Goals:
BUF - Brian Flynn SHG (3) - from Alexander Sulzer and Christian Ehrhoff (16:27 1ST)
BOS - Brad Marchand SHG (6) - from Johnny Boychuk (1:50 2ND)
BOS - Brad Marchand (7) - from Patrice Bergeron and Reilly Smith (3:04 2ND)
BUF - Marcus Foligno (5) - from Jamie McBain and Matt D'Agostini (17:11 2ND)
BUF - Drew Stafford (3) - from Ville Leino and Steve Ott (14:19 3RD) *GWG*
BUF - Tyler Myers (3) - from Brian Flynn and Marcus Foligno (15:39 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (33 saves on 35 shots: 8-17-0) LG - Chad Johnson (19 saves on 23 shots: 6-2-0)
Three Stars:
3. Marcus Foligno (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo
2. Brad Marchand (2 goals) - Boston
1. Brian Flynn (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo
Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Phoenix Coyotes 1 (SO) - (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 18-16-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 18-10-6.
Goals:
TOR - Troy Bodie (1) - from Cody Franson and Peter Holland (15:52 1ST)
PHX - Martin Hanzal (9) - from Rostislav Klesla and Radim Vrbata (15:08 3RD)
Shootout winner - Joffrey Lupul (TOR)
Goalies:
WG - James Reimer (34 saves on 35 shots: 8-5-1) LG - Mike Smith (26 saves on 27 shots: 14-8-6)
Three Stars:
3. Joffrey Lupul (shootout winner) - Toronto
2. Mike Smith (26 saves on 27 shots) - Phoenix
1. James Reimer (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Toronto
Philadelphia Flyers 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 16-15-4 on the season thanks to a 5-4 comeback win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 14-17-4.
Goals:
CBJ - Cam Atkinson SHG (10) - from Ryan Murray (15:16 1ST)
CBJ - Jack Skille (3) - from Mark Letestu and Nikita Nikitin (4:44 2ND)
CBJ - Nick Foligno (10) - from Jack Johnson (19:52 2ND)
PHI - Jakub Voracek (9) - from Claude Giroux and Mark Streit (4:20 3RD)
PHI - Braydon Coburn (3) - from Scott Hartnell (5:22 3RD)
CBJ - Blake Comeau (3) - from Artem Anisimov (8:35 3RD)
PHI - Erik Gustafsson (2) - from Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux (15:21 3RD)
PHI - Claude Giroux (8) - from Michael Raffl and Jakub Voracek (16:14 3RD)
PHI - Claude Giroux (9) - from Mark Streit and Jakub Voracek (18:22 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Steve Mason (23 saves on 27 shots: 13-9-4) LG - Curtis McElhinney (34 saves on 39 shots: 4-5-1)
Three Stars:
3. Cam Atkinson (1 goal) - Columbus
2. Jakub Voracek (1 goal, 2 assists) - Philadelphia
1. Claude Giroux (2 goals, 2 assists, GWG) - Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Minnesota Wild 2 (From Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 26-10-1 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 20-12-5.
Goals:
PIT - Chris Kunitz (19) - from Pascal Dupuis and Sidney Crosby (0:49 1ST)
PIT - Brandon Sutter (8) - from Olli Maatta and Joe Vitale (1:54 2ND)
PIT - Matt Niskanen PPG (2) - from Jussi Jokinen and James Neal (3:33 2ND) *GWG*
PIT - Chris Kunitz (20) - from Sidney Crosby and Matt Niskanen (10:43 2ND)
MIN - Jasom Pominville (16) - from Nino Niederreiter and Ryan Suter (11:20 2ND)
MIN - Dany Heatley (7) - from Charlie Coyle and Keith Ballard (3:13 3RD)
PIT - Olli Maatta SHG (3) - Penalty Shot (7:54 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jeff Zatkoff (24 saves on 26 shots: 6-2-0) LG - Niklas Backstrom (31 saves on 36 shots: 2-6-2)
Three Stars:
3. Chris Kunitz (2 goals) - Pittsburgh
2. Matt Niskanen (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Pittsburgh
1. Olli Maatta (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh
Florida Panthers 4, Ottawa Senators 2 (from Ottawa) - The Panthers improved to 14-17-5 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 14-17-6.
Goals:
FLA - Jimmy Hayes (4) - from Shawn Matthias and Krys Barch (5:39 1ST)
OTT - Chris Neil (5) - from Clarke MacArthur and Marc Methot (9:17 1ST)
OTT - Jason Spezza PPG (11) - from Erik Karlsson and Craig Anderson (19:31 1ST)
FLA - Aleksander Barkov (6) - from Tom Gilbert and Brian Campbell (17:11 2ND)
FLA - Tom Gilbert PPG (2) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Marcel Goc (17:28 3RD) *GWG*
FLA - Tomas Kopecky SHG (3) - unassisted (18:19 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Scott Clemmensen (32 saves on 34 shots: 4-2-1) LG - Craig Andeson (31 saves on 35 shots: 9-9-3)
Three Stars:
3. Jason Spezza (1 goal) - Ottawa
2. Tom Gilbert (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Florida
1. Scott Clemmensen (32 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Florida
Detroit Red Wings 3, Calgary Flames 2 (OT) - (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 16-12-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 13-16-6.
Goals:
DET - Daniel Alfredsson (8) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall (0:26 1ST)
CGY - Mikael Backlund (5) - from Mike Cammalleri and Kris Russell (5:11 1ST)
DET - Joakim Andersson (5) - from Daniel Alfredsson and Pavel Datsyuk (11:38 2ND)
CGY - Mark Giordano PPG (4) - from Curtis Glencross and Mike Cammalleri (15:53 2ND)
DET - Daniel Alfredsson PPH (9) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall (1:03 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Gustavsson (20 saves on 22 shots: 9-3-2) LG - Karri Ramo (35 saves on 38 shots: 6-5-3)
Three Stars:
3. Mike Cammalleri (2 assists) - Calgary
2. Pavel Datsyuk (3 assists) - Detroit
1. Daniel Alfedsson (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit
Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Nashville Predators 2 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lighting improved to 21-11-3 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 16-16-3 (.500).
Goals:
TBL - Alex Killorn (8) - from Victor Hedman and Jean-Philippe Cote (2:25 1ST)
TBL - Martin St. Louis PPG (14) - from Sami Salo and Alex Killorn (19:06 1ST)
NSH - Craig Smith PPG (7) - from Matt Cullen and Shea Weber (6:36 2ND)
TBL - Teddy Purcell (8) - from Valtteri Filppula and Matt Carle (8:27 2ND) *GWG*
NSH - Craig Smith PPG (8) - from Matt Cullen and Ryan Ellis (13:02 2ND)
TBL - Richard Panik (2) - from Eric Brewer and Andrej Sustr (13:51 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Anders Lindback (28 saves on 30 shots: 3-6-1) LG - Carter Hutton (10 saves on 14 shots: 7-5-1), Marek Mazanec (19 saves on 19 shots in relief of Hutton)
Three Stars:
3. Craig Smith (2 goals) - Nashville
2. Anders Lindback (28 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay
1. Alex Killorn (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay
St. Louis Blues 5, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 23-7-5 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 21-13-3.
Goals:
STL - Alexander Steen SHG (23) - from T.J. Oshie (4:20 1ST)
STL - Alexander Steen (24) - from Derek Roy and Patrik Berglund (7:55 1ST) *GWG*
STL - Chris Stewart (10) - from Brenden Morrow and Barret Jackman (13:33 1ST)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher (10) - from David Desharnais (12:51 2ND)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (9) - from T.J. Oshie and Kevin Shattenkirk (12:21 3RD)
STL - Maxim Lapierre (3) - from Adam Cracknell (17:33 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (25 saves on 26 shots: 17-6-2) LG - Carey Price (24 saves on 29 shots: 16-11-2)
Three Stars:
3. T.J. Oshie (2 assists) - St. Louis
2. Jaroslav Halak (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - St. Louis
1. Alexander Steen (2 goals, GWG) - St. Louis
Dallas Stars 4, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 17-12-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 20-11-6.
Goals:
DAL - Jamie Benn (10) - from Tyler Seguin and Kevin Connauton (4:34 1ST)
DAL - Colton Sceviour (3) - from Rich Peverley and Erik Cole (4:49 1ST) *GWG*
VAN - Chris Higgins (11) - from Mike Santorelli and Kevin Bieksa (7:38 1ST)
DAL - Erik Cole (6) - from Rich Peverley (16:56 2ND)
DAL - Valeri Nichushkin (6) - from Erik Cole and Tyler Seguin (2:23 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Kari Lehtonen (23 saves on 24 shots: 13-8-5) LG - Roberto Luongo (15 saves on 19 shots: 16-9-6), Eddie Lack (3 saves on 3 shots in relief of Luongo)
Three Stars:
3. Rich Peverley (2 assists) - Dallas
2. Tyler Seguin (2 assists) - Dallas
1. Erik Cole (1 goal, 2 assists) - Dallas
Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Colorado) - The Avs improved to 23-10-1 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 11-23-3.
Goals:
EDM - Taylor Hall (13) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jeff Petry (14:50 1ST)
COL - Tyson Barrie PPG (2) - from Paul Stastny and Matt Duchene (1:07 2ND)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (9) - from Taylor Hall (12:10 2ND)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly (11) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Duchene (15:00 2ND)
COL - Max Talbot SHG (4) - from Marc-Andre Cliche (18:28 2ND) *GWG*
COL - Matt Duchene EN (16) - from Max Talbot and Jan Hejda (19:58 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (27 saves on 29 shots: 16-8-1) LG - Devan Dubnyk (35 saves on 38 shots: 9-15-2)
Three Stars:
3. Taylor Hall (1 goal, 1 assist) - Edmonton
2. Max Talbot (1 goal, GWG) - Colorado
1. Matt Duchene (1 goal, 2 assists) - Colorado
Los Angeles Kings 4, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 24-8-4 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 21-8-6.
Goals:
LAK - Alex Martinez (3) - from Tyler Toffoli (5:26 2ND)
LAK - Tyler Toffoli (9) - from Slava Voynov and Martin Jones (11:15 2ND) *GWG*
LAK - Jeff Carter (10) - from Dwight King and Robyn Regehr (0:36 3RD)
LAK - Dwight King (10) - from Jeff Carter and Robyn Regehr (6:16 3RD)
SJS - Patrick Marleau (16) - from Martin Havlat (17:50 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Martin Jones (31 saves on 32 shots: 7-0-0) LG - Antti Niemi (28 saves on 32 shots: 18-7-6)
Three Stars:
3. Jeff Carter (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles
2. Tyler Toffoli (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Los Angeles
1. Martin Jones (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Los Angeles
Three Stars of the Night:
3. Matt Duchene - Duchene scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Avs 4-2 win over the Oilers.
2. Daniel Alfredsson - Alfie was in on all 3 goals in the Red Wings 3-2 OT win over the Flames, scoring 2 goals (including the OT winner) and adding an assist.
1. Claude Giroux - Giroux scored 2 goals and added 2 assists in the Flyers huge comeback against Columbus, including scoring the tying and winning goals in the last 4 minutes.
Interesting Stats of the Night:
-There were 7 short-handed goals tonight
-Flyers Captain Claude Giroux scored his 100th NHL goal
-The Flyers scored 5 goals in the 3rd period, including 3 goals in the last 4:39 to beat the Blue Jackets 5-4.
-Jaroslav Halak is now 4-0 against his former team the Montreal Canadiens
-The Florida Panthers have now won 5 straight games
-The Sabres have won back-to-back games for only the 2nd time this season.
-The Avs scored 1 power-play goal, 1 even strength goal and 1 short-handed goal in the 2nd period tonight.
-Daniel Alfredsson picked up his 700th career assist.
-Martin Jones continued his impressive unbeaten streak to start his NHL career, improving to 7-0. Jones made 31 saves on 32 shots against the powerful San Jose Sharks.
Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Anaheim Ducks (6-game winning streak)
Anaheim Ducks (6-game winning streak)
Pittsburgh Penguins (6-game winning streak)
Florida Panthers (5-game winning steak)
Tampa Bay Lighting (3-game winning streak)
Edmonton Oilers (5-game losing streak)
New York Islanders (3-game losing streak)Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Claude Giroux gets it tonight with his goal of the year candidate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-rbu1py_T8
Honourable Mention:
Ryan O'Reilly goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKN2WbrxEag
What's up next (December 20th) - There are 5 NHL games on tap for Friday:
1. Anaheim Ducks vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)
2. New York Islanders vs. New York Rangers @7PM ET (In New York R.)
3. Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes @7PM ET (In Carolina)
4. Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago Blackhawks @8PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
5. Florida Panthers vs. Winnipeg Jets @8PM ET (In Winnipeg)
-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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