Wednesday, November 5, 2014

November 5th NHL Recap

Montreal Canadiens 2, Buffalo Sabres 1 (SO) - (from Buffalo) - The Canadiens improved to 9-4-1 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 3-9-2.
Goals:
MTL - P.A. Parenteau (3) - from P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov (0:19 3RD)
BUF - Drew Stafford PPG (2) - from Tyler Myers and Tyler Ennis (3:14 3RD)
Shootout winner - P.A. Parenteau (MTL)
Goalies:
WG - Dustin Tokarski (31 saves on 32 shots: 2-1-0) LG - Michal Neuvirth (31 saves on 32 shots: 2-3-1)
Three Stars:
3. Michal Neuvirth (31 saves on 32 shots) - Buffalo
2. Dustin Tokarski (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Montreal
1. P.A. Parenteau (1 goal, shootout winner) - Montreal

New York Rangers 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT) - (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 6-4-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 6-3-4.
Goals:
NYR - Rick Nash PPG (10) - from Derick Brassard and Matt Hunwick (6:36 1ST)
NYR - Martin St. Louis (4) - from Matt Hunwick and Michael Kostka (6:39 2ND)
DET - Jakub Kindl PPG (1) - from Riley Sheahan and Johan Franzen (12:02 2ND)
DET - Dan Cleary (1) - from Drew Miller (12:15 2ND)
NYR - Lee Stempniak (3) - from Dominic Moore and Chris Kreider (12:10 3RD)
DET - Tomas Tatar PPG (4) - from Andrej Nestrasil and Jakub Kindl (19:52 3RD) 
NYR - Derick Brassard PPG (5) - from Dan Girardi and Martin St. Louis (1:50 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (25 saves on 28 shots: 6-3-1) LG - Jonas Gustavsson (26 saves on 30 shots: 1-1-1)
Three Stars:
3. Rick Nash (1 goal) - New York
2. Jakub Kindl (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit
1. Derick Brassard (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - New York

New York Islanders 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT) - (from Anaheim) - The Islanders improved to 7-5-0 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 10-3-1.
Goals:
NYI - John Tavares (5) - from Calvin de Haan and Travis Hamonic (3:38 1ST) 
NYI - Kyle Okposo PPG (5) - from Brock Nelson (0:10 2ND)
ANA - Matt Beleskey PPG (6) - from Ryan Kesler and Sami Vatanen (9:15 2ND)
ANA - Emerson Etem (1) - from Cam Fowler and Rickard Rakell (18:51 2ND)
NYI - John Tavares PPG (6) - from Lubomir Visnovsky and Kyle Okposo (2:18 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (32 saves on 34 shots: 4-4-0) LG -  Jason LaBarbera (33 saves on 36 shots: 1-0-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Kyle Okposo (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
2. Emerson Etem (1 goal) - Anaheim
1. John Tavares (2 goals, OT winner) - New York

Three Stars of the Night:
3. P.A. Parenteau - Parenteau scored the lone Canadiens goal and added the shootout winner in their 2-1 win over the Sabres.
2. Derick Brassard - Brassard scored the OT winner and added an assist in the Rangers 4-3 win over the Red Wings.
1. John Tavares - Tavares scored 2 goals, including the OT winner, in the Islanders 3-2 win over the Ducks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf were scratched from the game tonight due to flu-like symptoms. This is only the 5th time since 2005 that they have both missed a game, and 1st time since March of 2008.
-Rick Nash became the 2nd player to score 10 goals this season, joining Corey Perry.
-All 3 games tonight went to OT.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
St. Louis Blues - 6 game winning streak
Pittsburgh Penguins - 5 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak
Boston Bruins - 3 game winning streak
Carolina Hurricanes - 3 game winning streak
Winnipeg Jets - 3 game winning streak
Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 6 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 5 game losing streak
Washington Capitals - 5 game losing streak
Colorado Avalanche - 3 game losing streak
Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:
-Jonas Gustavsson glove save on Rick Nash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiuPqZ0riok&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA (FFPOTY Candidate)
-Henrik Lundqvist save on Gustav Nyquist penalty shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkVxpgGPg5c&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Thursday November 6th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:
1. Edmonton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)
2. Florida Panthers vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)
3. Minnesota Wild vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)
4. Calgary Flames vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
5. New Jersey Devils vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)
6. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)
7. Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)
8. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)
9. New York Islanders vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)
10. Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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