March 23rd to 29th

[Stephen (League Admin)]

Gamefile

Next Sim: Wednesday 5th

Two more sims to go and its very tight at the top. Just 9 points seperate the top 9 teams so its still anyones game with a total of 10 points up for grabs for most of the teams. Detroit and Philly are hot right now, Atlanta and Toronto are not.

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--3/23/2024--

Carolina 1 - 4 Philadelphia
Carolina: Ryan Bellows [15]
Philadelphia: Gregor Guznishchev [22], Phillip Danault [19], Nick Bonino [19][20]
Shots:18 - 19
Goaltenders:Cam Talbot -- Jakub Kovar
Lowell Lock Monsters 6 - Philadelphia Phantoms 1

New Jersey 3 - 5 Vancouver
New Jersey: Pavel Koltygin [13], Dylan Strome [17], Adam Larsson [9]
Vancouver: Jeremy Lauzon [11], Jason Zucker [24], Jamie Knuble [17], Justin Schultz [3], Nino Niederreiter [29]
Shots:24 - 33
Goaltenders:Steffen Soberg, Kevin Poulin -- Petr Mrazek
Albany River Rats 3 - Manitoba Moose 1

Florida 2 - 2 Atlanta
Florida: Patrick Plews [28], Lars Hilberg [1]
Atlanta: Auston Matthews [39], Alex Guptill [23]
Shots:29 - 18
Goaltenders:Larry Arios -- Carey Price
Louisville Panthers 3 - Chicago Wolves 0

Dallas 5 - 3 NY Islanders
Dallas: Aaron Ekblad [7], Tyler Johnson [24], Petter Granberg [3], Ondrej Palat [37], Charlie Coyle [15]
NY Islanders: Dougie Hamilton [15], Alex Chiasson [10], Todd Wharton [4]
Shots:36 - 25
Goaltenders:Jon McQueen -- Rasmus Tirronen
Utah Grizzlies 5 - Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0

--3/24/2024--

Montreal 3 - 4 Calgary
Montreal: Robert Furtsch [17][18], Andrei Sokolov [1]
Calgary: Mark Scheifele [23], Robert Bortuzzo [2], Drew Shore [10], Johnny Gaudreau [19]
Shots:22 - 25
Goaltenders:Zachary Fucale -- Geoff Dodge
Quebec Citadelles 6 - Saint John Flames 4

NY Rangers 0 - 3 Columbus
NY Rangers:None
Columbus: Petteri Korkiakangas [26], Sidney Crosby [32], Jacob Doty [5]
Shots:16 - 33
Goaltenders:Sebastian Idoff -- Frederik Andersen
Hartford Wolfpack 3 - Syracuse Crunch 2

Detroit 3 - 2 Colorado
Detroit: Teemu Pulkkinen [38], Brendan Smith [6], Gustav Nyquist [30]
Colorado: Nathan MacKinnon [28], Zigmund Slegr [1]
Shots:21 - 21
Goaltenders:Magnus Hellberg -- Kristers Gudlevskis
Kansas City Blades 4 - Hershey Bears 3

St. Louis 4 - 3 Chicago
St. Louis: Avery Peterson [26], Isaac Ratcliffe [34], Stefan Noesen [34], Leon Draisaitl [38]
Chicago: Joakim Nordström [5], Max Gildon [8], Patrick Kane [37]
Shots:35 - 15
Goaltenders:Ian Rancourt -- Anders Nilsson
Worcester Icecats 6 - Norfolk Admirals 3

Anaheim 3 - 4 Los Angeles
Anaheim: Rickard Rakell [25], Emerson Etem [33][34]
Los Angeles: Devan Palfrey [18], Adam Musil [27], Sami Lundin [17], Stanislav Grau [4]
Shots:19 - 28
Goaltenders:John Gibson -- Joni Ortio
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 0 - Manchester Monarchs 7

Buffalo 6 - 4 Carolina
Buffalo: Vladimir Tarasenko [38], Tyler Ennis [22], Nicklas Bäckström [21][22], Joel Barnes [21], Evander Kane [17]
Carolina: Jeff Skinner [42], Derek Mathers [30][31], Viktor Marov [3]
Shots:25 - 32
Goaltenders:Andrey Makarov -- Cam Talbot
Rochester Americans 3 - Lowell Lock Monsters 9

Boston 5 - 4 Washington
Boston: Samuel Laliberté [14][15], Jérôme 'Le Frog' Dallaire [6], Dmitry Semetov [13], Dominic Turgeon [11]
Washington: Stelio Mattheos [6], Jared Legien [25], Tom Wilson [33][34]
Shots:22 - 26
Goaltenders:Malcolm Subban -- Jeremy Smith
Providence Bruins 5 - Portland Pirates 2

Toronto 8 - 1 Pittsburgh
Toronto: Scott Hagidiakow [27][28], Calle Jarnkrok [27][28], Stéphane Poitras [19], Auguste Impose [36][37], Ryan Nugent-Hopkins [25]
Pittsburgh: Patrick Cehlin [8]
Shots:25 - 28
Goaltenders:Radomir Prochazka -- Jason Kasdorf
St. Johns Maple Leafs 3 - Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2

Tampa Bay 5 - 3 Atlanta
Tampa Bay: Jonathan Drouin [20], Johnathan Macleod [8], Matej Stransky [31], Martin Breton [4], Scott Reedy [29]
Atlanta: Steven Stamkos [34], Clayton Keller [16][17]
Shots:28 - 24
Goaltenders:Andrei Vasilevski -- Carey Price
Detroit Vipers 4 - Chicago Wolves 1

Nashville 4 - 0 Ottawa
Nashville: Paul Bittner [35], Tyler Biggs [24], Elias Ødegård [12], Joseph Veleno [26]
Ottawa:None
Shots:37 - 12
Goaltenders:Ben Bishop -- Jens Eklof
Milwaukee Admirals 4 - Grand Rapids Griffins 3

Phoenix 1 - 5 Edmonton
Phoenix: Brendan Shinnimin [21]
Edmonton: Linden Vey [25][26], Marko Laukkonen [13], Brayden Point [20], Brandon Kozun [31]
Shots:15 - 32
Goaltenders:Robert Wortman -- Hank Kinkele
Springfield Falcons 2 - Hamilton Bulldogs 0

--3/25/2024--

New Jersey 1 - 3 Philadelphia
New Jersey: Tomas Hertl [13]
Philadelphia: Jeronym Maier [27], Gregor Guznishchev [23], Chris Stewart [20]
Shots:9 - 38
Goaltenders:Steffen Soberg -- Jakub Kovar
Albany River Rats 5 - Philadelphia Phantoms 5

Minnesota 3 - 5 Vancouver
Minnesota: Mario Lucia [17], Darren Archibald [17], Marco Schinkel [8]
Vancouver: Tyler Pitlick [11], Austen Keating [5], Daniel Green [29], Nino Niederreiter [30], Denis Yan [9]
Shots:24 - 34
Goaltenders:Tom MacLean -- Petr Mrazek
Houston Aeros 6 - Manitoba Moose 2

Chicago 1 - 3 Colorado
Chicago: Teuvo Teravainen [21]
Colorado: Kasperi Kapanen [15], Mark Stone [22], Brantt Evans [2]
Shots:27 - 27
Goaltenders:Anders Nilsson -- Kristers Gudlevskis
Norfolk Admirals 6 - Hershey Bears 2

NY Rangers 2 - 3 Montreal OT
NY Rangers: Ryan McDonagh [5], Derek Stepan [28]
Montreal: Zack Kassian [7], Anatoli Lazarev [33], Greg Levin [15]
Shots:16 - 23
Goaltenders:Sebastian Idoff -- Zachary Fucale
Hartford Wolfpack 8 - Quebec Citadelles 2

Dallas 3 - 1 St. Louis
Dallas: Aaron Ekblad [8], Marc-André Gragnani [1], Vladislav Namestinkov [32]
St. Louis: Leon Draisaitl [39]
Shots:31 - 15
Goaltenders:Jon McQueen -- Ian Rancourt
Utah Grizzlies 3 - Worcester Icecats 4

Phoenix 4 - 2 NY Islanders
Phoenix: Brett Ponich [3], Brendan Shinnimin [22], Max Domi [23], Max Jones [23]
NY Islanders: John Tavares [39], Tyler Seguin [25]
Shots:24 - 33
Goaltenders:Robert Wortman -- Rasmus Tirronen
Springfield Falcons 1 - Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0

--3/26/2024--

Carolina 5 - 3 Boston
Carolina: P.K. Subban [12], Sergei Basilevsky [8], Matt Puempel [16], Jared Cowen [10], Curtis Sluzak [35]
Boston: David Pastrnak [33], Gabriel Beranek [9][10]
Shots:34 - 26
Goaltenders:Cam Talbot -- Malcolm Subban
Lowell Lock Monsters 0 - Providence Bruins 4

Ottawa 5 - 4 Pittsburgh
Ottawa: Michael Hoyal [34], Jonathan Huberdeau [22], Jordan Eberle [20], Jason Doig [34], Erik Karlsson [15]
Pittsburgh: Daniel Weber [7], Valeri Lyubimov [25][26], Cam Atkinson [15]
Shots:38 - 16
Goaltenders:Jens Eklof -- Jason Kasdorf
Grand Rapids Griffins 5 - Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2

Washington 4 - 2 Buffalo
Washington: Tom Wilson [35], Erik Gudbranson [11], Hank Adduci [31], Antoine Roussel [6]
Buffalo: Joel Barnes [22], Nicholas Baptiste [4]
Shots:19 - 21
Goaltenders:Jeremy Smith -- Andrey Makarov
Portland Pirates 5 - Rochester Americans 3

Edmonton 4 - 1 Detroit
Edmonton: Darryl Gruden [7][8], Brandon Kozun [32], Brayden Point [21]
Detroit: Zach Nastasiuk [12]
Shots:39 - 16
Goaltenders:Hank Kinkele -- Magnus Hellberg
Hamilton Bulldogs 3 - Kansas City Blades 2

Anaheim 1 - 5 San Jose
Anaheim: Bretislav Skrdlant [22]
San Jose: Kevin Fiala [26][27], Éric Gélinas [3], John Persson [11], Stefan Wallen [2]
Shots:27 - 29
Goaltenders:John Gibson -- Fredrik Svartsvik
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 1 - Cleveland Barons 0

--3/27/2024--

Philadelphia 3 - 5 Buffalo
Philadelphia: Sean Couturier [14], Jakob Silfverberg [22], Jeronym Maier [28]
Buffalo: Mikhail Grigorenko [37], Nicholas Baptiste [5], Nicklas Bäckström [23], Mathew Barzal [23], Nikita Zadorov [3]
Shots:21 - 30
Goaltenders:Jakub Kovar -- Andrey Makarov
Philadelphia Phantoms 3 - Rochester Americans 1

Tampa Bay 3 - 1 New Jersey
Tampa Bay: Bryan Little [12], Matej Stransky [32], Jake Guentzel [14]
New Jersey: Steven Santini [3]
Shots:36 - 13
Goaltenders:Andrei Vasilevski -- Steffen Soberg
Detroit Vipers 2 - Albany River Rats 3

Colorado 2 - 3 Detroit
Colorado: Kasperi Kapanen [16], Mark Stone [23]
Detroit: Teemu Pulkkinen [39], Valeri Nichushkin [23], Zach Nastasiuk [13]
Shots:20 - 21
Goaltenders:Kristers Gudlevskis -- Magnus Hellberg
Hershey Bears 4 - Kansas City Blades 4

San Jose 4 - 3 Anaheim OT
San Jose: Todd Thompson [20], Nikolai Goldobin [21], Shane Muller [29], Peter Cehlarik [6]
Anaheim: Simon Després [3], Mikhail Yefrimov [1], Martin Minariks [8]
Shots:26 - 18
Goaltenders:Fredrik Svartsvik -- John Gibson
Cleveland Barons 2 - Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 5

--3/28/2024--

NY Rangers 0 - 4 NY Islanders
NY Rangers:None
NY Islanders: Brock Nelson [25][26], Brett Kulak [13], Jesse Graham [9]
Shots:22 - 21
Goaltenders:Sebastian Idoff -- Rasmus Tirronen
Hartford Wolfpack 7 - Bridgeport Sound Tigers 6

Toronto 5 - 1 Montreal
Toronto: James van Riemsdyk [30], Jakob Chychrun [11], Todd Wyatt [20], Scott Hagidiakow [29], David Farrance [11]
Montreal: Anatoli Lazarev [34]
Shots:33 - 15
Goaltenders:Radomir Prochazka -- Zachary Fucale, Connor Hellebuyck
St. Johns Maple Leafs 5 - Quebec Citadelles 0

Atlanta 4 - 5 Carolina OT
Atlanta: Clayton Keller [18], Jack Eichel [22], Auston Matthews [40], Henrik Bjorklund [15]
Carolina: Curtis Sluzak [36], Derek Mathers [32], Alex Grant [7], Slavomir Drulkak [16], Jeff Skinner [43]
Shots:29 - 33
Goaltenders:Carey Price -- Cam Talbot
Chicago Wolves 2 - Lowell Lock Monsters 1

Columbus 5 - 2 St. Louis
Columbus: Jeremy Morin [40][41], Petteri Korkiakangas [27], Carl Finn [28][29]
St. Louis: Panu Hemmila [19], Marcus Foligno [13]
Shots:28 - 17
Goaltenders:Frederik Andersen -- Erwin Kenda
Syracuse Crunch 3 - Worcester Icecats 4

Florida 4 - 2 Boston
Florida: Nick Bjugstad [30], Matous Jilek [2], Radoslav Kudlacek [13], Jim Nordin [15]
Boston: Patrick Sanvido [3], Brandon Carlo [8]
Shots:29 - 24
Goaltenders:Larry Arios -- Malcolm Subban
Louisville Panthers 6 - Providence Bruins 1

Washington 3 - 2 New Jersey
Washington: Antoine Roussel [7], Marcus Johansson [9], German Ogonyok [13]
New Jersey: Dante Salituro [9], Adam Dawe [24]
Shots:35 - 17
Goaltenders:Jeremy Smith -- Steffen Soberg
Portland Pirates 5 - Albany River Rats 4

Minnesota 4 - 2 Phoenix
Minnesota: Darren Archibald [18][19], Radomir Neckar [7], Lance Ferraro [16]
Phoenix: Ryan Pilon [8][9]
Shots:36 - 16
Goaltenders:Tom MacLean -- Robert Wortman
Houston Aeros 5 - Springfield Falcons 7

Chicago 1 - 3 Ottawa
Chicago: Patrick Kane [38]
Ottawa: Jason Doig [35], Mike Hoffman [35], Nick Paul [8]
Shots:18 - 32
Goaltenders:Anders Nilsson -- Jens Eklof
Norfolk Admirals 0 - Grand Rapids Griffins 3

Edmonton 6 - 1 Calgary
Edmonton: Richard Panik [19], Adam Henrique [7], Max Pacioretty [22][23], Marko Laukkonen [14], Peter Holland [6]
Calgary: Brandon Hickey [6]
Shots:32 - 23
Goaltenders:Hank Kinkele -- Troy Grosenick, Geoff Dodge
Hamilton Bulldogs 4 - Saint John Flames 1

Vancouver 6 - 2 Dallas
Vancouver: Daniel Green [30][31], Rico Crooks [15], Denis Yan [10], Cam Fowler [11], Jody Carver [21]
Dallas: Vladislav Namestinkov [33], Connor McDavid [41]
Shots:30 - 23
Goaltenders:Petr Mrazek -- Keith Kinkaid
Manitoba Moose 1 - Utah Grizzlies 3

--3/29/2024--

NY Islanders 3 - 0 NY Rangers
NY Islanders: Brock Nelson [27], John Tavares [40], Todd Wharton [5]
NY Rangers:None
Shots:33 - 18
Goaltenders:Rasmus Tirronen -- Sebastian Idoff
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4 - Hartford Wolfpack 2

Pittsburgh 1 - 4 Toronto
Pittsburgh: Daniel Weber [8]
Toronto: James van Riemsdyk [31], Jakob Chychrun [12], Ryan Nugent-Hopkins [26][27]
Shots:19 - 28
Goaltenders:Jason Kasdorf -- Radomir Prochazka
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 5 - St. Johns Maple Leafs 2

Philadelphia 4 - 3 Chicago OT
Philadelphia: Samuel Morin [3], Chris Stewart [21][22], Morgan Geekie [7]
Chicago: Patrick Kane [39], Conner Bleackley [17], Sam Gagner [10]
Shots:33 - 17
Goaltenders:Jakub Kovar -- Anders Nilsson
Philadelphia Phantoms 4 - Norfolk Admirals 2

Tampa Bay 5 - 1 Boston
Tampa Bay: David Casey [17], Jason Beech [8], Jake Gardiner [16], Trevor Wharton [10][11]
Boston: Wendell Underhill [15]
Shots:31 - 20
Goaltenders:Andrei Vasilevski -- Malcolm Subban, Ross Simpson
Detroit Vipers 2 - Providence Bruins 6

Nashville 3 - 5 Phoenix
Nashville: Radek Sirovy [10], Jimmy Hayes [39], Trevor Zettler [33]
Phoenix: Brendan Shinnimin [23], Max Domi [24], Ryan Pilon [10][11], Anthony Duclair [11]
Shots:19 - 30
Goaltenders:Ben Bishop -- Robert Wortman
Milwaukee Admirals 4 - Springfield Falcons 1

Colorado 1 - 4 Calgary
Colorado: Cameron Askew [8]
Calgary: Nick Spaling [6][7], Patrik Laine [30], Mark Scheifele [24]
Shots:22 - 21
Goaltenders:Kristers Gudlevskis -- Troy Grosenick
Hershey Bears 1 - Saint John Flames 2

Anaheim 3 - 4 Detroit
Anaheim: Jussi-Pekka Piironen [12], Tyler Benson [6], Emerson Etem [35]
Detroit: Nelson Jackson [9], Teemu Pulkkinen [40], Elias Lindholm [18], Gustav Nyquist [31]
Shots:27 - 27
Goaltenders:John Gibson -- Magnus Hellberg
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 4 - Kansas City Blades 3

San Jose 3 - 4 Los Angeles
San Jose: Kevin Fiala [28][29], Éric Gélinas [4]
Los Angeles: Gabriel Gagné [21], AJ Greer [28], Kirk Young [7], Adam Musil [28]
Shots:16 - 26
Goaltenders:Fredrik Svartsvik -- Joni Ortio
Cleveland Barons 4 - Manchester Monarchs 3

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LEAGUE NEWS

29-3-2024 Elias Lindholm reaches a milestone !
Elias Lindholm(DET) scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on a goal by Nelson Jackson. That's one for the books, he commented during a post game radio interview..

29-3-2024 Seth Jones reaches a milestone !
Seth Jones(DET) scored the 500th point of his career in tonight's game against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on a goal by Elias Lindholm. It is just part of my job, he commented and was all smiles..

29-3-2024 Mikael Backlund reaches a milestone !
Mikael Backlund(CGY) notched the 300th assist of his career in tonight's game against the Colorado Avalanche on a goal by Nick Spaling. I just come to the rink ready to play and give it 110%, he said after viewing the play on the TV studio monitor..

29-3-2024 Mikael Backlund reaches a milestone !
Mikael Backlund(CGY) scored the 500th point of his career in tonight's game against the Colorado Avalanche on a goal by Nick Spaling. All of them are special, but I'm going to remember this one the most, were his words after the game..

29-3-2024 Kirk McCarthy injured.
Kirk McCarthy (COL) suffered ankle injury during the game in an incident with Drew Shore (CGY). He is expected to be sidelined for around two weeks. It hurts, I admit, but I just have to take it like a man, he said as the trainers examined him.

28-3-2024 Player of the week: Nino Niederreiter (R)
NHL has awarded Nino Niederreiter (R) of Vancouver Canucks as Player Of The Week He registered 2 goals and 6 assists for 8 points in 3 games last week. He also had 1 game winning goal.

27-3-2024 Nazem Kadri injured.
Nazem Kadri (DET) suffered head injury during the game in an incident with Jaroslav Beno (COL). He is expected to be sidelined for around two weeks. When you've gone as long as I have without injuries these things are hard to accept, but it's all part of the game, he said to the press.

25-3-2024 Nathan MacKinnon reaches a milestone !
Nathan MacKinnon(COL) scored the 700th point of his career in tonight's game against the Chicago Blackhawks on a goal by Kasperi Kapanen. Yes, it's nice to break records but that's not the idea of this game, he commented during a post game radio interview..

24-3-2024 Media praises the Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are flying high with a 8 game undefeated streak. Edmonton Oilers right wing Anthony Leach commented about their recent success: Let's face it, we've got a great core of guys here, some real strong young guys and a good squad of leaders. If every team had that then they'd do just as good.

24-3-2024 Rickard Rakell reaches a milestone !
Rickard Rakell(ANA) notched the 300th assist of his career in tonight's game against the Los Angeles Kings on a goal by Emerson Etem. It's a joy to be playing with these guys, they are the best teammates anyone could have, he commented to the media..