December 12th NHL Recap

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Calgary Flames 1 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 19-6-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 17-12-2.

Goals:

PIT - Blake Comeau (9) - from Evgeni Malkin and Robert Bortuzzo (0:48 1ST)

PIT - Kris Letang (5) - from Simon Despres and Nick Spaling (4:43 1ST)

CGY - Johnny Gaudreau (6) - from Markus Granlund and Jiri Hudler (12:15 1ST)

PIT - Rob Klinkhammer (4) - from Steve Downie and Evgeni Malkin (17:13 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (26 saves on 27 shots: 16-4-2) LG - Jonas Hiller (19 saves on 22 shots: 9-8-1)

Three Stars:

3. Rob Klinkhammer (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

2. Marc-Andre Fleury (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Pittsburgh

1. Kris Letang (1 goal, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Montreal Canadiens 6, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 19-10-2 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 15-10-5.

Goals:

MTL - Jiri Sekac PPG (5) - from P.K. Subban and Tomas Plekanec (8:16 3RD)

MTL - Andrei Markov PPG (4) - from Sergei Gonchar and David Desharnais (1:01 2ND)

MTL - P.K. Subban (8) - from Dale Weise and Manny Malhotra (3:45 2ND) *GWG*

LAK - Jake Muzzin (2) - from Drew Doughty and Tyler Toffoli (3:35 3RD)

MTL - David Desharnais (3) - from P.A. Parenteau and Brandon Prust (9:47 3RD)

LAK - Drew Doughty (3) - from Tyler Toffoli and Mike Richards (10:48 3RD)

MTL - Sven Andrighetto (2) - from Michael Bournival and Alexei Emelin (13:59 3RD)

MTL - Jiri Sekac (6) - from Andrei Markov and P.K. Subban (15:26 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (44 saves on 46 shots: 16-8-1) LG - Martin Jones (14 saves on 20 shots: 3-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Jiri Sekac (2 goals) - Montreal

2. Carey Price (44 saves on 46 shots for the win) - Montreal

1. P.K. Subban (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Montreal

Florida Panthers 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (SO) - (from Detroit) - The Panthers improved to 12-8-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 17-6-7.

Goals:

DET - Riley Sheahan PPG (7) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Tatar (5:03 1ST)

FLA - Tomas Fleischmann (3) - from Dave Bolland and Sean Bergenheim (7:10 1ST)

FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (3) - from Nick Bjugstad (13:55 1ST)

DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (14) - from Henrik Zetterberg (19:21 1ST)

Shootout winner - Vincent Trocheck (FLA)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (29 saves on 31 shots: 10-6-6) LG - Jimmy Howard (24 saves on 26 shots: 13-5-6)

Three Stars:

3. Vincent Trocheck (shootout winner) - Florida

2. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal) - Detroit

1. Roberto Luongo (29 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Florida

Anaheim Ducks 4, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Edmonton) - The Ducks improved to 20-6-5 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 7-18-5.

Goals:

ANA - Sami Vatanen PPG (8) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Rene Bourque (4:56 1ST)

ANA - Kyle Palmieri (5) - from Sami Vatanen and Ryan Kesler (0:07 2ND)

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (9) - from Rene Bourque and Ben Lovejoy (0:51 2ND) *GWG*

EDM - Tyler Pitlick (1) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (15:24 2ND)

EDM - Jeff Petry PPG (3) - from Taylor Hall and Teddy Purcell (12:40 3RD)

ANA - Nate Thompson EN (2) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Cam Fowler (19:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (21 saves on 23 shots: 16-4-4) LG - Viktor Fasth (9 saves on 12 shots: 2-8-2) Ben Scrivens (7 saves on 7 shots in relief of Fasth)

Three Stars:

3. Rene Bourque (2 assists) - Anaheim

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

1. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Anaheim

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

Chicago Blackhawks - 8 game winning streak

Anaheim Ducks - 6 game winning streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 5 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game winning streak

St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 4 game losing streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 4 game losing streak

Calgary Flames - 4 game losing streak

New York Islanders - 3 game losing streak

Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

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

1. Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins at 1:00 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 1:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

3. Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

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

5. Chicago Blackhawks vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)

7. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

8. Anaheim Ducks vs. Winnipeg Jets at 7:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

9. Minnesota Wild vs. Arizona Coyotes at 8:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

10. New Jersey Devils vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

11. St. Louis Blues vs. Colorado Avalanche at 10:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

12. New York Rangers vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

13. Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff