AROUND THE RINKS
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Patrick Kane extended his point streak to 14 games (10-13—23) – the longest by any player in 2019-20. It is the fourth time in his career he has recorded a point streak of 14 or more games. The others: 26 GP in 2015-16 (16-24—40), 20 GP in 2018-19 (17-26—43) and 14 GP in 2013-14 (8-17—25).
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Ryan O’Reilly responded 18 seconds after the Stars tied the game in the third period to help the Blues extend their road point streak to nine contests (7-0-2), tying the second longest run in franchise history (7-0-2 in 2013-14). They sit two shy of the franchise record, established in 1999-00 (10-0-1).
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Brayden Point opened the scoring for Tampa Bay Friday to boost his career totals to 100-116—215 in 249 GP. He required the second fewest games to reach the 100-goal milestone with the Lightning, trailing only
Steven Stamkos (194 GP).
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Connor Hellebuyck posted his 16th career shutout (all w/ WPG) as the Jets improved to 10-2-1 in November and sit tied with the Stars (10-2-1) for the most wins this calendar month. Hellebuyck’s 16 shutout performances sit second to
Ondrej Pavelec (17) in Jets / Thrashers history.
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Pekka Rinne turned aside all 31 shots he faced to record his 58th career shutout (all w/ NSH). Since Rinne entered the League in 2005-06,
Henrik Lundqvist (63 w/ NYR) is the only goaltender with more.
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Gustav Nyquist netted his second career regular-season hat trick (also Feb. 2, 2014) as the Blue Jackets earned their fifth win in seven contests. The 30-year-old forward registered the NHL’s 22nd hat trick of 2019-20.
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