November 2nd NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (SO) - (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 3-9-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 6-2-3.

Goals:

BUF - Brian Flynn (1) - from Zemgus Girgensons and Tyson Strachan (6:55 2ND)

DET - Tomas Tatar (3) - from Riley Sheahan and Pavel Datsyuk (12:55 2ND)

DET - Pavel Datsyuk (5) - from Justin Abdelkader and Brendan Smith (4:27 3RD)

BUF - Chris Stewart (1) - from Tyler Ennis and Tyson Strachan (13:08 3RD)

Shootout winner - Zemgus Girgensons (BUF)

Goalies:

WG - Michal Neuvirth (36 saves on 38 shots: 2-3-0) LG - Jimmy Howard (19 saves on 21 shots: 5-1-3)

Three Stars:

3. Zemgus Girgensons (1 assist, shootout winner) - Buffalo

2. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Michal Neuvirth (36 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Buffalo

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 2-6-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 6-4-2.

Goals:

CAR - Victor Rask (1) - from Chris Terry and Zach Boychuk (18:26 1ST)

CAR - Chris Terry PPG (4) - from Andrej Sekera and Elias Lindholm (0:50 2ND)

LAK - Mike Richards PPG (2) - from Drew Doughty and Justin Williams (5:39 2ND)

CAR - Elias Lindholm (3) - from Nathan Gerbe and Riley Nash (16:01 2ND) *GWG*

LAK - Alec Martinez (2) - unassisted (7:58 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - LG - Jonathan Quick (29 saves on 32 shots: 5-3-2) Cam Ward (30 saves on 32 shots: 2-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Chris Terry (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

2. Elias Lindholm (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Carolina

1. Cam Ward (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Carolina

Calgary Flames 6, Montreal Canadiens 2 (from Montreal) - The Flames improved to 7-4-2 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 8-3-1.

Goals:

CGY - Josh Jooris (2) - from Dennis Wideman and Johnny Gaudreau (4:58 1ST)

CGY - Markus Granlund (1) - from Jiri Hudler and Johnny Gaudreau (19:33 1ST)

CGY - Curtis Glencross (4) - from T.J. Brodie and Sean Monahan (17:53 2ND) *GWG*

MTL - Max Pacioretty (5) - from Dale Weise (0:37 3RD)

CGY - Josh Jooris PPG (3) - from T.J. Brodie and Jiri Hudler (8:48 3RD)

CGY - Lance Bouma (2) - from Mark Giordano (11:08 3RD)
MTL - Rene Bourque (1) - from Andrei Markov (13:18 3RD)
CGY - Mark Giordano EN (3) - from Curtis Glencross and T.J. Brodie (16:30 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (18 saves on 20 shots: 5-2-1) LG -  Carey Price (30 saves on 35 shots: 7-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. T.J. Brodie (3 assists) - Calgary

2. Curtis Glencross (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Calgary

1. Josh Jooris (2 goals) - Calgary

Arizona Coyotes 6, Washington Capitals 5 (from Washington) - The Coyotes improved to 4-6-1 on the season thanks to a 6-5 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 4-5-2.

Goals:

ARI - Antoine Vermette PPG (2) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Keith Yandle (7:14 1ST)

WSH - Tom Wilson (1) - from Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom (8:03 1ST)

WSH - John Carlson (2) - from Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson (9:49 1ST)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (6) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (16:09 1ST)

ARI - Michael Stone (1) - from Chris Summers and Martin Hanzal (4:04 2ND)

ARI - Shane Doan PPG (2) - from Antoine Vermette and Mikkel Boedker (19:55 2ND)
ARI - Sam Gagner (1) - from Mikkel Boedker (3:05 3RD)
ARI - Shane Doan (3) - unassisted (4:33 3RD)
ARI - Tobias Rieder (1) - from Shane Doan and Antoine Vermette (15:33 3RD) *GWG*
WSH - Joel Ward PPG (5) - from Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov (18:07 3RD)
WSH - Troy Brouwer (4) - from Alex Ovechkin and Marcus Johansson (19:33 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (32 saves on 37 shots: 2-0-1) LG -  Justin Peters (24 saves on 30 shots: 1-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. Antoine Vermette (1 goal, 2 assists) - Phoenix

2. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal, 3 assists) - Washington

1. Shane Doan (2 goals, 1 assist) - Arizona

Anaheim Ducks 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (from Colorado) - The Ducks improved to 10-3-0 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 3-5-5.

Goals:

COL - Dennis Everberg (1) - from John Mitchell (2:18 1ST)

ANA - Corey Perry (11) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Francois Beauchemin (7:20 1ST)

COL - Nathan MacKinnon (2) - from Tyson Barrie and Nate Guenin (19:00 1ST)

ANA - Hampus Lindholm (1) - from Pat Maroon and Ryan Getzlaf (6:04 2ND)

ANA - Cam Fowler (1) - from Andrew CoglianoJ and Jakob Silfverberg (7:48 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jason LaBarbera (16 saves on 18 shots: 1-0-0) LG -  Semyon Varlamov (30 saves on 33 shots: 2-3-4)

Three Stars:

3. Dennis Everberg (1 goal) - Colorado

2. Ryan Getzlaf (2 assists) - Anaheim

1. Cam Fowler (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim

Winnipeg Jets 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (from Chicago) - The Jets improved to 6-5-1 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 6-5-1.

Goals:

WPG - Michael Frolik (1) - from Andew Ladd and Zach Bogosian (0:20 1ST) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (33 saves on 33 shots: 1-1-0) LG - Corey Crawford (26 saves on 27 shots: 3-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. Michael Frolik (1 goal, GWG) - Winnipeg

2. Corey Crawford (26 saves on 27 shots) - Chicago

1. Michael Hutchinson (33 saves on 33 shots for the shutout) - Winnipeg 

Nashville Predators 3, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Vancouver) - The Predators improved to 7-2-2 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 8-4-0.

Goals:

VAN - Alex Edler PPG (2) - from Henrik Sedin and Radim Vrbata (11:10 1ST)
NSH - Filip Forsberg PPG (2) - from James Neal and Matt Cullen (1:38 2ND)
NSH - Filip Forsberg (3) - from James Neal and Mike Ribeiro (6:42 3RD) *GWG*
NSH - Colin Wilson (1) - from Filip Forsberg and Mattias Ekholm (18:27 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (26 saves on 27 shots: 7-2-1) LG - Eddie Lack (30 saves on 33 shots: 0-3-0)

Three Stars:

3. James Neal (2 assists) - Nashville

2. Pekka Rinne (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Nashville

1. Filip Forsberg (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Shane Doan - The Coyotes Captain scored his 1st 2 goals of the season and added an assist in their 6-5 win over the Capitals.

2. Filip Forsberg - Forsberg scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Predators 3-1 win over the Canucks.

1. Michael Hutchinson - Hutchinson stopped all 33 shots he faced in the Jets 1-0 win over the Hawks, his 1st career shutout.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Victor Rask scored his 1st NHL goal for the Hurricanes.

-Dennis Everberg scored his 1st NHL goal for the Avalanche.

-Tobias Rieder scored his 1st NHL goal in his 1st NHL game for the Coyotes.
-Pavel Datsyuk continued his point-streak with a goal and an assist today. He now has 5 goals and 5 assists during his 6-game point streak since returning from injury.
-Michael Hutchinson picked up his 1st career shutout.

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

Pittsburgh Penguins - 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 - 4 game losing streak
New York Islanders - 3 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Pavel Datsyuk goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfHpsgj0nI&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Nathan MacKinnon goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9D4bgbjB90&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Cam Fowler goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuR6I8c7HCY&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA
-Corey Perry goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVSwuGy9KlU&list=UUqFMzb-4AUf6WAIbl132QKA

What's up next - Monday November 3rd: There is 1 NHL game on tap for Monday night:

1. St. Louis Blues vs. New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff