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Porter Martone leads the Spartans in scoring with seven goals, seven assists in 10 games.
Porter Martone leads the Spartans in scoring with seven goals, seven assists in 10 games.
No. 1-ranked Michigan State (9-1-1) takes the NCAA’s longest active unbeaten streak into this weekend’s series against No. 7 Wisconsin (8-2-2) at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing.
The Spartans are unbeaten in the last nine games heading into Friday’s game against the Badgers at 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s rematch is at 7 p.m.
“We are getting the results we want, we are getting the wins but the big thing for our group is come to the rink every day and just get better at different things,” said forward Porter Martone, who leads the team with seven goals, 14 points and a plus-12 rating in 10 games.
“If we continue to do that, we’ll be successful on the weekend.”
Martone, who was named the Big Ten Third Star of the Week, was tied for the conference lead with three goals last weekend, scoring the game-winning goal in each of Michigan State’s wins over Notre Dame.
The Badgers feature four players with Michigan connections: Luke Osburn (Plymouth), Zach Schulz (South Lyon), Gavin Morrissey (Rochester Hills), and Adam Pietila (Hartland).
Thursday’s NHL
(At) Florida 1, New Jersey 0: Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots and Sam Reinhart scored in the opening period in the Panthers’ victory.
It was Florida’s first 1-0 regulation win in the regular season since Dec. 23, 2017, against Ottawa. The Panthers had a 1-0 overtime win at Columbus last season.
Bobrovsky has 51 shutouts, tied for 28th in NHL history. The Devils were blanked for the first time this season, wasting a 23-save effort from Jake Allen.
(At) Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2 (OT): Travis Sanheim scored the winner with 1:09 left in overtime to rally Philadelphia past St. Louis.
Justin Faulk scored two goals in the first period for the Blues, but Rodrigo Abols scored for the Flyers in the second period to start the comeback and Tyson Foerster tied the game when he shot one past Joel Hofer in the third to make it 2-2.
Faulk’s big week started in Toronto when he played the 1,000th regular-season game of his career, joining Jeff Skinner, teammate Cam Fowler and Tyler Seguin as members of the 2010 draft class to reach the milestone.
Washington 8, (at) Montreal 4: Alex Ovechkin had his 33rd career hat trick and added an assist to move into 10th place on the NHL points list, helping Washington beat Montreal to hand the Canadiens their fifth straight loss.
Ovechkin has 10 goals this season to push his NHL-record to 907. The 40-year-old Russian has 1,643 points to move two past Joe Sakic for 10th on the scoring list. He has scored in four straight games and five of six.
Frank had two goals and two assists, Sonny Milano also scored twice and Jakob Chychrun added a goal. Charlie Lindgren stopped 24 shots, and and Dylan Strome had three assists.
Columbus 3, (at) Toronto 2 (OT): Adam Fantilli scored his second goal of the game at 4:21 of overtime and also had an assist to help Columbus beat Toronto after blowing a two-goal lead.
Dmitri Voronkov added a goal and an assist for Columbus. Jet Greaves made 27 saves, and Zach Werenski had three assists.
John Tavares and Dakota Mermis scored for Toronto. Joseph Woll stopped 27 shots.
(At) Tampa Bay 2, Edmonton 1 (OT): Jake Guentzel scored 1:43 into overtime to give Tampa Bay a victory over Edmonton.
Nick Paul, who made his season debut after recovering from offseason wrist surgery, scored for Tampa Bay with less than three minutes left in regulation to tie the game at 1-1. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 24 saves.
Trent Frederic scored for the Oilers 1:32 into the game while Calvin Pickard stopped 33 shots for Edmonton, which has one win in the past five games (1-3-1).
Seattle 3, (at) Chicago 2: Jaden Schwartz scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period as Seattle scored three in the third period to rally past Chicago.
Tye Kartye and Shane Wright also scored in the third for Seattle, which trailed 2-0 after two periods. Brandon Mountour added two assists and Joey Daccord had 22 saves to help the Kraken get their third win in four games.
Tyler Bertuzzi and Teuvo Teravainen each had a goal and an assist in the second period, and Spencer Knight stopped 24 shots for Chicago. The Blackhawks snapped a six-game point streak (5-0-1).
(At) Colorado 6, N.Y. Rangers 3: Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist to move into second place on the franchise scoring list, and Colorado beat New York.
MacKinnon’s three points broke a tie with Peter Stastny. He now has 1,051 career points and trails only Joe Sakic, who had 1,641 points in his 20-year career, all with Quebec/Colorado.
Cale Makar also had two goals and an assist, Brock Nelson scored and Scott Wedgewood got his first career assist while making 15 saves for the Avalanche. Colorado, which leads the NHL with 33 points, has won seven in a row and has just one regulation loss in 20 games.
Vegas 4, (at) Utah 1: Jack Eichel scored two goals and assisted on a third to power Vegas to a victory over Utah.
Ben Hutton and Braeden Bowman each scored a goal and Shea Theodore had three assists to help the Golden Knights win for the third time in four games. Akira Schmid had 25 saves.
Nate Schmidt scored for Utah and Karel Vejmelka made 29 stops. The Mammoth dropped their fourth straight contest and have just two wins in their last 11 games.
November schedules
Thursday
â–¶ Islanders 5, Red Wings 0
Friday
â–¶ Charlotte at Grand Rapids, 7
â–¶ Ohio State at Michigan, 7
â–¶ Wisconsin at Michigan State, 8:30
â–¶ Western Michigan at Nebraska at Omaha, 8
â–¶ Michigan Tech at Minnesota State, 8
â–¶ Northern Michigan at Bemidji State, 8
â–¶ NTDP U18 at North Dakota, 8
â–¶ Madison at NTDP U17, 7
Saturday
â–¶ Blue Jackets at Red Wings, 1
â–¶ Charlotte at Grand Rapids, 7
â–¶ Ohio State at Michigan, 7
â–¶ Wisconsin at Michigan State, TBA
â–¶ Western Michigan at Nebraska at Omaha, 8
â–¶ Michigan Tech at Minnesota State, 7
â–¶ Northern Michigan at Bemidji State, 7
â–¶ Madison at NTDP U17, 7
Monday, Nov. 24
â–¶ Red Wings at Devils, 7
Tuesday, Nov. 25
â–¶ Grand Rapids at Texas, 8
Wednesday, Nov. 26
â–¶ Predators at Red Wings, 7
â–¶ Grand Rapids at Texas, 8
â–¶ Colgate at Michigan State, TBA
â–¶ Muskegon at NTDP U17, 5
Friday, Nov. 28
â–¶ Lightning at Red Wings, noon
â–¶ Iowa at Grand Rapids, 7
â–¶ Michigan at Harvard, 7
â–¶ Colgate at Michigan State, TBA
â–¶ St. Thomas at Michigan Tech, 7
â–¶ Minnesota State at Northern Michigan, 7
â–¶ NTDP U17 at Sioux Falls, 4
Saturday, Nov. 29
â–¶ Red Wings at Boston, 7
â–¶ Michigan at Harvard, 7
â–¶ St. Thomas at Michigan Tech, 6
â–¶ Minnesota State at Northern Michigan, 6
â–¶ NTDP U17 at Sioux Falls, 7
Sunday, Nov. 30
â–¶ Iowa at Grand Rapids, 4
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