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-Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby had his 100th career NHL goal and his 200th assist to surpass the 300-point plateau in leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that Sid the Kid was playing on a line with Evgeni Malkin for the first time during an entire game this season. I know you want to have depth, but putting those two guys on the same line would be powerful.
Speaking of Malkin, Evgeni assisted on all four Penguins goals to give him 201 points in 166 NHL games.
Toronto's Jason Blake had an assist to give him 42 points in 43 career games against Pittsburgh. He has 10 more points against the Penguins than any other team. More on last night's games in the recap section below.
RUMOR MILL
-The Marian Gaborik to Montreal rumors are heating up again. A deal is close to being done but the potential of the Right Winger extending in Montreal is what’s holding up the deal.
LAST NIGHT’S RECAP
Montreal Canadians (4-0-1) over Phoenix Coyotes (2-3-0) 4-1
-A solid, solid win for Montreal tonight against a team they should beat. Alex Tanguay potted two for Les Habitents and Carey Price turned away 28 of 29 pucks. Saku moved ahead of Maurice Richard and took over sole possession of seventh place with his 422nd assist on Tanguay's second goal on the Canadians all time assists list. Habs D Andrei Kostitsyn left the game after a hard hit in to the boards from Kurt Sauer. No word on how long he’ll be out.
Detroit Red Wings (3-1-1) over New York Rangers (6-1-1) 4-3 in OT
-Talk about a seesaw battle. The Red Wings get two goals in the first 4 minutes and the Rangers answer back with a goal of their own 3 minutes after that. Detroit holds their lead in the 2nd period. The Rangers get the lead early in the 3rd period before Jiri Hudler ties it with less than 4 minutes to go. Marian Hossa scores his first Red Wings goal (and career #300) 23 seconds in to overtime. Red Wings C Henrik Zetterberg missed his second game due to a sore groin.
St. Louis Blues (4-1-0) over the Chicago Blackhawks(1-2-2) 4-3 in SO
-Joel Quenneville got a point in his first game as Blackhawk’s Head Coach, but didn’t get the win. Blue Rookie Center TJ Oshie scored the winner in the shootout. This is St. Louis’ third straight win. Blues D Eric Brewer played in his 600th NHL game. Chicago RW Patrick Kane had 2 goals and an assist in the loss.
Calgary Flames (1-3-1) @ Edmonton Oilers (4-0-0)
-The Edmonton Oilers win the 2nd installment and sweep the Battle of Alberta 3-2. Calgary jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period and the Oilers answered back with 3 goals in the 2nd period. The Oilers remain unbeaten to start the season while the Flames continue to struggle out of the gate. Calgary has had a lead in 4 of its 5 games.
Minnesota Wild (4-0-0) over the Tampa Bay Lightning (0-2-3) 1-0 (SO)
-Whatever of the mullet is left has got to be ripped out of poor Barry Melrose’s head right now. All 5 of his losses have been by a goal. Tonight’s came by the hands of Wild RW Antti Miettinen in the shootout. Wild G Nicklas Backstrom made 32 saves in the shutout bid. The Wild are 4-0 for the third consecutive season. They won their first five games last season and their first six in 2006
Colorado Avalanche (2-3-0) over the Dallas Stars (1-3-1) 5-4
-Milan Hejduk scores two goals for the Avs in their first road win of the season. Darcy Tucker also got his first goal as a member of the Avalanche. Centers Paul Stastny and Joe Sakic both have at least a point in all 5 of Colorado’s games this year. Stars rookie LW Fabian Brunnstrom scored his 4th goal of the season.
San Jose Sharks (5-1-0) over the Philadelphia Flyers (0-3-2) 5-4 in OT
-Another seesaw battle in the NHL on Saturday night ended with Dan Boyle scoring the game winning goal on a feed from Joe Thornton 1:25 in to OT. San Jose outshot Philly 44-17 in this game. Flyers @ Daniel Briere scored 2 goals for the Flyers in the loss. Philadelphia is winless through five games for the first time since 1999. These clubs will finish a home and home on Tuesday in Cheesesteaktown.
New Jersey Devils (4-1-0) over Washington Capitals (3-1-) 4-3 (SO)
-Just a great game from beginning to end. The Devils did something they rarely do, and that’s come from behind to force the shootout and then get the win. Zach Parise scored the SO winner. Hall of Famer Ray Bourque was in attendance to watch the season debut of his son, Capitals LW Chris Bourque. After the game, the younger Bourque was reassigned to AHL Hershey.
Boston Bruins (2-1-1) over Ottawa Senators (2-2-1) 4-2
-Phil Kessel had two second-period goals and added an assist for Boston in the road victory. Kessel hasn't missed a game since 1/9/07, when he returned from testicular cancer surgery (129 games). Senators forward Chris Kelly reached 100 career points with a first-period assist. Boston has now won 5 of the past 6 meetings agains the Sens and have taken 5 of the past 7 match-up's in Ottawa.
Atlanta Thrashers (2-2-1) over the Buffalo Sabres (4-0-1) 3-2 (SO)
-The Thrashers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and survived long enough to win in the shootout. Wingers Ilya Kovalchuk and Slava Kozlov scored the two SO goals for Atlanta. Buffalo has lost its first game of the year, but the brightside is that they remained perfect on the PK, going to 24 of 24. Atlanta has now gone 21 straight PPs without a goal.
Nashville Predators (3-3-0) over the Columbus Blue Jackets (2-3-0) 6-3
-The Blue Jackets started this home and home by snapping an ugly 16 game winless streak against the Preds. They reverted back to old habits tonight as Nashville scored 3 first period goals. After being held pointless in seven games against Nashville last season, LW Rick Nash has three goals in the two games this season. Predators Captain Jason Arnott misses his 3rd straight game because of a broken ring finger in his right hand.
AROUND THE BOARDS
-A day after being put on waivers by the Canucks, centre Kyle Wellwood was re-assigned Saturday to Vancouver's AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose
-The Philadelphia Flyers have changed the start time for their Oct. 25 game against New Jersey to 4 p.m. to avoid a conflict with Game 3 of the World Series. The Philadelphia Phillies will play their first World Series home game in 15 years across the street at Citizens Bank Park that night. The original start time was 7PM.
GAME OF THE NIGHT
Vancouver Canucks @ Chicago Blackhawks - 7PM
-This will be the home coaching debut of Joel Quenneville. The Canucks are coming off a tough 5-3 road loss at the hands of the Sabres on Friday night. The Blackhawks are coming off a tough loss themselves, but this one at the hands of the Blues in St. Louis last night. These two teams could be battling for one of the final Western playoff spots in the stretch run.
Other Action:
Carolina @ Anaheim - 8PM
^^All Times Are Eastern
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