The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread

[aurik]

On 11/28/2024 at 2:03 AM, KarateKen said:

Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren did an unusual thing on Wednesday night, he scored a goal. As we know goalie goals are rare, however he did it in his own net! In an attempt to move the puck behind the net, Lindgren put it into the net by mistake.  What makes this even stranger is that the goal was awarded to Brayden Point of the Lightning, and it was for a hat trick, since he had two goals already in the game.  The ice is covered with hats and Point did not even know that was his goal at first.  A truly bizarre situation. The goal put the Lightning up 4-3, but the Capitals would come back and win it 5-4. 

I saw that one - how the heck do you live something like that down?  Fortunately the Caps won in the end, but Lindgren did get a LOT of well-deserved flak from his teammates for that one.

[KarateKen]

6 hours ago, aurik said:

I saw that one - how the heck do you live something like that down?  Fortunately the Caps won in the end, but Lindgren did get a LOT of well-deserved flak from his teammates for that one.

Imagine if they lost that game and 4-3 was the final because of that goal.  Disaster times disaster.  It helps that they won and maybe someday he can laugh about it, but I am sure we will see that goal on the hockey blooper tapes for many years to come. 

[KarateKen]

Good news for the Toronto Maple Leafs as Austin Matthews was back in the lineup tonight and scored a goal.  Toronto beat Chicago 4-1.  Matthews had missed nine games due to injury and this was his first goal since October 31.  

Dallas beat Utah 2-1, and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 5-1 inside Madison Square Garden. 

[KarateKen]

Just got done watching the Oilers and Golden Knights on ESPN, Vegas won it 1-0, the only goal was an unassisted one by Barbahev, his 13th of the year and leads Vegas.  There were also no penalties in the game, so with one unassisted goal and zero penalties called this is officially the emptiest stat sheet I have seen for an NHL game in my life.  Tough to get any less than that.  

The entire night of hockey was kind of strange as five of the ten games went into overtime.  Overtime games were as follows: Bruins over Red Wings, Sharks over Capitals, Canadians over Islanders, Penguins over Panthers (Pens have won 4 in a row), and Wild over Canucks.  Four of those games were decided in a real time span of 17 minutes. 

Regulation games went this way: Vegas over Edmonton, Kraken over Hurricanes, Flames over Blue Jackets, Avalanche over Sabers, and Blues over Jets as the Winnipeg has now gone four games in a row without a standings point.  The worm has turned on that one. 

 

That's it for another busty Tuesday night of hockey.  Been a long day and I am going to crash early tonight.  Talk to ya soon!