Monday, November 18, 2013

November 18th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Carolina) - The Bruins improved to 13-6-1 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 8-9-4.
Goals:
BOS - Reilly Smith PPG (3) - from Carl Soderberg and Loui Eriksson (2:31 1ST)
BOS - Carl Soderberg (2) - from Dennis Seidenberg and Reilly Smith (10:24 1ST) *GWG*
CAR - Tuomo Ruutu (1) - from Eric Staal and Drayson Bowman (19:55 1ST)
BOS - Johnny Boychuk (1) - unassisted (10:29 3RD)
BOS - Milan Lucic EN (9) - from Jarome Iginla (19:49 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (23 saves on 24 shots: 11-5-1) LG - Cam Ward (26 saves on 29 shots: 2-3-3)
Three Stars:
3. Reilly Smith (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston
2. Tuukka Rask (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Boston
1. Carl Soderberg (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Anaheim Ducks 1 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 13-8-0 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 15-6-2.
Goals:
PIT - Brian Gibbons (1) - from Evgeni Malkin and Tanner Glass (3:52 3RD)
PIT - Brandon Sutter (4) - from Olli Maatta and Brian Gibbons (4:54 3RD) *GWG*
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (11) - from Ben Lovejoy and Corey Perry (5:20 3RD)
PIT - Sidney Crosby (10) - from Evgeni Malkin and Joe Vitale (7:56 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves on 28 shots: 12-6-0) LG - Viktor Fasth (24 saves on 27 shots: 2-2-1)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal) - Anaheim
2. Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves on 28 shots) - Pittsburgh
1. Brian Gibbons (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

Calgary Flames 5, Winnipeg Jets 4 (SO) - (from Winnipeg) - The Flames improved to 7-11-3 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 10-10-3 (.500)
Goals:
CGY - Mike Cammalleri PPG (9) - from Lee Stempniak and Sean Monahan (9:01 2ND)
WPG - Michael Frolik (5) - from Grant Clitsome and Dustin Byfuglien (11:11 2ND)
CGY - T.J. Brodie (2) - from Kris Russell and Mike Cammalleri (15:24 2ND)
WPG - Olli Jokinen (4) - from Devin Setoguchi and Grant Clitsome (8:16 3RD)
CGY - Lance Bouma SHG (2) - from Matt Stajan (11:17 3RD)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien PPG (5) - from Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little (12:10 3RD)
CGY - Jiri Hudler (7) - from T.J. Brodie and Sven Baertschi (16:34 3RD)
WPG - Bryan Little (12) - from Evander Kane and Blake Wheeler (19:54 3RD)
Shootout winner - Sean Monahan (CGY)
Goalies:
WG - Reto Berra (43 saves on 47 shots: 2-4-1) LG - Al Montoya (29 saves on 33 shots: 2-2-1)
Three Stars:
3. Reto Berra (43 saves on 47 shots for the win) - Calgary
2. Bryan Little (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg
1. Mike Cammalleri (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Mike Cammalleri - Cammalleri scored his 9th goal of the season and added an assist in the Flames 5-4 shootout win over the Jets. Cammalleri now has 13 points in 14 games since returning from an injury
2. Carl Soderberg - Soderberg scored 1 goal (the eventual GWG) and added an assist in the Bruins 4-1 win over the Hurricanes
1. Brian Gibbons - Gibbons had quite the impact in his NHL debut, scoring the games 1st goal and assisting on the game winner in the Penguins 3-1 win over the Ducks

Interesting Stats of the Night
-Brian Gibbons scored 1 goal and added an assist in his 1st NHL game for the Penguins.
-The Jets/Flames game feautured 8 goals, where the Flames scored 1st and the Jets responded (Flames had 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 leads).
-With his goal tonight Sidney Crosby is now tied with Alex Steen for the NHL lead in points (26).
-Cam Ward returned to the Hurricanes net tonight after being out since October 24th

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Minnesota Wild (4-game winning streak)
Los Angeles Kings (3-game winning streak)
Dallas Stars (3-game winning streak)
Washington Capitals (3-game winning streak)

Detroit Red Wings (5-game losing streak)
Colorado Avalanche (3-game losing streak)

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Blake Wheeler gets it tonight with a dazzling shooting goal of the Patrick Kane variety: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hdpid=49&id=488999&navid=nhl:topheads

What's up next (November 19th) - There are NHL games on tap for Tuesday:
1. St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. New York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM (In Toronto)
3. Ottawa Senators vs. Philadelphia Flyers @7PM ET (In Philadelphia)
4. Minnesota Wild vs. Montreal Canadiens @730PM ET (In Montreal)
5. Nashville Predators vs. Detroit Red Wings @730PM (In Detroit)
6. Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers @730PM ET (In New York)
7. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Colorado Avalanche @9PM ET (In Colorado)
8. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)
9. Florida Panthers vs. Vancouver Canucks @10PM ET (In Vancouver)
10. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Los Angeles Kings @1030PM ET (In Los Angeles) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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