Monday, December 23, 2013

December 21st NHL Recap

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Calgary Flames 3 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 27-10-1 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 13-17-6
Goals:
PIT - Pascal Dupuis (7) - from Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz (10:26 1ST)
PIT - Harry Zolnierczyk (1) - from Robert Bortuzzo and James Neal (11:45 1ST)
CGY - Paul Byron (2) - from Joe Colborne and Chris Butler (6:58 2ND)
PIT - Sidney Crosby (20) - from Chris Kunitz and Simon Despres (14:44 2ND)
PIT - James Neal (11) - from Matt Niskanen and Sidney Crosby (18:55 2ND) *GWG*
CGY - Mike Cammalleri (11) - from Mark Giordano (19:14 2ND)
CGY - Jiri Hudler (10) - from Matt Stajan and T.J. Brodie (1:03 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves on 30 shots: ) LG - Karri Ramo (19 saves on 23 shots: )
Three Stars:
3. Mike Cammalleri (1 goal) - Calgary
2. James Neal (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Pittsburgh
1. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, 2 assists) - Pittsburgh

Phoenix Coyotes 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT) - (from Ottawa) - The Coyotes improved to 19-10-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 14-17-7.
Goals:
OTT - Marc Methot PPG (3) - from Bobby Ryan and Kyle Turris (6:14 1ST)
OTT - Zack Smith (6) - from Eric Gryba (3:10 2ND)
PHX - Antoine Vermette (10) - from Lauri Korpikoski and Mikkel Boedker (5:28 2ND)
PHX - Radim Vrbata PPG (10) - from Martin Hanzal (8:47 2ND)
OTT - Marc Methot SHG (4) - from Milan Michalek (14:51 2ND)
PHX - Antoine Vermette PPG (11) - from David Moss and Mikkel Boedker (17:47 3RD)
PHX - Antoine Vermette (12) - from Derek Morris (2:23 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Mike Smith (37 saves on 40 shots: ) LG - Craig Anderson (34 saves on 38 shots: )
Three Stars:
3. Mikkel Boedker (2 assists) - Phoenix
2. Marc Methot (2 goals) - Ottawa
1. Antoine Vermette (3 goals, OT winner) - Phoenix

Los Angeles Kings 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (SO) - (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 25-8-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 23-10-2. 
Goals:
LAK - Jeff Carter (11) - from Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar (19:28 1ST)
LAK - Justin Williams (12) - from Jarret Stoll and Dustin Brown (5:25 2ND)
COL - Erik Johnson PPG (5) - from Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly (14:02 2ND) 
COL - Ryan O'Reilly PPG (12) - from Matt Duchene and Tyson Barrie (10:27 3RD)
Shootout winner - Anze Kopitar (LAK)
Goalies:
WG - Martin Jones (23 saves on 25 shots: 8-0-0) LG - Semyon Varlamov (37 saves on 39 shots: 16-8-2)
Three Stars:
3. Semyon Varlamov (37 saves on 39 shots) - Colorado
2. Matt Duchene (2 assists) - Colorado
1. Martin Jones (23 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Los Angeles

Boston Bruins 4, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 24-10-2 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 9-24-3. 
Goals:
BOS - Reilly Smith PPG (10) - from Carl Soderberg and Ryan Spooner (9:39 1ST)
BUF - Zemgus Girgensons (4) - from Matt Moulson and Henrik Tallinder (18:54 1ST)
BOS - David Krejci (7) - from Jarome Iginla (1:47 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Milan Lucic (12) - from David Krejci and Zdeno Chara (5:18 3RD)
BOS - Reilly Smith EN (11) - from Johnny Boychuk and Patrice Bergeron (19:38 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (34 saves on 35 shots: 18-8-2 LG - Jhonas Enroth (35 saves on 38 shots: 1-7-3)
Three Stars:
3. Reilly Smith (2 goals) - Boston
2. Tuukka Rask (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Boston
1. David Krejci (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston

Detroit Red Wings 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (SO) - (from Toronto) - The Red Wings improved to 17-12-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 18-16-4. 
Goals:
TOR - Cody Franson (2) - unassisted (7:15 1ST)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk (14) - from Riley Sheahan and Danny DeKeyser (8:57 1ST)
DET - Joakim Andersson (6) - from Daniel Alfredsson and Brendan Smith (13:18 1ST)
DET - Tomas Jurco (2) - from Riley Sheahan and Jordin Tootoo (18:08 1ST)
TOR - Dion Phaneuf (3) - from Joffrey Lupul (11:45 2ND)
TOR - Joffrey Lupul PPG (11) - from Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk (18:24 2ND)
TOR - David Clarkson (3) - from Jay McClement and Nikolai Kulemin (8:32 3RD)
DET - Tomas Tatar (7) - from Tomas Jurco and Niklas Kronwall (13:44 3RD)
Shootout winner - Pavel Datsyuk (DET) 
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Gustavsson (19 saves on 23 shots: 10-3-2) LG - Jonathan Bernier (25 saves on 26 shots: 10-11-3) in relief of James Reimer (9 saves on 12 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Tomas Jurco (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit
2. Joffrey Lupul (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto
1. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal, shootout winner) - Detroit

Tampa Bay Lighting 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lighting improved to 22-11-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 14-14-8 (.500)
Goals:
CAR - Jiri Tlusty (5) - from Patrick Dwyer and Riley Nash (4:35 1ST)
TBL - Victor Hedman (7) - from Valtteri Filppula and Alex Killorn (16:12 1ST)
CAR - Jiri Tlusty SHG (6) - from Eric Staal and Ron Hainsey (10:11 2ND)
TBL - Martin St. Louis PPG (15) - from Victor Hedman and Valtteri Filppula (7:56 3RD)
TBL - Radko Gudas (2) - from Nate Thompson (2:16 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 27 shots: 19-5-2) LG - Justin Peters (47 saves on 50 shots: 7-8-3)
Three Stars:
3. Victor Hedman (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay
2. Jiri Tlusty (2 goals) - Carolina
1. Radko Gudas (1 goal, OT winner) - Tampa Bay

Anaheim Ducks 5, New York Islanders 3 (from New York) - The Ducks improved to 26-7-5 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 10-20-7. 
Goals:
NYI - Thomas Vanek (12) - from Kyle Okposo and Andrew MacDonald (11:27 1ST)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (17) - from Corey Perry and Kyle Palmieri (15:10 2ND)
NYI - Thomas Vanek (13) - unassisted (17:55 2ND)
NYI - Frans Nielsen (12) - from Josh Bailey and Thomas Hickey (18:52 2ND)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (18) - from Corey Perry and Bryan Allen (1:10 3RD)
ANA - Mathieu Perreault (7) - from Daniel Winnik and Matt Beleskey (10:32 3RD)
ANA - Kyle Palmieri (6) - from Ryan Getzlaf (13:44 3RD) *GWG*
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf EN (19 - Hat Trick) - from Corey Perry and Ben Lovejoy (19:38 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Frederik Andersen (18 saves on 21 shots: 9-1-0) LG - Evgeni Nabokov (26 saves on 30 shots: 6-6-5)
Three Stars:
3. Kyle Palmieri (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Anaheim
2. Thomas Vanek (2 goals) - New York
1. Ryan Getzlaf (3 goals, 1 assist) - Anaheim

New Jersey Devils 5, Washington Capitals 4 (OT) - (from Washington) - The Devils improved to 15-15-7 (.500) on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 19-13-4. 
Goals:
NJD - Marek Zidlicky PPG (4) - from Andy Greene and Jaromir Jagr (11:26 1ST)
WSH - Jason Chimera (7) - from Martin Erat and Joel Ward (10:07 2ND)
WSH - Mikhail Grabovski (10) - from Eric Fehr and Troy Brouwer (14:38 2ND)
WSH - Joel Ward (11) - from Mike Green and Martin Erat (19:14 2ND)
NJD - Jaromir Jagr PPG (13) - from Andy Greene and Patrik Elias (5:28 3RD)
WSH - Alexander Ovechkin (30) - from Karl Alzner (8:07 3RD)
NJD - Marek Zidlicky (5) - from Travis Zajac and Dainius Zubrus (9:21 3RD)
NJD - Dainius Zubrus (8) - from Travis Zajac (11:47 3RD)
NJD - Andy Greene (6) - from Jaromir Jagr and Patrik Elias (0:43 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Martin Brodeur (18 saves on 22 shots: 11-8-2) LG - Braden Holtby (32 saves on 37 shots: 13-10-2)
Three Stars:
3. Joel Ward (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington
2. Marek Zidlicky (2 goals) - New Jersey
1. Andy Greene (1 goal, 2 assists, OT winner) - New Jersey

Columbus Blue Jackets 6, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 15-17-4 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 16-16-4 (.500).
Goals:
CBJ - Ryan Johansen (13) - from Nick Foligno and Marian Gaborik (10:43 1ST)
CBJ - R.J. Umberger PPG (9) - from James Wisniewski and Ryan Murray (14:29 2ND)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds (7) - from Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell (17:40 2ND)
PHI - Sean Couturier (7) - from Matt Read and Vincent Lecavalier (18:00 2ND)
CBJ - David Savard (2) - from Nikita Nikitin and Corey Tropp (3:36 3RD)
CBJ - Boone Jenner (4) - from Nikita Nikitin and David Savard (5:39 3RD) *GWG*
CBJ - Ryan Johansen (14) - from Corey Tropp and Fedor Tyutin (12:22 3RD)
PHI - Wayne Simmodns (8) - from Jakub Voracek and Mark Streit (18:19 3RD)
CBJ - R.J. Umberger EN (10) - from Artem Anisimov and Jack Johnson (18:43 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Curtis McElhinney (33 saves on 36 shots: 5-5-1) LG - Ray Emery (23 saves on 28 shots: 3-7-0)
Three Stars:
3. David Savard (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus
2. R.J. Umberger (2 goals) - Columbus
1. Ryan Johansen (2 goals) - Columbus

Montreal Canadiens 4, Nashville Predators 3 (from Nashville) - The Habs improved to 22-13-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 16-16-4 (.500)
Goals:
MTL - P.K. Subban (5) - from Lars Eller (11:30 1ST)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (15) - from Brendan Gallagher and Alexei Emelin (13:20 1ST)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec (12) - from Brian Gionta (14:37 1ST)
NSH - Gabriel Bourque (5) - from Matt Cullen and Viktor Stalberg (11:51 2ND)
NSH - Nick Spaling PPG (6) - from Shea Weber and Craig Smith (18:09 2ND)
NSH - Shea Weber PPG (9) - from Mike Fisher and Patric Hornqvist (13:40 3RD)
MTL - David Desharnais (4) - unassisted (1:43 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (31 saves on 34 shots: 17-11-2) LG - Carter Hutton (17 saves on 18 shots: 7-5-2) in relief of Marek Mazanec (2 saves on 5 shots)
Three Stars:
3. P.K. Subban (1 goal) - Montreal
2. Shea Weber (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville
1. David Desharnais (1 goal, OT winner) - Montreal

St. Louis Blues 6, Edmonton Oilers 0 (from Edmonton) - The Blues improved to 24-7-4 on the season thanks to a 6-0 shutout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 11-24-3. 
Goals:
STL - Chris Stewart (11) - from Jaden Schwartz (11:57 1ST) *GWG*
STL - Brenden Morrow (6) - from Chris Stewart and Derek Roy (5:50 2ND)
STL - Chris Stewart (12) - from Patrik Berglund and Barret Jackman (1:46 3RD)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (10) - from T.J. Oshie (2:38 3RD)
STL - Chris Stewart PPG (13 - Hat Trick) - from Derek Roy and Kevin Shattenkirk (7:27 3RD)
STL - Patrick Berglund (3) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Mangus Paajarvi (12:42 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliot (23 saves on 23 shots: 7-1-2) LG - Ilya Bryzgalov (27 saves on 33 shots: 1-4-0)
Three Stars:
3. Brian Elliot (23 saves on 23 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis
2. Jaden Schwartz (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
1. Chris Stewart (3 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - St. Louis

San Jose Sharks 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO) - (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 22-8-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 17-12-6. 
Goals:
DAL - Ray Whitney (4) - from Shawn Horcoff (4:48 1ST)
DAL - Antoine Roussel (8) - from Alex Goligoski and Alex Chiasson (4:47 2ND)
SJS - Jason Demers (1) - from Tyler Kennedy and Andrew Desjardins (11:47 2ND)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (14) - from Joe Thornton and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (4:24 3RD)
Shootout winner - Joe Thornton
Goalies:
WG - Alex Stalock (44 saves on 46 shots: 4-1-0) LG - Kari Lehtonen (37 saves on 39 shots: 13-8-6)
Three Stars:
3. Ray Whitney (1 goal) - Dallas
2. Joe Pavelski (1 goal) - San Jose
1. Alex Stalock (44 saves on 46 shots for the win) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Antoine Vermette - Vermette scored 3 goals in the Coyotes 4-3 OT win over the Senators, including the game-tying goal late in the 3rd and the OT winner.
2. Chris Stewart - The Blues power forward scored a hat trick (including the GWG) and added an assist in the Blues 6-0 rout of the Oilers. 
1. Ryan Getzlaf - Getzlaf had his 2nd hat trick of the season and adden an assist in the Ducks 5-3 win over the Islanders

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Antoine Vermette burned his former team, the Ottawa Senators, with his 2nd career hat trick. 
-Martin Jones becomes only the 2nd goalie in NHL history to start his career 8-0-0
-Jonas Gustavsson beat his former team the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in a shootout
-The Ducks scored 4 unanswered goals in the 3rd to beat the Islanders 5-3. 
-Chris Stewart scored his 3rd career hat trick

What's up next (December 22nd) - There are 2 NHL games on tap for Sunday:
1. Minnesota Wild vs. New York Rangers @730PM ET (In New York)
2. Winnipeg Jets vs. Vancouver Canucks @8PM ET (In Vancouver) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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