The Forman Faceoff: October 30th NHL Recap

Friday, October 31, 2014

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:

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

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