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Sunday, 09 October 2011 09:46

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game. The NHL will review a hit by Flames defenseman Cory Sarich on Matt Cooke.

-The Calgary Herald's recap. "An amazing recovery." - Sarich suggesting Cooke faked an injury.

-The Associated Press' recap. "The second period is definitely what cost us tonight." - Flames captain Jarome Iginla.

-NHL.com's recap. Jordan Staal (above, with Matt Niskanen and Tyler Kennedy) recorded his 200th career point.

-Highlights:

-Sarich's hit on Cooke:

-Calgary's Miikka Kiprusoff had issues with this puck:

-Jordan Staal and Dan Bylsma speak:

-Matt Niskanen speaks:

-Hockey Night in Canada's pre-game montage for the second game:

-"I didn't see it. My jaw is sore. He hit me right in the chin." - Cooke on the hit. (PG+)

-"It was a hot building and I'm guy that, I guess, sweats a lot." - Staal on his dehydration issues in Vancouver. (PG+)

-“Just everything . . . getting to know the systems, getting to know the players, getting to know just everything in Pittsburgh . . . everything that goes with the living situation and feeling comfortable with going to the rink every day and not living in a hotel." - James Neal on adjusting to his first full season with the Penguins.

-Marc-Andre Fleury declined an offer from ESPN the Magazine to pose nude (4:30 mark).

-Brad Thiessen made 20 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 season-opening loss to the rival Hershey Bears.

-Mikael Bedard had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones.

Atlantic Division

-Ilya Brzygalov made 20 saves for the Flyers in a 3-0 shutout of the rival Devils.

-How in the world did Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds score this goal:

-Simmonds and New Jersey's David Clarkson had issues:

-Cool Photo of the Night: New Jersey's Patrick Elias getting nabbed for a penalty:

-Flyers forward and former Penguin Jaromir Jagr charged by New Jersey's Bryce Salvador here:

-The Islanders surprisingly started Al Montoya in net instead of Rick DiPietro.

Northeast Division

-Rich Peverly scored two goals for the Bruins in a 4-1 defeat of the Lightning. Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin each contributed two assists for Boston while Tim Thomas made 25 saves in the win.

-A hat trick and an assist by Phil Kessel helped the Maple Leafs beat the rival Senators, 6-5. Joffre Lupul added a goal and two assists for Toronto while James Reimer stopped 27 shots in the victory. Captain Daniel Alfredsson scored two goals for Ottawa.

-Hit of the Night: Toronto's Dion Phaneuf on Ottawa's Stephane da Costa:

-Kessel's hat trick:

-Funny Face of the Night: Ottawa's Milan Michalek:

-Two goals by Luke Adam led the Sabres to a 4-2 win against the Kings in Berlin. Nathan Gerbe and Thomas Vanek each recorded two assists for Buffalo while Ryan Miller made 31 saves in the win. Anze Kopitar scored both of Los Angeles' goals.

-Check out Kopitar's second goal:

-Blue times for the Sabres:

-Canadiens defenseman Chris Campoli is expected to be sidelined several months due to a torn hamstring.

-Montreal demoted defenseman Joe Callahan to Hamilton of the AHL.

Southeast Division

-An overtime goal by Mike Green gave the Capitals a 4-3 win against the Hurricanes. Nicklas Backstrom recorded two assists for Washington while Michall Neuvirth made 28 saves in the victory. Captain Eric Staal netted two goals and an assist for Carolina.

-Smooth Goal of the Night: Washington's Alexander Semin on Carolina's Brian Boucher:

-Horrible Defensive Play of the Night: If anyone can explain to us what Green (No. 52) was doing on this goal by Staal, be our guest:

-In his debut with the franchise, Jose Theodore made 27 saves for the Panthers in a 2-0 shutout of the Islanders. Brian Campbell recorded two assists for Florida.

-The Jets make their long-awaited return to the NHL tonight.

-As if Thrashers fans in Atlanta didn't feel screwed over enough, the NHL is now blacking out Predators and Hurricanes games for Center Ice customers in that market since they're now considered "home" games.

Central Division

-Former Penguin Ty Conklin made 29 saves for the Red Wings in a 3-0 shutout of the Avalanche. Fire Ray Shero. Pavel Datsyuk added a goal and an assist for Detroit while teammate Danny Cleary recorded two assists.

-Goal of the Night: Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg against Colorado's Semyon Varlamov:

-Two goals and two assists by David Legwand led the Predators to a 4-2 win at St. Louis. Craig Smith added a goal and two assists for Nashville while Pekka Rinne made 31 saves in the victory.

-Nashville's Zach Stortini and St. Louis' Ryan Reaves had issues:

-Pregame ceremonies in St. Louis:

-Predators forward Martin Erat did not play due to an "upper-body" ailment.

-Dave Bolland scored two goals for the Blackhawks in a 5-2 defeat of the Stars. Patrick Sharp added a goal and an assist for Chicago while Corey Crawford made 21 saves in the win.

-Chicago captain Jonathan Toews being popular:

-The Blackhawks recalled forward Marcus Kruger from Rockford of the AHL and demoted forward Brandon Pirri to Rockford.

-Statues of Blackhawks greats Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita will be unveiled outside the United Center Oct. 22.

-The Red Wings recalled defenseman Brendan Smith from Grand Rapids of the AHL and placed defenseman Mike Commodore (knee) on injured reserve. Smith will serve a five-game suspension.

Northwest Division

-In his debut with the franchise, Dany Heatley collected a goal and an assist for the Wild in a 4-2 defeat of the Blue Jackets. Pierre-Marc Bouchard recorded two assists for Minnesota which scored two power-play goals in the head coaching debut of former Penguins assistant Mike Yeo. Niklas Backstrom made 29 saves in the victory.

-Heatley's goal came off a nice re-direction:

-"I was going to try to play it cool. trying to fight back a smile, "but it actually feels pretty good." - Yeo on getting his first NHL win.

-Prior to last night's game, the Avalanche retired No. 21 in honor of Peter Forsberg:

-Banner times for Forsberg:

-The Avalanche also paid tribute to former players Wade Belak, Ruslan Salei and Karlis Skrastins:

Pacific Division

-Bobby Ryan's shootout goal gave the Ducks a 2-1 win against the Rangers in Stockholm. Jonas Hiller made all of 14 saves in the victory.

-Ryan actually whiffed partially on his shot:

-Save of the Day: New York's Henrik Lundqvist on Ryan:

-Shootout Save of the Day: Hiller on New York's Mats Zuccarello:

-Rangers forward and former Penguin Mike Rupp got into a fight with Anaheim's George Parros:

-Hiller and captain Ryan Getzlaf having a moment:

-Anaheim's Andrew Cogliano being popular:

-New York's Henrik Lundqvist kept his eyes on this puck:

-Thirsty times for Hiller:

-Andrew Desjardins and Joe Pavelski each had two goals for the Sharks in a 6-3 defeat of the Coyotes. Patrick Marleau added two assists for San Jose while Thomas Greiss made 26 saves in the victory. Captain Shane Doan scored two goals for for Phoenix.

-Phoenix's Mike Smith was all over this puck:

-Coyotes forward Martin Hanzal was named as an alternate captain.

-The Ducks aqcuired defenseman Kyle Cumiskey from the Avalanche in exchange for defensive prospect Jake Newton and a conditional seventh-round pick in 2013.

Norris Division

-Hockey Night in Canada's pregame montage for the first game:

-Eric Levine made 29 save for the Robert Morris men's team in a 2-1 defeat of Mercyhurst.

-Brianna Delaney had two goals and an assist for the Robert Morris women's team which beat Lindenwood, 7-2.

-Christine Bestland had two goals and an assist for the Mercyhurst women's team which beat Minnesota State, 5-4.

(Photos: Penguins/Flames-Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press; Flyers/Devils-Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images; Senators/Maple Leafs-Abelimages/Getty Images; Sabres/Kings-Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty Images; Predators/Blues-Jeff Curry/Getty Images; Stars/Blackhawks-David Banks/Getty Images; Red Wings/Avalanche-Justin Edmonds/Getty Images; Rangers/Ducks-Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images; Coyotes/Sharks-Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

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