Maple Leafs @ Hurricanes
Hurricanes win 3-2
Ben Scrivens and Cam Ward both had wonderful efforts for their respective clubs. Ward had 28 saves, Scrivens with 38. Ward does a little windmill action on Tim Connolly and Scrivens made this pad save on Eric Staal. Scrivens is putting up a good fight for that starting position. We will see what Jonas Gustavsson does in his next outing.
This is one of the worst plays I've seen all year. John-Michael Liles completely vacates his position at the point leaving Staal all alone on a breakaway. Matt Frattin hustles back, but then leaves Skinner with an empty net after skating towards the corner (#tisktisk).
Phil Kessel adds two goals in the third period, bringing his total for the season to 16. He leads the NHL in that category by four.
Sharks @ Avalanche
Sharks win 4-1
The game starts off with two PRETTY passing plays. On the first, Ryan Wilson fakes a shot and slides it perfectly to Matt Duchene for his 9th of the season. Then, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, who had three assists in this game, does the same with Patrick Marleau. Marleau finishes the game with a hat trick and now has as many as Duchene. What I find hilarious is that on Duchene's goal, Marleau was caught admiring. Oops.
Thomas Greiss gives Antti Niemi a break and leads the club to a victory with 36 saves. His GAA is now below two in seven games. For the Avalanche, J.S. lets in three goals on 17 shots. That's his first game this season in which he's failed to stop at least 90% of the shots.
Joe Thornton continues to be the play-maker of the decade.
Red Wings @ Ducks
Red Wings win 4-2
Brad Stuart puts two on the board. I'll always point out when a defensive defenseman gets on the board because they deserve recognition. It looks like he understands physics pretty well.
Henrik Zetterberg puts home his first goal in seven games (#backhandswork).
A very nice 3-on-3 by the Ducks here. That's a great drop pass by Andrew Cogliano. He's turning out to be a pleasant "surprise" in Anaheim.
Senators @ Canucks
Canucks win 2-1 OT
It was truly a battle of the back-ups in this one and both goalies stood tall. I praised Craig Anderson in the last few entries, but put your hands together for Alex Auld. Although he only made 25 saves, the majority of them were difficult. Look at this one on Ryan Kesler at 9:35 of the 2nd period. Cory Schneider stopped 28 shots for his 3rd win of the season. His last win: October 22nd.
Henrik and Daniel Sedin continue, and will continue, to dominate. How do you stop telepathy?
Erik Karlsson played over half the game! He'll be in the NHL for a long, long time.
Other news:
Sidney Crosby is back against the Islanders on 11/21/11 for his first game of the season! With him back, I don't see how the Penguins can lose another game this season (#funwithhyperboles).
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