NHL Review Thursday Nov 30

THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Los Angeles 5, WASHINGTON 2
Montreal 6, DETROIT 3
Vancouver 5, NASHVILLE 3
MINNESOTA 4, Vegas 2
Dallas 4, CHICAGO 3 (OT)
CALGARY 3, Arizona 0
Toronto 6, EDMONTON 4

CANADIENS, KINGS AND STARS EXTEND WIN STREAKS
The Canadiens (12-12-3, 27 points), Kings (15-8-3, 33 points) and Stars (14-10-1, 29 points) each earned victories to extend win streaks.

Brendan Gallagher (2-1—3) registered his first three-point game of the season to lead the Canadiens to their fourth straight victory. Carey Price (28 saves) improved to 4-0-0 since making his return to the lineup on Saturday (1.25 GAA, .962 SV%, 1 SO).

The Kings erased a 2-1 deficit with two goals in a span of nine seconds en route to their third consecutive win. Marian Gaborik scored his first two goals of the season to move within two of becoming the sixth active player to reach the 400-goal milestone.

The Blackhawks overcame three separate one-goal deficits, but Mattias Janmark scored his second goal of the contest 51 seconds into overtime to power the Stars to a 5-1-0 record in their last six games, including three straight victories.

A LOOK BACK: NOVEMBER
An overview of the top performers in the month of November.

A total of 1,219 goals were scored (including shootout-deciding goals), the second-highest total in November over the past 13 seasons – only November 2005 saw more goals in that span (1,236).

The Predators (10-3-1) and Maple Leafs (10-4-1) shared the League lead for wins (10) and points (21).

Two players topped the League with 20 points in November: Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon (5-15—20) and Oilers captain Connor McDavid (6-14—20). MacKinnon matched the highest total recorded by a Colorado player in a calendar month over the past 13 seasons.

Canucks forward Brock Boeser led all skaters with 11 goals; Elias notes that he became the first rookie to score 11 goals in a calendar month since Nail Yakupov in April 2013 (11 w/ EDM).

MacKinnon also led the League with 15 assists, the most in a calendar month by an Avalanche player since 2002-03 when Peter Forsberg hit the mark in January (16), February (19) and March (17).

Artem Anisimov paced all players with five game-winning goals (13 GP), two shy of his total from the entire 2016-17 campaign (7 GWG in 64 GP). Anisimov and Brandon Saad (6 GWG) have combined for 11 of Chicago’s 12 game-winning goals this season (Lance Bouma has the other).

Three goaltenders shared the League lead with nine wins apiece: Frederik Andersen (9-2-1) of the Maple Leafs, Henrik Lundqvist (9-2-0) of the Rangers and Pekka Rinne (9-3-0) of the Predators.

The Sharks allowed a League-best 22 goals against, with Aaron Dell (2-1-1, 1.76 GAA, .938 SV%, 1 SO) and Martin Jones (5-2-1, 1.85 GAA, .935 SV%, 1 SO) ranking first and second, respectively, in goals-against average (min. 5 GP).

Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk was one of five goalies with multiple shutouts, leading the way with three clean sheets – recorded in three consecutive games from Nov. 9-14. The NHL record for shutouts in a calendar month by a goaltender is seven, set by Alec Connell in Feb. 1928.

Canucks’ Boeser Named NHL Rookie of the Month for November

Vancouver Canucks right wing Brock Boeser, who led all NHL players with 11 goals in 15 games (11-5—16), has been named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for November.

Boeser edged New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal (3-14—17 in 12 GP), Chicago Blackhawks right wing Alex DeBrincat (10-4—14 in 13 GP), Colorado Avalanche center Alexander Kerfoot (5-6—11 in 12 GP) and New Jersey Devils center Nico Hischier (3-8—11 in 14 GP) for the honor.

Boeser became the second rookie in Canucks history to register double-digits in goals in one calendar month, joining Pavel Bure (12 in March 1992). The 20-year-old Burnsville, Minn., native also became the first rookie to score 11 goals for any NHL team in one calendar month since Nail Yakupov posted an equal number with the Edmonton Oilers in April 2013.

Boeser established career highs with 3-1—4 Nov. 4 vs. PIT, becoming the first Canucks rookie to record a four-point game since March 24, 2000 (Peter Schaefer). At 20 years, 252 days, he also became the third-youngest player in franchise history to notch a hat trick (behind Trevor Linden and Tony Tanti).

Boeser, the 23rd overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, added goals in four straight games from Nov. 16-22 (6-0—6) and now paces all rookies with 13 goals and 25 points in 23 total appearances this season. He joins Arizona Coyotes center Clayton Keller (October) as a Rookie of the Month winner in 2017-18.

NHL Schedule for Friday, Dec 1

Matchup	Time
Pittsburgh@ Buffalo	7:00 PM ET
Ottawa@ NY Islanders	7:00 PM ET
Carolina@ NY Rangers	7:00 PM ET
Anaheim@ Columbus	7:00 PM ET
San Jose@ Florida	7:30 PM ET
Los Angeles@ St. Louis	8:00 PM ET
Vegas@ Winnipeg	8:00 PM ET
New Jersey@ Colorado	9:00 PM ET