November 12th NHL Recap

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Boston Bruins 1 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 9-5-2 on the season thanks to a 6-1 rout of the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 10-7-0.

Goals:

TOR - Phil Kessel (9) - from Dion Phaneuf and Cody Franson (6:46 1ST)

TOR - Phil Kessel (10) - from Tyler Bozak and James van Riemsdyk (0:18 2ND) *GWG*

TOR - Morgan Rielly (2) - from Peter Holland (1:34 2ND)

TOR - Tyler Bozak PPG (6) - from James van Riemsdyk and Cody Franson (3:32 2ND)

TOR - James van Riemsdyk PPG (7) - from Tyler Bozak and Jake Gardiner (9:51 2ND)

BOS - Dennis Seidenberg (2) - from Milan Lucic and Patrice Bergeron (14:16 2ND)

TOR - Peter Holland PPG (4) - from Leo Komarov and Mike Santorelli (7:21 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (25 saves on 26 shots: 5-3-2) LG - Tuukka Rask (12 saves on 16 shots: 8-5-0) Niklas Svedberg (15 saves on 17 shots in relief of Rask)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Bozak (1 goal, 2 assists) - Toronto

2. James van Riemsdyk (1 goal, 2 assists) - Toronto

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

Anaheim Ducks 6, Los Angeles Kings 5 (SO) - (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 11-3-3 on the season thanks to a 6-5 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 8-4-4. 

Goals:

LAK - Anze Kopitar (4) - Penalty Shot (9:21 1ST)

LAK - Drew Doughty (1) - from Jake Muzzin and Jeff Carter (19:11 1ST)

ANA - Cam Fowler (2) - from Andrew Cogliano and Rickard Rakell (7:07 2ND)

LAK - Trevor Lewis (2) - from Kyle Clifford and Brayden McNabb (9:20 2ND)

ANA - Jakob Silfverberg (1) - from Ryan Kesler and Hampus Lindholm (11:43 2ND)

ANA - Ryan Kesler (4) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Matt Beleskey (2:35 3RD)

LAK - Marian Gaborik (2) - from Drew Doughty and Jake Muzzin (7:32 3RD)

LAK - Justin Williams (2) - from Alec Martinez and Anze Kopitar (11:01 3RD)

ANA - Ryan Kesler (5) - from Sami Vatanen and Hampus Lindholm (14:20 3RD)

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (5) - from Devante Smith-Pelly and Sami Vatanen (18:21 3RD)

Shootout winner - Ryan Kesler (ANA)

Goalies:

WG - LG - Jonathan Quick (44 saves on 49 shots: 7-3-3) Jason LaBarbera (14 saves on 16 shots: 1-0-1) in relief of Frederik Andersen (7 saves on 10 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Jakob Silfverberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

2. Anze Kopitar (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

1. Ryan Kesler (2 goals, shootout winner) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:

3. James van Riemsdyk - JVR scored his 7th goal of the season and added 2 assists in the Leafs 6-1 rout of the Bruins.

2. Phil Kessel - Kessel scored is 9th and 10 goals of the season (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Leafs 6-1 win over the Bruins.

1. Ryan Kesler - Kesler scored 2 goals and added the shootout winner in the Ducks 6-5 win over the Kings.

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

New York Islanders - 4 game winning streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game winning streak

Nashville Predators - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak

Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game winning streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 9 game losing streak

Buffalo Sabres - 4 game losing streak

Minnesota Wild - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Phil Kessel 2 goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFv1lj-MdOY&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Tuukka Rask stick save on Tyler Bozak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySsrBykdH8g&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Peter Holland goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT-MAfH13GA&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Anze Kopitar penalty shot goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II6IYbuUjmU&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Jonathan Quick glove save on Rickard Rakell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6inaNM7uCY&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA (FFPOTY Candidate)

-Ryan Kesler goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0HqEoFAno4&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Ryan Getzlaf goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGD9MwVSb4A&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Thursday November 13th: There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. Colorado Avalanche New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

2. Winnipeg Jets vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

3. Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

4. San Jose Sharks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

5. Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

6. Buffalo Sabres vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

7. Arizona Coyotes vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

8. Ottawa Senators vs. Edmonton Oilers at 9:30 PM ET (In Edmonton)

9. Dallas Stars vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff