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Sunday, 06 November 2011 03:53

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game. "You try to make a move, see if he flinches, opens up his legs." - Chris Kunitz (above) explaining his shootout goal.

-The Los Angeles' Times' recap. "Two's better than zero but we'd still like to score more than two." - Kings defenseman Jack Johnson on his team's struggling offense.

-The Associated Press' recap. The Penguins lead the NHL with 21 points.

-NHL.com's recap. Steve Sullivan gets his first goal of the season.

-Highlights:

-Marc-Andre Fleury getting a leg up to stop Los Angeles captain Dustin Brown:

-We not goaltending experts or anything, but we're thinking Los Angeles' Jonathan Quick played the wrong angle here:

-Happy times for Pascal Dupuis, Kunitz and Alexandre Picard:

-Fleury stretched out for this save:

-Happy times for the Penguins:

-James Neal and/or Los Angeles' Willie Mitchell went stick on puck on one or other here:

-Quick had issues with this puck:

-Los Angeles' Anze Kopitar kept his eyes on this puck:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Steve Sullivan speaks:

-Sidney Crosby heads back to Pittsburgh for a doctor's appointment.

-If the Penguins-Flyers rivalry is jeopardized due to re-alignment, you can blame the Jets/Thrashers franchise.

-Shootout goals by Colin McDonald, Niko Dimitrakos and Bryan Lerg gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 2-1 win against Binghamton Senators. Brad Thiessen made 28 saves in the victory.

-The Penguins broke a seven-game road losing streak to the Senators.

-Zack Torquato had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-1 defeat of the Trenton Devils. Tim Crowder and Zach Hansen each recorded two assists for the Nailers while Peter Delmas made 23 saves in the victory.

-Penguins prospect and Niagara IceDogs could be in some hot water with the OHL after he leveled Kitchener Rangers defenseman Ryan Murphy with this ugly hit Friday night:

(Kudos to EN reader Carroll Thorpe for the video.)

-Happy 66th birthday to former Penguins defenseman Darryl Edestrand (right). Acquired in the 1970 offseason along with Larry McKillop in a deal which sent Barry Ashbee to the Flyers, Edestrand spent parts of three seasons with the Penguins. After spending all of 1970-71 with the Penguins' AHL affiliate in Hershey, Edestrand appeared in 77 games with the Penguins during 1971-72 and scored 33 points. In that spring's postseason, he saw action in four games and recorded two assists. He followed that up in 1972-73 by setting career highs in games (78), goals (15) and points (39). After three games and no points in 1973-74, Edestrand was traded to the Bruins in exchange for Nick Beverly. In 158 regular season games with the Penguins, Edestrand scored 72 points.

Atlantic Division

-Frans Nielsen and P.A. Parenteau each had a goal and two assists for the Islanders in a 5-3 defeat of the Islanders. Rick DiPietro made 25 saves in the victory which snapped a six-game losing streak. Nicklas Backstrom recorded two assists for Washington.

-Check out this rocket of a one-timer by Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin:

-An Air National Guardsman dropped the puck while hanging upside down for a ceremonial faceoff between Ovechkin and New York captain Mark Streit:

-DiPietro had issues with this puck:

-"After first period, we just stopped playing.” - Ovechkin.

-A goal and an assist by former Penguin Erik Christensen led the Rangers to a 5-3 victory against the Canadiens. Fire Ray Shero. Teammates Artem Anisimov and Derek Stepan each recorded two assists while Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves in the victory. Captain Brian Gionta had a goal and an assist for Montreal.

-Check out the passing on this backhanded goal by New York's Michael Del Zotto:

-Cool Photo of the Night: New York's Brandon Prust taking the ice:

-Rangers coach John Tortorella recorded his 100th win with the franchise.

-Two goals, including one in overtime, by Adam Henrique, gave the Devils a 3-2 win against the Jets. Captain Zach Parise recorded two assists for New Jersey while Martin Brodeur made 21 saves in the victory. Mark Flood netted a goal and an assist for Winnipeg.

-Henrique's overtime goal:

-Henrique's first goal was pretty nifty:

-Happy times for Henrique:

-Winnipeg's Ondrej Pavelec had issues with this puck:

-New Jersey's Patrik Elias being popular:

-Happy times for Winnipeg's Jim Slater and Flood:

-Winnipeg's Alexander Burmistrov alone with his shadow:

-A ton of Nordiques fans showed up:

-Henrique has scored his first three career NHL goals in the past two nights.

-After missing six games due to a shoulder injury, Brodeur got his first win of the season.

-Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk and defenseman Andy Greene missed the game due to "lower-body" injuries.

-A goal and two assists by former Columbus forward Jakub Voracek led the Flyers to a 9-2 rout of the Blue Jackets. James van Riemsdyk added a goal and two assists for Philadelphia while teammate Sean Couturier scored two goals. Ilya Bryzgalov made 33 saves in the victory.

-Flyers forward and former Penguin Maxime Talbot scored his fifth goal of the season:

-Talbot being popular:

-Fire Ray Shero.

-Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds and Columbus' Derek Dorsett had issues:

-A good look at Bryzgalov's lid:

-A the lid of Columbus' Steve Mason:

-"Obviously, I was very excited for this game." - Voracek.

“Guys are embarrassed for the effort we put out for the coach and coaching staff, and management. It’s just not good enough. “It’s undisciplined hockey." - Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash.

-Flyers forward Scott Hartnell has found his game playing on a line with Claude Giroux and former Penguins captain Jaromir Jagr.

-The Flyers recalled forward Eric Wellwood from Adirondack of the AHL.

Northeast Division

-Tim Thomas made 25 saves for the Bruins in a 7-0 shutout of the Maple Leafs. Tyler Seguin had a hat trick for Boston while teammate Milan Lucic added two goals an an assist.

-Seguin's hat trick:

-Toronto captain Dion Phaneuf > Boston's Chris Kelly:

-Happy times for the Bruins. Not so much for Toronto's Mike Brown:

-Thomas and captain Zdeno Chara had a moment:

-“They kicked our ass, every which way." - Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul.

-Shootout goals by Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy and Brad Boyes gave the Sabres a 3-2 win at Ottawa. Jhonas Enroth made 25 saves in the victory.

-Check out this individual effort by Ottawa's Milan Michalek:

-Enroth, a back-up, got the start over all-star Ryan Miller for the second consecutive night.

Southeast Division

-The Jets placed defenseman Tobias Enstrom (broken collar bone) on injured reserve and recalled defenseman Paul Postma from St. Johns' of the AHL.

-Jets forward Nik Antropov is dealing with a hand injury.

-The Lightning demoted forward Mattias Ritola to Norfolk of the AHL.

-The Panthers have asked for a $7.7 million loan from Broward county to renovate BankAtlantic Center.

Central Division

-Jimmy Howard made 22 saves for the Red Wings in a 5-0 shutout of the Ducks. Captain Nicklas Lidstrom had two goals and an assist for Detroit while teammate Johan Franzen had a goal and two assists. The Red Wings snapped a six-game losing streak.

-"I don't know about relaxing, but it'll be nice to have a nice sleep tonight." - Red Wings coach Mike Babcock.

-Two goals by David Legwand, including one in overtime, gave the Predators a 4-3 win against the Sharks. Patric Hornqvist added a goal and an assist for the Predators while teammates Francis Bouillon and Shea Weber each recorded two assists. Pekka Rinne made 35 saves in the victory. Logan Couture had a goal and two assists for San Jose.

-Legwand's overtime goal:

-San Jose's Antti Niemi reached out for this puck:

-“We don’t have the big superstars, but we had a team effort tonight. We told each other, ‘Never quit working.’ ” - Hornqvist.

-The Predators split up their all-everything defensive pair of Ryan Suter and Weber.

-With forward Todd Bertuzzi dealing with an illness, the Red Wings recalled forward Fabian Brunnstrom from Grand Rapids of the AHL.

-The Blue Jackets recalled forward Cam Atkinson from Springfield of the AHL.

-"It will be like a playoff game on Sunday right from the puck drop. Something will happen. The fans and everybody will be into it. It will be a crazy game." - Blackhawks forward Dave Bolland on tonight's game against the rival Blackhawks.

Northwest Division

-Josh Harding made 30 saves for the Wild in a 2-1 defeat of the Blues. Minnesota has won four consecutive games.

-Minnesota's Dany Heatley > St. Louis Jaroslav Halak:

-Avalanche forward Peter Mueller has resumed practicing after missing 10 games due to a head injury.

Pacific Division

-Boyd Gordon and Ray Whitney each had a goal and an assist for the Coyotes in a 4-2 defeat of the Oilers. Radim Vrbata recorded two assists for Phoenix while Mike Smith made 24 saves in the victory.

-Coyotes coach and former Penguins forward Dave Tippett recorded his 100th win with the franchise.

-Ducks forward Teemu Selanne drew a 10-minute misconduct for arguing with officials.

Smythe Division

-Hockey Night in Canada busted out some Ramones for its opening montage:

-Eric Levine made 16 saves for the Robert Morris men's team in a 2-0 loss to American International.

-Max Strang made 41 saves for the Mercyhurst men's team in a 2-0 shutuout of Connecticut.

-NBC Sports Network (Versus' future name) will carry 16 college hockey games next calendar year.

(Photos: Penguins/Kings-Bret Hartman/Associated Press and Harry How/Getty Images; Edestrand-Penguins Hockey Cards; Capitals/Islanders-Kathy Kmonicek/Associated Press; Canadiens/Rangers-Nick Laham/Getty Images; Jets/Devils-Bill Kostroun/Associated Press; Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Blue Jackets/Flyers-Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images; Bruins/Maple Leafs-Abelimages/Getty Images; Predators/Sharks-Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images; Blues/Wild-Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

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