Player of the Night: Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars.
There some nice three-point nights on Friday, including nights involving Seguin’s opponents (Johnny Gaudreau scored one goal and two assists while Sean Monahan had 2G, 1A) and the guy who got picked ahead of Seguin many moons ago (Taylor Hall had a three-point night and a big hit).
While you might feel the urge to ding Seguin for getting an empty-netter to collect a hat trick, he already covered the cool points portion of this contest earlier in the game with a sweet lacrosse-style goals.
(I can’t get enough of those types of goals. Am I alone in that account?)
Seguin crossed the 200-goal mark tonight, by the way.
Tyler Seguin of the @DallasStars is the first player from the 2010 #NHLDraft class to reach the 200-goal milestone. #NHLStats #CGYvsDAL pic.twitter.com/20MQB2gsHB
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 25, 2017
Highlight of the Night: Normally, I wouldn’t double-dip on a highlight, but it really cannot be overstated how cool it was that Brian Boyle finished this brilliant assist by Will Butcher on Hockey Fights Cancer night. (Also, the Seguin bit included his lacrosse goal anyway, so due diligence.)
He definitely was emotional on Friday, as his family participated in the ceremonial puck drop. Here’s hoping he can stay healthy enough to score many more going forward.
Streak-breaker: Jack Eichel helps the Sabres beat Connor McDavid and the Oilers. Buffalo had been on a seven-game skid.
Eichel extends our lead to 2-0.
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) November 25, 2017
Jack's +1 with 3 SOG, 8-2 on faceoffs. #Sabres pic.twitter.com/8Py9DpgFx2
This was the best goal from Buffalo’s 3-1 win, though:
You wanna talk about earning a goal?! Holy moly Josefson. #Sabres pic.twitter.com/oi2t41KccL
— Bradley Gelber (@BradleyGelber) November 25, 2017
Factoids:
On a night when the Stars honored great two-way Finnish forward Jere Lehtinen, Pekka Rinne moved all alone for first all-time among Finnish goalies for shutouts, edging his former backup Carter Hutton in the process:
Pekka Rinne of the @PredsNHL recorded his 45th career shutout to pass Miikka Kiprusoff (44) for the most in NHL history by a Finnish-born goaltender. #NHLStats #NSHvsSTL pic.twitter.com/tyk29yDSho
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 25, 2017
It almost feels like the Vegas Golden Knights send a new (positive) record every night they play. (More on their win here.)
Per @EliasSports: @GoldenKnights matched the NHL record for longest home win streak by a team in its inaugural season. #NHLStats #SJSvsVGK pic.twitter.com/K89gjuc7e9
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 25, 2017
Bearded wonder Joe Thornton now has his sights set on Super Mario:
Joe Thornton of the @SanJoseSharks collected two assists to leapfrog Joe Sakic for 12th on the NHL’s all-time list. #NHLStats #SJSvsVGK pic.twitter.com/RPNsAUNLJX
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 25, 2017
Injuries might obscure Nino Niederreiter’s hot run, but it’s time to take notice if you haven’t already.
Nino Niederreiter extended his goal streak to six games, matching the longest such run in @mnwild history set by Brian Rolston from Jan. 21 – Feb. 5, 2008. #NHLStats #COLvsMIN pic.twitter.com/04zbMXGqMT
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 24, 2017
Scores
Bruins 4, Penguins 3
Jets 4, Ducks 1
Wild 3, Avalanche 2 (SO)
Islanders 5, Flyers 4
Capitals 3, Lightning 1
Golden Knights 5, Sharks 4 (OT)
Sabres 3, Oilers 1
Devils 3, Canucks 2
Rangers 2, Red Wings 1 (OT)
Blue Jackets 5, Senators 2
Maple Leafs 5, Hurricanes 4
Predators 2, Blues 0
Coyotes 3, Kings 2 (OT)
Stars 6, Flames 4
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James O’Brien is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @cyclelikesedins.