The Bridgestone NHL Originate air Saturday between the Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche at Lake Tahoe will resume at center of the evening ET after being delayed following the first duration.
Daylight hours triggered ice prerequisites to deteriorate at Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Stateline, Nevada.
The Avalanche lead 1-0.
“The plan is barely that we concluded after consulting with our ice makers and both teams that we didn’t reflect that it change into once stable or acceptable to continue this game at the present,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman acknowledged on the NBC game broadcast. “A number of the players desired to continue taking part in. Other players were more concerned. I felt, as did the [NHL] Avid gamers’ Association and each person in hockey operations, and most considerably the ice makers, the most prudent thing to total change into once to prevent the game now.”
The game will be televised on NBCSN within the United States, and Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.
As well to, the Honda NHL Originate air Sunday between the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins on the identical affirm has been moved back to 7: 30 p.m. ET (NBCSN, SN, TVAS). It change into once originally scheduled for 2 p.m. ET. Commissioner Bettman acknowledged it change into once made up our minds Saturday morning that the Sunday game would be pushed back “for the explanation that forecast change into once no cloud duvet at all.”
As well to, the Honda NHL Originate air Sunday between the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins on the identical affirm has been moved back to 7: 30 p.m. ET. It change into once originally scheduled for 2 p.m. ET. Commissioner Bettman acknowledged it change into once made up our minds Saturday morning that the Sunday game would be pushed back “for the explanation that forecast change into once no cloud duvet at all.”
The Flyers-Bruins game will now air on NBCSN within the United States, and on Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.
The Unique Jersey Devils-Washington Capitals game in Washington on Sunday, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, will now be performed at 2 p.m. ET and air on NBC.
“We non-public done over 30 outside games,” Commissioner Bettman acknowledged. “This has been the most hard climate cases we now non-public had and it’s miles a beautiful day. The cloud duvet is in all locations but the assign the solar is and it did a quantity on the ice. We were observing within the first duration players getting caught, specifically at center ice, tripping or catching a skate. Whereas both teams and coaches desired to total he first duration we concluded after session, and I’m sorry it took as lengthy as it did but we desired to test up on to win it appropriate, that the most efficient thing to total change into once instructed on the 2d.”
Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog acknowledged he understood the choice to prolong the game.
“Even coming back here shimmering that first duration change into once the vogue it change into once and some spots of the ice were somewhat of slushy,” the forward suggested NBC, “but we were ready to return out each time they called us back and we form of desired to return out. However it’s potentially a factual decision that we moved it to tonight and we’ll be ready to cross. I manufacture not know what the afternoon goes to search take care of for us, but return, win something to eat maybe and lay down for somewhat. It’s not the recurring, but we’ll figure it out. We were having stress-free out there.”
Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard scored at 2: 58 of the first duration, on a wrist shot from the finest face-off circle that went thru Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury‘s legs.
Colorado has three seconds final on a 5-on-3 energy play followed by 37 seconds of a 5-on-4 thanks to a double minor for prime-sticking by Vegas forward Heed Stone and a penalty on the Golden Knights for too many males on the ice.
The Avalanche outshot the Golden Knights 17-8 within the first duration. Fleury made 14 consecutive saves after Girard’s function.
NHL.com group creator Tom Gulitti contributed to this represent
