period] that there was a lot of hockey to be played. Major credit to our guys for sticking with it and battling through and conv

A history of NHL expansion from the Original Six until the addition of Seattle as the 32nd franchise:1942: Boston Bruins Cheap Kerryon Johnson Jersey , Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs make up Original Six.1967: Great Expansion doubles league in size to 12 with addition of California Seals, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars http://www.lionscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-kerryon-johnson-jersey , Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues.1970: Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks join to give league 14 teams.1972: Atlanta Flames and New York Islanders join to give league 16 teams.1974: Kansas City Scouts and Washington Capitals join to give league 18 teams.1978: After Seals’ move to Cleveland, merger of Cleveland Barons and Minnesota North Stars gives league 17 teams.1979: League absorbs Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets from Western Hockey Association to get to 21 teams.1991: San Jose Sharks become league’s 22nd team to begin new era of expansion.1992: Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning join to give league 24 teams.1993: Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Florida Panthers join to give league 26 teams.1998: Nashville Predators join to give league 27 teams.1999: Atlanta Thrashers join to give league 28 teams.2000: Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild join to give league 30 teams.2017: Vegas Golden Knights join to give league 31 teams.2018: Seattle approved as 32nd team to begin play in 2021. WASHINGTON — The Buffalo Sabres will try and do what the Detroit Red Wings and Carolina Hurricanes did not do this week when they play the Washington Capitals Saturday night at Capital One Arena.Stop Alex Ovechkin.Ovechkin tied his career-long point streak at 13 games Friday night with his second straight hat trick as Washington rallied for a 6-5 shootout win at the Carolina Hurricanes.Article continues below ...An Ovechkin one-timer from the left circle at 9:49 of the third period made it a 5-4 game for Washington before former Capital Justin Williams forced overtime.“Obviously I have pretty good chances,” Ovechkin told the team website of his hat trick. “You can see on my goals my linemates do a pretty good job of giving me space and I just have to put it in.”It was Ovechkin’s 22nd NHL hat track and his point streak (16 goals Authentic Kerryon Johnson Jersey , six assists) tied his longest in the NHL. Overall, he has 28 goals and 42 points in 31 games.“Any time he’s in the offensive zone he’s dangerous with the puck,” the Sabres Conor Sheary told the Buffalo News. “You have to be aware of him when he’s out there and not give him time and space. And keeping them off the power play is such a big them with them too. It’s a strong first unit that can bury the puck.”In 45 career games against the Sabres, Ovechkin has 46 points (30 goals, 16 assists).Travis Boyd scored goal for the third straight game Friday night and Tom Wilson also scored. Jakub Vrana provided the shootout winner and Nic Dowd and John Carlson each had three assists for the Capitals (19-9-3).Washington won despite trailing 4-1 in the second period of a game in which they allowed three power-play goals and a short-handed tally.“A tough start, and falling behind by three Authentic Deshaun Watson Jersey ,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden told the team’s website. “But the second half of the game – I think we said at the eight-minute mark [of the second period] that there was a lot of hockey to be played. Major credit to our guys for sticking with it and battling through and converting on our chances that we got. It was a big two points for us in not a perfect way.”The Capitals have won four straight and 11 of 13.Buffalo (19-9-4) has won two straight after a five-game losing streak and is 5-3-2 in its last 10 games. The Sabres play back-to-backs this weekend in Washington and Boston.“It’s going to be a very good test,” coach Phil Housley told the Buffalo News. “Washington is healthy right now. They’ve got their full lineup so it’s going to be a great challenge for our guys to get ready to play in difficult circumstances in their building not getting the matchups we want. There’s going to be a lot of responsibility, especially on our young guys, to face a heavy team.”The Sabres are coming off a 3-1 home win over the Arizona CoyotesThursday night. Buffalo got goals from Jeff Skinner, Evan Rodrigues and Casey Mittelstadt. Goaltender Carter Hutton, who had missed the past three games http://www.houstontexansteamonline.com/deshaun-watson-jersey , made 25 saves.Buffalo defenseman Marco Scandella (upper body injury) practiced a Friday and could return against the Capitals.Braden Holtby made 22 saves for the Capitals Friday night, so Pheonix Copley could get the start against Buffalo.