15 NHL games on the schedule tonight, marking the sixth time in NHL history that all 30 teams are in play on the same night!
Channel Surfing is Too Many Men On The Site’s quick guide to tonight’s NHL action. Included is a list of the scheduled games, as well as game notes and stats.
- The Washington Capitals expect to have defenseman Mike Green back in the lineup tonight, after his missed the season opener with an upper-body injury. The Boston Bruins dodged a bullet themselves, when Milan Lucic‘s stick hit Zdeno Chara near his right eye during drills. Chara fell to the ice, but was able to continue practice. [NHL.com]
- “Kadri is a f–king joke!” – that’s what Sidney Crosby had to say to Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf during a game last season, captured on HBO’s 24/7. Kadri decided to take it as a compliment, as it meant he succeeded in getting under the Penguins star’s skin. Kadri scored a goal in the Maple Leafs opening night 4-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. [NHL.com]
- The Anaheim Ducks and head coach Bruce Boudreau are considering Thursday’s 6-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins a wake-up call. The Ducks are expected to be one of the better teams in the West, something that puts a lot of pressure on the team to perform. In game two, the Ducks will concentrate on playing better defensively. [NHL.com]
- Devils head coach Pete DeBoer will face the Florida Panthers for the 11th time, since they fired him after the 2010-11 season. He is 6-3-1 during the regular season against Florida. The Devils and Panthers also met in the 2011 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, with the Devils winning in seven games. [NHL.com]
- Tonight will be the final home opener for the New York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum, the arena they have called home since 1972. [NHL.com]
- Just like last season, the Philadelphia Flyers are off to an 0-2-0 start. It was after a third loss that head coach Peter Laviolette was fired. This season, the Flyers are confident that a turnaround will come soon. However, tonight they face a Montreal Canadiens team that has started the season 2-0-0, and is looking for a third consecutive win to start the season, something they haven’t done since 2005-06. [NHL.com]
- Rick Nash‘s first game back in Columbus took place last season, on March 21st. What started out as a relatively quiet game turn into a wild affair, when Nash shoved Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. With so many players moving between the Rangers and the Blue Jackets over the past few seasons, a rivalry between the two teams is inevitable. [NHL.com]
- The Colorado Avalanche were outshot 48-16 in a 5-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. As a result, Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy has shuffled all four lines up, hoping that that will make for a different, and better result. [NHL.com]
- The Los Angeles Kings travel to Arizona tonight, looking for both their first goal and first win of the season. The Coyotes are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets in their season opener. [NHL.com]
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