2/20/2023 0 Comments 32 lives gross beatSo Santini giveth and taketh away as the Stars tie the game at 1 on the power play. But Santini goes to the box at 5:00 as he falls behind the Devils’ crease and is called for delay – closing his hand on the puck. The Devils come down the ice and Santini, from the right point, blasts one past Lehtonen at 4:28, with Gibbons getting the assist. The Stars nearly take the early lead as Johns, trailing on a three-on-two rush, slaps one off the crossbar. Stars scratches: Jamie Oleksiak, Jason Dickinson, Gemel Smithįirst period: The Devils get their first power play opportunity 29 seconds in as Pitlick is called for interference on Gibbons deep in the Devils’ zone, with Gibbons taking a long slide on the ice after the collision. Stars starters: Lehtonen, Hamhuis-Pateryn, Benn-Faksa-Pitlick Mattias Janmark-Jason Spezza-Alexander Radulovĭevils starters: Schneider, Greene-Santini, Coleman-Zajac-Gibbonsĭevils scratches: Taylor Hall (knee contusion), Dalton Prout, Ben Lovejoy 921 save percentage)Īntoine Roussel-Radek Faksa-Tyler Pitlick Can Stefan Noesen extend his career-high five-game point streak (two goals four assists)?Ĭory Schneider (12-6-4, 2.61 goals-against average. I know Hynes and some of his players said they did a good job creating a net-front presence at the Canadiens’ crease and screening some of the shots on Carey Price but I still respectfully disagree to a point and believe the Devils must do a much better job tonight on Lehtonen.Ħ. Speaking of scoring, looks like ex-Canadien Alexander Radulov will be in the lineup after exiting the game against the islanders.Ĥ. The key has been balanced scoring and strong goaltending from Kari Lehtonen, who makes his third straight start.ģ. The Stars have looked mighty impressive in their first two stops on their New York/New Jersey swing, with a 2-1 shootout win over the Rangers that left the Rangers’ coaching staff seething because of their team’s poor play, and Wednesday’s 5-2 win over the Islanders. Just sort of makes it a different playing field (ice rink) from their NHL predecessors.Ģ. Quenneville and Hitchcock, of course, are the beneficiary of overtime wins, which does not cheapen the achievement at all. But while he won four Stanley Cups, Arbour won 782 out of 1,607 career games. Before you go scurrying to look it up, Scotty Bowman (1,244) and Joel Quenneville (867).įrankly, I was shocked the Islanders (and Blues) Al Arbour wasn’t among that list. Stars coach Ken Hitchcock is bidding to become just the third coach in NHL history to reach 800 victories. You’ve got to get yourself ready and be prepared to compete and we’ll see how we do tonight.”ĭevils trio of injured forwards all skate on Fridayĭevils' two Texans both improving as team hosts Starsġ. That’s what we talk about, having self-starters, guys understanding the league. What’s our response going to be as a group. We’re not fully rested and we have some circumstances you could call adverse. Now we’re up against the same test when it’s a little bit harder and not as convenient. game and then the Montreal game we played well. “I’m really excited we have the opportunity to play back to back because the last two times we played back to back, we didn’t ante up,” Hynes said. But Hall skated on Friday morning for the first time since getting hurt in a knee to knee collision in the third period of Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the visiting Kings. The same lineup means a second straight game out of the lineup for leading scorer Taylor Hall (right knee contusion). We’ll keep the goalie competition with Keith (Kinkaid) but Keith has got to play better, too.” We’d like to see him get going a little bit more. “We just thought he played well last night so we’ll go back to him tonight and the same lineup,” Hynes said. It marks the first time Schneider has started back to back games this season.ĭevils coach John Hynes indicted before Thursday night’s game he was leaning toward starting Schneider again against the Stars, provided he had a good game against the Canadiens. Television: MSG Plus Radio: WFAN-101.9FM/660AM, digital One Jersey Network) after making 34 saves in Thursday night’s 2-1 overtime loss at Montreal. 1 goalie will be in net against the Stars tonight at Prudential Center (Faceoff: 7 p.m. Cory Schneider will start back to back games for the first time this season.
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