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Lundqvist...well pulls a Lundqvist at MSG

Familiar Sight for Flyers and Rangers fans? Yep. Another Flyers/Rangers battle ended the same way many of them have with Lundqvist stealing the show. Although preseason, Lundqvist looked sharp making 37 saves on 39 shots in the OT win for NYR. Filip Chytil again impressed for the Rangers, with many feeling he’ll make the opening night roster. For Philadelphia, they’ll be happy with the play of Travis Sanheim-the only player to crack Hank’s code tonight-who added 2 goals to his fantastic defensive play. The teams will rematch tomorrow night, although Lias Andersson will sit out after missing overtime tonight. He blocked a shot in the thigh late in the 3rd and was seen limping in the locker room.

3 Stars

3. Travis Sanheim (2 Goals)

2. Ryan McDonagh (GWG Goal, Assist)

1. Henrik Lundqvist (37 Saves, .949 Sv%)

Biggest Winner: Travis Sanheim & Filip Chytil. Both are in similar positions looking to crack opening rosters yet started on the fringe. After tonight I don’t see how either player could be left off an opening night roster.

Biggest Loser: Lias Andersson. Although the injury is no more than educated speculation; missing overtime tonight as well as Tuesday’s game for a player who doesn’t have a spot locked up is not good. Lias has looked adapted to the NHL game defensively so far, yet offensively he’s struggled and an injury at this point could buy him a plane ticket back to Sweden. He’ll have to hope he’s done enough to earn a spot or 9 game tryout.

Greiss shutout leaves net as empty as Barclays Center Seats

Where can we start with this one? Well for starters the Devils, and Islanders looked atrocious except for the Mathew Barzal Goal that left most fans and players, coaches alike speechless with his speed. However apart from that one goal the islanders looked like they shouldn’t be allowed in the NHL. Defending was horrible, except for the 5.5 million dollar man Johnny Boychuk slotting 1 home. The offense was just as bad...but they did play particularly average. It’s preseason and you have to test out new combos, and sometimes it doesn’t work in my opinion, that is what happened here. They still came away with a 3-0 win. For the Devils it was even worse. The team wasn’t ready to play together, and it was a very slow paced hockey team as you could see by the defending. On the other side of the spectrum however, the New Jersey Devils put up 8 goals In spectacular form against the Senators where they won 8-1 in their other split squad game.

3 stars (In Brooklyn)

 3. Mathew Barzal (1 Goal)

2. Johnny Boychuk (1 Goal, 1 Assist)

1. Thomas Greiss (25 Save Shutout) 

Devils Win in “Hockeyville”

Blacked out in New Jersey, but still on national television, The Devils and Senators faced off in the Kraft Hockeyville Game, from Prince Edward Island! For The Devils, the goals came, and quickly including 2 from Pavel Zacha, one from Marcus Johansson and the 3rd goal in 3 games for rookie Nico Hischier. All in all, this was a beatdown and the score after one period of play was 5-0 New Jersey. One more game to go until it counts, the Devils will be happy with this performance

The Final Score, Devils 8, Senators 1

3 Stars

3. Drew Stafford (2 Goals, 1 Assist)

2. Pavel Zacha (2 Goals)

1. Marcus Johansson (1 Goal, 2 Assists)

Hurricane causes Oil Spill in Edmonton

The Hurricanes flew past the previously undefeated Oilers tonight in a dominating 6-2 performance. Jordan Staal netted 2 goals as did new addition Teuvo Teravainen. Teuvo scored both of his in the first period while Staal got both of his in the third. The Carolina Blackhawks also had a solid showing from Scott Darling, stopping 27 of 29 and Trevor van Riemsdyk getting his second assist of the preseason for the squad. On the other hand, Cam Talbot looked bad giving up 6 on 29 shots including one shorthanded but also 3 on the powerplay. The Canes might be something legit, their defensive core played well and Darling was solid in net, giving up only one even strength goal.

The Final Score: Canes 6, Oilers 2

3 Stars

3. Jordan Staal (2 Goals)

2. Janne Kuokkanen (1 Goal, 2 Assists)

1. Teuvo Teravainen (2 Goals)

Wings Fly Past Penguins

The Penguins had a poor showing without their stars as they dropped this one to the Red Wings 4-1. Scott Wilson was the lone goal scorer in a 19 shot team performance by the Pens. Penguins were 0 for 2 on the Power Play and had 8 PIM, where one lead to a Red Wings PPG scored by Michael Rasmussen. Bryan Rust had a rough game as did Adam Johnson, but there were some bright spots. The Penguins did have a good showing from former Capitals draft pick Thomas DiPauli, who made a diving play after being tripped but the Penguins couldn’t finish.

3 Stars

3) Scott Wilson (1 Goal)

2) Thomas Tatar (1 Goal)

1) Anthony Mantha (1 Goal)