Friday, December 5, 2014

December 4th NHL Recap

Vancouver Canucks 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Canucks improved to 18-7-1 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 17-6-2.
Goals:
VAN - Brad Richardson (5) - from Shawn Matthias (8:33 1ST) *GWG*
VAN - Shawn Matthias (6) - from Brad Richardson and Yannick Weber (11:34 2ND)
VAN - Brad Richardson SHG (6) - from Jannik Hansen (13:54 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Eddie Lack (21 saves on 21 shots: 2-3-1) LG - Thomas Greiss (28 saves on 31 shots: 3-2-1)
Three Stars:
3. Shawn Matthias (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver
2. Eddie Lack (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - Vancouver
1. Brad Richardson (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Vancouver

Washington Capitals 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Carolina) - The Capitals improved to 11-10-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 8-14-3.
Goals:
WSH - Jay Beagle (3) - from Jason Chimera (2:19 1ST)
CAR - Alex Semin (1) - from Jay Harrison and John-Michael Liles (3:19 3RD)
WSH - Eric Fehr (4) - unassisted (15:58 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Braden Holtby (29 saves on 30 shots: 9-7-3) LG - Anton Khudobin (26 saves on 28 shots: 0-6-2)
Three Stars:
3. Alex Semin (1 goal) - Carolina
2. Eric Fehr (1 goal, GWG) - Washington
1. Braden Holtby (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Washington

New Jersey Devils 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (from Toronto) - The Devils improved to 10-12-4 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 13-9-3.
Goals:
NJD - Eric Gelinas PPG (3) - from Jon Merrill and Damien Brunner (4:53 1ST) 
TOR - Mike Santorelli (4) - from Joffrey Lupul and Jake Gardiner (5:37 2ND)
NJD - Stephen Gionta (1) - from Steve Bernier and Jon Merrill (8:00 2ND)
TOR - Nazem Kadri SHG (7) - from Mike Santorelli and Stephane Robidas (11:14 2ND)
NJD - Mike Cammalleri PPG (11) - from Eric Gelinas and Michael Ryder (16:48 2ND)
NJD - Steve Bernier (2) - from Marek Zidlicky and Dainius Zubrus (6:12 3RD) *GWG*
NJD - Adam Henrique (7) - from Michael Ryder and Marek Zidlicky (11:58 3RD)
TOR - Phil Kessel PPG (13) - from Tyler Bozak and James van Riemsdyk (19:25 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Cory Schneider (29 saves on 32 shots: 10-11-3) LG - Jonathan Bernier (21 saves on 26 shots: 9-6-3)
Three Stars:
3. Mike Santorelli (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto
2. Eric Gelinas (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey
1. Steve Bernier (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New Jersey

New York Islanders 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Ottawa) - The Islanders improved to 19-7-0 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 10-10-5.
Goals:
NYI - Brock Nelson PPG (12) - from Frans Nielsen and Nick Leddy (11:45 2ND)
OTT - Mika Zibanejad PPG (4) - from Erik Karlsson and David Legwand (15:07 3RD)
NYI - Casey Cizikas (4) - from Thomas Hickey (13:33 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (20 saves on 21 shots: 14-4-0) LG - Craig Anderson (23 saves on 25 shots: 5-6-4)
Three Stars:
3. Mika Zibanejad (1 goal) - Ottawa
2. Brock Nelson (1 goal) - New York
1. Casey Cizikas (1 goal, GWG) - New York

Detroit Red Wings 5, Dallas Stars 2 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 15-6-5 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 9-12-5. 
Goals:
DET - Darren Helm (3) - from Kyle Quincey and Niklas Kronwall (3:58 1ST)
DAL - Colton Sceviour (1) - from Jordie Benn and Jason Demers (4:13 1ST)
DET - Stephen Weiss (4) - from Riley Sheahan and Tomas Jurco (11:14 1ST)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk PPG (11) - from Stephen Weiss and Tomas Tatar (18:52 1ST) *GWG*
DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (19) - from Trevor Daley and Jason Spezza (14:26 2ND)
DET - Kyle Quincey (1) - from Riley Sheahan and Stephen Weiss (7:39 3RD)
DET - Darren Helm (4) - from Tomas Tatar and Pavel Datsyuk (13:07 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jimmy Howard (22 saves on 24 shots: 12-5-4) LG - Jussi Rynnas (24 saves on 29 shots: 0-1-0
Three Stars:
3. Stephen Weiss (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit
2. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit
1. Darren Helm (2 goals) - Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 18-6-3 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 9-15-2. 
Goals:
TBL - Radko Gudas (2) - from Tyler Johnson (2:33 1ST) *GWG*
TBL - Steven Stamkos (16) - from Ryan Callahan and Alex Killorn (4:28 2ND)
TBL - Brenden Morrow (2) - from Jonathan Drouin and Andrej Sustr (5:39 2ND)
TBL - Jason Garrison (3) - from Steven Stamkos and Andrej Sustr (13:40 2ND)
TBL - Brett Connolly PPG (5) - from Valtteri Filppula and Steven Stamkos (18:55 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (13 saves on 13 shots: 16-3-2) LG - Jhonas Enroth (30 saves on 35 shots: 6-10-1)
Three Stars:
3. Ben Bishop (13 saves on 13 shots for the shutout) - Tampa Bay
2. Radko Gudas (1 goal, GWG) - Tampa Bay
1. Steven Stamkos (1 goal, 2 assists) - Tampa bay

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Florida Panthers 3 (SO) - (from Florida) - The Blue Jackets improved to 8-15-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 10-7-7.
Goals:
CBJ - Nick Foligno (11) - from Scott Hartnell and Dalton Prout (1:07 1ST)
CBJ - Cam Atkinson (8) - from Kerby Rychel and Dalton Prout (9:51 1ST)
CBJ - Boone Jenner (3) - from Kerby Rychel and Cam Atkinson (0:51 2ND)
FLA - Tomas Fleischmann (2) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Nick Bjugstad (2:54 2ND)
FLA - Nick Bjugstad (9) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Aaron Ekblad (5:04 2ND)
FLA - Nick Bjugstad PPG (10) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Erik Gudbranson (7:31 2ND)
Shootout winner - Ryan Johansen (CBJ)
Goalies:
WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (52 saves on 55 shots: 7-8-1) LG - Roberto Luongo (17 saves on 20 shots: 8-5-6)
Three Stars:
3. Cam Atkinson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus
2. Nick Bjugstad (2 goals, 1 assist) - Florida
1. Sergei Bobrovsky (52 saves on 55 shots for the win) - Columbus

Nashville Predators 4, St. Louis Blues 3 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 17-6-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 16-8-2. 
Goals:
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (15) - from Alex Steen (5:46 1ST)
NSH - Filip Forsberg (11) - from Mike Ribeiro (14:10 1ST)
NSH - Eric Nystrom (5) - from Mike Ribeiro and Mike Fisher (19:07 1ST)
NSH - Mike Ribeiro (8) - from James Neal and Filip Forsberg (1:25 2ND)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (16) - from Carl Gunnarsson and Paul Stastny (3:51 2ND)
NSH - Colin Wilson (5) - from Roman Josi and Craig Smith (9:30 3RD) *GWG*
STL - Jaden Schwartz (9) - from Kevin Shattenkirk (12:32 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Pekka Rinne (29 saves on 32 shots: 17-4-1) LG - Martin Brodeur (20 saves on 24 shots: 0-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville
2. Vladimir Tarasenko (2 goals) - St. Louis
1. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal, 2 assists) - Nashville 

Calgary Flames 4, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT) - (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 17-8-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 9-11-6. 
Goals:
CGY - Dennis Wideman PPG (9) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Kris Russell (2:20 2ND)
COL - Matt Duchene (9) - from Ryan O'Reilly (13:23 2ND)
COL - Nick Holden (2) - from Zach Redmond and Michael Sgarbossa (14:21 2ND)
CGY - Curtis Glencross (5) - from David Jones and Sean Monahan (1:14 3RD)
COL - Alex Tanguay (9) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Tyson Barrie (14:14 3RD)
CGY - Dennis Wideman (10) - from Kris Russell and Curtis Glencross (18:43 3RD)
CGY - Sean Monahan (10) - from Mark Giordano and Kris Russell (1:47 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Karri Ramo (26 saves on 29 shots: LG - Semyon Varlamov (21 saves on 25 shots: 4-5-5)
Three Stars:
3. Matt Duchene (1 goal) - Colorado
2. Sean Monahan (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Calgary
1. Dennis Wideman (2 goals) - Calgary 

Los Angeles Kings 4, Arizona Coyotes 0 (from Arizona) - The Kings improved to 14-7-5 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 10-14-3.
Goals:
LAK - Dustin Brown (5) - unassisted (8:59 1ST) *GWG*
LAK - Dustin Brown (6) - from Kyle Clifford and Jarret Stoll (9:57 2ND)
LAK - Jarret Stoll PPG (3) - from Alec Martinez and Dustin Brown (15:41 2ND)
LAK - Alec Martinez PPG (3) - from Justin Williams and Brayden McNabb (9:26 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Martin Jones (26 saves on 26 shots: 3-2-1) LG - Mike Smith (17 saves on 20 shots: 5-13-2), Devan Dubnyk (22 saves on 23 shots in relief of Smith)
Three Stars:
3. Alec Martinez (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles
2. Dustin Brown (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Los Angeles
1. Martin Jones (26 saves on 26 shots for the shutout) - Los Angeles

San Jose Sharks 7, Boston Bruins 4 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 13-10-4 on the season thanks to a 7-4 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 14-12-1.
Goals:
BOS - Reilly Smith (5) - from Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand (0:29 1ST)
BOS - Gregory Campbell (3) - from Dan Paille and Dennis Seidenberg (2:35 1ST)
SJS - Tommy Wingels (8) - from Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Patrick Marleau (0:27 2ND)
SJS - Tyler Kennedy (2) - from James Sheppard and Andrew Desjardins (3:00 2ND)
SJS - Tommy Wingels PPG (9) - from Matt Irwin and Tomas Hertl (7:30 2ND)
BOS - Reilly Smith (6) - from Carl Soderberg and Milan Lucic (8:13 2ND)
BOS - Torey Krug (4) - Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron (12:33 2ND)
SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (11) - from Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns (14:21 2ND)
SJS - Tyler Kennedy (3) - from Matt Irwin and James Sheppard (3:02 3RD) *GWG*
SJS - Joe Pavelski (12) - from Brent Burns and Brenden Dillon (11:13 3RD)
SJS - Tomas Hertl (6) - from Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton (15:44 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Niemi (20 saves on 24 shots: 10-7-3) LG - Tuukka Rask (37 saves on 44 shots: 11-8-1)
Three Stars:
3. Reilly Smith (2 goals) - Boston
2. Tyler Kennedy (2 goals, GWG) - San Jose
1. Joe Pavelski (2 goals, 1 assist) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Brad Richardson - Richardson scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Canucks 3-0 shutout of the Penguins.
2. Martin Jones - Jones stopped all 26 shots he faced for the shutout in the Kings 4-0 win over the Coyotes.
1. Joe Pavelski - Pavelski scored his 11th and 12 goals of the season and added an assist in the Sharks 7-4 win over the Bruins

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Eddie Lack picked up his 1st shutout of the season.
-Sidney Crosby was held pointless for the 3rd straight game, the first time that has happened this season.
-Alex Semin scored his 1st goal of the season after going the first 19 games without a goal.
-Ben Bishop picked up his 1st shutout of the season. He made only 13 saves, the lowest save total he has made in a win this season.
-Martin Brodeur stopped 20 of 24 shots in his Blues debut, a 4-3 loss to the Predators.
-Pekka Rinne picked up his NHL-leading 17th win of the season.
-The Islanders picked up their NHL-leading 19th win of the season.
-Martin Jones picked up his 2nd consecutive shutout.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Chicago Blackhawks - 4 game winning streak
Calgary Flames - 4 game winning streak

San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak
New York Islanders - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 11 game losing streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 5 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game losing streak
Boston Bruins - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Friday December 5th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Friday night:
1. Anaheim Ducks vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota) 
2. Colorado Avalanche vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)
3. Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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