Recap of NHL from 11 December

NHL Coast to Coast, the dwell whip-around present obtainable to viewers on Prime Video Canada beginning at 7 p.m. ET, returns as 28 groups hit the ice throughout Thursday’s slate which incorporates a number of streaks, homecomings and Stanley Cup Last rematches. Solely the Hurricanes, Rangers, Sabres and Senators are idle.

* Claude Giroux is ready to affix NHL Coast to Coast throughout his night time off after serving to the Senators defeat the Geese, which was highlighted by teammate Drake Batherson notching a pure hat trick. Adam Fox additionally tallied three factors because the Rangers clipped the Sabres on Wednesday.

* With each hat trick this season, AstraZeneca will donate $3,000 to the Hockey Fights Most cancers Fund of the V Basis as much as $300,000.

NHL COAST TO COAST RETURNS DURING 14-GAME SLATE STACKED WITh storylines

NHL Coast to Coast, the weekly studio present that includes dwell look-ins, highlights and professional evaluation of each contest, returns throughout an action-packed 14-game night time with no scarcity of storylines. Followers can tune in on Prime Video Canada beginning at 7 p.m. ET.

Fourteen notes for the 14 video games may be discovered beneath:

1. Auston Matthews mustered a highlight-reel overtime goal Tuesday and returns to Scotiabank Enviornment when the Maple Leafs host Jacob Trouba and the Geese. Matthews (4-4—8 in 6 GP) has 4 tallies in six video games since returning to Toronto’s lineup and will cross Darryl Sittler (389) for second place on the franchise’s all-time goals list earlier than heading to the 4 Nations Face-Off. The Maple Leafs’ remaining contest forward of the match is on Feb. 8, 2025, sooner or later after the 49-year anniversary of Sittler’s NHL-record 10-point game.

2. Sidney Crosby is ready to go to Bell Centre for the final time earlier than returning to the venue for the 4 Nations Face-Off, whereas tournament-bound Patrik Laine (3-1—4 in 4 GP) and the Canadiens conclude their season-high five-game homestand (which coincide with Laine’s first 5 contests for the franchise). Lane Hutson (0-8—8 in 7 GP) can turn out to be the fifth rookie defenseman in NHL historical past with an eight-game level streak, following Shayne Gostisbehere (15 GP from Jan. 19 to Feb. 20, 2016), Barry Beck (10 GP from Jan. 11-31, 1978 & Nov. 26 to Dec. 21, 1977), Kevin Shattenkirk (9 GP from Nov. 17 to Dec. 4, 2010) and Moritz Seider (8 GP from Feb. 9 to March 4, 2022).

3. Anze Kopitar closes in on the when the streaking Kings joust Jack Hughes and the Devils at Prudential Heart. Los Angeles has gained every of its previous six contests – the longest lively profitable streak within the NHL. Solely three groups have posted longer runs this season: Winnipeg (8 GP from Oct. 9-26 & 7 GP from Oct. 30 to Nov. 12), Carolina (8 GP from Oct. 22 to Nov. 7) and Florida (7 GP from Oct. 24 to Nov. 9).

4. Matvei Michkov (3-7—10 in 5 GP) can lengthen his career-high level streak to 6 video games because the Flyers face Patrick Kane and the Pink Wings in one other Stanley Cup Last rematch Thursday. Kane, who lately returned to the lineup and helped Detroit snap its five-game slide, scored the Cup-clinching time beyond regulation objective throughout a distinct championship sequence at Wachovia Heart (now Wells Fargo Heart) in Game 6 of the 2010 Final.

5. Dylan Strome will help the Capitals can lengthen their franchise-record road winning streak to 10 video games after they go to Kent Johnson and the Blue Jackets at Nationwide Enviornment. Washington could be the 12th team in NHL history with a double-digit run and fifth during the last three seasons, following Florida (11 GP from Dec. 27, 2023 to Feb. 17, 2024), Los Angeles (11 GP from Oct. 17 to Dec. 7, 2023), Colorado (11 GP from March 13 to April 14, 2023) and New Jersey (11 GP from Oct. 20 to Dec. 3, 2022).

6. Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks can construct on their first win underneath new head coach Anders Sorensen as they go to Brock Nelson and the Islanders at UBS Enviornment. Chicago contests 9 extra video games (together with one other one versus New York on Dec. 15) earlier than squaring off with St. Louis within the Uncover NHL Winter Basic at Wrigley Area on New Yr’s Eve (5 p.m. ET on TNT, Max, truTV, SN, TVAS). Episode 2 of “Highway to the Uncover NHL Winter Basic introduced by Enterprise” premiered on TNT yesterday and followers in Canada will have the ability to watch it tonight on Sportsnet ONE at 8:30 p.m. ET.

7. Dylan Holloway (6-5—11 in 7 GP), who potted the overtime winner Tuesday and has discovered the rating sheet in all seven video games since St. Louis employed head coach Jim Montgomery, can lengthen his career-high level streak when the Blues host Macklin Celebrini and the Sharks at Enterprise Heart. Celebrini (8-8—16 in 19 GP) has the second highest points-per-game rate amongst rookies this season (min. 5 GP) behind Michkov (1.00 P/GP).

8. Jake Oettinger can enhance to 11-0-0 in 11 appearances at American Airways Heart this season because the Stars host Juuse Saros and the Predators. Oettinger, who suffered a loss in one of many 2024 NHL International Sequence Finland contests the place Dallas was the house workforce, is 3-3-0 in six video games performed this season towards different goaltenders that have been named to 4 Nations Face-Off rosters.

9. Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele helped the Jets erupt for eight targets Tuesday and look to log their League-leading twenty second win of the season after they host Jack Eichel and the Golden Knights at Canada Life Centre. Connor, Eichel, Connor Hellebuyck and Noah Hanifin are set to play collectively on the 4 Nations Face-Off. The League’s Media web site is house to a By the Numbers breakdown of the complete match rosters in addition to notes for all gamers set to signify Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States.

10. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, the NHL’s main objective scorer, go head-to-head with the one of many League’s main level scorers, Kirill Kaprizov, when the Oilers go to the Wild at Xcel Power Heart on Thursday. McDavid has factored on 199 of Draisaitl’s profession targets – the seventh-most assists on one teammate’s tallies in NHL historical past – together with 15 of his 20 this season.

11. Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen observe up their five-point video games from Tuesday when Colorado clashes with Clayton Keller and Utah Hockey Membership at Ball Enviornment. MacKinnon (10-36—46 in 30 GP) can turn out to be the sixth participant in Avalanche/Nordiques historical past to succeed in the 50-point mark in 31 video games or fewer, becoming a member of Peter Stastny (4x; quickest: 27 GP in 1987-88), Marian Stastny (27 GP in 1982-83), Peter Forsberg (29 GP in 1995-96), Michel Goulet (30 GP in 1987-88) and Rantanen (31 GP in 2018-19).

12. Brayden Level (2-7—9 in 3 GP) returns to his hometown with 9 factors over his final three video games because the Lightning face Jonathan Huberdeau and the Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome. Level was born in Calgary and performed minor hockey within the metropolis in addition to a handful of junior A video games in close by Canmore, web site of the twenty fifth annualScotiabank Hockey Day In Canadaon Jan. 18, 2025.

13. Aleksander Barkov, who pulled off his fake between-the-legs move (which obtained high praise from Wayne Gretzky within the 2023 playoffs) throughout the shootout Tuesday, will help Florida (6-0-1 relationship to Nov. 27) lengthen its level streak to eight video games when the Panthers play Quinn Hughes and the Canucks at Rogers Enviornment. Sam Reinhart (5-2—7 in 8 GP) was born in West Vancouver after his father, Paul, skated two seasons with the Canucks and has 5 targets in eight profession street contests towards his hometown workforce.

14. David Pastrnak (3-7—10 in 6 GP) has a degree in every of his previous six street video games and can look to increase his run when the Bruins go to Shane Wright and the Kraken at Local weather Pledge Enviornment on Thursday. Ought to he achieve this, it might mark the longest street level streak by a Bruins participant since his personal 10-game stretch from March 12 to April 13, 2023.

Batherson NETS NATURAL HAT TRICK, FOX HAS THREE POINTS IN WINS wednesday

Drake Batherson (3-1—4) buried three consecutive targets and Adam Fox (1-2—3) discovered the again of the web for the primary time this season because the Senators and Rangers recorded victories.

* Fox (1-24—25 in 28 GP) registered his twenty third and twenty fourth assists of the season to overhaul Ott Heller in 1938-39 (0-23—23 in 48 GP) for probably the most by a Rangers participant earlier than scoring his first objective, which is strictly what Fox did subsequent when he put New York up 3-1. Fox recorded his 18th profession game-winning objective and tied Ron Greschner for the second most among defensemen in franchise history – of word, Greschner was typically deployed as a ahead throughout his 16-season tenure with the Rangers.

* Batherson reached the 100-goal milestone together with his first marker and tallied the sport’s subsequent two to file his first profession pure hat trick (and second three-goal recreation following Oct. 25, 2021). Batherson grew to become the primary Senators participant to notch a pure hat trick since workforce captain Brady Tkachuk did so precisely three years in the past on Dec. 11, 2021.

* Batherson scored the seventh pure hat trick this season, which path solely 1991-92 (11), 1986-87 (10), 1985-86 (10) and 1971-72 (8) for probably the most at this stage in NHL historical past (by means of 457 GP). Click here to learn Wednesday’s version of #NHLStats: Stay Updates, which featured extra notes from the two-game slate.