# NHL: December 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** hockey-nhl\ **Created:** [December 7, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116 "2022-12-07T01:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/1 "2022-12-07T01:27:15Z")
Oops, haven’t been keeping up with the monthly threads, I’ll be better going forward. I’ll be checking out the surprising Devils and Kraken in games tonight. Also quite enjoyed Vegas vs Boston last night. It’s late enough into the season to believe in these teams. The Athletic (paywalled?) awards Cale Makar the NHL person of 2022 award > **[Cale Makar: The Athletic's NHL Person of the Year](https://theathletic.com/3959168/2022/12/06/cale-makar-nhl-sportsperson/?source=user_shared_article)** > > He added a Stanley Cup and a Conn Smythe to his trophy case while wowing his peers. Cale Makar is our 2022 NHL Person of the Year. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/2 "2022-12-07T13:52:04Z")
Carey Price getting himself into some hot water as he wades into the politics of guns in Canada. > **[Hanes: Carey Price has revealed where his loyalties lie, and it's not pretty](https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/hanes-carey-price-has-revealed-where-his-loyalties-lie-and-its-not-pretty)** > > It was bad enough when it seemed the Canadiens goalie had betrayed Montrealers by shilling for the gun lobby on the eve of the Polytechnique massacre's anniversary out of ignorance. But the truth is actually worse. Lots of people were on his side battling addiction, now, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/3 "2022-12-11T00:52:57Z")
Also - Carey’s knee. He recently mentioned the difficulty of just going up stairs with his kid, and stuff. To add to Canucks’ ongoing woes: (on a more minor, trivial front)…Hapless Bruce Boudreau (742 games) was surpassed by Tampa’s Jon Cooper (741) for fastest coach to win 450 games. ETA: And I don’t mean running the 40. Which I’m sure Jon would also have the edge on. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/4 "2022-12-12T04:36:19Z")
Ovechkin is rapidly closing in on the empty net goals record. Tallied 4 ENGs in just the last few games. Just 3 behind Gretzky now for that record, and overall is now under 100 career goals to passing Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/5 "2022-12-12T11:13:11Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Ovechkin is rapidly closing in on the empty net goals record. Tallied 4 ENGs in just the last few games. I came in here to post about this. He’s scored 4 empty netters in a row. Does anybody know what the record for scoring most consecutive ENGs is? I can never figure out how to use the stats stuff at [hockey-reference.com](http://hockey-reference.com) or even if they would have that historical data. You have to pay to get the top ten results anyway I think. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/6 "2022-12-12T14:50:15Z")
> **[Ovechkin equals NHL record for consecutive empty net goals - GAMINGDEPUTY](https://www.gamingdeputy.com/ovechkin-equals-nhl-record-for-consecutive-empty-net-goals/)** > > Ovechkin equals NHL record for consecutive empty net goals Pavel Novikov December 12, 2022, 08:30 UTC In the next match of the ... Interesting that the other three players are in the last three years. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/7 "2022-12-12T18:59:27Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > Interesting that the other three players are in the last three years. It seems to me that teams pull their goalies earlier now and also often down two goals so I think there are more chances these days. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/8 "2022-12-13T07:23:20Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > [GAMINGDEPUTY - ‏‏‎‎‏‏‎ ‎News, Reviews & Insights](https://www.gamingdeputy.com/ovechkin-equals-nhl-record-for-consecutive-empty-net-goals/) Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/9 "2022-12-14T13:54:45Z")
800 Goals!! I have tickets to Saturday’s game between the Caps and the Leafs. Hoping to see a milestone goal. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/10 "2022-12-14T16:51:58Z")
Dare I say that passing Wayne is starting to feel like an inevitability? As long as Ovechkin can stay on the ice, he’ll score goals. The way he scores a lot of his goals isn’t reliant on a lot of skating finesse or crashing the net; the magic is almost entirely in his uncanny accuracy. If his only job was to go out on power plays, skate to the left circle and wait to be fed pucks, he could play another 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/11 "2022-12-15T01:21:13Z")
Ovechkin could have waited for the chance to set the all-time consecutive empty netter record and he fucked it all up. What a waste of a shot at immortality. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/12 "2022-12-15T01:58:13Z")
The ESPN coverage showed a recorded reading of the line up while Ovie scored 24 seconds into the game with no live commentary. They did have it in split screen. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/13 "2022-12-15T03:51:14Z")
John Walton audio feed synced with the national tv broadcast on mute is the only way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/14 "2022-12-16T03:31:08Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > It seems to me that teams pull their goalies earlier now and also often down two goals so I think there are more chances these days Yep. And maybe it’s just me, but goalies seem to wait until the last second or two, now, before whacking their stick to idicate the end of a penalty. Seems like they always used to do it with more like about seven or eight steamships left. Interesting Ovie stat: no sign of slowing down…when clustering his goals in 100-goal components, the 700-to-800 cluster was his third fastest, taking him just 162 games at a .62 goals/game rate to do so. Comparatively - Gretzky took 232 games to do it in that same cluster, at .42 goals/game, while Howe took 256 games, at .39 g/g. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/15 "2022-12-17T19:48:29Z")
Alex Pietrangelo set to return after a horrific medical situation with his daughter, glad she’s doing better and he’s able to return to hockey. > ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/16 "2022-12-17T21:59:15Z")
Referees call everything these days, including things that look like they might be a penalty, but aren’t. The tv play-by-play guys are baffled half the time, even when watching the replay. “I think it was Jones there for a cross-check although he just used his gloves, or maybe just before that… not sure. Oh, it was actually Smith for interference… not sure why but that’s the call” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/17 "2022-12-17T23:43:15Z")
Anybody know why the Winter Classic is being held on Jan 2nd instead of New Years Day? What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/18 "2022-12-18T00:04:16Z")
Probably for the same reason that the traditional college bowl games aren’t on Jan 1st. It’s a Sunday and Sunday “belongs” to the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/19 "2022-12-21T04:23:11Z")
Gene Reyburn: The Canucks have been so crummy lately… Audience: How crummy? G.R.: They have as many home victories as they do 5-1 (all home) loses - 5. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116/20 "2022-12-23T01:46:02Z")
At 35, Sid the Kid is still greatness, leading the league in 5-on-5 even stength points at 32. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-december-2022/976116.md?page=2)