Results - Wed, Nov 20, 2013

Minnesota @ Ottawa 4-3 - Minnesota came back twice to tie its game against the Ottawa Senators, after falling behind 1-0 and 2-1, and rebounded again after blowing a 3-2 lead in the third period when Mikko Koivu scored with 2:57 remaining to give the Wild a 4-3 win. Koivu rushed down the right side and cut inside to beat goalie Craig Anderson with a shot into the top left corner for his fifth goal of the season. Dany Heatley and Jonas Brodin each had a goal and an assist in the second period for Minnesota, and Josh Harding made 34 saves. Milan Michalek drew Ottawa even at 3-3 with a power-play goal at 8:57 of the third. Michalek put away a rebound of Mika Zibanejad's shot from the left point for his fourth goal. Kyle Turris and Zibanejad scored in the first period for the Senators (8-10-4), who have lost three in a row, including 5-2 to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. Anderson stopped 21 shots in his fourth start in five games for Ottawa since he was sidelined because of a sore neck. Ottawa's Clarke MacArthur made a highlight-reel play to set up a shorthanded goal by Turris that gave the Senators a 1-0 lead 5:54 into the game. MacArthur dropped the puck back on a rush down the right side and put his stick between his legs to feed a pass behind Wild defenseman Ryan Suter to Turris, who beat Harding with a shot from the slot. Jason Pominville was unable to handle Parise's saucer pass back to the blue line early in Minnesota's first power play of the game, which caused the turnover that led to MacArthur's rush. The Wild recovered to tie it 59 seconds later when Parise set up Pominville's 13th goal at 6:53. Zibanejad restored Ottawa's one-goal lead at 2-1 with his fifth goal at 11:11. Brodin scored his fourth goal 3:00 into the second period. The 20-year-old defenseman took a pass back to the right point from Heatley and beat Anderson with a long wrist shot to tie it 2-2. Heatley, a two-time 50-goal scorer with the Senators, gave the Wild their first lead at 6:15. He fanned on his initial attempt to recover a puck behind the Ottawa net but made a second attempt and reached past Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson, who waved his stick at the puck as Heatley put a soft shot between Anderson's pads.

Columbus @ Calgary 2-1 OT - Nikita Nikitin scored 2:25 into overtime to give the Blue Jackets a 2-1 victory against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, one night after they drew the ire of coach Todd Richards after being demolished 7-0 by the Edmonton Oilers. The Blue Jackets managed all of 18 shots against Calgary, but opened the scoring midway through the first period on Nick Foligno's goal before winning it on Nikitin's. Calgary goaltender Reto Berra denied Artem Anisimov during an overtime scramble before Cam Atkinson found David Savard in the slot. His shot was blocked but the puck skipped to Nikitin, who hit the back of a virtually empty net for his first of the season to give Columbus the win. Joe Colborne scored early in the third period for the Flames, who've dropped six in a row at Scotiabank Saddledome. Columbus managed just six shots in the first period but took the lead on Foligno's fifth of the season. R.J. Umberger gained the zone only to have the puck knocked off his stick, but it landed on the tape of Foligno. He stepped in and fired a shot that nicked the stick of Flames defenseman TJ Brodie and beat Berra at 9:21. The goal came two minutes after Ryan Johansen set up Jack Johnson with a backdoor, cross-ice pass with Dennis Wideman in the penalty box; Berra made a spectacular bicycle kick save to keep the game scoreless. Berra and Columbus' Sergei Bobrovsky traded nifty saves late in the period. Berra flashed the glove to rob former Flame Blake Comeau before Bobrovsky blockered away Mike Cammalleri's wrister off a give-and-go with Stajan for one of his 23 saves. Calgary tied it 3:28 into the third period. Colborne picked up a broken stretch pass by Kris Russell in the neutral zone, cut in on Johnson and lifted a backhand Bobrovsky's glove for his second goal of the season and first in 13 games. It was the only shot to beat Bobrovsky, who allowed four goals on 18 shots in 28:30 of action against Edmonton.

New Jersey @ Anaheim 4-3 OT - It took time to sort out the frantic final minutes, but Zajac was credited with the overtime goal that gave New Jersey a 4-3 win to cap a strange Wednesday night at Honda Center. After Getzlaf missed on a terrific chance in overtime, New Jersey went the other way. Dainius Zubrus got the puck on the right side before Zajac directed it toward net. Ducks defenseman Ben Lovejoy tried to clear it from the front, but his attempt hit Corey Perry and went into the net at 1:58. The Devils forced overtime on Jaromir Jagr's 6-on-5 goal with 61 seconds remaining in regulation. Patrik Elias sent a wobbly pass from behind the net to Jagr, who tapped it past Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller for his eighth goal. Anaheim lost defenseman Francois Beauchemin to an upper-body injury in the second period. Beauchemin appeared to crash into the boards and played three shifts in the second before heading to the dressing room. The Ducks erased a 2-1 deficit when Nick Bonino scored during a two-man advantage 2:28 into the second, when he put a rebound past Devils goalie Martin Brodeur. It was Bonino's sixth goal of the season, a career high. Thirteen minutes later, Getzlaf delivered one of his signature bursts of dominance in the second period to give Anaheim a 3-2 lead. With Steve Yzerman, executive director of Canada for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, in attendance, Getzlaf scored on a rocket slap shot for a power-play goal. But Anaheim's Dustin Penner took a hooking penalty on Jagr to start the third, and New Jersey started its push. It outshot Anaheim 13-6 in the third period and overtime, and Boudreau felt his team was sitting back. The second period was a forgettable period for the Devils, who failed to put a shot on goal in the first 12:37 and were outshot 11-3, not counting Zubrus' shot off the post. Two of those three shots came in the final minute. In a game that featured 43-year-old Teemu Selanne and the 41-year-old Jagr, the two oldest active players in the NHL, it was Brodeur who was the most active of the 40-somethings. His best save was a glove grab against Perry in the first. After Matt Beleskey opened the scoring for Anaheim 11:31 into the game, New Jersey got power-play goals by Marek Zidlicky and Eric Gelinas 86 seconds apart for a 2-1 lead late in the first. They came during a double-minor high sticking penalty to Selanne, although it appeared that Zidlicky accidentally clipped teammate Andy Greene. Zidlicky promptly scored on a turnaround slap shot that beat Hiller five-hole at 15:44, and Gelinas one-timed Adam Henrique's pass from the left side at 17:10.

Oklahoma City Barons @ San Antonio Rampage 1-6 - 11/19 AHL

A crowd of 12,127 fans were on hand for San Antonio’s 6-1 win over Oklahoma City on Tuesday afternoon at AT&T Center as a part of San Antonio’s “Cool School Education” game, marking the largest crowd in the four-year history of hosting the hockey field trip. The crowd, which comprised mostly of local students, watched the Rampage skate to the team’s fifth-straight victory on home ice during the matinee “Cool School Education” game, presented by the Children’s Orthopaedic & Spine Center. Four different Rampage players posted multi-point games and six different skaters lit the lamp for the Silver and Black. Rookie Vincent Trocheck led the way with a goal and two assists and now is second in the AHL among rookies with 18 points (nine goals, nine assists). Trocheck has six multi-point outings in 19 games this season.

Forwards Bobby Butler, Jared Gomes and Jed Ortmeyer all recorded a pair of points in the victory, which also marked head coach Tom Rowe’s third-straight win on home ice since taking over the bench on Nov. 8. The six goals were the most scored in a single game by the Rampage this season and the five-goal margin was the team’s largest since a 6-1 win over Abbotsford on March 24, 2012. The five-game winning streak at the AT&T Center is the team’s longest since Jan. 14-28, 2012. Butler netted both a goal and an assist to leave a mark on his 100th career AHL game. Crabb, Howden, Ortmeyer and Eric Selleck all tallied goals in the win as well. Gomes’ two assists earned him the game’s Second Star and marked his first points of the season. Netminder Jacob Markstrom also had a strong outing for the Rampage, stopping 36-of-37 shots in the win.

San Antonio came out of the gates hot, firing 22 shots on Oklahoma City goaltender Tyler Bunz in the opening frame, which marked a season high for shots in a period.  The Rampage also posted their second three-goal period of the season in the opening frame. Crabb got things started for the Rampage at 3:41 when he found the puck in the puck at the top of the crease and smacked it past Bunz. Jack Combs recorded his first point of the season with an assist on Crabb’s goal, while Megan also earned a helper in his first game with the Silver and Black after being recalled from Cincinnati (ECHL) on Monday. San Antonio killed off a 5-on-3 that lasted for 56 seconds and early in the period and got right back on the offensive. Ortmeyer redirected a shot from Trocheck at 18:10 to give the Rampage a 2-0 lead.

The Rampage had a 5-on-3 of their own late in the first period and cashed in to open a three-goal lead. The puck bounced around the top of the crease and Trocheck streaked in, banging it into the Barons’ net.  San Antonio outshot Oklahoma City, 22-10, in the opening frame, including a 17-1 stretch to close out the frame. Selleck tallied his first of the year at 6:42 of the second period to give San Antonio a 4-0 lead. Following the goal, Bunz was pulled and Laurent Brossoit entered in his relief. However, the Rampage onslaught continued at 16:57. Gomes collected the puck at the left boards and found Howden all alone in front. Howden one-timed it past Brossoit to give San Antonio a 5-0 lead. Oklahoma City got one back 30 seconds later off a pretty pass from Matthew Ford down low to Martin Marincin to make the score 5-1 after 40 minutes. 

The Barons had a full two minute 5-on-3 power play early in the third period, but the Rampage penalty kill came up strong again and held Oklahoma City off the board. Markstrom also made a big breakaway save on a Travis Ewanyk with seven minutes remaining in the final frame. Butler put a cap on an impressive afternoon for the Rampage, scoring his fifth of the season with 47 seconds left in regulation, sealing the deal for his team. San Antonio (8-8-0-1) went 1-for-7 on the power play and killed off all eight of Oklahoma City (7-8-0-2) power plays. The Rampage outshot the Barons, 38-37, and have now outshot their opposition in eight of their last 10 games. The Rampage travel to Cedar Park Center on Friday for a 7:30 p.m. tilt against the Texas Stars. The Silver and Black return to AT&T Center on Sunday for a 4 p.m. game against the Toronto Marlies on an Express-News Sunday Funday. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554, or online at sarampage.com.

Scoring

1. SA Crabb, (3) (Combs, Megan), 3:41

1. SA Ortmeyer, (3) (Trocheck), 12:07

1. SA Trocheck, (9) (Ortmeyer, Butler), 18:10 (PP)

2. SA Selleck, (1) (Gomes, Whitney), 6:42

2. SA Howden, (3) (Gomes), 16:57

2. OKC Marincin, (1) (Ford, Horak), 17:27

3. SA Butler, (5) (Trocheck), 19:23   Penalties 1 - SA Gomes, 8:25 - Tripping, 2 min (PP) 1 - SA Petrovic, 9:29 - Cross-checking, 2 min (PP) 1 - OKC Fedun, 12:39 - Elbowing, 2 min (PP) 1 - OKC Eager, 17:34 - Unsportsmanlike conduct, 2 min (PP) 1 - OKC Kessy, 17:34 - Hooking, 2 min (PP) 2 - SA Petrovic, 1:15 - Boarding, 2 min (PP) 2 - OKC Hamilton, 3:36 - Interference, 2 min (PP) 2 - OKC Omark, 8:16 - Unsportsmanlike conduct, 2 min (PP) 2 - SA Served By Shore, 12:56 - Bench minor - Too many men, 2 min (PP) 2 - SA Olsen, 14:53 - Cross-checking, 2 min (PP) 2 - OKC Ewanyk, 17:53 - Interference, 2 min (PP) 3 - SA Combs, 3:49 - Tripping, 2 min (PP) 3 - SA Racine, 3:49 - Hooking, 2 min (PP) 3 - SA Matsumoto, 8:50 - Tripping, 2 min (PP) 3 - OKC Eager, 16:26 - Interference, 2 min (PP) 3 - OKC Eager, 16:26 - Misconduct, 10 min

Florida @ Vancouver 3-2 - 11/19

When Florida Panthers coach Peter Horachek informed his players during the team's morning skate Tuesday that the franchise had never won a game at Rogers Arena, goaltender Tim Thomas quickly piped up. Thomas, who won the Stanley Cup the last time he played in Vancouver, in the 2011 Cup Final, made sure he's no longer the only Florida player who can make that claim. Thomas made 27 saves through the end of overtime, and stopped all three shots in the shootout, lifting the Panthers to a 3-2 victory against the Canucks on Tuesday night. Jonathan Huberdeau scored the only goal in the shootout. It was Florida's first win in Vancouver since 1994, and the franchise's first-ever victory at Rogers Arena. The 39-year-old goalie forced Mike Santorelli wide, stuffed Alexandre Burrows and angled Chris Higgins' shot off the post in the shootout. But Thomas quickly deferred questions about his own success in Vancouver, pointing instead to the Panthers' first consecutive wins of the season and three victories in their past four games, including against the Colorado Avalanche and Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks. The outcome was in question after Jannik Hansen put Vancouver ahead by a 2-1 score 2:45 in the third period, the only time the Canucks have scored more than one goal in their past five games. But Shawn Matthias tied it six minutes later, and the Panthers carried the play late, failing to convert an overtime power play before Huberdeau won it in the shootout. After Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo sprawled out with the right pad to rob Huberdeau on the overtime power play, the Florida center got the goalie sliding to his left before tucking the puck just inside that same post in the shootout. It should have also been an important two points for the Canucks, who have lost five straight (0-3-2). But it was the Panthers who controlled the play early, with one apparent goal already waved off because of a quick whistle before Brad Boyes opened the scoring on a power play 3:43 into the game.

"It was easily our worst game of the year. We didn't deserve a point," Canucks coach John Tortorella said. "It's lack of respect, and we have no business to show a lack of respect to any hockey team. In the situation we're in going into tonight's game, I just don't know what we're thinking as far as how we started the game. If it isn't for (Luongo), we're down [3-0 or 4-0] in that first period, we get squat for points. So, I can't explain it."

Luongo finished with 34 saves, and kept it close with a shorthanded breakaway save off Marcel Goc midway through the first period, allowing Chris Higgins to tie the game 3:26 into the second. Hansen finally broke Vancouver through the one-goal barrier after a bad pass from Florida forward Tomas Fleishmann from behind his own goal went straight to Hansen in the high slot. Playing his second game after missing 10 with a shoulder injury, Hansen fired a wrist shot past Thomas at 2:45 of the third. Matthias tied the game from the high slot nearly six minutes later, one-timing a nice cross-ice pass from Bjugstad past Luongo's glove.

"They're never easy," Luongo said. "As soon as you start thinking that, it's game over for us. Especially given we lost four in a row, I don't understand why we would think it would be easy."

That should go double against Thomas, who held the Canucks to eight goals in the Cup Final and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff most valuable player in 2011. After being slowed by a couple early injuries, Thomas is showing signs of his old form, buoying the Panthers' confidence.

Chicago @ Colorado 1-5 - 11/19

The Colorado Avalanche turn into impressive streak busters when they play the Chicago Blackhawks. Desperate for a win after being outscored 13-5 during a three-game losing streak and playing without leading scorer Matt Duchene (oblique injury), the Avalanche defeated the defending Stanley Cup champions 5-1 on Tuesday at Pepsi Center. Last year, the Avalanche snapped the Blackhawks' 24-game streak without a regulation loss to begin the season with a 6-2 win in Denver.

"It means a lot," Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog said. "We responded well tonight. We knew they are one of the best teams in the NHL. We talked about playing with confidence, and we have all the reasons in the world to stay confident. Even when [Duchene] got hurt, it's not all about him. Matt is one player, and we knew we had enough depth to play well and to win this game."

The win moved the Avalanche into third place in the Central Division with a 15-5-0 record and 30 points. The Minnesota Wild also have 30 points, but they have 13 wins and have played two more games. This certainly wasn't how the Blackhawks wanted to begin a seven-game, 13-day road trip after going 8-1-1 in the previous 10 games. They also lost forward Bryan Bickell to what coach Joel Quenneville said is a lower-body injury when he slammed his leg into a goal post early in the first period.

"We'll see more [Wednesday], get a better assessment," Quenneville said. "Could be a bit, maybe more than day-to-day, but I'm not sure of that."

Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped 36 shots. He received all the offensive support he would need in the first period, when Paul Stastny, Landeskog and John Mitchell scored for a 3-0 lead, chasing Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford in the process.

"Chicago is very dangerous," said Varlamov, who lost his shutout bid with 7:50 to play when Brandon Saad slipped a rebound between his pads. "They have some dangerous players. We lost three in a row, and of course we were not happy, but we worked a lot in practice in how we were going to play defensively. Every team we play is tough to beat, so you have to be ready every game. You have to be sharp."

PA Parenteau made it 4-0 at 18:38 of the second period. Skating down the left wing on a 2-on-1 rush with Jamie McGinn after taking a lead pass from Stastny, Parenteau moved into the circle and beat relief goalie Antti Raanta, who was making his first NHL appearance.

"That fourth goal was big for us," Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. "They were buzzing in our zone, and Varly made some key saves for us at key moments. You're always afraid being up 3-0 and having a bit of a letdown, but I thought we didn't have any."

Said Quenneville: "We couldn't buy a goal there. I would have liked to see the momentum change in that second period without the extent of time that we had with nothing to show for it. Then they go down, and it's 4-0, kind of sealed it. But their goalie played well."

Cody McLeod made it 5-0 at 1:44 of the third with his first goal of the season. Defenseman Tyson Barrie took a shot from the right point, the rebound dropped into the crease and McLeod tapped it in. Barrie had two assists in his first game since being recalled Sunday from the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League.

"I'm happy with the way I played," said Barrie, who had three shots in 18:45 of ice time and was plus-2. "I tried to be really good defensively and try to jump in the play. It was a good start for me. Hopefully, I can keep that going."

Stastny opened the scoring at 6:37 of the first after Crawford cleared the puck to defenseman Brent Seabrook along the left-wing boards. When Seabrook shot the puck off the end boards, it caromed up the slot to Stastny for a shot by Crawford's stick.

"We have played enough in this rink when you see that bounce, it might bounce off the post when it comes out to the middle or left," Stastny said. "I was just kind of anticipating it a little bit. You just try to take your time because you have so much time in the slot, and I just kind of surprised him since he's not set. The majority of the time, if you have a good shot, it's going to go in. We had a good first period and that's what home teams want to do, kind of feed off the crowd. There were a lot of Chicago fans here, so you kind of want to try and keep them quiet."

The goal was Stastny's eighth of the season and 143rd of his NHL career, moving him past Dale Hunter into eighth place in franchise history. Stastny's assist on Parenteau's goal gave him 415 points and moved him past Valeri Kamensky into sole possession of eighth place on that list. Landeskog and Mitchell scored 56 seconds apart. Landeskog tipped defenseman Andre Benoit's shot by Crawford's glove at 12:21 and Maxime Talbot came from behind the net to set up Mitchell in front for a point-blank shot under Crawford's left arm at 13:17. The assist was Talbot's first point in nine games since the Avalanche acquired him Oct. 31 from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Steve Downie. Crawford, who faced seven shots, was replaced by Raanta following Mitchell's goal. Raanta was recalled Sunday from the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL.

"It was a tough game right from the start," Seabrook said. "I thought we gave a good push back in the second period. For the whole second period it was a pretty good period and we had some chances there and we just couldn't capitalize."

Results - Tue, Nov 19, 2013

St Louis @ Buffalo 4-1 - Ennis opened the scoring before the 17,710 spectators could get settled in, as he was able to one-time a centering feed from Ville Leino past Halak 10 seconds into the game. Leino got to a bouncing puck after Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester couldn't handle it. It was the Sabres' fourth goal in the first period in 23 games. The Blues applied heavy pressure and struck 59 seconds later when Morrow took Stewart's no-look backhand feed and snapped a shot past Miller to tie the game 1-1. The Blues took a 2-1 lead with 35.9 seconds left in the first period when T.J. Oshie's second-effort play following a Mike Weber blocked shot enabled Tarasenko to hammer a shot home from the low slot. It was the 14th time in 20 games the Blues have scored a power-play goal. Morrow got his second of the game when Stewart stripped Cody McCormick behind the Buffalo goal and fed Morrow, who made no mistake in beating Miller with 5:51 left in the second period. Halak preserved a 2-1 lead in the second period when the Sabres picked up their play. The Blues goalie made two key stops from close range on Leino. The Blues (14-3-3) also got a power-play goal from Vladimir Tarasenko, and Magnus Paajarvi scored his first goal with St. Louis. The Blues are off to their best start in franchise history after 20 games. Paajarvi's blast from the top of the left circle beat Miller high to the short side 6:10 into the third period to give the Blues a 4-1 lead.

NY Islanders @ Toronto 2-5 - Smith, a recent call-up from the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League, finished off a pass from Joffrey Lupul 22 seconds into the game to give the Maple Leafs a lead they never relinquished. Kessel his first of the night at 11:19 of the second period on the power play to give the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead. Kessel had room to maneuver around the faceoff circle as both van Riemsdyk and Joffrey Lupul got position around the net. With the distractions in place and the defense committed to them, Kessel had time and space to beat Poulin. The Islanders cut the lead in half with 11.5 seconds to play in the second when Cizikas blocked Cody Franson's shot at the left point, raced in on a breakaway and beat Bernier through the five-hole. It was the third of the season for Cizikas, who has a goal in each of the Islanders' past three games. Raymond made it 3-1 with his eighth of the season by banging in the rebound of Jay McClement's shot at 3:39 of the third period. McClement broke in on Poulin trying to stuff the puck home. Poulin made the save but left the rebound for Raymond to finish off. Clarkson beat Poulin with a wrister at 12:52 for his first goal in 11 games with Toronto. Nielsen scored his 10th of the season with 4:46 to play to cut the margin to 4-2, but Kessel came down 2-on-1 with James van Riemsdyk and beat Poulin, who stopped 19 shots.

Ottawa @ Philadelphia 2-5 - Kyle Turris, whose goal tied the game 2-2 with 16:48 to play, had a great chance to give the Senators the lead with 10:30 left when he had the puck on his stick at the top of the crease and what appeared to be an open net in front of him. However, Flyers defenseman Nicklas Grossmann got in the way and used his skates to block Turris' shot. The puck deflected off of Grossmann's left skate then glanced off his right skate before going out clear of the left post. The referee standing behind the net immediately waved it off, ruling it no goal. A lengthy video review conducted at the next stoppage, 1:24 after the play happened, was inconclusive in determining whether the shot completely crossed the goal line, so the call on the ice stood. Timonen scored the winning goal on the first shift after the video review. He walked down the goal line on the left side and used his backhand to beat Lehner through the five-hole with 8:30 to play. It got worse 23 seconds later, when Simmonds made it 4-2 with a shot from the high slot that went in over Lehner's left pad. Turris had a chance to make it 4-3 with 5:06 left, when he was awarded a penalty shot after being hauled down by Timonen on a shorthanded breakaway. Mason made a right-pad save to preserve the Flyers' two-goal lead. 3:12 into the third period, Turris, swiping in a backhand from the slot to tie the game 2-2. His fifth goal of the season came 10 seconds after Zac Rinaldo went to the penalty box for hooking Zack Smith. MacArthur cut into the Flyers' 2-0 lead with his power-play goal at the 8:13 of the second period. The Flyers built the lead on goals by Giroux and Couturier. Giroux scored on the power play with 2:16 to go in the first period, and Couturier scored with an odd-angle shot from the corner in front of the Zamboni entrance 5:18 into the second.

Minnesota @ Montreal 2-6 - With three goals in their past three games, the Montreal Canadiens were searching for answers heading into Tuesday night's game with the Minnesota Wild. They found them with some new line combinations and a Max Pacioretty natural hat trick in the second period that led to a 6-2 win at Bell Centre. Michael Bournival, Daniel Briere and Alex Galchenyuk also scored for the Canadiens, and David Desharnais and P.K. Subban each had two assists. Pacioretty was reunited with his former linemate Desharnais, whom he had success with the past two seasons and also played with Gallagher. He credited his linemates for helping him snap out of the scoring slump. Nino Niederreiter and Dany Heatley scored for the Wild, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. Wild goalie Josh Harding was chased from the game after Pacioretty scored his third goal. Harding, named one of the NHL's Three Stars of the Week on Monday after going 3-0-0 with a 1.38 goals-against average and a .936 save percentage, was replaced by Darcy Kuemper. Harding finished with 16 saves on 19 shots; Kuemper allowed three goals on nine shots.

Nashville @ Detroit 2-0 - Marek Mazanec stopped all 27 shots he faced for his first NHL shutout to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-0 win against the Red Wings, who have now lost their past eight home games (0-2-6). The Red Wings hadn't lost eight in a row in Detroit since Nov. 19, 1986, through Dec. 20, 1986. Shea Weber broke a scoreless tie via the power play with 4.8 seconds remaining in the second period. With Red Wings forward Drew Miller in the box for hooking, Weber took a pass from David Legwand and ripped a slap shot from the point past Jimmy Howard to give the Predators a 1-0 lead. It was Weber's sixth goal of the season. Gabriel Bourque's goal at 7:13 of the third gave Nashville a 2-0 lead. With the teams at even strength, Viktor Stalberg intercepted Niklas Kronwall's clearing attempt at center ice, skated into the Detroit zone and fired a wrister from the slot that went wide and off the end boards. The puck bounced back in front, and Bourque swatted it past Howard for his fifth goal of the season. Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser left less than four minutes into the game after being hit into the boards by Predators forward Patric Hornqvist. The Red Wings announced during the first intermission that DeKeyser would not return. Coach Mike Babcock said afterwards that DeKeyser will be "out for a bit" and "definitely won't play this week." Detroit general manager Ken Holland told the team's website that DeKeyser will have tests on Wednesday to determine the severity of the injury.

Boston @ NY Rangers 2-1 - Tuukka Rask continues to have the New York Rangers' number. In his first game against the Rangers since holding them to 10 goals in five games in their Eastern Conference Semifinal series last spring, Rask made 43 saves Tuesday to help the Bruins to a 2-1 victory at Madison Square Garden. With Jari Kurri, the general manager of the Finnish national team, on hand, Rask made his case for a starting job at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by stealing a win on a night his team was outshot 44-22. Shawn Thornton and Daniel Paille scored for Boston. Derick Brassard's second-period power-play goal was the only shot that beat Rask. The Rangers, buoyed by the return of forward Rick Nash, dominated puck possession against a Bruins team that came to New York after beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 in Raleigh on Monday and lost defenseman Dennis Seidenberg after one shift. Seidenberg left 2:16 into the game with a lower-body injury and did not return. Coach Claude Julien said Seidenberg would be evaluated Wednesday. The Bruins got all of their offense from the defensive-oriented trio of Paille, Thornton and Gregory Campbell, known as "the Merlot Line." But the star of the night was Rask, whose 43 saves were a season-high. The Rangers entered the game hoping the return of Nash, who missed 17 games with a head injury, could spark a struggling offense that has scored two goals in three games. Nash, playing for the first time since Oct. 8, played 17:55 and had five shots on goal, including one on a partial breakaway in the first period. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 16-6 in the first period but couldn't get anything past Rask, not even a penalty shot. With Zdeno Chara off for high-sticking, Massachusetts native Chris Kreider was awarded the penalty shot after being hauled down on a breakaway by Johnny Boychuk 6:16 into the game. Kreider, who grew up 30 miles from Boston and attended Boston College, skated down right wing and fired a wrist shot to the far side, only to be denied by Rask's right pad. Shortly after New York killed off an interference penalty to John Moore, Thornton stole the puck at his own blue line and led a 2-on-1 break with Brad Marchand. Thornton, a healthy scratch in Carolina, wired a wrist shot from the faceoff circle that beat Lundqvist high to the glove side at 4:58 for his third of the season. Paille doubled the lead at 11:30 with a shorthanded goal. David Krejci was off for interference when Paille batted the puck off the neutral-zone boards, beat Ryan Callahan to the loose puck and backhanded a shot between Henrik Lundqvist's legs for his 10th career shorthanded goal. The Rangers got one back 51 seconds after Paille's goal. With Krejci still in the box, Brassard took a pass from Moore in the left circle and fired a shot that went between Boychuk's legs and beat Rask wide to the glove side at 12:31. It was the first power-play goal allowed by Boston in nine games; the Bruins had killed off 33 consecutive penalties before Brassard scored. New York kept the play in the Boston end for much of the third. And with his troops starting to tire, Julien went back to the Merlot Line. Campbell saw more ice time in the third period (5:46) than in the previous two periods combined (3:51). Thornton played 3:46 in the third, almost matching his total of 3:47 from the first two periods. Seidenberg's injury forced the Bruins to go with five defensemen for almost the entire game. Hamilton set a career high with 24:24 of ice time and Matt Bartkowski's 21:13 was the most he has ever played in a regular-season game. Chara led all players with 31:27, his highest regular-season total since Jan. 22, 2012.

Columbus @ Edmonton 0-7 - The Edmonton Oilers broke out of a scoring slump in a big way Tuesday night, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-0 at Rexall Place. Eberle opened the scoring 2:37 into game, depositing a rebound past Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. Perron added to the lead on the power play at 12:01, getting to his own rebound in front. Smyth scored another power-play goal at 16:06, batting in a Sam Gagner centering feed. The Oilers dominated the opening period, outshooting the Blue Jackets 15-3. They finished with 32 shots in the contest. Perron increased the Oilers lead at 8:30 of the second period, beating Bobrovsky from a tight angle along the goal line. Bobrovsky, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner, was pulled after the goal, finishing with 14 saves. Curtis McElhinney replaced Bobrovsky, but he wasn't able to stop the onslaught. Yakupov scored his fourth of the season and third in his past five games at 10:36, getting to a long rebound at the side of the net and firing it into an empty net. Yakupov, the first pick at the 2012 NHL Draft, was going up against Ryan Murray, the second pick that summer, for the first time. The billing between No. 1 and No. 2 wasn't much of a contest since Murray, along with the rest of the Blue Jackets, had a rough night. Schultz, making his return to the lineup after missing eight games with a groin injury, scored the Oilers' sixth goal at 15:25 of the second period. Hall closed out the scoring at 16:43 of the third, beating McElhinney on a breakaway.

Tampa Bay @ Los Angeles 2-5 - Ben Scrivens was practically glued to the bench and Matt Frattin was a non-factor for the Los Angeles Kings as recently as a week ago. The two players that came over from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Jonathan Bernier trade this past summer didn't have much impact or necessity on a team with Jonathan Quick and Jeff Carter. But that trade is looking terrific for L.A. Now. Frattin scored his second goal of the season in the first period before the Kings blew it open with goals by Justin Williams, Dwight King and Dustin Brown in the second to improve to 4-0-0 without Quick and Carter, who's out with a broken foot. Tampa Bay, which was 7-0-0 against Western Conference opponents before it began this trip, has been outscored 11-5 by the Kings and Phoenix Coyotes. The loss dampened the 1,000th NHL game of Martin St. Louis, who took a nasty high stick from Jake Muzzin late in the second period. Scrivens came within 12 minutes of breaking Quick's franchise shutout streak of 202:11. He had no chance on a power-play goal by Valtteri Filppula at 16:17 of the second period, and Victor Hedman's goal 1:22 into the third period deflected off L.A. defenseman Alec Martinez. Frattin was thought to be the possible solution at left wing for the Kings but the experiment didn't last long before he was put back on the right side and moved down to the third and fourth lines. His first goal since Oct. 24, a tip of Slava Voynov's power-play shot at 16:49 that Lightning goalie Ben Bishop had little chance on, made it 2-0. It was just the fourth time this season the Lightning trailed after the opening period. Tampa Bay trailed 3-0 after Williams' fluke goal off Alex Killorn's leg early in the second period but got a chance to get back into the game when Muzzin was sent to the box for four minutes for his hit on St. Louis. The Lightning got a goal from Filppula during the second half of the double minor, but that came after King's shorthanded goal at 15:08 made it 4-0. Bishop was pressured and rimmed the puck around but L.A. intercepted it and Linden Vey fed King, who slipped it between Bishop's legs for his second shorthanded goal of the season. Brown broke out of his slump 58 seconds later with his with his second goal in 18 games for a 5-1 lead. Linemate Anze Kopitar continued his uptick when he beat Bishop cleanly from the right circle to finish a great breakout to open the scoring at 14:58 of the first period. He has 10 points in the last nine games.

Anaheim Sucks @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1-3 - 11/18

Brian Gibbons scored his first NHL goal and added an assist during a three-goal third period and Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night at Consol Energy Center. A day after being called up from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, Gibbons gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead 3:52 into the third. Evgeni Malkin carried the puck around the Anaheim defense and slipped a pass to Gibbons, who sent a wrist shot past Ducks goalie Viktor Fasth (24 saves).

"I didn't really know what to expect," Gibbons said. "I just tried to come in, work hard and keep things simple. The guys helped me out and made me feel comfortable, which always helps obviously."

Olli Maatta added a second goal 1:02 later, but Ryan Getzlaf cut Pittsburgh's lead in half 26 seconds after that. Getzlaf drove towards Fleury and forced the Penguins goalie to slide to his right and out of the crease, leaving the net open for Getzlaf's wrist shot. But Sidney Crosby reestablished the Penguins' two-goal lead by scoring his second goal in 10 games with 12:04 left. Fleury, who has allowed two or fewer goals in 13 of his 18 starts, earned his 12th win of the season.

"We stayed with it. Even after the first goal, we stayed with it," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "They responded with a goal there and we kept with the plan. We played some of our best hockey there in the third period."

The Ducks, who are tied with the Chicago Blackhawks for the most points in the League with 32, have lost four straight games. Pittsburgh regained a one-point lead in the Metropolitan Division a day after the Washington Capitals, who the Penguins will face on Wednesday at Verizon Center, rose to the top.

"I'm not seeing any secondary scoring from anybody," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "What made us successful the first 20 games, or the first 19 games, was that we had four lines going and we could match with anybody and the third and fourth lines would usually score some goals if the first two lines were even. Now you look at it, and you got Getzlaf and [Corey] Perry and [Dustin] Penner knocking the odd goal in, and nobody else [is] contributing. When you don't have four lines contributing scoring, it's tough to win. I don't care how good the guys are, it's tough to win."

Pittsburgh rearranged its lines after losing four of its past five games entering Monday while scoring one goal in each of the four losses. But the changes didn't spark the offense until the third. The Penguins didn't register a shot on goal until 18 minutes into the first period when Beau Bennett, who replaced Pascal Dupuis on the top line next to Crosby and Chris Kunitz, drove to Fasth's left and backhanded a shot off of his pad. Pittsburgh, which had four shots blocked and three shots go wide in the first, put another two shots on Fasth over the next two minutes and trailed 12-3 in shots at the end of the period. The Penguins tied their lowest shot output in a period this season (three in the second period of its 3-0 season-opening win against the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 3). Anaheim registered the game's first 12 shots, but could not capitalize.

"We didn't have that many quality scoring chances in the first," Getzlaf said. "We dominated the shots, but it wasn't like we had a million scoring chances. We got pucks to net, we felt like we played pretty well. We just need to find a way to maintain that throughout the game."

Pittsburgh suffered the same fate in the second period. The Penguins rectified their play and outshot the Ducks 12-5, but failed to get a puck behind Fasth, leading to a scoreless game entering the third.

"They were sitting back a lot," Crosby said. "I think they were waiting for it. I thought we were pretty anxious to get up ice and play a quick game, but they were waiting for us. So, I think we played quick, but we didn't force things that weren't there and if they were going to sit back and play patient, even just take an extra split second to make a play or make sure guys have speed on the puck, I think we did a better job of that."

The game's best scoring chance through the first two periods came when Malkin backhanded a pass from behind the net to Kunitz in the crease with over two minutes remaining in the second. Kunitz backhanded a shot off of Fasth's back, but the puck bounced to the side of the net and was cleared. Malkin collected two assists in the third; he has 10 assists in his past eight games. But Malkin, who has not scored a goal since the Penguins' 4-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 17, passed on a few open looks. He held the puck on Pittsburgh's first power play alone in between the faceoff circles, but passed the puck to a covered Kunitz. The puck was cleared moments later.

Results - Mon, Nov 18, 2013

 
Boston @ Carolina 4-1 - With the score tied 1-1, Carl Soderberg scored the go-ahead goal at 10:24 of the first period by redirecting Dennis Seidenberg's shot for the eventual game winner. Soderberg has two goals and eight points in 14 games this season. After appearing in eight games between the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs for Boston in 2012-13, it appears Soderberg is beginning to adjust to the NHL game. Soderberg set up the first goal just 2:31 into the game. From the right side of the net, Soderberg fed Reilly Smith at the far post for a tap-in on the power play. Smith also picked up an assist on Soderberg's goal. The Bruins carried much of the play in the first period, but they lost some momentum when Carolina scored with five seconds remaining. Hurricanes captain Eric Staal's centering pass deflected off of Boston forward Patrice Bergeron and then Carolina's Tuomo Ruutu. Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask could only watch as the puck slipped into the net. Boston's resolve was tested in the middle of the second period, when the Hurricanes had a two-man advantage for 1:03. With Johnny Boychuk off for tripping and Gregory Campbell for delay of game, the Bruins had to stave off Carolina's bid to tie the game. The Hurricanes' best chance came on Chris Terry's one-timer from the high slot, but Rask stopped it with his glove. With a 2-1 lead heading to the third period, Boychuk gave Boston some breathing room when he beat Ward from the top of the right circle at 10:29 for his first goal of the season. Milan Lucic added an empty-net goal with 11 seconds remaining.
 
Calgary @ Winnipeg 5-4 SO - Mike Cammalleri broke through for the Flames midway through the second. Winnipeg's Grant Clitsome took a penalty behind the play that set up the Jets' second power play. The Flames needed 18 seconds on the man-advantage to strike. Cammalleri set up to Montoya's left and swatted his team-leading ninth goal at 9:01. However, Michael Frolik's fifth goal of the season answered Cammalleri's goal 2:10 later. Frolik scooped up the rebound of Clitsome's point shot at the left of the net and slammed his fifth goal past Berra that tied the game 1-1. T.J. Brodie took back Calgary's one-goal lead when he lofted a long shot from the right point late in the second period that clipped Byfuglien in front of the net and eluded Montoya at 15:24, his second goal of the season. Former Flames forward Olli Jokinen used his fourth goal of the season in the third period to erase Calgary's second lead of the game. Devin Setoguchi dished off a pass inside the Calgary blue line and Jokinen wheeled to the left boards and floated a shot past three Calgary defenders that climbed over Berra's shoulder at 8:16. Chris Butler's tripping penalty halfway through the third period sent the Jets on their third power play of the game. But Lance Bouma and the Flames 28th-ranked penalty kill gave Calgary its third go-ahead goal of the game with a shorthanded goal and 11:17 to go in the third period. Matt Stajan carried the puck over the Winnipeg blue line before Bouma took the puck and beat Montoya. Calgary's lead survived 53 seconds, however. On the same power play, Dustin Byfuglien slipped into the slot and punched a loose puck under Berra at 12:10. After going his first 18 games without a goal, Byfuglien has five goals and three assists over his past five outings. Jiri Hudler seemingly had put away the Jets with 3:26 remaining when he positioned himself along the boards outside of the right circle and took a feed from Brodie before ripping a shot that beat Jets goaltender Al Montoya high on his seventh goal of the season, before Winnipeg center Bryan Little broke the Flames for the fourth time with his team-leading 12th goal with 5.6 seconds left in regulation. Little broke free of the Calgary defense, found the rebound of an Evander Kane shot and fired it into the net before Berra could scramble into position. Sean Monahan won the game in the eighth round of the shootout. The Flames snapped a six-game winless streak.