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Riveters Split Series with Beauts as Playoffs Approach

The Metropolitan Riveters took three points on the weekend to inch closer to clinching the third-place spot, as they split their series with the Beauts, but not without a shootout and a few game ejections and penalties. 

The Beauts took the first game 6-5 in a shootout, while the Riveters bounced back on Sunday and won 4-3 with goalie Dana DeMartino getting her first win of the season. Captain Madison Packer also hit a career-high 30 points in Saturday’s game and then tacked on two more on Sunday. 

Game Summaries 

What has certainly shaped up to be the league’s biggest rivalry, these two teams once again squared off and earned some hefty penalties in Saturday night’s game. With a still-injured Sam Walther getting the start against Tiffany Hsu in her debut, both teams had something to prove. 

The Beauts got on the board early with two goals in the first period by Corrine Buie and Kandice Sheriff with her first goal of the season. Leila Kildfuff got one back with just three seconds left in the period to gain some momentum before the second period. Kim Brown got another goal for Buffalo as well, but then the Riveters dominated the rest of the period and with three goals from Dosdall-Arena, Nash, and Leary, the Riveters looked to close out the game from there. 

That didn’t happen, however, and Buffalo added two goals, as well as another goal from Brooke Avery for the Rivs, which led the teams into overtime. However, they did so without a prominent player from each team.

At the end of the second period Packer and Sara Bustad of the Beauts were both ejected from the game after fighting. Bustad ultimately received a match penalty and sat out the following day as well for kicking Packer. 

After five minutes of overtime, the teams headed to a shootout. No Riveters scored, and all three Beauts representatives did, ending with Ana Orzechowski who sealed the deal for them. 

In Sunday’s match, Hsu got the start once again, however, Riveters goalie Dana DeMartino started in Walther’s usual place. The team also signed goalie Zoe Zisis to a PTO that morning, indicating Walther’s injuries are more serious than they previously seemed. 

Kate Leary just did…THAT. I have no words. That's her second goal of the first period. Riveters up 2-0. W O W pic.twitter.com/6zW5jBRmVK

— The Ice Garden (@TheIceGarden) February 16, 2020

Leary opened the scoring with two goals in the first period, but the Beauts took one back on a Becki Bowering goal. Cassidy MacPherson tied it up in the second, but Leila Kilduff scored again and then Mallory Rushton was finally able to notch her first goal of the season. Kristin Lewicki got her first goal of the season late in the third period, but it wasn’t enough to win. After much effort to get Kate Leary the hat trick on the open net, it did not happen, however, the Riveters came away with the win.

Looking Ahead

The Riveters will play the Boston Pride one final time on Sunday, Feb. 23, before a two-game season-ending series with the Buffalo Beauts, who currently trail them in the standings by six points. 

Metropolitan needs just three points to clinch third place and avoid playing a play-in game with the Connecticut Whale for the playoffs. However, Buffalo has one more game than they do against a more-beatable team. They would have to win their four remaining games, two of which against the Riveters, to take possession of third place. Considering how dominant Minnesota has been this year, and that the Riveters have found success against them, that seems unlikely. 

The first game in the playoffs has an official date and time. Hosted by the first-place Boston Pride, the winner of the play-in game will face off with them on March 8 at Warrior Ice Arena at 2:30 pm.

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DAB NHL Trade Deadline Tracker 2020

Names	Position	Age	Team	Yr. Left	AAV ($)	Possible Destinations	Trade Details
Chris Kreider	LW	28	NYR	UFA	4,625,000	BOS, COL, FLA, STL
Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	27	OTT	UFA	3,100,000	COL, EDM, PIT, NYI
Sami Vatanen	LD	28	NJ	UFA	4,875,000	LV, TOR, CAR, WIN
Ilya Kovalchuk	RW	36	MTL	UFA	700,000	BOS, EDM, CGY
Alec Martinez	RD	32	LAK	1	4,000,000	CAR, WPG, LV
Tyler Toffoli	LW	27	LAK	UFA	4,600,000	CGY, BOS, PHI	VAN trades F Tim Schaller, F Tyler Madden, 2020 2nd round pick. LAK trades F Tyler Toffoli.
Brenden Dillon	LD	29	SJS	UFA	3,270,000	WPG, CAR, BOS
Andreas Athanasiou	LW	25	DET	RFA	3,000,000	STL, EDM
Derek Grant	RW	29	ANA	UFA	700,000	COL, VAN, EDM
Erik Gustafsson	LD	27	CHI	UFA	1,200,000	LV, WSH
Erik Haula	C	28	CAR	UFA	2,750,000	COL, STL, NYI
Alexandar Georgiev	G	24	NYR	RFA	792,500	SJ
Tomas Tatar	LW	29	MTL	1	5,300,000	PIT, EDM, CGY
Mike Hoffman**	RW	30	FLA	UFA	5,187,500	COL, DAL, EDM
Josh Anderson	RW	25	CBJ	RFA	1,850,000	VAN, CGY, BOS
Dylan Demelo	RD	26	OTT	UFA	900,000	CBJ, WPG	WPG trades ’20 3rd round pick. OTT trades D Dylan Demelo
Jesse Puljujarvi	RW	21	EDM	RFA	Unsigned	OTT, NYR, TB, NJ
Wayne Simmonds	RW	31	NJ	UFA	5,000,000	VAN, BOS,
Jeff Petry**	RD	32	MTL	1	5,500,000	WSH, LV, WPG
Zach Bogosion	RD	29	BUF	UFA	5,142,857	CBJ, LV

*- have been traded

**- contains Modified NTC

Trades Completed (Feb. 5th – Present)

February 5th: TOR acquire G Jack Campbell and F Kyle Clifford, LAK acquire F Trevor Moore, 2020 3rd round pick, and 2021 3rd round pick

February 10th: PIT acquire F Jason Zucker, MIN acquire F Alex Galchenyuk, D Calen Addison, 2020 1st round pick (conditional)

February 16th: NYI acquire D Andy Greene, NJ acquire 2021 2nd round pick and D David Quenneville

February 16th: TBL acquire F Blake Coleman, NJ acquire F Nolan Foote and 2020 1st round pick (VAN) (conditional)

February 17th: VAN acquire F Tyler Toffoli, LAK acquire F Tim Schaller, F Tyler Madden, and 2020 2nd round pick

February 18th: NYR acquire F Julien Gauthier, CAR acquire D Joey Keane

February 18th: WPG acquire D Dylan Demelo, OTT acquire 2020 3rd round pick

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