NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – October 27, 2024

by | Oct 27, 2024 | News, NHL | 15 comments

In today’s NHL Morning Coffee Headlines, the Jets remain perfect, two Flyers forwards have five-point performances, and much more as we recap Saturday’s 14-game action.

NHL.COM: The Winnipeg Jets extended their season-opening win streak to eight games by defeating the Calgary Flames 5-3. Cole Perfetti scored the tiebreaker late in the third period and Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist for the 8-0-0 Jets. Andrei Kuzmenko collected two assists for the Flames.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: Special teams made the difference for the Jets in this contest, tallying two power-play goals and a shorthanded goal. Perfetti’s goal came with Flames center Nazem Kadri in the penalty box. Kadri wasn’t pleased with the call and earned a game misconduct soon afterward.

Earlier in the day, it was announced that former Flames executive Bill Hay had passed away at age 88. He was the former president and CEO of the Flames and the former chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Hay was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders’ category in 2015.

Before that, Hay spent eight seasons as an NHL center with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1959-60 to 1966-67, amassing 113 goals and 386 points in 506 regular-season games and 36 points in 67 playoff contests. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy and the Stanley Cup in 1960.

My condolences to Hay’s family, friends and former teammates.

Philadelphia Flyers center Sean Couturier (NHL Images).

A five-point performance from Sean Couturier (including a hat trick) powered the Philadelphia Flyers to a 7-5 upset of the Minnesota Wild. Travis Konecny had a goal and four assists and rookie Matvei Michkov had a goal and an assist as the Flyers snapped a six-game winless skid. Marcus Foligno tallied twice for the Wild.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: The win capped a busy day for the Flyers. They placed sidelined defenseman Cam York (upper body) on injured reserve, returned prospect forward Jett Luchanko to the OHL’s Guelph Storm, and called up goaltender Alexei Kolosov, who could start his first NHL game on Sunday against the Montreal Canadiens.

The Florida Panthers erased a 3-0 deficit with six straight goals in a 6-3 victory over the New York Islanders. Matthew Tkachuk led the way with two goals and an assist and Mackie Samoskevich netted his first NHL goal. Maxim Tsyplakov collected two assists for the Islanders.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: The Isles were busy before this game. They placed winger Anthony Duclair (lower body) on long-term injury reserve, loaned Liam Foudy to their AHL affiliate in Bridgeport, signed forward Matt Martin to a one-year, $775K contract, and recalled forwards Pierre Engvall and Hudson Fasching from Bridgeport.

Buffalo Sabres center Tage Thompson scored twice and collected an assist to lead the Buffalo Sabres over the Detroit Red Wings 5-3. Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin picked up three helpers as the Sabres extended their win streak to three games. Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider each had two points for the Red Wings.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: One of Thompson’s goals was clocked at 104.69 mph, making it the fastest shot ever recorded by NHL Edge since 2021-22.

The Los Angeles Kings got two goals from defenseman Joel Edmundson (including the game-winner) in a 3-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club. Blueliner Brandt Clarke had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who’ve won four of their last five contests. Clayton Keller and Logan Cooley replied for Utah, which has lost three in a row.

Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson had a goal and an assist in his season debut as his club thumped the San Jose Sharks 7-3. Brett Howden tallied twice and Pavel Dorofeyev had a goal and two assists for Vegas as they picked up their third straight victory. Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves for the hapless Sharks, who became the first NHL team to lose nine consecutive games to start back-to-back seasons.

An overtime goal by Brad Marchand lifted the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Marchand and David Pastrnak each finished with a goal and an assist as the Bruins ended a three-game winless skid. Mitch Marner picked up three assists and Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist for the Leafs, who are winless in their last three (0-2-1).

The Montreal Canadiens downed the St. Louis Blues 5-2. Kirby Dach had a goal and an assist, Cole Caufield sniped his seventh of the season and Sam Montembeault stopped 29 shots for the Habs as they ended a four-game winless streak (0-3-1). Colton Parayko and Jake Neighbours replied for the Blues.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: Canadiens winger Josh Anderson left the game with a lower-body injury but is traveling with the team to Philadelphia for Sunday’s game against the Flyers.

Former Blues defenseman Marco Scandella told St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Matthew DeFranks that he has retired, though he hasn’t officially announced it. Scandella spent 14 seasons in the NHL from 2010-11 to 2023-24 with the Minnesota Wild, Buffalo Sabres, Canadiens and Blues. He finishes with 170 points in 784 regular season games and nine points in 56 playoff contests.

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves to shut out the Washington Capitals 3-0. Mitchell Chaffee, Brayden Point and Conor Geekie were the goals scorers. It was Geekie’s first NHL goal. Charlie Lindgren turned aside 18 shots for the Capitals as their win streak ended at five games.

The New York Rangers got 32 saves from Jonathan Quick in a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Ryan Lindgren and Will Cuylle scored for the Rangers while Olen Zellweger replied for the Ducks, who got 30 stops from Lukas Dostal. Rangers winger Artemi Panarin collected an assist to extend his points streak to eight games as his club has won five of their last six.

Nashville Predators winger Jonathan Marchessault scored in overtime to lift his club over the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3. Alexandre Carrier netted the tying goal early in the third for the Predators, who have won three straight. Kirill Marchenko, Zach Aston-Reese and Zach Werenski scored for the Blue Jackets.

The Dallas Stars doubled up the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2, handing the latter their fourth straight defeat. Matt Duchene scored twice for the Stars while Pat Maroon picked up two assists for the Blackhawks.

A four-goal second period carried the Vancouver Canucks over the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3, handing the latter their fourth straight loss. Canucks forward Elias Pettersson got his first of the season and teammate Arshdeep Bains netted the first of his NHL career. Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists for the struggling Penguins.

SPECTOR’S NOTE: Earlier in the day, the Penguins loaned goaltender Tristan Jarry to their AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for a two-week conditioning stint. Jarry has struggled this season and has been relegated to third-string goalie status. His demotion to the farm team is to give him some meaningful playing time and the chance to regain his confidence.

Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis scored and collected an assist in a 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken. Jared McCann sniped his fifth of the season for the Kraken. Carolina has won three in a row while the Kraken are winless in three (0-2-1).







15 Comments

  1. Every time the Leafs lose it is a great day, and when my B’s tap them out…even better. 🙂

    • Amen to that

      • Not a Bruins fan; but every non Leafs’ fan here must have at least some happiness when Leafs lose.

    • Over the many years I have been following hockey (and it dates back to the early 1950s) I have learned the hard way that Karma can be a real bitch.

      Which is why, in my waning years, I am quite content to see the team I follow win – with no special emphasis on who they beat.

      That way you avoid whatever is going around from coming around.

      • i agree george o. i always historicaly wished the flyers ill will because i grew up a bruins fan. when actually looking back on it i grudgingly didn’t accept that they were good. i believe in karma, too!!! now i dislike the stars and vegas but have to accept that the avalanche can’t beat them in the playoffs. the Avalanche , if they wish to be a real contender again and perhaps they are, i don’t think so at present. too many issues but they are playing better and if they begin to get healthy, watch out. play your team tonight. should be a god tilt!!!

      • 5 -3 Colorado including an empty-netter

  2. Jets fans…. 8-0. Early, but certainly Looks like the real deal here.

    Congrats

    Obviously the streak will end; but looking dang good right now

    • “dang” – wow, the coincidences just keep popping up … that was another much-used expression by pengy

      • Dang

        I thought I was the only one in the world who used this.

        Geez

        I guess the cover story is blown

        Dang Dang Dangnabbit

  3. 29th in league for win percentage; 4th straight loss ; last 5 games 22 Goals against (4.4 GAA). 15 or 16 of those 22 realistically our goalies had between very little and zero chance of stopping.

    The team is playing absolutely brutal defensively.

    50 shots against on Friday. Last night up by two, and then 3 goals against in 65 seconds!

    Sully needs to start sitting players (plural).

    For starters, let’s look no further than a player that has been on for 9 of the last 22 goals against (41%) including 3 last night. On 8 of those 9 (including all 3 last night) he was way out of position. He literally can’t move any players out from in front of his goalie (at 5’9 1/2”, 177 this is not his fault, but definitely a main contributor).

    Last 5 games Sully has given him an average of 19:35 TOI.

    This is a no brainer. Sit him. Any one of the following for sure will be an improvement: Clurman, Pickering, Shea, heck bring up the 18 year old Brunicke from Junior.

    This is NOT all on him for sure. Many should sit; but he is by far the one that needs to be sat first.

    Knowing Sully however; he’ll be completely blind to his defensive issues because he got a secondary assist on Gino’s goal. Doh!

    Change needs to happen.

  4. 8787 You are torturing yourself! I admit to being a Boston fan but I enjoy the game and it s many teams and great players! I actually felt bad for Matthews last night! He did everything including killing penalties to try to get the Leafs going!It just appears to me it s a personel change that is needed,not just the coach!

    • My Torture is fully from Dubas (and in combo/ice time/press box decisions: Sully)

      I’m 50; back to changing diapers; full house of progesterone (we just had another set of twin girls; just my son and I as the only XYs); so full implosion by my Pens brings my happiness level way down.

  5. As a Habs fan, I enjoyed the response to the stinker of the last game.
    The Blues are a pretty good team , may have been tired but this was a clear win for Montreal with a number of guys scoring their first goals of the season (finally)

    On that note I don’t get the joy in a TML loss, while I’m not crazy about them or the Sens, I don’t revel in them losing. and I don’t get why people do.

    • I thought Hudson in particular learned that he has to take away time and space instead of backing off on the opponent.

      The word you are circling is Schadenfreude. The explanation is human nature.

      While I happily own up to the pleasure of Leafs and Bruins losses (surely it come with the territory of rivalries, their fans feel the same way) the league has too many teams and too many games where a much disliked rival’s victory helps your own team.

      Like so many things, it ain’t what it used to be.

      • It was much easier to dislike the other 5 members of the Original 6 when that’s all there was.