12/19

Toronto (15-10-5) @ Calgary (17-9-3)

CGY 3 – 1 TOR

Columbus (14-11-5) @ Colorado (14-13-3)

COL 3 – 2 CBJ SO

New Jersey (15-13-1) @ Philadelphia (14-13-4)

NJD 1 – 0 PHI SO

Trade Alert: FLA send D Filip Kuba to BOS for 2014 1st round pick.

12/20

New York Islanders (16-3-3) @ Detroit (22-8-1)

Detroit finally is able to clear out their IR report, with Johan Franzen returning from a broken wrist that sidelined him for almost 2 months. The odd man out will be Cory Emmerton, who will be replaced on the fourth line with Abdelkader taking center, and Samuelsson moving down with Bertuzzi joining Helm and Miller on the third line. Franzen will be centered by Datsyuk on the first line with Danny Cleary getting bumped up to join them. Zetterberg will continue to center Nyquist and his former red-hot winger Filppula.

The Islanders have been the surprise team of the year in the East, coming out red hot and slowing only slightly, it’s exactly what they expected when they have a healthy Dipietro and a stud center in Tavares.

It was a contested battle through two, but Detroit would be disadvantaged first, after a Jordan Tootoo check, NYI defenseman Mark Streit would leave the game, and Tootoo would get a 5 minute boarding penalty and be ejected from the game after only 8 minutes of play. However the Wings would be dominant on the penalty kill, only allowing 10 shots in the period.

The second period it was all Dipietro, as he faced 18 shots and blanked the Wings.

In the third however, Jimmy Howard would blink first, as Kyle Okposo (7) deflected in a goal in the crease (A: Grabner, Bailey).

Hope was dimming for the Red Wings, as Dipietro stayed solid. He put up 32 saves through the third, but on the 33rd shot, Carlo Colaiacovo (4) would beat him on a slap shot (A: Datsyuk) to tie the game.

Overtime went as the whole game had, both goaltenders refusing to blink. However a shot from Danny Cleary (11) got deflected in by one of the Islanders defenseman, ending the game with 45 seconds remaining in the OT (A: Quincey, Howard).

 

DET 2 – 1 NYI OT

Three Stars:

  1. NYI G Rick Dipietro – 1.88 GAA, .946 SV%, 37 SA
  2. DET D Carlo Colaiacovo – 1G, 0A, 5H
  3. DET RW Daniel Cleary – 1G, 0A, 1S

Notes: NYI D Mark Streit will be injured 4 weeks with a separated shoulder.

Nashville (17-12-3) @ Carolina (13-14-6)

CAR 4 – 2 NSH

Notes: NSH G Pekka Rinne will be injured for 2 weeks.

Winnipeg (18-11-0) @ Boston (15-12-5)

WPG 4 – 3 BOS OT

Anaheim (20-7-4) @ Tampa Bay (10-19-0)

ANA 3 – 2 TBL

Vancouver (15-13-4) @ Minnesota (13-15-4)

VAN 4 – 3 MIN

Buffalo (21-7-2) @ Edmonton (9-16-6)

BUF 7 – 0 EDM

Notes: BUF D Tyler Myers will be injured for 4-5 weeks.

Florida (17-10-3) @ New York Rangers (16-10-5)

NYR 4 – 3 FLA OT

Notes: NYR D Daniel Girardi will be injured for 4 weeks.

Montreal (11-19-3) @ Washington (16-14-2)

WSH 5 – 1 MON

Notes: WSH LW Wojtek Wolski will be injured for the next 8 weeks.

St. Louis (12-16-2) @ Phoenix (11-15-3)

STL 2 – 0 PHX

Notes: STL D Barret Jackman will be injured the next 3-4 weeks. PHX D Zbynek Michalek will be injured 2-3 months.

Los Angeles (22-8-3) @ San Jose (14-14-3)

SJS 4 – 3 LAK SO

12/21

Winnipeg (18-12-0) @ Pittsburgh (18-15-0)

PIT 4 – 1 WPG

Vancouver (16-13-4) @ Columbus (14-11-6)

VAN 2 – 1 CBJ SO

Florida (17-11-3) @ Ottawa (16-11-4)

OTT 3 – 2 FLA

Notes: OTT D Jared Cowen will be out 7-8 weeks.

St. Louis (12-17-2) @ Dallas (18-12-2)

DAL 2 – 1 STL

Notes: StL D Roman Polak will be out 3-4 weeks.

Philadelphia (14-14-4) @ New Jersey (16-13-1)

NJD 3 – 2 PHI

Notes: PHI D Pavel Kubina will be injured for 6-7 weeks.

12/22

Columbus () @ Detroit ()

Columbus, the team that shocked the west by going undefeated at the beginning of the year, has faltered slightly but is looking to make a statement against the NHL leading Red Wings and their division rivals.

In the first period, both Sergei Bobrovsky and Jimmy Howard looked absolutely stellar, allowing no goals off 30 total shots.

In the second however, Jimmy Howard would crack first. Nick Foligno (13) would score to give the Jackets a 1-0 lead with only 2 minutes gone (A: Umberger, Dubinsky). It wouldn’t stop there as rookie Jonathan Audy-Marchessault (5) would blow one past Howard only four minutes later (A: Foligno).

Detroit would try to make a comeback, with Johan Franzen (2) potting one past Bobrovsky (A: Datsyuk, Zettberberg) on the powerplay.

In the third however, Columbus put it away early. Jack Johnson (5) (A: Tyutin) and James Wisniewsky (5) (A: Anisimov, Foligno) would both score in the first two and a half minutes, and the Wings simply accepted their fate.

CBJ 4 – 1 DET

Three Stars:

  1. CBJ RW – Nick Foligno – 1G, 2A, 2H, 3S
  2. CBJ LW – Jonathan Audy-Marchessault – 1G, 1S
  3. CBJ D – James Wisniewski – 1G, 3H, 2S

Washington (17-14-2) @ Boston (15-13-5)

WSH 6 – 1 BOS

Montreal (11-20-3) @ Toronto (16-10-5)

TOR 4 – 2 MTL

Pittsburgh (18-15-1) @ New York Islanders (17-13-3)

NYI 2 – 1 PIT SO

New Jersey (16-14-1) @ New York Rangers (17-10-5)

NYR 3 – 1 NJD

Anaheim (20-8-4) @ Carolina (14-14-6)

CAR 3 – 0 ANA

Nashville (17-13-3) @ Tampa Bay (11-19-0)

TBL 2 -1  NSH

Colorado (14-14-3) @ Minnesota (14-15-4)

MIN 4 – 3 COL

Dallas (18-13-2) @ Phoenix (12-15-3)

PHX 3 – 2 DAL

Buffalo (22-7-2) @ Calgary (17-10-3)

BUF 2 – 1 CGY

San Jose (14-14-4) @ Los Angeles (23-8-3)

LAK 5 – 4 SJS OT

12/23

Philadelphia (15-14-4) @ Ottawa (16-12-4)

PHI 3 – 0 OTT

Edmonton (10-16-6) @ Calgary (17-10-4)

EDM 4 – 3 CGY SO

Vancouver (16-14-4) @ St. Louis (13-17-2)

STL 4 – 2 VAN

Anaheim (21-8-4) @ Chicago (17-12-3)

ANA 1 – 0 CHI

Carolina (15-14-6) @ Washington (17-15-2)

CAR 3 – 1 WSH

Nashville (17-14-3) @ Florida (18-11-3)

FLA 5 – 1 NSH

Buffalo (22-8-2) @ Colorado (15-14-3)

COL 5 – 2 BUF