Montreal Canadiens 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (SO) - (from New Jersey) - The Canadiens improved to 17-9-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 11-12-6.
Goals:
MTL - Brian Gionta (5) - from Daniel Briere and Tomas Plekanec (10:36 1ST)
NJD - Andrei Loktionov (3) - from Marek Zidlicky and Michael Ryder (4:19 3RD)
NJD - Michael Ryder (7) - from Reid Boucher and Andrei Loktionov (9:50 3RD)
MTL - Lars Eller (8) - from Alex Galchenyuk and Raphael Diaz (16:10 3RD)
NJD - Patrik Elias (6) - unassisted (18:54
MTL - David Desharnais (3) - from Brian Gionta (19:23 3RD)
Shootout winner - David Desharnais (MTL)
Goalies:
WG - Peter Budaj (31 saves on 34 shots: 5-1-1) LG - Cory Schneider (27 saves on 30 shots: 4-5-4)
Three Stars:
3. Brian Gionta (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal
2. Michael Ryder (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey
1. David Desharnais (1 goal, shootout winner) - Montreal
Philadelphia Flyers 6, Detroit Red Wings 3 (from Detroit) - The Flyers improved to 13-13-2 (.500) on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 14-8-7.
Goals:
DET - Tomas Tatar (4) - from Drew Miller and Joakim Andersson (10:17 1ST)
PHI - Steve Downie PPG (2) - from Sean Couturier and Matt Read (13:48 1ST)
DET - Johan Franzen (8) - from Stephen Weiss and Gustav Nyquist (8:24 2ND)
DET - Tomas Tatar PPG (5) - from Mikael Samuelsson and Daniel Alfredsson (10:13 2ND)
PHI - Matt Read (9) - from Sean Couturier and Scott Hartnell (16:38 2ND)
PHI - Claude Giroux PPG (5) - from Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell (5:15 3RD)
PHI - Sean Couturier (4) - from Steve Downie and Matt Read (8:28 3RD) *GWG*
PHI - Scott Hartnell PPG (6) - from Claude Giroux and Mark Streit (9:58 3RD)
PHI - Sean Couturier EN (5) - from Michael Raffl (19:01 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Steve Mason (32 saves on 35 shots: 10-8-2) LG - Jimmy Howard (28 saves on 33 shots: 6-8-6)
Three Stars:
3. Tomas Tatar (2 goals) - Detroit
2. Scott Hartnell (1 goal, 2 assists) - Philadelphia
1. Sean Couturier (2 goals, 2 assists, GWG) - Philadelphia
Calgary Flames 4, Phoenix Coyotes 1 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 10-13-4 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 16-8-4.
Goals:
PHX - Keith Yandle (3) - from Shane Doan and Antoine Vermette (4:47 1ST)
CGY - T.J. Brodie (3) - from Matt Stajan and Jiri Hudler (19:52 1ST)
CGY - Mikael Backlund (3) - from Jiri Hudler and Chris Butler (5:48 2ND) *GWG*
CGY - Mark Giordano PPG (3) - from T.J. Brodie and Joe Colborne (11:46 2ND)
CGY - Lee Stempniak SHG (5) - from Matt Stajan and Mark Giordano (2:44 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Karri Ramo (29 saves on 30 shots: 4-4-1) LG - Thomas Greiss (14 saves on 18 shots: 3-2-0)
Three Stars:
3. Jiri Hudler (2 assists) - Calgary
2. T.J. Brodie (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary
1. Mark Giordano (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary
Three Stars of the Night:
3. Mark Giordano - The Flames Captain had a big night in his return from a broken ankle, scoring 1 goal and adding an assist.
2. Scott Hartnell - Hartsy had 1 goal and 2 assists in the Flyers 6-3 win over the Red Wings.
1. Sean Couturier - Couturier had one of the best games of his young career, scoring 2 goals (including the eventual GWG) and adding 2 assists in the Flyers 6-3 win over the Red Wings
Interesting Stats of the Night:
-The Devils/Canadiens scored 5 of the 6 goals in the game in the 3rd period, including 2 goals in the last 1:06.
-The Flyers scored 5 unanswered goals in their 6-3 win over the Red Wings, including 4 in the 3rd period.
-Flames Captain Mark Giordano made his return from a broken ankle, playing in his 1st game since October 21st.
-The first 4 goals scored in the Flames/Coyotes game were all the 3rd goals of the season for that player (Yandle, Brodie, Backlund and Giordano
-Devils top prospect Reid Boucher made his NHL debut, picking up an assist and scoring in the shootout as well.
-Michael Ryder scored in back-to-back games against the Canadiens, his former team.
Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
San Jose Sharks (6-game winning streak)
Pittsburgh Penguins (4-game winning streak)
Montreal Canadiens (3-game winning streak)
New York Islanders (7-game losing streak)
Toronto Maple Leafs (5-game losing streak)
Florida Panthers (3-game losing streak)
Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Claude Giroux gets it for this snipe past Jimmy Howard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9voPhxZvfho
What's up next (December 5th) - There are 10 NHL games on tap for Thursday:
1. New York Rangers vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. Dallas Stars vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM ET (In Toronto)
3. San Jose Sharks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @7PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
4. Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens @730PM ET (In Montreal) {*Rivalry Game*}
5. Ottawa Senators vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @730PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
6. Winnipeg Jets vs. Florida Panthers @730PM ET (In Florida)
7. New York Islanders vs. St. Louis Blues @8PM ET (In St. Louis)
8. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Nashville Predators @8PM ET (In Nashville)
9. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Minnesota Wild @8PM ET (In Minnesota)
10. Colorado Avalanche vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)
-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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