National Hockey League Capsules for Monday.
November 25th, 2008 Posted in NHL hockey newsNational Hockey League Capsules for Monday.
NY ISLANDERS 4, MONTREAL 3 (SO)
MONTREAL Richard Park scored in both regulation and in the second round of the shootout as the New York Islanders benefited from an own goal to record a 4-3 triumph over the Montreal Canadiens.
After Joey MacDonald stopped both attempts in the bonus format, captain Bill Guerin wristed a shot past Carey Price to seal the win for New York, which improved to 5-1-0 in its last six games.
Park and Trent Hunter netted power-play goals for the Islanders and Guerin tied the game at 3-3 with 4:47 remaining in the contest after Montreal defenseman Ryan OByrne accidentally shot the puck in his own net.
Defenseman Josh Gorges, Steve Begin and Maxim Lapierre all scored for the Canadiens, who had posted six straight victories over the Islanders prior to this contest.
Price finished with 21 saves for Montreal, which fell to 3-5-2 since getting off to an 8-1-1 start to the season.
With Montreal nursing a 3-2 lead late in the third period, Price skated toward the bench after a delayed penalty for holding was called on Bergenheim. The puck was played back to OByrne, who was being pressured by veteran Doug Weight. The 24-year-old defenseman mistakenly assumed Price was still in net and attempted to pass the puck to the netminder. The puck slid into the net as OByrne incredulously put his head in his hands.
Veteran Doug Weight instantly celebrated and Guerin was given credit for the goal since he was the last New York player to touch the puck.
OByrne did not log any additional ice time after the miscue. For its part, the Bell Centre faithful derisively chanted his name.
In the shootout, Park and Guerin beat Price with wrist shots to seal the win.
VANCOUVER 3, DETROIT 2 (OT)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia Defenseman Sami Salo scored a power-play goal 2:33 into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks extended their winning streak to four games with a 3-2 overtime triumph over the Detroit Red Wings.
Detroits Pavel Datsyuk scored with the man advantage to snap a 1-1 tie with 3:35 remaining in the third period but Daniel Sedin pulled Vancouver even with his 400th career point just 70 seconds later.
Taylor Pyatt tallied in the second for Vancouver, which improved to 8-0-2 over its last 10 contests. Two nights after captain Roberto Luongo injured his groin in a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, Curtis Sanford stepped up and made 32 saves.
Mikael Samuelsson also scored for the Red Wings, whose five-game win streak came to an end.
NY RANGERS 4, PHOENIX 1
NEW YORK Brandon Dubinsky scored 1:15 into the second and added an assist as the New York Rangers handed the Phoenix Coyotes their sixth straight loss with a 4-1 triumph.
Nikolai Zherdev also had a season-high three assists as the Rangers avoided their first three-game losing streak of the season. Defenseman Dan Girardi scored a power-play goal midway through the third and penalty-killer Blair Betts tallied in the first.
After missing the last five games with an ankle injury, Scott Gomez added an empty-net goal with 28 seconds remaining to seal the win.
Enver Lisin scored the lone goal for Phoenix, which fell to 0-4-2 its last six games.
FLORIDA 3, CAROLINA 2
SUNRISE, Florida Ville Peltonen recorded a goal and an assist and Gregory Campbell notched the game-winner late in the second period as the Florida Panthers posted a 3-2 triumph over the Carolina Hurricanes in a battle of Southeast Division rivals.
David Booth also tallied and Tomas Vokoun turned aside 27 shots for Florida, which snapped a two-game losing streak and successfully began a three-game homestand after playing eight of its previous 10 contests on the road.
Tuomo Ruutu and Chad LaRose each tallied and Sergei Samsonov had two assists, but the Hurricanes fell for the second straight game after winning three in a row.
PHILADELPHIA 4, DALLAS 3
PHILADELPHIA Mike Knuble scored two goals and the Philadelphia Flyers extended their winning streak to a season-high five games with a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars.
Scottie Upshall and Jeff Carter also tallied and Simon Gagne had two assists as the Flyers improved to 6-0-1 in their last seven games.
Mike Modano scored twice and Landon Wilson netted his first goal of the season for the Stars, who have dropped three in a row and six of their last seven.
MINNESOTA 4, WASHINGTON 3
ST. PAUL, Minnesota Rookie Cal Clutterbuck scored his first two goals of the season and goaltender Niklas Backstrom made 25 saves to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals.
Backstrom was in line for the shutout until the Capitals scored three goals with the span of 3 1/2 minutes late in the third period.
Clutterbuck, 21, made the most of his 10 minutes of ice time and two shots on goal, burying a wrister past Jose Theodore in the first and adding a power-play tally in the second.
Defenseman Marek Zidlicky added a power-play goal at the 3:07 mark of the third and James Sheppard scored what proved to be the game-winner four minutes later with his first goal of the season.
ANAHEIM 4, COLORADO 1
ANAHEIM, California Teemu Selanne scored twice and defenseman Chris Pronger had a goal and an assist as the Anaheim Ducks recorded a 4-1 triumph over the Colorado Avalanche.
Chris Kunitz also tallied and Jean-Sebastien Giguere finished with 29 saves for Anaheim, which won its second in a row.
Ian Laperriere scored his teams lone goal and Peter Budaj turned aside 16 shots before he was relieved by Andrew Raycroft.
Raycroft made four saves for Colorado, which fell to 1-3-0 in its last four games.
