Tuesday’s 10-game slate ended with Nick Schmaltz scoring the overtime winner as the @ArizonaCoyotes defeated the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins.#NHLStats: https://t.co/YsFeegU45A pic.twitter.com/ZqL9DbcDvR
– NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 10, 2024
Big, even huge night in the NHL last night. Beautiful goals, injuries, body checks… We saw almost everything.
Let’s start with the 10-game slate:
There’s a lot of talk about Trevor Zegras right now because there arerumors that he might be leaving the Ducks.
The Ducks were in action last night against the Predators, and all eyes were on the out-of-sorts forward…
Zegras goes down awkwardly and heads down the tunnel pic.twitter.com/wvjZdf4ltL
– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 10, 2024
Let’s hope it’s not too serious in his case… But the club’s head coach, Greg Cronin, wasn’t very reassuring after the match.
He told reporters on the spot that the star forward was “going to be out for a while”, which is not a good sign for the future.
Ducks coach Greg Cronin said Trevor Zegras is “Going to be out for a while.”
– Jim Diamond (@diamondhockey) January 10, 2024
But the dangerous thing about the Panthers is that any player can get up at any time. Yesterday, it was Matthew Tkachuk’s turn to carry the club on his back, and he did it wonderfully.
The American finished his night’s work with four points, but his hat trick will be remembered above all.
Matthew Tkachuk(@TKACHUKycheese_) picks up his first hat trick of the season in the @FlaPanthers win!
Hat Trick Challenge presented by @AstraZenecaUS pic.twitter.com/2A5PXJhF6x
– NHL (@NHL) January 10, 2024
You really don’t see this very often in the NHL or in the field hockey world in general.
The Bruins and Coyotes were battling it out for an entire field hockey game, when the score was 3-3 after three periods…
Ullmark is helped off the ice. Swayman replaces him for the remainder of OT pic.twitter.com/DsbhdaXa9z
– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 10, 2024
Schmaltz calls game pic.twitter.com/bUPSPqtOIl
– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 10, 2024
4: The cursed Senators…
Jacques Martin’s team has just one win in its last ten road games… A statistic that can’t please many people in Ottawa.
It’s said over and over again… But it’s a shame, because on paper, the Senators are such a great club.
Sens lose their 4th straight, all on the road, they are 1-9-0 in their last 10 games on the road.
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) January 10, 2024
The Kings did everything they could to get him this summer, including sending Alex Iafallo and Gabriel Vilardi to Winnipeg…
And the experiment hasn’t worked out so far for the Quebecer in California.
How bad is it? It’s gotten so bad that yesterday, Todd McLellan decided to send his center-forward one hell of a message.
Dubois was used on the team’s fourth trio, spent just 14 minutes and 32 seconds on the ice… And still found a way to finish the game with a -2 record in his team’s loss.
Remember when the Jets absolutely robbed the Kings. Pierre-Luc Dubois for Alex Iafallo, Rasmus Kupari, and Gabriel Vilardi and a 2024 second. PLD was on the Kings fourth line tonight.
– Irfaan Gaffar (@irfgaffar) January 10, 2024
Extension
– He’s on fire.
Sam Reinhart has 12 goals in his last 10 games, he’s on pace for 60 GOALS this season. #TimeToHunt
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) January 10, 2024
– 500 career points for Adam Henrique.
With an assist on the Terry goal, make that 500 NHL points for @AdamHenrique!#FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/a4JBY0mpZH
– Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) January 10, 2024
– There aren’t two like him.
McDavid in alone is unfair! pic.twitter.com/uSREtcQw0O
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 10, 2024
– Speaking of the Oilers captain… He emptied his heart about the length of decisions rendered when referees go on appeal. And he’s right.
“If it takes you 15 minutes to determine if it’s offside or not, it probably doesn’t matter… you zoom in, you keep zooming in until you can zoom in any more, I guess it’s offside.”
Mcjesus has spoken, enough with the offside reviews.
pic.twitter.com/A2CxnBmpyL– Spittin’ Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) January 10, 2024
– They’re on a roll.
Oilers win their 8th in a row. #LetsGoOilers
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) January 10, 2024
– The Jets are dominating. Surprising.
Seven straight wins and 30 consecutive games allowing the opposition to three or fewer goals have the @NHLJets sitting atop the NHL standings. How long will their string of success continue?#NHLStats: https://t.co/YsFeegU45A pic.twitter.com/dirwGDmOXI
– NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 10, 2024
– Nice goal.
Hanifin walks in and chips in a backhand to even things up in the 3rd pic.twitter.com/nCmW2vSrQF
– Spittin’ Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) January 10, 2024
– Jon Cooper collects his 500th career NHL victory.
This moment pic.twitter.com/55kJsuv33v
– Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) January 10, 2024
– Whew.
Dylan Guenther tied the game with an absolute RIP. pic.twitter.com/Re1AEnlQ0O
– NHL (@NHL) January 10, 2024
– Things are going well for Huberdeau lately.
With an assist, Jonathan Huberdeau has 6 pts in his last 6 games. # Flames down 3-2 to the Sens after 2.
– NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) January 10, 2024
– Nice .
Keller drives to the net and cashes in pic.twitter.com/qxE7uZFVHf
– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 10, 2024
– Nice little comeback.
The Bolts were down 2-0 with 8 minutes to go…and won in OT pic.twitter.com/4Nee48PgCt
– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 10, 2024
– Snipe !
Josh Morrissey absolutely picked that corner.
If you want to see Morrissey at the #NHLAllStar Weekend, head over to https://t.co/74vzGdILYO! #NHLAllStarVote presented by @massmutual pic.twitter.com/68hT3mu16z
– NHL (@NHL) January 10, 2024
– Big night of work for Matthew Tkachuk and Mitch Marner.
– Three games on the schedule today in the NHL:
- Canadiens vs Flyers at 7 p.m.
- Wild vs Stars at 7:30 p.m.
- Golden Knights vs Avalanche at 10pm