The Forman Faceoff: October 28th NHL Recap

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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.