Welcome back to hockey season everybody. I will once again be recapping all games this season, from start to finish and throughout the playoffs as well. Our first game of the night involves last season's Stanley Cup Champs, the...
Boston Bruins, at home against the Philadelphia Flyers. Ilya Bryzgalov made his Philadelphia debut against Conn Smythe winner Tim Thomas in the nets. Boston was the first on the board here with a Brad Marchand goal, a power play goal assisted by Tyler Seguin and Joe Corvo. Philadelphia tied the game at 1 with a power play goal by Claude Giroux, with help from Jaromir Jagr, who returned from the KHL, and Chris Pronger. Forty-seven seconds later, and with just three seconds left in the first period, the Flyers took the lead with a Jakub Voracek goal, coming from Andrej Meszaros and Wayne Simmonds. The next two periods were silent, leaving Philadelphia with a 2-1 win over the Bruins, and the three stars were awarded to Giroux, Marchand, and Seguin.
The other early game on tonight was north of the border, with the Toronto Maple Leafs hosting the Montreal Canadiens. Carey Price and James Reimer were in the creases tonight. The first period was quiet on the scoring front, but Toronto opened it all up with a shorthanded goal from the recently-acquired Matthew Lombardi, assisted by Mike Brown and Dion Phaneuf. The Maple Leafs extended their lead on a Phaneuf goal, with helpers by Phil Kessel and Joffrey Lupul. Toronto maintained this lead and won the game 2-0, with the three stars going to Reimer, Phaneuf, and Lombardi.
Wrapping up the opening night, the Vancouver Canucks host the Pittsburgh Penguins. Marc-Andre Fleury and Roberto Luongo got the starts for the opening night game. Pittsburgh busted open the scoring early in the first period with a James Neal power play goal, powered by Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. The Penguins added on with a Matt Cooke goal, another power play tally, guided in by Pascal Dupuis. Vancouver's resident pest answered, with Maxim Lapierre putting the biscuit in the basket, an unassisted goal. Pittsburgh got the goal back in the second period as Cooke notched his second of the night (thrusting him into the lead for the Rocket Richard), a shorthanded goal with assistance from Jordan Staal and Letang. The Canucks clawed back a little with a Keith Ballard goal, helped along by Henrik and Daniel Sedin. Vancouver tied the game up at 3 with a third period goal by Daniel, pushed along by Henrik and Sami Salo. The tie lasted through regulation and overtime, into a shootout where the Penguins' Letang and Malkin scored to secure a 4-3 victory. Daniel, Cooke, and Chris Higgins were the official three stars, although Henrik or Letang would have fit in the third spot just as well.
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