10/30/2016 – CanucksBanter

capture — EDMONTON, AB – OCTOBER 30: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins #93 of the Edmonton Oilers battles for the puck against Cody Ceci #5 of the Ottawa Senators on October 30, 2016 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images)

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SUNDAY’S RESULTS

Home Team in Caps
Buffalo 3, WINNIPEG 1
Philadelphia 4, CAROLINA 3
Florida 5, DETROIT 2
NY ISLANDERS 5, Toronto 1
CHICAGO 3, Los Angeles 0
NY RANGERS 6, Tampa Bay 1
Ottawa 2, EDMONTON 0
Washington 3, CALGARY 1

ANDERSON BLANKS OILERS IN EMOTIONAL RETURN TO CREASE

In his first start since taking a leave of absence to be with his wife, Nicholle, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, Craig Anderson denied all 37 shots he faced to help the Senators snap Edmonton’s win streak at five games.

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* Anderson, who blanked the Canucks in his last appearance on Oct. 25, picked up the 35th shutout of his NHL career and improved to 5-1-0 this season (2.46 GAA, .921 SV%, 2 SO).

* Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick (42) and Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller (36) are the only active U.S.-born goaltenders with more career shutouts than Anderson (35).

* Oilers goaltender Cam Talbot stayed on the Edmonton bench after the game to applaud an emotional Anderson when he received the game’s First Star honor.

“It was special for our goaltender, his family, his wife, our players, and I really respected the fact that the Oilers organization and their players and their fans showed a lot of respect and support.” – Senators head coach Guy Boucher

GRABNER (HAT TRICK) POWERS RANGERS PAST LIGHTNING . . .

Michael Grabner (3-0—3) scored the third hat trick of his NHL career and first since Feb. 13, 2011 to guide the Rangers to their fourth win in their last five outings.

* Forwards J.T. Miller (1-2—3) and Kevin Hayes (0-3—3) also produced three-point efforts. Miller matched a career high with three points and Hayes established a career high with three assists.

* Antti Raanta (31 SV) improved to 21-4-4 in 33 career home appearances (1.85 GAA, .933 SV%, 4 SO).

. . . SCEVIOUR ALSO SCORES THREE IN PANTHERS WIN

Colton Sceviour (3-1—4) scored the first hat trick of his NHL career and added an assist to record a career-high four points and help the Panthers snap a three-game slide (0-3-0).

* Per Elias, Sceviour became the second player in franchise history to score an even strength, powerplay and shorthanded goal in the same game (also Nathan Horton on Dec. 14, 2009 at NYI).

SEVERAL PLAYERS KEEP STREAKS ALIVE

A number of players were able to build on impressive point streaks during Sunday’s games:

* Flyers captain Claude Giroux (1-1—2) extended his point streak to nine games (2-10—12), matching a career high last achieved Dec. 11-30, 2013 (6-11—17).

* Hurricanes forward Victor Rask (0-1—1) extended his season-opening point streak to eight games (4-6—10). Per Elias, Rask is the second player in Hurricanes/Whalers history to record at least one point in each of the team’s first eight or more games of a season, joining Hartford’s Ron Francis in 1984-85 (6-8—14 in 11 GP).

* Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh (0-1—1) extended his point streak to a career-high seven games (0-8—8). Elias notes that McDonagh became the first Rangers defenseman to record at least one assist in seven straight games since Brian Leetch from Nov. 16 – Dec. 1, 1996 (2-8—10).

* Blackhawks forward Artem Anisimov (1-0—1) extended his career-high point streak to seven games (6-5—11).

* Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner (1-1—2) extended his point streak to five games (4-5—9).

LOOSE PUCKS

Forward Kyle Okposo (2-0—2) notched both goals as the Sabres earned their second victory in as many days . . . Defenseman Brandon Manning scored a shorthanded goal with 12:00 remaining in regulation to break a 3-3 tie and power the Flyers past the Hurricanes . . . The Islanders improved to 4-2-0 at home this season with a win over the Maple Leafs . . . Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford (32 SV) picked up the 20th shutout of his NHL career . . . Capitals forward Marcus Johansson (2-0—2) recorded his second multi-goal game in as many days (also 2-1—3 on Oct. 29 at VAN) . . . Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin, who tossed a stick to a young fan in Edmonton on Oct. 26, invited the fan and his family to attend the game in Calgary . . . The Islanders hosted their Hockey Fights Cancer night at Barclays Center . . . The Department of Player Safety fined Red Wings forward Steve Ott for spearing Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara . . . ICYMI: Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa was honored at United Center on Sunday for reaching the 500-goal milestone on Oct. 18 vs. PHI. While Hossa was holding his daughter Zoja during the ceremony, she playfully honked his nose . . . Predators defenseman P.K. Subban – who dressed up as musical icon Prince – was one of many NHL players in the Halloween spirit over the weekend.

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SNEAK PEEK AT TUESDAY’S ACTION

All Times Eastern
St. Louis @ NY Rangers, 7 p.m., MSG+, FS-MW
Dallas @ Columbus, 7 p.m., FS-O, FS-SW
Boston @ Florida, 7:30 p.m., TVAS, FS-F, NESN
Carolina @ Ottawa, 7:30 p.m., RDS2, TSN5, FS-CR
Tampa Bay @ NY Islanders, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN
Edmonton @ Toronto, 7:30 p.m., TSN4, SNOL
Buffalo @ Minnesota, 8 p.m., FS-N+, MSG-B
Washington @ Winnipeg, 8 p.m., TSN3, CSN-DC
Calgary @ Chicago, 8:30 p.m., CSN-CH, SNF
Nashville @ Colorado, 9 p.m., ALT, FS-TN
San Jose @ Arizona, 10 p.m., NBCSN
Anaheim @ Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m., FS-W, PRIME
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Source: NHL Public Relations

Oct 30, 2016

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – Peter Sivak banged in a rebound of his own shot 16 seconds into overtime, and Alaska fired 59 shots on goal as the Aces snagged a 5-4 victory over the Rapid City Rush Sunday afternoon at the Sullivan Arena.

The overtime was necessary after the Aces lost a 4-2 lead late in regulation.

Aces improve their record to 3-2-0-0 with the win, pulling into 5th place in the Mountain division, 4 points behind the Utah Grizzles and Colorado Eagles, tied for first place.

The Aces got on the board first as defenseman Ryan Trenz blasted a shot from the blue line past Rush netminder Kent Patterson at 2:35. Dax Lauwers and Stephen Perfetto assisited.

Rapid City tied the game at 1 three minutes later on a breakaway goal by Brayden Low, who slipped a backhand shot 5-hole on Aces goaltender Michael Garteig.

Tim Wallace restored the Aces lead at 5:40 with a scathing wrister from the slot off assists from Nolan Descoteaux and Tim Coffman.

Once again, the Rush tied the game with Ryan Misiak’s goal at 12:18.

Alaska was not finished scoring in the first period. Perfetto skated a puck through the neutral zone and let fly a canonading blast from just inside the blue line. The puck got by Patterson before he knew it, and the Aces skated off the ice leading 3-2.

In the second period, Ben Lake’s second goal of the season at 7:13 was a power forward move with finish. Lake took the puck out of the right corner, skated the goal line and stuffed the puck between Patterson’s leg pads and it was 4-2 Aces after 2 periods.

It looked like the Aces would win the game 4-2, but the Rush had other ideas, most notably former Ace Ryan Walters. With the goalie pulled and an extra attacker on, Walters banged a centering pass into the net at 18:41, and followed that with a pass to the front of the goal that deflected right to Nathan Moon who fired the puck into the net to tie the game with only 14 seconds to go.

On to overtime, and that’s where Sivak did his best work of the night. From the slot, Sivak took a pass from Perfetto and fired a shot on goal. Patterson blocked the shot, but Sivak pounced on the rebound and emphatically drove the puck home for the game winner just 16 seconds into the 3 on 3 extra period.

Patterson was busy to say the least. He stopped 54 of 59 shotsfired by Alaska, while Garteig made 21 saves on 25 shots.

Alaska took two of the three games in the series, winning 6-3 Friday before dropping a 5-1 verdict Saturday.

The Aces next play at Allen, Texas Saturday and Sunday November 5 and 6.

Source: Sivak overtime goal gives Aces a thrilling 5-4 win over Rush | alaskaaces.com