Keeping up with the Metropolitans 11/13/16-11/19/16

Believe it or not, it's Thanksgiving this week! Roughly a quarter of the regular season has been played, and now is where the strong teams start to pull away from the rest of the crowd. Last year, Washington stormed out of the gate and held strong all the way during their record setting regular season. Will we have another front runner the whole way, or is it gonna be a competition week to week?

The Rangers remained atop of Mount Metro for the last two weeks, see if any of the other Metro teams can jump ahead in the race to the top!

METROPOLITAN	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	ROW	SOW	SOL	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA	DIFF	L10	STRK
NY Rangers	18	13	5	0	26	13	0	0	8-2-0	5-3-0	74	42	+32	8-2-0	Lost 1
Pittsburgh	18	11	4	3	25	10	1	1	7-1-1	4-3-2	52	50	+2	6-2-2	Lost 1
Washington	17	11	4	2	24	11	0	1	6-2-0	5-2-2	46	37	+9	7-2-1	Won 2
New Jersey	17	9	5	3	21	8	1	0	6-0-1	3-5-2	41	38	+3	6-3-1	Lost 2
Columbus	15	9	4	2	20	9	0	0	7-2-0	2-2-2	51	35	+16	7-2-1	Won 3
Philadelphia	19	8	8	3	19	6	2	2	5-4-2	3-4-1	62	67	-5	5-3-2	Lost 1
Carolina	16	6	6	4	16	5	1	1	4-3-0	2-3-4	42	48	-6	5-3-2	Won 3
NY Islanders	17	5	8	4	14	5	0	2	5-4-3	0-4-1	42	54	-12	2-4-4	Lost 4

New York Rangers

13-5-0, 26 pts  /  74GF/42GA  /  2-1 record last week

11/13/16
NYR: 3
EDM: 1

Rangers Vs. Oilers: Goalies To The Rescue

11/15/16
NYR: 7
WIN: 2

-No Blue Shirt Banter Recap.
-Next best thing - Bantering Points: 11/16/16

11/18/16
NYR: 2
CBJ: 4

Rangers Fall To Blue Jackets To Close Out Road Trip

Week Ahead:

Sunday Nov 20 - vs FLA

Monday Nov 21 - @ PIT***

Wednesday Nov 23 - vs PIT***

Friday Nov 25 - @ PHI

Injuries:

PLAYER	DATE	STATUS	DESCRIPTION
J. Jooris, C	Oct 26, 2016	IR	Upper-body injury
P. Buchnevich, RW	Nov 12, 2016	day-to-day	Back spasms

Washington Capitals

11-4-2, 24 pts  /  46GF/37GA  /  2-0-1 record last week

11/15/16
WAS: 1
CBJ: 2 OT

Capitals vs. Blue Jackets Recap: Late-Game Excitement Downs Caps, 2-1 (OT)

11/16/16
PIT: 1
WAS: 7

Capitals vs. Penguins Recap: Pittsburied

BONUS! Pensburgh coverage!
Recap: Banner night for the Caps -- Pens lose 7-1

11/18/16
DET: 0
WAS: 1

Capitals vs. Red Wings Recap: Beagle Goal Lifts Washington

Week Ahead:

Sunday Nov 20 - vs CBJ

Wednesday Nov 23 - vs STL

Friday Nov 25 - vs BUF

Saturday Nov 26 - @ TOR

Injuries:

PLAYER	DATE	STATUS	DESCRIPTION
T. Oshie, RW	Nov 18, 2016	day-to-day	Upper-body injury
L. Eller, C	Nov 18, 2016	day-to-day	Upper-body injury

New Jersey Devils

9-5-3, 21 pts  /  41GF/38GA  /  1-2 record last week

11/15/16
NJD: 2 OT
DAL: 1

Five Straight Wins: Overtime Heroics Lead Devils Over Stars, 2-1

11/17/16
NJD: 2
ANA: 3

New Jersey Devils Lose Lead, Winning Streak to Anaheim Ducks, 2-3

11/19/16
NJD: 2
LA: 4

Devils out-muscled by Kings, lose 4-2 in Los Angeles

Week Ahead:

Monday Nov 21 - @ SJS

Wednesday Nov 23 - vs TOR

Friday Nov 25 - vs DET

Saturday Nov 26 - @ PIT

Injuries:

PLAYER	DATE	STATUS	DESCRIPTION
M. Savard, C	Oct 9, 2016	IR	Post-concussion syndrome
M. Cammalleri, LW	Nov 10, 2016	day-to-day	Personal reasons
T. Hall, LW	Nov 14, 2016	IR	Left knee

Columbus Blue Jackets

9-4-2, 20 pts  /  51GF/35GA  /  2-0 record last week

11/15/16
WAS: 1
CBJ: 2 OT

-No Jackets Cannon recap.
-Washington at Columbus: Quick Takes
-Also worth reading: Identity Win

11/18/16
NYR: 2
CBJ: 4

-No recap
-Rangers at Jackets: Quick Takes

Week Ahead:

Sunday Nov 20 - @ WAS

Monday Nov 21 - vs COL

Wednesday Nov 23 - vs CGY

Friday Nov 25 - @ TBL

Satuday Nov 26 - @ FLA

-Happy Thanksgiving, Columbus! 5 games in 7 days with Thanksgiving sandwiched in the middle. This will be their ultimate measuring stick on what kind of team they are this year.

Injuries:

PLAYER	DATE	STATUS	DESCRIPTION
D. Clarkson, RW	Sep 20, 2016	IR	Lower-body injury
S. Jones, D	Nov 6, 2016	IR	Fractured foot
D. Prout, D	Nov 17, 2016	day-to-day	Back spasms

Philadelphia Flyers

8-8-3, 19 pts  /  62GF/67GA  /  1-1-1 record last week

11/15/16
OTT: 3 SO
PHI: 2

Flyers vs. Senators recap: Shootouts are evil

11/17/16
WPG: 2
PHI: 5

Flyers vs. Jets recap: Mason shines as Philadelphia rolls to 5-2 win

11/19/16
TBL: 3
PHI: 0

Flyers vs. Lightning recap: A cruel reversal of fate

Week Ahead:

Tuesday Nov 22 - @ FLA

Wednesday Nov 23 - @ TBL

Friday Nov 25 - vs NYR

Injuries:

PLAYER	DATE	STATUS	DESCRIPTION
B. Gordon, C	Oct 31, 2016	IR	Upper-body injury
M. Neuvirth, G	Nov 12, 2016	IR	Sprained knee

New York Islanders

5-8-4, 14 pts  /  42GF/54GA  /  0-1-1 record last week

11/14/16
TBL: 4
NYI: 0

Lightning 4, Islanders 0: I’ve gone outside to scream into the night

11/18/16
PIT: 3 OT
NYI: 2

Penguins 3, Islanders 2 (OT): Isles fall deeper in the hole

Bonus! Pensburgh coverage!
Game Recap: Pens Bounce Back, Get Overtime Win

Week Ahead:

Tuesday Nov 22 - @ ANA

Wednesday Nov 23 - @ LAK

Friday Nov 25 - @ SJS

Injuries:

PLAYER	DATE	STATUS	DESCRIPTION
M. Grabovski, C	Sep 25, 2016	IR	Concussion
R. Pulock, D	Oct 21, 2016	IR	Broken foot
D. Seidenberg, D	Nov 12, 2016	IR	Broken jaw

*Standings via ESPN as of 11/19/16
**Injuries via TSN as of 11/19/16
***Game of the week! The Penguins and Rangers will be squaring off in a home and home to start off everyone's Thanksgiving. If either team pulls off a clean sweep, that could potentially be the decider for the Metro this year. Go Pens!!!