NHL Morning Skate – Nov. 16, 2017

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
 
Home Team in Caps

DETROIT 8, Calgary 2
CHICAGO 6, NY Rangers 3
ANAHEIM 4, Boston 2

RED WINGS ERUPT FOR EIGHT GOALS TO DEFEAT FLAMES

The Red Wings erupted for eight goals – including four in the first period – to defeat the Flames and improve to 5-2-1 in their last eight contests. Detroit scored eight goals in a game for the first time since Feb. 24, 2013 vs. VAN (8-3 W).

* The Red Wings played their seventh game at Little Caesars Arena. Elias notes that Detroit first recorded at least eight goals in a game at Joe Louis Arena in their 26th contest there, a 9-7 win over Quebec on March 29, 1980.

* Anthony Mantha (2-1—3), Andreas Athanasiou (2-1—3), Dylan Larkin (1-2—3) and Mike Green (0-3—3) each collected three points. Green ranks tied for first among all defensemen with 16 assists this season (w/ Erik Karlsson).

ANISIMOV (HAT TRICK) HELPS BLACKHAWKS SNAP RANGERS’ WIN STREAK

The Blackhawks scored five goals in the third period – including a hat trick by Artem Anisimov (3-0—3) – to snap the Rangers’ win streak at six games.

* Anisimov scored the first hat trick of his NHL career (572 GP). Elias notes that Anisimov became the first Blackhawks player to score three goals in a single period since Ryan Hartman did so earlier this year on Jan. 8 vs. NSH (also third period). He also became the seventh member of the Blackhawks in the NHL’s expansion era (since 1967-68) to score a hat trick against the Rangers.

* The Blackhawks and Rangers combined for seven goals in the third period, marking the third straight day and fourth time this season that one period featured at least seven combined goals (also TOR vs. NYR on Oct. 7, CGY vs. STL on Nov. 13 and NSH vs. WSH on Nov. 14).

HAT TRICKS, HIGH-SCORING GAMES APLENTY IN 2017-18

There have been 20 hat tricks and eight instances of a team scoring at least eight goals in a game in 2017-18 (277 GP).

* The last season to feature at least 20 hat tricks through the first 277 contests was in 2010-11 (24).

* The last season to feature at least eight instances of a team scoring eight or more goals in a game through the first 277 contests was in 2005-06 (9x).

VERMETTE REACHES 1,000-GAME MILESTONE

Antoine Vermette collected an assist while skating in the 1,000th game of his NHL career to help the Ducks earn their eighth consecutive win vs. BOS dating to Jan. 7, 2014 (BOS: 0-7-1). Vermette became the 17th active player to reach the 1,000-game milestone.

SNEAK PEEK AT THURSDAY’S ACTION

STREAKING TEAMS LOOK TO STAY HOT . . .

Multiple teams look to extend their respective winning streaks on Thursday:

* The Predators (10-5-2, 22 points) aim for their sixth consecutive win when they visit the Wild (8-7-2, 18 points) at Xcel Energy Center. Nashville looks to record a six-game win streak for the first time since Feb. 7-17, 2015 (also 6-0-0). Meanwhile, Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk enters the contest with shutouts in his last three appearances. Dubnyk, who has made 106 consecutive saves through a franchise-record shutout streak of 196:20, looks to become the first goaltender to post four consecutive shutouts since Brian Boucher recorded five straight from Dec. 31, 2003 – Jan. 9, 2004 (w/ PHX).

* The League-leading Lightning (14-2-2, 30 points) look to extend their win streak to five games when they take on the Stars (9-8-1, 19 points) at Amalie Arena. Tampa Bay can become the first team to hit the 15-win mark through the first 19 games of a season since Dallas in 2015-16 (15-4-0, 30 points).

* The Maple Leafs (12-7-0, 24 points) look to record a season-high fifth consecutive win when they host the Devils (11-4-2, 24 points) at Air Canada Centre.

. . . STREAKING PLAYERS LOOK TO DO THE SAME

Several players in action on Thursday look to extend point streaks:

* Stars forward Alexander Radulov (5-8—13) and Kings captain Anze Kopitar (3-8—11) each enter Thursday’s contests with career-high nine-game point streaks, the longest active point streaks in the NHL. Radulov aims to become the first Stars player to record at least one point in 10 consecutive games since Patrick Sharp in 2015-16 (6-9—15 in 12 GP), while Kopitar looks to become the first Kings player to accomplish the feat since Dustin Brown in 2011-12 (5-10—15 in 10 GP).

* Senators forward Mike Hoffman (3-8—11 in 8 GP), Senators captain Erik Karlsson (1-10—11 in 7 GP) and Jets forward Patrik Laine (5-2—7 in 6 GP) also enter Thursday’s contests with point streaks of at least six games.