November 21st NHL Recap

New York Islanders 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 (SO) - (from Pittsburgh) - The Islanders improved to 13-6-0 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 13-3-2.

Goals:

PIT - Brandon Sutter (6) - from Paul Martin and Steve Downie (1:13 1ST)

NYI - Matt Martin (1) - from Travis Hamonic and Ryan Strome (8:18 1ST)

NYI - Nikolay Kulemin (4) - unassisted (8:47 1ST)

NYI - Ryan Strome (4) - from Thomas Hickey and Josh Bailey (9:53 1ST)

PIT - Blake Comeau (5) - from Chris Kunitz and Olli Maatta (16:34 1ST)

NYI - Nick Leddy (5) - from Ryan Strome and Anders Lee (5:42 2ND)

PIT - Nick Spaling (3) - from Patric Hornqvist and Evgeni Malkin (8:50 2ND)

PIT - Patric Hornqvist (10) - from Evgeni Malkin and Christian Ehrhoff (13:00 3RD)

Shootout winner - Kyle Okposo (NYI)

Goalies:

WG - Chad Johnson (26 saves on 30 shots: 5-2-0) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves on 35 shots: 11-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Okposo (shoootout winner) - New York

2. Patric Hornqvist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

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

Boston Bruins 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO) - (from Columbus) - The Bruins improved to 13-8-0 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 6-11-2.

Goals:

CBJ - Ryan Johansen (7) - unassisted (9:52 1ST)

CBJ - Nick Foligno (10) - from Jordan Leopold and Ryan Johansen (11:30 1ST)

BOS - Dennis Seidenberg (3) - from Matt Bartkowski and Chris Kelly (1:28 3RD)

BOS - Matt Fraser (3) - from Matt Bartkowski and Patrice Bergeron (9:33 3RD)

BOS - Dan Paille (1) - from Carl Soderberg (11:32 3RD)

CBJ - Jack Johnson (1) - from Ryan Johansen and Nick Foligno (12:47 3RD)

Shootout winner - Alex Khoklachev (BOS)

Goalies:

WG - Niklas Svedberg (25 saves on 28 shots: 3-3-0) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (38 saves on 41 shots: 5-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Foligno (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

2. Alex Khoklachev (shootout winner) - Boston

1. Ryan Johansen (1 goal, 2 assists) - Columbus

New Jersey Devils 2, Edmonton Oilers 0 (from Edmonton) - The Devils improved to 9-9-2 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 6-12-2.

Goals:

NJD - Adam Henrique (5) - from Steve Bernier and Eric Gelinas (10:39 2ND) *GWG*

NJD - Tuomo Ruutu (4) - from Eric Gelinas (15:07 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (29 saves on 29 shots: 9-8-2) LG - Viktor Fasth (24 saves on 26 shots: 2-4-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Eric Gelinas (2 assists) - New Jersey

2. Adam Henrique (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

1. Cory Schneider (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - New Jersey

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Ryan Johansen - Johansen scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Blue Jackets 4-3 shootout loss to the Bruins.

2. Ryan Strome - Strome scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Islanders 5-4 shootout win over the Penguins.

1. Cory Schneider - Schneider stopped all 29 shots he faced in the Devils 2-0 win over the Oilers.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Cory Schneider picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

-The Islanders scored 3 goals in a span of 1:35.

-All 3 home teams lost tonight.

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

Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 3 game winning streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game losing streak

Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Sergei Bobrovsky shootout save on Loui Eriksson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ZEhHDjRL4&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Dennis Seidenberg goal from center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udmbgthRoNA&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Adam Henrique goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkaKp387MNM&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

-Kyle Okposo shootout-winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12XdKyHIr04&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Saturday November 22nd: There are 13 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. St. Louis Blues vs. Ottawa Senators at 3:00 PM ET (In Ottawa)

2. Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:00 PM ET (In Toronto)

4. Minnesota Wild vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:00 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

5. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

6. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia) 

7. Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)

8. Florida Panthers vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

9. Los Angeles Kings vs. Dallas Stars at 8:00 PM ET (In Dallas)

10. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

11. New Jersey Devils vs. Calgary Flames at 10:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

12. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Edmonton Oilers at 10:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

13. Arizona Coyotes vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff