2018-2019 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #18

And Rinne had some decent help. Been and Brodiak (only his 3rd goal of the year) score in the 1st and it’s 2-1. Besides being the GWG, Brodiak’s was a SH goal. That was enough, but Couture scores in the 2nd and Kucherov made it 4-1 with a goal in the 3rd.
STARS
1. Kucherov 1 goal 1 assist
2. Rinne 34 saves
3. Benn 1 goal

In the third, California kills off an early penalty, and it’s their turn to quickly respond with a goal, by Jacob Trouba 5 seconds after their penalty kill at 5:54. After that, the Great Danes control play much of the third and are able to close it out with a 3-2 win, outshooting Cal 19-8 in the 3rd.

Final Score: Yellowknife 4 – Chicago 3

3-Star Selection:

Star #1 – Sebastian A. Aho – 1 Goal, 2 Points.
Star #2 – Mikko Rantanen – 1 Goal, 2 Points.
Star #3 – Evgeny Malkin – 1 Goal, 2 Points.

Highlights:
Greene 8 Blocked Shots for Yellowknife.
Jonathan Bernier 32 Saves, Ben Hutton 15 Minutes in Penalties.

Miles scores 2 and sets up two more as the Rangers tear up Lafayette

Bathgate 7 Lafayette 2

Fortunately, John Gibson stands tall, only preventing Bo Horvat’s 11th goal on the season.

Unfortunately for Brentwood, Andrei Vaseline lets goals by Granlund (14) and Kadri (27) behind him and the Bandnuts are down 2-1 after one period — even though they thoroughly outplayed their opposition.

The Mullets come out flying in the 2nd period — we’re still unsure if it was the rousing speech or amphetamines — and the home team tacks on two more goals: Laine (36) and Taylor Hall (30). Jagr also outshoots Brentwood 16-7 in the period to get their swagger back.

In the 3rd, the Bandnuts remain in statis; clearly deep within their refractory period as they surrender their 5th and final goal of the game – this time to Auston Matthews (28).

And just like that, the Mullets pummel their divisional foe 5-1 to gain two precious points.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 6:16 EV BWB Horvat (11), assisted by Niederreiter (13) and Eberle (28)
1 8:48 EV JAG Granlund (14), assisted by Letang (33) and Staal (15)
1 16:33 EV JAG Kadri (27), assisted by Ellis (23) and Radulov (55)
2 10:41 EV JAG Laine (36), assisted by Ellis (24) and Hall (67)
2 17:25 EV JAG Hall (30), assisted by Laine (25)
3 19:32 EV JAG Matthews (28), assisted by Hall (68)

Star 1: JAG Gibson 46 saves
Star 2: JAG Hall 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 3: JAG Laine 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Nazem Kadri

Notables: BWB Tavares 15 faceoffs won, Vasilevskiy 32 saves
JAG Gibson 46 saves

In the 1st period – no one scores. Long Beach outshoots Alamo 8-5.

2nd period – Yandle scores his 10th for Alamo. But, Stamkos responds with his 19th goal. Then, late in the 3rd, Stamkos scores is 20th. Carter scores a late insurance goal and Long Beach comes away with the win.

Long Beach 3 Alamo 1

1st – Stamkos 2 goals
2nd – Varlamov 27 saves
3rd – Carter 1 goal

In the second, the Inferno net a pair of goals to grab a 2-0 lead. Alex Edler (sixth) scores on a shot from the point at 7:55 with Adam Lowry and Brayden Point picking up the assists. The key goal in the game came next, with 44 seconds to play in th frame–Matthew Tkachuk (17th) grabs a rebound and stuffs it home on the power play. John Carlson and Sidney Crosby had the helpers, as the shots were 15-6, Cincinnati.

Clearfield came charging in the third period, but Corey Crawford held them off. The only goal in the period came from Anton Stralman (fourth) with an empty netter with one minute to play. David Perron and William Karlsson had the assists and Cincinnati claimed the 3-0 win. The shots in the third period (13-5) and for the game (28-26) belonged to Clearfield. The Inferno were ready for the assault in the third, as Cincinnati players blocked nine shots in the stanza.

Crawford collected the win, stopping all 28 shots, while Connor Hellbuyck turned away 23. The Bison went zero-for-two on the power play, while the Inferno were one-for-four. Blocked shots for the game were 14-3 in favor of Cincinnati.

3 divisional home games to try to keep pace with the elder Niespodzianski bro.

3-2 Brentwood wins.

Vasilevskiy with 35 saves on the evening.

Pitlick scores a shortie which sets the tone for Lafayette as they get a strong performance in net by Jones with a 40 save performance as they beat the Bandits 4-2.

Determined not to let this one slip away, the Walleye run a set play early on a faceoff in the offensive zone and Vanek deflects a Backstrom shot to quickly push the lead to 2. Defenses both stiffen for a while until Toledo breaks out with a rush resulting in Vanek beating Ryan Miller for the 4th Toledo goal of the day. This apparently wakes up the Braves a bit who respond a few minutes later on a transition play with Turris beating Dell to make it 4-2, as things slowly slide towards intermission, Brouwer decides to take out Morrissey and the refs take objection to the attempt to injure him, sending Brouwer to the showers for the rest of this game plus the next 3 games.

The goalies take control the 3rd period, shutting down both offenses, even a pulled goalie attack by the visitors the final 2 minutes, and the Walleye hang on tight to the 4-2 win.

1st star – Vanek 2g
2nd – van Riemsdyk 1g
3rd – Anisimov – 1g

Chicago doubles the lead early in the 2nd on a transition goal by Bailey to Manson to Copp with the deflection. Toledo wakes up and finally generates some offense late in the period to wipe the zero off the board on a goal by Anisimov. Period ends 2-1 Chicago.

Chicago enters the third period determined to hang on to this one and scores early with Debrincat sneaking in a hard shot to make it 3-1, enraging coach Borzenski. Toledo scrambles up the lines, which appears to confuse Chicago, as the Walleye go on a 3 goal spurt, Vanek, Mantha and Anisimov ride a wave of offensive energy to give the home team the lead at 4-3 with 5 minutes left. Toledo seems to relax a bit and Chicago takes advantage with a quick response goal by Dubois to tie it at 4 with 3 minutes left. Its all hands on deck the final 3 minutes, but both defenses are up to the task and send the game to overtime 4-4.

Both teams play good aggresive offense in overtime, each getting multiple chances to score, but its Pastrnak who finds an opening past Dell to win the game for Chicago, 5-4.

1st star – Anisimov 2g
2nd – Dubois 1g1a GWG
3rd – Pastrnak 1g

Bucks County builds a 2-0 lead on goals 2 goals by Johansson, answered by a goal from Stecher and the first period ends 2-1 Raccoons.

2nd period sees Toledo tie and take the lead on goals by Krejci and Vanek. The Raccoons answer late in the period on a goal by McDavid to end the period 3-3.

Raccoons own the 3rd period, shutting down the Walleye while Kane and Keith put in goals to make it a 5-3 final.

1st star Johansson 2g2a
2nd McDavid 1g1a
3rd Stecher 1g1a

2nd period was one for the books with goals scored left and right. Every time Guentzel scored, Toledo answered, the lead oscillating between 2 and 3 all the way to the horn sounding. For Guentzel Bergeron, Guentzel and Kopitar. Answering for the home team was Vanek, Goodrow and Green. 6-3 Toledo after 2 period.

The fans take advantage of the intermission to unload and reload, getting ready for an exciting 3rd period. But defenses say wait a minute, we count too. The only flaw was a Dell miscue, letting Faksa get one by, making it 6-4. But that all she wrote for this one and the Walleye take a big one.

1st star – van Riemsdyk 2g1a
2nd – Kopitar 2g1a
3rd – Backstrom 1g1a

Top perfomers:
Bucks County Johansson 2g2a 4 pts.
Chicago – Dubois 2 pts
Guentzel – Kopitar, Zuccarello 3 pts.
Toledo – VAnek 7 pts