December 2nd NHL Recap

New York Islanders 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT) - (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 18-7-0 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 10-9-5.

Goals:

OTT - Mike Hoffman (8) - from Mika Zibanejad and Alex Chiasson (10:04 1ST)

NYI - Brock Nelson (11) - from Kyle Okposo (18:26 2ND)

NYI - Ryan Strome (5) - from Thomas Hickey and Brian Strait (1:07 3RD)

OTT - Clarke MacArthur (9) - from Mark Stone and Kyle Turris (11:14 3RD)

NYI - Thomas Hickey (2) - from Matt Donovan and Brock Nelson (3:06 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (16 saves on 18 shots: 13-4-0) LG - Craig Anderson (25 saves on 28 shots: 5-5-4)

Three Stars:

3. Clarke MacArthur (1 goal) - Ottawa

2. Brock Nelson (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Thomas Hickey (1 goa, 1 assist, OT winner) - New York

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, New Jersey Devils 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 17-5-2 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 9-12-4.

Goals:

PIT - Evgeni Malkin (12) - from Blake Comeau and Jayson Megna (2:32 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (29 saves on 29 shots: 14-4-1) LG - Cory Schneider (22 saves on 23 shots: 9-11-3)

Three Stars:

3. Evgeni Malkin (1 goal, GWG) - Pittsburgh)

2. Cory Schneider (22 saves on 23 shots) - New Jersey

1. Marc-Andre Fleury (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

Vancouver Canucks 4, Washington Capitals 3 (from Washington) - The Canucks improved to 17-7-1 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 10-10-4.

Goals:

VAN - Derek Dorsett (3) - from Bo Horvat and Jannik Hansen (17:58 1ST)

WSH - John Carlson (3) - from Nicklas Backstrom (2:45 2ND) 

VAN - Daniel Sedin PPG (5) - from Henrik Sedin and Radim Vrbata (10:01 2ND)

VAN - Radim Vrbata PPG (11) - from Alex Edler and Daniel Sedin (12:47 2ND)

WSH - John Carlson (4) - from Jason Chimera and Joel Ward (14:43 2ND)

WSH - Brooks Laich (1) - from Eric Fehr and John Carlson (4:39 3RD)

VAN - Daniel Sedin PPG (6) - from Henrik Sedin (9:39 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (22 saves on 25 shots: 16-4-0) LG - Braden Holtby (28 saves on 32 shots: 8-7-3)

Three Stars:

3. Radim Vrbata (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

2. John Calson (2 goals, 1 assist) - Washington

1. Daniel Sedin (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Nashville Predators 1 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 8-13-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 16-6-2

Goals:

CAR - Jeff Skinner (6) - from Andrej Nestrasil and John-Michael Liles (18:59 1ST)
CAR - Victor Rask (4) - from Jeff Skinner (0:55 3RD) *GWG*
NSH - Mike Ribeiro (7) - from Roman Josi (15:14 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (32 saves on 33 shots: 8-8-1) LG - Pekka Rinne (23 saves on 25 shots: 16-4-1)

Three Stars:

3. Pekka Rinne (23 saves on 25 shots) - Nashville

2. Cam Ward (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Carolina

1. Jeff Skinner (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

Buffalo Sabres 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (SO) - (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 9-14-2 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 17-6-3.

Goals:

TBL - Ondrej Palat (7) - from Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov (9:52 3RD)
BUF - Zemgus Girgensons (8) - from Tyler Myers and Josh Gorges (16:06 3RD)
Shootout winner - Tyler Ennis (BUF)

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (26 saves on 27 shots: 6-9-1) LG - Evgeni Nabokov (21 saves on 22 shots: 2-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Evgeni Nabokov (21 saves on 22 shots) - Tampa Bay

2. Zemgus Girgensons (1 goal) - Buffalo

1. Jhonas Enroth (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Buffalo

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Dallas Stars 3 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 13-8-3 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 9-11-5.

Goals:

TOR - Tyler Bozak (12) - from Dion Phaneuf (0:27 1ST)
TOR - Nazem Kadri (6) - from Mike Santorelli and Cody Franson (15:16 1ST)
TOR - Phil Kessel PPG (12) - from Dion Phaneuf and Nazem Kadri (0:56 2ND)
DAL - Jason Spezza (5) - from Erik Cole and Jamie Oleksiak (5:06 2ND)
TOR - Joffrey Lupul (4) - from Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli (9:31 2ND) *GWG*
DAL - Ryan Garbutt (4) - from Alex Goligoski and John Klingberg (2:11 3RD)
TOR - Joffrey Lupul (5) - from Nazem Kadri and Mike Santorelli (5:20 3RD)
DAL - Ales Hemsky (2) - from Shawn Horcoff and Alex Goligoski (15:25 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (35 saves on 38 shots: 9-5-3) LG - Kari Lehtonen (35 saves on 40 shots: 9-6-5)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Santorelli (3 assists) - Toronto

2. Nazem Kadri (1 goal, 2 assists) - Toronto

1. Joffrey Lupul (2 goals, GWG) - Toronto

Florida Panthers 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (from Detroit) - The Panthers improved to 10-7-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 14-6-5.

Goals:

DET - Tomas Tatar PPG (10) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Stephen Weiss (6:47 1ST)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes (6) - from Vincent Trocheck and Dmitry Kulikov (15:11 1ST))
FLA - Sean Bergenheim (4) - from Jussi Jokinen and Brad Boyes (12:21 2ND)
FLA - Vincent Trocheck (2) - from Jimmy Hayes (0:27 3RD)
FLA - Aaron Ekblad (4) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Vincent Trocheck (8:00 3RD) *GWG*
DET - Pavel Datsyuk (10) - unassisted (9:32 3RD)
DET - Gustav Nyquist (12) - from Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg (19:01 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (38 saves on 41 shots: 8-5-5) LG - Jimmy Howard (27 saves on 31 shots: 11-5-4)

Three Stars:

3. Jimmy Hayes (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida

2. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Vincent Trocheck (1 goal, 2 assists) - Florida

Calgary Flames 5, Arizona Coyotes 2 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 16-8-2 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 10-13-3. 

Goals:

CGY - David Jones (4) - from Curtis Glencross and Mark Giordano (1:12 1ST)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (5) - from Martin Erat and Brandon McMillan (8:25 1ST)
CGY - Josh Jooris (6) - from Kris Russell and Dennis Wideman (18:36 1ST)
ARI - Sam Gagner (3) - from Martin Hanzal and Keith Yandle (2:02 2ND)
CGY - Josh Jooris (7) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Jiri Hudler (7:13 2ND) *GWG*
CGY - Sean Monahan (9) - from Dennis Wideman and Curtis Glencross (8:46 3RD)
CGY - Josh Jooris PPG/EN (8 - Hat Trick) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Jiri Hudler (19:14 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Karri Ramo (27 saves on 29 shots: 7-2-1) LG - Mike Smith (19 saves on 23 shots: 5-12-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Johnny Gaudreau (2 assists) - Calgary

2. Dennis Wideman (2 assists) - Calgary

1. Josh Hooris (3 goals, GWG) - Calgary

San Jose Sharks 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 12-10-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 8-13-3. 

Goals:

PHI - Sean Couturier PPG (5) - from Scott Laughton and Andrew MacDonald (6:00 1ST)
SJS - Marc-Edouard Vlasic (3) - from Tommy Wingels and Logan Couture (17:44 2ND)
SJS - Matt Nieto (3) - from Patrick Marleau (19:48 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (28 saves on 29 shots: 9-7-3) LG - Steve Mason (25 saves on 27 shots: 4-9-2)

Three Stars:

3. Sean Couturier (1 goal) - Philadelphia

2. Matt Nieto (1 goal, GWG) - San Jose

1. Antti Niemi (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - San Jose

Los Angeles Kings 2, Boston Bruins 0 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 13-7-5 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 14-11-1.

Goals:

LAK - Tanner Pearson (10) - from Anze Kopitar and Brayden McNabb (16:20 1ST) *GWG*
LAK - Tyler Toffoli EN (10) - from Anze Kopitar (19:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (31 saves on 31 shots: 11-5-4) LG - Niklas Svedberg (33 saves on 34 shots: 3-4-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Niklas Svedberg (33 saves on 34 shots) - Boston

2. Anze Kopitar (2 assists) - Los Angeles

1. Jonathan Quick (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Marc-Andre Fleury - Fleury stopped all 29 shots he faced for the shutout in the Penguins 1-0 win over the Devils.

2. Jonathan Quick - Quick stopoed all 31 shots he faced for the shutout in the Kings 1-0 win over the Bruins.

1. Josh Jooris - Jooris scored 3 goals (including the game-winner), his 1st career hat trick, in the Flames 5-2 win over the Coyotes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his NHL-leading 5th shutout of the season.

-Josh Jooris scored his 1st career hat trick for the Flames.
-After just 3 wins in their first 18 games, the Sabres have now won 6 of their last 7 games.

-Jonathan Quick picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Buffalo Sabres - 3 game winning streak
Chicago Blackhawks - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 10 game losing streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Josh Jooris hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AkUtpRpOAg&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Jeff Skinner goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhiSoaefpDg&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Daniel Sedin goal/Henrik Sedin pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diXPteWuyc0&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Brooks Laich beautiful goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfPXSaX9G5s&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Antoine Roussel hit on Phil Kessel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elaM4clPYPo&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Craig Anderson save on Ryan Strome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g2IjrASmz4&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Thomas Hickey OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyuUudQ2d88&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Wednesday December 3rd: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Montreal Canadiens vs. Minnesota Wild at 7:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

2. St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:00 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Edmonton Oilers vs. Winnipeg Jets at 9:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

4. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:30 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff