NHL NEWS NOV 27 – FOUR TEAMS PULL OUT SHOOTOUT WINS SATURDAY

Sidney Crosby tied the game with 14 seconds remaining in regulation – his League-leading 15th goal of the season (16 GP) – and Kris Letang scored the decisive marker in the shootout as the Penguins improved to 8-2-1 at home in 2016-17.

The Blues surrendered a game-tying goal with 1:08 left in the third period, but David Perron (0-2—2) scored the decisive marker in the shootout as St. Louis extended their home point streak to nine games (7-0-2). Perron stretched his point streak to seven games (2-8—10), equaling his career high from Feb. 7-18, 2012 (6-3—9).

Roberto Luongo made 36 saves through 65 minutes and denied all three shootout attempts to help the Panthers improve to 5-2-0 in their last seven outings. Luongo earned the 444th victory of his NHL career to move within three of tying Terry Sawchuk for fifth place on the all-time list. Jaromir Jagr scored in regulation to pick up his 1,878th career point (752-1,126—1,878), nine behind Mark Messier (694-1,193—1,887) for second all-time.

Markus Granlund (0-1—1) notched the lone goal in the shootout as the Canucks improved to 3-1-1 in their last five contests. Vancouver has earned six of their nine victories this season in extra time (4 OT W and 2 SO W).

NHL NEWS AND MUSINGS

• Rookie Auston Matthews scored the first game-winning goal of his NHL career as the Maple Leafs snapped a three-game slide (0-2-1) and improved to 8-3-0 at Air Canada Centre this season
• Forward Kyle Turris scored the go-ahead goal with 3:32 remaining in regulation to guide the Senators to their third consecutive win
• Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf (1-1—2) scored the game-winning goal to snap a 15-game goalless drought and help Anaheim halt a three-game slide (0-2-1)
• Forward Michael Cammalleri (2-0—2) has scored in all three games since returning to the Devils lineup on Nov. 23 (4-4—8)
• Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner (0-2—2) is tied for first among rookies with 7-11—18 this season (21 GP)
• Penguins goaltender Matt Murray(27 saves) improved to 7-1-0 this season (1.75 GAA, .939 SV%, 1 SO)
• Blues forward Jaden Schwartz (2-0—2) scored twice in a span of 1:03 to extend his point streak to six games (5-3—8)
• Sharks forward Joe Pavelski (0-1—1) stretched his point streak to six games (2-4—6)
• Kings defenseman Alec Martinez (1-0—1) extended his point streak to five games (3-2—5), matching his career high from March 1-10, 2014 (3-2—5)
• Justin Abdelkader (DET), Jonathan Ericsson (DET) and Erik Karlsson (OTT) each skated in their 500th career NHL game
• The Red Wings observed a moment of silence in honor of Wayne State police officer Collin Rose

 

WAYNE GRETZKY TO APPEAR ON THE SIMPSONS

In an episode set to air next month, NHL legend Wayne Gretzky will lend his voice to “The Simpsons.” The show’s executive producer Al Jean told NHL.com this week that the program was looking for “winter hero’s” for a December 11th episode” adding that there couldn’t be a bigger hockey hero than Wayne Gretzky.” Gretzky won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers before moving on to play for the Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers.

 

SATURDAY’S NHL RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
TORONTO 4, Washington 2
OTTAWA 2, Carolina 1
Montreal 2, DETROIT 1 (OT)
FLORIDA 2, Columbus 1 (SO)
PITTSBURGH 4, New Jersey 3 (SO)
ST. LOUIS 4, Minnesota 3 (SO)
Vancouver 3, COLORADO 2 (SO)
LOS ANGELES 2, Chicago 1 (OT)
Anaheim 3, SAN JOSE 2

SUNDAY’S NHL ACTION
All Times Eastern
Nashville @ Winnipeg, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay @ Boston, 1 p.m.
Arizona @ Edmonton, 3 p.m.
Florida @ Carolina, 6 p.m.
Ottawa @ NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Calgary @ Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.