Matt Boldy snipes in overtime

TOP SHELF HIGHLIGHTS 🚨

Noteworthy highlights:

• Sebastian Aho and Jordan Martinook connect for beautiful tally

• Matt Boldy scores overtime winner

• Connor Bedard puts on a show at the United Center

CAN’T MISS 🎯

🎯 Matt Boldy snipes OT winner with goalie pulled, Wild beat Predators 4-3. The former 12th overall pick assisted Jonas Brodin’s 1st period tally and Kirill Kaprizov’s 2nd period power play goal before one-timing Mats Zuccarello cross-ice pass to the back of the net with just 1:10 remaining in overtime for his 24th goal of the season, while the Wild had Marc-Andre Fleury pulled in desperate attempt to secure the extra point. Ryan Hartman scored midway through the 3rd, Joel Eriksson Ek picked up two apples, and Fleury made 27 saves as the Wild earn a point in their 4th straight game (3-0-1) to currently sit 6 points back from the final Western Conference Wild Card. Read more →

🧱 Calvin Pickard makes 41 saves, Oilers shut out Penguins 4-0. Despite making 41 saves, the 31-year-old netminder didn’t earn a shutout as he missed the last 76 seconds of the 2nd period after Bryan Rust was called for goalie interference. Connor McDavid scored just 68 seconds into regulation for his 24th goal of the season before collecting assists on Mattias Ekholm’s 1st period goal and Darnell Nurse’s first goal of the night 10:42 into the 3rd period. Nurse scored his 2nd just over 5 minutes later as the Oilers improved to 6-1-1 in their past eight games. Read more →

🎩 Colin Blackwell scores 1st career hat trick, Blackhawks drop Coyotes 7-4. The Massachusetts native buried rebounds to tie the game at 2-2 midway through the 2nd period, and then give the Hawks a 5-3 lead just 33 seconds into the 3rd, before hitting the empty net late in the 3rd for his 8th goal of the season to complete the hat trick. Connor Bedard picked up two goals and an assist, Ryan Donato and Tyler Johnson added goals, Seth Jones racked up 4 assists, and Arvid Soderblom made 32 saves in the Blackhawks win. Read more →

OTHER GAMES:

Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov each score and add two assists, Hurricanes whoop the Flames 7-2. Jordan Martinook, Jalen Chatfield, Brent Burns, Seth Jarvis, and Teuvo Teravainen scored as Hurricanes win 3rd straight. Read more →

Bo Horvat and Brock Nelson both score and collect assist, Islanders top Ducks 6-1. Casey Cizikas, Kyle Palmieri, Pierre Engvall, and Cal Clutterbuck scored and Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves as Isles win 6th straight. Read more →

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COACHES CORNER 🏒

• Use your eyes to take your deception to the next level

• Commit to the defensive side of the puck to take your game to new heights

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