The tape · Friday is final
Both moneylines cashed.
Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 2. −205 cashed. Boston 4, Anaheim 2. −118 cashed. The totals were not tickets. Saturday is fourteen prices and zero sides. Tampa Bay −395 is not a leg.
PIT 2, COL 5 · hit
Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 2. The moneyline at −205 cashed. Seven goals. The 6.5 was not a ticket. MacKinnon had a goal and three assists. Not 56.
BOS 4, ANA 2 · hit
Boston 4, Anaheim 2. The moneyline at −118 cashed. Six goals, so 6.5 stayed under and was not a ticket. Three power-play goals. Not 56.
Thursday’s tape · five plus-1.5s cashed.
Thursday · reporting
uta-bos · pass
Boston 6, Utah 1. The lean was 3–2 at 51. A 51 is not a ticket. Not a hit and not a miss.
dal-buf · pass
Dallas 4, Buffalo 0. The lean was Buffalo. A shutout does not grade a 51. Not a ticket.
nsh-mtl · pass
Nashville 5, Montreal 2. The lean was Montreal. 51 is a pass.
phi-ott · pass
Ottawa 2, Philadelphia 1. The lean was 3–2. Five goals were not the night, and 51 was not a ticket.
min-tbl · pass
Tampa Bay 3, Minnesota 2. The number matched. The 51 still is not a ticket.
van-car · pass
Carolina 7, Vancouver 2. The lean was 3–2. A 7 is not a law, and 51 is not a ticket.
chi-nyi · pass
Islanders 4, Chicago 1. The lean was 3–2 at 51. Not a ticket.
sjs-stl · pass
San Jose 3, St. Louis 2 in overtime. The lean was St. Louis. A question was not an out. 51 is not a ticket.
col-cgy · pass
Colorado 7, Calgary 3. The back-to-back was a shade, not a fade. The lean was Calgary. 51 is not a ticket. A 7 is not a law.
tor-vgk · pass
Vegas 4, Toronto 3 in a shootout. The lean was 3–2. 51 is not a ticket.
Wednesday · closed
pit-wsh · hit
Washington 5–3. The side cashed. Not 3–2.
col-wpg · hit
Winnipeg 3–2. The side cashed. The number cashed. 6–1 did not travel.
edm-ana · miss
Edmonton 5–2. The card was Anaheim. 9–7 did not travel. The home lean still died.
Opening Thursday · Oct 1 · tape
This is not last night. The boxes below opened the season. They do not write tonight.
Devils 3–2 Flyers
Devils in overtime. Hughes 1 goal, 5 shots. Hamilton 1 goal, 6 shots. Allen 23 saves on 25. Woll stopped 41 of 44. A busy goalie is not the next saves line.
Rangers 5–1 Lightning
Rangers 5–1. Zibanejad 1+1, 3 shots. Dorofeyev 1+1, 5 shots. Shesterkin 24 saves on 25. A 5–1 is not Friday. 24 saves is not the next line. Rangers are on a back-to-back.
Blue Jackets 6–3 Sabres
Knies 2+1, 4 shots. Two goals is a spike. Fantilli 6 hits. Hits are not points.
Predators 1–3 Wild
Kaprizov scored. Wallstedt stopped 19 of 20. One clean start is not a saves over.
Flames 1–6 Kraken
Kraken 6–1. Dunn 1+2. McCann 0 goals, 4 shots, 3 assists. Daccord 24 saves. A 6–1 is not Saturday.
Mammoth 6–0 Blackhawks
Mammoth shutout. Guenther 2 goals, 5 shots. Keller 0 goals, 4 shots, 2 assists. Weegar 7 hits and no points. Vejmelka 15 saves in a shutout. Do not write a saves over off 15.
Canucks 7–9 Oilers
16 goals. McDavid 1+4 on 3 shots. Draisaitl 2 goals, 5 shots. Pettersson 1+2 and 8 hits. Levi 15 saves on 22. The total is a spike. The bad start is not a sit.
Sharks 4–3 Panthers
Sharks in overtime. Smith 2+1. Celebrini 0 goals, 7 shots, 3 assists. Sherwood 8 hits. Shots are not goals. Askarov 23 saves on 26.
Friday through Tuesday · tape
nyr-det · miss
Rangers 2–0. Garand stopped 22. The card was Detroit. A 5–1 did not become a fade.
wsh-car · miss
Washington 5–2. The card was Carolina 3–2.
bos-wpg · miss
Boston 4–3 in overtime. The card was Winnipeg.
stl-dal · miss
St. Louis 4–0. The card was Dallas. A shutout is the arm.
ana-vgk · miss
Anaheim 4–3. The card was Vegas.
chi-buf · hit
Buffalo 4–3. The side cashed. It was not 3–2.
ott-tor · miss
Ottawa 3–2. The card was Toronto.
wsh-tbl · hit
Tampa Bay 3–1. The side cashed.
car-phi · miss
Carolina 3–2 in overtime. The card was Philadelphia.
mtl-pit · hit
Pittsburgh 6–5 in overtime. The side cashed. Eleven goals is a spike, not Sunday.
uta-cbj · miss
Utah 4–1. The card was Columbus.
sea-edm · hit
Edmonton 3–1. Not 9–7. The side cashed.
njd-nyi · miss
Islanders 6–0. The card was New Jersey. A shutout is not the next total.
dal-nsh · hit
Nashville 2–1. The side cashed.
bos-min · hit
Minnesota 4–1. The side cashed. Not 3–2.
stl-col · hit
Colorado 6–1. The side cashed. Not 3–2. Altitude was not 70, and it was not a one-score.
cgy-van · hit
Vancouver 4–1. The side cashed. Not 4–3.
lak-sjs · hit
Sharks 5–4 in overtime. The side cashed. Not 3–2.
wpg-det · miss
Winnipeg 3–2. The card was Detroit.
uta-nyr · hit
Rangers 4–2. Shesterkin. The side cashed. Not 3–2.
fla-ana · miss
Anaheim 3–2 in overtime. The card was Florida.
cgy-sea · hit
Seattle 6–1. The side cashed. The 6–1 we said would not repeat did. A spike can repeat. It is still not Monday.
vgk-van · hit
Vegas 3–2. The side cashed. Not 9–7.
phi-tbl · hit
Tampa Bay 4–1. The side cashed. Not 3–2.
ott-bos · miss
Ottawa 4–1. The card was Boston. Stützle scored twice. Twice is a spike.
wpg-pit · miss
Winnipeg 3–2. The card was Pittsburgh. Eleven goals did not travel. The side still died.
sjs-dal · hit
Dallas 5–0. The side cashed. A shutout was the thing we said was not tonight.
nsh-tor · hit
Toronto 5–4 in overtime. Matthews at 4:46. The side cashed. Nine goals. Not 3–2.
car-mtl · hit
Carolina 6–4. The side cashed. Ten goals. Saturday’s 11 almost traveled.
ott-det · hit
Detroit 5–3. The side cashed. Stützle scored again. DeBrincat scored twice, one empty net.
uta-njd · miss
Utah 5–3. The card was New Jersey. A shutout did not travel, and the side still died.
min-buf · hit
Buffalo 3–2 in overtime. The side cashed. Five goals were the card. Overtime is not the next total.
nyi-nyr · hit
Rangers 5–2. The side cashed. Not 3–2. A 6–0 does not travel, and neither does a 5.
stl-chi · hit
Chicago 4–2. The side cashed. Not 3–2. Altitude stayed in Denver.
vgk-sea · miss
Vegas 6–2. The card was Seattle. The 6 did not belong to Seattle. A spike can change hands.
fla-lak · miss
Florida 2–1. The card was the Kings. Overtime was not the night. Three goals were.
What carries
- One star from a seven-goal game is not a stack. New Jersey won 7–1. Luke Hughes scored twice. We rostered Jack Hughes, then a Ranger, then a Vancouver minimum. Brady Tkachuk’s hat trick in a 3–2 was a name we did roster. McDavid did not fit, and Edmonton lost 4–2. The next sheet stacks the game that can get to six, or it leaves the spot open.
- A spike score is not the next score. Edmonton–Vancouver was 9–7. Saturday was Edmonton 3–1. The Rangers were 5–1, then won 2–0 on the back-to-back. Pittsburgh was 6–5. The Islanders were 6–0. None of those is Sunday.
- Shots are not goals. Grade them apart. Celebrini had 7 shots and no goal. Keller had 4 shots and no goal. McCann had 4 shots and no goal. The shot line is its own ticket.
- Hits are not points. Weegar had 7 hits and no points. Pettersson had 8 hits and points. The hit is not the goal.
- A saves total from one night is not the next line. A starter who is not named has no line. Garand stopped 22 in a shutout. That is not a saves over for Sunday. A starter who is not named still has no line.
- A back-to-back is a shade, not a fade, and not 70. The Rangers played Thursday and won 2–0 on Friday. The card was Detroit. A back-to-back was a shade, not a fade, and not a reason to lay the other side.
- Two goals is a spike. Anytime is not two. Guenther, Draisaitl, Knies, and Smith scored twice. The next card is anytime, not a second multi-goal night.
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