Ongoing NHL Thread

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Holtby with a huge save or the Flames are up by two.

 

[blindbaby]

Hudler makes it 2-0

 

[Cobiemonster]

Flames have a 2-0 lead in the first period - goals from Kris Russell and Jiri Hudler

 

[Cobiemonster]

Chimera gets the Caps on the board

And then Calgary answers - Cammy makes it 3-1

 

[Cobiemonster]

Cobiemonster's NHL Saturday Capsules:​

Edmonton Oilers 4, Phoenix Coyotes 5: In Glendale, Keith Yandle and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored consecutive power play goals in the 3rd period to tie and take the lead against the Oilers.....Edmonton had two leads in this game, 1-0 and 4-3......Oilers forward Tyler Pitlick scored his first NHL goal as it came in the first period.....four of Phoenix's five goals came from defensemen

New Jersey Devils 4, Boston Bruins 3: In Boston, Marek Zidlicky and Andy Greene scored power play goals 23 seconds apart late in the third period to secure New Jersey's first road win of the season.....the two goals by the Devils defensemen were their first of the season each.....all four New Jersey goals came on the power play.....Torey Krug, Jarome Iginla and Milan Lucic scored for Boston

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4: In Toronto, James Reimer was stellar in net as he stopped 37 shots for a Leafs victory.....Dave Bolland scored two goals for Toronto, a shorthanded goal and an empty net goal.....in Kris Letang's second game back from injury, he scored his first goal of the season, a power play marker

San Jose Sharks 2, Montreal Canadiens 0: In Montreal, Antti Niemi stopped all 22 shots fired his way for the shutout.....Logan Couture scored both goals for San Jose, who are continuing their long road trip.....despite the loss, Carey Price was still strong as he stopped 35 shots for Montreal

New York Rangers 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 Final/OT: In Detroit, with 13 seconds left in overtime, Derick Brassard scored the game winning goal as the Rangers earned just their 3rd win of the season.....New York rookie goaltender Cam Talbot earned his first NHL win as he stopped 32 out of 34 shots.....Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard made 37 saves in the overtime loss

Buffalo Sabres 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3: In Tampa, with 4:05 left in the 3rd period, Ondrej Palat scored the game winning goal as the Lightning beat a struggling Sabres team.....Martin St. Louis and Tyler Johnson scored the other two goals for Tampa.....Bryan Flynn and Thomas Vanek scored for Buffalo.....despite a 36 save effort, Ryan Miller fell to 1-8-0 with the loss

Philadelphia Flyers 5, New York Islanders 2: In Long Island, Vincent Lecavalier scored his 7th career NHL hat trick as Philadelphia downed the Isles.....with the hat trick, he now leads the Flyers in goals with four.....Flyers scored three or more goals for the first time this season, avoiding a record that hasn't been matched since 1940-41.....11 different Flyers had points, including two each from Claude Giroux and Mark Streit.....Philadelphia rookie forward Michael Raffl recorded his first NHL point

Winnipeg Jets 2, Dallas Stars 1 Final/SO: In Dallas, Andrew Ladd scored the game winning goal in the shootout as the Jets downed the Stars.....Evander Kane scored Winnipeg's lone goal in regulation.....Stephane Robidas scored his first goal of the season for Dallas' only regulation goal.....Ondrej Pavelec made 35 saves in the victory for the Jets.....Kari Lehtonen was the tough luck loser, stopping 37 shots

Minnesota Wild 5, Chicago Blackhawks 3: In Chicago, Jason Pominville scored two goals as the Wild beat the Blackhawks at United Center.....Minnesota had leads of 2-0, 4-1 and 5-2.....Bryan Bickell, Patrick Kane and Marcus Kruger recorded goals for Chicago.....Niklas Backstrom was strong in his first game back from injury as he made 33 saves

St. Louis Blues 6, Nashville Predators 1: In Nashville, Alex Pietrangelo scored his first goal of the season as St. Louis romped the Preds.....Alex Steen's two goals scored tied Alexander Ovechkin for the league lead in tallies with 10 each.....T.J. Oshie, Jaden Schwartz and Derek Roy also scored for the Blues.....Vladimir Tarasenko and Jay Bouwmeester recored two assists each for St. Louis.....Nick Spaling's shorthanded goal was the only marker for Nashville

Washington Capitals 2, Calgary Flames 5: In Calgary, Mike Cammalieri's two goal and three point night led the Flames past the Caps.....Jiri Hudler's first period goal gave him points in all but one game to start the season.....Braden Holtby was pulled in the 1st period after giving up three goals.....Jason Chimera and Aaron Volpatti scored for Washington

 

[Cobiemonster]

Five games tonight: SJ/OTT, TB/FLA, ANA/CBJ, WPG/COL and EDM/LA

 

[TiLoBrown]

Well this sucks

 

[dash]

Oilers would have to play .643 hockey for the rest of the season (basically win 45 of their last 70 games) to get to 97 points and a possible playoff spot.

/You can't make the playoffs in October, but you can certainly play your way out of a playoff spot.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Oilers would have to play .643 hockey for the rest of the season (basically win 45 of their last 70 games) to get to 97 points and a possible playoff spot.

/You can't make the playoffs in October, but you can certainly play your way out of a playoff spot.

Yep - as they say, you can't win a championship early in the season but you can sure lose it

 

[TiLoBrown]

Oilers would have to play .643 hockey for the rest of the season (basically win 45 of their last 70 games) to get to 97 points and a possible playoff spot.

/You can't make the playoffs in October, but you can certainly play your way out of a playoff spot.

Devils feel your pain good sir

 

[forty_three]

Oilers would have to play .643 hockey for the rest of the season (basically win 45 of their last 70 games) to get to 97 points and a possible playoff spot.

/You can't make the playoffs in October, but you can certainly play your way out of a playoff spot.

God damned refs and divers.

 

[forty_three]

From the Jackets facebook page. I laughed.

Gonna be a hard road tonight.

 

[dash]

God damned refs and divers.

Don't forget injuries - Oil look to take care of business tonight against the Kings tonight by starting Richard 'Randy' Bachman between the pipes.

 

[BlueWolfZero]

Oilers would have to play .643 hockey for the rest of the season (basically win 45 of their last 70 games) to get to 97 points and a possible playoff spot.

/You can't make the playoffs in October, but you can certainly play your way out of a playoff spot.

So you're saying there's a chance, errr?

 

[Cobiemonster]

Sharks/Sens and Lightning/Panthers underway

 

[Cobiemonster]

41 seconds in, Martin St. Louis scores for Tampa - they lead the Panthers 1-0

 

[Cobiemonster]

Tomas Hertl gives the Sharks a 1-0 lead in Ottawa - 1st period

 

[Cobiemonster]

Stamkos makes it 2-0 Lightning in Sunrise

 

[Cobiemonster]

Sharks now lead the Sens 2-0

 

[IndyAndy]

Panthers are finally starting to mount sustained attacks: Only took until the 10+ minute mark. :rollseyes: