October 24th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 2, San Jose 1 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 7-2-0 with a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks thanks to a goal from David Krejci at 19:59 of the 3rd. Despite outshooting the Bruins 39-17, the loss is the first loss in regulation for the Sharks who are now 8-1-1.

Goals:

BOS - Jarome Iginla (1) - from Dennis Seidenberg and Milan Lucic (18:48 2ND)

SJS - Patrick Marleau (8) - from Logan Couture and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (0:18 3RD)

BOS - David Krejci (2) - from Adam McQuaid and Milan Lucic (19:59 3RD)

WG - Tuukka Rask (38 saves on 39 shots) LG - Antti Niemi (15 saves on 17 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Patrick Marleau (1 goal) - San Jose

2. David Krejci (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston

1. Tuukka Rask (38 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Boston

Vancouver Canucks 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO) - (from New Jersey) - The Canucks improved to 7-4-1 thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 1-5-4. This marks the second time in October that Roberto Luongo has beaten former teammate Cory Schneider.

Goals:

NJD - Patrik Elias (3) - from Andrei Loktionov and Jaromir Jagr (5:05 1ST)

VAN - Ryan Kesler (5) - from Henrik Sedin (6:07 1ST)

NJD - Eric Gelinas PPG (1) - from Travis Zajac and Marek Zidlicky (9:41 1ST)

VAN - Daniel Sedin (4) - from Henrik Sedin and Ryan Kesler (12:37 1ST)

Shootout winner - Mike Santorelli

WG - Roberto Luongo (28 saves on 30 shots) LG - Cory Schneider (19 saves on 21 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Henrik Sedin (2 assists) - Vancouver

2. Patrick Elias (1 goal) - New Jersey

1. Ryan Kesler (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

Philadelphia Flyers 2, New York Rangers 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 2-7-0 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 2-6-0.

Goals:

PHI - Matt Read SHG (1) - unassisted (9:07 1ST)

NYR - Brad Richards (5) - from Chris Kreider and John Moore (18:56 1ST)

PHI - Braydon Coburn (2) - from Matt Read and Nicklas Grossmann (3:33 3RD)

WG - Steve Mason (30 saves on 31 shots) LG - Cam Talbot (25 saves on 27 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Cam Talbot (25 saves on 27 shots) - New York

2. Matt Read (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

1. Steve Mason (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

Montreal Canadiens 4, Anaheim Ducks 1 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 6-4-0 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 7-3-0 with their 2nd straight loss.

Goals:

MTL - Michael Bournival (2) - from Nathan Beaulieu and Josh Gorges (11:39 1ST)

MTL - Tomas Plekanec (5) - from Michael Bournival (16:32 1ST)

MTL - Brian Gionta PPG (3) - from Tomas Plekanec and Alex Galchenyuk (11:49 2ND)

ANA - Patrick Maroon (1) - from Nick Bonino and Devante Smith-Pelley (8:58 3RD)

MTL - Rene Bourque PPG (3) - from Tomas Plekanec and Brian Gionta (12:39 3RD)

WG - Carey Price (31 saves on 32 shots) LG - Jonas Hiller (21 saves on 25 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Michael Bournival (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal
2. Carey Price (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Montreal
1. Tomas Plekanec (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Chicago Blackhawks 5 (OT) - (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved 6-3-0 thanks to a wild 6-5 OT win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 6-1-3.

Goals:

TBL - Matt Carle PPG (1) - from Valtteri Filppula and Richard Panik (6:28 1ST)

TBL - Nate Thompson SHG (1) - from B.J. Crombeen and Andrej Sustr (1:24 2ND)

CHI - Bryan Bickell (3) - from Marcus Kruger and Brent Seabrook (9:00 2ND)

CHI - Marian Hossa (4) - from Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews (10:36 2ND)

TBL - Steven Stamkos (6) - from Victor Hedman (17:21 2ND)

CHI - Patrick Kane (5) - unassisted (18:53 2ND)

CHI - Andrew Shaw PPG (1) - from Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith (1:33 3RD)

TBL - Victor Hedman (1) - from Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos (11:03 3RD)

TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG (7) - from Valtteri Filppula (17:31 3RD)

CHI - Jonathan Toews (4) - unassisted (18:11)
TBL - Martin St. Louis (5) - from Steven Stamkos and Radko Gudas (1:16 OT)
WG - Ben Bishop (38 saves on 43 shots) LG - Nikolai Khabibulin (19 saves on 25 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Jonathan Toews (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago
2. Martin St. Louis (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Tampa Bay
1. Steven Stamkos (2 goals, 2 assist) - Tampa Bay

Nashville Predators 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (OT) - (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 6-4-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Winnipeg Jets on a Craig Smith goal, dropping the Jets to 4-5-2.

Goals:

NSH - Shea Weber PPG (3) - from David Legwand and Filip Forsberg (15:53 1ST)

WPG - Anthony Peluso (1) - from Olli Jokinen and Michael Frolik (13:49 2ND)

NSH - Patric Hornqvist (4) - from Mike Fisher and Seth Jones (6:04 3RD)
WPG - Blake Wheeler (3) - from Zach Bogosian and Andrew Ladd (16:59 3RD)
NSH - Craig Smith (2) - from David Legwand (4:43 OT)
WG - Carter Hutton (34 saves on 36 shots) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (30 saves on 33 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Blake Wheeler (1 goal) - Winnipeg
2. Carter Hutton (34 saves on 36 shots for the win)
1. Craig Smith (1 goal, including the OT winner)

Minnesota Wild 3, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 5-3-3 thanks to a 3-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 4-3-3.

Goals:

MIN - Nino Neiderreiter PPG (2) - from Mikael Granlund and Mathew Dumba (8:21 1ST)

MIN - Zach Parise (5) - from Jared Spurgeon and Ryan Suter (11:55 1ST)

CAR - Alexander Semin PPG (3) - from Eric Staal and Andrej Sekera (6:01 2ND)
MIN - Dany Heatley PPG/EN (1) - from Matt Cooke and Nate Prosser (19:34 3RD)
WG - Josh Harding (20 saves on 21 shots) LG - Justin Peters (19 saves on 21 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Mikael Granlund (1 assist) - Minnesota
2. Nino Neiderreiter (1 goal) - Minnesota
1. Zach Parise (1 goal, including the GWG) - Minnesota

Dallas Stars 5, Calgary Flames 1 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 4-5-0 on the season thanks to a commanding 5-1 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 4-4-2.

Goals:

DAL - Alex Chiasson (4) - from Ray Whitney and Cody Eakin (4:04 1ST)

CGY - Lee Stempniak (4) - from Matt Stajan and Dennis Wideman (4:30 2ND)

DAL - Alex Chiasson (5) - from Ray Whitney (11:12 2ND)

DAL - Jamie Benn (2) - from Rich Peverley and Kari Lehtonen (11:29 2ND)

DAL - Brenden Dillon (3) - from Shawn Horcoff (12:12 2ND)

DAL - Jamie Benn (3) - from Alex Chiasson (3:36 3RD)
WG - Kari Lehtonen (28 saves on 29 shots) LG - Karri Ramo (29 saves on 34 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Kari Lehtonen (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Dallas
2. Jamie Benn (2 goals) - Dallas
1. Alex Chiasson (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Dallas

Washington Capitals 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Edmonton) - The Capitals improved to .500 at 5-5-0 with a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 3-7-1 on the season.

Goals:

WSH - Alexander Ovechkin (10) - from Marcus Johansson and Nicklas Backstrom (18:13 1ST)
WSH - Joel Ward (3) - from John Carlson and Karl Alzner (15:35 2ND)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (2) - from Marcus Johansson and Alexander Ovechkin (1:24 3RD)
WSH - Jason Chimera (2) - from Mikhail Grabovski (13:23 3RD)
EDM - Justin Schultz (1) - from David Perron (17:56 3RD)

WG - Braden Holtby (30 saves on 31 shots) LG - Devan Dubnyk (22 saves on 26 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Nicklas Backstrom (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington
2. Braden Holtby (30 saves on 31 shots) - Washington
1. Alexander Ovechkin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

Los Angeles Kings 7, Phoenix Coyotes 4 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 7-4-0 on the season with a 7-4 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 6-3-2. 

Goals:
LAK - Anze Kopitar PPG (1) - from Justin Williams and Dustin Brown (0:42 1ST)
LAK - Dwight King (2) - from Anze Kopitar (4:17 1ST)
LAK - Jordan Nolan (2) - from Colin Fraser and Dustin Brown (10:14 1ST)
LAK - Dwight King (3) - from Robyn Regehr and Justin Williams (17:56 1ST)
PHX - Jeff Halpern (1) - from Zbynek Michalek and David Schlemko (10:27 2ND)
PHX - Martin Hanzal (3) - from Mikkel Boedker and Radim Vrbata (14:22 2ND)

PHX - Martin Hanzal PPG (4) - from Keith Yandle and Radim Vrbata (1:51 3RD)
PHX - Shane Doan (2) - from Mikkel Boedker and Derek Morris (2:50 3RD)
LAK - Mike Richards SHG (1) - unassisted (4:19 3RD)
LAK - Matt Frattin (1) - from Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter (12:11 3RD)
LAK - Dwight King EN (4) - from Anze Kopitar (19:38 3RD)
WG - Jon Quick (24 saves on 28 shots) LG - Thomas Greiss (20 saves on 22 shots in relief on Mike Smith who made 11 saves on 15 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Martin Hanzal (2 goals) - Phoenix
2. Anze Kopitar (1 goal, 2 assists) - Los Angeles
1. Dwight King (3 goals) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:
Honourable mention: Alex Chiasson - Chiasson continued a strong start to his NHL career, as he scored his 4th and 5th goals of the season and added an assist. Chiasson now has 11 goals in his first 16 NHL games dating back to last season. 

3. Tuukka Rask - Rask was simply fantastic tonight, as he stole a win for the Boston Bruins making 38 saves on 39 shots. Rask made perhaps his biggest save early in the 3rd, just seconds after Marleau tied the game at 1-1 Joe Thornton and Tomas Hertl were on a 2-on-1 as Thornton fed Hertl Rask slid across and made a great save to keep the game tied. 

2. Dwight King - King picked up his 1st career hat trick in a wild game in Los Angeles, as the Kings defeated the Coyotes 7-4. 

1. Steven Stamkos - Stamkos gets the 1st Star of the night tonight, with 2 goals and 2 assists for his 2nd 4-point game of the season. After only tallying 2 assists in his 1st 3 games, Stamkos now has 7 goals and 5 assists in his last 6 games. 

Interesting Stat of the Night - A weird sequence of events happened in the Wild/Hurricanes game, as both starting goaltenders (Cam Ward and Josh Harding) left the game with an injury and didn't return. Ward was hurt 4:07 into the game, while Harding played the 1st 2 periods and was replaced by Niklas Backstrom for the 3rd (but was still credited with the win because he was in net for Parise's GWG)

Rookie Recap:

-Anthony Peluso scored his 1st NHL goal (WPG)

-Eric Gelinas scores his 1st NHL goal (NJD)

-Cam Talbot made 25 saves on 27 shots in his 1ST NHL start, a 2-1 loss (NYR)
-Carter Hutton made 34 save on 36 shots for his 2nd career win (NSH)
-Seth Jones picked his 3rd assist of the season (NSH)
-Filip Forsberg picked up his 3rd assist of the season (NSH)
-Michael Bournival scores his 2nd NHL goal and added his 3rd assist (MTL)
-Nathan Beaulieu picked up his 1st assist of the season (MTL)
-Andrej Sustr picked up his 2nd assist of the season (TBL)
-Matt Dumba picked up his 1st career NHL assist (MIN)
-Alex Chiasson scores his 4th and 5th goals of the season, and added an assist (DAL)

What's up next (October 25th) - There are 6 NHL games on tap for Friday:

1. New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @7PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {*Rivarly Game*}

2. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)
3. Anaheim Ducks vs. Ottawa Senators @730PM ET (In Ottawa)
4. Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida Panthers @730PM ET (In Florida)
5. Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis Blues @8PM ET (In St. Louis) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
6. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Colorado Avalanche @9PM ET (In Colorado)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff