Saturday, November 1, 2014

November 1st NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 4, Ottawa Senators 2 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 7-6-0 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 5-3-2.
Goals:
BOS - Brad Marchand (4) - from Patrice Bergeron (18:54 1ST)
OTT - Mark Stone (3) - unassisted (19:32 1ST)
BOS - Matt Fraser (1) - from Loui Eriksson and Carl Soderberg (11:14 2ND)
BOS - Matt Fraser (2) - from Carl Soderberg and Zach Trotman (12:42 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Dennis Seidenberg (1) - unassisted (2:08 3RD)
OTT - Mika Zibanejad (2) - from Alex Chiasson (15:43 3RD) 
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (27 saves on 29 shots: 5-4-0) LG - Robin Lehner (26 saves on 30 shots: 3-1-1)
Three Stars:
3. Carl Soderberg (2 assists) - Boston
2. Tuukka Rask (27 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Boston
1. Matt Fraser (2 goals, GWG) - Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 6-4-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 6-4-1.
Goals:
TOR - Nazem Kadri (4) - from Daniel Winnik and Phil Kessel (14:10 1ST)
CHI - Brad Richards PPG (1) - from Brent Seabrook and Brandon Saad (16:27 1ST)
CHI - Brent Seabrook PPG (2) - from Patrick Kane (4:18 2ND)
TOR - James van Riemsdyk (5) - unassisted (5:22 2ND)
TOR - Peter Holland (1) - from Leo Komarov (2:21 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - James Reimer (45 saves on 47 shots: 3-1-0) LG - Corey Crawford (24 saves on 27 shots: 3-1-1)
Three Stars:
3. Brent Seabrook (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago
2. James van Riemsdyk (1 goal) - Toronto
1. James Reimer (45 saves on 47 shots for the win) - Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Washington Capitals 3 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 8-3-1 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 4-4-2.
Goals:
TBL - Ryan Callahan (4) - from Brian Boyle (6:06 1ST)
WSH - Marcus Johansson (4) - from Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov (12:59 1ST)
WSH - Eric Fehr (1) - from Jason Chimera and John Carlson (2:11 2ND)
TBL - Ondrej Palat (4) - from Nikita Kucherov and Tyler Johnson (9:29 2ND)
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (5) - from Eric Brewer and Tyler Johnson (12:12 2ND)
WSH - Troy Brouwer PPG (3) - from Marcus Johansson and Nicklas Backstrom (19:01 2ND)
TBL - Jason Garrison (2) - from Steven Stamkos (2:27 1ST) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (35 saves on 38 shots: 7-1-1) LG - Braden Holtby (24 saves on 28 shots: 3-3-1)
Three Stars:
3. Ben Bishop (35 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay
2. Marcus Johansson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington
1. Nikita Kucherov (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

Florida Panthers 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 4-2-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 4-5-2.
Goals:
FLA - Willie Mitchell (1) - from Jussi Jokinen and Brad Boyes (9:07 1ST)
FLA - Aaron Ekblad (1) - from Brian Campbell and Jimmy Hayes (15:38 3RD) *GWG*
PHI - Vincent Lecavalier (2) - from Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds (19:52 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Roberto Luongo (36 saves on 37 shots: 4-2-2) LG - Steve Mason (28 saves on 30 shots: 0-4-1)
Three Stars:
3. Willie Mitchell (1 goal) - Florida
2. Aaron Ekblad (1 goal, GWG) - Florida
1. Roberto Luongo (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Florida

New Jersey Devils 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 6-3-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 4-7-0.
Goals:
CBJ - Jack Skille (3) - from Brian Gibbons and Nick Foligno (1:06 1ST) 
NJD - Marek Zidlicky PPG (2) - from Michael Ryder and Damon Severson (4:32 2ND)
CBJ - Nick Foligno PPG (4) - from Jack Johnson and Brian Gibbons (12:30 2ND)
NJD - Adam Henrique PPG (4) - from Jaromir Jagr and Marek Zidlicky (8:54 3RD)
NJD - Adam Larsson (1) - from Bryce Salvador and Patrik Elias (10:35 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Cory Schneider (32 saves on 34 shots: 6-3-2) LG - Anton Forsberg (26 saves on 29 shots: 0-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Mared Zidlicky (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey
2. Nick Foligno (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus
1. Adam Larsson (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

Winnipeg Jets 1, New York Rangers 0 (SO) - (from New York) - The Jets improved to 5-5-1 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shootout win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 5-4-1.
Goals:
Shootout winner - Evander Kane (WPG)
Goalies:
WG - Ondrej Pavelec (38 saves on 38 shots: 5-4-1) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (25 saves on 25 shots: 5-3-1)
Three Stars:
3. Evander Kane (shootout winner) - Winnipeg
2. Henrik Lundqvist (25 saves on 25 shots) - New York
1. Ondrej Pavelec (38 saves on 38 shots for the shutout) - Winnipeg

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 7-2-1 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 2-9-1.
Goals:
PIT - Chris Kunitz (6) - from Patric Hornqvist and Sidney Crosby (4:26 1ST) *GWG*
PIT - Blake Comeau (3) - from Evgeni Malkin and Pascal Dupuis (11:54 2ND)
PIT - Patric Hornqvist PPG (6) - from Chris Kunitz and Evgeni Malkin (16:09 2ND)
PIT - Chris Kunitz PPG (7) - from Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby (2:33 3RD)
PIT - Evgeni Malkin PPG (5) - from Sidney Crosby and Christian Ehrhoff (13:11 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (18 saves on 18 shots: 7-2-0) LG - Jhonas Enroth (29 saves on 34 shots: 1-6-1)
Three Stars:
3. Sidney Crosby (3 assists) - Pittsburgh
2. Evgeni Malkin (1 goal, 2 assists) - Pittsburgh
1. Chris Kunitz (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Arizona Coyotes 0 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 1-6-2 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 3-6-1.
Goals:
CAR - Elias Lindholm (1) - from Brett Bellemore and Riley Nash (3:57 1ST) *GWG*
CAR - Elias Lindholm (2) - from Riley Nash and Justin Faulk (17:22 1ST)
CAR - Jiri Tlusty PPG (6) - from Eric Staal and Justin Faulk (15:21 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Cam Ward (25 saves on 25 shots: 1-3-1) LG - Mike Smith (32 saves on 35 shots: 2-6-0)
Three Stars:
3. Justin Faulk (2 assists) - Carolina
2. Elias Lindholm (2 goals, GWG) - Carolina
1. Cam Ward (25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout) - Carolina

St. Louis Blues 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (SO) - (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 6-3-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 3-4-5.
Goals:
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (5) - from Alex Steen and Barret Jackman (16:29 1ST)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (6) - from Alex Pietrangelo (0:26 3RD)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly PPG (2) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Erik Johnson (2:19 3RD)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon PPG (3) - from Erik Johnson and Ryan O'Reilly (5:13 3RD)
Shootout winner - Joakim Lindstrom (STL)
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliott (27 saves on 29 shots: 4-2-1) LG - Semyon Varlamov (27 saves on 29 shots: 2-2-4) 
Three Stars:
3. Brian Ellott (27 saves on 29 shots for the win) - St. Louis
2. Nathan MacKinnon (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado
1. Vladimir Tarasenko (2 goals) - St. Louis

Minnesota Wild 4, Dallas Stars 1 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 7-3-0 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 4-3-4.
Goals:
MIN - Mikael Granlund (1) - unassisted (4:21 2ND)
MIN - Matt Dumba (1) - from Jason Pominville and Zach Parise (13:14 2ND) *GWG*
DAL - Vernon Fiddler (2) - from Jamie Oleksiak (13:22 2ND)
MIN - Thomas Vanek PPG (1) - from Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu (19:03 2ND)
MIN - Nino Niederreiter PPG (3) - from Ryan Suter and Charlie Coyle (5:03 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Darcy Kuemper (19 saves on 20 shots: 6-2-0) LG - Kari Lehtonen (26 saves on 30 shots: 4-1-4)
Three Stars:
3. Zach Parise (2 assists) - Minnesota
2. Darcy Kuemper (19 saves on 20 shots for the win) - Minnesota
1. Thomas Vanek (1 goal) - Minnesota 

Vancouver Canucks 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Edmonton) - The Canucks improved to 8-3-0 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 4-6-1.
Goals:
EDM - Jordan Eberle (3) - from Taylor Hall and Justin Schultz (12:39 1ST)
VAN - Luca Sbisa (2) - from Chris Higgins and Nick Bonino (19:13 1ST)
VAN - Linden Vey (4) - from Derek Dorsett and Chris Higgins (16:37 2ND)
EDM - David Perron (1) - from Leon Draisaitl and Andrew Ference (17:41 2ND)
VAN - Derek Dorsett SHG (1) - unassisted (4:05 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (25 saves on 27 shots: 8-1-0) LG -  Ben Scrivens (27 saves on 30 shots: 4-5-0)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Miller (25 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Vancouver
2. Jordan Eberle (1 goal) - Edmonton 
1. Derek Dorsett (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 3, New York Islanders 1 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 7-4-2 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 6-5-0.
Goals:
NYI - Kyle Okposo (4) - from Johnny Boychuk and Nick Leddy (8:06 1ST)
SJS - Tomas Hertl PPG (3) - from Tommy Wingels and Matt Nieto (10:23 1ST)
SJS - Logan Couture (6) - from Justin Braun and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (11:50 3RD) *GWG*
SJS - James Sheppard (1) - from Adam Burish and Andrew Desjardins (15:35 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Niemi (19 saves on 20 shots: 6-2-1) LG - Jaroslav Halak (28 saves on 31 shots: 3-4-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Kyle Okposo (1 goal) - New York
2. Antti Niemi (19 saves on 20 shots for the win) - San Jose
1. Logan Couture (1 goal, GWG) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Cam Ward - Ward stopped all 25 shots he faced in the Hurricanes 3-0 win over the Coyotes, his 1st win of the season.
2. Chris Kunitz - For the 2nd straight game Kunitz scored 2 goals and added an assist, this time in the Penguins 5-0 win over the Sabres.
1. Ondrej Pavelec - Pavelec stopped all 38 shots he faced and 3/4 in the shootout in the Jets 1-0 win over the Rangers. It was Pavelec's first shutout of the season.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Brad Richards scored his 1st goal as a member of the Hawks.
-James and Trevor van Riemsdyk faced off for the 1st time in their NHL careers. Older brother James scored his 100th NHL goal.
-After losing their first 8 games of the season the Hurricanes finally won their 1st game.
-Aaron Ekblad scored his 1st NHL goal for the Panthers.
-Marc-Andre Fleury is 4-0 in his last 4 starts with 3 shutouts during that span.
-Thomas Vanek scored his 1st goal as a member of the Wild.
-Cam Ward picked up his 1st shutout since March 27th, 2012.
-Ondrej Pavelec picked up his 1st shutout of the season.
-Kari Lehtonen (4-1-4) lost his 1st game in regulation this season.
-Steve Mason remains winless in 5 starts this season (0-4-1)
-Rangers Captain Ryan McDonagh separated his shoulder and didn't return.
-Oilers F Taylor Hall left the game in the 2nd period after violently colliding with the post. Here is the injury: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers-taylor-hall-leaves-game-with-leg-injury-after-crashing-into-net/
-Ryan Miller picked up his NHL-leading 8th win of the season. He is now 8-1-0 to start his Canucks career.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Pittsburgh Penguins - 4 game winning streak
Vancouver Canucks - 4 game winning streak
St. Louis Blues - 4 game winning streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game winning streak
Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 5 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 4 game losing streak
Washington Capitals - 3 game losing streak
Arizona Coyotes - 3 game losing streak
New York Islanders - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:
What's up next - Thursday November 2nd: There are 7 NHL games on tap for Sunday:
1. Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo Sabres at 5:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. Los Angeles Kings vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 5:00 PM ET (In Carolina)
3. Calgary Flames vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:00 PM ET (In Montreal)
4. Arizona Coyotes vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)
5. Anaheim Ducks vs. Colorado Avalanche at 8:00 PM ET (In Colorado) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
6. Winnipeg Jets vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 9:00 PM ET (In Chicago)
7. Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver Canucks at 9:30 PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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