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Nightly recap: Thursday, October 21st

Washington Capitals v Boston Bruins

of the Washington Capitals of the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden on October 21, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Bruce Bennett

A busy night tonight with 11 games, so we’ll keep things easy like Sunday morning for you.

Boston 4 - Washington 1

Tim Thomas got the start again and was once again outstanding stopping 38 shots. Goalie controversy time in Boston? No way, just a dominating tandem. Zdeno Chara, Jordan Caron, Nathan Horton, and Michael Ryder scored for Boston. Jason Chimera had Washington’s lone goal while Semyon Varlamov took the loss.

NY Rangers 2 - Toronto 1

Martin Biron did his job getting the start for the Rangers stopping 24 shots in the win. Meanwhile, Ruslan Fedotenko and Artem Anisimov scored for New York. There was no “payback” in the game for the Leafs taking out Marian Gaborik in their previous meeting. Sorry all fans of revenge out there. Jonas Gustavsson looked strong for Toronto stopping 30 shots in the loss.

Anaheim 3 - Philadelphia 2

This is one the Flyers would like to have back. The Ducks started without Cam Fowler and Curtis McElhinney made his first start of the season and was sensational stopping 40 shots in the win. Sergei Bobrovsky was a bit more shaky in this one stopping just 19 shots. Ryan Getzlaf had the night’s game-winning goal late in the third for the Ducks.

Detroit 4 - Calgary 2

After a sleepy first period, the Wings got their act together. Mikael Backlund had both Calgary goals in the first period, but after that it was all Wings. Henrik Zetterberg had his first goal of the year, meanwhile Nick Lidstrom, Johan Franzen, and former Flame Todd Bertuzzi also added goals for the Wings.

New Jersey 3 - Montreal 0

The Canadiens are probably going to start hoping they can get Martin Brodeur stopped at the border when the Devils come to town. Brodeur is on his best when he’s back in Montreal and tonight was no different as the future hall of fame goalie stopped 29 shots in earning the shutout. Zach Parise, Jason Arnott, and Matt Taormina all scored for New Jersey. Carey Price stopped 17 shots in the loss.

NY Islanders 3 - Tampa Bay 2 (F/OT)

While the game may have ended controversially with Matt Moulson’s OT winner needing eight minutes of review time to decide if the puck went across the goal line, what’s lost in that is a pretty solid performance from Rick DiPietro. DiPietro stopped 28 shots in the win and looked strong in goal for the game.

Dallas 4 - Florida 1

It was Jamie Benn’s first game back after a concussion sat him down for about a week, but it was Tom Wandell who stole the show for Dallas scoring twice. Kari Lehtonen was solid stopping 27 shots, allowing only a late goal to Stephen Weiss to keep him from getting a shutout. Tomas Vokoun didn’t fare well, giving up all four goals before being relieved by Scott Clemmensen to start the third period. Vokoun was likely overdue for a break anyway but he didn’t look strong tonight after being outstanding of late.

Pittsburgh 4 - Nashville 3 (F/OT)

Pittsburgh’s big guns came out to play tonight. Sidney Crosby had two goals, Evgeni Malkin had another goal and Kris Letang scored the game-winner in overtime all while Marc-Andre Fleury picked up the win in goal. It may not have been a stellar game for Fleury (he made just 21 saves), but a win is a win and he needed the confidence boost. Pekka Rinne stopped 34 in the loss, while David Legwand, Cody Franson, and Patric Hornqvist all had a goal a piece.

San Jose 4 - Colorado 2

Joe Pavelski was a man on a mission tonight scoring two goals in the second period to provide the difference maker for San Jose. Logan Couture and Scott Nichol added a goal each, meanwhile Antero Niittymaki was solid in goal stopping 29 shots. Milan Hejduk and Kyle Cumiskey scored for Colorado while Craig Anderson saved 30 shots in the loss.

Minnesota 4 - Edmonton 2

Despite the Wild playing one of the sloppier games of the year, they came away winners of the youthful Oilers. Kyle Brodziak had two goals for Minnesota, meanwhile Niklas Backstrom was outstanding stopping 34 shots in the win. Ales Hemsky and Shawn Horcoff had the goals for Edmonton and rookie Taylor Hall, while not getting on the score sheet played a brilliant game. He may be poised to awaken and start showing he’s the #1 overall pick now.

Phoenix 4 - Los Angeles 2

While the severe lack of attendance tonight is going to get a lot of attention, Lee Stempniak getting his first career hat trick should be noticed as well. Stempniak’s efforts all night long held strong as Wayne Simmonds of the Kings tried to single-handedly get them back in the game, scoring both Los Angeles goals. Andrew Ebbett, who is filling in for Shane Doan while he’s suspended, had a short-handed goal, meanwhile Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 28 shots in the win.