Three Stars
1. Antti Raanta, Coyotes
The Arizona goaltender earned his first shutout of the season and 12th of his career with a 31-save performance during a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Power play goals from Derek Stepan and Jakob Chychrun helped power the Coyotes to their fourth win in five games. The win puts them now one point behind the Oilers for the Pacific Division lead.
2. Braden Holtby, Capitals
The Capitals netminder was kept busy during a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Holtby made 32 saves, which included 25 stops in the final 40 minutes. Washington has now won their last seven games that Holtby has started and 10 of their last 11 with him in net. He also passed the 25,000 career minute mark to join Olaf Kolzig as the only goalies in franchise history to hit that number. John Carlson picked up two assists and now has 11 multi-point games this season.
3. Conor Garland, Coyotes
Garland was one of three Coyotes with multi-point nights (Christian Dvorak and Nick Schmaltz the others) as he netted a goal and an assist in the victory. He now has three goals in his last four games is up to 10 goals and 14 points through 22 games this season. In 47 games a year ago, Garland recorded 13 goals and 18 points.
Hathaway ejected for spitting
A late second period melee sparked by a Brendan Leipsic hit on Derek Grant saw several fights break out as Chandler Stephenson scored. Capitals forward Garnet Hathaway ended up tangled with Erik Gudbranson and was given a five-minute match penalty for spitting at the Ducks’ defenseman. Hathaway could face further punishment from the NHL in the form of a fine or suspension.
Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2019 inducted
Guy Carbonneau, Vaclav Nedomansky, Hayley Wickenheiser, Sergei Zubov, Jerry York, and Jim Rutherford were inducted Monday night in Toronto.
Signed, sealed, delivered, they’re Hall of Famers ✍️#HHOF2019 | #HHOF pic.twitter.com/XPoYNqJRYc
— Hockey Hall of Fame (@HockeyHallFame) November 19, 2019
Highlights of the Night
• Alex Ovechkin was left open in his favorite spot on a power play. Guess what happened next?
• Sweet spinning pass from Dvorak to set up Garland’s goal:
• With the game in Arizona, the Coyotes decided to troll the Kings by unveiling a Taylor Swift banner (backstory here). How did that go over with LA? Well...
Congrats to the @ArizonaCoyotes on putting up their first-ever banner 👏 pic.twitter.com/QwqieaQGNR
— LA Kings (@LAKings) November 19, 2019
Factoid of the Night
John Carlson is the seventh defenseman in NHL history, and sixth different in the last 40 years to required 23 or fewer team games to collect his 25th assist of a season. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/VtBJFZOMe4
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 19, 2019
Scores
Capitals 5, Ducks 2
Coyotes 3, Kings 0
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Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy.