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Riding the Zamboni - Saturday, November 6th

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A loaded night in the NHL means there’s a lot of ice to cover around the league. Here’s how things broke down across the league tonight.

St. Louis 2 - Boston 1 (F/SO)

A great game in Boston that saw Jaroslav Halak and Tuukka Rask have a tremendous goaltender battle. Halak made 33 saves while Rask made 34 as the game was, unfortunately, decided in the shootout where Brad Boyes’ third round goal was the decider. Vladimir Sobotka scored his first of the year against his former team, while Gregory Campbell also scored his first of the year and first in a Bruins uniform.

Buffalo 3 - Toronto 2 (F/SO)

It may have been won in a shootout, but it’s a win nonetheless for the Sabres who desperately needed to break their losing streak. The Sabres overcame a 2-0 hole getting goals from Jochen Hecht and Derek Roy to tie the game up while Tyler Ennis’ goal in the shootout sealed the deal. Jhonas Enroth stood tall in the shootout to earn his first NHL win. The bright spot for Toronto was seeing Mikhail Grabovski score his first goal of the year while Jean-Sebastian Giguere stopped 29 shots.

Ottawa 3 - Montreal 2

Consider the Sens reinvigorated for the time being, and tonight they’ve got former Canadien Alex Kovalev to thank for it. Kovalev had two goals against his former team to lead the way for Ottawa. Carey Price played passably well in goal for Montreal with 28 saves while getting goals from Jaroslav Spacek and Brian Gionta.

Philadelphia 2 - NY Islanders 1

It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win for the Flyers who got goals from Mike Richards and Andreas Nodl in the win. Sergei Bobrovsky was the real story for Philly as he stood on his head all night long stopping 31 shots and allowing only one goal to Matt Moulson to spoil his bid at a shutout.

It’s Eric Staal’s world right now and we’re all just living in it. Staal had two goals for the Hurricanes as they held off the Panthers in victory. Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist as well to pace the Canes. Michal Frolik and Darcy Hordichuk had the goals for Florida. Yes, that Darcy Hordichuk. Cam Ward had a light night in victory, stopping 18 shots in the win.

Chicago 5 - Atlanta 4 (F/SO)

The 2009-2010 Chicago Blackhawks reunion party concluded by having both teams play a little bit longer just for the hell of it and throwing a shootout on top of things. Viktor Stalberg scored the winner in the shootout, all while Ondrej Pavelec was the hard luck loser stopping 36 shots in the loss. Marty Turco did all right for himself stopping 33 shots. Jonathan Toews had two goals and two assists while Patrick Kane had two goals and an assist for Chicago. Three former Blackhawks got points on the night for Atlanta with Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Ladd, and Ben Eager each getting assists.

Minnesota 3 - Columbus 2

The bloom came off Jackets goalie Mathieu Garon’s rose a bit tonight after seeing his shutout streak broken and taking a loss in the process. Brent Burns had two goals, while Cal Clutterbuck and his amazing mustache scored the game winner. Jose Theodore stole the spotlight away in goal as he made 35 saves for Minnesota, helping show that no matter who the Wild throw in goal, scoring against them will prove to be tough. Garon finished the night with 21 saves in the loss. Rick Nash and Kyle Wilson had the goals for the Jackets.

You could call it a bad night for Dallas. Occasional scratch and former Hobey Baker winner Kevin Porter had two goals for Colorado while Peter Budaj stopped 31 shots in getting his first shutout of the season. Stars goalie Andrew Raycroft had a busy night as he stopped 40 shots despite losing by five goals. The Stars might want to work on tightening up the defense a little. Milan Hejduk, Pascal Dupuis, and Brandon Yip had the other goals for the Avs. Dupuis finished the game with three points.

Pittsburgh 4 - Phoenix 3 (F/SO)

The Penguins started things off badly, giving up two early goals and getting down 2-0 leading to Marc-Andre Fleury being pulled from the game in favor of Brent Johnson. Johnson provided them the stability tonight to get back in the game as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Chris Kunitz had goals. Rookie Mark Letestu scored the game-winner in the shootout for the Pens. Radim Vrbata, Wojtek Wolski, and Eric Belanger scored for Phoenix while Ilya Bryzgalov made 33 saves in the loss.

It turned out to be a special 1,000th game for Ryan Smyth as he had a goal to celebrate the milestone. Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown each had a goal and an assist while Justin Williams had two assists. Rookie Jonathan Bernier had his bid at a shutout spoiled with just under three minutes to play as Shane O’Brien scored his first as a Predator. Bernier finished the game with 25 saves. Pekka Rinne stopped just 18 shots before being pulled in favor of Anders Lindback who stopped all nine shots he saw.

Vancouver 6 - Detroit 4

The Canucks are on fire winning their sixth straight game and taking advantage of a tired Detroit team. Vancouver’s third line did the damage tonight with Manny Malhotra getting two goals and an assist for Vancouver while Jannik Hansen also added a goal while Alex Edler had a goal and an assist. Detroit got two goals from Niklas Kronwall in the loss. Neither Roberto Luongo nor Jimmy Howard looked at all impressive in goal tonight in what amounted to be an exciting up-and-down game.

San Jose 5 - Tampa Bay 2

Patrick Marleau did his job to help make up for not having Joe Thornton in the lineup scoring two goals while Dany Heatley and Logan Couture each had a goal and an assist. Dan Boyle finished with two assists, meanwhile Antero Niittymaki stood tall making 33 saves in the win. Despite the number of goals allowed, Mike Smith played strong for Tampa Bay stopping 34 shots. Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist while Vincent Lecavalier had two assists for the Lightning.