Thursday, October 16, 2014

October 16th NHL Recap

New York Islanders 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (SO) - (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 4-0-0 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 3-0-1.
Goals:
SJS - Brent Burns (1) - from Joe Thornton and Mirco Mueller (1:39 2ND)
NYI - Nick Leddy (2) - from John Tavares and Kyle Okposo (4:05 2ND)
SJS - Patrick Marleau PPG (3) - from Brent Burns and Joe Thornton (9:14 2ND)
NYI - Kyle Okposo PPG (2) - from Frans Nielsen and John Tavares (5:57 3RD)
NYI - Josh Bailey (2) - from Cal Clutterbuck and Nick Leddy (8:38 3RD)
SJS - Tomas Hertl (2) - from Jason Demers and Matt Irwin (11:16 3RD)
Shootout winner - John Tavares (NYI)
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (20 saves on 23 shots: 3-0-0) LG - Alex Stalock (42 saves on 45 shots: 1-0-1)
Three Stars:
3. Kyle Okposo (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
2. Brent Burns (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose
1. John Tavares (2 assists, shootout winner) - New York

Dallas Stars 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (from Pittsburgh) - The Stars improved to 2-1-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 2-1-0.
Goals:
PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (4) - from Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz (2:28 1ST)
PIT - Chris Kunitz PPG (2) - from Kris Letang and Patric Hornqvist (7:46 1ST)
DAL - Antoine Roussel (2) - from Vernon Fiddler and Alex Goligoski (6:08 2ND)
DAL - Jamie Benn (2) - from Trevor Daley and Jason Spezza (17:03 3RD)
DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (4) - from Jason Spezza and Alex Goligoski (19:57 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Kari Lehtonen (27 saves on 29 shots: 2-0-1) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (25 saves on 28 shots: 2-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Chris Kunitz (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh
2. Jamie Benn (1 goal) - Dallas
1. Tyler Seguin (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas

Washington Capitals 6, New Jersey Devils 2 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 2-0-2 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 3-1-0.
Goals:
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (5) - from Troy Brouwer and Brooks Orpik (0:34 1ST)
NJD - Damon Severson (2) - from Travis Zajac and Mike Cammalleri (10:15 1ST)
WSH - Chris Brown (1) - from Mike Green and Brooks Orpik (11:02 1ST)
NJD - Damon Severson (3) - from Ryan Clowe and Adam Henrique (16:36 1ST)
WSH - Marcus Johansson (2) - from Brooks Laich and Mike Green (6:18 2ND) *GWG*
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (1) - from Matt Niskanen and Troy Brouwer (0:56 3RD)
WSH - Joel Ward (2) - unassisted (3:25 3RD)
WSH - Andre Burakovsky PPG (2) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Matt Niskanen (8:55 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Braden Holtby (26 saves on 28 shots: 2-0-1) LG - Cory Schneider (21 saves on 26 shots: 3-1-0), Scott Clemmensen (6 saves on 7 shots in relief of Schneider)
Three Stars:
3. Matt Niskanen (2 assists) - Washington
2. Damon Severson (2 goals) - New Jersey
1. Braden Holtby (26 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Washington

New York Rangers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (SO) - (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 2-3-0 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 0-2-2.
Goals:
CAR - Chris Terry (3) - from Ryan Murphy and Tim Gleason (16:53 2ND)
NYR - Derick Brassard (3) - from Mats Zuccarello and Dan Girardi (9:40 3RD)
Shootout winner - Rick Nash (NYR)
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (29 saves on 30 shots: 2-2-0) LG - Anton Khudobin (33 saves on 34 shots: 0-1-1)
Three Stars:
3. Derick Brassard (1 goal) - New York
2. Anton Khudobin (33 saves on 34 shots) - Carolina
1. Henrik Lundqvist (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - New York

Montreal Canadiens 6, Boston Bruins 4 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 4-1-0 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 2-4-0.
Goals:
BOS - Zdeno Chara PPG (1) - from David Krejci and Milan Lucic (9:03 1ST)
MTL - Max Pacioretty PPG (2) - from David Desharnais and Brendan Gallagher (11:33 1ST)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher (2) - from David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty (7:43 2ND)
BOS - Carl Soderberg (1) - from Chris Kelly and Loui Eriksson (8:34 2ND)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (2) - from Torey Krug and Chris Kelly (11:31 2ND)
MTL - Jiri Sekac (1) - from Rene Bourque and Jarred Tinordi (18:11 2ND)
MTL - P.A. Parenteau (1) - from Tomas Plekanec and Alexei Emelin (19:36 3RD)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher (3) - from Max Pacioretty and Alexei Emelin (7:17 3RD) *GWG*
BOS - Simon Gagne (1) - from Milan Lucic and David Krejci (14:11 3RD)
MTL - P.A. Parenteau PPG/EN (2) - from Alex Galchenyuk and Tomas Plekanec (19:40 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (25 saves on 29 shots: 3-1-0) LG - Tuukka Rask (18 saves on 23 shots: 2-3-0), Niklas Svedberg (2 saves on 2 shots in relief of Rask)
Three Stars:
3. P.A. Parenteau (2 goals) - Montreal
2. Max Pacioretty (1 goal, 2 assists) - Montreal
1. Brendan Gallagher (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Montreal

Ottawa Senators 5, Colorado Avalanche 3 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 3-1-0 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 1-3-1.
Goals:
COL - Alex Tanguay (1) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Daniel Briere (1:25 1ST)
COL - John Mitchell SHG (1) - unassisted (9:57 1ST)
OTT - Zack Smith (1) - from Curtis Lazar (11:01 1ST)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (1) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan O'Reilly (17:38 1ST)
OTT - David Legwand PPG (1) - from Erik Karlsson and Kyle Turris (6:11 2ND)
OTT - Bobby Ryan (1) - from Cody Ceci (8:39 3RD)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur (2) - from Mark Stone (11:43 3RD) *GWG*
OTT - Chris Neil EN (1) - from David Legwand (18:38 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Craig Anderson (28 saves on 31 shots: 2-1-0) LG - Calvin Pickard (23 saves on 27 shots: 0-1-0) in relief of the injured Reto Berra.
Three Stars:
3. Curtiz Lazar (1 assist) - Ottawa
2. Nathan MacKinnon (2 assists) - Colorado
1. Clarke MacArthur (1 goal) - Ottawa

Los Angeles Kings 1, St. Louis Blues 0 (SO) - (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 3-1-1 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shoutout win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 1-1-1.
Goals:
Shootout winner - Jeff Carter (LAK)
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Quick (43 saves on 43 shots: 2-1-1) LG - Brian Elliott (18 saves on 18 shots: 1-1-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Jeff Carter (shootout winner) - Los Angeles
2. Brian Elliott (18 saves on 18 shots) - St. Louis
1. Jonathan Quick (43 saves on 43 shots for the shutout) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:
3. John Tavares - Tavares picked up 2 assists and scored the winner in the shootout in the Islanders 4-3 win over the Sharks. 
2. Brendan Gallagher - Gallagher scored 2 goals, the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Canadiens 6-4 win over the Bruins.
1. Jonathan Quick - Quick stopped all 43 shots and 3 more in the shootout in the Kings 1-0 win over the Blues.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-P.A. Parenteau scored his 1st and 2nd goals as a member of the Montreal Canadiens.
-Simon Gagne scored his 1st goal as a member of the Boston Bruins.
-Tyler Seguin scored the game-winner with 3 seconds left.
-After losing Semyon Varlamov to a groin injury, the Avalanche lost backup goaltender Reto Berra to a neck injury in the 1st period. 
-Curtis Lazar picked up his 1st NHL point for the Senators.
-Jonathan Quick picked up his 32nd career shutout and 1st of the season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
New York Islanders - 4 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak
Ottawa Senators - 3 game winning streak
Los Angeles Kings - 3 game winning streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game losing streak
Edmonton Oilers - 4 game losing streak
Boston Bruins - 4 game losing streak
Carolina Hurricanes - 4 game losing streak
Florida Panthers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

What's up next - Friday October 17th: There are 6 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:
1. Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. Calgary Flames vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)
3. Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
4. Nashville Predators vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)
5. Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers at 9:30 PM ET (In Edmonton)
6. Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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