Week 1 Hockey Recap

On Sundays during the NHL season I am planning on writing a weekly hockey recap from the week that just finished.  The recap will cover games that occurred Sunday through Saturday and I'll cover important games from that week, week and season statistical leaders, headlines from that week, highlighting if any bingo spots occurred, and a preview of important games during the upcoming week.

Key Games from this Week

Wednesday 10/12

• St Louis 5 - Chicago 2
• St Louis - Kevin Shattenkirk 1 (1), Vladimir Tarasenko 2 (2), Paul Stastny 1 (1),   Scottie Upshall 1 (1)
• Chicago - Richard Panik 1 (1), Ryan Hartman 1 (1)
• San Jose 2 - Los Angeles 1
• San Jose - Logan Couture 1 (1), Brent Burns 1 (1)
• Los Angeles - Tyler Toffoli 1 (1)

Thursday 10/13

• New York Rangers 5 - New York Islanders 3
• NY Rangers - Michael Grabner 1 (1), Mats Zuccarello 1 (1), Chris Kreider 1 (1), Brandon Pirri 1 (1), J.T. Miller 1 (1)
• NY Islanders - Nick Leddy 1 (1), Cal Clutterbuck 1 (1), Brock Nelson 1 (1)
• Tampa Bay 6 - Detroit 4
• Tampa Bay - Jonathan Drouin 1 (1), Cedric Paquette 1 (1), Brian Boyle 1 (1),               Tyler Johnson 1 (1), Alex Killorn 1 (1), Valtteri Filppula 1 (1)
• Detroit - Thomas Vanek 2 (2), Frans Nielsen 1 (1), Danny DeKeyser 1 (1)
• St Louis 3 - Minnesota 2
• St Louis - Alexander Steen 1 (1), Nail Yakupov 1 (1), Magnus Paajarvi 1 (1)
• Minnesota - Ryan Suter 1 (1), Charlie Coyle 1 (1)
• Pittsburgh 3 - Washington 2 (Shootout)
• Pittsburgh - Patric Hornqvist 1 (1), Evgeni Malkin 1 (1), Phil Kessel SO winner
• Washington - Andre Burakovsky 2 (2)
• Dallas 4 - Anaheim 2
• Dallas - Stephen Johns 1 (1), Lauri Korpikoski 1 (1), Antoine Roussel 1 (1),           Adam Cracknell 1 (1)

Friday 10/14

• Nashville 3 - Chicago 2
• Nashville - P.K. Subban 1 (1), Roman Josi 1 (1), Mike Fisher 1 (1)
• Chicago - Marcus Kruger 1 (1), Niklas Hjalmarsson 1 (1)
• Philadelphia 4 - Los Angeles 2
• Philadelphia - Boyd Gordon 1 (1), Sean Couturier 2 (2), Mark Streit 1 (1)
• Los Angeles - Drew Doughty 1 (1), Brayden McNabb 1 (1)

Saturday 10/15

• Minnesota 4 - Winnipeg 3
• Minnesota - Chris Stewart 1 (1), Matthew Dumba 1 (1), Eric Staal 1 (1),                 Jonas Brodin 1 (1)
• Winnipeg - Nikolaj Ehlers 1 (1), Blake Wheeler 1 (2), Mark Scheifele 1 (2)
• Washington 2 - New York Islanders 1
• Washington - Daniel Winnik 2 (2)
• NY Islanders - Ryan Strome 1 (1)
• Pittsburgh 3 - Anaheim 2
• Pittsburgh - Ian Cole 1 (1), Conor Sheary 1 (1), Phil Kessel 1 (1)
• Anaheim - Cam Fowler 1 (1), Corey Perry 1 (1)
• St Louis 3 - New York Rangers 2
• St Louis - Vladimir Tarasenko 1 (3), Paul Stastny 1 (2), Alex Pietrangelo 1 (1)
• NY Rangers - Chris Kreider 1 (2), Mika Zibanejad 1 (1)
• Chicago 5 - Nashville 3
• Chicago - Nick Schmaltz (1), Brent Seabrook 1 (1), Richard Panik 3 (4)
• Nashville - Colin Wilson 1 (1), Craig Smith 1 (1), Viktor Arvidsson 1 (1)
• Colorado 6 - Dallas 5
• Colorado - Joe Colborne 3 (3), Carl Soderberg 1 (1), Nathan MacKinnon 1 (1),         Tyson Barrie 1 (1)
• Dallas - Tyler Seguin 2 (2), Devin Shore 1 (1), Jamie Benn 1 (1), Brett Ritchie 1 (1)

Current Standings

Metropolitan Division

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

Atlantic Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Florida Panthers	2-0-0	2-0-0	4
Tampa Bay Lightning	2-0-0	2-0-0	4
Ottawa Senators	2-0-0	2-0-0	4
Montreal Canadiens	1-0-1	1-0-1	3
Toronto Maple Leafs	1-0-1	1-0-1	3
Boston Bruins	1-1-0	1-1-0	2
Buffalo Bruins	0-1-0	0-1-0	0
Detroit Red Wings	0-2-0	0-2-0	0

Central Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
St Louis Blues	3-0-0	3-0-0	6
Colorado Avalanche	1-0-0	1-0-0	2
Dallas Stars	1-1-0	1-1-0	2
Minnesota Wild	1-1-0	1-1-0	2
Winnipeg Jets	1-1-0	1-1-0	2
Nashville Predators	1-1-0	1-1-0	2
Chicago Blackhawks	1-2-0	1-2-0	2

Pacific Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Edmonton Oilers	2-0-0	2-0-0	4
San Jose Sharks	2-0-0	2-0-0	4
Arizona Coyotes	1-0-0	1-0-0	2
Vancouver Canucks	1-0-0	1-0-0	2
Calgary Flames	0-2-1	0-2-1	1
Anaheim Ducks	0-2-0	0-2-0	0
Los Angeles Kings	0-2-0	0-2-0	0

Stat Leaders

Points

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 6
• Paul Stastny, STL - 6
• Brad Marchand, BOS - 6

Assists

• Paul Stastny, STL - 4
• Brad Marchand, BOS - 4

Goals

• Richard Panik, CHI - 4
• Auston Matthews, TOR - 4
• Connor McDavid, EDM - 3

Goals Against Average

• Ryan Miller, VAN - 0.00
• Chad Johnson, CGY - .92
• Roberto Luongo, FLA - .98

Save Percentage

• Ryan Miller, VAN - 1.000
• Chad Johnson, CGY - .968
• Roberto Luongo, FLA - .957

Wins

• 6 tied with 2 wins - Cam Talbot, EDM; Craig Anderson, OTT; Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT;   Martin Jones, SJ; Roberto Luongo, FLA; Jake Allen, STL

Storylines from the Week

• Young players are coming up huge for their teams - Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid, Jesse Puljarjvi, Patrik Laine, and William Nylander all had multiple point weeks
• Toronto's offense is highly potent and much better than last year, but their defense and goaltending looks susceptible; they will compete for a playoff spot all season
• Pittsburgh's title defense and San Jose's attempt at getting back to the Finals have started off well
• Florida, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, St Louis, San Jose, Columbus, and Detroit are all where I thought they'd be.  Ottawa, Chicago, Nashville, Anaheim, Calgary, and Los Angeles are all in surprising spots and all of these teams but Ottawa had rough weeks to start the season.

Hockey Bingo

• From the games I watched I was able to mark off "Pierre McGuire saying 'Kristopher Letang' instead of just 'Kris Letang'" and Pierre mentioned the college a player attended on at least one occasion during the week.

A Look at the Week Ahead

Monday 10/17

• San Jose @ New York Rangers

Tuesday 10/18

• Pittsburgh @ Montreal
• Florida @ Tampa Bay
• Dallas @ Nashville
• Los Angeles @ Minnesota
• Philadelphia @ Chicago

Thursday 10/20

• San Jose @ Pittsburgh
• Washington @ Florida

Saturday 10/22

• Montreal @ Boston

Enjoy the second week of the season, ya puckhead

*All stats and information came from NHL.com and ESPN.com