Tuesday, November 11, 2014

November 11th NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 3, Minnesota Wild 1 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 7-7-2 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 7-7-0.
Goals:
NJD - Tuomo Ruutu (3) - from Seth Helgeson and Adam Larsson (5:42 2ND) 
NJD - Mike Cammalleri (6) - from Jaromir Jagr and Travis Zajac (9:53 2ND) *GWG*
MIN - Ryan Carter SHG (1) - unassisted (5:24 3RD)
NJD - Travis Zajac PPG/EN (3) - from Jaromir Jagr and Marek Zidlicky (19:22 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Cory Schneider (23 saves on 24 shots: 7-6-2) LG - Darcy Kuemper (20 saves on 22 shots: 6-5-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Mike Cammalleri (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey
2. Jaromir Jagr (2 assists) - New Jersey
1. Cory Schneider (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - New Jersey

New York Islanders 6, Colorado Avalanche 0 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 10-5-0 on the season thanks to a 6-0 shutout of the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 4-8-5.
Goals:
NYI - Nick Leddy (4) - from Johnny Boychuk and Ryan Strome (1:33 1ST) *GWG*
NYI - Anders Lee PPG (2) - unassisted (5:21 1ST)
NYI - Travis Hamonic (2) - from John Tavares and Nikolay Kulemin (6:38 2ND)
NYI - Nikolay Kulemin SHG (2) - from Frans Nielsen (11:32 2ND)
NYI - Casey Cizikas (1) - from Lubomir Visnovsky and Cory Conacher (6:03 3RD)
NYI - Ryan Strome (1) - from Brock Nelson (8:06 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (20 saves on 20 shots: 6-4-0) LG - Semyon Varlamov (40 saves on 46 shots: 2-5-4)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Strome (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
2. Jaroslav Halak (20 saves on 20 shots for the shutout) - New York
1. Nikolay Kulemin (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

New York Rangers 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 7-6-2 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 10-3-1.
Goals:
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (3) - from Derek Stepan (8:23 1ST) *GWG*
NYR - Martin St. Louis (5) - from Rick Nash and Marc Staal (10:59 1ST)
NYR - Kevin Klein (3) - from Kevin Hayes and Lee Stempniak (14:47 1ST)
NYR - Derick Brassard PPG (6) - from Rick Nash and Dan Girardi (10:49 2ND)
NYR - Rick Nash SHG (12) - from Derek Stepan and Marc Staal (7:45 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (33 saves on 33 shots: 7-4-1) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (30 saves on 35 shots: 9-3-0)
Three Stars:
3. Derek Stepan (2 assists) - New York
2. Rick Nash (1 goal, 2 assists) - New York
1. Henrik Lundqvist (33 saves on 33 shots for the shutout) - New York

Washington Capitals 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 7-5-3 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 4-10-1.
Goals:
WSH - Marcus Johansson (7) - from Troy Brouwer and Andre Burakovsky (1:36 1ST)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (7) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (7:49 1ST)
CBJ - Cam Atkinson (6) - from Boone Jenner (9:52 1ST)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (8) - from Jay Beagle and Nicklas Backstrom (16:04 1ST) *GWG*
CBJ - David Savard (3) - from Fedor Tyutin and Boone Jenner (19:03 2ND)
WSH - Marcus Johansson (8) - from Andre Burakovsky and Nate Schmidt (14:39 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Braden Holtby (24 saves on 26 shots: 5-3-2) LG - Curtis McElhinney (28 saves on 32 shots: 0-5-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Andre Burakovsky (2 assists) - Washignton 
2. Marcus Johansson (2 goals) - Washington
1. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals, GWG) - Washington

Montreal Canadiens 3, Winnipeg Jets 0 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 11-4-1 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 8-6-2.
Goals:
MTL - Lars Eller (4) - from Jiri Sekac and Mike Weaver (2:21 2ND) *GWG*
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (5) - from Brendan Gallagher and Tom Gilbert (7:47 3RD)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec EN (5) - from Max Pacioretty (19:23 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (29 saves on 29 shots: 9-3-1) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (24 saves on 26 shots: 7-5-2) 
Three Stars:
3. Alex Galchenyuk (1 goal) - Montreal
2. Lars Eller (1 goal, GWG) - Montreal
1. Carey Price (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - Montreal

Florida Panthers 4, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 5-4-4 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 8-7-2.
Goals:
FLA - Jimmy Hayes (2) - from Vincent Trocheck and Jussi Jokinen (10:56 1ST)
FLA - Aleksander Barkov (2) - from Scottie Upshall and Tomas Kopecky (12:18 1ST) *GWG*
FLA - Derek MacKenzie (2) - from Aaron Ekblad (6:37 2ND)
FLA - Tomas Fleischmann (1) - from Shawn Thornton and Aaron Ekblad (3:01 3RD)
SJS - Joe Thornton (5) - from Brent Burns and Tomas Hertl (10:35 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Roberto Luongo (21 saves on 22 shots: 5-3-3)LG - Antti Niemi (26 saves on 30 shots: 6-5-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Aleksander Barkov (1 goal, GWG) - Florida
2. Roberto Luongo (21 saves on 22 shots for the win) - Florida
1. Aaron Ekblad (2 assists) - Florida

St. Louis Blues 6, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 10-4-1 on the season thanks to a 6-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 3-12-2
Goals:
STL - Jori Lehtera (4) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz (17:08 1ST)
STL - Jori Lehtera (5) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz (3:21 2ND) *GWG*
STL - Jori Lehtera SHG (6 - Hat Trick) - from Jaden Schwartz and Barret Jackman (14:26 1ST)
BUF - Tyler Ennis PPG (5) - from Matt Moulson and Drew Stafford (0:59 3RD)
STL - David Backes PPG (4) - from Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Steen (16:38 3RD)
STL - Joakim Lindstrom PPG (2) - from Alex Steen and Magus Paajarvi (17:39 3RD)
STL - Joakim Lindstrom PPG (3) - from Alex Steen and Kevin Shattenkirk (17:37 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliott (28 saves on 29 shots: 6-3-1) LG - Michal Neuvirth (23 saves on 29 shots: 2-5-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Vladimir Tarasenko (2 assists) - St. Louis
2. Jaden Schwartz (3 assists) - St. Louis
1. Jori Lehtera (3 goals, GWG) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 10-3-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 6-9-1.
Goals:
NSH  - Mike Ribeiro (4) - from James Neal and Filip Forsberg (2:51 1ST)
NSH - Matt Cullen (2) - from Seth Jones and Craig Smith (9:21 1ST)
NSH - Filip Forsberg (7) - from Mike Ribeiro (19:06 1ST) *GWG*
EDM - Benoit Pouliot (3) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle (0:31 2ND)
EDM - Nail Yakupov (3) - from David Perron and Mark Arcobello (14:42 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Pekka Rinne (21 saves on 23 shots: 10-2-1) LG - Viktor Fasth (14 saves on 17 shots: 2-3-1), Ben Scrivens (18 saves on 18 shots in relief of Fasth) 
Three Stars:
3. Ben Scrivens (18 saves on 18 shots) - Edmonton
2. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville
1. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (SO) - (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 9-6-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 11-3-2. 
Goals:
TBL - Cedric Paquette SHG (4) - from Ondrej Palat and Eric Brewer (4:35 1ST)
CHI - Brad Richards (3) - from Kris Versteeg and Brandon Saad (9:13 2ND)
CHI - Marcus Kruger (2) - from Niklas Hjalmarsson and Marian Hossa (1:18 3RD)
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (6) - from Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Drouin (9:53 3RD)
Shootout winner - Patrick Kane (CHI)
Goalies:
WG - Corey Crawford (25 saves on 27 shots: 6-3-1) LG - Ben Bishop (37 saves on 39 shots: 9-1-2) 
Three Stars:
3. Marcus Kruger (1 goal) - Chicago
2. Ben Bishop (37 saves on 39 shots) - Tampa Bay
1. Corey Crawford (25 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Chicago

Dallas Stars 4. Arizona Coyotes 3 (from Arizona) - The Stars improved to 5-6-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 6-8-1.
Goals:
ARI - Connor Murphy (2) - from Tobias Rieder (1:42 1ST)
ARI - Joe Vitale (1) - from Kyle Chipchura and Connor Murphy (11:06 2ND)
DAL - Tyler Seguin (11) - from Patrick Eaves and Jordie Benn (17:59 2ND)
DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (12) - from Jason Spezza and Antoine Roussel (18:56 2ND)
DAL - Erik Cole (4) - from Colton Sceviour (15:19 3RD)
ARI - Mikkel Boedker (6) - from Antoine Vermette and Michael Stone (16:17 3RD)
DAL - Ryan Garbutt SHG (2) - unassisted (18:44 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Kari Lehtonen (33 saves on 36 shots: 5-3-4) LG - Mike Smith (28 saves on 32 shots: 4-8-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Garbutt (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas
2. Connor Murphy (1 goal, 1 assist) - Arizona
1. Tyler Seguin (2 goals) - Dallas

Vancouver Canucks 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT) - (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 12-5-0 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 7-4-4. 
Goals:
VAN - Shawn Matthias (2) - from Linden Vey and Brad Richardson (6:13 2ND)
OTT - Mike Hoffman (5) - from Curtis Lazar and Jared Cowen (10:02 2ND)
VAN - Alex Burrows (4) - from Nick Bonino and Chris Higgins (16:17 2ND)
OTT - Kyle Turris (3) - from Clarke MacArthur and Alex Chiasson (17:53 2ND)
VAN - Kevin Bieksa (1) - from Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin (5:36 3RD)
OTT - Mark Stone (5) - from Kyle Turris (8:42 3RD)
VAN - Daniel Sedin (4) - from Henrik Sedin and Dan Hamhuis (4:05 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (21 saves on 24 shots: 11-2-0) LG - Craig Anderson (33 saves on 37 shots: 4-2-3)  
Three Stars:
3. Kevin Bieksa (1 goal) - Vancouver
2. Kyle Turris (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa
1. Daniel Sedin (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Carey Price - Price stopped all 29 shots he faced for his 1st shutout of the season in the Canadiens 3-0 win over the Jets.
2. Henrik Lundqvist - Lundqvist stopped all 33 shots he faced in the Rangers 5-0 shutout of the red-hot Pittsburgh Penguins. Lundqvist has 3 shutouts on the season.
1. Jori Lehtera - Lehtera scored a natural hat trick, his 1st career hat trick, leading the Blues to a 6-1 win over the Sabres.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-With 2 assists tonight Jaromir Jagr now has 1767 points in his career, 4 points back of Marcel Dionne (1771) for 5th all-time in NHL scoring.
-Jaroslav Halak picked up his 2nd shutout of the season and 32nd of his career.
-Both of Nikolay Kulemin's goal this season have been short-handed.
-Henrik Lundqvist picked up his 3rd shutout of the season and 53rd of his career.
-Carey Price picked up his 1st shutout of the season and 26th of his career.
-Jori Lehtera scored his 1st career hat trick for the Blues. It was also a natural hat trick. 
-Vladimir Tarasenko extended his point-streak to 6 games with 2 assists tonight. He now has 5 goals and 5 assists during that span. He has 8 goals and 6 assists in his last 8 games. 

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Boston Bruins - 5 game winning streak
New York Islanders - 4 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game winning streak
Nashville Predators - 3 game winning streak
Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak
Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 9 game losing streak
Buffalo Sabres - 4 game losing streak
Minnesota Wild - 4 game losing streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:
-Cory Schneider 4 great saves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfkaLkEr_2E&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Jimmy Hayes goal/Vincent Trocheck pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DX59XBM6mY&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Nikolay Kulemin short-handed goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMVihf7HPo&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Curtis McElhinney save on Joel Ward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcCoOotNzxE&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Alex Ovechkin 2 goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-VTH5HValU&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Tyler Ennis goal/Matt Moulson pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaQcgyOFx8M&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Jori Lehtera natural hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_IxvTWWumU&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Patrick Kane shootout winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZmBDG_KXYA&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Kari Lehtonen save/Ryan Garbutt game-winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXkO87FErw4&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
What's up next - Wednesday November 12th: There are 2 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:
1. Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 8:00 PM ET (In Toronto)
2. Los Angeles Kings vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:30 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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