Results - Wed, Nov 27, 2013

 
Montreal @ Buffalo 3-1 - David Desharnais' power-play goal at 13:44 of the second period proved to be the game-winner as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 at First Niagara Center. He deflected P.K. Subban's shot from the point to beat Sabres goalie Ryan Miller to make it 2-0 and help the Canadiens extend their winning streak to four games. Sabres captain Steve Ott was cut by a high stick 7:54 into the game. Canadiens forward Alex Galchenyuk was assessed a double-minor for high sticking, but the Sabres didn't score on the power play. Ott returned later in the period. Galchenyuk scored his sixth goal of the season to give the Canadiens a 1-0 lead at 17:21. Andrei Markov's shot from a Lars Eller pass deflected off Galchenyuk and went past Miller. After Desharnais' goal gave Montreal a two-goal lead, Matt Moulson cut the deficit back to one when he scored his ninth goal of the season at 17:30. Drew Stafford set the play up after he stole the puck from Subban and found Moulson alone in front for a one-timer that beat Carey Price. A third-period fight between Sabres forward John Scott and Canadiens defenseman Douglas Murray left Murray with a cut to his forehead. Murray needed stitches to close the cut, but returned late in the game. Brendan Gallagher added a power-play goal with 1:44 to play in the third for the Canadiens, his ninth goal of the season. The Canadiens finished 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Carolina @ New Jersey 4-3 - The Hurricanes opened a 1-0 lead 6:44 into the first period when Faulk's wrist shot from the right point beat Brodeur inside the short-side post. The goal was Faulk's first this season and the first of his career against the Devils. Carolina took a 2-0 lead 1:50 into the second when Ruutu received a marvelous backhand feed from Eric Staal at the left hash before drilling a one-timer that beat Brodeur to the long side. Staal is on a season-long seven-game point streak, during which he has three goals and six assists. The Devils got on the scoreboard by taking advantage of an ill-advised line change by the Hurricanes. Travis Zajac took a pass from Dainius Zubrus and broke in 2-on-1 with Jagr before snapping a shot from the left circle that beat Ward through the five hole at 4:21. Zajac used his linemate at a decoy before scoring his fourth of the season. The Hurricanes took a 3-1 lead in the second period when defenseman Hainsey's shot from the left point deflected off the stick of Patrik Elias in the slot and went past past Brodeur at 8:18. Jagr almost scored at 10:33 when his shot from the left circle rang off the right post past Ward. Dwyer scored the game-winner with his second shorthanded goal of the season 15:43 into the second period to give the Hurricanes a 4-1 lead. After blocking a dump attempt by defenseman Andy Greene at the Carolina blue line, Dwyer skated hard down his right wing before cutting into the slot and depositing his fourth of the season between the pads of Brodeur. Greene pared the deficit to 4-2 on a slap shot from the point that beat Ward over his glove at 8:30 of the third period. The Devils got within 4-3, nonetheless, when Jagr knocked in a rebound at 18:13. They pulled goalie Martin Brodeur with 1:33 remaining but couldn't generate a quality scoring chance the remainder of the game. The goal was No. 691 of Jagr's career, which moved him past former Pittsburgh Penguins teammate Mario Lemieux for ninth place on the NHL's all-time list. Jagr is one goal behind Steve Yzerman (692) for eighth place and three behind Mark Messier (694) for seventh. The 41-year-old has 1,707 points, 16 behind Lemieux for seventh place on the scoring list.
 
Winnipeg @ NY Islanders 3-2 - Mark Stuart, Andrew Ladd and Devin Setoguchi scored in a 5:15 span of the second period for the Jets (12-11-4), who improved to 2-0-0 on their six-game Eastern trip after beating the New Jersey Devils on Monday. Former Islanders goalie Al Montoya made 28 saves for the victory and helped the Jets hang on after building a 3-0 lead in the second period. Stuart broke a scoreless tie 11:27 into the second period. After Jets center James Wright won a faceoff in the Islanders zone against Casey Cizikas, Stuart collected the puck near the left point and fired a shot that found its way through a crowd and past Poulin's glove to give Winnipeg a 1-0 lead. It was Stuart's first goal of the season. Ladd doubled the Jets' lead at 14:39 on his seventh goal of the season. Islanders defenseman Matt Donovan turned the puck over in the neutral zone, which allowed the Jets to break the other way. Ladd ended up being left all alone in front of the net and finished off a give-and-go with Bryan Little by backhanding a shot past Poulin to make it 2-0. Setoguchi made it a three-goal game 2:03 later. Jets defenseman Keaton Ellerby took a pass from Mark Scheifele and let go a slap shot from the right point that Setoguchi was able to redirect past Poulin for his sixth goal of the season. The Islanders got one back before the end of the second period via the power play. After Olli Jokinen took a boarding penalty in the offensive zone, Thomas Vanek sent a feed to MacDonald at the point, where the latter ripped a slap shot past Montoya to make it 3-1. It was MacDonald's second goal of the season. Tavares, who had the second assist on MacDonald's goal, cut the deficit to one with 5:59 left in regulation when he knocked down a pass by teammate Matt Carkner, bulled his way to the front of the net and jammed the puck through Montoya's five-hole for his 11th of the season. New York got a golden opportunity to tie the game when Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba was called for hooking at 14:54. The Islanders generated three shots on goal, but failed to score.

 
Ottawa @ Washington 6-4 - The Senators got off to a fast start, registering the game's first six shots on goal, but the Capitals gradually titled the ice in their favor, taking the next nine shots and grabbing the lead at 12:10 on Eric Fehr's second goal of the season. Fehr started the play by pressuring Joe Corvo along the half-wall. Michael Latta picked up the loose puck and was able to push it back to Fehr despite being tripped by a sprawling Ryan. With room in front, Fehr waited out Chris Phillips and fired a snap shot past Anderson from the slot. Ryan tied the game at 13:28 when he deflected Patrick Wiercioch's power-play point shot past Braden Holtby (35 saves), but the Capitals regained the lead at 14:06 when Alex Ovechkin's pass from the left circle ricocheted off Marc Methot and Troy Brouwer before finding its way to Marcus Johansson, who was waiting back-door. Forty-seven seconds later, Brooks Laich beat Jason Spezza to a loose puck in the slot and backhanded it past Anderson. With three goals in 2:43, the Capitals matched their goal total from their previous three games combined. The Senators, however, responded with a dominant second period, outshooting the Capitals 19-3 and tying the game with two goals exactly four minutes apart. Phillips cut Ottawa's deficit to 3-2 at 6:36, ripping a top-shelf slap shot past Holtby on the rush with Fehr in the penalty box for tripping. Colin Greening then tied the game at 10:36 on a nearly identical play, beating Holtby with a wrist shot as he came down the right side. In the third period, the Senators' power play cashed in for the third time and gave them their first lead of the game when Mika Zibanejad's deflection eluded Holtby at 6:05, marking the first time since April 5, 2011, that Ottawa scored three or more power-play goals in one game. Carlson's power-play slap shot with 3:27 remaining briefly tied the game 4-4; he scored three seconds after drawing a kneeing penalty on Smith. But Smith atoned 64 seconds later when he snapped a stretch pass from Chris Neil past Holtby. Ryan added an empty-netter to secure Ottawa's first regulation victory in Washington since March 12, 2006. Meanwhile, the Capitals, whose 38 penalty minutes were their second-most of the season, saw their losing skid reach a season-long four games as they fell to third in the Metropolitan Division.

Nashville @ Columbus 4-0 - There was a great team effort on display when Nashville played Columbus, the Predators got goals from four players and turned in a defensive performance that limited the Blue Jackets to 19 shots on goal, including four in the first period when Matt Cullen scored the only goal Nashville needed. The Predators could have been in trouble when starter Pekka Rinne went on injured reserve a month ago with a hip infection, but instead Carter Hutton and Marek Mazanec have stepped up. The Predators went into the game Wednesday at Nationwide Arena with the unusual statistic of having three goalies with four wins in the team's first 24 games. The Predators jumped on the Blue Jackets from the opening puck drop, and Cullen gave the Predators a hard-earned lead at 9:58 as they applied constant pressure on Bobrovsky, who finished with 25 saves. Cullen snuck behind defenseman Ryan Murray low in the right circle and waited for a pass from Ryan Ellis. The defenseman obliged as he faked a slap shot from the left point before drilling a pass to Cullen for the first of his two assists. Fisher made it 2-0 on the power play 56 seconds into the second with the aid of a fortuitous bounce. The original shot from the blue line by Roman Josi hit a bevy of players in front of the goalmouth, including Gabriel Bourque. The puck landed in front of Fisher, who whacked it past Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky for his fifth goal. A turnover by Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson allowed Legwand to skate through the crease and score at 8:56. Viktor Stalberg and Bourque picked up assists on Legwand's fifth goal. Cullen fired a one-timer that reached the back of the net before Bobrovsky could slide across the crease. It was his fifth goal of the season. Spaling closed out the scoring with his fourth goal of the season at 2:02 of the third period.

Boston @ Detroit 1-6 - Even without two-thirds of their top line, the Detroit Red Wings looked like themselves again Wednesday at Joe Louis Arena. Playing without Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi, Detroit defeated the Boston Bruins 6-1 thanks in large part to three quick goals scored in the first half of the second period. The Red Wings stifled the Bruins' attack, and the scoring struggle that's plagued the team all season disappeared. Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall assisted on each other's goals in the second, Johan Franzen had three assists, and Detroit got two-point games from Tomas Tatar (goal and assist), Gustav Nyquist (goal and assist) and Joakim Andersson (two assists). Jarome Iginla scored late in the third period for the Bruins (16-7-2), long after the Red Wings had pulled away. Justin Abdelkader and Drew Miller also scored for the Red Wings (12-7-7), who won their second game in a row for the first time since Oct. 30 through Nov. 2, when they defeated the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers to start a four-game trip to Western Canada. It was a completely different story in the visitors dressing room. It was the Bruins' worst loss thus far. They were outskated, outshot (28-17) and generally outplayed after Abdelkader made it 1-0 at 11:49 of the first period. They also were the recipient of some bad bounces on a night when their effort was epitomized by Milan Lucic colliding with linemate Iginla in the second period. That was tempered by his elbowing minor midway through the second period. It led to a power-play goal that made it 4-0 Detroit after Franzen slid a perfect feed through the legs of a Bruins defender and hit Kronwall in stride for a quick redirect into the net. The puck actually skipped off Rask's blocker into the top left corner for his third goal of the season and second in the past four games. Kronwall's goal came 1:15 after Zetterberg made it 3-0 by one-timing a low-to-high pass from Nyquist off Rask's left shoulder into the top right corner for his first goal since Nov. 9 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Nearly three minutes before that one, at 6:05 of the second, Tatar gave the Red Wings a 2-0 lead by collecting the puck at center ice and zipping through the Boston defense to tuck a beautiful wraparound past Rask's right skate blade. Three goals scored in four minutes, and just like that, the Red Wings had their long lost offense back. It started in the first when Abdelkader made it 1-0 by beating Loui Eriksson to a loose puck in front of the crease and burying it into the open back side of the net. It was Abdelkader's first goal since Nov. 1 against the Flames and came 11 seconds after Franzen was let out of the penalty box. Prior to that goal, the Bruins had a couple of good chances to strike first. Instead, they squandered two power plays and quickly lost steam that was never regained. The Red Wings continued to push in the third, with Gustavsson making a nice stop early to keep the Bruins scoreless, and Miller making it 5-0 at 8:38 with his first goal since Oct. 26, smacking a shot from close range that trickled through Rask's pads. Nyquist made it 6-0 before Iginla finally beat Gustavsson to get the Bruins on the board.

Philadelphia @ Tampa Bay 2-4 - Hedman made it 3-0 at 5:00 of the third period with his second of the night. The Lightning had a 5-on-3 advantage when Hedman took a pass in the slot from Teddy Purcell, did a turnaround and beat Flyers goalie Ray Emery (31 saves) to the short side. Playing the slot on the power play is a spot that Hedman is unaccustomed to, but Lightning coach Jon Cooper said the placement made sense. The Lighting put together an aggressive second period and jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Hedman opened the scoring at 9:15 when he put an odd-angled shot on net that found just enough space under Emery's arm. Hedman, who had been pinching deep into the Flyers' zone on the play, fired from below the left circle near the boards. Nate Thompson and Tyler Johnson assisted. With Tampa Bay's Alex Killorn in the penalty box for hooking, Hedman and Ondrej Palat broke out of the neutral zone on a 2-on-1 shorthanded rush. Emery stopped Hedman's shot, but the rebound went to Palat, who finished by putting the puck behind a diving Emery for his fourth goal of the season at 12:16. Philadelphia had the best scoring opportunity of the first period when Wayne Simmonds was awarded a penalty shot with 3:14 remaining. Simmonds, who had been hooked by Hedman as he closed in alone on the Tampa Bay goal, deked to his right and then cut left, but Lindback caught Simmonds' shot with his right pad. Tampa Bay was cruising with a 3-0 lead late in the third period and Lindback had his first shutout of the season in sight before Philadelphia scored two goals 40 seconds apart with less than two minutes to go, but Tyler Johnson scored an empty-net goal to seal the victory for Tampa Bay. Lecavalier scored on a one-timer off a pass from Brayden Schenn via the power play at 18:07 of the third period, and Mark Streit followed at 18:47 with his first goal of the season.

NY Rangers @ Florida 5-2 - Florida controlled the early part of the first period, at one point recording four shots in a nine-second span, before Brassard opened the scoring 12:13 in with a gorgeous power-play goal. After four crisp passes in the Florida zone, Brassard finished off the play by redirecting Zuccarello's feed in the slot over Thomas' left shoulder. Zuccarello later ended Florida's comeback bid when he backhanded a loose puck in front of the net past Thomas. Richards increased the Rangers lead to 2-0 at 18:53 of the second period with a seemingly harmless snap shot from the top of the right circle that got past Thomas after going through the legs of Florida defensemen Tom Gilbert and Brian Campbell. Nash made it 3-0 at 5:32 of the third when he stopped a Florida clearing attempt near the blue line, skated to the slot and beat Thomas with a low wrist shot to the stick side. The Rangers appeared headed for an easy victory when they led 3-0 midway through the third period, but they had to respond after Florida's Upshall scored with 7:32 left in the third period to end Lundqvist's bid for his 48th career shutout, and Bjugstad scored with 3:43 left in the third to make things interesting. Mats Zuccarello scored the Rangers' second power-play goal of the game with 1:28 remaining to seal the outcome. Carl Hagelin added an empty-netter with 23.1 seconds left. Left wing Taylor Pyatt returned to the Rangers lineup after missing eight games because of a concussion.

Los Angeles @ San Jose 2-3 OT - The San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings had scored three times apiece through seven rounds of a shootout Wednesday night at SAP Center when Joe Thornton took the ice to begin Round 8. The Sharks' captain hadn't taken a shootout attempt since Dec. 11, 2009, in the ninth round against the Dallas Stars. He hadn't scored a shootout goal since Dec. 16, 2007, against Anaheim, a game-winner in the sixth round. Thornton came through again, beating goaltender Ben Scrivens inside the right post, and when San Jose goaltender Antti Niemi stopped Tyler Toffoli, the Sharks owned a 3-2 victory against their Pacific Division rival. The Sharks moved into first place in the Pacific; they and the Anaheim Ducks have 37 points, but Anaheim has played three more games. Both teams are one point ahead of the Kings. It was the Sharks' 10th straight win at home against the Kings, a streak that includes seven regular-season wins and three in the Stanley Cup Playoffs last spring. The Kings have defeated San Jose seven straight times at Staples Center, including a 4-3 overtime victory on Oct. 30. Despite their loss Wednesday, the Kings recorded a point for the 11th straight game, tying a franchise record. The teams have split two games this season, with each visiting team earning a point by getting past regulation. Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl and Dan Boyle also scored in the shootout for San Jose. Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams and Dustin Brown scored for the Kings. Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty scored in regulation for the Kings. Pavelski and Thornton scored for the Sharks. Niemi and Scrivens each made 38 saves through 65 minutes. Carter scored 18 seconds into the game, but the Sharks took a 2-1 lead into the third period after Pavelski and Thornton scored goals in the second. The Kings answered with Doughty's goal at 6:23 of the third period. Doughty got the puck behind the Los Angeles net, brought it all the way into the San Jose zone and sent an apparent pass from the left circle toward Jarret Stoll in the slot. The puck deflected off Sharks defenseman Scott Hannan's right skate and went past Niemi. The Sharks had three power plays in the third period, their only opportunities with the extra man all night, but came up empty. They're now 0-for-10 on the power play in their past four games and 1-for-16 in their past five. The Sharks killed a penalty late in regulation, then sent a flurry of shots at Scrivens in the closing minute, but he stopped them all, sending the game to overtime. The Kings jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead on Carter's sixth goal. Center Mike Richards fired the puck wide right of the crease, off the end boards, setting the scoring play in motion. Dwight King laid a big hit on Hertl, got the puck and made a backward pass in front to Carter, who beat Niemi high to the far side. The rest of the period belonged to the Sharks. The Sharks outshot Los Angeles 18-8 in the first period, but couldn't beat Scrivens. Patrick Marleau had a game-high four shots in the first period, while Thornton had three, and Logan Couture, Hertl and Pavelski registered two apiece. Scrivens made his eighth straight start in place of Jonathan Quick, who sustained a groin injury Nov. 12 against the Buffalo Sabres. Entering the game, Scrivens led the NHL in goals-against average (1.44), save percentage (.947) and shutouts (three). In his first seven starts since Quick's injury, he went 5-0-2 with a 1.27 GAA and .954 save percentage with two shutouts. The Sharks were outshot 19-7 in the second period, but managed to score twice to take a 2-1 lead. San Jose pulled even at 2:43 of the second period on Pavelski's ninth goal of the season. Tyler Kennedy ripped a shot from the left circle that Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin blocked, but Pavelski got to the loose puck, moved to his right and wristed a high shot past Scrivens. The Sharks killed a four-minute double minor to Boyle for high-sticking Williams and drawing blood at 6:25. Thornton gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead at 16:54. Hertl forced a turnover by Doughty in the neutral zone, tracked down the puck and sent it behind the Kings net. Scrivens went behind the net and tried to clear the puck, but a hustling Thornton forced him to retreat to the crease. The Sharks captain beat Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell for control of the puck, which he put off Scrivens' skate and into the net for his third goal of the season.

Anaheim Sucks @ Dallas Stars 3-6 - 11/25

Photography Courtesy of JL Kangas

 

The Dallas Stars served notice that they're more than a one-line team. The Anaheim Ducks learned they can't take a period off. Cody Eakin, Stephane Robidas and Ryan Garbutt scored in a 53-second span of the third period Tuesday night to rally the Stars to a 6-3 victory against the disappointed Ducks. Anaheim took a 2-1 lead when Nick Bonino scored 36 seconds before the second intermission, but the Stars bounced back with a five-goal third period to win at home for the first time since Oct. 24. Antoine Roussel scored twice, Garbutt had a three-point night while and Erik Cole, Eakin and Vernon Fiddler contributed two assists each. The Stars piled up six goals despite getting no offensive production from it top line of Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Valeri Nichushkin.

"It does a lot [for our confidence] because teams are going to focus on our top line," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. "They're going to focus in on Tyler and [Jamie Benn] and [Valeri Nichushkin], and they're going to see the best defense most nights. And that's when other lines have to step up."

The Ducks grabbed the lead when Bonino beat backup goaltender Dan Ellis, who stopped 28 of the 31 shots he faced in his first start since Oct. 19, on the short side. But Dallas responded in the third with its best offensive period of the season.

"It just can't happen," Anaheim center Andrew Cogliano said. "We've won two games in a row. We're feeling good. This is a tough building to play in. We're up 2-1 after the second in a key position. Mental mistakes end up costing us the game. It just can't happen for a team like us. We could have taken over first place again tonight. Now we have five really tough games coming up and we have to sharpen up."

On a night where Dallas' top line was kept completely off the scoresheet, Ruff was glad to get half his team's goals from his fourth line.

"Obviously, we're not going to score six, but I think at the same time we're trying to use [Fiddler] against their top line, and I thought they did a nice job," Ruff said. "At home, we're going to have some favorable matchups, and hopefully we can turn that our way just with the depth of scoring on our team."

Eakin tied it at 5:25 with his sixth goal of the season, beating goaltender Jonas Hiller on his glove side with a snap shot from the high slot after a pass from Cole. Ducks forward Emerson Etem took the blame for that goal.

"I have to take full responsibility for that tying goal there," he said. "I just let off, took my foot off the gas pedal and I need to stay with that guy."

Robidas gave Dallas its first lead of the night 25 seconds later when he scorched a snap that beat Hiller top shelf over his blocker. Garbutt, assisted by Trevor Daley, made it 4-2 at 6:18.

"We want to establish ourselves as a good home team. We want to play well at home in front of our fans," Robidas said. "We haven't been able to do it this year, so we want to make a statement where it's tough to play in our building so we've just got to keep moving and keep getting better."

Roussel scored his second goal of the game at 12:08 and rookie Alex Chiasson added an empty-netter with 58 seconds remaining. Anaheim had cut the Stars' lead to 5-3 at 13:25 on a power-play goal by Dustin Penner after Stars defenseman Brenden Dillon was called for delay of game. Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau was naturally less than pleased to see his team concede five goals in the final 20 minutes.

"I don't ever want to say that it's necessarily unexplainable or it's one of those things, because I always believe there's some way we could have prevented that from happening," Boudreau said. "That's the first time I think I've been on a team that's had three goals scored on [it] in less than a minute in the third period. This is similar to what happened in Toronto [on Oct. 22]. We just go with some inexperienced guys out there and they go brain dead for a bit."

The Ducks opened the scoring 6:06 into the game when Etem tapped in a pass by Daniel Winnik for his sixth of the season. Ellis, making his first start since Oct. 19, stopped a shot by Hampus Lindholm, but Winnik collected the rebound and slipped the puck to Etem, who scored from just above the crease. Ellis got the start in place of Kari Lehtonen, who had started 14 straight games since returning from a lower-body injury on Oct. 24. Ruff's reasoning for giving Ellis the nod over Lehtonen was pretty simple.

"I just decided that [Ellis] needed to play," he said. "That's it."

Dallas tied it at 13:13 of the second when Roussel scored his third of the season. He was streaking toward the near post when Fiddler's pass deflected off his right skate and went past Hiller. Following a short official review, Roussel's goal stood. Roussel's two-point night came with his family in town for the Thanksgiving holiday.

"Everybody says my dad is there but my mom is there and my sister. Everybody is involved in the family here," Roussel said. "It's great having them in downtown Dallas, taking care of the family during Thanksgiving. That's what it's all about."

Stars forward Ray Whitney had an assist in his return after missing five games with a groin injury.

"[I] thought Ray was OK," Ruff said. "[It] really turned into a speed game at the end. [He] hasn't played in a while and [I] think it takes a couple of games to get going."

Phoenix @ Nashville 2-4 - 11/25

This time, the Nashville Predators were able to survive an early three-goal lead against the Phoenix Coyotes. Nick Spaling, Mike Fisher and Gabriel Bourque scored first-period goals for Nashville, and Marek Mazanec made 29 saves to protect that lead in a 4-2 victory at Bridgestone Arena on Monday.

"That was the mindset we had to come out with," Predators coach Barry Trotz said. "We scored three, we could have scored five or six. We had a couple breakaways, and [Coyotes goalie Mike] Smith made a great save, and we put one off the post. We really came out really well and executed, got a forecheck, turned some pucks over."

Phoenix (14-6-4) lost a third in a row for the first time this season. The Coyotes trailed a home game Oct. 31 against the Predators 3-0 in the first period before winning 5-4 in a shootout.

"We know they're a team that doesn't give up and they create a lot of pressure and they're going to stay on you," Spaling said.

Nashville (12-10-2), coming off a 2-0 loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday, scored 1:02 into this game. Predators forward Matt Cullen beat Coyotes forward Jeff Halpern to a dump-in. Cullen's shot coming across the circle was kicked out by Smith's right pad to Spaling, who scored stick-side inside the post. Coyotes forward Shane Doan nearly tied it, but hit the crossbar, and it quickly became 2-0, Predators. The puck eventually made its way behind Smith's net, and the goalie's attempt to clear it from there was disrupted by the presence of teammate Michael Stone. Predators forward Eric Nystrom was able to collect the weak pass along the boards, and he fed Colin Wilson behind the net. Smith hit Fisher with a pass, and his shot from inside the right circle connected at 8:22.

"We talked about it previous to going out there about that high slot being open," Wilson said. "So I hit [Fisher] and he got a good shot off."

Nashville scored one more before the end of the first period to equal its 3-0 lead on Halloween. David Legwand's long cross-ice pass found Viktor Stalberg on the right wing and set up a partial 2-on-1 with Bourque. Stalberg fed Bourque, who lifted a shot past Smith with 1:27 remaining.

"We just made some mistakes 1-on-1, missed coverages, and ended up in the back of our net three times," Tippett said. "… Some of it is there's some mistakes we're making that we have to clean up, but some of it I think we have to start using some different people in situations."

Phoenix started its comeback in the second period with a determined forecheck. Kyle Chipchura checked Legwand to knock the puck free, Antonie Vermette gained possession, and his wrist shot from above the right faceoff dot was tipped by Mikkel Boedker under Mazanec at 9:34. The Coyotes made it 3-2 less than four minutes later. Tim Kennedy left the puck for Radim Vrbata in the neutral zone, and he skated into the zone up the left wing. His pass to the front of the net was tipped by Martin Hanzal and kicked out by Mazanec to Kennedy, who made a move to his backhand and scored his first of the season at 13:00.

"[Tim] was one of our best players tonight," Tippett said. "Played a very fast game, was around the puck, got rewarded with a goal by going to the net. We need more people to contribute like that."

Predators defenseman Shea Weber fired the puck off the glass in his defensive zone and it went into an empty net with 35 seconds to play.

"The third period they had a real good push," Trotz said. "We got on our heels quite a bit but we defended like crazy, got a couple big saves from [Mazanec] when we needed it."

Doan left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury. He played his final shift with 6:38 remaining in the second, and a total of 14 shifts for 9:43. His eight-game point streak ended (seven goals, four assists). Tippett said Doan was removed from the game as a precaution and is considered day-to-day.

Chicago @ Edmonton 5-1 - 11/25

Patrick Kane extended his point streak to 11 games, leading the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place on Monday night. Kane scored the Blackhawks' second goal of the game on the power play, giving him six goals and nine assists during his streak. Jonathan Toews, Johnny Oduya and Andrew Shaw (two goals) also scored for the Blackhawks, who have won three of their first four games of their seven-game road trip and have taken over the top spot in the NHL standings. Chicago goalie Corey Crawford made 24 saves for the win, improving his record to 16-4-3 on the season.

"We are just taking it game by game and trying not to look too far ahead," Crawford said. "We are a very focused team right now. Playing in a building where haven't had much success of late, it was nice to come in here and get off on the right foot and get a couple of goals early."

Justin Schultz scored the lone goal for the Oilers, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Devan Dubnyk turned aside 10 shots before being pulled in the second period after the Blackhawks' fourth goal. He was replaced by Ilya Bryzgalov, who was made his Oilers debut. Bryzgalov was signed as a free agent by Edmonton earlier this month, but had been backing up Dubnyk while the Oilers put together their win streak with victories against the Calgary Flames, Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers.

"We do a lot of work every day, and I felt pretty good," Bryzgalov said. "On the one side, we're losing 4-0 and it's not exactly what you want for the team. On another hand, I got some opportunity to get some game, make sure all system right and find out maybe where's the problems. If I get next start, at least I gotta know where am I right now."

Toews opened the scoring 5:14 into the first period on a shorthanded breakaway. The Blackhawks captain was first to the puck after Nail Yakupov misplayed it at the point. Toews went in on Dubnyk and scored with a backhand-to-forehand move.

"We had a great start in the game," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "We get that shorthanded goal and we have a red-hot power play that got us off on the right foot. Getting off to that start was important. The special teams in the first period really put us in a good spot. Across the board, we did what we were looking to do and played a really solid game.”

Kane increased the Blackhawks' lead via the power play at 8:06, picking up a loose puck in front after a scramble.

"It was a crazy game to me a little bit," Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said. "It wasn't a 5-1 game, I thought it was probably a 3-1 game. But giving up that shorty early, where we bobbled the puck, cost us. Then we couldn’t kill that penalty and when you’re down 2-0 to the defending Stanley Cup champions, it's usually going to be trouble right away."

In the second period, Oduya was credited with the Blackhawks' third goal at 1:28 after Oilers defenseman Corey Potter inadvertently swatted the puck into his own net. Shaw made it 4-0 at 5:49, when he was set up for an easy tap-in by Jeremy Morin on a 2-on-1 rush. Schultz scored the Oilers only goal at 8:08, taking pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins at the right circle and firing a shot past Crawford. Shaw had a goal waived off midway through the third period, when he kicked the puck past Bryzgalov. He then scored at 18:02, tipping a Nick Leddy shot past the Oilers' goaltender.

"I needed to make up for a few bad plays I had in my last game, so I just tried to work extra hard tonight," Shaw said. "We've got back to our systems and rolling all four lines. Everybody is bringing the energy we need them to and the chemistry through all four lines is pretty amazing right now. We've been playing some of our best hockey. We've had a couple of injuries to key people, but everybody is stepping up. That's why our game has improved."

Dubnyk, who was named the NHL's Third Star for his performance last week, gave way to Bryzgalov after the Blackhawks' fourth goal. Bryzgalov made 12 saves in under 35 minutes.

"That's a veteran guy. He comes in with a little swagger," Eakins said of Bryzgalov. "I thought he was good. The only one that got by him was tipped."

The Blackhawks continue their road trip Wednesday against Calgary. The Oilers visit the Nashville Predators on Thursday in the first of a three-game road trip.

Pittsburgh @ Boston 3-4 OT - 11/25

From now on, whenever anyone asks the Boston Bruins for evidence they're resilient, they have proof. Less than a minute after allowing the game-tying goal to the Pittsburgh Penguins with 0.3 seconds left in the third period, Torey Krug's overtime goal earned the Bruins a 4-3 victory Monday in a battle of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference at TD Garden. Krug beat Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury with a slap shot from the right faceoff dot 34 seconds into extra time. The Bruins (16-6-2) are 7-0-2 in their past nine home games, and they have split the first two games of their season series with the Penguins.

"We were OK. We've been through these kinds of situations before," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "And I think the experience of that has helped us out. … We were calm and we just got ourselves ready for the overtime. To me, when you get scored on like that late, it can be devastating for certain teams. But it just made us probably a little hungrier. We went out there and showed some character, and then ended it early."

For the second straight game, Julien employed three forwards and one defenseman during the 4-on-4 overtime. That alignment paid off with a David Krejci game-winner Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes, and again with Brad Marchand setting up Krug to give Boston the win against the Penguins on Monday.

"I mean, it's great. I like it. You're in attack mode; you're trying to win the game," Krug said. "It shows something to us and to the other team that we're trying to win the game. We're not just sitting back content with a shootout. It definitely can be risky at times, but we have the personnel to able to do that."

James Neal scored twice for the Penguins (15-9-1), extending his point streak to four games. It was his fifth multipoint game. Linemate Evgeni Malkin extended his point streak to five games with an assist. The Penguins trailed 2-0 after the first period. They tied the game 2-2 in the third period, only to fall behind again 3-2. They had one more comeback in them. The Penguins pulled Fleury and coach Dan Bylsma called a timeout after an icing call against the Bruins late in the third. Pittsburgh put the heat on the Bruins until Sidney Crosby buried the equalizer with less than a second on the clock. Chris Kunitz's blind backhand pass went across the slot to Crosby.

"Yeah, I mean it's a good point, but at the same time, I think we got to keep getting better here," Neal said. "We didn't have the first [period] we wanted and we managed to stick around and battle there and get a couple goals deep, and Sid buried that one with a second left, so that's huge going into OT. We thought we deserved a little better, but we can't keep saying that; we got to do it."

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask stopped 28 of 31 shots. Fleury finished with 20 saves. Zdeno Chara's fifth goal of the season on a wrist shot gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead with 5:15 remaining in regulation. The puck went off Crosby's stick in front before it fluttered past Fleury.

"That wasn't a great play by me to go after it with my stick," Crosby said. "There was nobody in the lane. That's the last thing that the goalie wants you to do, so shouldn't have done that."

Neal had capped the Penguins' comeback from 2-0 down with his second goal of the game at 11:09 of the third period. He one-timed a pass from Jussi Jokinen from the left dot over Rask's shoulder inside the far post. The Penguins opened the game hot, but had little to show for it. After they failed to score on a power play that started at 4:42 of the first period, they held a commanding 9-1 edge in shots on net. The Bruins, however, outshot the Penguins 4-1 the rest of the way and grabbed a 2-0 lead before the first 20 minutes were over. Loui Eriksson's first goal in five games put Boston on the scoreboard first. Carl Soderberg rushed the puck blue line to blue line and found Eriksson skating behind Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik. Eriksson gained control of the puck by dragging it between his legs, and then he beat Fleury with a backhand shot through the five-hole at 12:27. The first power-play goal allowed by Pittsburgh in seven games doubled Boston's lead. Nine seconds after Soderberg drew a hooking call on Pascal Dupuis, the Bruins left wing found Reilly Smith on a backdoor cut that ended with a shot into the top shelf at 15:43.

"Well, I think we were happy about that certainly," Julien said about the early lead. "I think by the end of the first period, we also knew that it wasn't really a 2-0 kind of game and we were fortunate to be up by that many goals. That's not to take the credit away from the goal-scorers, because they were nice goals, but I don't think we came out to a great start in the first half of the first period and then kind of picked up our game a little bit in the second half. But overall, it was a tough night. It was a grinding night. Maybe tonight we weren't totally on and we had to work hard to make things happen. Some nights are not as easy as others, and tonight was one of those where we just had to grind it out because the sharpness just didn't seem to be there."

The Penguins went the final 11:33 of the first period without a shot on net. They wasted little time ending that drought, though, and scored on their first shot of the second period at 00:37. Neal got open in the high slot and roofed a wrist shot to cut the Bruins' lead to 2-1. Pittsburgh had not lost in Boston since Nov. 10, 2009, a stretch of six games. The Bruins and Penguins will meet one more time this season, on Dec. 7 in Boston. The Bruins are next in action on the road against the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday. The Penguins will host the Toronto Maple Leafs that same night. Bylsma announced after the game that Beau Bennett had surgery on his hand and wrist, and the 21-year-old right wing will be out 8-10 weeks, according to the Penguins' Twitter account.

Results - Mon, Nov 25, 2013

 
Columbus @ Toronto 6-0 - Ryan Johansen scored twice and added an assist, Ryan Murray had a goal and an assist, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 18 shots he faced to lead Columbus to an impressive 6-0 win. Cam Atkinson broke a scoreless tie at 10:18 of the opening period. With the teams at even strength, Artem Anisimov sent a pass from behind the net in front to Matt Calvert, who backhanded to Atkinson for the easy tap-in past Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer. It was Atkinson's sixth goal of the season. R.J. Umberger doubled the Blue Jackets' lead 18 seconds later with his sixth goal of the season. Ryan Murray carried the puck around the Maple Leafs net and fired a quick shot that was denied by Reimer, but Umberger was able to poke the rebound home to make it 2-0. James van Riemsdyk had Toronto's best chance of the first period, one-timing Phil Kessel's feed through Bobrovsky's pads, but the puck trickled just wide of the Columbus net. The Blue Jackets continued to generate offense in the second period. Jack Skille scored his first goal of the season at 3:07, when he came down on a 2-on-1 with Mark Letestu, took the latter's feed and ripped it from the left circle past Reimer to give Columbus a 3-0 lead. Murray made it 4-0 at 6:25 of the second via the power play. After Jake Gardiner was whistled for hooking, James Wisniewski sent a pass from the left circle to the slot for Murray, who fired a shot past Reimer for this third goal of the season. It also gave Murray his first multipoint game in the NHL. Johansen scored the first of his two goals 9:05 into the third period. Nick Foligno collected a loose puck at the Blue Jackets blue line, which created a 2-on-1 the other way. Foligno then carried the puck into the Maple Leafs zone and sent a cross-ice feed to Johansen, who one-timed it past Reimer to make it 5-0. Johansen scored again, this time on the power play, 2:19 later, ending Reimer's night. He finished with 15 saves on 21 shots. Foligno again picked up the primary assist, his second of the game. Anisimov was forced to leave the game with 9:10 remaining in the third period following a hit from Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf. Anisimov was carrying the puck through the neutral zone when he was struck by Toronto's captain, who was given a two-minute penalty for an illegal check to the head.
 
Winnipeg @ New Jersey 3-1 - Mark Scheifele scored his first goal in 25 games, Evander Kane connected for his first goal in 12, and Devin Setoguchi scored into an empty net, his first goal in eight games for the Jets (11-11-4), who opened a six-game road trip through the Eastern Conference. New Jersey broke through on Pavelec midway through the third period to pull within 2-1 when Patrik Elias had a marvelous backhand redirect from the high slot. Andy Greene took the shot from the left point that Elias tipped for his fifth goal of the season and second in two games at 10:44. The Jets opened a 2-0 lead when Kane scored his seventh of the season 7:16 into the second period. Two seconds earlier, a video replay was needed to determine that a Kane shot was stopped by Brodeur and didn't cross the goal line. Following the review, Olli Jokinen won an offensive-zone draw against Travis Zajac that banked off the half boards to Kane at the top of the left circle. Kane swept a shot short side on Brodeur. The Devils nearly pared the margin while shorthanded with seven minutes left in the second when Elias took a pass from Adam Henrique and lined a shot that rang off the right post. Winnipeg opened a 1-0 lead when Scheifele scored his first goal since the season opener from the right hash over the glove of Brodeur at 16:01. Michael Frolik took a pass from Dustin Byfuglien and skated down his left wing before sending a hard pass to Scheifele after crossing the blue line.
 
NY Rangers @ Tampa Bay 0-5 - Nikita Kucherov didn't waste much time making his presence felt in his first NHL game. It took 32 seconds to score his first goal on his first shot on his first shift at 2:12 of the first period, when he slipped away from a defender, took a pass from Purcell and blasted the puck from the right faceoff circle off Lundqvist's stick and into the net. Less than a minute later, it was Martin St. Louis' turn. Filppula's pass sent him in alone on the Rangers net and he flipped a shot over Lundqvist to make it 2-0 3:10 into the game. St. Louis' second goal came at 3:12 of the second period, when Valtteri Filppula's outlet pass sent him between two Ranger defenders and in alone on goalie Henrik Lundqvist. St. Louis picked the upper right corner of the net to extend the Lightning's lead to 3-0. Tampa Bay killed off 58 seconds of a 5-on-3 when Alex Killorn and B.J. Crombeen drew penalties less than a minute apart. In total, the Rangers had the man advantage six times during which they generated 12 shots. In the past 19 games, the Lightning have killed off 60 of their past 65 penalties. Purcell found a loose puck in the neutral zone and eased down the right side of the Rangers zone before scoring on a wrist shot for his first of the game. The unassisted goal came with 3:08 remaining in the second period and sent the Lightning to intermission with a 4-0 lead. Purcell would also add number five. Cam Talbot replaced Lundqvist at the beginning of the third period. Lundqvist finished with 18 saves on 22 shots. Once the Lightning (15-8-1) had established a quick two-goal lead, the spotlight fell on Bishop. The Rangers outshot Tampa Bay 17-10 in the first period, and several of New York's shots were outstanding scoring opportunities, including a point-blank slap shot from Anton Stralman that Bishop snared with his glove.
 
Philadelphia @ Florida 1-3 - Twenty-nine seconds after the end of Florida's second penalty, Sean Bergenheim opened the scoring at 3:35 of the second after a persistent effort around the Philadelphia net. Bergenheim first tried a wrap-around with his forehand, then a wrist shot from the side of the net, and finally a wrap-around to his backhand, with the puck sliding in between Mason and the post. Panthers defenseman Dylan Olsen and forward Jimmy Hayes, the players acquired in the trade that sent forward Kris Versteeg to the Chicago Blackhawks on Nov. 14, had the assists. Olsen was playing his first game for Florida after being recalled from San Antonio of the American Hockey League on Sunday. Bergenheim made it 2-0 at 13:59 of the second when he scored on the second of back-to-back power plays. He was standing in front of the net when he tipped Marcel Goc's wrist shot from inside the top of the left circle. Wayne Simmonds cut into the Florida lead with a power-play goal at 7:06 of the third period when he put home a rebound after Thomas stopped Scott Hartnell's one-timer from the slot. Florida defenseman Erik Gudbranson scored his first goal of the season with 4:08 left in the third period. It was the third of Gudbranson's three-year NHL career and his first since Dec. 27, 2011, snapping a 100-game drought. The insurance goal came when his slap shot from the point bounced off Flyers goalie Steve Mason and over his shoulder before rolling into the net.
 
Minnesota @ St Louis 0-3 - Minnesota thought it had a 1-0 lead 30 seconds into the game when Parise tipped Ryan Suter's shot from the left point past Halak. But the goal was immediately waved off, the call being that Parise's stick was above the crossbar, and after a lengthy review, it was determined video was inconclusive. Taking advantage of the review ruling going in their favor, the Blues jumped out a 1-0 lead on Sobotka’s goal 50 seconds later. Sobotka collected the rebound off Carlo Colaiacovo’s shot from inside the blue line and beat Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom. It was Colaiacovo's first point in his first shift since signing with St. Louis as a free agent Nov. 12. He played since defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk was out with the flu. The Blues were doing a solid job getting shots from the point and putting bodies in front of Backstrom early in the game, and Steen benefited with his first goal in five games when he took in Jay Bouwmeester's shot from the left point and beat Backstrom with a backhand upstairs at 13:38 of the first period. Steen’s first goal gave the Blues a 2-0 lead. The middle period saw no scoring, but Halak made a key point-blank stop on Zenon Konopka with 1:49 left off a rebound at the top of the crease, and the Blues' Jaden Schwartz, off a 3-on-2 rush, rang a shot off the left post with 15 seconds remaining. Chris Stewart had a big chance to extend the Blues' 2-0 lead 2:15 into the third period, but he pushed his backhand breakaway high and wide. Steen's empty-netter with 1:22 remaining sealed the Blues' victory. It moved him within two points of Sidney Crosby for the overall League-lead in points. It was St. Louis' only shot of the third period after the Wild applied ample amount of pressure.

 
Los Angeles @ Vancouver 3-2 OT - The Kings ensured themselves one point when Mike Richards tied the game with 2:54 left in the third period, then added the second when Anze Kopitar scored 48 seconds into overtime for a 3-2 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena. Los Angeles was outshot 39-22, but goalie Ben Scrivens kept it close and Kopitar won it after defenseman Slava Voynov pounced on a Kevin Bieksa turnover behind the Vancouver net. Voynov centered the puck to Kopitar alone in the left slot, and the veteran center quickly fired it up and over Roberto Luongo's shoulder on the far side. Kyle Clifford opened the scoring for the Kings, who moved six points ahead of fourth-place Vancouver and four ahead of the Phoenix Coyotes in the tight Pacific Division. The Canucks have lost seven of eight games, scoring nine goals in the losses. Defenseman Christopher Tanev scored his first of the season with 2:56 left in the second period to tie the game, and the power play finally connected on its eighth chance when Henrik Sedin one-timed a scramble pass from Daniel Sedin past Scrivens. Despite outshooting their opponent, badly at times, in six of the past seven games, the Canucks have one win, in large part because of untimely breakdowns. Coach John Tortorella pleaded in the morning not to abandon their defensive responsibilities chasing scoring chances, but Vancouver gave up a half-dozen odd-man rushes in the opening period. The Kings' fourth line opened the scoring on a 2-on-1 break that ended with a tap-in goal for Clifford, who was playing his second game back after missing six with an upper-body injury. Vancouver had plenty of chances to tie the game on the power play, especially after a big hit by Kings forward Jordan Nolan on Henrik Sedin sparked a run of rough play, post-whistle scrums and a spirited fight between Nolan, who was back after missing four with an undisclosed injury, and defenseman Ryan Stanton. The Canucks were outshooting the Kings 11-1 in the second period when Tanev scored his third career goal in his 118th NHL game. Henrik Sedin put the Canucks ahead 2-1 on a power play seven minutes into the third period, but they couldn't hold on. Jeff Carter, back after missing 10 games with a broken foot, got the puck behind the net and fed it to an open Richards atop the crease for a quick shot between Luongo's legs. The goal came 12 seconds after Scrivens made three great saves on a Canucks rush, kicking out the right pad to rob Jannik Hansen after David Booth took the puck hard to the net on a backhand, then laying down to keep out two Ryan Kesler whacks at the rebound. It would have been over a lot sooner if not for Scrivens and a penalty kill that kept the Canucks from converting its first seven chances, including a two-man advantage and a pair of 4-on-3s. Scrivens, who came in leading the NHL with a .946 save percentage and 1.37 goals-against average, credited his teammates, singling out defenseman Robyn Regehr for a pair of blocked shots against hard-shooting Vancouver point man Jason Garrison.

Results - Sun, Nov 24, 2013

Detroit @ Buffalo 3-1 - Daniel Alfredsson scored an empty-net goal in the third period with 48.2 seconds remaining to seal the victory and assisted on Darren Helm's second-period goal that tied the game at 1-1. The Red Wings took the lead for good at 11:43 of the third period, when they took advantage of a cross-checking penalty to Sabres defenseman Tyler Myers. Johan Franzen scored on the following power play, his sixth goal of the season, when his shot deflected off of a Sabres defender and fluttered over Sabres goalie Ryan Miller and into the net. Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg assisted on Franzen's goal, which was the 700th point in his career. The Sabres got out to an early lead in the first when Cody Hodgson scored his eighth of the season at 7:47 of the first period. Sabres forward Drew Stafford set it up, stealing the puck from Helm in the Detroit zone. Stafford passed it Hodgson, who was wide open and slipped the puck past Red Wings goalie Jonas Gustavsson. Helm tied it when he scored his fifth goal in 11 games just 30 seconds into the second period. Helm put a spinning backhand shot past Miller after receiving a pass from behind the net from Alfredsson. At 9:39 of the second, Sabres captain Steve Ott was hooked from behind by Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall on a breakaway and was awarded a penalty shot, but Gustavsson came up with the save to preserve the 1-1 tie.
 
Ottawa @ Carolina 1-4 - The Hurricanes scored three second-period goals to erase a 1-0 deficit en route to a 4-1 win against the Ottawa Senators at PNC Arena on Sunday. But the story for Carolina was in the details. With three points, Eric Staal recorded his second multi-point game of the season. Goaltender Cam Ward made 35 saves to earn his first win since missing 10 games with a lower-body injury. Rugged forward Tuomo Ruutu showed flashes of his all-around game. In short, the Hurricanes best players were their best players. And collectively, the team played well enough in the defensive zone to secure a decisive win. The Senators started the scoring at 1:07, when Jason Spezza scored his 10th of the season. Mika Zibanejad centered to Spezza, who fired a shot off Ward, then cleaned up the rebound in the crease. The goal was Spezza's 18th in 32 career games against Carolina. Colin Greening nearly put Ottawa up 2-0, but Ward dove across the crease to make a stick save on the rebound of Derek Grant's shot. Trailing 1-0 going into the second period, Carolina quickly scored a pair of hard-working goals. After a faceoff win and a strong forecheck, Patrick Dwyer tied the game, beating Ottawa goaltender Robin Lehner high to the far post at 3:10 on a shot from the right circle. Six minutes later, Staal teamed up with Ruutu for the go-ahead goal. After Erik Karlsson's shot produced a long bounce off the end boards, Staal brought the puck up ice and made a hard pass to Ruutu in stride. Ruutu buried a quick shot over the goaltender's blocker for a 2-1 lead. The Hurricanes then went to work on the power play for the first time after Ottawa defenseman Chris Phillips crosschecked Nathan Gerbe. Eighteen-year-old rookie Elias Lindholm scored his second of the season at 9:03, bringing the puck out of the corner uncontested and lifting a wrister high to the far post. Staal was the catalyst again, lugging the puck through the offensive zone until he spotted Lindholm free in the corner.