Saturday, November 22, 2014

NHL November 21st, 2014

Three games on yesterday, as the Buffalo Sabres game against the New York Rangers was postponed. We begin in...

Columbus, where the Blue Jackets host the Boston Bruins. Niklas Svedberg is mismatched with Sergei Bobrovsky in goal. Columbus opened in the first period on a Ryan Johansen goal, his seventh of the season, going in unassisted. The Blue Jackets added on as Nick Foligno potted his tenth of the year, with the help of Jordan Leopold and Johansen. Boston got on the board in the third period on a Dennis Seidenberg goal, his third of the season, coming off of Matt Bartkowski and Chris Kelly. The Bruins tied it with a Matt Fraser goal, his third of the year, passed from Bartkowski and Patrice Bergeron. Boston took the lead on a Daniel Paille goal, courtesy of Carl Soderberg. Columbus tied it again with a Jack Johnson goal, assisted by Johansen and Foligno. The tie lasted to a shootout, where an Alexander Khokhlachev goal gave the Bruins a 4-3 win. The three stars belonged to Johansen, Foligno, and Bartkowski.

East to Pittsburgh, where the Penguins welcome the New York Islanders. Chad Johnson and Marc-Andre Fleury draw the starts. Pittsburgh started in the first period on a Brandon Sutter goal, his sixth of the season, assisted by Paul Martin and Steve Downie. New York tied it on a Matt Martin goal, passed from Travis Hamonic and Ryan Strome. The Islanders took the lead with a Nikolay Kulemin goal, his fourth of the year, going in unassisted. New York added on as Strome scored his fourth of the season, thanks to Travis Hickey and Josh Bailey. The Penguins got one back on Blake Comeau's fifth of the year, guided in by Chris Kunitz and Olli Maatta. The Islanders extended the lead on a Nick Leddy goal in the second period, his fifth of the season, made possible by Strome and Anders Lee. Pittsburgh chipped back on a Nick Spaling goal, his third of the year, fueled by Patric Hornqvist and Evgeni Malkin. The Penguins tied it in the third period on a Hornqvist goal, with helpers provided by Malkin and Christian Ehrhoff for his tenth of the campaign. The tie lasted to a shootout, where the Islanders won with goals by Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo to top a tally by Sidney Crosby. The three stars in the 5-4 game were Strome, Hornqvist, and Malkin.

Finally, the Edmonton Oilers bring in the New Jersey Devils. Cory Schneider faces a lesser foe in Viktor Fasth in goal. New Jersey got going in the second period on an Adam Henrique goal, his fifth of the season, via Steve Bernier and Eric Gelinas. The Devils added on with a Tuomo Ruutu goal, his fourth of the year, helped along by Gelinas. This made it a 2-0 win, with the three stars going to Schneider (29 save shutout), Henrique, and Gelinas.

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