Results - Fri, Nov 15, 2013

Toronto @ Buffalo 1-3 - Marcus Foligno scored on a backhand shot at 15:22 of the middle period off a pass from Sabres captain Steve Ott on a 2-on-1 break. Maple Leafs defenseman Mark Fraser got turned around on the play and the two Sabres broke in against Paul Ranger. Ott passed across to Foligno, who crashed through the net and scored. In the final minute of the third period, Ryan Miller was spun out of position by the Maple Leafs' attack on his net. The puck bounced free to James van Riemsdyk who appeared to have an open net, but Christian Ehrhoff scrambled in front of the goal and blocked his shot. Moments later, Ehrhoff gathered and fired the puck down the ice for an empty-net goal with 28 seconds left to play to seal the victory for Buffalo (5-15-1). Despite the Sabres good start, the Maple Leafs struck first. Trevor Smith, who was called up from the American Hockey League on Friday, made it 1-0 at 6:25 of the second period when his shot from the slot deflected off Ehrhoff and past Miller (32 saves). The goal was the second of the season for Smith, who played on a line with Mason Raymond and David Clarkson. Just 3:20 later, however, Ott capitalized on the power play with his third goal of the season to tie the game at 1-1. Ott put home a rebound of a Tyler Myers shot from the point to beat Toronto goalie Jonathan Bernier (24 saves).

Los Angeles @ New Jersey 2-0 - The difference was a deflection goal by Kings forward Dwight King 13:08 into the third period. He was all alone in the slot when he deflected Jake Muzzin's shot from the left point. Until then it was a goalie show, but King's goal is all Scrivens needed as he came through with his second shutout of the season, a 2-0 victory, to help the Kings win their second straight game and fourth in their past six. New Jersey had a chance to tie the game with 2:49 left after Mike Richards was called for a faceoff violation, giving the Devils a power play. But they never tested Scrivens with a shot on goal despite pulling Schneider to make it a 6-on-4. The power play ended seven seconds early when Damien Brunner was called for tripping with 56.7 seconds to go. Anze Kopitar scored an empty-net goal with 2.9 seconds remaining.

Anaheim @ Carolina 2-3 SO - Carolina and Anaheim muddled through a scoreless game for more than 30 minutes before each team scored late in the second period. The Ducks opened the scoring scored with two minutes remaining when Ryan Getzlaf picked off Justin Faulk's pass and fed Perry for his 12th goal of the season. The Hurricanes got even with 16 seconds remaining when Semin skated through the Ducks' zone, patiently waiting for his shot before ripping a wrister that went off of Eric Staal for a power-play goal. Staal's fourth of the season ended a 10-game goal drought. The Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead at 3:01 of the third period when Bowman gathered the puck on the wing, cut across the goal line and went to the top of the crease to slip the puck past the Anaheim goaltender. Bowman had a similar scoring chance in the first period, but he forced a shot into Fasth, who held tight to the post. The Ducks tied the game at 7:18 on Dustin Penner's power-play goal. He took a crisp cross-ice pass from Perry and scored Anaheim's third power-play goal on the road this season. The Hurricanes have played quite a few game that look similar in style. Close-checking wins have become part of Carolina's identity. All eight of the Hurricanes' victories this season have been by one goal.

Montreal @ Columbus 3-2 SO - The Blue Jackets went to a shootout Friday at home against the Montreal Canadiens and came away with a single point again. Curtis McElhinney had 38 saves (all in regulation) for the Blue Jackets; Budaj faced 25 shots, including four in overtime when he denied Brandon Dubinsky and Nikita Nikitin with less than 15 seconds to play. The Canadiens fell behind then rallied with a goal late in the first period by Galchenyuk and a power-play score early in the second by Eller. Eller was to the right of goal to collect a rebound of a shot by Daniel Briere and bank it off McElhinney at 7:34. Montreal dominated the rest of the second period until the late stages, outshooting Columbus 15-1 in the first 17 minutes until the Blue Jackets had the final four shots. A wild first period with crazy bounces and plays ended fittingly with a goal by Galchenyuk with 7.8 seconds left to leave the Canadiens trailing 2-1. A turnover by Columbus defenseman Fedor Tyutin at his blue line, he whiffed in trying to send a fluttering puck up ice to finish the period, resulted in a break for Galchenyuk. Tyutin recovered and was going to be called for hooking but Galchenyuk maintained control of the puck to beat McElhinney for his fourth goal. Umberger made it 1-0 at 15:33 with a shot from a bad angle from the low left circle near the side wall. He was helped by a screen from Michael Chaput, and Budaj was unable to see the puck as it went off his pads and trickled into the goal. The Blue Jackets scored again at 17:12 with Anisimov getting credit for a weird goal off a sequence that began with David Savard's shot from the right point hitting the post. He got the puck back and sent it across the ice to Nikitin. The defenseman teed the puck but fell down only to swat it behind him. Anisimov then took a whack and the puck went airborne off a Montreal stick. Blue Jackets forward Jared Boll was checked into Budaj and both went to the ice. Boll was on his back when the shot from Anisimov bounced at the edge of the crease and went by Budaj before he could regain his skates. The Blue Jackets announced before the game that right wing Marian Gaborik would miss at least a month with a sprained knee sustained late in the game Thursday at the Boston Bruins. Gaborik was third on the team in points with 11 and tied for the team lead with five goals. The Blue Jackets went first in the shootout and Budaj made a pad save on Mark Letestu. McElhinney did likewise at the other end on Galchenyuk. In round two, Budaj used his glove to deny an Anisimov backhand, and Desharnais, a healthy scratch in two of the previous four games, beat McElhinney with a tight shot. Columbus' last chance was Ryan Johansen, but Budaj didn't bite on a fake and made the save.

Boston @ Ottawa 2-4 - Loui Eriksson scored his fourth goal at 6:03 of the first period. He also assisted on Brad Marchand's goal, his third of the season, at 9:50 of the first. Ryan went to the dressing room at 16:25 of the third after he appeared to take an elbow to the face on a hit by Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg behind the Boston net. He did not return to the game. No penalty was called on the play. Neil drew Ottawa within 2-1 with 50 seconds remaining in the first period. Bruins defenseman Torey Krug turned over the puck to Neil, who drove over the blue line and beat Rask with a shot from the right faceoff circle. Spezza tied it at 2-2 with his ninth goal at 1:32 of the third. Spezza took Erik Karlsson's pass on the left side and put a shot over Rask's right pad. Cowen put the Senators up 3-2 with a drive from the left side between Rask's pads. Ryan scored his team-leading 10th goal with an unassisted effort at 10:11 to put Ottawa up by two. Eriksson opened the scoring at 6:03 of the first period. Patrice Bergeron reached around Spezza on a faceoff in the left circle to pull the puck back to Bartkowski, whose drive from the point was deflected by Eriksson on its way past Anderson. Marchand took a pass from Bartkowski inside Ottawa's blue line and weaved his way to the slot before beating Anderson with a wrist shot off the post into the top right corner to put Boston up 2-0 at 9:50. Marchand was hit in front of the net by Seidenberg's slap shot from the left point at 7:44 of the second. He went to the dressing room briefly before returning to the bench a few minutes later.

Washington @ Detroit 4-3 SO - The Crapitals took a 1-0 lead 5:50 into the game on a goal by Brooks Laich, who shoveled a rebound of his shot past Howard for his first goal since Oct. 19 and third of season. The Capitals kept that lead for the next 10 minutes, which made it start to feel like another lackluster night at home for the Red Wings. Holtby really made it feel that way after a dazzling skate save with 5:53 left in the first denied Tomas Tatar's wraparound attempt that would've been a sure goal. As it turned out, a cross-checking minor called on Capitals forward Tom Wilson during that play changed things quickly. Franzen scored his first goal of the game with 4:08 left in the period to cap the man-advantage and tie it 1-1, his third goal of the season (all power-play). After getting the puck in the left circle, he walked it closer to the net and wired a wrist shot through a screen by Tatar that went over Holtby's shoulder and under the crossbar. A little more than two minutes later, at 18:10 of the first, Franzen scored his first even-strength goal of the season to make it 2-1. A beautiful tape-to-tape pass from Tatar found its way through traffic in front of the net, and Franzen redirected it into an opening on the back side. Among the good signs for Detroit was the emergence of some scoring outside of Zetterberg and Datsyuk on the top line. It came mostly from Franzen, who scored two goals and assisted on rookie defenseman Danny DeKeyser's power-play goal late in the second period, which made it 3-1.  Following a switch in lines early in the third, Ovechkin brought Washington within 3-2 at 3:19 by chipping a short feed from Marcus Johansson over goalie Jimmy Howard's shoulder and under the crossbar. Latta scored his first NHL goal off a rebound at 11:54 to tie it. Holtby made some key saves to thwart an early Detroit power play in the third. Ovechkin and Latta tied the game 3-3 midway through the period. Each team got a power play in overtime, but neither could end it there. Backstrom finally did in the third round of the shootout, beating Howard through the pads after Washington goalie Braden Holtby made saves against Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen and Todd Bertuzzi.

Florida @ Minnesota 2-3 - Florida scored twice in the third period to pull even at 2-2, but Charlie Coyle's goal with 8:22 remaining in regulation enabled the Wild to survive a scare and escape with a 3-2 victory against the Panthers on Friday night. Zach Parise and Jason Pominville scored goals in the first period to give the Wild a 2-0 lead. But the Panthers stemmed the tide in the second, outshooting the Wild 9-5 and gaining momentum they carried into the third period, when they continued their push. Florida owned the first half of the final period and took advantage of a Wild turnover at 3:31 to get on the board. Jesse Winchester gained control after an aggressive forecheck and found Tomas Kopecky in front for his first goal of the season. Florida tied it at 8:59 when Jonathan Huberdeau gobbled up a loose puck in the slot and rifled it past Wild goaltender Josh Harding for his fourth of the season. The play started in Minnesota's offensive zone when Koivu tried to circle into the slot and lost control of the puck to Florida's Nick Bjugstad, who raced down the rink with the puck. He lost control after entering the zone, but Huberdeau cleaned up for his first goal in 12 games. With Florida still pushing, Koivu won a puck battle in the corner and found the 6-foot-3-inch Coyle powering to the front of the net. He put a pass right on the tape that Coyle pushed in for his second of the season.
 
Philadelphia @ Winnipeg 2-3 SO - The Winnipeg Jets combined a much-maligned tool and an old reliable one to continue their successful ways with a 3-2 shootout win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. After a rare Winnipeg power-play goal late in the third period tied the game at 2-2 and an overtime in which the Flyers fired eight shots on goal, the Jets pulled out their third consecutive shootout win. Bryan Little converted the deciding tally in the shootout's fifth round to give the Jets their season-high fourth straight win. Winnipeg's Dustin Byfuglien, who had one goal this season entering the game, scored to tie the game at 2-2 with 5:37 left in regulation, the second of his two goals on the man-advantage Friday night. The Flyers used first-period goals from Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds, spaced five minutes apart, to undo an early Winnipeg lead and carry a one-goal advantage for more than 42 minutes of play. Byfuglien tied the game at 2-2 just 16 seconds into the Jets' fourth power play of the game with Flyers forward Steve Downie in the penalty box for hooking. Off the ensuing faceoff, Byfuglien took a pass from Olli Jokinen and ripped a left-point shot that climbed over Philadelphia goaltender Steve Mason's right glove. The Jets used their power play to open an early 1-0 lead. Byfuglien took Devin Setoguchi's pass from inside the Philadelphia blue line to the top of the right circle and snapped a high shot past Mason at 5:36 for his second goal of the season. Winnipeg had not scored on the power play since Blake Wheeler's first-period goal in a 3-2 loss at the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 29. But Hartnell got the equalizer 49 seconds later, scoring on a wraparound for his third goal of the season. Philadelphia used its own power play to go ahead 2-1 at 11:45 when Simmonds shoved the rebound of a Hartnell shot under Pavelec.
 
San Jose @ Edmonton 3-1 - The San Jose Sharks completed the first three-game sweep through Western Canada in franchise history by beating the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Friday night. Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl and Patrick Marleau scored to help the Sharks complete a run of three wins in four days against the Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks and the Oilers. The Oilers avoided being shut out at home for the fourth consecutive time when Nail Yakupov scored a second-period power-play goal, ending a 214:52 stretch without a goal at Rexall Place. But that was the only shot to beat Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock, who made 30 saves for his third win in as many starts. Pavelski opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 15:44 of the first period. He was left alone in front of a wide-open net after Oilers defenseman Andrew Ference inadvertently took out his own goaltender. Hertl increased the Sharks' lead at 17:13, firing Thornton's centering feed past Dubnyk for his 12th of the season, tops among all rookies. Marleau made it 3-0 at 3:45 of the second period, firing a shot over Dubnyk's shoulder on a 2-on-1 rush with Jason Demers. The Oilers missed two chances to get back in the game when Ryan Smyth couldn't tuck a wraparound into an open net and David Perron hit the post moments later. Yakupov finally got Edmonton on the board at 12:48 when he stepped into a bouncing puck and fired it through Stalock for a power-play goal.