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Nightly Recaps - Friday, October 15th

Colorado 3 - New Jersey 2

All right, so the Avalanche were outshot 43-22 by the Devils. Big deal, the Avs made their shots count more and drop the Devils on the strength of goals by Cody McLeod, T.J. Galiardi, and Chris Stewart. Craig Anderson stopped 41 shots en route to the win. Meanwhile, the Devils had solid games out of rookie Matt Taormina and Ilya Kovalchuk as they each had a goal and an assist.

Toronto 4 - NY Rangers 3 (F/OT)

A bad night for the Rangers injury-wise was made worse by losing to the still undefeated Maple Leafs 4-3. Phil Kessel had two goals for Toronto and Clarke MacArthur continued to stay hot scoring his fifth goal of the season. Brian Boyle had two goals for the Rangers who lost Chris Drury and Marian Gaborik to separate injuries in the second period.

Pittsburgh 3 - NY Islanders 2 (F/OT)

The Penguins power play has been a point of contention for the team and their fans of late, but it would be a power play goal from Alex Goligoski in overtime that saved the Penguins. The Islanders fortunes nearly turned on a questionable “illegal check to the head” major penalty to Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang, but the Isles scored just once on the major. Brent Johnson won his second game of the year for Pittsburgh while Rick DiPietro took the loss for the Isles.

Chicago 5 - Columbus 2

Patrick Sharp couldn’t help but keep shooting the puck. Sharp had two goals and racked up 13 shots on goal in the game, setting a new franchise record. Considering how long the Hawks have been around, that’s an impressive feat, especially with Bobby Hull being a legendary Hawk. Marty Turco got the win in goal stopping 30 shots as the Blue Jackets couldn’t keep up with Chicago. Columbus goalie Steve Mason had to have flashbacks to last season getting blitzed with 40 shots on goal, stopping 35.

Montreal 2 - Buffalo 1

A stern, defensive effort from Montreal coupled with an enraging offensive effort from Buffalo turns into a one-goal win for the Habs. Go figure. Alexandre Picard and Josh Gorges score for Montreal while Derek Roy scored his fifth goal of the season already for Buffalo. Carey Price stood tall for Montreal in goal stopping 22 shots. For Buffalo, things weren’t as cheerful as Tim Connolly was benched for most the third period and coach Lindy Ruff is saying rash things about earning ice time.

Atlanta 5 - Anaheim 4 (F/SO)

It was a good night to have the last name “Stewart.” After Colorado’s Chris Stewart scored the game-winner against New Jersey and had two points, his brother Anthony decided to one-up him against Anaheim notching a hat trick in a shootout win over the Ducks. Nigel Dawes scored the winning goal in the shootout. If there’s an upside for the Ducks in a game that saw them blow two different leads, including a two-goal lead in the third, it’s that they outshot the Thrashers 41-33. Toni Lydman had a goal in his first game back to action for Anaheim. Teemu Selanne and Corey Perry each had a goal and two assists for the Ducks.

Los Angeles 4 - Vancouver 1

It’s becoming the rivalry that most fans get to miss out on thanks to being played out west, but LA and Vancouver rarely, if ever, don’t play a thoroughly entertaining and fiery game. Tonight was no exception and the Kings took advantage of some poor defensive efforts from Kevin Bieksa and Andrew Alberts to win easily. Bieksa and Alberts were each a -2 on the game while forward Raffi Torres was a -3. Meanwhile the Kings got two goals from captain Dustin Brown and 25 saves from Jon Quick to earn the win. Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo had a night to forget making just 15 saves in the loss.