The Forman Faceoff: October 21st NHL Recap

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

October 21st NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 5, San Jose Sharks 3 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 4-4-0 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 4-2-1.

Goals:

BOS - Brad Marchand PPG (1) - from Milan Lucic and Torey Krug (13:57 1ST)

SJS - Logan Couture PPG (2) - from Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns (16:28 1ST)

BOS - Torey Krug PPG (2) - from Milan Lucic and David Krejci (6:54 2ND)

SJS - Logan Couture (3) - from Patrick Marleau and Tommy Wingels (16:15 2ND)

SJS - Joe Thornton (2) - from Joe Pavelski and Justin Braun (16:52 2ND)

BOS - Seth Griffith (1) - from Milan Lucic and Torey Krug (4:50 3RD)

BOS - Gregory Campbell (1) - from Dan Paille (10:42 3RD) *GWG*

BOS - David Krejci SHG/EN (2) - from Zdeno Chara and Chris Kelly (19:35 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (31 saves on 34 shots: 3-3-0) LG - Antti Niemi (28 saves on 32 shots: 3-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Torey Krug (1 goal, 2 assists) - Boston

2. Logan Couture (2 goals) - San Jose

1. Milan Lucic (3 assists) - Boston

New York Rangers 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (OT) - (from New Jersey) - The Rangers improved to 4-3-0 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 3-2-1.

Goals:

NYR - Chris Kreider PPG (2) - from Ryan McDonagh and Martin St. Louis (7:34 1ST)

NJD - Jaromir Jagr PPG (1) - from Damien Brunner and Travis Zajac (13:40 1ST)

NJD - Adam Henrique PPG (3) - from Jaromir Jagr and Damon Severson (14:55 2ND)

NJD - Jon Merill PPG (1) - from Damien Brunner and Adam Henrique (0:36 3RD)

NYR - Chris Mueller PPG (1) - from Ryan McDonagh and Derick Brassard (9:06 3RD)

NYR - Rick Nash (8) - from Kevin Hayes (14:32 3RD)

NYR - Kevin Klein (1) - from Chris Kreider and Chris Mueller (2:42 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (28 saves on 31 shots: 4-2-0) LG - Cory Schneider (21 saves on 25 shots: 3-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. Chris Kreider (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

2. Jaromir Jagr (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey

1. Kevin Klein (1 goal, OT winner) - New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, New York Islanders 2 (from New York) - The Leafs improved to 3-3-1 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 4-2-0.

Goals:

NYI - Nick Leddy (3) - from Ryan Strome and Josh Bailey (2:48 1ST)

TOR - James van Riemsdyk (3) - from Phil Kessel (8:44 1ST)

NYI - John Tavares PPG (3) - from Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo (15:02 1ST)

TOR - Phil Kessel (3) - from Leo Komarov and Mike Santorelli (9:04 2ND)

TOR - Roman Polak (1) - from Daniel Winnik and Mike Santorelli (11:11 2ND) *GWG*

TOR - David Clarkson (2) - from Peter Holland and Stephane Robidas (16:21 2ND)

TOR - Phil Kessel (4) - from James van Riemsdyk and Tyler Bozak (17:53 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (34 saves on 36 shots: 1-2-1) LG - Jaroslav Halak (18 saves on 23 shots: 3-2-0), Chad Johnson (5 saves on 5 shots in relief of Halak)

Three Stars:

3. Jonathan Bernier (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Toronto

2. James van Riemdsyk (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

1. Phil Kessel (2 goals, 1 assist) - Toronto

Montreal Canadiens 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 6-1-0 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 3-1-2.

Goals:

DET - Henrik Zetterberg (2) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Danny DeKeyser (13:41 2ND)

MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (3) - from Alexei Emelin and Tomas Plekanec (16:51 3RD)

MTL - David Desharnais (1) - from Max Pacioretty and PK Subban (0:56 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (27 saves on 28 shots: 5-1-0) LG - Jimmy Howard (34 saves on 36 shots: 2-1-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jimmy Howard (34 saves on 36 shots) - Detroit

2. Alex Galchenyuk (1 goal) - Montreal

1. Carey Price (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Montreal

Nashville Predators 4, Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO) - (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 4-0-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 2-2-1.

Goals:

ARI - Rob Klinkhammer (2) - from David Moss and Kyle Chipchura (3:21 1ST)

NSH - Mike Ribeiro (3) - from Ryan Ellis (12:05 2ND)

NSH - Ryan Ellis (1) - from Derek Roy and Seth Jones (5:12 2ND)

ARI - Keith Yandle PPG (1) - from Antoine Vermette (11:48 2ND)

ARI - Martin Erat PPG (2) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Keith Yandle (7:42 3RD)

NSH - James Neal (2) - from Mike Ribeiro and Ryan Ellis (8:03 3RD)

Shootout winner - Ryan Ellis (NSH)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (33 saves on 36 shots: 4-0-1) LG - Devan Dubnyk (23 saves on 26 shots: 1-0-1)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

2. Keith Yandle (1 goal, 1 assist) - Phoenix

1. Ryan Ellis (1 goal, 2 assists, shootout winner) - Nashville

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

Goals:

WPG - Andrew Ladd (1) - from Toby Enstrom and Bryan Little (1:57 1ST)

WPG - Adam Lowry (1) - from Grant Clitsome and Paul Postma (2:37 1ST) *GWG*

CAR - Jiri Tlusty PPG (4) - from Riley Nash and Chris Terry (7:03 1ST)

WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (2) - unassisted (16:26 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (21 saves on 22 shots: 2-3-0) LG - Anton Khudobin (23 saves on 26 shots: 0-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. Ondrej Pavelec (21 saves on 22 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

2. Dustin Byfuglien (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Adam Lowry (1 goal, GWG) - Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Philadelphia Flyers 0 (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 4-0-1 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 1-3-2.

Goals:

CHI - Brandon Saad (1) - from Brad Richards and Bryan Bickell (11:54 1ST) *GWG*

CHI - Patrick Kane PPG (2) - from Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews (12:26 1ST)

CHI - Bryan Bickell (1) - from Brandon Saad (14:00 1ST)

CHI - Patrick Kane PPG (3) - from Duncan Keith and Patrick Sharp (3:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Raanta (32 saves on 32 shots: 1-0-0) LG - Steve Mason (39 saves on 43 shots: 0-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Brandon Saad (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

2. Patrick Kane (2 goals) - Chicago

1. Antti Raanta (32 saves on 32 shots for the shutout) - Chicago

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

Goals:

DAL - Ryan Garbutt (1) - from Antoine Roussel and Trevor Daley (4:08 1ST)

DAL - Erik Cole PPG (2) - from Jordie Benn and Shawn Horcoff (17:46 1ST)

DAL - Tyler Seguin (5) - from Jamie Benn and Kevin Connauton (19:17 1ST)

DAL - Jamie Benn (4) - from Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza (0:48 2ND) *GWG*

DAL - Cody Eakin (2) - from Ryan Garbutt (1:17 2ND)

VAN - Radim Vrbata (4) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (3:39 2ND)

DAL - Erik Cole (3) - from Shawn Horcoff and Brenden Dillon (4:44 2ND)

VAN - Zack Kassian (2) - from Chris Tanev and Brad Richardson (13:55 2ND)

VAN - Jannik Hansen (1) - from Derek Dorsett and Linden Vey (6:45 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (3-0-2) LG - Ryan Miller (3-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Dallas

2. Erik Cole (2 goals) - Dallas

1. Kari Lehtonen (43 saves on 46 shots for the win) - Dallas

Florida Panthers 4, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT) - (from Colorado) - The Panthers improved to 2-2-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 1-4-2.

Goals:

FLA - Brandon Pirri (1) - from Jussi Jokinen (4:43 1ST)

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (1) - from Aaron Ekblad and Brad Boyes (13:03 1ST)

COL - Tyson Barrie PPG (1) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene (10:51 2ND)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (2) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Nick Holden (11:22 2ND)

COL - Alex Tanguay (1) - from Jarome Iginla (14:41 2ND)

FLA - Sean Bergeinheim (2) - from Dylan Olsen and Nick Bjugstad (17:41 2ND)

FLA - Brad Boyes PPG (2) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Jussi Jokinen (2:23 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (30 saves on 33 shots: 2-2-1) LG - Reto Berra (32 saves on 36 shots: 1-0-1)

Three Stars:

3. Sean Bergenheim (1 goal) - Florida

2. Ryan O'Reilly (2 assists) - Colorado

1. Brad Boyes (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Florida

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

Goals:

CGY - Dennis Wideman PPG (3) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Kris Russell (1:12 3RD)

TBL - Valtteri Filppula (1) - from Jason Garrison and Jonathan Drouin (17:44 3RD)

TBL - Ondrej Palat (2) - from Anton Stralman and Tyler Johnson (3:00 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Evgeni Nabokov (21 saves on 22 shots: 1-1-0) LG - Karri Ramo (20 saves on 22 shots: 2-2-0)

Three Stars:

3. Dennis Wideman (1 goal) - Calgary

2. Valtteri Filppula (1 goal) - Tampa Bay

1. Ondrej Palat (1 goal, OT winner) - Tampa Bay

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Antti Raanta - Making his 1st start of the season, Raanta stopped all 32 shots in the Hawks 4-0 win over the Flyers.

2. Phil Kessel - Kessel scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Leafs 5-2 win over the Islanders.

1. Ryan Ellis - Ellis scored his 1st goal of the season, added 2 assists and then scored the shootout winner in the Predators 4-3 win over the Coyotes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Adam Lowry scored his 1st NHL goal for the Jets.

-Roman Polak scored his 1st goal as a member of the Leafs.

-Seth Griffith scored his 1st NHL goal for the Bruins.

-Antti Raanta stopped 32 shots for the shutout, his 1st win in his 1st start of the season.

-After no points in his 1st 2 games of the season, Tyler Seguin has 5 goals and 5 assists in his last 4 games. Jamie Benn also had no points in the 1st 2 games, he has 4 goals and 4 assists in his last 4 games including a goal in each game.

-Jonathan Drouin picked up his 1st NHL point in his 2nd game.

-Evgeni Nabokov picked up his 1st win with the Lightning.

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

Anaheim Ducks - 5 game winning streak

Ottawa Senators - 4 game winning streak

Los Angeles Kings - 4 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 5 game losing streak

Colorado Avalanche - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Joe Thornton goal out of midair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v7vcyXIoeo&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA