Carolina @ Philadelphia PPD - The game scheduled for Tuesday night in
Philadelphia between the Flyers
and the Hurricanes was postponed
because of the massive snow storm pelting the East Coast. A snow
emergency was declared earlier on Tuesday in Philadelphia. 
This is
bad news for the Hurricanes, who already have had one game postponed
this season. A game they had slated to play in Buffalo was pushed
back because of the polar vortex that hit the East Coast and that was
rescheduled for the day before the Olympic break officially ends.
Trying to find another date on the Hurricanes' schedule was tough but
they managed to get it done while moving things around a little bit.
Earlier on Tuesday the
Washington Capitals announced that their home game against the Ottawa
Senators would not be postponed. There has been no word yet on the
games in New Jersey or New York. Maybe they should be like the Caps
and make their mascots shovel the streets around the arenas. The
entire region is seeing half a foot of snow or more, making travel
conditions hazardous. The Hurricanes certainly didn't want to see the
game postponed but with Philadelphia under an emergency, the Flyers
nor NHL had much choice.
NHL Official Statement:
Tuesday's game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes at Wells Fargo Center, NHL Game No. 749, was postponed due to the snowstorm emergency declared in the city of Philadelphia.The NHL has rescheduled the postponed game at Wells Fargo Center for Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET. The League also announced that the Hurricanes' scheduled home game against the Ottawa Senators on Friday night has been moved to Saturday, Jan. 25, at noon ET. The game scheduled for Friday had to be moved due to an NHL rule preventing teams from playing games on three consecutive days. The Hurricanes are scheduled to face the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.
Florida @ Buffalo 4-3 - Nick Bjugstad's goal at 16:12 of the second period proved to be the game-winner and the Florida Panthers earned a 4-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center on Tuesday night. Bjugstad came up the left wing before sending a wrist shot over Sabres goalie Ryan Miller's shoulder from inside the faceoff circle for his 11th goal of the season. The win was the Panthers' second in as many days, both on the road; they beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Monday. The Panthers ran into penalty trouble late in the third period. With 6:42 left to play, Brad Boyes was called for a high-sticking double minor. Florida already had Jovanovski in the box for hooking and Buffalo had Linus Omark off for interference. The Panthers' penalty kill came up big, killing off 1:29 of 4-on-3 power-play time with Jovanovski in the box as well as the remainder of Boyes' penalty. The Panthers' win gave them four out of a possible six points on the three-game road trip. They return home to face the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. The Sabres jumped out to an early lead on the power play when Drew Stafford scored 2:23 into the first period. Stafford put a wrist shot in the slot past Panthers goalie Tim Thomas after a quick pass from Steve Ott. Thomas made 32 saves including a breakaway stop against Cody Hodgson 2:07 into the third period. Florida tied it when Winchester tipped a shot by Jovanovski past Miller at 4:06 for his sixth goal of the season. Stafford struck again at 6:16 when he fired a wrist shot past Thomas to make it 2-1. The Sabres got the play going when Mike Weber put a big hit on Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau along the boards to free the puck to Tyler Ennis, who fed to Stafford for the goal. Stafford's goals were his sixth and seventh of the season. The Panthers stormed back in the closing minutes of the first period when Sean Bergenheim and Jovanovski scored to give them a 3-2 lead. Jovanovski finished with two points. Bergenheim tipped a blue line shot from Tom Gilbert at 18:04 for his 11th goal of the season. Jovanovski ripped a slap shot past Miller for his first of the season 56 seconds later. Bjugstad's goal made it 4-2 late in the second period. Ott cut the Panthers lead to 4-3 at 8:46 of the third period with a power-play goal. With Winchester in the box for slashing, Ott scored his sixth goal of the season and 100th in his career by putting a loose puck past Thomas from the slot. Panthers rookie forward Aleksander Barkov left the game with a lower-body injury after the first period and did not return. He played 5:31 and had an assist on Bergenheim's goal.
St Louis @ New Jersey 1-7 - The blizzard that dumped more than a foot of snow Tuesday wasn't enough to keep the New Jersey Devils from heating up the ice at Prudential Center in a 7-1 victory against the St. Louis Blues. The seven-goal outburst was the highest total of the season for the Devils, who took 23 shots. The previous high of five was reached four times. New Jersey previously scored seven goals April 10, 2011, in a 7-1 win against the New York Islanders. Brunner, who returned to the lineup after missing the previous 14 games with a sprained right knee, finished with a season-high three points. The Devils finished 3-for-4 on the power play against the Blues, who entered fifth in the League on the penalty kill. New Jersey also forced St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock to replace starting goalie Brian Elliott with Jaroslav Halak 12:17 into the first period after scoring three goals on nine shots. The game came one day prior to the 27th anniversary of a 7-5 win by the Devils against the Calgary Flames, also played during a significant snowstorm. A total of 334 fans, known as the 334 Club, made it to the Meadowlands for what is believed to be the lowest-attended game in modern NHL history. The Blues are in the midst of a four-game Eastern Conference road trip and will meet the Rangers on Thursday at Madison Square Garden and the New York Islanders on Saturday afternoon at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Forward Alexander Steen scored for St. Louis in the first period. Gelinas' third-period goal had to be seen to be believed. The rookie defenseman skated to the red line and blasted the puck into the Blues end along the left-wing half boards; it deflected off the lower body of Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and past Halak at 12:04. Clowe scored his third of the season in the second period to give New Jersey a 4-1 lead at 1:03. With the Devils on the power play, Brunner fed Clowe low in the right circle and he ripped a shot past Halak to the long side. Henrique extended the lead at 15:42 when he took a feed from Gelinas in the left-wing circle and fired a shot that beat Halak over his shoulder. New Jersey opened a 3-1 lead in the first on goals by Fayne, Carter and Jagr. Fayne and Carter scored in the opening 2:51 of the game; the Blues hadn't allowed more than two goals in six straight road games, during which Elliott had gone 3-1-0 with a 1.72 goals-against average and .926 save percentage. Blues captain David Backes, who had one assist, delivered four hits and won 53 percent of his faceoffs, was noticeably disappointed with the effort. Fayne simply directed a high shot on Elliott from the top of the right circle that eluded the goalie into the short-side corner. Brunner and Patrik Elias were credited with assists. Carter extended the at 2:51 of the first period when he controlled a rebound and lofted a backhand shot past a diving Elliott at the right post. Steen scored his 25th of the season to pull St. Louis within 2-1 at 8:47. His first shot was blocked by defenseman Andy Greene in front, but the puck bounced back to him and he fired it past Schneider's blocker. Jagr scored his 16th of the season and the 697th of his NHL career when he skated into the crease and stopped just short before the puck deflected off his left skate and past Elliott for a 3-1 lead at 10:27. The goal tied Jagr with Michael Ryder for the Devils lead; Jagr has three goals in the past four games. Henrique, who has seven goals and 11 points over the past 12 games, did not play in the third period. He logged 10:50 of ice time on 16 shifts and won four of 14 faceoffs before exiting. It was not revealed why he did not return. The Devils will offer fans unable to make it to Prudential Center an opportunity to exchange each paid ticket for another selected game in February.
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NY Islanders @ NY Rangers 5-3 - With his team trailing 2-0 in the first period, New York Islanders coach Jack Capuano admitted he considered breaking up his top line of John Tavares, Kyle Okposo and Thomas Vanek. By the time the game ended, he was glad he didn't. Vanek scored the go-ahead goal with 4:38 remaining and Tavares had three assists as the Islanders rallied to beat the New York Rangers 5-3 Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Rick Nash scored twice in the first 11:07 of the first period and Chris Kreider also scored for the Rangers (27-22-3). Cam Talbot, who earned an emergency start when Henrik Lundqvist fell ill, stopped 32 shots. Frans Nielsen, Colin McDonald, Thomas Hickey and Matt Martin also scored for the Islanders (21-24-7), who rallied from a two-goal deficit to win for the League-leading eighth time this season and the second time in as many days. Kevin Poulin stopped 30 shots. The Islanders trailed 3-1 in the second period before a comeback that was keyed by their top line, which has combined for 18 points in the past five games. But the first line was also on the ice for both of Nash's goals. The Islanders were 0-for-4 on the power play when the Rangers took a bench minor for too many men and Capuano's top line went to work. Tavares deflected a pass from Nielsen to Vanek, who was alone in front and tapped home his 18th of the season to give the Islanders a 4-3 lead. Vanek's goal completed a comeback that began in the middle period with a perfect passing sequence that led to Hickey's goal. Vanek carried the puck across the Rangers' blue line and found Okposo on the right wing. From a severe angle, Okposo made a perfect pass across the slot to a cutting Hickey on the doorstep at 13:22 to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2. Just over three minutes later, Talbot made one of his better stops of the night as he knocked away Tavares' shot from in close with his glove. But McDonald found the rebound and spun around before firing a shot from the slot that beat Talbot high to the glove side at 16:36 to tie the game 3-3. Nash almost got his third of the night 86 seconds later after Derek Stepan lobbed a long pass through the air right to Kreider at the Islanders' blue line. On the ensuing odd-man rush, Kreider fed a perfect cross-ice pass to Nash, whose one-timer was stopped by Poulin's skate. Nash was stopped on the highlight-reel sliding save, but for the second consecutive game he got the Rangers off to a fast start with two first-period goals, the first of which came 62 seconds after the opening faceoff. After fighting off Matt Donovan behind the Islanders' net, Kreider found Nash streaking into the slot untouched. The Canadian Olympian snapped a wrist shot that beat Poulin low to the blocker side to give the home team a 1-0 lead. He'd get another 10:05 later. Dan Girardi found Nash breaking through the neutral zone, sending him in alone on Poulin. Nash deked backhand-to-forehand twice before putting the puck past Poulin's outstretched right pad for his team-leading 16th with 8:53 remaining in the period. After scoring seven goals in his first 26 games this season, Nash's second of the night gave him nine in nine games. The two-goal lead excited the MSG crowd, but the Islanders at no point felt it was reflective of how the game was going. Tavares earned his first assist when he eluded Girardi behind the Rangers net before threading a perfect pass to Martin in front. Martin beat Talbot in close at 17:22 for his third of the season and first since Nov. 1 to cut the margin to 2-1. Kreider restored the Rangers' two-goal lead midway through the second when he picked up a loose puck after Derek Stepan's power-play wrister hit the post and scored his 13th. Nielsen sealed it with an empty-netter in the final seven seconds to wrap up a victory for the Islanders in the first of three games between these teams in a 10-day stretch. They will face each other on Jan. 29 at Yankee Stadium as part of the Coors Light NHL Stadium Series, and again two nights later at Madison Square Garden.
Ottawa @ Washington 2-0 - The Senators took advantage of a Washington Capitals team missing Alex Ovechkin due to a lower-body injury and mired in its longest winless streak of the season. The absence of Ovechkin, who leads the NHL with 35 goals, was noticeable as Washington's offense, which has scored seven goals in its past six games, continued to sputter. The game opened with a scoreless first period in which the Capitals outshot the Senators 10-6 and generated the better scoring opportunities. Washington's best chance came in the final minute when John Carlson outraced Patrick Wiercioch off a pass from Troy Brouwer and forced Anderson to make a save from in tight. Each team failed to score on power plays in the opening period; the Senators were outshot 2-0 during their early opportunity, and the Capitals struggled to set up theirs. Ottawa then killed off the remainder of Eric Gryba's late interference penalty at the start of the second period, when the game took on a considerably quicker pace as both teams traded chances. The Senators broke the scoreless stalemate at 12:59. Turris received a breakout pass from Clarke MacArthur in the defensive zone and blew past Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner, who was pinching along the left-wing boards. Turris took care of it from there; he rushed up the ice and into the offensive zone, used defenseman Connor Carrick as a screen and snapped the puck through Braden Holtby's legs for his 15th goal of the season. Washington entered the third period with 23 seconds remaining on a power play, which essentially became a four-minute man advantage when Senators defenseman Jared Cowen slashed Marcus Johansson 20 seconds into the period. The Capitals, however, failed to take advantage, finishing the game 0-for-4 on the power play; they are now 1-for-21 in their past seven games. Bobby Ryan had a prime chance to extend the Senators' lead to 2-0 early in the third period when he fooled Holtby on a backhand-forehand deke in tight, but he lost control of the puck. Spezza, however, did not miss his shot at 8:56. With plenty of space to operate, the Senators captain ripped his 13th goal of the season past Holtby on the power play from the top of the left circle.
Los Angeles @ Columbus 3-5 - The new year has been kind to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Columbus has won eight of nine games this month and set a team record with its seventh victory in a row by beating the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 on Tuesday. Columbus took advantage of Los Angeles playing for the fourth time in six days on the road, including a 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Monday. Dwight King, former Blue Jackets right wing Jeff Carter and Robin Regehr scored for the Kings. Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves for his eighth straight win and sixth in a row since missing a month with a groin strain. The Blue Jackets scored twice in the final 1:45 of the second period to break a 2-2 tie. Umberger had his second of the game, and Horton scored with 16 seconds left thanks to a pinpoint pass from Anisimov. The goals came after Carter, who was booed every time he touched the puck, completed a 3-on-1 at 8:39 of the second to tie the score. He started the break by collecting the puck at center ice and skated down the right side. After a give-and-go with Mike Richards, Carter slipped a backhand through the pads of Bobrovsky for his s 20th goal. He has scored in four straight games. The Blue Jackets took command at the expense of backup goalie Martin Jones, who got his first start since Jan. 2 after Jonathan Quick had played the past eight games. Jones stopped 29 shots but had two goals go off his glove, including the one by Umberger that gave Columbus the lead for good in the second period. Umberger stole the puck from Los Angeles defenseman Drew Doughty along the left wall and fired from a bad angle. Jones misplayed the shot, and Umberger had his 13th goal. The goals were Umberger's first in eight games since scoring at the Phoenix Coyotes on Jan. 2. Horton scored for the third time nine games since coming off the injured reserve list after offseason shoulder surgery. Anisimov did the bulk of the work by corralling a bouncing puck in the neutral before skating down the left side and spotting Horton in front for a wrist shot that went top shelf. Anisimov stuffed in his shot while being tripped at 15:19 of the third period to make it 5-2, but Regehr got it back at 16:50. The Blue Jackets got a power-play goal from Umberger and a late score by Johansen to rally to a 2-1 first-period lead. They countered the opening goal by King, who put in a rebound of a Trevor Lewis shot at 2:42.
Toronto @ Colorado 5-2 - It has been eight years since the Toronto Maple Leafs put together a run like this, a six-game winning streak that has moved them into the thick of the Stanley Cup Playoff picture. The James van Riemsdyk-Tyler Bozak-Phil Kessel line combined for three goals and three assists Tuesday, goalie James Reimer made 35 saves and the Maple Leafs defeated the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 at Pepsi Center to match their longest winning streak since Dec. 23-Jan. 2 in the 2005-06 season. Toronto ended Colorado's winning streak at four games and handed goalie Semyon Varlamov his first regulation defeat since Dec. 10, a 3-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes. Varlamov, who went 11-0-5 in his previous 16 decisions, was replaced by Jean-Sebastien Giguere at 2:55 of the second period after allowing three goals on 10 shots. Rookie Nathan MacKinnon scored late in the second period and early in the third to pull the Avalanche within 4-2, but Giguere went to the bench for an extra skater with 2:56 to play and Jay McClement scored into the vacated net with 2:13 remaining. The Maple Leafs took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Kessel and van Riemsdyk. Kessel stretched his goal-scoring streak to four games and his point-scoring streak to seven when he scored at 3:56, shortly after the Maple Leafs held the Avalanche to one shot on a power play. Dion Phaneuf fired a long pass for Kessel that caromed off the boards behind Varlamov. Kessel was under a head of steam when the puck bounced to him and he beat Varlamov with a quick shot to the stick side. Van Riemsdyk scored a power-play goal at 17:41, 13 seconds after Matt Duchene was penalized for hooking Nikolai Kulemin. Cody Franson intercepted Avalanche defenseman Nick Holden's attempted clear up the slot, took a shot, and van Riemsdyk tipped it in for his 20th goal. Nazem Kadri increased the lead to 3-0 at 2:55 of the second period. Jake Gardiner took a shot from just inside the blue line and Kadri tipped it into the net. Giguere relieved Varlamov at that point and allowed Kessel's second goal of the game and 26th of the season at 5:17. Van Riemsdyk weaved through the Avalanche defense for a shot that Giguere poked away, but Kessel gained possession and scored from the slot for a 4-0 advantage. The Avalanche broke through at 18:35 of the second on MacKinnon's first goal. PA Parenteau, who missed the previous 10 games because of a sprained left knee, passed to MacKinnon cutting to the net for a shot by Reimer's glove. MacKinnon scored again at 5:07 of the third period. After taking a pass from Maxime Talbot, MacKinnon fired the puck over Reimer's glove for his third two-goal game of the season and 17th goal overall. The Avalanche outshot the Maple Leafs 17-6 in the third period before McClement's empty-net goal, but Reimer made a number of big saves.
Vancouver @ Edmonton 2-1 - Kellan Lain's first two NHL games have been eventful. The rookie left wing scored his first goal to help the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place on Tuesday night. Lain logged two seconds of ice time in his debut Saturday night before he was ejected for participating in an opening faceoff line brawl against the Calgary Flames. Lain scored the Canucks' opening goal against the Oilers, and Zack Kassian connected for the other in the Vancouver win. Jordan Eberle scored the lone goal for the Oilers. Roberto Luongo made 28 saves to earn the win in his second start since returning from an ankle injury. He made 11 of those saves in the third period, when the Oilers came close to tying the game on several quality chances. Lain opened the scoring 5:14 into the opening period, getting to a rebound in front of the net and enough of the puck to push it past goaltender Ben Scrivens. Scrivens, making his home debut with the Oilers, finished with 25 saves. Edmonton acquired the 27-year-old from the Los Angeles Kings last week in exchange for a third-round draft pick. The Canucks went into the game having won two of their previous 10. They had snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday against the Flames before facing the Oilers. They were without captain Henrik Sedin, who was out with a rib injury. It was the first time in nearly 10 years Sedin has not been in the Canucks lineup, snapping a streak of 679 consecutive games played. The Canucks were also without coach John Tortorella, serving the first of a 15-day suspension. Kassian increased the Canucks' lead at 7:59 of the second period, firing a wrist shot past Scrivens from the top of the faceoff circles. Ryan Kesler set up Kassian for his 10th goal of the season by digging the puck out of scrum behind the net and sending it out in front. Luongo was the main reason the Oilers were unable to cut into the lead in the middle period. He made a handful of big saves with Edmonton on the power play, stopping Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on one power play and robbing Eberle on another. The Canucks goalie was able to slide across and get a piece of Eberle's shot on a cross-ice setup from Nugent-Hopkins. The Oilers did get on the board at 15:00 of the third period when Eberle finished off a scramble in front. The play started with Luongo making a sliding save on Sam Gagner in front. With Luongo out of position, Taylor Hall collected the puck and set up Eberle, who was able to get his shot through a sea of bodies and past a diving Luongo for his 17th goal. The Oilers made a strong push for the tying goal, but were unable to beat Luongo for a second time.
Winnipeg @ Anaheim 3-2 - It took an off-night by goalie Jonas Hiller and a great game by counterpart Ondrej Pavelec for the Ducks to see their 22-game home unbeaten streak in regulation end with a 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night. Evander Kane scored a shorthanded goal in the second period and Pavelec made 40 saves to help Winnipeg beat the NHL's No. 1 team. The Jets improved to 4-0-0 since coach Paul Maurice replaced the fired Claude Noel. The Ducks were the last team in the NHL without a regulation home loss (20-1-2) and were attempting to tie the 1978-79 New York Islanders for the second-longest home point streak to start a season (23). The 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers own the record at 26. It was a something of a "trap" game for Anaheim, which hosts the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday in a run-up to the Coors Light NHL Stadium Series outdoor game at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. Hiller was replaced by Frederik Andersen after he allowed three goals on 11 shots. It was the first time Hiller was pulled from a game since Oct. 20. He was coming off a loss to the Chicago Blackhawks that ended his 14-game winning streak, the second longest in NHL history. It was a telling sign when Hiller allowed a bad goal on Winnipeg's first shot, a Blake Wheeler wrist shot that beat him far side at 5:19 of the first period, 80 seconds after Cam Fowler's power-play goal had put the Ducks ahead. Andrew Ladd banged in a rebound off Jacob Trouba's slap shot at 18:36 to give Winnipeg two goals on seven shots in the first period, not including Michael Frolik's shot off the crossbar. Kane returned to the lineup after a four-game absence because of a deep cut on his hand, and ended Hiller's night with a high wrist shot from the left circle at 15:43 of the second for a shorthanded goal and a 3-1 lead. Andersen kept it 3-1 with a breakaway stop on Wheeler at the end of the second. The Ducks threw everything they had at Winnipeg. They pulled to 3-2 on Nick Bonino's goal at 10:18 of the third period after a Winnipeg turnover at its own blue line. They outshot the Jets 42-21 and nearly tied it on Kyle Palmieri's chance in the crease with about 40 seconds left. Anaheim lost in regulation loss to a sub-.500 team for the first time since Nov. 12. Captain Ryan Getzlaf called it a "weird game for our group" and alluded to the outdoor game. Maurice didn't like the start to the game, when Anaheim had a big advantage in shots, but his team held up during a third-period onslaught and the intangibles were evident.
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