October 7th NHL Recap

Edmonton Oilers 5, New Jersey Devils 4 (SO) - (from Edmonton) - The Edmonton Oilers won their 1st game of the season 5-4 in a shootout over the Devils thanks to 4 goals in the 3rd period
Goals:
NJD - Jaromir Jagr (1) - from Marek Zidlicky
NJD - Damien Brunner PPG (3) - from Travis Zajac and Adam Henrique
NJD - Michael Ryder (2) - unassisted
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins PPG (1) - from David Perron and Boyd Gordon
EDM - Andrew Ference (1) - from Justin Schultz and Jordan Eberle
EDM - David Perron (1) - from Mark Arcobella
EDM - Taylor Hall (1) - from Ales Hemsky
NJD - Patrick Elias SHG (1) - from Damien Brunner and Marek Zidlicky
Shootout winner - David Perron
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1 goal)
2. Damien Brunner (1 goal, 1 assist)
1. David Perron (1 goal, shootout winner)

New York Rangers 3, Los Angeles Kings 1 (from Los Angeles) - The New York Rangers won their 1st game of the season 3-1 over the Kings thanks to a 2-goal effort from Brad Richards
Goals:
NYR - Brad Richards (1) - from Rich Nash and Derek Stepan
NYR - Brad Richards (2) - from Rick Nash
LAK - Jake Muzzin (1) - from Mike Richards
NYR - Ryan McDonagh SHG (1) - from Brian Boyle
Three Stars:
3. Henrik Lundqvist (28 saves on 29 shots)
2. Rick Nash (2 assists)
1. Brad Richards (2 goals, including the GWG)

Player of the Night - Brad Richards gets it tonight, his 1st 2-goals of the season were big for the Rangers. Runner-up goes to David Perron with 1 goal and the shootout winner.

Interesting Stat of the Night - 9 of the 12 goals scored were player's 1st goals of the season.

Whats up next (October 8th) - There are 8 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:
1. Colorado Avalanche vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM ET (In Toronto) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
2. Phoenix Coyotes vs. New York Islanders @7PM ET (In New York)
3. Florida Panthers vs. Philadelphia Flyers @7PM ET (In Philadelphia)
4. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @7PM ET (In Pittsburgh)
5. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo Sabres @730PM ET (In Buffalo)
6. Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville Predators @8PM ET (In Nashville)
7. New Jersey Devils vs. Vancouver Canucks @10PM ET (In Vancouver)
8. New York Rangers vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff