November 24th NHL Recap

Detroit Red Wings 3, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Buffalo) - The Red Wings improved to 11-7-7 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 5-19-1. 

Goals:

BUF - Cody Hodgson (8) - from Drew Stafford (7:47 1ST)

DET - Darren Helm (5) - from Daniel Alfredsson and Justin Abdelkader (0:30 2ND)

DET - Johan Franzen PPG (6) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (11:43 3RD)

DET - Daniel Alfredsson EN (4) - from Johan Franzen (19:11 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Gustavsson (21 saves on 22 shots: 5-0-1) LG - Ryan Miller (31 saves on 33 shots: 4-14-0)

Three Stars:

3. Darren Helm (1 goal) - Detroit

2. Ryan Miller (31 saves on 33 shots) - Buffalo

1. Johan Franzen (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 9-10-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 9-11-4.

Goals:

OTT - Jason Spezza (10) - from Mika Zibanejad (1:07 1ST)

CAR - Patrick Dwyer (3) - from Jordan Staal and Justin Faulk (3:10 2ND)

CAR - Tuomo Ruutu (2) - from Eric Staal (6:09 2ND)

CAR - Elias Lindholm PPG (2) - from Eric Staal and Justin Faulk (9:03 2ND)

CAR - Eric Staal EN (6) - from Manny Malhotra (17:37 3RD) 

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (35 saves on 36 shots: 3-3-4) LG - Robin Lehner (33 saves on 36 shots: 4-4-2)

Three Stars: 

3. Justin Faulk (2 assists) - Carolina

2. Cam Ward (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Carolina

1. Eric Staal (1 goal, 2 assists) - Carolina

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Cam Ward - Ward made 35 saves on 36 shots to pick up his 1st win since returning from injury.

2. Johan Farnzen - Franzen scored his 6th goal of the season (the eventual GWG) and added an assist in the Red Wings 3-1 win over the Sabres.

1. Eric Staal - The Hurricanes Captain had a big game, setting up 2 goals and scoring the empty-netter to seal with victory for a 4-1 win over the Sens. 

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-The Sens have allowed 4 or more goals in each of their last 9 losses.

-Cam Ward picked up his 1st win since October 19th.

-Both the Sabres and Senators opened the scoring in their game but watched the Red Wings and Hurricanes score 3 and 4 unanswered goals respectively to lose.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Montreal Canadiens (3-game winning streak)
Philadelphia Flyers (3-game winning streak)
St. Louis Blues (3-game winning streak)
Colorado Avalanche (3-game winning streak)
Edmonton Oilers (3-game winning streak)

Tampa Bay Lightning (4-game losing streak)
Buffalo Sabres (4-game losing streak)

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Cam Ward gets it tonight for his brilliant paddle save of the year candidate on Colin Greening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVF6tFB1uTU

What's up next (November 25th) - There are 9 games on tap for Monday:

1. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston Bruins @7PM ET (In Boston) {**2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs Rematch**}

2. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM ET (In Toronto)

3. Winnipeg Jets vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)

4. New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @730PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

5. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Florida Panthers @730PM ET (In Florida)

6. Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues @8PM ET (In St. Louis)

7. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Nashville Predators @8PM ET (In Nashville)

8. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)

9. Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks @10PM ET (In Vancouver) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff