunder Bay deficit to 3-1.

Three stars (all from Charlotte):
Star 1: Rust 2 G
Star 2: Allen 46 saves
Star 3: Smith 1 G

Notable: Jack Eichel won 18 faceoffs, leading to multiple NorWester scoring opportunities. Thunder Bay more than doubled Charlotte in SOG, 47-23, and astonishingly dominated the Buzzards 18 to 2 shots in the third — to no avail.