Monday, December 9, 2013

December 9th NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 5, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (SO) - (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 12-14-5 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 13-14-3.
Goals:
PHI - Michael Raffl (1) - from Wayne Simmonds and Luke Schenn (8:18 1ST)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur (10) - from Jason Spezza and Jared Cowen (10:37 1ST)
OTT - Patrick Wiercioch PPG (2) - from Bobby Ryan and Jason Spezza (9:30 2ND)
PHI - Jakub Voracek PPG (4) - from Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell (11:43 2ND)
PHI - Luke Schenn (2) - from Michael Raffl and Wayne Simmonds (13:33 2ND)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur (11) - from Bobby Ryan and Erik Karlsson (2:21 3RD)
OTT - Kyle Turris (7) - unassisted (8:21 3RD)
PHI - Kimmo Timonen (2) - from Sean Couturier (10:58 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jason Spezza (OTT)
Goalies:
WG - Craig Anderson (25 saves on 29 shots: 8-8-3) LG - Steve Mason (30 saves on 34 shots: 10-9-3)
Three Stars:
3. Clarke MacArthur (2 goals) - Ottawa
2. Kimmo Timonen (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia
1. Jason Spezza (2 assists, shootout winner) - Ottawa

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 21-10-1 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 12-15-3.
Goals:
PIT - Evgeni Malkin (8) - from Jussi Jokinen and Deryk Engelland (4:16 2ND)
PIT - Sidney Crosby (16) - from Pascal Dupuis and Olli Maatta (8:52 3RD) *GWG*
CBJ - Matt Calvert (2) - from Mark Letestu and Ryan Johansen (19:04 3RD)
Goalies:
WG -Marc-Andre Fleury (32 saves on 33 shots: 17-8-1) LG - Curtis McElhinney (28 saves on 30 shots: 2-4-1)
Three Stars:
3. Evgeni Malin (1 goal) - Pittsburgh
2. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, including the GWG) - Pittsburgh
1. Marc-Andre Fleury (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Pittsburgh

Vancouver Canucks 2, Carolina Hurricanes 0 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 18-10-5 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 13-13-5 (.500).
Goals:
VAN - Chris Tanev (2) - from Dan Hamhuis and Chris Higgins (3:35 1ST) *GWG*
VAN - Jannik Hansen (4) - from Chris Higgins (18:46 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Eddie Lack (31 saves on 31 shots: 4-2-0) LG - Justin Peters (24 saves on 25 shots: 6-8-1)
Three Stars:
3. Chris Tanev (1 goal, including the GWG) - Vancouver
2. Chris Higgins (2 assists) - Vancouver
1. Eddie Lack

Anaheim Ducks 5, New York Islanders 2 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 21-7-5 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them 8-18-5.
Goals:
NYI - John Tavares PPG (12) - from Thomas Vanek and Frans Nielsen (9:17 1ST)
ANA - Saku Koivu (3) - from Daniel Winnik and Cam Fowler (15:54 1ST)
NYI - Thomas Vanek (9) - from John Tavares (4:17 2ND)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (9) - from Daniel Winnik and Bryan Allen (12:41 2ND)
ANA - Cam Fowler SHG (3) - from Matt Beleskey (19:27 2ND) *GWG*
ANA - Corey Perry (19) - from Daniel Winnik and Ryan Getzlaf (19:58 2ND)
ANA - Corey Perry (20) - from Nick Bonino and Caw Fowler (7:40 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Hiller (35 saves on 37 shots: 11-4-4) LG - Anders Nilsson (26 saves on 31 shots: 0-2-2)
Three Stars:
3. Daniel Winnik (3 assists) - Anaheim
2. Cam Fowler (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Anaheim
1. Corey Perry (2 goals) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Marc-Andre Fleury - MAF made 32 saves on 33 shots for his 17th win of the season.
2. Eddie Lack - Lack made 31 saves in the Canucks 2-0 win over the Hurricanes, his 1st career shutout.
1. Corey Perry - Perry continued his goal scoring tear of late, scoring 2 goals in the Ducks 5-2 win over the Islanders.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Ryan Getzlaf extended his NHL-long point streak to 14 games with an assist tonight. He has 10 goals, 11 assists for 21 points during the streak.
-Corey Perry now has goals in 6 straight games for the Ducks, the longest current goal-scoring streak in the NHL. Perry is also on a 8 game point streak with 8 goals, 3 assists for 11 points.
-Sidney Crosby scored his 32nd career game-winning goal.
-Jarome Iginla makes his return to Calgary tomorrow for the 1st time since being traded last season.
-Michael Raffl scored his 1st NHL goal for the Flyers.
-Eddie Lack picked up his 1st career shutout
-The Islanders have now lost 10 straight games

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Montreal Canadiens (5-game winning streak)
Vancouver Canucks (5-game winning streak)
Los Angeles Kings (3-game winning streak)

Anaheim Ducks (3-game winning streak)


New York Islanders (10-game losing streak)
Nashville Predators (3-game losing streak)

San Jose Sharks (3-game losing streak)


Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Corey Perry gets it with his goal of the year candidate, a brilliant move and goal from his knees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yo-OaL6CBc
-Runner up goes to Perry's teammate Daniel Winnik with this beautiful no-look pass to Andrew Cogliano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITjkU_7cC5I

What's up next (December 10th) - There are 12 NHL games on tap for Tuesday:
1. Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington Capitals @7PM ET (In Washington)
3. New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)
4. Los Angeles Kings vs. Montreal Canadiens @7PM ET (In Montreal) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
5. Detroit Red Wings vs. Florida Panthers @730PM ET (In Florida)
6. Nashville Predators vs. New York Rangers @730PM ET (In New York)
7. St. Louis Blues vs. Winnipeg Jets @8PM ET (In Winnipeg)
8. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Dallas Stars @830PM ET (In Dallas)
9. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Colorado Avalanche @9PM ET (In Colorado)
10. Boston Bruins vs. Calgary Flames @930PM ET (In Calgary)
11. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)
12. New York Islanders vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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