🏒Hockey Stathead: 05/05/21🏒- Houser wins 2nd in a row to start career

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Wednesday, May 5 Read in Browser (|ARCHIVE|) . https://www.stathead.com Andrei Svechnikov Sidney Crosby Teuvo Teravainen Anders Bjork Mike Smith

Yesterday’s Top Performers

Skaters:

Andrei Svechnikov* (CAR): 2–1–3, +2, 3 SOG, 15:45 TOI

Sidney Crosby* (PIT): 2–1–3, +1, 4 SOG, 19:14 TOI

Teuvo Teravainen* (CAR): 1–2–3, +3, 4 SOG, 18:05 TOI

Anders Bjork* (BUF): 2–0–2, +2, 3 SOG, 21:14 TOI

Alex DeBrincat (CHI): 2–0–2, -1, 6 SOG, 18:40 TOI

Leon Draisaitl (EDM): 2–0–2, ±0, 4 SOG, 19:06 TOI

Nino Niederreiter (CAR): 2–0–2, +1, 2 SOG, 16:04 TOI

Pavel Zacha (NJD): 2–0–2, ±0, 3 SOG, 18:22 TOI

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

Goalies:

Michael Houser (BUF): 3 GA, 45 Saves, .938 Sv%, W

Mike Smith* (EDM): 1 GA, 28 Saves, .966 Sv%, W

Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD): 3 GA, 33 Saves, .917 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

NY Islanders (31‑16‑6) 3 SO Buffalo (15‑32‑7) 4

NYI A. Beauvillier (14), R. Pulock (2), C. Clutterbuck (4) BUF C. Eakin (3), A. Bjork 2 (5)

Chicago (22‑25‑6) 3 Carolina (36‑10‑7) 6

CHI A. DeBrincat 2 (28), M. Hardman (1) CAR N. Niederreiter 2 (20), A. Svechnikov 2 (15), T. Teravainen (5), M. Necas (13)

Boston (31‑14‑7) 3 OT New Jersey (18‑28‑7) 4

BOS P. Bergeron (21), T. Hall (8), S. Kuraly (4) NJD P. Zacha 2 (15), J. Boqvist (4), Y. Sharangovich (16)

Pittsburgh (35‑16‑3) 7 Philadelphia (23‑23‑7) 3

PIT M. Pettersson (2), J. Guentzel (23), S. Crosby 2 (23), J. Zucker (9), M. Friedman (2), J. Marino (3) PHI J. Braun (1), S. Couturier (16), T. Konecny (11)

Edmonton (32‑17‑2) 4 Vancouver (19‑25‑3) 1

EDM L. Draisaitl 2 (26), E. Bouchard (2), D. Nurse (16) VAN B. Boeser (19)

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

Stathead Spotlight: Michael Houser

Buffalo Sabres goalies to get wins in their first 2 career NHL games (since 1979–80) Player Season W Michael Houser 2021 2 Mika Noronen 2001 2 Daren Puppa 1986 2 Tom Barrasso 1984 2

See the list at Stathead.com’s Player Game Finder (https://stathead.com/tiny/1pc63)

NHL Standings East W L OTL Pts. PIT* 35 16 3 73 WSH* 33 14 5 71 BOS* 31 14 7 69 NYI* 31 16 6 68 NYR 26 21 6 58 PHI 23 23 7 53 NJD 18 28 7 43 BUF 15 32 7 37 Central W L OTL Pts. CAR* 36 10 7 79 FLA* 35 14 5 75 TBL* 35 14 3 73 NSH 29 22 2 60 DAL 21 17 14 56 CHI 22 25 6 50 DET 18 27 9 45 CBJ 16 25 12 44 North W L OTL Pts. TOR* 33 13 6 72 EDM* 32 17 2 66 WPG 27 21 3 57 MTL 24 18 9 57 CGY 22 25 3 47 OTT 20 27 5 45 VAN 19 25 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 Assists Leaders A Connor McDavid (EDM) 62 Leon Draisaitl (EDM) 49 Patrick Kane (CHI) 49 Mitch Marner (TOR) 46 Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 45

Best Save Percentage, Last 30 Days SV% Semyon Varlamov (NYI) 0.9606 Thomas Greiss (DET) 0.9518 Alex Nedeljkovic (CAR) 0.9469 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) 0.9420 Mike Smith (EDM) 0.9355

Yesterday’s Debut

D Jack Rathbone (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/rathbja01.html) (VAN)

Born: May 20, 1999 (Age: 21–349d)

Debut: 0–0–0, 0, 1 SOG, 12:04 TOI

Today’s Games Nashville Predators (29‑22‑2) Columbus Blue Jackets (16‑25‑12) 7:00PM ET Washington Capitals (33‑14‑5) New York Rangers (26‑21‑6) 7:00PM ET Montreal Canadiens (24‑18‑9) Ottawa Senators (20‑27‑5) 7:00PM ET Dallas Stars (21‑17‑14) Tampa Bay Lightning (35‑14‑3) 7:00PM ET Vegas Golden Knights (36‑13‑2) Minnesota Wild (33‑14‑4) 8:00PM ET Anaheim Ducks (16‑30‑7) St. Louis Blues (24‑19‑7) 8:00PM ET Winnipeg Jets (27‑21‑3) Calgary Flames (22‑25‑3) 9:30PM ET Colorado Avalanche (34‑12‑4) San Jose Sharks (20‑26‑6) 9:30PM ET Los Angeles Kings (20‑24‑6) Arizona Coyotes (22‑25‑6) 10:00PM ET

Born This Day

1972: Ziggy Palffy, 88.0 PS (turns 49)

1973: Johan Hedberg, 51.6 PS (turns 48)

1990: Darcy Kuemper, 42.2 PS (turns 31)

1997: Mitch Marner, 36.5 PS (turns 24)

1993: Rickard Rakell, 34.0 PS (turns 28)

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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🏒Hockey Stathead: 05/05/21🏒- Houser wins 2nd in a row to start career

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