Boston Bruins 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (from Boston) - The Bruins opened up their 2013-14 season at home with a 3-1 victory thanks to 2 short-handed goals
Goals:
BOS - Chris Kelly SHG (1) - unassisted
TBL - Valtteri Filppula (1) - from Eric Brewer and Alex Killorn
BOS - Milan Lucic (1) - from David Krejci
BOS - Patrice Bergeron SHG (1) - unassisted
Three Stars:
3. Milan Lucic (1 goal, including the GWG) - Boston
2. Chris Kelly (1 goal) - Boston
1. Tuukka Rask (32 saves on 33 shots) - Boston
Pittsburgh Penguins 3, New Jersey Devils 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins opened up their 2013-14 season at home with a great performance from Marc-Andre Fleury earning the shutout in a 3-0 win
Goals:
PIT - Chuck Kobasew (1) - from Brandon Sutter and Beau Bennett
PIT - Sindey Crosby (1) - from Pascal Dupuis and Matt Niskanen
PIT - Craig Adams (1) - from Evgeni Malkin and Tanner Glass
Three Stars:
3. Craig Adams (1 goal) - Pittsburgh
2. Sidney Crosby (1 goal) - Pittsburgh
1. Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves for the shutout) - Pittsburgh
Washington Capitals 5, Calgary Flames 4 (SO) (From Washington) - The Capitals rebounded from a 6-4 loss on opening night to the Blackhawks, winning their home debut 5-4 in a shootout over Calgary after coming back from 3-0 and 4-1 defecits. Captain Alexander Ovechkin lead the way with 2 goals, 1 assist and the shootout winning goal.
Goals:
CGY - David Jones (1) - from Sean Monahan
CGY - Lee Stempniak (1) - from Mark Giordano and Mikael Backlund
CGY - Jiri Hudler PPG (1) - from T.J. Brodie and Mark Giordano
WSH - Connor Carrick (1) - from Marcus Johansson and Karl Alzner
CGY - Lance Bouma (1) - from Brian McGratton and Ben Street
WSH - Alexander Ovechkin PPG (2) - from Mike Green and Marcus Johansson
WSH - Alexander Ovechkin (3) - from Marcus Johansson and Nicklas Backstrom
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (1) - from Mikhail Grabovski and Alexander Ovechkin
Shootout winner - Alexander Ovechkin
Three Stars:
3. Mark Giordano (2 assists) - Calgary
2. Marcus Johansson (3 assists) - Washington
1. Alexander Ovechkin (2 goals, 1 assists, shootout winner) - Washington
Los Angeles Kings 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO) (From Minnesota) - The Kings opened up their 2013-14 season with a come-from behind 3-2 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild. The Wild had their home opener spoiled by the Kings thanks to Jeff Carter, who scored late in the 3rd to tie the game and then scored the shootout winner.
Goals:
MIN - Matt Cooke (1) - from Kyle Brodziak and Mikael Granlund
LAK - Drew Doughty PPG (1) - from Slava Voynov and Anze Kopitar
MIN - Jonas Brodin PPG (1) - from Nino Niederreiter
LAK - Jeff Carter (1) - from Matt Frattin and Robyn Regehr
Shootout winner - Jeff Carter
Three Stars:
3. Jonas Brodin (1 goal) - Minnesota
2. Jon Quick (27 saves on 29 shots) - Los Angeles
1. Jeff Carter (1 goal, shootout winner) - Los Angeles
Florida Panthers 4, Dallas Stars 2 (from Dallas) - The Panthers opened up their 2013-14 season with 3 goals in the last 10 minutes of the 3rd to beat the Dallas Stars 4-2. The Stars had their home opener spoiled by the visiting Panthers, who had Tim Thomas playing for the first time in a Panthers uniform.
Goals:
FLA - Scott Gomez (1) - from Scottie Upshall and Brian Campbell
DAL - Alex Chiasson (1) - from Ray Whitney and Brenden Dillon
DAL - Brenden Dillon SHG (1) - from Vernon Fiddler and Antoine Roussel
FLA - Aleksander Barkov (1) - from Tom Gilbert and Jonathan Huberdeau
FLA - Marcel Goc (1) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Brian Campbell
FLA - Marcel Goc EN (2) - unassisted
Three Stars:
3. Brenden Dillon (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas
2. Marcel Goc (2 goals) - Florida
1. Tim Thomas (25 saves on 27 shots) - Florida
St. Louis Blues 4, Nashville Predators 2 (from St. Louis) - The Blues opened up their season at home with an impressive 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators thanks to 3 goals in the first 10 minutes of the game.
Goals:
STL - David Backes PPG (1) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Patrik Berglund
STL - Vladimir Sobotka (1) - from Jay Bouwmeester and Alex Pietrangelo
STL - T.J. Oshie (1) - from Alex Steen and David Backes
NSH - Mike Fisher (1) - from Nick Spaling and Eric Nystrom
NSH - David Legwand (1) - from Patric Hornqvist
STL - Alex Steen PPG (1) - from Derek Roy and Kevin Shattenkirk
Three Stars:
3. Alex Steen (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
2. Alex Pietrangelo (2 assists) - St. Louis
1. David Backes (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
San Jose Sharks 4, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from San Jose) - The San Jose Sharks opened up their 2013-14 season at home with a decisive 4-1 victory over the visiting Canucks. Everyone remembers a few months back when the Canucks were swept by the Sharks, and they picked up right where they left off to start the season.
Goals:
VAN - Jason Garrison PPG (1) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin
SJS - Brent Burns (1) - from Tomas Hertl and Joe Thornton
SJS - Justin Braun (1) - from Mark-Edouard Vlasic and Logan Couture
SJS - Patrick Marleau (1) - from Logan Couture
SJS - Tommy Wingels (1) - from Andrew Desjardins
Three Stars -
3. Brent Burns (1 goal) - San Jose
2. Antti Niemi (21 saves on 22 shots) - San Jose
1. Logan Couture (2 assists) - San Jose
Phoenix Coyotes 4, New York Rangers 1 (from Phoenix) - The Coyotes opened their 2013-14 season at home with a decisive 4-1 victory over the visiting New York Rangers. Coyotes sniped Radim Vrbata picked up 3 goals in the win, including a rare natural hatrick.
Goals:
PHX - Kyle Chipchura (1) - from Rob Klinkhammer and Oliver Ekman-Larsson
NYR - Marc Staal PPG (1) - from Rick Nash and Derek Stepan
PHX - Radim Vrbata (1) - from Martin Hanzal and Derek Morris
PHX - Radim Vrbata PPG (2) - from Keith Yandle and Antoine Vermette
PHX - Radim Vrbata (3 - hat trick) - from Martin Hanzal
Three Stars:
3. Martin Hanzal (2 assists)
2. Mike Smith (23 saves on 24 shots)
1.Radim Vrbata (3 goals, including the GWG)
Player of the Night - This one goes to Radim Vrbata, who scored the last 3 goals in a 4-1 Coyotes win over the Rangers. Runner up goes to Alex Ovechkin with 2 goals, 1 assist and the shootout winner.
Top 3 Highlights of the Night:
3. Sidney Crosby goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrCEciYUrxs
2. TJ Oshie goal, tic-tac-toe with Backes and Steen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b7fzb6_iOM
1. Connor Carrick 1st NHL Goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee1qN6g1PbE
Interesting Stat of the Night - Speaking of Vrbata, he not only scored 3 goals but earned a very rare "natural hat trick." For those who don't know what that is, it is when a player scores 3 straight goals in a game, something that doesn't happen pretty often.
Rookie Recap:
-Aleksander Barkov scored his 1st NHL goal (FLA)
-Connor Carrick scored his 1st NHL goal (WSH)
-Tomas Hertl picked up his 1st NHL point (SJS)
-Seth Jones was a +2 with 3 shots and 1 hit in his debut, playing 18:35 of icetime (NSH)
-Sean Monahan picked up his 1st NHL point (CGY)
What's up next (October 4th) - There are 6 NHL games on tap for tomorrow night:
1. Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. New York Islanders vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM (In New Jersey)
3. Detroit Red Wings vs. Carolina Hurricanes @7PM (In Carolina)
4. Calgary Flames vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM (In Columbus)
5. Los Angeles Kings vs. Winnipeg Jets @8PM (In Winnipeg) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
6. Nashville Predators vs. Colorado Avalanche @9PM (In Colorado)
-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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