NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – November 10, 2024
The Jets set an early-season wins record, Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of the all-time goal record continues, Nathan MacKinnon takes over the scoring lead with a multipoint game, and more in today’s NHL Morning Coffee Headlines.
GAME RECAPS
NHL.COM: The Winnipeg Jets are the first team in NHL history to win 14 of their first 15 games with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars. Vladislav Namestnikov and Alex Iafallo each had a goal and an assist and Cole Perfetti collected two assists for the 14-1-0 Jets, who sit atop the overall standings with 28 points. Roope Hintz replied for the Stars.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Jets goaltender Connor Hellebucyk set a franchise record for the longest shutout streak (191:47), which ended late in the third period when Hintz scored.
Alex Ovechkin scored two goals to lead the Washington Capitals to an 8-1 rout of the St. Louis Blues. Connor McMichael also scored two goals, Dylan Strome had three assists and Jakob Chychrun had a goal and an assist as he returned to action after missing the last five games with an upper-body injury. Scott Perunovich scored for the Blues, who gave up five goals in the third period.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Ovechkin has 10 goals in 14 games and 863 for his career. He needs 32 to break Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894. The Capitals placed forward Sonny Milano on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (NHL Images).
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists to lead his club over the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4, snapping the latter’s eight-game win streak. Mikko Rantanen tallied twice and picked up an assist as the Avalanche overcame 2-0 and 3-2 deficits. Hurricanes forward Jordan Martinook scored two goals and picked up an assist.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: MacKinnon moved past Minnesota Wild winger Kirill Kaprizov (27 points) into first place in the scoring race with 29 points.
Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists as his club cruised to a 7-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Connor Brown scored two goals and Mattias Janmark collected three assists for the Oilers. Canucks forward Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: The Canucks played without winger Brock Boeser as he remains sidelined with a suspected concussion. There is no timetable for his return.
A shootout goal by Evan Rodrigues gave the Florida Panthers a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Rodrigues also picked up two assists in regulation while netminder Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 34 shots in regulation and overtime as the Panthers picked up their seventh straight victory. Scott Laughton had two assists for the Flyers.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov was a healthy scratch for the second straight game. Teammate Samuel Ersson made 28 saves as he returned to action following a two-game absence with a lower-body injury.
Nashville Predators netminder Juuse Saros had a 26-save shutout to blank the Utah Hockey Club 4-0. Filip Forsberg and Jonathan Marchessault each tallied two goals as the Predators ended a three-game losing skid. Utah has only three wins in their last 10 games (3-5-2).
SPECTOR’S NOTE: The Predators placed defenseman Dante Fabbro on waivers before this game. He’s been the subject of recent trade speculation. I’ll have more in the Sunday NHL Rumor Roundup.
The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1, handing the latter their sixth straight defeat (0-5-1). Leafs winger Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist to extend his points streak to eight games. Brendan Gallagher scored his seventh of the season for the floundering Canadiens.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Leafs winger Max Pacioretty left this game in the first period with a lower-body injury following a collision with Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson. He’s listed as day-to-day.
The rebuilding Canadiens hoped to improve when this season began but that optimism has now evaporated. Management is reportedly shopping around for a defenseman and a gritty forward but deals are difficult to find at this time of year. Head coach Martin St. Louis is safe from losing his job but he might benefit from a better staff of assistant coaches, particularly those with goaltending and defense expertise.
New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes scored in overtime as his club rallied from a 3-1 deficit to nip the New York Islanders 4-3. Hughes finished the game with two goals and an assist while teammate Dougie Hamilton had three helpers. Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 shots while Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist.
The New York Rangers got 37 saves from goalie Jonathan Quick to shut out the Detroit Red Wings 4-0. Rangers winger Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist while Chris Kreider, Jimmy Vesey and Reilly Smith also found the back of the net. The Red Wings have lost two straight games.
Los Angeles Kings winger Warren Foegele had a goal and an assist as his club beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2, handing the latter their fourth straight loss. Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe each had two assists for the Kings. Dmitri Voronkov and Ivan Provorov each netted their first goals of the season for the Blue Jackets.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: The Kings placed forward Alex Turcotte on injured reserve before this game. He missed their previous two games with an upper-body injury.
The Buffalo Sabres blew a 2-0 lead but a shootout goal by JJ Peterka gave them a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. Tage Thompson tallied his 10th goal of the season and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen kicked out 24 shots for the Sabres’ third straight win. Matt Coronato and Mikael Backlund replied for the Flames.
An overtime goal by Brady Tkachuk gave the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins. Linus Ullmark made 14 saves for the win over his former team. Pavel Zacha and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins.
IN OTHER NEWS…
SPORTSNET: Elliotte Friedman reports the NHL will reveal the full rosters for the 4 Nations Face-Off on Dec. 4. The tournament will take place from Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston and replaces the 2025 All-Star Game.
PITTSBURGH HOCKEY NOW: The Penguins recalled goaltender Tristan Jarry from his conditioning stint with their AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. They also assigned forward Matt Nieto to their affiliate for conditioning.
ROTOWIRE: Seattle Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn is expected to remain sidelined for another three weeks as he recovers from an upper-body injury.
THE HOCKEY NEWS: Former Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame as an influencer on Saturday. Former NHLers Pekka Rinne and Jussi Jokinen were among the inductees in the player category.
The Senators continued with a worrying recent trend of allowing opposition goals mere seconds apart – this time 15 seconds early in the 2nd and which, when the game ended, turned out to be 2 of just 16 shots total allowed.
At least this time they got a tying goal from a bottom 6 F before Tkachuk – ironically just 25 seconds into OT – potted the winner. One of 34 shots peppered at Swayman.
One other note of some significance – more for Boston fans than Ottawa’s – is that the Bruins, tied 2-2, did not register a shot on goal in the 3rd.
The thing is George the lack of shots is the biggest problem with the Bruins this year. Two on ones no shot. The last power play you saw it well pass around the perimeter no one shoots
Bottom line they are a very lazy team. There two big free agent signings have been a bust. I don’t know what is wrong with Mc Avoy he has been awful. Bad turn overs Zadorov is good for stick infraction and screening his goalie.
Washington Capitals have been a big early season surprise! Ovi chasing Gretzky has motivated the entire team! Strome 22 pts. Off to a great start! PLD remains an enigma with 1 goal in 14 games!
Oilers looked good last night,
it was an even 1st & 2nd periods the oiler big guys were working last night especially in the 3rd,
Both Skinner and Kevin Lankinen made some great saves, Canucks d did not look good at all in the 3rd period
watched some of the Sen’s & Bruins game also it was a good game, you could tell the Sen’s really wanted to win it for LU…..
young Jake Sanderson looks like a top d/man out there … future is bright on the sen’s d with Carter coming up in the net year or 2..
beautiful goal by the captain in O.T……đź‘Ť
Williew,George O,every time Boston plays Ottawa Tkaczuk is the best player on the ice by far! The only thing I would be afraid is he wanting to play on a playoff team every year! You guys better start making the playoffs because I don’t see him being happy sitting on the sidelines! Very impressed with Ottawa s forward group! Will be tough when Pinto and Perron return!
SR & George,
look at Connor it was 6–7 years befor the Oilers got into the playoff…. for him & Leon
this is the first time the Sen’s have had a good starting goaltender in many years,❗️
look at Buffalo…. they are just starting to roll now 8th year missing the playoffs, there young goaltender UPL is just staring to play well along with the young d/core
they could also do with an older player to help settle them down
it look’s like Re-builds take 7+ years now and not the 5 ever one thinks or says…..âť“
Agreed. Things are just getting started in the Atlantic division imo.
If I wasn’t a Leafs fan, I’d be pulling for the Sens. They are becoming a legit playoff team and they are fun to watch.
Actually, williew. for Buffalo it’s 13 years without a playoff game. That’s 2 re-builds.
BCLeafFan, if you ever did that you’d get a whole new appreciation of the word “frustrated.”
A LOT of Senators fans, after witnessing last nights game, are asking themselves “why can they play like that for 60+ minutes (well … except for 15 seconds) against one of the top teams in the Division, but look like stumblebums when playing the teams with whom they’ll be fighting for a playoff spot or who occupy the basement region?”
Consistency of effort is all most fans want to see … losing to good teams is a lot more palatable when they’ve at least given it their best shot.
We’ll see which version shows up Tuesday in Toronto.
So weird to see 1st overall (MacKinnon) and 3rd (Makar) in points; on a team that as at now is not holding down s playoff spot
Caps doing this well; huge surprise
Nieto down (better late than never). Jarry up , warranted (as well as a must re rules and how long for conditioning stint) as he has been doing great in WBS
I wish Sully could send a few more down for “conditioning”; or at the very least; put them in the press box and bring up younger, bigger, faster, stronger; better players
Toronto`s record now stands at 38-19-2 without Matthews in the line up and they didn`t even have to show up for the 3rd period in last nights game. Kind of tells you how much time and effort Toronto spends trying to get the puck to him instead just taking what`s there. I feel bad for Montembeault gone from the opening night penthouse, a 48 save shutout, to the outhouse. Aaah the life of a goalie of a last place team, he deserves better. I see Pacioretty had a target on his forehead, nice slewfoot