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NHL Short Notes

10/26/2017 at 6:44am EDT

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
ST. LOUIS 5, Calgary 2
COLUMBUS 5, Buffalo 1

STEEN PROPELS BLUES TO 7-2-1 RECORD
Alexander Steen (1-3—4) factored on four of five goals to propel the Blues to a 7-2-1 record. St. Louis’ seven wins through its first 10 games of the season are one shy of the highest such total in franchise history (8-1-1 in 2002-03).

* Jaden Schwartz scored to extend his point streak to five contests (5-2—7) and has collected at least one point in nine of his 10 games this season. He ranks third in the NHL with 7-7—14 overall, trailing only Steven Stamkos (3-17—20) and Nikita Kucherov (11-6—17).

* Alex Pietrangelo scored and leads all blueliners with 4-8—12 this season (10 GP). His 12 points are one shy of the franchise record for most by a defenseman through the first 10 games of a season.

BOBROVSKY BACKSTOPS BLUE JACKETS PAST SABRES

Five different Blue Jackets found the back of the net and Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves to backstop Columbus to a 6-3-0 record, matching their best nine-game start to a season in franchise history (also 6-3-0 in 2009-10 and 2010-11).

* Bobrovsky – who captured his second career Vezina Trophy in 2016-17 – improved to 5-2-0 this season with a 2.00 goals-against average, .934 save percentage and one shutout.

NHL FANS VOTE 32 MOMENTS INTO SECOND ROUND

Following one round of voting, the NHL unveiled the 32 moments remaining in the Greatest NHL Moments Presented by Coors Light and Pepsi Zero Sugar.

Round 2 of the bracket-style, interactive, digital and mobile program is now open at NHL.com/GreatestMoments, giving fans the opportunity to select the Greatest NHL Moment of all time among dozens of memorable events, milestones and achievements -- spanning from the League’s inaugural season in 1917-18 to present day.

The Greatest NHL Moment will be announced during the 2017 Scotiabank NHL100 Classic on Saturday, December 16, featuring the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa (7 p.m. ET, CBC, TVA Sports, NBCSN).


QUICK CLICKS

· Karlsson as good as ever for Senators (via Mike Zeisberger)

· Blackhawks’ Hartman fined for slashing

· 1933 BOS-TOR playoff game nearly decided by coin flip (via Stan Fischler)

· Daneyko can't forget Lemieux scoring goals five ways in one game (via Mike Morreale)

SNEAK PEEK AT THURSDAY’S ACTION

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LIGHTNING DUO LOOK TO CONTINUE STREAKING START
Steven Stamkos (3-17—20) and Nikita Kucherov (11-6—17) both aim to extend their season-opening point streaks to 11 games when the Lightning host the Red Wings at Amalie Arena. Via Elias, there are only six instances in NHL history of teammates beginning a season on simultaneous point streaks of at least 11 games.

* The Lightning (8-1-1, 17 points) are off to their best 10-game start to a season in franchise history.

Thanks to the NHL PR department for the information above.

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