Patric Hornqvist and the Nashville Predators closed out October with a flourish. Hornqvist and Kevin Klein scored 1:43 apart midway through the third period to lead Nashville to a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. The Predators are on a season-high three-game winning streak. Dallas lost for the second time in two nights.
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Radim Vrbata scored in the shootout to give the Phoenix Coyotes a 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. Phoenix goalie Ilya Bryzgalov stopped Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu Selanne in the tiebreaker to preserve the win. The Coyotes earned their ninth win of October, tying a franchise record.
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Tomas Vokoun certainly felt comfortable facing the St. Louis Blues. Vokoun stopped 34 shots for his 32nd NHL shutout, Nathan Horton had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat St. Louis 4-0 on Saturday night. "I felt good," said Vokoun, who picked up his second win of the season and first since Oct.
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Mike Cammalleri and the Montreal Canadiens are tough to beat when the game is tied after regulation. Cammalleri and Scott Gomez scored in a shootout to lift the Canadiens to a chippy 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night after they squandered a two-goal lead in the third period. Six of Montreal's seven wins this season have come in overtime or shootouts — including an OT…
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Martin Biron wore a hard hat and a grin after a big night of milestones for the New York Islanders. As a reward for earning 200th NHL win and 26th career shutout, Biron donned the Islanders' informal reward for the player of the game. It could've been shared with Jeff Tambellini, who posted his first NHL hat trick.
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Niklas Backstrom finally stole a win for the Minnesota Wild on the road, and in the most unlikely of places. Backstrom made 34 saves and the Wild won an away game for the first time this season, beating the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night. "Backy was great," said Eric Belanger, who had the winning goal.
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The New Jersey Devils have become road warriors. David Clarkson scored the lone shootout goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker and the Devils extended their season-opening, road-winning streak to seven games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The run at the start of the season equals the second longest in NHL history, matching Toronto (1940-41), Philadelphia (1985-86)…
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The Ottawa Senators will be happy not to see Ondrej Pavelec anytime soon. The Atlanta Thrashers goalie stopped 50 shots en route to a 3-1 win over the Senators on Saturday. "Right now I feel like Jacque Plante 50 years ago," said Pavelec, whose helmet flew off after he took a puck to the face.
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David Clarkson scored the lone shootout goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker and the New Jersey Devils extended their season-opening road winning streak to seven games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. The run at the start of the season equals the second longest in NHL history, matching Toronto (1940-41), Philadelphia (1985-86) and Detroit (2005-06).
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Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn waited five years for his first two-goal game in the NHL. Then he took care of the feat in 1 1/2 minutes. Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a goal and two assists to help Philadelphia snap a two game losing streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight loss, 6-1 on Saturday.
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