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Minnesota Wild hockey team have postponed four games; due to Covid-19 restrictions
The Wild were to play the Colorado Avalanche on Feb 4th and then begin a four-game homestand on Feb 6th, with the first two games against the Arizona Coyotes, followed by two against the St. Louis Blues.
The team won’t be back on ice until the second game of the two game set against St. Louis on Feb 11.
Minnesota’s training facilities will remain closed during this time as the NHL is currently working to revise the Wild’s regular season-schedule.
Five Wild players were placed on Covid-19 protocol, they are. Marcus Johansson, Nick Bjugstad, Nick Bonino, Jared Spurgeon, and Joel Eriksson Ek. Marcus Foligno has been on the list since Jan 31. Goalie Alex Stalock has been on the list from Jan 13-Jan, 21.
Minnesota’s 19 year old forward prospect, Marco Rossi has returned his native Austria after having been diagnosed with Covid-19 in November.
Shea Weber celebrates 1,000th NHL game
On Feb 2nd, in a home game against the Vancouver Canucks the Montreal Canadians captain waved to the non-existent fans at the Bell Centre in a polite gesture to the fans to recognize playing his 1,000th career NHL game.
Weber began his NHL career in Nashville, where he played 763 games with the Predators before moving to Montreal in exchange for P.K Subban on June 29, 2016.
Henrik Lundqvist four weeks after heart surgery
The Washington Capitals netminder posted a video recently where he told fans that he feels good, four weeks removed from heart surgery.
In more NHL news from around the League, Dallas Stars debut their third jersey
In an interview with Stars president and CEO Brad Alberts before the season began, this is what he had to say about the new third Black Out jersey’s.
“The jersey design committee was tasked with finding a way to incorporate the heart of the city of Dallas and the spirit of Texas into a uniform,” Stars president Brad Alberts said. “Today is an exciting day as we have worked hard over the last two years at creating a third jersey that will make our fanbase proud, and with the help of Adidas Hockey, we feel like the Blackout third jersey will do just that. The Dallas skyline is iconic and introducing Skyline Green into our uniforms is a vibrant reminder of our great city.”
Alexander the 8 ties Gartner for seventh place with 708 NHL goals
In his first game back in the line-up since Jan, 19 due to missing four games because of NHL Covid-19 protocols.
Ovechkin continues to climb up the All-time goals leaderboard. In a game against the Boston Bruins, the Washington Capitals captain scored a goal 28 seconds into overtime at the Capital One Arena on Jan 30th to tie him with Mike Gartner for seventh on the list. The goal was his 708th NHL goal and the winner in a 4-3 decision.
Ovechkin’s 111th game-winning goal put him one goal past Brett Hull for 3rd place in NHL history. It was also his 24th overtime goal increasing his NHL record.
Ovechkin trails Jagr (135), Howe (121) and Esposito (118) in game-winning goals, and leads Jagr by five overtime goals.
“He’s had an unbelievable career,” Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. “It’s the way he shoots the puck. The overtime goal is a perfect example. It’s just got momentum behind it and the way he slings it in there. That wasn’t one of his heavy one-timers, he got some speed behind it. He just let it rip. He’s done it his whole career. I’ve watched it from afar and it’s nice to be a part of it. For him to come out of the 10 days and play a game the way he did, I thought that that was a real bonus for our team.”
NHL History – Goals Leaders
Leaders: Points | Goals | Assists | Shutouts | Goalie Wins | Penalty Minutes | Games Played
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| Goals Leaders | ||
| RK | PLAYER | G |
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky | 894 |
| 2 | Gordie Howe | 801 |
| 3 | Jaromir Jagr | 766 |
| 4 | Brett Hull | 741 |
| 5 | Marcel Dionne | 731 |
| 6 | Phil Esposito | 717 |
| 7 | ALEX OVECHKIN | 708 |
| Mike Gartner | 708 | |
| 9 | Mark Messier | 694 |
| 10 | Steve Yzerman | 692 |
| 11 | Mario Lemieux | 690 |
| 12 | Teemu Selanne | 684 |
| 13 | Luc Robitaille | 668 |
| 14 | Brendan Shanahan | 656 |
| 15 | Dave Andreychuk | 640 |
| 16 | Jarome Iginla | 625 |
| Joe Sakic | 625 | |
| 18 | Bobby Hull | 610 |
| 19 | Dino Ciccarelli | 608 |
| 20 | Jari Kurri | 601 |
| 21 | Mark Recchi | 577 |
| 22 | Mike Bossy | 573 |
| 23 | Mats Sundin | 564 |
| Joe Nieuwendyk | 564 | |
| 25 | PATRICK MARLEAU | 562 |
