Philadelphia @ Ottawa 4-5 SO - Jason Spezza scored Ottawa's first shootout goal in 13 attempts this season, and Craig Anderson stopped all three Philadelphia Flyers shooters in the Senators' 5-4 win at Canadian Tire Centre on Monday. Clarke MacArthur and Bobby Ryan failed to score on Ottawa's first two attempts against Flyers goalie Steve Mason before Spezza, who assisted on the Senators' first two goals of the game, charged in and then stopped hard to deke Mason and stuff a shot inside the right post. Philadelphia's Matt Read, Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier failed to score in the shootout on Anderson, who made 25 saves prior to the breakaway competition. Anderson made a glove save on Jakub Voracek's backhand at 14:22 to deny the Flyers right wing a second goal, and keep it tied at 4. With less than a minute remaining in regulation, Anderson sprawled to his right along the ice to stop a backhand by Giroux. Kimmo Timonen drew Philadelphia even for the second time in the game at 10:58 of the third period, when he beat Anderson with a shot from the left point for his second goal. Flyers rookie Michael Raffl had two points, including his first NHL goal to open the scoring at 8:18 of the first. Philadelphia fell behind 2-1 before regaining the lead in the second on goals 50 seconds apart by Voracek and Luke Schenn, who assisted on Raffl's goal. MacArthur, who put a shot off the left post in overtime, drew the Senators even at 3 with his second goal of the game at 2:21 of the third. Turris scored unassisted at 8:21 to put Ottawa up 4-3. MacArthur drew the Senators even with his first goal of the game, his 10th, at 10:37 of the first. Ryan had two assists, including a backhand pass to set up Patrick Wiercioch's power-play goal, which gave Ottawa a 2-1 lead at 9:30 of the second. Voracek drew the Flyers even at 2 with a power-play goal at 11:43 of the second. Schenn put Philadelphia ahead 3-2 at 12:33, when he blasted a one-timer over Anderson from the right boards. Philadelphia got out to a 1-0 lead on Raffl's first goal in 18 games at 8:18 of the first. The 25-year-old left wing, who had two assists in his first 17 games, trailed Wayne Simmonds to the net and beat Anderson with a shot inside the left post.
Carolina @ Vancouver 0-2 - Lack needed to stay calm until Jannik Hansen scored into an empty net with 1:15 left. Chris Higgins had two assists for the Canucks, who have won five straight games for the first time this season despite playing on consecutive nights and three times in four days. The 25-year-old hadn't played since a 3-2 win in Carolina eight days earlier, but made 11 stops in the first period and his best saves late in the second. Lack stuffed Riley Nash on a sharp-angle net drive then pushing across to get a glove on Patrick Dwyer's rebound attempt from the low slot. He added a similar stop on a Tuomo Ruutu rebound chance early in the third period, and stuffed an Eric Staal redirection in tight with four minutes left. After being forced to make a sprawling save off Jiri Tlusty on a rebound at the side of the net in the opening minutes, Lack was in control the rest of the way, catching more than half a dozen pucks. Tanev scored his second goal of the season 3:35 in, beating Peters, who was screened by his own defenseman, low on the blocker side with a wrist shot from the top of the right faceoff circle. Lack made a good stop on a spinning shot off the right wing by Jeff Skinner, who was named the NHL's First Star for scoring five goals last week, early in the second period, and gloved his slap shot on a power play 19 seconds into the third. Not be outdone, Peters, who came in with a .922 save percentage, kept it close with a handful of great saves in the first period. The game started with an ovation from the Rogers Arena crowd for Manny Malhotra, who played parts of three seasons for the Canucks before being shut down by management over concerns about his vision and safety on the ice early last season.
NY Islanders @ Anaheim 2-5 - Andrew Cogliano, Cam Fowler and Corey Perry scored on arguably some of the best hockey highlights of the season in a 13-minute span to lead the Ducks to a 5-2 win against the New York Islanders at Honda Center. Cogliano got it started when he slammed home an amazing no-look feed from Daniel Winnik through traffic to tie it at 2-2 at 12:41 of the second. Fowler started and finished a 3-on-1 with a tap-in of Matt Beleskey's pass at 19:27 for his first career shorthanded goal. Perry topped it 31 seconds later when he toe dragged the puck around Calvin de Haan, fell to his knees and still lifted the puck into the right side of the net for a 4-2 lead. Perry added a tap-in power-play goal in the third and has a career-high six-game goal-scoring streak. Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf got an assist and has points in the past 14 games he has played, and Winnik was later credited with a career-high three assists. The highlight goals somewhat overshadowed a defense led by Jonas Hiller, who stopped 35 of 37 shots and helped Anaheim manage a stagnant start. In Hiller, Viktor Fasth and Frederik Andersen, the Ducks boast three quality goaltenders, but Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau's comments reinforced that Hiller remains the No.1. Before Anaheim's scoring outburst, the first half of the game was mostly about the Saku Koivu shutdown line against the Tavares line. Islanders coach Jack Capuano had called out his top trio (Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo) for being too cute, and it responded with two goals in another strong opening road period for New York. Tavares won a faceoff and Vanek snapped a rolling puck past Hiller for his ninth goal at 4:17 of the second for a 2-1 lead. Tavares got his 12th goal on the power play when he banged home Vanek's pass from the slot at 9:17 of the first period. It doesn't help Capuano and the Islanders to try and match up against the Getzlaf line, which has combined for 40 points over the past 12 games. Its 45 goals are the most among any three teammates in the NHL. Koivu scored his first goal since the home opener Oct.10, when he backhanded Fowler's rebound from the right side at 15:54 of the first before Winnik and Cogliano connected to make it 2-2. The Ducks didn't put a shot on goal until 9:20 of the first period. Koivu's stick prevented Tavares from scoring on a wraparound in the opening minutes, and Anaheim took interference and too-many-men penalties in the first 13:12. Anaheim defenseman Mark Fistric left the game with an upper body injury. Boudreau said he is day-to-day.
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