High participant within the NHL on Friday
Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights aren’t going to go away and not using a struggle they usually obtained an enormous win on Friday evening by beating the Seattle Kraken, 5-2. Eichel led the way in which with a pair of targets within the win. The one massive benefit the Golden Knights have the remainder of the way in which is a softer schedule than a few of their competitors. They should benefit from that.
Highlights from across the NHL on Friday
Buffalo Sabres followers turned out on Friday evening to honor long-time announcer Rick Jeanneret.
The passing right here by the Tampa Bay Lightning to arrange Steven Stamkos is unbelievable. Not an influence play, but it surely actually regarded like an influence play.
Trevor Zegras is a human spotlight reel.
Three takeaways from the NHL on Friday
Tage Thompson has 30 targets
In all probability the most effective improvement for the Buffalo Sabres this season is the truth that Tage Thompson has had a breakout season. He was the centerpiece to the Ryan O’Reilly commerce to the St. Louis Blues a couple of years in the past and had largely been a disappointment by the primary a part of his profession, scoring simply 15 targets with 26 whole factors in his first 104 video games with the group. This season he has greater than 30 targets and 53 factors in 65 video games. With Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart traded over the previous yr, Thompson has taken on a extra important function within the lineup and has greater than taken benefit of these minutes. The query for the Sabres now’s if that is only a late breakout season (he turns 25 initially of the 2022-23 season) or simply an outlier season. Both means, it has been a optimistic improvement for the Sabres this season.
Jon Cooper coaches in 700th recreation
The Tampa Bay Lightning we’re 5-2 winners over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday due to some spotlight reel targets and a 3 level evening for Ross Colton. The win additionally gave coach Jon Cooper the 426th win of his NHL profession in his 700th profession common season recreation. No coach has extra wins by their 700th recreation.
Oilers lose massive lead however nonetheless win
This recreation is an ideal illustration of what the Edmonton Oilers are. An important offensive group with main issues on protection and in purpose. They jumped out to a giant lead in opposition to the St. Louis Blues, misplaced it, then by some means nonetheless gained. The offense is wonderful due to their two superstars, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, however they should do a a lot better job stopping targets.
Saturday’s massive story
There are a number of actually intriguing matchups within the NHL on Saturday, together with some with potential playoff implications (Dallas Stars preventing for a Wild Card) however the story to observe right here is likely to be with the Philadelphia Flyers the place Keith Yandle‘s ironman streak could be coming to an end. The Flyers and Yandle have reportedly had discussions on how to handle his streak given where the team is in the standings and the fact they have some other young defenders they want to get a look at the rest of the season. Yandle has played in an NHL record 989 consecutive regular season games. If he does sit against the Toronto Maple Leafs then Phil Kessel would have the NHL’s longest energetic streak and will go Yandle early subsequent season.
Friday’s NHL Scores
New York Islanders 3, New York Rangers 0
Buffalo Sabres 4, Nashville Predators 3
Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Chicago Blackhawks 2
Ottawa Senators 5, Detroit Red Wings 2
Edmonton Oilers 6, St. Louis Blues 5 (OT)
Vegas Golden Knights 5, Seattle Kraken 2
Anaheim Geese 5, Arizona Coyotes 0
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