Saturday, October 25, 2014

October 25th NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 2, San Jose Sharks 1 (from San Jose) - The Sabres improved to 2-7-0 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 4-4-1.
Goals:
BUF - Cody Hodgson (1) - from Drew Stafford and Zemgus Girgensons (3:43 3RD)
BUF - Nicolas Deslauriers (1) - from Cody McCormick and Sam Reinhart (5:57 3RD) *GWG*
SJS - Brent Burns (2) - unassisted (6:10 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Michal Neuvith (29 saves on 30 shots: 1-2-0) LG - Alex Stalock (13 saves on 15 shots: 1-2-1)
Three Stars:
3. Brent Burns (1 goal) - San Jose
2. Nicolas Deslauriers (1 goal, GWG) - Buffalo
1. Michal Neuvirth (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Buffalo

Boston Bruins 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from Toronto) - The Bruins improved to 5-5-0 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 3-4-1.
Goals:
BOS - Carl Soderberg PPG (3) - from Patrice Bergeron and Dougie Hamilton (3:27 1ST)
BOS - David Krejci (3) - from Dennis Seidenberg and Dougie Hamilton (15:58 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Gregory Campbell SHG (2) - from Dan Paille (2:32 3RD)
BOS - Dougie Hamilton (2) - from Patrice Bergeron and Reilly Smith (4:09 3RD)
TOR - Richard Panik (1) - from Tyler Bozak and Cody Franson (14:27 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (32 saves on 33 shots: 4-3-0) LG - Jonathan Bernier (21 saves on 25 shots: 1-3-1), James Reimer (8 saves on 8 shots in relief of Bernier)
Three Stars:
3. Tuukka Rask (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Boston
2. Patrice Bergeron (2 assists) - Boston
1. Dougie Hamilton (1 goal, 2 assists) - Boston

Montreal Canadiens 3, New York Rangers 1 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 7-1-0 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 4-4-0.
Goals:
MTL - Tomas Plekanec SHG (5) - from Max Pacioretty (12:06 1ST)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (2) - from Dan Girardi and Anthony Duclair (17:07 1ST)
MTL - Lars Eller (1) - from Dale Weise and P.K. Subban (11:46 2ND) *GWG*
MTL - Max Pacioretty (3) - from Dale Weise and David Desharnais (6:35 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (34 saves on 35 shots: 6-1-0) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (27 saves on 30 shots: 4-3-0)
Three Stars:
3. Lars Eller (1 goal, GWG) - Montreal
2. Max Pacioretty (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal
1. Carey Price (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Montreal

New Jersey Devils 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT) - (from Ottawa) - The Devils improved to 4-2-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 4-1-1.
Goals:
OTT - Alex Chiasson (2) - from Milan Michalek and Bobby Ryan (10:09 2ND)
NJD - Damon Severson (4) - unassisted (11:29 2ND)
NJD - Marek Zidlicky PPG (1) - from Damon Severson and Patrik Elias (16:45 2ND)
OTT - Bobby Ryan PPG (2) - from Erik Karlsson and Milan Michalek (13:51 3RD)
NJD - Jaromir Jagr PPG (2) - from Eric Gelinas and Adam Henrique (3:39 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Cory Schneider (33 saves on 35 shots: 4-2-2) LG - Robin Lehner (26 saves on 29 shots: 2-0-1)
Three Stars:
3. Jaromir Jagr (1 goal, OT winner) - New Jersey
2. Bobby Ryan (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa
1. Damon Severson (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey

New York Islanders 7, Dallas Stars 5 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 6-2-0 on the season thanks to a 7-5 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 4-2-2.
Goals:
NYI - Anders Lee (1) - from Thomas Hickey and Brock Nelson (5:11 1ST)
DAL - Vernon Fiddler (1) - from Patrick Eaves (13:25 1ST)
NYI - Nikolay Kulemin SHG (1) - unassisted (18:42 1ST)
NYI - Brock Nelson (5) - from Ryan Strome and Calvin de Haan (1:25 2ND)
DAL - Tyler Seguin (6) - from Jason Spezza and Jamie Benn (5:25 2ND)
DAL - Jason Spezza PPG (2) - from Alex Goligoski and Tyler Seguin (6:50 2ND)
DAL - Antoine Roussel (3) - from Alex Goligoski and Ryan Garbutt (15:50 2ND)
NYI - Lubomir Visnovsky (1) - from Kyle Okposo and Cory Conacher (16:20 2ND)
NYI - Frans Nielsen (2) - from Nikolay Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski (9:39 3RD)
NYI - Frans Nielsen (3) - from Mikhail Grabovski and Lubomir Visnovsky (15:09 3RD) *GWG*
DAL - Shawn Horcoff (1) - from Erik Cole and Colton Sceviour (15:32 3RD)
NYI - Frans Nielsen EN (4) - unassisted (19:59 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Chad Johnson (26 saves on 31 shots: 3-0-0) LG - Anders Lindback (22 saves on 28 shots: 0-2-0)
Three Stars:
3. Nikolay Kulemin (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
2. Jason Spezza (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas
1. Frans Nielsen (3 goals, GWG) - New York

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Detroit Red Wings 2 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 3-2-2 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 4-2-2.
Goals:
DET - Riley Sheahan (1) - from Andrej Nestrasil and Tomas Jurco (15:33 1ST)
PHI - Nicklas Grossmann (1) - from Chris VandeVelde and Michael Raffl (18:21 2ND)
PHI - Michael Raffl (3) - from Jakub Vorcek and Michael Del Zotto (6:01 3RD)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk (1) - from Darren Helm (6:43 3RD)
PHI - Brayden Schenn PPG (2) - from Jakub Voracek and Mark Streit (11:05 3RD) *GWG*
PHI - Michael Raffl EN (4) - from Michael Del Zotto and Claude Giroux (19:29 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ray Emery (35 saves on 37 shots: 3-0-1) LG - Jonas Gustavsson (13 saves on 16 shots: 1-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal) - Detroit
2. Jakub Voracek (2 assists) - Philadelphia
1. Michael Raffl (2 goals, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

St. Louis Blues 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 3-3-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 4-2-1.
Goals:
CHI - Patrick Sharp PPG (3) - from Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa (1:02 1ST)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (5) - from T.J. Oshie and Alex Pietrangelo (12:15 1ST)
STL - Ryan Reaves (1) - from Maxim Lapierre and Steve Ott (18:09 2ND)
STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (1) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Patrik Berglund (19:54 2ND) *GWG*
CHI - Kris Versteeg (1) - from Patrick Sharp and Brad Richards (2:37 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliott (22 saves on 24 shots: 2-2-1) LG - Antti Raanta (28 saves on 31 shots: 1-2-0)
Three Stars:
3. Brian Elliott (22 saves on 24 shots for the win) - St. Louis
2. Patrick Sharp (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago
1. Alex Pietrangelo (2 assists) - St. Louis

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Nashville Predators 0 (from Nashville) - The Penguins improved to 4-2-1 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 5-1-2.
Goals:
PIT - Sidney Crosby (5) - from Olli Maatta and Patric Hornqvist (6:21 1ST) *GWG*
PIT - Evgeni Malkin PPG (3) - from Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury (2:03 3RD)
PIT - Pascal Dupuis PPG (3) - from Steven Downie and Sidney Crosby (5:25 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (25 saves on 25 shots: 4-2-0) LG - Pekka Rinne (23 saves on 26 shots: 5-1-1)
Three Stars:
3. Evgeni Malkin (1 goal) - Pittsburgh
2. Marc-Andre Fleury (25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh
1. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Minnesota Wild 7, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 4-2-0 on the season thanks to a 7-2 rout of the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 5-3-1.
Goals:
MIN - Marco Scandella (1) - from Jason Pominville and Zach Parise (7:37 1ST)
MIN - Mikko Koivu (1) - from Thomas Vanek (8:16 1ST)
TBL - Anton Stralman (1) - from Eric Brewer and Tyler Johnson (11:04 1ST)
MIN - Erik Haula (1) - from Nino Niederreiter (12:41 1ST) *GWG*
MIN - Jason Zucker (3) - from Matt Cooke and Ryan Carter (17:15 1ST)
MIN - Zach Parise (3) - from Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter (2:11 2ND)
MIN - Jared Spurgeon (2) - from Thomas Vanek and Charlie Coyle (11:12 2ND)
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (1) - from Anton Stralman (16:50 2ND)
MIN - Jason Zucker SHG (4) - from Marco Scandella (13:44 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Darcy Kuemper (17 saves on 19 shots: 4-1-0) LG - Evgeni Nabokov (4 saves on 8 shots: 1-2-0), Ben Bishop (11 saves on 14 shots in relief of Nabokov)
Three Stars:
3. Zach Parise (1 goal, 1 assist) - Minnesota
2. Jason Zucker (2 goals) - Minnesota
1. Marco Scandella (1 goal, 1 assist) - Minnesota

Arizona Coyotes 2, Florida Panthers 1 (OT) - (from Arizona) - The Coyotes improved to 3-3-1 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 2-2-3.
Goals:
FLA - Brandon Pirri (2) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Jussi Jokinen (1:47 3RD)
ARI - Justin Hodgman (1) - from Lauri Korpikoski and Keith Yandle (9:51 3RD)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson PPG (2) - from Sam Gagner and Keith Yandle (2:20 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Mike Smith (23 saves on 24 shots: 2-3-0) LG - Roberto Luongo (39 saves on 41 shots: 2-2-2)
Three Stars:
3. Roberto Luongo (39 saves on 41 shots) - Florida
2. Mike Smith (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Phoenix
1. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1 goal, OT winner) - Phoenix

Washington Capitals 3, Calgary Flames 1 (from Calgary) - The Capitals improved to 4-1-2 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 5-4-1.
Goals:
WSH - Joel Ward PPG (3) - unassisted (11:17 1ST)
CGY - Dennis Wideman PPG (5) - from Kris Russel and Jiri Hudler (19:50 1ST)
WSH - Joel Ward (4) - from Michael Latta and Brooks Orpik (5:41 2ND) *GWG*
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (2) - from Karl Alzner and Matt Niskanen (0:41 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Braden Holtby (20 saves on 21 shots: 3-1-1) LG - Karri Ramo (27 saves on 30 shots: 2-2-1)
Three Stars:
3. Dennis Wideman (1 goal) - Calgary
2. Nicklas Backstrom (1 goal) - Washington
1. Joel Ward (2 goals, GWG) - Washington

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Dougie Hamilton - Hamilton scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Bruins 4-1 win over the Leafs.
2. Sidney Crosby - Crosby scored his 5th goal of the season and added 2 assists in the Penguins 3-0 shutout of the Predators.
1. Frans Nielsen - Nielsen scored a 3rd period hat trick, his 1st career, in the Islanders 7-5 win over the Stars.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Sam Reinhart picked up his 1st NHL point for the Sabres.
-Frans Nielsen scored his 1st career hat trick.
-Anton Stralman scored his 1st goal with the Lightning.
-Patric Hornqvist had 1 assist in his return to Nashville for the 1st time he played his former team.
-Justin Hodgman scored his 1st NHL goal for the Coyotes.
-Both of Oliver Ekman-Larsson's goals this season have been OT winners.
-Dennis Wideman has goals in 4 straight games for the Flames.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Anaheim Ducks - 7 game winning streak
Los Angeles Kings - 5 game winning streak
Montreal Canadiens - 4 game winning streak
Edmonton Oilers - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 7 game losing streak
San Jose Sharks - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

What's up next - Sunday October 26th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Sunday:
1. Colorado Avalanche vs. Winnipeg Jets at 3:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)
2. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Los Angeles Kings at 4:00 PM ET (In Los Angeles) 
3. Ottawa Senators vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 7:00 PM ET (In Chicago)
4. San Jose Sharks vs. Anaheim Ducks at 8:00 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
5. Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver Canucks at 9:30 PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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