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Woll’s Shutout Leads Leafs Past Devils in Toronto

  Photo: Andrew MacLean On Tuesday in Toronto, the Maple Leafs hosted the Devils, handing New Jersey their fourth straight loss when the Leafs and Joseph Woll shutout the Devils 4-0. Woll put on an incredible performance, making a total of 33 saves for Toronto. Bobby McMann, Nicolas Roy, Calle Jarnkrok, and Matthew Knies each found the back of the net for the Leafs, while Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves in a difficult losing effort. It was a good win for the Leafs after they lost to the Detroit Red Wings in overtime on Sunday. The Devils head to Columbus on Wednesday to take on the Blue Jackets in hopes of snapping this four-game skid. New Jersey Devils Lineup: Meier - Hischier - Mercer Palat - Hughes - Bratt Gristsyuk - Glass - Brown Cotter - Glendening - Noesen Siegenthaler - Hamilton Hughes - Pesce Dillon - White Markstrom Allen Toronto Maple Leafs Lineup: Knies - Tavares - Domi Maccelli - Laughton - McMann Robertson - Roy - Cowan Lorentz - Quillan - Jarnkrok Rielly - Myers McCabe...
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Avalanche Hands the Coyotes Their Ninth Loss Straight 4-3, Nathan MacKinnon Extends Home Streak to 26 2/18/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Colorado Avalanche handed the Arizona Coyotes their ninth straight loss on Sunday, February 18th at the Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon extended his season-opening home point streak to 26 games. MacKinnon passed Bobby Orr (1974-75, Boston Bruins) for the second-longest to start a season in NHL history... Wayne Gretzky owns the record with 40 games (1988-89, Los Angeles Kings). Nathan MacKinnon has a total of 55 points during his home streak (22 goals, 33 assists).


Coyotes lineup against the Avalanche:

Keller - Hayton - Kerfoot

Maccelli - Bjugstad - Crouse

Zucker - Ruzicka - Schmaltz

Cooley - McBain - Guenther


Moser - Dumba

Durzi - Kesselring

Valimaki - Brown


Vejmelka


Avalanche lineup against the Coyotes:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Wood - Colton - Lehkonen

Parise - Johansen - Kiviranta

Cogliano - Wagner - Olofsson


Toews - Makar

Girard - Manson

Johnson - Byram


Georgiev

Annunen


   Ross Colton struck first to get his 12th goal of the season and gave Colorado the lead. Colton got a pass from Miles Wood when he was cutting the net before he scored five-hole. Tying the game 1-1, Matt Dumba scored on a rebound of a shot from Alex Kerfoot. Lawson Crouse pushed it to 2-1 to put Arizona ahead on the power play. He kicked a centering pass from Matias Maccelli to his stick, beating Alexandar Georgiev blocker side afterwards... Crouse recorded his 100th career goal.


   Scoring his third goal of the season to tie it back up - Jack Johnson scored with a wrist shot after skating down the right wing, the shot went under the glove of Karel Vejmelka at 15:40 of the second period. Logan Cooley put the Coyotes back on top with a snipe, getting his eighth of the season from the high slot on a 4-on-2 rush... beating Alexander Georgiev glove side. Jamming a rebound of his own, Nathan MacKinnon (Nate The Great) tied the game back up just 21 seconds later.


   With just 6:43 remaining in the final frame, Devon Toews puts Colorado back in the lead with his 10th goal of the season. He took a touch pass from Jonathan Drouin and from above the circles, he struck a wrist shot through a screen for the 4-3 final.




Notes:

- Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist... Jack Johnson had a goal and an assist, and Bowen Byram recorded two assists.

  MacKinnon had 91 points in 56 games this season (33 goals, 58 assists)... He is the fastest player to reach 90 points in a season in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history since Peter Stastny (1987-88, 56 games)

- Matt Dumba had a goal and an assist, Matias Maccelli recorded two assists... Juuso Valimaki hit 200 NHL games

- Alexandar Georgiev made 27 saves for Colorado and Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves for Arizona.






Postgame: Jack Johnson

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