Week 3 Hockey Recap

Key Games from this Week

Sunday 10/23

• Edmonton 3 - Winnipeg 0 - Heritage Classic Game
• Edmonton - Mark Letestu 1 (2), Darnell Nurse 1 (1), Zack Kassian 1 (2)
• Winnipeg - None

Monday 10/24

• Philadelphia 1 - Montreal 3
• Philadelphia - Jakub Voracek 1 (3)
• Montreal - Shea Weber 1 (2), Brendan Gallagher 1 (4), Alexander Radulov 1 (2)

Tuesday 10/25

• Florida 2 - Pittsburgh 3
• Florida - Reilly Smith 1 (1), Mark Pysyk 1 (1)
• Pittsburgh - Sidney Crosby 1 (1), Carl Hagelin 1 (1), Eric Fehr 1 (1)
• Tampa Bay 7 - Toronto 3
• Tampa Bay - Steven Stamkos 2 (5), Alex Killorn 1 (5), Victor Hedman 1 (1),          Nikita Kucherov 1 (1), Vladislav Namestnikov 1 (2), Jonathan Drouin 1 (2)
• Toronto - Willie Nylander 1 (4), James van Riemsdyk 1 (3), Auston Matthews 1 (6)
• Calgary 4 - St. Louis 1
• Calgary - Dennis Wideman 1 (1), Deryk Engelland 1 (1), Sam Bennett 1 (2),           Johnny Gaudreau 1 (2)
• St. Louis - Kevin Shattenkirk 1 (2)

Wednesday 10/26

• Boston 2 - New York Rangers 5
• Boston - David Pastrnak 1 (5), Austin Czarnik 1 (1)
• New York - Rick Nash 1 (3), Kevin Hayes, 1 (2), Brandon Pirri 2 (4),                   Jimmy Vesey 1 (4)
• Washington 1 - Edmonton 4
• Washington - Alex Ovechkin 1 (4)
• Edmonton - Benoit Pouliot 2 (3), Patrick Maroon 1 (2), Milan Lucic 1 (3)

Thursday 10/27

• Tampa Bay 1 - Montreal 3
• Tampa Bay - Alex Killorn 1 (6)
• Montreal - Alex Galchenyuk 1 (2), Max Pacioretty 1 (2), Torrey Mitchell 1 (4)

Saturday 10/29

• Pittsburgh 5 - Philadelphia 4
• Pittsburgh - Sidney Crosby 2 (4), Matt Cullen 1 (2), Evgeni Malkin 2 (5)
• Philadelphia - Jakub Voracek 2 (5), Wayne Simmonds 1 (6), Claude Giroux 1 (1)
• Boston 1 - Montreal 0
• Boston - Tim Schaller 1 (1)
• Montreal - none
• Toronto 1 - Montreal 2
• Toronto - Nazem Kadri 1 (3)
• Montreal - Alex Galchenyuk 1 (3), Shea Weber 1 (4)

Current Standings

Metropolitan Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Pittsburgh Penguins	3-0-0	6-2-1	13
New York Rangers	2-1-0	5-3-0	10
New Jersey Devils	2-0-1	4-2-2	10
Washington Capitals	1-1-1	4-2-1	9
Columbus Blue Jackets	1-1-1	3-3-1	7
Philadelphia Flyers	1-3-0	3-5-1	7
Carolina Hurricanes	2-1-0	2-3-2	6
New York Islanders	1-2-0	3-5-0	6

Atlantic Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Montreal Canadiens	4-0-0	8-0-1	17
Detroit Red Wings	2-1-0	6-3-0	12
Tampa Bay Lightning	1-2-0	5-3-0	10
Ottawa Senators	1-1-0	4-3-0	8
Boston Bruins	1-2-0	4-4-0	8
Florida Maple Leafs	0-3-0	3-4-1	7
Toronto Maple Leafs	1-2-0	2-3-3	7
Buffalo Sabres	1-1-1	2-3-2	6

Central Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Minnesota Wild	3-1-0	6-2-1	13
St Louis Blues	1-1-1	5-2-2	12
Chicago Blackhawks	1-0-1	4-3-1	9
Colorado Avalanche	1-1-0	4-3-0	8
Winnipeg Jets	2-2-0	4-4-0	8
Dallas Stars	1-2-0	3-4-1	7
Nashville Predators	0-2-1	2-5-1	5

Pacific Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Edmonton Oilers	3-0-0	7-1-0	14
San Jose Sharks	3-0-0	6-3-0	12
Calgary Flames	3-0-0	4-4-1	9
Vancouver Canucks	0-4-1	4-4-1	9
Los Angeles Kings	2-1-0	4-4-0	8
Anaheim Ducks	2-1-1	3-4-2	8
Arizona Coyotes	1-3-0	2-6-0	4

Stat Leaders

Goals

• 5 players tied with 6 goals

Points

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 12
• Auston Matthews, TOR - 11
• 3 players tied with 10

Goals Against Average (GAA)

• Jimmy Howard, DET - 0.67
• Tuukka Rask, BOS - 1.25
• Carey Price, MTL - 1.40

Save Percentage

• Jimmy Howard, DET - .980
• Tuukka Rask, BOS - .958
• Al Montoya, MTL - .955

Wins

• Cam Talbot, EDM - 7
• Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT - 6
• 3 players tied with 5 wins

Storylines From the Week

• Sidney Crosby came back and is still the best player in the world - In his three games since returning from injury, he has four goals
• It appears fairly certain that at least one Canadian team will make the playoffs this season
• Everyone knew that Montreal would go as far as Carey Price took them, but now that Al Montoya has become as solid of a backup goaltender as there is, the Canadiens look like an elite team
• Vancouver has come back to reality by going winless this week
• Is Edmonton for real?  I still can't tell.  I always kind of figured that they would have a good enough offense to stay in games but I didn't think that would equal wins.  Oilers' goaltender Cam Talbot is leading the league in wins with seven, which is something I never thought would happen.  I'm still not sold on the team's defense or their goaltending, which is why I still don't buy them as a serious contender quite yet.
• Bruce Boudreau is working his magic in Minnesota
• What is wrong with Nashville? Their goaltenders have given up an average of 3.50 goals per game, which is a real problem for the Predators as they are paying Pekka Rinne too much money to be inconsistent.

Key Injuries

• Anaheim - G Jonathan Bernier is day-to-day with an upper-body injury
• Arizona - D Michael Stone is day-to-day with an upper-body injury
• Boston - G Anton Khudobin was placed on IR with an upper-body injury
• Detroit - LW Thomas Vanek is day-to-day with a groin injury
• Minnesota - D Marco Scandella and LW Zach Parise are day-to-day with lower-body injuries
• New York Rangers - C Josh Jooris was played on IR with an upper-body injury
• Ottawa Senators - G Andrew Hammond was placed on IR with a lower-body injury
• St Louis Blues - D Robert Bortuzzo is day-to-day with a lower-body injury
• Toronto Maple Leafs - D Matt Hunwick is day-to-day with a lower-body injury
• Vancouver Canucks - D Chris Tanev was placed on IR with a lower-body injury; C Jayson Megna was placed on IR

A Look at the Week Ahead

Sunday 10/30

• Florida @ Detroit - could be an important matchup for the Eastern Conference playoff hunt
• Los Angeles @ Chicago

Tuesday 11/1

• St Louis @ New York Rangers
• Edmonton @ Toronto - matchup between two of the youngest and most entertaining teams in the league

Thursday 11/3

• Boston @ Tampa Bay - Atlantic Division matchup between two teams who will be in playoff contention all season long
• St Louis @ Dallas - rematch of a Western Conference playoff series last season

Saturday 11/5

• Pittsburgh @ San Jose - second rematch of the Stanley Cup Finals
• New York Rangers @ Boston - rivalry matchup of two Original Six teams
• Florida @ Tampa Bay - the next installment in the battle for Florida

*All stats and information came from NHL.com, TSN.ca, and ESPN.com