11/21/12

Tonight came down to blowouts, or shutouts. With only a few games being relatively “close”.

St. Louis (6-10-1) @ Detroit (11-8-0)

The first period started out with a bang, as the Blues quickly took the lead with a goal from their Captain, David Backes (4) (A: Perron, Oshie). It wouldn’t stop there either, as four minutes later Chris Stewart (3) pushed them to a 2-0 lead. A horrible start for the Wings, but they would get some redemption, and it would be with less than a minute in the period by Drew Miller (3) (A: Samuelsson, Kronwall).

In the second, it would take six minutes for one of the goaltenders to blink, and it would be Halak. Niklas Kronwall (3) blasted one past him with a big slap shot (A: Zetterberg, White).

In the third, it would be contested for 15 minutes until someone broke through, sadly it was the Blues, as David Backes (5) scored again to give them the final lead they would need (A: Oshie).

STL 3 – 2 DET

Three Stars:

  1. STL C – David Backes – 2G, 0A, 3H, 7S
  2. DET D – Niklas Kronwall – 1G, 1A, 2H, 1S
  3. STL RW – TJ Oshie – 0G, 1A, 2H, 1S

Notes: DET D Kyle Quincey suffered a concussion in the game, after being boarded by David Backes in the first period. He will be out 3-4 weeks. Brendan Smith will take up his pairing with Colaiacovo, while Kindl will sub in with Ericsson.

Columbus (8-5-3) @ Buffalo (11-4-2)

BUF 5 – 0 CBJ

Boston (8-8-2) @ New York Islanders (9-8-1)

NYI 5 – 4 BOS SO

New Jersey (7-9-1) @ Pittsburgh (10-9-0)

PIT 5 – 1 NJD

Winnipeg (10-6-0) @ Washington (11-7-1)

WPG 3 – 2 WSH OT

Tampa Bay (6-10-0) @ Carolina (7-10-3)

TBL 5 – 1 CAR

New York Rangers (11-5-2) @ Florida (9-8-1)

NYR 2 – 0 FLA

Dallas (13-5-2) @ Nashville (10-7-2)

DAL 4 – 2 NSH

Toronto (8-6-3) @ Colorado (9-8-1)

COL 3 – 0 TOR

Chicago (11-5-2) @ Los Angeles (13-5-0)

CHI 4 – 2 LAK

Edmonton (6-9-3) @ Phoenix (9-7-0)

PHX 2 – 0 EDM

Ottawa (10-6-3) @ Philadelphia (10-7-1)

PHI 3 – 1 OTT

11/22/12

Vancouver (8-8-3) @ Ottawa (10-6-3)

I had to comment here, Vancouver, struggling to be above .500. Weird year. Maybe Luongo does need to go.

OTT 3 – 1 VAN

11/23/12

Detroit (12-8-0) @ Florida (9-9-1)

As opposed to the other night, Detroit definitely came out ready to go this game. They came out strong in the first, and outshot the Panthers 16-9. It worked for them too, as 7 minutes in, Mikael Samuelsson (1) scored his first of the year. (A: Helm, Ericsson). 10 minutes later, Henrik Zetterberg (8) put his mark on the game, as he has all year (A: Nyquist, Cleary). However 30 seconds later, Florida would make it interesting. Tomas Fleischmann (6), showed why the Wings should have kept him (A: Kuba, Mueller).

The second period showed the Panthers surge back, as Detroit was outshot 15-10.

The third period however, the Wings roared right back at Florida, with 2 minutes in, Zetterberg struck again (9) (A: Datsyuk, Kronwall). That would be all that was needed, despite more shot domination, totallying 37-27 Detroit.

DET 3 – 1 FLA

Three Stars:

  1. DET C – Henrik Zetteberg – 2G, 0A, 6S
  2. DET G – Jimmy Howard – 1.00 GAA, .963 SV%, 27SA
  3. FLA LW – Tomas Fleischmann – 1G, 0A, 5S

Notes: DET D Carlo Colaiacovo strained his hamstring, but is able to play.

Columbus (8-6-3) @ Nashville (11-7-2)

NSH 5 – 4 CBJ

Washington (12-7-1) @ Dallas (13-6-2)

WSH 5 – 3 DAL

Colorado (10-8-1) @ Phoenix (9-7-1)

COL 4 – 3 PHX SO

San Jose (7-9-2) @ Los Angeles (13-6-0)

SJS 3 – 2 LAK

Chicago (11-6-2) @ Anaheim (10-5-4)

ANA 4 – 1 CHI

Notes: CHI RW Michael Frolik will be out 5-6 weeks with a fractured hand.

Toronto (9-6-3) @ Minnesota (9-9-2)

TOR 7 – 2 MIN

New York Islanders (9-9-1) @ St. Louis (7-10-1)

STL 5 – 2 NYI

Winnipeg (10-7-0) @ Philadelphia (11-7-1)

PHI 5 – 2 WPG

New York Rangers (12-5-2) @ Boston (8-8-3)

NYR 3 – 2 BOS SO

Carolina (7-11-3) @ Pittsburgh (11-9-0)

PIT 6 – 3 CAR

11/24/12

Detroit (13-8-0) @ Tampa Bay (6-11-0)

The Wings looked to keep their road trip going well, and again, they got off slow after playing the night before. Tampa Bay outshot them 13-6 in the first, yet Detroit had the lead, at 16:18 in, Danny Cleary (6) scored on Lindback (A: Filppula, Nyquist).

In the second however, Detroit bounced back and outshot the Bolts 15-6, and potted two goals, Jordan Tootoo (3) (A: Zetterberg) at 9:48, and from Mikael Samuelsson (2) (A: Miller, Kindl).

The punishment wouldn’t end there, as Kronwall (4) at 5:12 (A: Zetterberg, Nyquist) and Datsyuk (7) at 16:39 (A: Zetterberg) to ice the game. Jimmy Howard got the shutout.

DET 5 – 0 TBL

Three Stars:

  1. DET G – Jimmy Howard – 0.00 GAA, 1.00SV%, 27SA
  2. DET C – Henrik Zetterberg – 0G, 3A, 1S
  3. DET RW – Danny Cleary – 1G, 0A, 2S

Notes: DET continues with the injury bug, as in the third straight game, they lose another player. Cory Emmerton will be injured the next 2-3 weeks with a strained hamstring. Jan Mursak will replace him centering the fourth line.

Ottawa (10-7-3) @ New Jersey (8-9-1)

NJD 3 – 2 OTT

Philadelphia (12-7-1) @ New York Rangers (12-5-3)

PHI 5 – 4 NYR SO

Pittsburgh (11-10-0) @ Boston (9-8-3)

BOS 5 – 0 PIT

Notes: Boston loses C Patrice Bergeron 9 weeks due to concussion

Vancouver (8-9-3) @ Montreal (7-11-2)

MTL 4 – 3 VAN

Buffalo (11-5-2) @ New York Islanders (10-9-1)

NYI 5 – 4 BUF

Phoenix (9-8-1) @ Colorado (11-8-1)

COL 2 – PHX 0

Edmonton (6-10-3) @ Calgary (9-7-2)

CGY 4 – 3 EDM

Anaheim (10-6-4) @ San Jose (8-9-2)

SJS 3 – 1 ANA

Columbus (8-7-3) @ Nashville (12-7-2)

NSH 4 – 0 CBJ

11/25/12

Winnipeg (10-8-0) @ Carolina (8-11-3)

CAR 4 – 1 WPG

Los Angeles (13-7-0) @ Dallas (14-6-2)

DAL 6 – 2 LAK

Tampa Bay (6-12-0) @ Florida (10-9-1)

FLA 2 – 0 TBL

Washington (13-7-1) @ St. Louis (7-11-1)

WSH 4 – 3 STL

11/26/12

New Jersey (9-9-1) @ Toronto (9-7-3)

NJD 4 – 2 TOR

Minnesota (9-10-2) @ Pittsburgh (12-10-0)

PIT 5 – 0 MIN

Vancouver (9-9-3) @ New York Rangers (12-5-4)

VAN 2 – 1 NYR

11/27/12

Phoenix (9-9-1) @ Detroit (14-8-0)

The first period started out strong, with 6 minutes in, having an MVP like season, Zetterberg struck (10) (A: Bertuzzi, Datsyuk).

In the second however, they poured on quickly. 3 minutes in, Mursak (2) popped one in after replacing the injured Emmerton (A: Kindl, Tootoo). Two minutes later, Helm (5) poured it on more (A: Colaiacovo). It wouldn’t last though, at 7 minutes into the period, Keith Yandle (1) scored his first of the year (A: Gordon).

In the third, the perennial captain, Shane Doan (3) scored to make it close (A: Vermette). Bertuzzi (5) regained the two goal lead though (A: Filppula, Datsyuk) to force Phoenix to the brink in the game. But they wouldn’t go quietly, as playoff hero Mikkael Boedker (4) would bring them close, but they couldn’t close it out (A: Rozsival, Gordon).

DET 4 – 3 PHX

Three Stars:

  1. DET RW – Todd Bertuzzi – 1G, 1A, 2H, 3S -1
  2. DET C – Pavel Datsyuk – 0G, 2A, 1H, 3S, +/- 0
  3. DET C – Darren Helm – 1G, 0A, 1H, 2S

Notes: It keeps coming, as DET D Nik Kronwall received a mild concussion, will be out for 2-3 weeks.

Anaheim (11-6-4) @ Colorado (11-9-1)

ANA 2 – 1 COL

Notes: ANA D Toni Lydman will be out 5-6 weeks with a dislocated shoulder

Los Angeles (14-7-0) @ Chicago (11-7-2)

LAK 3 – 0 CHI

Edmonton (7-10-3) @ Nashville (12-8-2)

EDM 5 – 0 NSH

Carolina (8-12-3) @ Ottawa (11-7-3)

OTT 4 – 2 CAR

Notes: CAR RW Anthony Stewart will be out 5-6 weeks with a broken foot

Tampa Bay (6-13-0) @ Montreal (8-11-2)

MON 4 – 1 TBL

Dallas (14-7-2) @ Columbus (9-7-3)

CBJ 6 – 2 DAL

San Jose (9-9-2) @ Washington (13-8-1)

SJS 4 – 3 WSH

Vancouver (9-10-3) @ New York Islanders (11-9-1)

NYI 1 – 0 VAN

Winnipeg (10-9-0) @ Buffalo (12-5-2)

BUF 4 – 3 WPG

New Jersey (9-10-1) @ Boston (10-8-3)

BOS 1 – 0 NJD

Notes: BOS C Tyler Seguin will be out 4 weeks with a dislocated shoulder

11/28/12

Philadelphia (12-8-1) @ Toronto (10-7-3)

TOR 4 – 1 PHI

Anaheim (12-6-4) @ Calgary (9-8-2)

ANA 3 – 2 CGY

Notes: CGY D Mark Giordano will be out 7-8 weeks with a broken collarbone

Chicago (11-8-2) @ Minnesota (10-10-2)

MIN 5 – 2 CHI