New York Rangers 3, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Buffalo) - The Rangers improved to 15-14-0 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 6-21-2.
Goals:
NYR - Rick Nash (5) - from Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh (17:47 1ST)
NYR - Brad Richards PPG (8) - from Derick Brassard and Mats Zuccarello (8:29 3RD) *GWG*
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (5) - from Brad Richards and Ryan McDonagh (14:47 3RD)
BUF - Tyler Ennis (5) - from Zemgus Girgensons (17:54 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (27 saves on 28 shots: 9-11-0) LG - Ryan Miller (28 saves on 31 shots: 5-16-0)
Three Stars:
3. Henrik Lundqvist (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - New York
2. Brad Richards (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New York
1. Rick Nash (1 goal) - New York
Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT) - (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 15-11-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 13-9-5.
Goals:
TOR - Nazem Kadri (8) - from James van Riemsdyk and Phil Kessel (0:58 2ND)
DAL - Erik Cole (4) - from Shawn Horcoff and Valeri Nichushkin (1:52 3RD)
TOR - Nazem Kadri PPG (9) - from Cody Franson and Phil Kessel (6:58 3RD)
DAL - Shawn Horcoff PPG (3) - from Kevin Connauton and Sergei Gonchar (17:14 3RD)
TOR - Trevor Smith (4) - from Jake Gardiner and Dion Phaneuf (4:18 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Bernier (48 saves on 50 shots: 9-7-2) LG - Kari Lehtonen (21 saves on 24 shots: 11-5-5)
Three Stars:
3. Shawn Horcoff (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas
2. Nazem Kadri (2 goals) - Toronto
1. Jonathan Bernier (48 saves on 50 shots for the win) - Toronto
Pittsburgh Penguins 5, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 20-9-1 on the season thanks to a commanding 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 19-4-5.
Goals:
PIT - Pascal Dupuis (4) - from Brooks Orpik and Sidney Crosby (0:27 2ND)
PIT - Jayson Megna (3) - from Simon Despres (2:34 2ND) *GWG*
PIT - Chris Kunitz (15) - from Sidney Crosby and James Neal (5:27 2ND)
PIT - Chris Kunitz PPG (16) - from James Neal and Sidney Crosby (7:30 2ND)
SJS - Tomas Hertl (14) - from Joe Thornton and Brent Burns (9:27 2ND)
PIT - Kris Letang (6) - from Olli Maatta and Joe Vitale (3:30 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (44 saves on 45 shots: 16-7-1) LG - Antti Niemi (23 saves on 27 shots: 16-4-5), Alex Stalock (2 saves on 3 shots in relief of Niemi)
Three Stars:
3. Chris Kunitz (2 goals) - Pittsburgh
2. Marc-Andre Fleury (44 saves on 45 shots for the win) - Pittsburgh
1. Sidney Crosby (3 assists) - Pittsburgh
Montreal Canadiens 2, Boston Bruins 1 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 18-9-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 18-8-2.
Goals:
BOS - Gregory Campbell (2) - from Milan Lucic and Dennis Seidenberg (17:35 1ST)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec (10) - from Josh Gorges and Brian Gionta (9:16 2ND)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (11) - from Raphael Diaz and Brendan Gallagher (17:42 2ND) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (32 saves on 33 shots: 13-8-2) LG - Tuukka Rask (25 saves on 27 shots: 14-7-2)
Three Stars:
3. Tomas Plekanec (1 goal) - Montreal
2. Max Pacioretty (1 goal, including the GWG) - Montreal
1. Carey Price (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Montreal
Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 17-10-1 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 11-14-4.
Goals:
TBL - Martin St. Louis (11) - from Ondrej Palat and Matt Carle (16:45 1ST)
OTT - Patrick Wiercioch PPG (1) - from Kyle Turris (6:11 2ND)
TBL - Martin St. Louis (12) - from Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson (13:19 2ND) *GWG*
TBL - Valtteri Filppula (10) - unassisted (10:56 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (33 saves on 34 shots: 15-5-1) LG - Robin Lehner (19 saves on 22 shots: 4-6-2)
Three Stars:
3. Ondrej Palat (2 assists) - Tampa Bay
2. Ben Bishop (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay
1. Martin St. Louis (2 goals, including the GWG) - Tampa Bay
Florida Panthers 5, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 8-16-5 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 13-13-4 (.500).
Goals:
WPG - Andrew Ladd (8) - from Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler (5:27 1ST)
FLA - Erik Gudbranson (2) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Marcel Goc (14:02 1ST)
FLA - Dylan Olsen (1) - from Scottie Upshall and Erik Gudbranson (3:31 2ND)
FLA - Tomas Fleischmann (4) - from Mike Weaver and Dmitry Kulikov (17:59 2ND) *GWG*
FLA - Nick Bjugstad (4) - from Scottie Upshall and Tom Gilbert (5:37 3RD)
WPG - Olli Jokinen (7) - from Devin Setoguchi (12:45 3RD)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes (2) - from Dylan Olsen (17:16 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tim Thomas (29 saves on 31 shots: 7-10-1) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (21 saves on 26 shots: 10-11-3)
Three Stars:
3. Tomas Fleischmann (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Florida
2. Dylan Olsen (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida
1. Erik Gudbranson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida
St. Louis Blues 5, New York Islanders 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 19-5-3 on the season thanks to a commanding 5-1 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 8-16-5.
Goals:
STL - Jay Bouwmeester PPG (2) - from Vladimir Sobotka and Ian Cole (11:47 1ST)
NYI - Andrew MacDonald PPG (3) - from Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo (5:19 2ND)
STL - Derek Roy PPG (7) - from T.J. Oshie and Kevin Shattenkirk (7:02 2ND) *GWG*
STL - David Backes PPG (13) - from Alexander Steen and Kevin Shattenkirk (9:33 2ND)
STL - Magnus Paajarvi (2) - from Patrik Berglund and Jay Bouwmeester (14:59 2ND)
STL - Brenden Morrow (5) - from Derek Roy and T.J. Oshie (13:19 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (22 saves on 23 shots: 15-4-2) LG - Anders Nilsson (21 saves on 26 shots: 0-1-2)
Three Stars:
3. T.J. Oshie (2 assists) - St. Louis
2. Jay Bouwmeester (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
1. Derek Roy (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - St. Louis
Carolina Hurricanes 5, Nashville Predators 2 (from Nashville) - The Hurricanes improved to 12-12-5 (.500) on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 13-13-3 (.500)
Goals:
CAR - Justin Faulk (2) - unassisted (0:23 1ST)
NSH - Mike Fisher (7) - from Victor Bartley and Seth Jones (0:50 2ND)
NSH - Viktor Stalberg (3) - from Nick Spaling (2:41 2ND)
CAR - Jeff Skinner (7) - from Ryan Murphy and Tuomo Ruutu (6:11 2ND)
CAR - Riley Nash (2) - from Patrick Dwyer and Ron Hainsey (11:51 2ND) *GWG*
CAR - Jeff Skinner PPG (8) - from Eric Staal and Justin Faulk (19:08 2ND)
CAR - Jeff Skinner EN (9 - Hat Trick) - from Justin Faulk and Andrej Sekera (17:53 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Justin Peters (20 saves on 22 shots: 6-7-1) LG - Marek Mazanec (9 saves on 13 shots: 5-6-1), Carter Hutton (9 saves on 9 shots in relief of Hutton)
Three Stars:
3. Riley Nash (1 goal, including the GWG) - Carolina
2. Justin Faulk (1 goal, 2 assists) - Carolina
1. Jeff Skinner (3 goals) - Carolina
Minnesota Wild 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 17-8-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 20-6-4.
Goals:
MIN - Matt Cooke (5) - from Torrey Mitchell and Erik Haula (4:23 1ST)
MIN - Zach Parise PPG (12) - from Dany Heatley and Jason Pominville (16:59 2ND)
CHI - Jeremy Morin (1) - from Joakim Nordstrom and Patrick Kane (19:43 2ND)
CHI - Brandon Saad (8) - unassisted (0:43 3RD)
CHI - Marian Hossa PPG (12) - from Kris Versteeg and Nick Leddy (6:35 3RD)
MIN - Jonas Brodin (5) - from Jared Spurgeon (14:21 3RD)
MIN - Marco Scandella (1) - from Jared Spurgeon and Charlie Coyle (18:12 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Josh Harding (16 saves on 19 shots: 15-4-3) LG - Corey Crawford (19 saves on 23 shots: 17-6-3)
Three Stars:
3. Jeremy Morin (1 goal) - Chicago
2. Jonas Brodin (1 goal) - Minnesota
1. Marco Scandella (1 goal, including the GWG) - Minnesota
Edmonton Oilers 8, Colorado Avalanche 2 (from Edmonton) - The Oilers improved to 10-18-2 on the season thanks to an 8-2 rout of the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 19-7-0.
Goals:
EDM - Taylor Hall (8) - from Philip Larsen (3:44 1ST)
EDM - Taylor Hall PPG (9) - from Justin Schultz and Jordan Eberle (17:42 1ST)
EDM - Ales Hemsky PPG (6) - from Ryan Smyth and Mark Arcobello (17:57 1ST) *GWG*
COL - Nick Holden (2) - from Matt Duchene (4:20 2ND)
COL - P.A. Parenteau (8) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Erik Johnson (9:28 2ND)
EDM - David Perron (12) - unassisted (12:06 2ND)
EDM - Mark Arcobello (3) - from Ales Hemsky and Ryan Smyth (8:55 3RD)
EDM - Jordan Eberle (10) - from Ryan Smyth and David Perron (15:18 3RD)
EDM - Sam Gagner (3) - from Taylor Hall (18:30 3RD)
EDM - Taylor Hall (10 - Hat Trick) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Corey Potter (19:49 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Devan Dubnyk (33 saves on 35 shots: 8-12-1) LG - Semyon Varlamov (20 saves on 28 shots: 13-7-0)
Three Stars:
3. Devan Dubnyk (33 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Edmonton
2. Ryan Smyth (3 assists) - Edmonton
1. Taylor Hall (3 goals, 1 assist) - Edmonton
Three Stars of the Night:
3. Sidney Crosby - Crosby picked up 3 assists in the Penguins 5-1 win over the Sharks, which also happened to be his 500th NHL game.
2. Jeff Skinner - Skinner scored his 1st NHL hat trick in the Canes 5-2 win over the Predators
1. Taylor Hall - Hall has his best game of the season, scoring a hat trick and adding an assist in the Oilers 8-2 rout of the Avalanche.
Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Sidney Crosby played in career game #500, picking up 3 assists. Crosby has 253 goals, 453 assists for 706 points in 500 games.
-Max Pacioretty had only 2 goals in his first 12 games of the season, he has 9 in his last 9 games.
-Jeff Skinner picked up his 1st career hat trick in the Hurricanes 5-2 win over the Predators.
-The Blackhawks have now lost back-to-back games for the 3rd time this season
-The Sharks 6-game winning streak was snapped by the Penguins tonight, who have won 5 straight themselves.
-The Islanders have now lost a season high 8-straight games
-Scary incident in Montreal tonight, Johnny Boychuk carted off the ice on a stretcher after a hit from Max Pacioretty: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=694600&navid=nhl:topheads
-The Oilers scored 5 unanswered goals tonight, including 4 in the 3rd period.
-Taylor Hall picked up his 4th career hat trick in the Oilers 8-2 rout of the Avs.
Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Pittsburgh Penguins (5-game winning streak)
Montreal Canadiens (4-game winning streak)
New York Islanders (8-game losing streak)
Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Rick Nash gets it tonight with this beautiful goal on Ryan Miller: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGiRkavLSBc
Honourable Mentions:
-Jeff Skinner Hat Trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1eajfTnAvQ
-Taylor Hall Hat Trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcyGU5GiAV4
-Trevor Smith OT Goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMs-wSb4gM
What's up next (December 6th) - There are 6 NHL games on tap for Friday:
1. Detroit Red Wings vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)
2. San Jose Sharks vs. Carolina Hurricanes @7PM ET (In Carolina)
3. Minnesota Wild vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)
4. Anaheim Ducks vs. Chicago Blackhawks @8PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
5. Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary Flames @9PM ET (In Calgary)
6. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Vancouver Canucks @10PM ET (In Vancouver)
-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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