2021-2022 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #10

Early on the Rangers get productive as Oleksiak (3) scores from the point and then Anderson (2) gets a PP goal (finally) and the Rangers are up 4-2 with 12 minutes to go. Cosa Nostra bring out all the guns (tommy gun included) and fire away at Kahkonen – 19 shots in the 3rd period on goal – and then with 50 seconds left and the extra skater on the ice, Palat (12) scores for Chicago to make it 4-3 Bathgate. And they keep shooting – but Kahkonen keeps all the rest out – 45 saves in the game – and the Rangers hang on for the 4-3 win!!

STARS
1. BGR – Kahkonen 45 saves
2. CHI – Palat 1 goal, 1 assist
3. BGR – Anderson 1 goal (GWG)

And that’s what it was as the 2nd period commences. This period was tight defensively – each team managed 8 shots and the goalies stopped them all.

So, still 2-1 as the 3rd starts, Bathgate gets the next goal (the important goal) when Ritchie beats Nedelijkovic early on to make it 3-1 Rangers. Then something happened to the Miners – they spent most of the rest of the period in the Rangers end and they were relentless firing 25 SOGs in the period and finally with a minute 8 left, Norris beats Reimer and it’s a 1 goal game for the final minute. Again and again Reimer is peppered but again and again he rejects them to hold on to the 3-2 Rangers win! Whew. Final SOG tally – 41 for Pittsburgh, 26 for Bathgate. Both teams were 0 for 4 on the PP.
STARS (all BGR)
1. Donskoi 1 goal, 1 assist
2. Ritchie 1 goal, 1 assist
3. Reimer 39 saves

Period 1 – ZBad scores first 3 minutes in giving the Rangers the big early 1-0 lead. But then Donskoi goes off for tripping and this is Jagr – so they get the tying PP goal from Bergeron 2 minutes after ZBads score and it’s 1-1. And the Mullets weren’t finished as Ovechkin puts them up 2-1 3 minutes later. But then things settled into a tough game – scoring chances were there (17 for each team in the game), but the goalies and defenses were putting up stiff fights.

The 2nd period goes without any goal – Jagr fired 14 on Georgiev, but none past him. Rask stopped 8.

Then 25 seconds into the 3rd – Ritchie puts one past Rask to tie the game. He beats him top shelf as the Rangers controlled the opening face-off. But then it went back to you can’t get past my goalie – oh yeah, well you can’t get past mine and regulation ended and it was tied 2-2! So both teams get at least 1 point, who will get the extra one.

It didn’t take long to figure that out as that Russian Ovechkin beat Georgiev after taking the opening faceoff from Bergeron, cirles around, skates up, back to Bergeron, who sends it back to Ovechkin and he fires it over Georgiev’s shoulder into the back of the net (25 seconds into OT) – game over, 3-2 Jagr! (ugh) Oh well.
STARS
1. JAG – Ovechkin 2 goals
2. JAG – Bergeron 1 goal, 2 assists
3. BGR – Zibanejad 1 goal

Labatts 3-Star Selection:

Star 1: BCR – Evander Kane – 1G, 2Pts
Star 2: BCR – Connor McDavid – 1G, 2Pts
Star 3: BCR – T.J. Oshie – 1G

Game Winner: – Connor McDavid

Notables:
BCR – Connor McDavid 18 Faceoff Wins
CHI – Juuse Saros 30 Saves

Final Score: Yellowknife 3 – Chicago 1

Labatts 3-Star Selection:

Star 1: YEL – Oliver Bjorkstrand – 1G, 2Pts
Star 2: YEL – Evgeny Kuznetsov – 1G, 2Pts
Star 3: YEL – Thomas Greiss – 24 Saves

Game Winner: – Evgeny Kuznetsov

Notables:
YEL – None
CHI – None

No goals in the 2nd period.

3rd period – Ekblad puts the Defenders up 2-1. Krug scores on a power play to tie it up for the Sharks. With 53 seconds to go, Draisaitl scores to put the Defenders in the lead. Then, with 17 seconds to go, Draisaitl scores an empty netter.

Alamo 4 Gilbert 2

1st -Draisaitl 2 goals
2nd – Ekblad 1 goal
3rd – Jarnkrok 1 goal.

Blake Wheelr had 3 assists and should have really received a star.

2nd period . An early PK effort for Toledo flips the advantage when Pageau gets a steal and finishes with a shorty. 2-1 Toledo. Each team kills off one penalty and no more damage as we go to break 2-1.

3rd period sees Keith rack up 2 more penalties to finish the night with 3. Before the last one, Wahlstrom ties the game, and then on the PP with 5 minutes to go, Wahlstrom gives his team the lead 3-2. Toledo goes to the limit the final 2 minutes, pulling the goalie, and it pays off at the bitter end, with Trocheck getting the equalizer with only 16 seconds left.

In overtime Toledo dominates SOG 9-3, but nobody scores, and its off the the shootout. Peterson stops both shots, while van Riemsdyk and Robertson score to get the 2nd point and a W.

Toledo 4, Chicago 3, SO

1st star – Wahlstrom 2G
2nd – Trocheck 1G
3rd – Pageau 1G

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
2 2:32 EV TOL Pageau (8), assisted by Muzzin (13) and Mantha (1)
2 13:27 EV JAG Carter (2), assisted by Ekholm (12) and Tippett (1)
3 14:23 EV TOL Robertson (17), assisted by Trocheck (19) and van Riemsdyk (23)
3 19:55 EV JAG Matthews (23), assisted by Weber (8) and Bergeron (16)
4 2:09 EV TOL van Riemsdyk (10), assisted by Trocheck (20) and Barrie (35)

Star 1: TOL van Riemsdyk 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 2: TOL Demko 45 saves
Star 3: TOL Robertson 1 G

GWG: James van Riemsdyk

Notables: TOL Demko 45 saves
JAG Matthews 19 faceoffs won

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 3:23 EV BWB Karlsson (4), assisted by Vatrano (8)
1 9:01 EV BWB Eller (3), assisted by Foegele (3) and Rielly (18)
1 10:27 EV BWB Horvat (10), assisted by Vatrano (9) and Rielly (19)
2 14:04 EV BWB Horvat (11), unassisted
3 15:06 EV JAG Staal (3), assisted by Miller (17)

Star 1: BWB Horvat 2 G
Star 2: BWB Karlsson 1 G
Star 3: BWB Eller 1 G

GWG: Lars Eller

Notables: BWB None
JAG None

Jeff Petry was credited with the game winning goal; it put Thunder Bay ahead 6-3 with about 15 minutes left in the contest. Charlotte goals by Carter Verhaeghe and newly acquired Ross Colton later in the third period made the final score close. Six different Nor’westers were credited with each goal and defenseman Seth Jones assisted on three. Ilya Samsonov turned away 33 shots for Thunder Bay. Verhaeghe led Charlotte with two goals.

Three stars:
Star 1: CHA Verhaeghe 2 G
Star 2: TBN Alexandre Texier 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: TBN Jones 3 A

After a scoreless 2nd period Portland extends their lead to 5-3 when Dvorak (7) finds the net and Schultz (2) puts the game away at the 18:29 mark to give Portland a 6-3 win,

Pacioretty (17) ties the game at the 10:14 mark of the third period and and the game heads to OT. With 1:05 into the extra period Tuch (8) gets the game winner for Cincinnati as they hold off the Storm 3-2

1st Period Kessel (8), Pavelski (23), and Kopitar (7) made it 3-0 Bandits.

Then in the 2nd Pavelski (24 PP) continues the onslaught to make it 4-0. Then suddenly Broissoit remembers he is not Vasilevskiy and Alamo rattles off 4 goals of their own with Crosby (5), Draisaitl (26), McAvoy (2) and Chychrun (7) tie it up 4-4!!

The third period sees both teams press with Alamo getting 12 SOG and Brentwood getting 13 SOG… but both netminders stand tall and we go to OT.

Alamo with 4 SOG and Brentwood with 3 SOG… but again the netminders stand their ground.

To the shootout we go!

Draisaitl against Brossoit… SAVED!
Pavelski against Smith… GOAL!
Crosby against Brossoit… SAVED!
Vatrano against Smith… SAVED!
Tolvanen against Brossoit… SAVED!!

And the Bandits win 5-4 in OT!

Bathgate comes out firing… the Bandits do not. But, despite the Rangers outshooting the Bandits 10-4 in the 1st, there is no score thanks to Vasilevskiy standing tall!

2nd period, the Bandits clamp down defensively and hold Bathgate to 6 SOG and getting 8 SOG themselves, but again… goaltenders aren’t having it.

So we go to the 3rd period scoreless…

At 10:47, former Ranger Dylan Strome scores his 3rd of the season against his former team… Bandits up 1-0!

That’s all Vasilevskiy would need as the Bandits win 1-0!! Lehner was good for the Rangers except for that one mistake. That’s how it goes in the MWHL sometimes…

Bandits waste no time as Martinez (9) makes it 1-0 only 17 seconds into the game!

Less than a minute later, Vatrano makes it 2-0!

Larsson (3) tries to stop the bleeding as he scores on Brossoit to make it 2-1 Bandits, but Horvat (12) gets the two goal lead back before the end of the period to make it 3-1 going into the 2nd.

Kessel (9) on the PP at 3:45 of the 2nd makes it 4-1.

Then 35 seconds into the 3rd period Pavelski (25) makes it 5-1.

Time winding down, Lars Eller (4) pours sale on the wound as the Bandits win this cross town rivalry game by a score of 6-1!

Brossoit with a 7.2 rating, outplays Nedeljkovic with a 9.6 rating! Ouch!

Sean Monahan’s fifth goal of the season midway through the third period broke a 2-2 tie and sent Yellowknife to a 4-2 win over Cincinnati.

Mikko Rantanen and Anthony Duclair each had a goal and an assist for the Braves, while John Carlson chipped in a pair of assists for the Inferno.

Thomas Greiss stopped 30 shots for the win, while Cam Talbot turned way 19 in the loss.

Brad Marchand’s second goal of the night with 26 seconds remaining in overtime gave the 5-4 win to Charlotte. The Buzzards completed a rally from four goals down to win the game.

Cincinnati raced to a 4-0 lead at the first intermission and seemed to have the game locked up. The play of the first period? Ilya Sorokin’s stopping of Max Pacioretty’s penalty shot with the score at 2-0 midway through the first. The penalty shot was the result of a slash on Alex Pietrangelo on a breakaway.

The Buzzards got two goals in the second, the latter on a tip in by Pavel Zacha with less than a half minute to go. In the third, Charlotte knotted the game up with goals by Marchand and Jonathan Marchessault with three and a half minutes to play.

The win moved Charlotte into the top spot in the Atlantic Division.

Max Pacioretty’s second goal of the third period with six second remaining forced overtime in this one and Alex Tuch scored the only goal of the shootout in the 5-4 Cincinnati win over Thunder Bay.

Pacioretty was part of all the Inferno’s scoring, collecting two goals and two assists. John Carlson had a goal and an assist for a three-point night. Seth Jones had a pair of assists for the NorWesters.

This time it was the Inferno that rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to force the extra session — collecting three lamp lighters in the final frame.

Connor Hellebuyck picked up the win with 25 saves and three stops in the shootout session. Ilya Samsonov took the loss despite 35 saves and a stop in the shootout.