December 1st NHL Recap

Vancouver Canucks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (from Carolina) - The Canucks improved to 14-10-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 10-12-5
Goals:
VAN -  Ryan Kesler PPG (11) - from Jason Garrison and Henrik Sedin (3:24 1ST)
VAN - Tom Sestito (2) - from Jason Garrison and Zac Dalpe (15:48 1ST)
CAR - Jordan Staal (5) - from Ron Hainsey and Patrick Dwyer (0:39 2ND)
CAR - Nathan Gerbe (6) - from Eric Staal and Justin Faulk (0:49 2ND)
VAN - Ryan Kesler (12) - from Jannik Hansen and Chris Higgins (1:16 2ND) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Eddie Lack (29 saves on 31 shots: 3-2-0) LG - Cam Ward (27 saves on 30 shots: 4-5-4)
Three Stars:
3. Jason Garrison (2 assists) - Carolina
2. Jordan Staal (1 goal) - Carolina
1. Ryan Kesler (2 goals, including the GWG) - Vancouver

Detroit Red Wings 4, Ottawa Senators 2 (from Ottawa) - The Red Wings improved to 14-7-7 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 10-13-4.
Goals:
DET - Johan Franzen (7) - from Jakub Kindl and Daniel Alfredsson (8:22 2ND)
DET - Drew Miller (3) - from Tomas Tatar and Niklas Kronwall (11:13 2ND)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur (8) - from Milan Michalek and Chris Phillips (14:14 2ND)
DET - Drew Miller (4) - from Brendan Smith and Darren Helm (1:58 3RD) *GWG*
OTT - Mika Zibanejad (8) - from Erik Karlsson and Zack Smith (18:39 3RD)
DET - Daniel Alfredsson EN (7) - from Justin Abdelkader and Niklas Kronwall (18:57 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Gustavsson (30 saves on 32 shots: 7-0-1) LG - Robin Lehner (19 saves on 22 shots: 4-5-2)
Three Stars:
3. Jonas Gustavsson (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Detroit
2. Drew Miller (2 goals, including the GWG) - Detroit
1. Daniel Alfredsson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

Edmonton Oilers 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO) - (from Dallas) - The Oilers improved to 9-17-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 12-9-4.
Goals:
DAL - Ryan Garbutt SHG (4) - unassisted (11:37 2ND)
EDM - Ales Hemsky (5) - from Ryan Jones and Sam Gagner (19:55 2ND)
DAL - Ryan Garbutt (5) - from Antoine Roussel and Vernon Fiddler (3:45 3RD)
EDM - Andrew Ference (2) - from David Perron (14:53 3RD)
Shootout winner - David Perron (EDM)
Goalies:
WG - Devan Dubnyk (15 saves on 16 shots: 7-11-1). In relief of the injured Ilya Bryzgalov (28 saves on 29 shots) LG - Kari Lehtonen (30 saves on 32 shots: 10-5-4)
Three Stars:
3. Andrew Ference (1 goal) - Edmonton
2. Ilya Bryzgalov (28 saves on 29 shots) - Edmonton
1. Ryan Garbutt (2 goals) - Dallas

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Daniel Alfredsson - Alfie had a great return to Ottawa, scoring 1 goal and adding 1 assist in the Red Wings 4-2 win.
2. Ryan Garbutt - Garbutt had 2 goals in the Stars 3-2 shootout loss to the Oilers.
1. Ryan Kesler - Kesler scored the opening goal of the game and the final goal of the game in the Canucks 3-2 win over the Hurricanes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Daniel Alfredsson returned to Ottawa for the first time as a Detroit Red Wings.
-The Sens honoured Alfredsson with this tribute: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=499946&navid=nhl:topheads
-All 3 home teams lost tonight, all scoring 2 goals.
-Tyler Seguin missed tonights game with concussion-like symptoms.
-Ilya Bryzgalov left tonight's game after a violent collision with Ryan Garbutt: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=693981&navid=nhl:topheads
-Jonas Gustavsson remains undefeated in regulation at 7-0-1.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Chicago Blackhawks (6-game winning streak)
San Jose Sharks (5-game winning streak)
Detroit Red Wings (4-game winning streak)
Pittsburgh Penguins (3-game winning streak)

New York Islanders (6-game losing streak)
Minnesota Wild (4-game losing streak)
Toronto Maple Leafs (4-game losing streak)

What's up next (December 2nd) - There are 4 NHL games on tap for Monday:
1. Winnipeg Jets vs. New York Rangers @7PM ET (In New York)
2. New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal Canadiens @730PM ET (In Montreal)
3. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Minnesota Wild @8PM ET (In Minnesota)
4. St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles Kings @1030PM ET (In Los Angeles) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff