Week 4 Hockey Recap

Key Games From this Week

Sunday 10/30

• Florida 5 - Detroit 2
• Florida - Colton Sceviour 3 (5), Jonathan Marchessault 1 (6), Vincent Trocheck 1 (4)
• Detroit - Dylan Larkin 1 (3), Brendan Smith 1 (1)
• Los Angeles 0 - Chicago 3
• Los Angeles - None
• Chicago - Jonathan Toews 1 (1), Artem Anisimov 1 (6), Marian Hossa 1 (3)

Tuesday 11/1

• St Louis 0 - New York Rangers 5
• St Louis - None
• New York - Dan Girard 1 (2), Jimmy Vesey 1 (6), Rick Nash 1 (5), Mats Zuccarello 1 (5), Kevin Hayes 1 (3)
• Edmonton 2 - Toronto 3
• Edmonton - Anton Lander 1 (1), Darnell Nurse 1 (2)
• Toronto - Nazem Kadri 2 (5), Ben Smith 1 (1)

Thursday 11/3

• Boston 4 - Tampa Bay 3 F/SO
• Boston - Brandon Carlo 1 (2), Ryan Spooner 1 (2), David Pastrnak 1 (6), Jimmy Hayes (shootout winner)
• Tampa Bay - Victor Hedman 1 (2), Tyler Johnson 2 (4)
• St Louis 2 - Dallas 6
• St Louis - Paul Stastny 1 (4), Alex Pietrangelo 1 (2)
• Dallas - Patrick Eaves 1 (2), John Klingberg 2 (2), Stephen Johns 1 (2),                  Jason Spezza 1 (4), Jordie Benn 1 (1)

Saturday 11/5

• Pittsburgh 5 - San Jose 0
• Pittsburgh - Chris Kunitz 1 (1), Sidney Crosby 2 (8), Eric Fehr 1 (2), Nick Bonino 1 (1)
• San Jose - None
• New York Rangers 5 - Boston Bruins 2
• New York - Nick Holden 1 (1), Derek Stepan 1 (1), Kevin Hayes 1 (5),                    Pavel Buchnevich 1 (1), Michael Grabner 1 (7)
• Boston - Patrice Bergeron 1 (2), David Pastrnak 1 (7)

Current Standings

Metropolitan Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
New York Rangers	4-0-0	9-3-0	18
Washington Capitals	4-0-0	8-2-1	17
Pittsburgh Penguins	2-0-1	7-2-2	16
Philadelphia Flyers	3-1-1	6-6-1	13
Columbus Blue Jackets	2-0-1	5-3-2	12
New Jersey Devils	0-1-1	4-3-3	11
New York Islanders	1-1-2	4-6-2	10
Carolina Hurricanes	1-1-1	3-4-3	9

Atlantic Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Montreal Canadiens	2-1-0	10-1-1	21
Tampa Bay Lightning	2-1-1	7-4-1	15
Ottawa Senators	3-1-0	7-4-0	14
Detroit Red Wings	0-2-1	6-5-1	13
Toronto Maple Leafs	2-1-0	5-4-3	13
Buffalo Sabres	3-1-0	5-4-2	12
Boston Bruins	2-1-0	6-5-0	12
Florida Panthers	2-2-0	5-6-1	11

Central Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Chicago Blackhawks	4-0-0	8-3-1	17
St Louis Blues	1-2-0	6-4-2	14
Minnesota Wild	0-2-1	6-4-1	13
Winnipeg Jets	1-2-1	5-6-1	11
Colorado Avalanche	1-2-0	5-5-0	10
Dallas Stars	1-1-1	4-5-2	10
Nashville Predators	2-0-2	3-5-3	9

Pacific Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Edmonton Oilers	1-2-1	8-3-1	17
San Jose Sharks	0-2-0	6-5-0	12
Anaheim Ducks	2-1-0	5-5-2	12
Los Angeles Kings	2-2-0	6-6-0	12
Calgary Flames	1-3-0	5-7-1	11
Vancouver Canucks	0-3-0	4-7-1	9
Arizona Coyotes	2-1-0	4-7-0	8

Stat Leaders

Goals

• Sidney Crosby, PIT - 8
• 7 players tied with 7 goals

Points

• Artem Anisimov, CHI - 15
• Patrick Kane, CHI - 15
• Nikita Kucherov, TB - 15

Goals Against Average (GAA)

• Mike Condon, OTT - 0.00
• Matt Murray, PIT - 0.50
• Jimmy Howard, DET - 0.86

Save Percentage

• Mike Condon, OTT - 1.000
• Jimmy Howard, DET - .973
• Philip Grubauer, WSH - .953

Wins

• Cam Talbot, EDM - 8
• Carey Price, MTL - 7
• 7 goalies tied with 6 wins

Hat Tricks from this Week

• Colton Sceviour, FLA - Sunday 10/30
• Michael Grabner, NYR - Sunday 10/30

Storylines from this Week

• The New York Rangers are on a roll right now, going undefeated this past week
• The Metro Division is a really competitive division, while the Central Division is really struggling to take off
• Toronto is struggling to keep pucks out of the net still
• Sidney Crosby is still the best player in the world, by far.  He is leading the league in goals, despite only playing in 6 of the team's 11 games
• The Penguins made a really savvy under-the-radar trade that went largely unnoticed by claiming goalie Mike Condon off waivers from Montreal when the Canadiens tried sending him down to the AHL.  Condon was brought to the Penguins to be a back up goalie behind Marc-Andre Fleury until Matt Murray returned from the IR and didn't appear in a game.  After Murray came back, the Penguins then traded him to Ottawa for a 5th round draft pick.  It's a great way of giving up nothing and getting a potentially valuable asset back in return.
• Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson has had to miss time this past week and will continue to miss time this season after he and his wife found out that she was diagnosed with cancer.  He has returned to the lineup after missing time and even had a shutout against the Edmonton Oilers in an emotionally-filled game.  This is heart-wrenching for the NHL community as it is during the hockey fights cancer month and players, coaches, front office members, and fans have all poured out support for Craig and his wife.  This is a time when the sport is trumped by real life in a great way.

Key Injuries

• Winnipeg Jets - F Shawn Matthias was placed on IR with a lower-body injury

A Look at the Week Ahead

Sunday 11/6

• Dallas @ Chicago

Monday 11/7

• Buffalo @ Boston - Old Northeast division rivalry
• Tampa Bay @ Florida - Next installment of the in-state rivalry

Tuesday 11/8

• Edmonton @ Pittsburgh - McDavid vs Crosby
• Boston @ Montreal - Maybe the greatest rivalry in the NHL

Wednesday 11/9

• Chicago @ St Louis

Thursday 11/10

• St Louis @ Nashville

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