The Forman Faceoff: November 18th NHL Recap

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

November 18th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 2, St. Louis Blues 0 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 12-8-0 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 12-5-1.

Goals:

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (5) - unassisted (5:45 1ST) *GWG*

BOS - Torey Krug (3) - from Matt Bartkowski and Loui Eriksson (11:31 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (32 saves on 32 shots: 10-5-0) LG - Brian Elliott (15 saves on 17 shots: 7-4-1)

Three Stars:

3. Torey Krug (1 goal) - Boston

2. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, GWG) - Boston

1. Tuukka Rask (32 saves on 32 shots for the shutout) - Boston

New York Islanders 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 12-6-0 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 13-5-2.

Goals:

TBL - Alex Killorn (4) - from Jason Garrison and Jonathan Drouin (11:53 1ST)

NYI - Cal Clutterbuck SHG (2) - unassisted (0:39 2ND)

NYI - Mikhail Grabovski (4) - from Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo (12:23 2ND)

NYI - Ryan Strome (3) - from Calvin de Haan (13:26 2ND) *GWG*

NYI - Brock Nelson PPG (9) - from Lubomir Visnovsky and Frans Nielsen (0:36 3RD)

TBL - Ondrej Palat (5) - from Matt Carle and Nikita Kucherov (2:14 3RD)

NYI - Casey Cizikas (2) - from Kyle Okposo and Brock Nelson (8:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (26 saves on 28 shots: 8-4-0) LG - Evgeni Nabokov (31 saves on 36 shots: 2-3-0)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Okposo (2 assists) - New York

2. Ryan Strome (1 goal, GWG) - New York

1. Cal Clutterbuck (1 goal) - New York

Detroit Red Wings 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 0 (from Columbus) - The Red Wings improved to 9-4-5 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 6-11-1.

Goals:

DET - Tomas Tatar (6) - from Jonathan Ericsson and Brendan Smith (10:17 1ST) *GWG*

DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (9) - from Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg (1:44 2ND)

DET - Tomas Jurco PPG (1) - from Danny DeKeyser (4:49 3RD)

DET - Riley Sheahan (3) - from Brendan Smith and Tomas Tatar (6:01 3RD)

DET - Darrem Helm (2) - from Tomas Jurco and Dan Cleary (18:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (28 saves on 28 shots: 8-3-4) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (35 saves on 40 shots: 5-5-0)

Three Stars:

3. Tomas Jurco (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

2. Tomas Tatar (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit

1. Jimmy Howard (28 saves on 28 shots for the shutout) - Detroit

Buffalo Sabres 4, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 5-13-2 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 10-9-2

Goals:

BUF - Nicolas Deslauriers (2) - from Cody McCormick and Rasmus Ristolainen (5:25 2ND)

SJS - Brent Burns PPG (7) - from Joe Thornton and Logan Couture (10:29 2ND)

BUF - Brian Gionta (1) - from Brian Flynn and Tyler Myers (11:54 2ND) *GWG*

BUF - Brian Flynn (2) - from Brian Gionta and Mike Weber (19:48 2ND)

BUF - Brian Gionta EN (2) - from Tyler Myers and Andrej Meszaros (19:18 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (19 saves on 20 shots: 2-8-1) in relief of the injured Michal Neuvirth (10 saves on 10 shots) LG - Troy Grosenick (10 saves on 13 shots: 1-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Myers (2 assists) - Buffalo

2. Brian Flynn (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

1. Brian Gionta (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Buffalo

Nashville Predators 9, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (from Toronto) - The Predators improved to 12-4-2 on the season thanks to a 9-2 rout of the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 9-8-2.

Goals:

NSH - Taylor Beck (2) - from Shea Weber and Paul Gaustad (1:52 1ST)

NSH - Derey Roy (1) - from Matt Cullen and Ryan Ellis (10:14 1ST)

NSH - Taylor Beck PPG (3) - from Filip Forsberg and Seth Jones (16:49 1ST) *GWG*

NSH - Eric Nystrom (3) - from Taylor Beck and Mattias Ekholm (18:45 2ND)

NSH - Mike Ribeiro (5) - from Ryan Ellis (0:53 3RD)

NSH - Filip Forsberg (9) - from Shea Weber and Mike Ribeiro (1:26 3RD)

NSH - Calle Jarnkrok (1) - from Colin Wilson and Shea Weber (3:06 3RD)

NSH - Roman Josi (3) - from Eric Nystrom and Paul Gaustad (5:14 3RD)

TOR - Mike Santorelli (3) - from Leo Komarov (8:18 3RD)

TOR - Nazem Kadri (5) - from Dion Phaneuf and Cody Franson (10:33 3RD)

NSH - Colin Wilson (2) - from Craig Smith and Calle Jarnkrok (17:28 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (29 saves on 31 shots: 12-3-1) LG - Jonathan Bernier (9 saves on 12 shots: 5-5-2), James Reimer (19 saves on 25 shots in relief of Bernier)

Three Stars:

3. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

2. Shea Weber (3 assists) - Nashville

1. Taylor Beck (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Montreal Canadiens 0 (from Montreal) - The Penguins improved to 13-3-1 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 14-5-1.

Goals:

PIT - Beau Bennett (1) - unassisted (7:46 1ST) *GWG*

PIT - Steve Downie (3) - from Kris Letang and Beau Bennett (9:43 1ST)

PIT - Brandon Sutter (5) - from Beau Bennett and Steve Downie (0:58 2ND)

PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (8) - from Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist (19:29 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves on 27 shots: 11-3-0) LG - Carey Price (18 saves on 22 shots: 11-4-1)

Three Stars:

3. Steve Downie (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

2. Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

1. Beau Bennett (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Winnipeg Jets 3, New Jersey Devils 1 (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 10-7-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 8-9-2.

Goals:

WPG - Mathieu Perreault (1) - from Mark Stuart (1:54 2ND)

WPG - Mark Scheifele (3) - from Michael Frolik and Zach Bogosian (3:38 2ND) *GWG*

NJD - Patrik Elias PPG (2) - from Martin Havlat and Damien Brunner (1:13 3RD)

WPG - Michael Frolik (4) - from Adam Lowry (16:07 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (21 saves on 22 shots: 3-1-1) LG - Cory Schneider (31 saves on 34 shots: 8-8-2)

Three Stars:

3. Michael Hutchinson (21 saves on 22 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

2. Mark Scheifele (1 goal, GWG) - Winnipeg

1. Michael Frolik (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

Carolina Hurricanes 6, Dallas Stars 4 (from Dallas) - The Hurricanes improved to 6-9-3 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 6-9-4.

Goals:

DAL - Jamie Benn (6) - from Vernon Fiddler and Jamie Oleksiak (1:48 1ST)

DAL - Tyler Seguin (13) - from John Klingberg and Jason Spezza (16:34 1ST)

CAR - Jeff Skinner (4) - from Jay McClement (2:34 2ND)

CAR - Patrick Dwyer (1) - from John-Michael Liles (7:00 2ND)

CAR - Victor Rask PPG (3) - from John-Michael Liles and Nathan Gerbe (8:30 2ND)

CAR - Jiri Tlusty (8) - from Elias Lindholm and Eric Staal (15:54 3RD)

CAR - Eric Staal (4) - from Justin Faulk and Andrej Sekera (0:09 3RD) *GWG*

DAL - Cody Eakin SHG (3) - from Alex Goligoski and Jamie Benn (2:38 3RD)

DAL - Tyler Seguin (14) - from John Klingberg and Cody Eakin (12:55 3RD)

CAR - Eric Staal (5) - from Riley Nash (16:03 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (23 saves on 27 shots: 6-5-1) LG - Anders Lindback (7 saves on 9 shots: 0-4-0) in relief of Kari Lehtonen (12 saves on 16 shots)

Three Stars:

3. John-Michael Liles (2 assists) - Carolina

2. Tyler Seguin (2 goals) - Dallas

1. Eric Staal (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Carolina

Calgary Flames 4, Anaheim Ducks 3 (SO) - (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 12-6-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 11-4-5.

Goals:

ANA - Sami Vatanen (5) - from Jakob Silfverberg (15:54 1ST)

ANA - Matt Beleskey PPG (8) - from Hampus Lindholm and Sami Vatanen (12:29 2ND)

CGY - Jiri Hudler (6) - from Markus Granlund and T.J. Brodie (3:25 3RD)

CGY - Dennis Wideman (6) - from Markus Granlund (9:03 3RD)

CGY - Dennis Wideman (7) - from Johnny Gaudreau (13:43 3RD)

ANA - Kyle Palmieri PPG (1) - from Cam Fowler and Sami Vatanen (15:05 3RD)

Shootout winner - Sean Monahan (CGY)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (24 saves on 27 shots: 9-4-1) LG - Frederik Andersen (16 saves on 19 shots: 7-2-4)

Three Stars:

3. Markus Granlund (2 assists) - Calgary

2. Sami Vatanen (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

1. Dennis Wideman (2 goals) - Calgary

Washington Capitals 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (OT) - (from Arizona) - The Capitals improved to 8-7-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 8-9-1.

Goals:

WSH - Jay Beagle (2) - from Jason Chimera (11:11 1ST)

ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (3) - from Sam Gagner and Tobias Rieder (2:00 2ND)

WSH - Eric Fehr (3) - from Brooks Orpik and John Carlson (3:16 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (23 saves on 24 shots: 6-4-2) LG - Mike Smith (22 saves on 24 shots: 4-9-1)

Three Stars:

3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1 goal) - Phoenix

2. Braden Holtby (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Washington

1. Eric Fehr (1 goal, OT winner) - Washington

Los Angeles Kings 5, Florida Panthers 2 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 10-5-4 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 6-5-5.

Goals:

LAK - Matt Greene (1) - from Brayden McNabb and Anze Kopitar (4:32 2ND)

LAK - Jeff Carter PPG (7) - from Dwight King and Jamie McBain (9:46 2ND)

LAK - Marian Gaborik PPG (3) - from Anze Kopitar and Jake Muzzin (14:18 2ND) *GWG*

LAK - Robyn Regehr (1) - from Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty (19:52 2ND)

FLA - Jimmy Hayes PPG (4) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Nick Bjugstad (2:01 3RD)

FLA - Jussi Jokinen (2) - from Vincent Trocheck and Jimmy Hayes (6:55 3RD)

LAK - Dustin Brown PPG (3) - from Justin Williams and Brayden McNabb (16:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (30 saves on 32 shots: 9-3-4) LG - Roberto Luongo (21 saves on 25 shots: 5-4-4), Al Montoya (1 save on 2 shots in relief of Luongo)

Three Stars:

3. Jonathan Quick (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Los Angeles

2. Anze Kopitar (2 assists) - Los Angeles

1. Jeff Carter (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Eric Staal - The Hurricanes captain scored his 4th and 5th goals of the season (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Hurricanes 6-4 win over the Stars.

2. Taylor Beck - Beck scored his 2nd and 3rd goals of the season and added an assist in the Predators 9-2 rout of the Leafs.

1. Tuukka Rask - Rask stopped all 32 shots he faced in the Bruins 2-0 win over the Blues, his 1st shutout of the season.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Tuukka Rask picked up his 1st shutout of the season.

-Jimmy Howard picked up his 1st shutout of the season.

-The Leafs allowed 9 goals in a game for the 1st time since 1991.

-15 of the 18 skaters for the Predators recorded a point tonight, everyone except James Neal, Olli Jokinen and Anton Volchenkov.

-The Sabres have won 8 straight meetings against the Sharks and are now 16-1-0 against them at home

-Brian Gionta scored his 1st and 2nd goal as a Sabre after not scoring in his 1st 19 games. He had 0 goals and 3 assists coming in to tonight, and doubled his point total with 2 goals and 1 assist.

-Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his NHL-leading 4th shutout of the season.

-Cory Schneider has started all 19 games this season for the Devils.

-Jonas Hiller faced his old team the Anaheim Ducks for the 1st time since signing with the Flames.

-After starting the season 4-2-1 the Stars have since won only 2 games and gone 2-7-3 in their last 12 games.

-After starting the season 9-3-0 in October, the Ducks have struggled in November going 2-1-5.

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

Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game losing streak

Anaheim Ducks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night: