2019-2020 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #9

Final Score: Thunder Bay 4 – Chicago 2

Labatts – 3-Star Selection:

Star #1 – Andreas Athanasiou 1G, 2Pts
Star #2 – Aleksander Barkov 1G, 2Pts
Star #3 – Pekka Rinne 40 Saves

Notables:
(TBN) – Pekka Rinne 40 Saves
(CHI) – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 5 Blocked Shots

Game Winner: Reilly Smith

Final Score: Bathgate 4 – Chicago 3

Labatts – 3-Star Selection:

Star #1 – Josh Anderson 1G, 2Pts
Star #2 – Mika Zibanejad 1G, 2Pts
Star #3 – Tomas Hertl 1G, 2Pts

Notables:
(BGR) – Alexandar Georgiev 40 Saves40 Saves
(CHI) – None

Game Winner: Tomas Hertl

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 6:30 EV BGR Pionk (2), assisted by Vrana (6) and McCann (3)
1 7:13 EV JAG Ovechkin (22), assisted by Pulock (7) and Lindholm (16)
2 11:04 EV JAG Toffoli (1), assisted by Kadri (2)
3 6:31 EV BGR Hertl (17), assisted by Zibanejad (16) and Carlo (10)
3 18:20 PP BGR Hertl (18), assisted by Kotkaniemi (6) and Subban (18)

Star 1: BGR Hertl 2 G
Star 2: BGR Halak 40 saves
Star 3: BGR Pionk 1 G

GWG: Tomas Hertl

Notables: BGR Halak 40 saves, Provorov 6 blocks
JAG Gibson 36 saves, Lindholm 29 faceoffs won

Kasperi Kapanen opens the scoring 6:43 in off an odd-man rush, and it ends up being the only even-strength goal of the game. Mark Stone ties it for Cal on the power play at 9:14 of the 1st, and it stays that way until a Mark Scheifele PPG in the last minute of the 2nd. So the Danes take a 2-1 lead into the third. It’s 2-1 late, and LA misses a couple of empty net chances but win a late face-off to close out a 2-1 win.

Goal scorers Kapanen and Scheifele earn the first 2 stars of the game, and Brayden Schenn’s 2 assists earn him the 3rd star. A very strong effort by LA in this one as they hold a 23-9 scoring chance advantage for the game.

Frederick Andersen replaces Varlamov after the first and stops all 14 shots the rest of the way. But LA’s offense is non-existent the last 2 periods with 1 single scoring chance over the last 2 periods after having 6 in the 1st period.

So the 3-1 score holds up as the Gunners get the road win. 3rd period SOG were only 3-3 until the last 5 monutes, as the Gunners turned into a neutral zone trap team and allowed LA no space to do anything.

The game’s 3 stars all go to Guentzel, but not the players you would have expected. Bjugstad was #1 with 2 goals, Erne had 1G-1A, and Boychuck had 3 assists.

2nd period – Draisaitl ties it up. 1-1 after 2 periods.

3rd period – McAvoy scores his 2nd, and the Defenders take the lead. Halfway through the 3rd, Marner scores and it’s tied again. With 2:02 to go, Draisaitl scores his 2nd of the game for an Alamo victory.

Alamo 3 Charlotte 2

1st – Draisaitl
2nd – McAvoy
3rd – Lee

Alamo scores the next three goals. Seguin, Okposo, and Marchand all score.

With 33 seconds to go, Anderson ties the game for the Rangers.

OT goes the way of the Rangers. Hertl scores and the Rangers win!

Bathgate 4 Alamo 3 (OT)

1st – Anderson 2 goals
2nd – Buchnevich
3rd – Hertl

Jake Gunetzel’s two first period goals paved the way to the Gunners win. Garnet Hathaway’s empty net goal with 55 seconds left sealed the win for Gunetzel.

Braden Holtby’s 37 saves paced the defensive effort, as the Gunners blocked 21 shots in the triumph–and sole possession of thrid place in the division.

Jeff Skinner’s power play goal with 1:31 remaining in the second period was the final goal of the contest and gave the Inferno the victory.

The Paul’s (Byron and Stastny), each had a goal and an assist and Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 26 shots in the win.

The Mullets had goals from their first and third lines and one of their defensemen. Jagr had 56 shot attempts in the contest.

The Costa Nostra scored three power play goals, but couldn’t get Cincinnati to take enough penalties (four) to convert more. Chicago launched 74 shot attempts at the Inferno net in the defeat.

Brock Boesser (CIN) and Alex DeBrincat (CHI) each had a pair of goals in the high-scoring affair. Connor Hellebucyk stopped 32 shots for the winners, while Petr Mrazek turned aside 29 in the defeat.

2nd – The Walleye attack continues as Lindell gets his 2nd of the game. Jagr offense wakes up with goals from Tkachuk and Letang to cut the lead in half 4-2. Toledo throws a monkey wrench in the comeback attempt just before end of the 2nd when Dadonov ends a long scoring drought for him, and makes it 5-2. 3 goal lead with 20 minutes to go.

3rd – Jagr still has some fight left and Ovechkin cuts the lead back to 2 with 14 minutes to go, and the crowd starts to perk up again. But its the defenses that take the upper hand at both ends, and no goals are scored until the final minute when Krejci adds a meaningless empty netter just before the final horn.

1st star – Lindell 2G, 4pts
2nd – Krejci 1G 2pts
3rd – Pettersson 1G 2pts

Cal takes the lead again right off the opening faceoff when Stone blasts one in after just 11 seconds on the powerplay. Toledo responds with both the equalizer, and tie breaker as Mantha and Krejci score 4 minutes apart in the middle of the 2nd. Toledo is feeling pretty good about things until Stall and Nelson turn the tables, and scoreboard around, making it 4-3 California headed to intermission.

A tight 3rd period, until Toledo ties it for the 5th time at 4-4, and half a period to go. Then the big mistake when Mantha is caught with a slash, and Stall makes it a payoff goal with 7 minutes to go. Khudobin is a rock the rest of the way and the Regulators hold on for a big road win. 5-4

1st star – Staal 2G
2nd = Nelson 1G
3rd = Spurgeon 1G

Tavares gets 2G, 1A and Debrusk 2G in the losing effort.

All scoring was in the 2nd period. 4 goals. All from Brentwood as they win by a score of 4-0 and Vasilevskiy gets his 2nd shut out of the season.

Konecny scores his 4th and 5th of the season.

Coach Tom Atkins was a no-show at his press conference.