Thursday, October 23, 2014

October 23rd NHL Recap

New York Islanders 3, Boston Bruins 2 (from Boston) - The Islanders improved to 5-2-0 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 4-5-0.
Goals:
NYI - Frans Nielsen (1) - from Josh Bailey and Nikolay Kulemin (6:21 1ST)
BOS - Milan Lucic (1) - from Seth Griffith and David Krejci (18:21 1ST)
NYI - Kyle Okposo (3) - from John Tavares and Brian Strait (1:30 2ND)
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck (1) - from Matt Martin and Nick Leddy (9:27 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Chris Kelly (2) - from Carl Soderberg and Loui Eriksson (9:49 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Chad Johnson (30 saves on 32 shots: 2-0-0) LG - Niklas Svedberg (35 saves on 38 shots: 1-2-0)
Three Stars:
3. Chris Kelly (1 goal) - Boston
2. Kyle Okposo (1 goal) - New York
1. Chad Johnson (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - New york

Detroit Red Wings 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (OT) - (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 4-1-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 3-2-1.
Goals:
PIT - Pascal Dupuis (2) - from Blake Comeau (5:12 1ST)
PIT - Olli Maatta (1) - from Blake Comeau and Evgeni Malkin (11:06 1ST)
DET - Niklas Kronwall (1) - from Darren Helm (15:00 1ST)
PIT - Chris Kunitz (3) - from Simon Despres (8:29 2ND)
DET - Henrik Zetterberg (3) - from Danny DeKeyser and Niklas Kronwall (17:21 3RD)
DET - Niklas Kronwall (2) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg (19:21 3RD)
DET - Justin Abdelkader (3) - from Henrik Zetterberg (4:16 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jimmy Howard (23 saves on 26 shots: 3-1-2) LG - Thomas Greiss (27 saves on 31 shots: 0-0-1)
Three Stars:
3. Pascal Dupuis (1 goal) - Pittsburgh
2. Henrik Zetterberg (1 goal, 2 assists) - Detroit
1. Niklas Kronwall (2 goals, 1 assist) - Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 4, St. Louis Blues 1 (from St. Louis) - The Canucks improved to 4-2-0 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 2-3-1.
Goals:
VAN - Chris Higgins (2) - from Alex Burrows and Nick Bonino (0:41 1ST)
STL - Kevin Shattenkirk PPG (1) - from David Backes and Alex Steen (7:38 2ND)
VAN - Nick Bonino (2) - from Alex Burrows and Chris Higgins (4:54 3RD) *GWG*
VAN - Linden Vey PPG (2) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Radim Vrbata (11:57 3RD)
VAN - Jannik Hansen EN (2) - unassisted (16:59 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (31 saves on 32 shots: 4-1-0)LG - Jake Allen (19 saves on 22 shots: 1-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Chris Higgins (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver
2. Nick Bonino (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Vancouver
1. Ryan Miller (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Vancouver

Nashville Predators 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 5-0-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 4-1-1.
Goals:
CHI - Ben Smith (1) - from Marcus Kruger and Brandon Saad (12:21 1ST)
NSH - James Neal (3) - from Seth Jones and Mike Ribeiro (19:12 1ST)
NSH - James Neal (4) - from Filip Forsberg (16:12 2ND)
NSH - James Neal (5 - Hat Trick) - from Ryan Ellis and Filip Forsberg (1:52 3RD) *GWG*
CHI - Andrew Shaw (3) - unassisted (12:36 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Pekka Rinne (30 saves on 32 shots: 5-0-1) LG - Antti Raanta (24 saves on 27 shots: 1-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Filip Forsberg (2 assists) - Nashville
2. Pekka Rinne (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Nashville
1. James Neal (3 goals, GWG) - Nashville

Minnesota Wild 2, Arizona Coyotes 0 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 3-2-0 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 2-3-1.
Goals:
MIN - Charlie Coyle (2) - from Jared Spurgeon and Thomas Vanek (2:53 2ND) *GWG*
MIN - Jason Pominville (2) - from Zach Parise and Jared Spurgeon (5:27 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Darcy Kuemper (26 saves on 26 shots: 3-1-0) LG - Mike Smith (27 saves on 29 shots: 1-3-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Charlie Coyle (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota
2. Jared Spurgeon (2 assists) - Minnesota
1. Darcy Kuemper (26 saves on 26 shots for the shutout) - Minnesota

Calgary Flames 5, Carolina Hurricanes 0 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 5-3-1 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 0-4-2.
Goals:
CGY - Dennis Wideman (4) - from Kris Russel and Paul Byron (18:18 1ST) *GWG*
CGY - Matt Stajan (1) - from Paul Byron and Mark Giordano (0:32 2ND)
CGY - Sean Monahan (1) - from Jiri Hudler and Joe Colborne (4:14 2ND)
CGY - Sean Monahan (2) - from Jiri Hudler and Joe Colborne (3:23 3RD)
CGY - Lance Bouma (1) - from Josh Jooris and Kris Russell (5:15 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Hiller (16 saves on 16 shots: 3-2-0) LG - Cam Ward (19 saves on 24 shots: 0-2-1)
Three Stars:
3. Jiri Hudler (2 assists) - Calgary
2. Jonas Hiller (16 saves on 16 shots for the shutout) - Calgary
1. Sean Monahan (2 goals) - Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 2, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 5-1-1 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 1-7-0.
Goals:
LAK - Jeff Carter PPG (4) - from Drew Doughty and Tyler Toffoli (0:36 1ST) *GWG*
LAK - Anze Kopitar PPG (2) - from Jeff Carter (15:11 2ND)
Goalies:
WG -  Jonathan Quick (29 saves on 29 shots: 4-1-1) LG - Jhonas Enroth (37 saves on 39 shots: 1-5-0)
Three Stars:
3. Anze Kopitar (1 goal) - Los Angeles
2. Jeff Carter (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Los Angeles
1. Jonathan Quick (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - Los Angeles

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, San Jose Sharks 4 (from San Jose) - The Blue Jackets improved to 4-2-0 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 4-3-1.
Goals:
SJS - Adam Burish (1) - from Jason Demers (5:11 1ST)
SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (3) - from Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau (14:44 1ST)
CBJ - Ryan Johansen (4) - from Scott Hartnell and Nick Foligno (8:22 2ND)
CBJ - Mark Letestu SHG (1) - from Artem Anisimov and Fedor Tyutin (12:13 2ND)
CBJ - Ryan Johansen (5) - from Scott Hartnell (13:36 2ND)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (4) - from Joe Thornton (2:05 3RD)
SJS - Logan Couture (4) - unassisted (8:23 3RD)
CBJ - Nick Foligno PPG (3) - from Scott Hartnell and James Wisniewski (11:40 3RD)
CBJ - Mark Letestu (2) - from Scott Hartnell and David Savard (19:39 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (33 saves on 37 shots: 4-2-0) LG - Antti Niemi (23 saves on 28 shots: 3-2-0)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Johanse (2 goals) - Columbus
2. Joe Pavelski (2 goals) - San Jose
1. Scott Hartnell (4 assists) - Columbus

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Niklas Kronwall - Kronwall scored his 1st and 2nd goals of the season while adding an assist in the Red Wings 4-3 OT win over the Penguins.
2. Jonathan Quick - Quick stopped all 29 shots in the Kings 2-0 win over the Sabres. 
1. James Neal - Neal scored a hat trick and the game-winner in the Predators 3-2 win over the Blackhawks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Darcy Kuemper picked up his 3rd shutout of the season in only his 4th start.
-James Neal scored his 5th career hat trick and 1st with the Predators.
-Ryan Miller stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Canucks 4-1 win over the Blues. It was his 1st game against his former team.
-Jonathan Quick has won his last 4 starts, allowing just 2 goals during the winning streak. Quick also has 2 shutouts during that span.
-In 7 games, the Toffoli-Carter-Pearson line has scored 12 of the Kings 16 goals.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Anaheim Ducks - 6 game winning streak
Los Angeles Kings - 5 game winning streak
Ottawa Senators - 4 game winning streak
Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 6 game losing streak
Colorado Avalanche - 4 game losing streak
Buffalo Sabres - 4 game losing streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

What's up next - Friday October 24th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:
1. Dallas Stars vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)
3. Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)
4. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Edmonton Oilers at 9:30 PM ET (In Edmonton)
5. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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