The #NHL announces it has set an attendance record for the fourth consecutive year.

Average attendance jumped from 17,611 to 17,742 after the Olympics.

Tonight's #Canucks game was pretty ideal for a rebuilding team:

- Couple fights
- Fan favourite gets first career goal
- Free hockey with overtime

Marco Rossi is tied for 28th among NHL centres in points since the Olympic break.

That's really good 2C point production on a terrible #Canucks team.

Points aren't everything but it's nice to see.

The #Isles have been eliminated from the NHL Playoffs

#Isles haven't scored in ~120 minutes of game time and counting....

Three goals for #GoHabsGo in under a minute and the #Isles season is on life support.

3-0 Canadiens with 3:09 remaining.

This #Isles/#GoHabsGo game has been very even so far.

@naturalstattrick.com has the scoring chances at 12-12 and high-danger chances at 6-6.

Scott Mayfield hasn't played since taking a nasty looking hit and the #Islanders are down to 5 d-men on the bench.

With their season on the line, Schaefer will likely play a crazy minute total tonight.

#Isles

Scott Mayfield gets hit awkwardly and is slow to get up. He's still on the bench now, but looks shaken up.

#Isles

Linus Karlsson has 35 points this year and costs $775,000 against the cap.

His $22,000 per point is 4th best in the NHL among non-ELC players. It's second among forwards.

#Canucks

13 NHL wingers have a cap hit between $5-6 million this season, including Jake DeBrusk.

He's 4th in goals and 5th in points on that list. Not bad on a terrible #Canucks team.

"I think my mom was saving my face so thank god she could help me out a little bit there," said Schaefer about this play.

#Isles

Matthew Schaefer played 24:50 tonight.

He scored the game winning goal.

The #Isles won the shot battle 15-2 during his five-on-five minutes.

The Isles led high-danger chances 6-1 in his five-on-five minutes.

"His consistency for his age is, it’s kind of off the charts. I’ve never seen anything like it," says Tony DeAngelo about Matthew Schaefer.

"I’ve only played with a couple of 18-year-olds but it’s every night, the same way.”

#Isles

“I told the coaching staff, they’ve seen him every night this year, so you probably get a little bit numb to it, but for me watching him live from the bench like that," said Peter DeBoer about Matthew Schaefer postgame.

"It’s just ‘wow, what a player.’”

#Isles

He’s back

Matthew Schaefer gets hit by a shot up high in the shoulder/chin area and goes straight down the tunnel.

Was under his own power and skating fine but went straight to room.

#Isles #NHL

"Matt-hew Schae-fer" chants raining down from the UBS Arena crowd.

#Isles

History at UBS Arena tonight.

Matthew Schaefer has tied Brian Leetch for the NHL record for goals by a rookie defenceman with 23.

#Isles

#Isles are up 2-0 on the #Leafs less than five minutes into the Pete DeBoer era.

John Tavares getting boo'd at UBS Arena.

#Isles

Pete DeBoer’s first game on Long Island coming up.

#Isles

I deserve this one

The Master's this weekend. NHL Playoffs in under two weeks. Champions League getting down to the final rounds and NFL Draft at the end of the month.

What a great time to be a sports fan.

December 6th*

#Canucks leading scorer (EP40) has 48 points this season.

Nathan MacKinnon had 48 points on December 5th. It took him 28 games.

The best Pacific Division team is 15th in the overall league standings.

Every other division has a team that's reached 100 points. The Pacific Division is still at 87.

#NHL

#Flames are ahead of #Canucks in the rebuild process, but they should be. They haven't made the playoffs in three years and have been selling for multiple seasons.

Canucks just decided halfway through this year to rebuild. It's not surprising they don't have as many prospects.

Ben Rice stays hot and smashes a three-run homer to right field.

#Yankees #RepBX

Max Fried had pitched 13.1 innings across two starts without an earned run prior to today.

He's already allowed one in the first inning this afternoon.

#Yankees #RepBX