October 31st NHL Recap

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (from Columbus) - The Leafs improved to 5-4-1 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 4-6-0.

Goals:

TOR - Phil Kessel (6) - from Daniel Winnik and Nazem Kadri (15:28 1ST)

TOR - David Clarkson PPG (3) - from Dion Phaneuf and Peter Holland (12:13 2ND) *GWG*

TOR - Nazem Kadri (3) - from Phil Kessel and Daniel Winnik (2:38 3RD)

CBJ - Cam Atkinson PPG (5) - from Ryan Johansen and Jack Johnson (10:40 3RD)

TOR - Daniel Winnik (1) - from Phil Kessel (16:27 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (28 saves on 29 shots: 3-3-1) LG - Curtis McElhinney (23 saves on 27 shots: 0-2-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Jonathan Bernier (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Toronto

2. Daniel Winnik (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

1. Phil Kessel (1 goal, 2 assists) - Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 5, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 6-2-2 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 6-3-2.

Goals:

DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (6) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (5:51 1ST)

DET - Pavel Datsyuk (3) - unassisted (9:42 1ST)

DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (7) - from Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk (11:44 1ST) *GWG*

DET - Tomas Tatar (2) - from Gustav Nyquist and Riley Sheahan (15:28 1ST)

LAK - Alec Martinez (1) - from Mike Richards and Trevor Lewis (10:41 2ND)

LAK - Tyler Toffoli SHG (6) - from Robyn Regehr and Dwight King (1:48 3RD)

DET - Pavel Datsyuk EN (4) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader (18:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (28 saves on 30 shots: 5-1-2)LG - Jonathan Quick (30 saves on 34 shots: 5-2-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jimmy Howard (28 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Detroit

2. Pavel Datsyuk (2 goals, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Gustav Nyquist (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit

Anaheim Ducks 2, Dallas Stars 1 (OT) - (from Dallas) - The Ducks improved to 9-3-0 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 4-2-4.

Goals:

ANA - Corey Perry (10) - from Francois Beauchemin (16:45 2ND)

DAL - Antoine Roussel (4) - from Trevor Daley and Ryan Garbutt (14:33 3RD)

ANA - Nate Thompson (1) - from Corey Perry and Cam Fowler (2:30 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (21 saves on 22 shots: 7-1-0) LG - Kari Lehtonen (22 saves on 24 shots: 4-0-4)

Three Stars:

3. Antoine Roussel (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Nate Thompson (1 goal, OT winner) - Anaheim

1. Corey Perry (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

Nashville Predators 4, Calgary Flames 3 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 6-4-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 6-2-2.

Goals:

CGY - Sean Monahan PPG (3) - from Dennis Wideman and Curtis Glencross (4:23 2ND)

NSH - Craig Smith (4) - from Ryan Ellis and Mattias Ekholm (5:30 2ND)

NSH - James Neal (6) - from Mike Ribeiro (11:09 2ND)

CGY - Jiri Hudler (3) - from Markus Granlund and Johnny Gaudreau (2:36 3RD)

CGY - T.J. Brodie PPG (4) - from Sean Monahan and Mark Giordano (4:23 3RD)

CGY - Johnny Gaudreau (2) - from Deryk Engelland and Ladislav Smid (6:37 3RD) *GWG*

NSH - James Neal PPG (7) - from Matt Cullen and Filip Forsberg (10:47 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (28 saves on 31 shots: 4-2-1) LG - Pekka Rinne (26 saves on 30 shots: 6-2-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Sean Monahan (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

2. James Neal (2 goals) - Nashville

1. Johnny Gaudreau (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Calgary

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Corey Perry - Perry scored his NHL-leading 10th goal of the season and set up the OT winner in the Ducks 2-1 win over the Stars.

2. Phil Kessel - Kessel scored his 6th goal of the season and picked up 2 assists in the Leafs 4-1 win over the Blue Jackets

1. Gustav Nyquist - Nyquist scored 2 goals, added an assist and picked up the game-winner in the Red Wings 5-2 win over the Kings.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Daniel Winnik scored his 1st goal as a member of the Maple Leafs. He also had 3 points for the 1st time in his career.

-The Red Wings scored 4 goals in a 10-minute span in the 1st period.

-Pavel Datsyuk extended his point-streak to 5 games with 2 goals and 1 assist. He now has 4 goals and 4 assists in 5 games since returning from injury.

-Corey Perry became the 1st player in the NHL this season to score 10 goals.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak

Vancouver Canucks - 3 game winning streak
St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 8 game losing streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 4 game losing streak

Dallas Stars - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Pavel Datsyuk goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7-E5g3PARM&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Phil Kessel pass/Nazem Kadri goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhFG6xI9Efk&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Frederik Andersen save on Colton Sceviour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MYimJdiB1I&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Corey Perry goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxPkcYcLQY&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Nate Thompson OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHF4o4gSOC8&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Monday November 1st: There are 12 NHL games on tap for Saturday night:

1. Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:00 PM ET (In Toronto)

3. Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:00 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

4. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Florida Panthers at 7:00 PM ET (In Florida)

5. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

6. Winnipeg Jets vs. New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

7. Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

8. Arizona Coyotes vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

9. Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

10. Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

11. Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers at 10:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

12. New York Islanders vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

October 30th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 3, Buffalo Sabres 2 (OT) - (from Buffalo) - The Bruins improved to 6-6-0 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 2-8-1.

Goals:

BUF - Drew Stafford PPG (1) - from Tyler Ennis and Tyler Myers (5:12 2ND)
BOS - Adam McQuaid (1) - from Carl Soderberg and Brad Marchand (11:36 2ND)
BUF - Tyler Ennis (4) - from Torrey Mitchell and Drew Stafford (16:25 2ND)
BOS - Brad Marchand (2) - from Loui Eriksson and Dennis Seidenberg (14:30 3RD)
BOS - Brad Marchand (3) - from Reilly Smith and Dougie Hamilton (1:20 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Niklas Svedberg (13 saves on 15 shots: 2-2-0) LG -  Jhonas Enroth (34 saves on 37 shots: 1-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. Drew Stafford (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

2. Tyler Ennis (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

1. Brad Marchand (2 goals, 1 assist, OT winner) - Boston

New Jersey Devils 2, Winnipeg Jets 1 (SO) - (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 5-3-2 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 4-5-1.

Goals:

WPG - Blake Wheeler (4) - from Toby Enstrom and Zach Bogosian (6:56 1ST)
NJD - Michel Ryder (2) - from Jon Merill (16:33 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jacon Josefson (NJD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (24 saves on 25 shots: 5-3-2) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (27 saves on 28 shots: 4-4-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Cory Schneider (24 saves on 25 shots for the win) - New Jersey

2. Blake Wheeler (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Michael Ryder (1 goal) - New Jersey

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Los Angeles Kings 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 6-2-1 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 6-2-2.

Goals:

PIT - Chris Kunitz PPG (4) - from Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist (9:16 1ST) *GWG*
PIT - Kris Letang (1) - from Chris Kunitz (15:14 1ST)
PIT - Chris Kunitz (5) - from Sidney Crosby and Christian Ehrhoff (9:24 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (35 saves on 35 shots: 6-2-0) LG - Martin Jones (20 saves on 23 shots: 1-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Kris Letang (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

2. Chris Kunitz (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Pittsburgh

1. Marc-Andre Fleury (35 saves on 35 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Ottawa Senators 4 (SO) - (from Ottawa) - The Hawks improved to 6-3-1 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 5-2-2.

Goals:

OTT - Mark Stone (2) - from Curtis Lazar and Cody Ceci (2:48 1ST)
CHI - Jonathan Toews (3) - from Marian Hossa and Bryan Bickell (11:25 1ST)
CHI - Kris Versteeg (2) - from Brad Richards (15:38 1ST)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur PPG (5) - from David Legwand and Patrick Wiercioch (2:51 2ND)
OTT - Bobby Ryan (3) - unassisted (0:30 3RD)
CHI - Jonathan Toews (4) - from Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith (7:31 3RD)
OTT - Marian Hossa (2) - from Kris Versteeg (13:50 3RD)
CHI - Mika Zibanejad (1) - from Alex Chiasson and Erik Karlsson (17:52 3RD)
Shootout winner - Patrick Sharp (CHI)

Goalies:

WG - Scott Darling (28 saves on 32 shots: 2-1-0) LG - Craig Anderson (35 saves on 39 shots: 2-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. Clarke MacArthur (1 goal) - Ottawa

2. Marian Hossa (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

1. Jonathan Toews (2 goals) - Chicago

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 7-3-1 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 4-4-2.

Goals:

TBL - Vladislav Namestnikov (3) - from Anton Stralman and Jonathan Drouin (3:29 1ST)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds (6) - from Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Brayden Schenn (12:43 1ST)
TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG (7) - from Jason Garrison and Valtteri Filppula (19:14 2ND)
TBL - Steven Stamkos (8) - from Valtteri Filppula and Alex Killorn (5:30 3RD)
PHI - Jakub Voracek (3) - from Brandon Manning and Claude Giroux (6:38 3RD)
TBL - Jason Garrison PPG (1) - from Steven Stamkos and Valtteri Filppula (16:48 3RD) *GWG*
PHI - Michael Raffl (6) - from Jakub Voracek and Claude Giroux (19:06 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (24 saves on 27 shots: 6-1-1) LG - Ray Emery (28 saves on 32 shots: 4-1-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Valtteri Filppula (3 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Jakub Voracek (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

1. Steven Stamkos (2 goals, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

Florida Panthers 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 3-2-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 3-5-1.

Goals:

ARI - Martin Hanzal PPG (2) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Keith Yandle (17:27 1ST)
FLA - Brandon Pirri PPG (3) - from Jussi Jokinen and Erik Gudbranson (5:37 2ND)
FLA - Scottie Upshall (1) - from Tomas Kopecky and Derek MacKenzie (10:56 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (32 saves on 33 shots: 3-2-2) LG - Mike Smith (24 saves on 26 shots: 2-5-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Brandon Pirri (1 goal) - Florida

2. Scottie Upshall (1 goal) - Florida

1. Roberto Luongo (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Florida

St. Louis Blues 2, Anaheim Ducks 0 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 5-3-1 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 8-3-0.

Goals:

STL - Alex Steen (2) - from Carl Gunnarsson and Kevin Shattenkirk (4:29 1ST) *GWG*
STL - Ryan Reaves (2) - from Maxim Lapierre (2:03 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (24 saves on 24 shots: 2-1-0) LG - John Gibson (27 saves on 29 shots: 2-2-0) 

Three Stars:

3. John Gibson (27 saves on 29 shots) - Anaheim

2. Ryan Reaves (1 goal) - St. Louis

1. Jake Allen (24 saves on 24 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

Minnesota Wild 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (SO) - (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 6-3-0 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 6-4-2.

Goals:

SJS - Mirco Mueller (1) - from Matt Nieto and Chris Tierney (16:06 1ST)
SJS - Tommy Wingels PPG (5) - from Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns (4:20 2ND)
MIN - Mikko Koivu (2) - from Jason Zucker and Ryan Suter (8:40 2ND)
SJS - Joe Thornton (3) - from Joe Pavelski (1:37 3RD)
MIN - Kyle Brodziak (1) - from Thomas Vanek and Justin Fontaine (5:13 3RD)
MIN - Kyle Brodziak (2) - from Thomas Vanek and Nate Prosser (10:32 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jason Pominville (MIN)

Goalies:

WG - Darcy Kuemper (25 saves on 28 shots: 5-2-0) LG - Antti Niemi (43 saves on 46 shots: 5-2-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Antti Niemi (43 saves on 46 shots) - San Jose

2. Thomas Vanek (2 assists) - Minnesota

1. Kyle Brodziak (2 goals) - Minnesota

Colorado Avalanche 5, New York Islanders 0 (from Colorado) - The Avs improved to 3-4-4 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the New York Islanders, dropping them to 6-4-0.

Goals:

COL - Cody McLeod (1) - from Matt Duchene and Max Talbot (2:34 1ST) *GWG*
COL - Nathan MacKinnon PPG (1) - from Erik Johnson and Gabriel Landeskog (3:25 2ND)
COL - Marc-Andre Cliche (1) - from Max Talbot and Cody McLeod (8:59 2ND)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon (2) - from Jarome Iginla and Jamie McGinn (10:14 2ND)
COL - Erik Johnson (2) - from Matt Duchene (13:40 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (40 saves on 40 shots: 2-2-3) LG - Chad Johnson (18 saves on 23 shots: 3-1-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Cody McLeod (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado

2. Nathan MacKinnon (2 goals) - Colorado

1. Semyon Varlamov (40 saves on 40 shots for the shutout) - Colorado

Vancouver Canucks 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 (OT) - (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 7-3-0 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 8-2-1.

Goals:

VAN - Nick Bonino (4) - from Derek Dorsett (8:29 2ND)
VAN - Brad Richardson (3) - from Shawn Matthias and Yanick Weber (2:17 3RD)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (4) - from P.K. Subban and Alexei Emelin (12:11 3RD)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (4) - from Dale Weise and David Desharnais (17:27 3RD)
VAN -  Daniel Sedin PPG (3) - from Henrik Sedin (2:45 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (23 saves on 25 shots: 7-1-0) LG - Carey Price (27 saves on 30 shots: 7-1-1)

Three Stars:

3. Max Pacioretty (1 goal) - Montreal

2. Daniel Sedin (1 goal, OT winner) - Vancouver

1. Ryan Miller (23 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Marc-Andre Fleury - Fleury stopped all 35 shots he faced in the Penguins 3-0 win over the defending-champ LA Kings.

2. Steven Stamkos - Stamkos scored his 7th and 8th goals of the season and added an assist in the Lightning's 4-3 win over the Flyers.

1. Semyon Varlamov - Varlamov stopped all 40 shots in the Avs 5-0 win over the Islanders, his 1st shutout of the season.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Evgeni Malkin picked up his 400th career assist.
-Mirco Mueller scored his 1st NHL goal for the Sharks.

-The Devils snapped an 18-game losing streak in the shootout with a shootout win tonight.
-Marian Hossa picked up his 1000th point of his career with 2 points tonight.
-Semyon Varlamov picked up his 1st shutout of the season.
-Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.
-Jake Allen picked up his 1st shutout of the season and 2nd career.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak

Vancouver Canucks - 3 game winning streak
St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 8 game losing streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Andy Greene hit on Mark Scheifele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eseXa8dwLk&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Michael Ryder goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXRWpJ0p6U0&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Blake Wheeler goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTMKF5PiQ4Y&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Jacob Jofefson shootout winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raTQrpouc5Y&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Steven Stamkos goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PidM1PXOjZ4&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Marian Hossa 1000th point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xUnnPHh_bg&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Brad Marchand OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKc2g5w_veI&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Scottie Upshall goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHLeSk-T6ak&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Jake Allen save on Corey Perry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBPaJhFzIsw&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Antti Niemi save on Kyle Brodziak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SctRwv9KWzo&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Kyle Brodziak goal/Thomas Vanek pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoBE0Jw62D8&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Nathan MacKinnon goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_jOvnLZRUA&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Daniel Sedin OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uI7QCNgeCA&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Friday October 31st: There are 4 NHL games on tap for Halloween:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)
2. Los Angeles Kings vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)
3. Anaheim Ducks vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
4. Nashville Predators vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

October 29th NHL Recap

Detroit Red Wings 4, Washington Capitals 2 (from Washington) - The Red Wings improved to 5-2-2 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 4-3-2.

Goals:

DET - Gustav Nyquist (5) - from Justin Abdelkader and Kyle Quincey (8:56 2ND)

WSH - Evgeny Kuznetsov PPG (1) - from Joel Ward and Braden Holtby (13:19 2ND)

WSH - Troy Brouwer (2) - from John Carlson and Andre Burakovsky (19:02 2ND)

DET - Justin Abdelkader (4) - unassisted (4:04 3RD)

DET - Justin Abdelkader (5) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg (10:34 3RD) *GWG*

DET - Pavel Datsyuk PPG (2) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Brendan Smith (19:0 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (25 saves on 27 shots: 4-1-2) LG - Braden Holtby (18 saves on 22 shots: 3-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. Henrik Zetterberg (2 assists) - Detroit

2. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Justin Abdelkader (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit

Nashville Predators 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Edmonton) - The Predators improved to 6-1-2 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 4-5-1.

Goals:

NSH - Craig Smith (2) - Roman Josi and Derek Roy (6:23 2ND)

NSH - Taylor Beck (1) - from Colin Wilson and Mattias Ekholm (7:49 2ND) *GWG*

NSH - Shea Weber (4) - from Mike Ribeiro (0:24 3RD)

EDM - Taylor Hall (6) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle (8:54 3RD)

NSH - Craig Smith (3) - from Matt Cullen and Roman Josi (12:24 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (26 saves on 27 shots: 6-1-1) LG - Ben Scrivens (31 saves on 35 shots: 4-4-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Roman Josi (2 asissts) - Nashville

2. Pekka Rinne (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Nashville

1. Craig Smith (2 goals) - Nashville

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Pavel Datsyuk - Datsyuk scored 1 goal and added an assist in the Red Wings 4-2 win over the Capitals.

2. Craig Smith - Smith scored 2 goals in the Predators 4-1 win over the Oilers.

1. Justin Abdelkader - Abdelkader scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Red Wings 4-2 win over the Capitals.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Alexander Ovechkin has gone pointless in his last 5 games, the first time that has happened in his career.

-Pavel Datsyuk has 2 goals and 3 assists in 4 games since returning from injury, including a point in all 4 games.

-Pekka Rinne won just 10 games last season when he was limited to 24 starts with a hip injury. He has 6 wins in 8 starts so far this season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 8 game losing streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game losing streak

New Jersey Devils - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Pavel Datsyuk goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfav6BCjeh0&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Evgeny Kuznetsov goal/Braden Holtby pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF5TpIi8lTk&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Taylor Beck goal/Colin Wilson pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wJr82FGB8o&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Ryan Ellis hit on Taylor Hall: 

What's up next - Thursday October 30th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

2. Winnipeg Jets vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

3. Los Angeles Kings vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

5. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

6. Arizona Coyotes vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

7. Anaheim Ducks vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

8. San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

9. New York Islanders vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

10. Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

October 28th NHL Recap

Minnesota Wild 4, Boston Bruins 3 (from Boston) - The Wild improved to 5-3-0 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 5-6-0.

Goals:

MIN - Nino Niederreiter (2) - from Kyle Brodziak (4:51 1ST)

BOS - Seth Griffith (2) - from David Krejci and Zach Trotman (18:23 1ST)

BOS - Seth Griffith (3) - from Gregory Campbell and Milan Lucic (5:23 2ND)

BOS - Milan Lucic PPG (2) - from Torey Krug and Seth Griffith (16:59 2ND)

MIN - Zach Parise (4) - from Mikael Granlund and Jared Spurgeon (4:21 3RD)

MIN - Justin Fontaine (1) - from Ryan Carter and Matt Cooke (6:34 3RD)

MIN - Marco Scandella (2) - from Jason Zucker and Charlie Coyle (14:07 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Niklas Backstrom (25 saves on 28 shots: 1-1-0) LG - Tuukka Rask (38 saves on 42 shots: 4-4-0)

Three Stars:

3. Milan Lucic (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

2. Marco Scandella (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Seth Griffith (2 goals, 1 assist) - Boston

Winnipeg Jets 4, New York Islanders 3 (from New York) - The Jets improved to 4-5-0 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 6-3-0.

Goals:

NYI - Brock Nelson PPG (6) - from Johnny Boychuk and Kyle Okposo (1:16 1ST)

WPG - Andrew Ladd PPG (3) - from Bryan Little and Toby Enstrom (1:14 2ND)

WPG - Paul Postma PPG (1) - unassisted (4:06 2ND)

WPG - Jacob Trouba (1) - from Mark Stuart and Bryan Little (11:42 2ND)

NYI - John Tavares PPG (4) - from Brock Nelson and Johnny Boychuk (14:28 2ND)

NYI - Mikhail Grabovski PPG (3) - from Lubomir Visnovsky (15:52 2ND)

WPG - Andrew Ladd (4) - from Bryan Little and Michael Frolik (3:31 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Onrej Pavelec (18 saves on 21 shots: 4-4-0) LG - Jaroslav Halak (16 saves on 30 shots: 3-3-0)

Three Stars:

3. Brock Nelson (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

2. Bryan Little (3 assists) - Winnipeg

1. Andrew Ladd (2 goals, GWG) - Winnipeg

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (OT) - (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 4-3-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 6-1-2.

Goals:

PHI - Michael Raffl (5) - from Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek (5:24 1ST)

LAK - Tyler Toffoli SHG (5) - unassisted (13:08 1ST)

PHI - Chris VandeVelde (1) - from Jakub Voracek and Nick Schultz (19:16 1ST)

LAK - Mike Richards (1) - from Drew Doughty and Kyle Clifford (5:01 3RD)

PHI - Brayden Schenn (3) - unassisted (2:36 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ray Emery (38 saves on 40 shots: 4-0-1) LG - Jonathan Quick (40 saves on 43 shots: 5-1-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jakub Voracek (2 assists) - Philadelphia

2. Jonahtan Quick (40 saves on 43 shots) - Los Angeles

1. Ray Emery (38 saves on 40 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Penguins 8, New Jersey Devils 3 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 5-2-1 on the season thanks to a 8-3 rout of the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 4-3-2.

Goals:

NJD - Dainius Zubrus (2) - from Travis Zajac and Jaromir Jagr (0:09 1ST)

PIT - Blake Comeau (2) - from Pascal Dupuis (7:17 1ST)

NJD - Jacob Josefson SHG (1) - from Stephen Gionta (2:12 2ND)

NJD - Tuomo Ruutu (2) - from Stephen Gionta and Andy Greene (5:14 2ND)

PIT - Evgeni Malkin PPG (4) - from Patric Hornqvist and Kris Letang (8:56 2ND)

PIT - Patric Hornqvist (5) - from Simon Despres (12:42 2ND)

PIT - Craig Adams (1) - from Brandon Sutter (17:35 2ND) *GWG*

PIT - Sidney Crosby (6) - from Chris Kunitz and Simon Despres (18:49 2ND)

PIT - Pascal Dupuis PPG (4) - from Steve Downie and Olli Maatta (5:29 3RD)

PIT - Steve Downie PPG (1) - from Blake Comeau and Brandon Sutter (13:47 3RD)

PIT - Sidney Crosby (7) - unassisted (16:40 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (16 saves on 19 shots: 5-2-0) LG - Cory Schneider (18 saves on 23 shots: 4-3-2), Scott Clemmensen (7 saves on 10 shots in relief of Schneider)

Three Stars:

3. Patric Hornqvist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

2. Sidney Crosby (2 goals) - Pittsburgh

1. Steve Downie (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

Ottawa Senators 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from Columbus) - The Senators improved to 5-2-1 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 4-5-0.

Goals:

CBJ - David Savard PPG (2) - from Artem Anisimov and Alexander Wennberg (5:19 1ST)

OTT - Clarke MacArthur PPG (3) - from Erik Karlsson and Bobby Ryan (6:22 1ST)

OTT - Zach Smith (2) - from Cody Ceci (1:44 2ND)

CBJ - Cam Atkinson (4) - from James Wisniewski and Ryan Johansen (18:57 2ND)

OTT - Erik Karlsson (3) - from Kyle Turris (3:41 3RD) *GWG*

OTT - Alex Chiasson PPG (3) - from Clarke Macarthur and Mark Stone (10:06 3RD)

OTT - Clarke MacArthur (4) - from Kyle Turris (11:08 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Robin Lehner (36 saves n 38 shots: 3-0-1) LG - Curtis McElhinney (29 saves on 34 shots: 0-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Erik Karlsson (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Ottawa

2. Robin Lehner (36 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Ottawa

1. Clarke MacArthur (2 goals, 1 assist) - Ottawa

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 4-4-1 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 2-8-0.

Goals:

TOR - Tyler Bozak PPG (4) - from Phil Kessel and Morgan Rielly (19:10 2ND) *GWG*

TOR - Phil Kessel (5) - from Mike Santorelli (4:18 3RD)

TOR - James van Riemsdyk (4) - from Morgan Rielly and Tyler Bozak (5:18 3RD)

TOR - Jake Gardiner (1) - from Daniel Winnik and Leo Komarov (9:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (10 saves on 10 shots: 2-3-1) LG - Michal Neuvirth (33 saves on 37 shots: 1-3-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Morgan Rielly (2 assists) - Toronto

2. Tyler Bozak (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

1. Phil Kessel (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 7, Arizona Coyotes 3 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 6-3-1 on the season thanks to a 7-3 rout of the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 3-4-1.

Goals:

TBL - Nikita Kucherov (2) - from Radko Gudas and Tyler Johnson (7:46 1ST)

TBL - Valtteri Filppula (2) - from Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos (12:18 1ST)

TBL - Nikita Kucherov (3) - from Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat (3:20 2ND)

ARI - Shane Doan (1) - from Michael Stone and Antoine Vermette (14:07 2ND)

TBL - Brian Boyle (2) - unassisted (17:32 2ND) *GWG*

ARI - Martin Erat (3) - from Martin Hanzal and Sam Gagner (18:52 2ND)

TBL - Nikita Kucherov (4 - Hat Trick) - from Tyler Johnson and Eric Brewer (8:23 3RD)

TBL - Brian Boyle (3) - from J.T. Brown and Anton Stralman (9:26 3RD)

ARI - B.J. Crombeen (1) - from Joe Vitale and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (12:43 3RD)

TBL - Matt Carle PPG (1) - from Tyler Johnson and Andrej Sustr (18:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (22 saves on 25 shots: 5-1-1) LG - Mike Smith (27 saves on 33 shots: 2-4-0), Devan Dubnyk (1 save on 2 shots in relief of Smith)

Three Stars:

3. Brian Boyle (2 goals, GWG) - Tampa Bay

2. Tyler Johnson (4 assists) - Tampa Bay

1. Nikita Kucherov (3 goals) - Tampa Bay

Anaheim Ducks 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (from Chicago) - The Ducks improved to 8-2-0 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 5-3-1.

Goals:

ANA - Devante Smith-Pelley SHG (3) - unassisted (11:32 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - John Gibson (38 saves on 38 shots: 2-1-0) LG - Scott Darling (24 saves on 25 shots: 1-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Devante Smith-Pelly (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim)

2. Scott Darling (24 saves on 25 shots) - Chicago

1. John Gibson (38 saves on 38 shots for the shutout) - Anaheim

St. Louis Blues 4, Dallas Stars 3 (OT) - (from Dallas) - The Blues improved to 4-3-1 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 4-2-3.

Goals:

DAL - Jamie Oleksiak (1) - from Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn (13:10 1ST)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (2) - from Jori Lehtera and Kevin Shattenkirk (13:45 1ST)

DAL - Tyler Seguin (7) - from Jason Spezza and Trevor Daley (5:28 2ND)

STL - Jori Lehtera (2) - from Vladimir Taranseko and Alexander Steen (6:05 2ND)

DAL - Trevor Daley PPG (4) - from Alex Goligoski (3:27 3RD)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (3) - from Jori Lehtera (11:37 3RD)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko PPG (4 - Hat Trick) - from Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Pietrangelo (1:28 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (25 saves on 28 shots: 3-2-1) LG - Kari Lehtonen (23 saves on 27 shots: 4-0-3)

Three Stars:

3. Trevor Daley (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

2. Jori Lehtera (1 goal, 2 assists) - St. Louis

1. Vladimir Tarasenko (3 goals, 1 assist, OT winner) - St. Louis

San Jose Sharks 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (SO) - (from Colorado) - The Sharks improved to 6-4-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 2-4-4.

Goals:

SJS - Brent Burns (4) - from Mirco Mueller and Joe Thornton (9:23 1ST)

COL - Alex Tanguay SHG (4) - from Erik Johnson and Jan Hejda (13:24 2ND)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog (4) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Jan Hejda (2:04 3RD)

SJS - Logan Couture (5) - from Justin Braun and Tommy Wingels (5:03 3RD)

Shootout winner - Patrick Marleau (SJS)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (31 saves on 33 shots: 5-2-0) LG - Semyon Varlamov (49 saves on 51 shots: 1-2-3)

Three Stars:

3. Logan Couture (1 goal) - San Jose

2. Brent Burns (1 goal) - San Jose

1. Semyon Varlamov (49 saves on 51 shots) - San Jose

Montreal Canadiens 2, Calgary Flames 1 (SO) - (from Calgary) - The Canadiens improved to 8-2-0 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 5-4-2.

Goals:

CGY - Mark Giordano (2) - from Johnny Gaudreau and T.J. Brodie (2:09 2ND)

MTL - Tom Gilbert (1) - unassisted (12:48 2ND)

Shootout winner - P.A. Parenteau (MTL)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (37 saves on 38 shots: 7-1-0) LG - Jonas Hiller (18 saves on 19 shots: 3-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. P.A. Parenteau (shootout winner) - Montreal

2. Jonas Hiller (18 saves on 19 shots) - Calgary

1. Carey Price (37 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Montreal

Vancouver Canucks 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 6-3-0 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 0-6-2.

Goals:

VAN - Brad Richardson (1) - from Zack Kassian and Shawn Mathias (1:32 1ST)

VAN - Linden Vey PPG (3) - from Radim Vrbata and Henrik Sedin (0:50 2ND) *GWG*

VAN - Jannik Hansen (3) - from Yannick Weber and Luca Sbisa (18:39 2ND)

CAR - Jiri Tlusty (5) - from Eric Staal and Jeff Skinner (11:05 3RD)

VAN - Brad Richardson EN (2) - from Alex Burrows and Chris Tanev (19:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (29 saves on 30 shots: 6-1-0) LG - Cam Ward (21 saves on 24 shots: 0-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Linden Vey (1 goal, GWG) - Vancouver

2. Ryan Miller (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Vancouver

1. Brad Richardson (2 goals) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Nikita Kucherov - Kucherov scored his 1st career hat trick in the Lightning's 7-3 win over the Coyotes.

2. John Gibson - Gibson stopped all 38 shots in the Ducks 1-0 win over the Hawks, his 1st shutout of the season and 2nd career shutout. 

1. Vladimir Tarasenko - Tarasenko had a hand in all 4 Blues goals in their 4-3 OT win over the Stars. He scored 3 goals and had 1 assist, including scoring the game-tying goal in the 3rd and the game-winner in OT. It was Tarasenko's 1st career hat trick.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Jamie Oleksiak scored his 1st NHL goal for the Stars.

-Nikita Kucherov scored his 1st career hat trick for the Lightning.

-The Penguins scored 7 unanswered goals to beat the Devils 8-3.

-Mike Richards scored his 1st goal of the season against his former team the Philadelphia Flyers.

-Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 1st career hat trick for the Blues.

-John Gibson picked up his 2nd career shutout and 1st of the season/.

-Steve Downie scored his 1st goal as a member of the Penguins.

-Carey Price picked up his NHL-leading 7th win.

-A night after allowing 5 goals in the 3rd to lose, the Wild scored 3 unanswered goals in the 3rd to win 4-3.

-The Canadiens and Ducks picked up their NHL-leading 8th wins of the season.

-The Hurricanes remain the only winless team in the NHL at 0-6-2.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Edmonton Oilers - 4 game winning streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 8 game losing streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game losing streak

New Jersey Devils - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Semyon Varlamov series of great saves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIkuNcTrE8Q&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA (FFPOTY Candidate)

-Vladimir Tarasenko hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_pLtK4l5k&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Nikita Kucherov hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSvK8Lq-GA&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Jamie Oleksiak 1st NHL goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNn7AHXYupA

-Robin Lehner save/Erik Karlsson goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVzX1lwikIk&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Zach Parise goal/Mikael Granlund pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY4LRVXSxr4&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Tyler Toffoli short-handed goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi8kLB9layo&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-David Krejci pass/Seth Griffith goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIuisxbYXzI&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Dainius Zubrus goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpuXzF_xFSs&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Evgeni Malkin goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLUHEBSRByE&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Brayden Schenn OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yVso9B_6Sw&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Jaroslav Halak pad save on Andrew Ladd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap35ckMfgw0&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Craig Adams goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uii5xEmcJt8&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Penguins 7 unanswered goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsrPRb8WHQA&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Alex Tanguay short-handed goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCrDNxio6E&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Mark Fistric hit on Rozsival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7OE6qPp0Mk&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Devante Smith-Pelly short-handed game-winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCzBcdw7oP8&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Wednesday October 29th: There are 2 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Detroit Red Wings vs. Washington Capitals at 7:30 PM ET (In Washington) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Nashville Predators vs. Edmonton Oilers at 10:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

October 27th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 5, Minnesota Wild 4 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 5-4-0 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 4-3-0.

Goals:

MIN - Nate Prosser (1) - from Justin Fontaine and Matt Cooke (5:29 2ND)

MIN - Matt Cooke (2) - from Justin Fontaine and Ryan Carter (6:24 2ND)

MIN - Jason Pominville (3) - from Mikael Granlund and Marco Scandella (15:38 2ND)

NYR - Kevin Klein (2) - from Mats Zuccarello and Rick Nash (2:52 3RD)

NYR - Rick Nash (9) - from Matt Hunwick and Derick Brassard (4:48 3RD)

MIN - Jason Zucker (5) - from Nino Niederreiter and Ryan Suter (5:35 3RD)

NYR - Derick Brassard (4) - from Carl Hagelin and Mats Zuccarello (7:54 3RD)

NYR - Anthony Duclair (1) - from Matt Hunwick and Kevin Klein (16:12 3RD)

NYR - Mats Zuccarello (1) - from Derick Brassard and Ryan McDonagh (16:49 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (26 saves on 30 shots: 5-3-0) LG - Darcy Kuemper (15 saves on 20 shots: 4-2-0)

Three Stars:

3. Anthony Duclair (1 goal) - New York

2. Rick Nash (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Mats Zuccarello (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - New York

Edmonton Oilers 3, Montreal Canadiens 0 (from Edmonton) - The Oilers improved to 4-4-1 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 7-2-0 

Goals:

EDM - Benoit Pouliot (1) - from Marc Arcobello (19:41 1ST) *GWG*

EDM - Nail Yakupov (3) - from Benoit Pouliot and Mark Fayne (6:33 2ND)

EDM - Taylor Hall EN (5) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jesse Joensuu (17:42 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Scrivens (29 saves on 29 shots: 4-3-0) LG - Dustin Tokarski (16 saves on 18 shots: 1-1-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Taylor Hall (1 goal) - Edmonton

2. Benoit Pouliot (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Edmonton

1. Ben Scrivens (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - Edmonton

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Benoit Pouliot - Pouliot scored the game-winner, his 1st goal as an Oiler, and an assist in the Oilers 3-0 win over the Canadiens.

2. Mats Zuccarello - Zuccarello scored the game-winning goal and picked up 2 assists in the Rangers 5-4 win over the Wild.

1. Ben Scrivens - Scrivens stopped all 29 shots in the Oilers 3-0 win over the Canadiens, snapping their 4-game winning streak.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Anthony Duclair scored his 1st NHL goal for the Rangers.

-The Wild gave up more than 2 goals for the 1st time this season.

-The Rangers scored all 5 goals in the 3rd period.

-Rick Nash scored his 9th goal of the season, tying Corey Perry for 1st in the NHL.

-Both Chris Kreider (boarding) and John Moore (head-shot) were ejected from the Rangers-Wild game. 

-After starting the season win-less in 5 games (0-4-1), the Oilers have now won 4 straight games. 

-Ben Scrivens picked up his 1st shutout of the season

-Benoit Pouliot scored his 1st goal as a member of the Oilers.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Los Angeles Kings - 6 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 4 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 7 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Anthony Duclair 1st NHL goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzwqm0BWycU&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Henrik Lundqvist save/Rick Nash goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA6sx2NaKek&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Mats Zuccarello game-winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4IvfRwM_8&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Benoit Pouliot goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iufivu-QQIk&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Tuesday October 28th: There are 12 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. Minnesota Wild vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Winnipeg Jets vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

3. Los Angeles Kings vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

4. New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

5. Ottawa Senators vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

6. Buffalo Sabres vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)

7. Arizona Coyotes vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

8. Anaheim Ducks vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

9. St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

10. San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

11. Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

12. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff