Prime participant within the NHL on Wednesday
John Carlson, Washington Capitals
John Carlson performed his greatest recreation of the season on Wednesday evening within the Washington Capitals’ 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. His evening included two objectives, two assists, a key defensive play late within the recreation to assist safe the win, and he additionally had two further objectives waved off (one purpose due to an offside overview, and a possible empty internet purpose due to a penalty). He was all over the place for the Capitals. He had a hand in each single one in all their objectives within the win.
Highlights from across the NHL on Wednesday
Alex Ovechkin will get one purpose nearer to Wayne Gretzky and in addition information his 1,four-hundredth profession level.
Trevor Zegras skilling it up once more for the Anaheim Ducks, although it was not sufficient towards the Calgary Flames.
Robert Thomas is without doubt one of the recreation’s most underrated gamers and he scored a fantastic thing about a purpose right here towards the Seattle Kraken.
Three takeaways from the NHL on Wednesday
Golden Knights profitable streak ends
The Vegas Golden Knights have little margin for error proper now of their playoff pursuit, however the one factor they do have going of their favor is a schedule that’s loaded with non-playoff groups the remainder of the best way. That included Wednesday’s opponent, the Vancouverr Canucks. It didn’t matter because the Golden Knights’ have been on the shedding finish of an unpleasant 5-1 resolution, snapping what had been a five-game profitable streak. The Golden Knights stay one level out of a playoff spot within the Western Convention, trailing the Dallas Stars for the second Wild Card spot. Dallas does have three video games in hand. That’s the reason Vegas has no margin for error.
Lightning struggling towards playoff groups
The massive takeaway from Tampa Bay’s 4-3 loss to the Capitals on Wednesday is that they misplaced to a different playoff workforce. Because the begin of Marcy the Lightning have misplaced seven of their eight video games towards playoff groups, with the one win being an extra time win towards the Carolina Hurricanes on the finish of the March. They’ve additionally actually struggled all season towards the highest Stanley Cup contenders within the NHL, proudly owning solely a 7-14-5 document towards the top-10 groups within the league standings.
Flames lengthen lead in Pacific Division
The Calgary Flames prolonged their lead within the Pacific Division on Wednesday evening with a 4-2 win over the Anaheim Geese that included a pair of assists from Johnny Gaudreau. Gaudreau is turning into a serious MVP candidate and is rapidly closing in on the primary 100-point season of his profession. His two assists on Wednesday give him 97 factors for the season, the fourth highest whole within the league. He’s a pending unrestricted free agent after this season. He’s two factors away from matching his earlier profession excessive of 99 factors from the 2018-19 season,
Thursday’s massive story
The Dallas Stars look to proceed their current sturdy play and proceed their push for a playoff spot once they host the Toronto Maple Leafs. Auston Matthews goes for the franchise single season purpose document and persevering with his push for 60 objectives, whereas the workforce itself seems to be to bounce again from that extra time loss to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. Additionally within the Western Convention there’s a vital recreation within the Pacific Division the place the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers play for home-ice benefit (and a playoff spot) within the First Spherical. That may be a potential First Spherical playoff preview.
Wednesday’s NHL Scores
Detroit Red Wings 3, Winnipeg Jets 1
Washington Capitals 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 3
St. Louis Blues 4, Seattle Kraken 1
Vancouver Canucks 5, Vegas Golden Knights 1
Calgary Flames 4, Anaheim Geese 2
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