Tuesday 24 November 2015

NHL - Results - Sunday, November 21, 2015


Los Angeles @ Carolina 3-4
Defenseman Brett Pesce started the scoring for the Hurricanes with his first NHL goal. His slap shot from inside the blue line appeared to deflect off the stick of Tanner Pearson before fluttering under the glove of Jonathan Quick at 3:31.
Pesce, a first-year pro, has been a fixture in the Carolina lineup for all 13 games since his call-up. Carolina made it 2-0 on Jeff Skinner's fourth of the season early in the second period. After Pesce shot wide, Skinner collected the rebound behind the goal line and banked the puck off Quick's blocker at 1:48. The Hurricanes pushed the advantage to three goals when Faulk, a defenseman, scored on a wrist shot under the crossbar on a 5-on-3 power play at 4:26. After Drew Doughty went off for interference, Anze Kopitar was whistled for delay of game on the ensuing faceoff. Dustin Brown cut into the Carolina lead when he scored on a penalty shot at 13:02. With Brown pursuing a loose puck in the crease, Noah Hanifin covered the puck with his hand. Brown came in slowly on Cam Ward before drawing him across the crease and scoring past the glove. Less than two minutes later, Kopitar scored unassisted to make it 3-2 at 14:00. He recovered Faulk's errant clearing pass and scored on a wrist shot to the far post. Faulk scored again on the power play at 17:46 to extend the Hurricanes' lead to 4-2. Quick stopped Faulk's slap shot, but Alec Martinez stepped on the loose puck in the crease and pushed it into the net. Kopitar cut Carolina's lead to 4-3 with a power-play goal at 9:15. His low shot from the right point beat Ward (26 saves) under the pads. Carolina forward Nathan Gerbe left the game at 13:00 of the first period and did not return after a big hit by Kyle Clifford in the corner. He left the ice without putting weight on his right leg.

NY Islanders @ Montreal 2-4
Alex Galchenyuk scored the go-head power-play goal with 3:29 remaining in the third period to give Montreal a 4-2 win. Their win, however, was tempered by news that right wing Brendan Gallagher broke two fingers on his left hand when he blocked a slap shot by Johnny Boychuk with the game tied 1-1 in the second.
Gallagher will have surgery Monday. He is out indefinitely. Galchenyuk one-timed P.K. Subban's cross-ice feed past Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss for Montreal's second power-play goal, and third on special teams. Max Pacioretty scored a power-play goal into an empty net with 8.9 seconds left. It was his 300th career point. Galchenyuk scored after Taylor Beck was penalized for goaltender interference with 3:35 left in the third. New York was called for too many men with 1:22 remaining. Tavares scored his team-leading 10th goal to give New York a 1-0 lead at 18:41 of the first. Montreal drew even and took a 2-1 lead with a pair of special-teams goals in the second. David Desharnais tied it with power-play goal at 9:37, and Tomas Fleischmann put the Canadiens ahead with a shorthanded goal at 14:09. Anders Lee tied the game at 2-2 when he scored at 11:53 of the third period, four seconds after Montreal successfully killed Dale Weise's holding penalty. Price made a glove save on Tavares' tipped shot on a centering pass from Frans Nielsen at 13:53 to keep the game tied.
Gallagher, who had a seven-game point streak, his longest in the NHL, left the game after he was struck on the left hand while blocking Boychuk's slap shot at 12:34 of the second. After retrieving his stick, Gallagher tried to continue playing without his left glove before skating to the bench, throwing his right glove and stick to the ice in frustration before heading straight to the dressing room while favoring his left arm. Tomas Plekanec was called for interference at 12:57, but the Islanders failed to take advantage on the ensuing power play when Montreal took the lead. Fleischmann drove in on a breakaway and shot past Greiss for the Canadiens' NHL-leading fifth shorthanded goal.

New Jersey @ Vancouver 3-2
Mike Camallerri opened the scoring 65 seconds into the second period, set up Andy Greene's unlikely power-play goal 91 seconds into the third and assisted on Adam Henrique's goal eight minutes later. They might not have had a chance without Schneider. He made 17 saves in the third period, including a Radim Vrbata penalty shot at 5:14, but saved his best for the Sedin twins. Schneider denied Daniel Sedin several times on a Canucks power play that was 1-for-7, getting his blocker on a couple of one-touch shots from the slot off slap passes from Henrik Sedin, and sliding left to right to deny Daniel Sedin on a rebound chance. The slap pass redirect was a play Schneider knew well from three seasons in Vancouver. Henrik Sedin ended Schneider's shutout bid with a shorthanded goal 7:21 into the third period after the Devils goalie misplayed the puck to Daniel Sedin in front of the net, and Vrbata scored a power-play goal on a deflection with 0.6 seconds left, but it wasn't enough. Schneider was traded to New Jersey for the ninth pick at the 2013 NHL Draft, which was used to select Bo Horvat. The 20-year-old center almost pulled the Canucks within a goal late with a nice pass that left the Devils goalie diving headfirst to stop Alexandre Burrows. Cammalleri opened the scoring after being knocked down in a scramble around the Canucks net early in the second period, but got back up and was all alone atop the crease when Kyle Palmieri knocked to him from the side of the net. Cammalleri waited patiently for Markstrom to kick his leg up, anticipating a high shot, so he could slide it in along the ice. Greene, who is known more for his defensive play, was inserted on the power play after it gave up a couple chances and scored on a deflected point shot early in the third period after a screened Markstrom got caught moving right anticipating a pass.
Henrik Sedin ended the shutout after Schneider's errant pass went to Daniel Sedin with the Devils on a power play, but Henrique restored the two-goal lead 2:04 later.

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