2022-2023 PLAYER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #11

Final Score: LA 5 – Chicago 1

Labatts 3-Star Selection:
Star 1: LA – Williams Nylander 2G
Star 2: LA – Aleksander Barkov 1G, 2Pts
Star 3: LA – Jordan Staal 1G, 2Pts

Game Winner: – Ivan Barbashev

Notables:
LA – Shesterkin 31 Saves
CHI –None

Needless to say however, the Rangers do manage to pose some decent offense (35 SOGS in the game) and 55% faceoff wins and they manager to beat Anderson twice in the 1st period. Kreider wakes up the crowd 1:50 into the game and then Tavares scores less than 3 minutes later. 2nd period is scoreless but Lee finds the back of the net early in the 3rd and the Rangers grab a 3-0 lead that Reimer makes stand as he records his 1st shutout of the season. 3-0 Rangers is the final.

STARS (all BGR)
1. Reimer 22 saves
2. Lee 1 goal
3. Kreider 1 goal (GWG)

Andersen stops 32 shots for Bucks County.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 11:39 EV FFB Bjorkstrand (7), assisted by Necas (7) and Tanev (8)
2 4:03 EV JAG Bergeron (13), assisted by Lindholm (19)
2 14:15 EV FFB Hughes (18), assisted by Jones (12) and Pastrnak (24)
2 16:22 EV JAG Svechnikov (13), assisted by Matthews (28) and Kaprizov (36)
2 19:40 EV FFB Duclair (10), assisted by Jones (13) and Hughes (16)
3 12:09 EV JAG Miller (5), assisted by Letang (30) and Hedman (33)
3 13:06 EV FFB Ekblad (3), assisted by Necas (8) and Batherson (6)

Star 1: FFB Hughes 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 2: FFB Ekblad 1 G
Star 3: FFB Duclair 1 G

GWG: Aaron Ekblad

Notables: FFB DeSmith 42 saves
JAG Matthews 17 faceoffs won, Bergeron 17 faceoffs won

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
2 3:22 EV JAG Miller (6), assisted by Carter (4)
2 15:51 PP GIL Marchand (16), assisted by Stamkos (23) and MacKinnon (21)
3 :13 EV JAG Svechnikov (14), assisted by Letang (31) and Hedman (34)
3 :42 EV JAG Bergeron (14), assisted by Toews (27)
3 7:34 EV JAG Lindholm (19), assisted by Tkachuk (33) and Bergeron (23)
3 8:50 EV GIL Niederreiter (8), assisted by Reilly (5) and Jarry (8)
3 19:26 EN JAG Carter (7), assisted by Toews (28) and Miller (8)

Star 1: JAG Miller 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 2: JAG Bergeron 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: JAG Carter 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Patrice Bergeron

Notables: GIL Fox 6 blocks
JAG Bergeron 16 faceoffs won, Hedman 5 blocks, Markstrom 34 saves

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 8:17 EV JAG Matthews (40), assisted by Toews (29) and Kaprizov (37)
1 11:08 EV JAG Matthews (41), assisted by Svechnikov (23) and Toews (30)
1 15:19 EV CAL Perry (6), assisted by Compher (2) and Spurgeon (14)
2 10:40 PP JAG Toews (8), assisted by Kaprizov (38) and Matthews (29)
2 19:05 EV JAG Lizotte (3), assisted by Lazar (6)
3 12:51 EV JAG McGinn (2), assisted by Lizotte (3) and Lazar (7)

Star 1: JAG Matthews 2 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: JAG Toews 1 G, 3 Pts
Star 3: JAG Lizotte 1 G, 2 Pts

GWG: Auston Matthews

Notables: CAL None
JAG Letang 5 blocks, Bergeron 18 faceoffs won, Markstrom 31 saves

In the second, LA has a PPG disallowed, and with only one minute left in the second Sebastian Aho scores a PPG for Grosse Pointe, and LA’s lead shrinks to 3-1 heading to the third.

In the third, goals by Girard and Ehlers extend LA’s lead to 5-1, and Raymond closes out the scoring for the Griffins to make it a 5-2 final.

Jordan Staal did not make it as one of the 3 stars, but he was a force, winning 17 of 20 faceoffs and netting the game winning goal.

The best news was Anton Forsberg ending a streak of giving up 3+ goals in 9 straight games before the 5-2 win versus Grosse Pointe. He still sports a 12-3-2 record for the year, backing up all-world goalie Igor Shesterkin.

But the Danes do give up a PPG in only 2 chances by Grosse Pointe, and the PK unit is now middle of the pack in the league after starting the year at a 90%+ kill rate. Lots of PK work expected at practice this week.

California suffered a setback early. Charlotte’s Tyler Myers got cited with an undisciplined hooking penalty 48 seconds in (he’d also be cited for a 10-minute misconduct for staying on the ice), but the Regulators on the power play, got knocked off the puck, leading to an Alex Iafallo breakaway; he moved it to his backhand and beat Linus Ullmark just two minutes in to provide the Buzzards the early 1-0 lead.

California’s Cam Atkinson responded with an even strength goal just two minutes later to knot things up at 1-1. But the Buzzards answered with two goals, one midway through the first from Alex Ovechkin, then a power play goal from Ryan Johansen just over a minute into the second to put the home squad ahead 3-1.
Ullmark (28 saves) and Charlotte netminder Ilya Sorkin (30 saves) turned in stellar goaltending for the rest of the contest. Charlotte failed to score again but the Regulators could only find the net one more time, with 11 seconds left in regulation on an extra-man slapshot goal from Nick Schmaltz. The Regulators won the ensuing faceoff to give the Buzzards a real scare but could not get a shot off for the tie, as Charlotte prevailed 3-2.

Three stars (all Charlotte):
1. Star 1: Ovechkin 1 G, 2 Pts
2. Star 2: Johansen 1 G, 2 Pts
3. Star 3: Iafallo, 1 G

Notable: This game lived up to its billing as an evenly-matched affair; California outshot the Buzzards narrowly, 32-31, while the Buzzards won one more faceoff (29-28). Time of attack (Charlotte with 3:58 and California at 3:50 was virtually even).

In OT, Alamo with 8 shots to 1, but don’t score.

In the shootout, both Draisaitl and Crosby score and the Mullets are stoned by Quick.

Alamo 2 Jagr 1

1-Markstrom
2-Quick
3-Draisaitl

Alamo 4 Bathgate 1

1-Nyquist
2-Draisaitl
3-Lehner

Alamo 3 Chicago 0

1-Quick
2-Draisaitl
3-Couture

Offenses figured out something at break. Toledo cashes in twice on goals from Mangiapne and Kucherov. Then the Bandits even it up on goals from Terry and Okposo. A last gasp blast from Dobson puts the Walleye up 3-2 with 5 seconds on the clock. Off to period 3

Brentwood controls play most of the 3rd with 23 SOG. But its Toledo with the first goal of the period, late, as Arvidsson gives the Walleye an insurance tally. Brentwood pulls the goalie and hammers Demko for a long time. Guentzel pulls the team within 1 with 2 minutes to go, but Demko puts out a hero effort to save the game for the home team. 4-3 Toledo at the end.

1st star – Mangiapane 1G 2pts
2nd – Kucherov 1G
3rd – Dobson 1G

Cracks in the armor this period. Both teams get one in. Trochek for Toledo and Nichushkin for Cincinnati. 1-1 as we head to what should be a tense 3rd.

Inferno jump on top early in the 3rd with goals from Pesce and Forsberg. A Mangiapane goal midway pulls the home team within 1. Late in the period Dube scores on a pending penalty by Kadri for insurance. A late Kucherov goal…. too little very late. Inferno escape with a 4-3 win.

1st star – Forsberg 1G 2pts
2nd = Talbot 46 saves
3rd – Pesce 1G

In what ends up as a very short clean boxscore, each time kills off only one penalty the rest of the game. The goalies stop all shots, and the 2-1 score does not change. Have not seen this kind of game all seasons. Toledo wins 2-1.

1st star – Robertson 1G
2nd – Arvidsson 1G
3rd – Demko 25 saves

After a scoreless 2nd period Debrincat (22) gets a shortie 59 seconds into the period to tie the game and Burakovsky (15) gives Cosa Nostra their first lead of the game with 8:37 remaining. Portland pulls their goalie late in the game and capitalizes on the man advantage when Olofsson (14) ties the game with 1:28 remaining

With the game heading into overtime Debrincat (23) gets a hat trick and sends the Storm crowd home in sorrow as Chicago wins 4-3

Neither team was able to score in overtime and we head to a shootout – Laine missed for Pittsburgh and Jarvis scored for Portland. After a miss by Norris, Eberle sent the Portland crowd home in a frenzy as he beats Bobrovsky for the win

Both goalies wee outstanding as Bobrovsky saves 45 shots and Oettinger saves 36