Montreal @ NY Rangers 0-5 - New York carried the play during the first period but managed only a one-goal advantage. St. Louis gave the Rangers some breathing room with a pair of great plays in the middle period, including one in the first minute. He took a pass from Chris Kreider as the Rangers entered the zone, and skated toward the right circle before backhanding a pass through two Canadiens defenders to Derek Stepan near the top of the left circle. Stepan snapped a shot past goaltender Dustin Tokarski for his second goal of the season and a 2-0 New York lead 35 seconds into the period. Later in the period St. Louis lifted Montreal defenseman Alexei Emelin's stick and stole the puck, giving him a clear path to the net. He scored while moving to his right but lofting a shot into the top-left corner after Tokarski committed to sliding across his crease. Dominic Moore scored the lone goal of the first period. Montreal forward Alex Galchenyuk made an unwise decision, trying to send the puck back through the slot instead of toward the boards as he skated back toward his net. The puck deflected off Rangers forward Tanner Glass and landed near the top of the crease for Moore to punch it past Tokarski at 9:44 for his first goal of the season. Rookie Anthony Duclair made another fantastic individual play to make it 4-0. A pass from Kevin Hayes was behind Duclair, but he snared it with his right foot and slid it to his stick before finding Carl Hagelin at the far post for a tap-in goal. It was Hagelin's fifth. Rick Nash scored on a breakaway to complete the scoring. He slipped behind the defense, and although it took Derick Brassard a couple of seconds to realize it, he still got the puck to Nash, who scored his 14th goal, tying him for second in the NHL with Steven Stamkos behind Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin's 15. All 12 forwards had at least one point for the Rangers. It was the first time since Dec. 17, 1980, against the Winnipeg Jets that all New York forwards had at least a point, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
Phoenix @ Anaheim 1-2 - It took a fluky gaffe and a fat rebound for the Anaheim Sucks to get a 2-1. Kyle Palmieri capitalized on a Smith misstep and Patrick Maroon scored his first goal of the season. The Sucks got a strong game from the line of Palmieri, Maroon and Ryan Kesler, who had two assists. The Coyotes had 10 shots through 40 minutes, but pulled to within a goal on Keith Yandle's one-timer from the slot at 8:56 of the third period. They got a 6-on-4 advantage with 40.2 seconds left when Anaheim defenseman Francois Beauchemin was called for cross-checking, but the Sucks cleared the puck twice. Maroon slammed home a rebound of Sami Vatanen's shot from the slot at 17:20 of the second for a 2-0 Sucks lead. It was his first goal since April 13. Palmieri scored after Smith fell behind the net trying to stop Palmieri's dump-in. Kesler grabbed the loose puck and sent a blind pass to the slot that went off Coyotes forward Joe Vitale's stick to Palmieri, who easily scored into the empty net at 14:08. Left wing Rene Bourque made his Ducks debut and played on a line with Rickard Rakell and Devante Smith-Pelly. He had three shots and three hits. Anaheim played without defenseman Clayton Stoner, who was held out because of "mild mumps-like symptoms." Defenseman Mat Clark played his first game since Nov. 9.
Chicago @ Vancouver 1-4 - After honoring Daniel Sedin's 1,000th game in a pre-game ceremony, right wing Jannik Hansen completed his first career hat trick into an empty net with 42.1 seconds left to lead the Canucks to a 4-1 win. Hansen opened the scoring with 7:47 left in the first period and put the Canucks ahead again 6:24 into the third with his fourth goal in the past three games. Linemates Derek Dorsett had two assists and 19-year-old rookie Bo Horvat had three. Horvat, playing his eighth NHL game, started the play on the winning goal by winning a faceoff in his own zone against Chicago captain Jonathan Toews. Dorsett then won a race to his dump-in into the corner and threw the puck into the slot, where a streaking Hansen tipped it past Corey Crawford's glove. Radim Vrbata ended any comeback thoughts by making it 3-1 on a rebound with 2:24 left in the period, setting the stage for the speedy Hansen to finish off his hat trick after winning a race for a loose puck. Canucks goalie Ryan Miller, who was eliminated by Chicago in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season while playing for the St. Louis Blues, made 24 saves for his 13th win of the season. But the focus after the game wasn't on Miller's revenge or Daniel Sedin's milestone. It was all about the Canucks' fourth line, which is benefitting from the approach of new coach Willie Desjardins. Crawford denied Nick Bonino twice early, getting his right pad on a rebound in the slot 4:35 into the game and then with the glove another good chance four minutes later.
Hansen finally beat him as a power play expired with 7:47 left in the period. With Versteeg about to step out of the penalty box for roughing defenseman Luca Sbisa in response to a hard hit on Patrick Kane, the Canucks' fourth line broke out on a 3-on-2 rush. Dorsett's pass to Horvat in the middle deflected to an open Hansen cutting into the slot and he beat Crawford over the blocker.
It was the third straight game Hansen has scored a goal. Crawford threw out his blocker to rob Hansen on a one-timer from the slot early in the second period and the Blackhawks tied it early into their third power play of the game 7:55 into the period. Duncan Keith took a crisp cross-ice pass from Brent Seabrook and quickly threw a wobbling point shot at the net for Versteeg to knock out of the air past Miller for his seventh point in four games. The Canucks had a great chance to restore the lead on a power play five minutes later, when a nice backdoor passing play left Henrik Sedin with an open net. But Crawford pushed across and splayed out and Sedin's low shot wedged under the heel of his left skate.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Philadelphia @ NY Islanders 0-1 SO - Frans Nielsen and John Tavares converted in the shootout and the Islanders overcame Steve Mason's phenomenal 46-save performance in a 1-0 victory. It was the fourth straight win for the Islanders, who outshot the Flyers 46-21 through a scoreless 65 minutes. Jaroslav Halak, who denied Scott Laughton and Claude Giroux in the shootout, recorded his third shutout of the season and has won his past seven starts. Mason kept the game scoreless with 12:35 remaining in the first period when he managed to glove Nielsen's rebound attempt from between the circles. Halak responded a few minutes later when he got his right pad on Sean Couturier's shorthanded breakaway chance. Mason's strong play continued into the third, when he denied Tavares on a wraparound and then quickly turned aside Kyle Okposo on the rebound. Okposo was robbed again with 1:40 left when he took a drop pass from Nikolay Kulemin and ripped a wrist shot from the right circle that Mason snared out of the air with his glove. It was the Islanders' 42nd shot of the game. They held a 43-20 advantage after 60 minutes. Mason's dazzling performance carried on into overtime when he gobbled up Johnny Boychuk's redirection from right in front of the net off a feed from Nick Leddy 1:03 into the extra period. Mason denied Okposo in the opening round of the shootout before Nielsen and Tavares solved him in the following rounds.
Ottawa @ Detroit 3-4 - Kyle Turris opened the scoring with a 5-on-3 power-play goal 5:19 into the first period. He beat Howard with a one-time slap shot from the top of the left circle, converting a cross-ice pass from Karlsson. It was Turris' fourth goal of the season. Nyquist's power-play goal with 3:15 left in the first period tied the game 1-1. He scored off Red Wings’ captain Henrik Zetterberg's rebound, for his team-leading 10th goal. Detroit scored three times in the second period to take a 4-1 lead. Sheahan's power-play goal 2:23 into the second broke a 1-1 tie. He put in a long rebound off a shot from Tomas Tatar from the right faceoff circle on the rush. It was Sheahan's fourth goal of the season. Weiss scored the next two goals. His first goal since Oct. 14, 2013, made it 3-1 with 6:26 left in the second. He put in a loose puck from in front. His second goal came with 2:08 left in the second, 4:18 later, when he backhanded a shot past Anderson from the bottom of the left circle for his 400th career point. Karlsson cut the Red Wings lead to 4-2, 2:43 into the third period with his sixth goal. He beat Howard with a wrist shot from the high slot.
Hoffman got his eighth goal, with 35 seconds remaining. Howard made a glove save on defenseman Patrick Wiercioch's knuckling shot from the left point just before the final buzzer.
Minnesota @ Florida 4-1 - Zucker spent last season bouncing between the minors and Minnesota. He started this season on the Wild's fourth line, but has played his way onto the second line with center Mikko Koivu and left wing Thomas Vanek. Koivu set up both of Zucker's goals. Nino Niederreiter scored an unassisted goal in the first period and Zach Parise had an empty-net goal with 1:29 remaining. Goaltender Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves for the Wild. Zucker gave the Wild a 1-0 lead at 5:58 of the first period when he took a cross-ice pass from Koivu and slipped it through Luongo's five-hole for his seventh goal of the season. Niederreiter doubled the Minnesota's lead at 17:43 with his 10th goal of the season. Panthers defenseman Willie Mitchell failed to control the puck in front of Florida's bench and Niederreiter came streaking between Mitchell and defense partner Colby Robak, grabbed the puck for a breakaway and roofed a shot over Luongo's blocker. Thornton made it 2-1 with a goal that needed a video review. At 5:34 of the second period, Thornton deflected Dmitry Kulikov's shot and the puck dropped behind Backstrom's left shoulder. The play was originally ruled no goal due to a high stick. However, the officials determined after a group huddle that Thornton's stick was not above the height of the crossbar and a video review confirmed the decision to allow the goal. Zucker and Koivu combined to make it 3-1 at 17:19. Zucker's check on Panthers defenseman Erik Gudbranson in the left corner allowed Koivu to get control of the puck. He fed Zucker, who took the pass in front of Luongo and fired a shot toward the top right corner. The puck bounced off the post and went behind Luongo for Zucker's eighth goal of the season. The Panthers didn't have many scoring opportunities in the first two periods, Florida was outshot 14-5 after one period and 30-14 after two. But they managed 16 shots on goal in the third period, only to have Backstrom stop them all.
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