Sunday, November 23, 2014

November 23rd NHL Recap

St. Louis Blues 4, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Winnipeg) - The Blues improved to 14-6-1 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 10-9-3.
Goals:
WPG - Bryan Little (6) - from Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler (9:04 1ST)
STL - Jaden Schwartz PPG (8) - from Alex Steen and Jori Lehtera (5:14 2ND)
WPG - Jim Slater (1) - unassisted (9:53 2ND)
STL - David Backes PPG (6) - from Alex Steen and Jake Allen (17:57 2ND)
STL - Ryan Reaves (3) - from Steve Ott and Alex Pietrangelo (2:25 3RD) *GWG*
STL - Paul Stastny EN (3) - from Alex Pietrangelo (19:20 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jake Allen (28 saves on 30 shots: 6-2-0) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (25 saves on 28 shots: 7-8-2)
Three Stars:
3. David Backes (1 goal) - St. Louis
2. Jake Allen (28 saves on 30 shots for the win, 1 assist) - St. Louis
1. Alex Steen (2 assists) - St. Louis

New York Rangers 5, Montreal Canadiens 0 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to  9-7-4 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 16-6-1.
Goals:
NYR - Dominic Moore (1) - from Tanner Glass and Jesper Fast (9:44 1ST) *GWG*
NYR - Derek Stepan (2) - from Martin St. Louis and Chris Kreider (0:35 2ND)
NYR - Martin St. Louis (8) - from Chris Kreider and John Moore (15:33 2ND)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (5) - from Anthony Duclair and Kevin Hayes (1:40 3RD)
NYR - Rick Nash (14) - from Derick Brassard and Mats Zuccarello (15:24 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (21 saves on 21 shots: 8-5-3) LG - Dustin Tokarski (29 saves on 34 shots: 3-1-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Dominic Moore (1 goal, GWG) - New York
2. Martin St. Louis (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
1. Henrik Lundqvist (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - New York

Anaheim Ducks 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 13-4-5 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 9-11-2. 
Goals:
ANA - Kyle Palmieri (2) - from Ryan Kesler and Pat Maroon (14:08 2ND)
ANA - Pat Maroon (1) - from Sami Vatanen and Ryan Kesler (17:20 2ND) *GWG*
ARI - Keith Yandle (3) - from Martin Erat and Zbynek Michalek (8:56 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Frederik Andersen (26 saves on 27 shots: 9-2-4) LG - Mike Smith (28 saves on 30 shots: 4-11-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Frederik Andersen (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Anaheim
2. Ryan Kesler (2 assists) - Anaheim
1. Pat Maroon (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 14-6-1 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 12-8-1. 
Goals:
VAN - Jannik Hansen (6) - from Bo Horvat and Derek Dorsett (13:13 1ST)
CHI - Kris Versteeg PPG (7) - from Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook (7:55 2ND)
VAN - Jannik Hansen (7) - from Derek Dorsett and Bo Horvat (6:24 3RD) *GWG*
VAN - Radim Vrbata (10) - from Chris Tanev and Henrik Sedin (17:36 3RD)
VAN - Jannik Hansen EN (8 - Hat Trick) - from Chris Higgins and Bo Horvat (19:17 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (24 saves on 25 shots: 13-3-0) LG - Corey Crawford (26 saves on 29 shots: 9-5-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Derek Dorsett (2 assists) - Vancouver
2. Bo Horvat (3 assists) - Vancovuer
1. Jannik Hansen (3 goals, GWG) - Vancovuer

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Pat Maroon - Maroon scored the game-winner and added an assist in the Ducks 2-1 win over the Coyotes.
2. Henrik Lundqvist - Lundqvist stopped all 21 shots he faced for the shutout in the Rangers 5-0 win over the Canadiens.
1. Jannik Hansen - Hansen scored his 6th 7th and 8th goals of the season (including the game-winner) in the Canucks 4-1 win over the Hawks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Daniel Sedin played in his 1000th career game tonight.
-Jake Allen picked up the first assist of his NHL career.
-Jay Bouwmeester's "Ironman" streak of consecutive games played ended after missing today's game against the Jets. He had previous played 737 straight games, which was the longest current active streak in professional sports.
-Jannik Hansen scored his 1st career hat trick.
-Henrik Lundqvist picked up his 4th shutout of the season, tying Marc-Andre Fleury for the NHL-lead.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Buffalo Sabres - 3 game winning streak
New York Islanders - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 4 game losing streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:
-Martin St. Louis steal and breakaway goal: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=680977&navid=nhl:topheads (FFPOTY Candidate)

What's up next - Monday November 24th: There are 4 NHL games on tap for Monday night:
1. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
2. Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)
3. Ottawa Senators vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)
4. Minnesota Wild vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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