Wednesday, October 22, 2014

October 22nd NHL Recap

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Ottawa Senators POSTPONED due to the shootings in Ottawa.

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (from Pittsburgh) - The Flyers improved to 2-3-2 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 3-2-0.
Goals:
PIT - Nick Spaling (1) - from Christian Ehrhoff and Blake Comeau (3:50 1ST)
PHI - Mark Streit (2) - from Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek (9:20 1ST)
PHI - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (1) - from Sean Couturier and Nick Schultz (13:18 1ST)
PIT - Pascal Dupuis (2) - from Paul Martin and Evgeni Makin (9:00 2ND)
PHI - R.J. Umberger (1) - from Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek (6:50 3RD)
PHI - Matt Read (1) - from Sean Couturier and R.J. Umberger (8:50 3RD) *GWG*
PIT - Marcel Goc (1) - from Nick Spaling and Steve Downie (17:03 3RD)
PHI - Sean Couturier EN (3) - unassisted (19:33 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (28 saves on 32 shots: 3-2-0) LG - Ray Emery (22 saves on 25 shots: 2-0-1)
Three Stars:
3. Nick Spaling (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh
2. R.J. Umberger (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia
1. Sean Couturier (1 goal, 2 assists) - Philadelphia

Edmonton Oilers 3, Washington Capitals 2 (from Edmonton) - The Oilers improved to 2-4-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 3-1-2.
Goals:
EDM - Justin Schultz (2) - from Teddy Purcell and David Perron (6:53 1ST)
WSH - Jon Carlson PPG (1) - from Nicklas Backstrom and Marcus Johansson (10:15 1ST)
WSH - Mike Green (3) - from Andre Burakovsky (4:50 2ND)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3) - unassisted (5:10 2ND)
EDM - Nikita Nikitin PPG (1) - from Teddy Purcell and Leon Draisaitl (16:08 2ND) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ben Scrivens (32 saves on 34 shots: 2-3-0) LG - Braden Holtby (17 saves on 20 shots: 2-1-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Mike Green (1 goal) - Washington
2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1 goal) - Edmonton
1. Ben Scrivens (32 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Edmonton

Anaheim Ducks 4, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 6-1-0 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 1-6-0.
Goals:
ANA - Corey Perry (6) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Devante Smith-Pelly (8:50 1ST)
ANA - Ryan Kesler (3) - from Andrew Cogliano and Jakob Silfverberg (9:20 2ND) *GWG*
BUF - Tyler Ennis (3) - from Matt Moulson (14:54 3RD)
ANA - Corey Perry (7) - from Ryan Getzlaf (17:17 3RD)
ANA - Corey Perry (8 - Hat Trick) - from Francois Beauchemin and Nate Thompson (18:35 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Frederik Andersen (22 saves on 23 shots: 6-0-0) LG - Michal Neuvirth (30 saves on 33 shots: 0-2-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Frederik Andersen (22 saves on 23 shots for the win) - Anaheim
2. Ryan Getzlaf (2 assists) - Anaheim
1. Corey Perry (3 goals) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Ben Scrivens - Scrivens stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Oilers 3-2 win over the Capitals.
2. Sean Couturier - Couturier scored his 3rd of the season and added 2 assists in the Flyers 5-3 win over the Penguins.
1. Corey Perry - Perry scored his 2nd hat trick of the season in the Ducks 4-1 win over the Sabres.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored his 1st NHL goal for the Flyers. He becomes just the 6th player from France to score an NHL goal.
-Corey Perry continued his hot start to the season with his 2nd hat trick in the first 7 games. Perry is now tied with Rick Nash for 1st in the NHL with 8 goals.
-Frederik Andersen improved to an NHL-best 6-0-0 on the season. Andersen is now 26-5-0 in his career, currently in his 2nd season with the Ducks.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Anaheim Ducks - 6 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:

What's up next - Thursday October 23rd: There are 8 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:
1. New York Islanders vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)
2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
3. Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)
4. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)
5. Arizona Coyotes vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)
6. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary)
7. Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)
8. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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