Most NHL teams using 2 goalies to get through pandemic play
Florida Panthers goaltender Chris Driedger (60) celebrates beating the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 after an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Paul Sancya
Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad (5) congratulates goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) after their overtime win over the Detroit Red Wings in an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Carlos Osorio
Boston Bruins goaltender Jaroslav Halak (41) stops the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Nick Wass
Most NHL teams using 2 goalies to get through pandemic play
By LARRY LAGEFebruary 3, 2021 GMT
Most NHL teams are keeping two goaltenders busy, trying to keep them fresh as the frequency of games picks up with the league shooting to squeeze 56 games into less than four months.
Montreal, Boston, Carolina, Florida and Vegas are off to strong starts while essentially alternating starts between their goalies a few weeks into the pandemic-shortened season.
Tampa Bay, Toronto and Washington, meanwhile, are among the successful teams leaning heavily on their No. 1 players between the pipes.
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The Panthers are the only NHL team without a loss in regulation with Sergei Bobrovsky and Chris Driedger starting the same number of games.
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With some unscheduled time off thanks to the New Jersey Devils’ covid-19 outbreak, the Penguins have time to work on their anemic power play, which is 0-for-19 in the last five games. The Pens were to play Jersey last night and again tomorrow night, but instead are off until their Saturday night game in New York against the Islanders.
At practice yesterday, Zach Aston-Reese and Mike Matheson worked out with their teammates, and coach Mike Sullivan sounded optimistic about their progress. Matheson may be able to return on Saturday after being injured in the second game of the season three weeks ago. At least that is what it seems, as the Penguins assigned rookie defenseman Will Reilly to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre yesterday, and returned rookie winger Drew O’Connor and defenseman Kevin Czuczman to the taxi squad.
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A pair of New Jersey-based theater companies will be debuting online productions over the next week spotlighting important women in history:
♦ East Lynne Theater Company will present Stephanie Garrett reading “Lynching, Our National Crime,” a speech Ida B. Wells delivered at the National Negro Conference (forerunner to the NAACP) in New York City in the spring of 1909. The prerecorded performance will premiere 8 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 28, on ELTC’s YouTube channel and be available for viewing through Feb. 28.
Wells’ work began in the early 1890s, and by 1909, she was the most prominent anti-lynching campaigner in the United States. She died in 1931 and received a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for her reporting.
Originally posted on Pro Hockey Rumors | By Gavin Lee | Last updated 1/25/21
Former Arizona Coyotes GM John Chayka has been suspended through the end of 2021 for his actions last summer according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. Chayka “engaged in conduct detrimental to the league, breached his obligation to the club and was properly terminated by the club” when he tried to resign after an offer was made by another organization (thought to be the New Jersey Devils’ parent company, which also owns the Philadelphia 76ers and Crystal Palace FC). Craig Morgan of AZ Coyotes Insider reports that the league will not be commenting or releasing any information on the ruling. Darren Dreger of TSN clarifies that the suspension means that Chayka cannot be involved in any NHL business until 2022.