🏒Hockey Stathead: 05/04/21🏒 — Caufield heroics again, McDavid helps EDM to clinch

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Tuesday, May 4 Read in Browser (|ARCHIVE|) . https://www.stathead.com Sebastian Aho Emil Bemstrom Connor McDavid Tuukka Rask Filip Gustavsson

Yesterday’s Top Performers

Skaters:

Sebastian Aho* (CAR): 3–0–3, +2, 9 SOG, 17:50 TOI

Emil Bemstrom* (CBJ): 3–0–3, +1, 8 SOG, 18:10 TOI

Connor McDavid* (EDM): 2–2–4, +4, 2 SOG, 18:40 TOI

Claude Giroux (PHI): 2–1–3, +2, 4 SOG, 21:42 TOI

Evander Kane (SJS): 2–0–2, +2, 6 SOG, 19:52 TOI

Sam Reinhart (BUF): 2–1–3, +2, 3 SOG, 19:12 TOI

Roman Josi (NSH): 2–0–2, +2, 5 SOG, 24:58 TOI

Joel Farabee (PHI): 1–2–3, +3, 4 SOG, 12:18 TOI

View All of Yesterday’s Skaters at Hockey-Reference.com (https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/dailyleaders.fcgi)

Goalies:

Tuukka Rask* (BOS): 0 GA, 20 Saves, 1.000 Sv%, W

Filip Gustavsson* (OTT): 1 GA, 28 Saves, .966 Sv%, W

Alex Lyon (PHI): 2 GA, 35 Saves, .946 Sv%, W

View All of Yesterday’s Goalies at Hockey-Reference.com (https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/dailyleaders.fcgi#goalies)

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Yesterday’s Scores

Los Angeles (20‑24‑6) 3 Arizona (22‑25‑6) 2

LAK T. Moore (10), A. Kopitar (13), A. Iafallo (12) ARI C. Dvorak (15), J. Chychrun (17)

NY Islanders (31‑16‑5) 2 Buffalo (14‑32‑7) 4

NYI A. Pelech (4), O. Wahlstrom (11) BUF T. Thompson (7), R. Asplund (7), S. Reinhart 2 (25)

Chicago (22‑24‑6) 2 Carolina (35‑10‑7) 5

CHI I. Mitchell (3), A. DeBrincat (26) CAR D. Hamilton (10), M. Necas (12), S. Aho 3 (24)

Nashville (29‑22‑2) 4 OT Columbus (16‑25‑12) 3

NSH F. Forsberg (12), R. Johansen (6), R. Josi 2 (8) CBJ E. Bemstrom 3 (3)

Dallas (21‑17‑14) 4 OT Florida (35‑14‑5) 5

DAL J. Pavelski (22), J. Robertson (16), J. Kiviranta (4), T. Seguin (1) FLA J. Huberdeau (19), N. Gusev (4), M. Weegar (5), G. Forsling (5), A. Barkov (26)

Vegas (36‑13‑2) 5 Minnesota (33‑14‑4) 6

VEG S. Theodore (8), A. Martinez (8), A. Tuch (18), M. Stone (21), J. Marchessault (16) MIN J. Eriksson Ek (18), N. Bonino 2 (9), K. Fiala (20), K. Kaprizov (24), J. Brodin (9)

Toronto (33‑13‑6) 2 OT Montreal (24‑18‑9) 3

TOR M. Rielly (5), A. Matthews (39) MTL T. Toffoli (28), P. Danault (5), C. Caufield (2)

Boston (31‑14‑6) 3 New Jersey (17‑28‑7) 0

BOS N. Ritchie (14), P. Bergeron (20), M. Grzelcyk (5) NJD

Washington (33‑14‑5) 6 NY Rangers (26‑21‑6) 3

WSH N. Dowd (10), C. Sheary (13), G. Hathaway (6), D. Sprong (12), N. Backstrom (15), T. Wilson (13) NYR M. Zibanejad 2 (22), K. Kakko (9)

Winnipeg (27‑21‑3) 1 Ottawa (20‑27‑5) 2

WPG J. Morrissey (4) OTT C. Brown (18), N. Zaitsev (3)

Pittsburgh (34‑16‑3) 2 Philadelphia (23‑22‑7) 7

PIT S. Crosby (21), J. Zucker (8) PHI K. Hayes (12), S. Gostisbehere (9), C. Giroux 2 (16), W. Allison (2), J. Farabee (17), R. Hagg (2)

Colorado (34‑12‑4) 5 OT San Jose (20‑26‑6) 4

COL M. Rantanen (29), V. Nichushkin (10), G. Landeskog (19), N. Kadri (11), A. Burakovsky (16) SJS E. Kane 2 (22), T. Hertl (17), T. Meier (10)

Anaheim (16‑30‑7) 1 St. Louis (24‑19‑7) 3

ANA R. Getzlaf (5) STL B. Schenn (14), R. Bortuzzo (1), R. O’Reilly (23)

Edmonton (31‑17‑2) 5 Vancouver (19‑24‑3) 3

EDM J. Puljujarvi (13), T. Barrie (8), C. McDavid 2 (31), D. Kahun (7) VAN N. Schmidt (5), J. Miller (12), B. Boeser (18)

View the complete Scoreboard at Hockey-Reference.com (https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/)

Cole Caufield Update

Cole Caufield scored his 2nd career goal yesterday, the game-winner in overtime. His 1st goal, scored on May 1, also occurred in overtime. Caufield joins Brent Seabrook as the only players to score their first 2 career goals in overtime (https://stathead.com/tiny/RecSP) .

NHL Standings East W L OTL Pts. WSH* 33 14 5 71 PIT* 34 16 3 71 NYI* 31 16 5 67 BOS* 31 14 6 68 NYR 26 21 6 58 PHI 23 22 7 53 NJD 17 28 7 41 BUF 14 32 7 35 Central W L OTL Pts. CAR* 35 10 7 77 FLA* 35 14 5 75 TBL* 35 14 3 73 NSH 29 22 2 60 DAL 21 17 14 56 CHI 22 24 6 50 DET 18 27 9 45 CBJ 16 25 12 44 North W L OTL Pts. TOR* 33 13 6 72 EDM* 31 17 2 64 WPG 27 21 3 57 MTL 24 18 9 57 CGY 22 25 3 47 OTT 20 27 5 45 VAN 19 24 3 41 West W L OTL Pts. VEG* 36 13 2 74 COL* 34 12 4 72 MIN* 33 14 4 70 STL 24 19 7 55 ARI 22 25 6 50 LAK 20 24 6 46 SJS 20 26 6 46 ANA 16 30 7 39

current playoff qualifiers in bold / *=clinched playoffs Full Standings (https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2021_standings.html)

Player Points Leaders PTS Connor McDavid (EDM) 91 Leon Draisaitl (EDM) 73 Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 65 Mitch Marner (TOR) 64 Brad Marchand (BOS) 63

Stathead Spotlight: Connor McDavid

Players with 30 goals and 60 assists through their team’s first 50 games of the season (since 1979–80) Player G Season A Connor McDavid 31 2021 60 Mario Lemieux* 45 1996 65 Mario Lemieux* 39 1993 65 Wayne Gretzky* 32 1991 66 Mario Lemieux* 36 1990 64 Mario Lemieux* 54 1989 83 Wayne Gretzky* 33 1989 72 Wayne Gretzky* 48 1987 76 Wayne Gretzky* 38 1986 94 Wayne Gretzky* 53 1985 90 Wayne Gretzky* 60 1984 92 Wayne Gretzky* 41 1983 82 Wayne Gretzky* 61 1982 72

• Hall of Fame

See the full list at Stathead.com’s Player Game Finder (https://stathead.com/tiny/Xo4xR)

Hottest Teams (Last 15 Days) W L OTL Pts. CAR* 6 0 2 14 FLA* 6 2 0 12 PIT* 6 2 0 12 BOS 6 2 0 12 TBL* 5 1 1 11

Yesterday’s Debut

G Michael Houser (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/housemi01.html) (BUF)

Born: September 13, 1992 (Age: 28–232d)

Debut: 2 GA, 34 Saves, W

Others

• Peyton Krebs (VEG), C, 20–097d

Today’s Games New York Islanders (31‑16‑5) Buffalo Sabres (14‑32‑7) 7:00PM ET Chicago Blackhawks (22‑24‑6) Carolina Hurricanes (35‑10‑7) 7:00PM ET Boston Bruins (31‑14‑6) New Jersey Devils (17‑28‑7) 7:00PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins (34‑16‑3) Philadelphia Flyers (23‑22‑7) 7:00PM ET Edmonton Oilers (31‑17‑2) Vancouver Canucks (19‑24‑3) 10:00PM ET

Born This Day

1986: Devan Dubnyk, 93.7 PS (turns 35)

1989: James van Riemsdyk, 60.1 PS (turns 32)

1983: Derek Roy, 53.3 PS (turns 38)

1944: Fred Stanfield, 43.4 PS (turns 77)

1989: Aaron Dell, 15.8 PS (turns 32)

See All of Today’s Birthdays on Hockey-Reference.com (https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi) PS = Career Point Shares

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