Game Thread: NHL Games - 11-13-14

[Cobiemonster]

Thursday's Games:
Colorado at NY Rangers
Winnipeg at Carolina
Boston at Montreal
San Jose at Tampa Bay
Nashville at St. Louis
Buffalo at Minnesota
Arizona at Calgary
Ottawa at Edmonton
Dallas at Los Angeles

 

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Flames need to bounce back from a bad performance against Carolina. 3 hours north, Edmonton faces an Eastern Conference opponent, thus look for an Oilers victory tonight

 

[Cobiemonster]

Flames need to bounce back from a bad performance against Carolina. 3 hours north, Edmonton faces an Eastern Conference opponent, thus look for an Oilers victory tonight

Flames shouldn't have too much of a problem tonight - I don't think the Coyotes are a very good team - that being said, first game back home, beware

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Flames shouldn't have too much of a problem tonight - I don't think the Coyotes are a very good team - that being said, first game back home, beware

Smith has played well the past few games. The problems Arizona has are up front. They don't have a single player the other team really needs to worry about every time he has the puck. They need to trade Yandle for some offense. Unfortunately their GM seems clueless about this.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Flames need to bounce back from a bad performance against Carolina. 3 hours north, Edmonton faces an Eastern Conference opponent, thus look for an Oilers victory tonight

Not that it would surprise me with the way the Sens have been playing the last few.

 

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Not that it would surprise me with the way the Sens have been playing the last few.

I sure like the Sens 'Kid' line, Kenny, Hoffman, Stone, and Lazar look very good.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Avs have a lead!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Rangers tied it on a Kevin Hayes goal

 

[Cobiemonster]

Whoa! Sabres and Wild have four goals combined in the first seven minutes of the game(2-2 tie)

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Whoa! Sabres and Wild have four goals combined in the first seven minutes of the game(2-2 tie)

Three of those came in a 17 second span.

Edit: Buffalo has scored on their only 2 SOGs.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Three goals in 17 seconds in that Sabres/Wild game too

 

[Cobiemonster]

Three of those came in a 17 second span.

Hahaha posted that simultaneously

 

[KennyBanyeah]

I sure like the Sens 'Kid' line, Kenny, Hoffman, Stone, and Lazar look very good.

They sure do.

I had serious doubts about Stone as recently as last year. His skating just held him back. But he's put in the work and gotten his skating to a level that lets him get to the right spots on the ice. His smarts and hands are top-notch. Looking now like he has a pretty high ceiling.

Lazar is just awesome. He'll never be a point-per-game player but I'd bet he'll be an NHL captain at some point. I see his peak being somewhere between a prime Mike Peca and a prime Mike Richards. Non-stop hustle with this kid.

Hoffman is a weird case. He couldn't crack a lineup in the OHL, went to Q, worked on his game and eventually won CHL player of the year honours. In the AHL he put up 25 points in 74 games his first season. a couple of years later he put up 67 points in 51 games before being called up. He seems to take a while to adjust to every league and then go on to score a tonne. I don't think he'll ever dominate in the NHL like he has in every other league but I think he'll end up as a consistent 20 goal scorer. His skating and shot are just too good for him NOT to score goals in the NHL, IMO

 

[Cobiemonster]

Wild lead the Sabres 4-2 in the first period - 18 shots on goal for Minnesota

 

[Cobiemonster]

Tyler Kennedy on a breakaway makes it 2-0 Sharks in Tampa

 

[Cobiemonster]

Nathan MacKinnon power play strike tied it for the Avs in New York

 

[Cobiemonster]

Filip Forsberg with a goal and an assist tonight

 

[Cobiemonster]

Avs and Rangers heading to OT

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Hoffman with a great release beats Scrivens.

Scrivens probably wants it back.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Oh.. that means that it's 1-0 Sens over the Oilers and that dash is smilin' like the butcher's dog!!