Empty Netter Assists - 11-21-11
Penguins
-Welcome back Sidney Crosby.
-Scott Munroe made 20 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 loss to the Worcester Sharks.
-Patrick Killeen made 11 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-2 loss to the Trenton Devils.
Atlantic Division
-Flyers forward Matt Read is making a case for the Calder Trophy.
Northeast Division
-Canadiens forward Scott Gomez has not scored in 40 consecutive regular season games.
Southeast Division
-A goal and an assist by Jeff Skinner led the Hurricanes to a 3-2 win against the Hurricanes. Captain Eric Staal recorded two assists for Carolina while Cam Ward made 23 saves in the victory. Phil Kessel scored both of Toronto's goals.
-Save of the Night: Ward on Toronto's Tim Connolly:
-Check out this snipe of a goal by Kessel:
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-Happy times for the Hurricanes. Not so much for Toronto's Ben Scrivens:
-The Capitals recalled defenseman Dmitry Orlov from Hershey of the AHL.
-After opening the season with seven consecutive victories, the Capitals have gone 3-7-1.
Central Division
-Two goals by Brad Stuart led the Red Wings to a 4-2 victory against the Ducks. Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg each had a goal and an assist for Detroit while teammate Pavel Datsyuk recorded two assists. Jimmy Howard made 32 saves in the victory.
-Check out this backhanded goal by Zetterberg:
-Stuart banked a shot off the boards for an empty net goal:
-Howard got down low for this puck:
-With forward T.J. Oshie dealing with a wrist injury the Blues recalled former Penguins forward Brett Starling from Peoria of the AHL.
Northwest Division
-An overtime goal by Chris Higgins gave the Canucks a 2-1 win against the Senators. Corey Schneider made 28 saves in the victory.
-Higgins' goal:
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-Save of the Night: Schneider on Ottawa's Milan Michalek:
-Cool Photo of the Night: Ottawa's Alex Auld robbing Vancouver's Ryan Kesler:
-Vancouver's Maxim Lapierre > Ottawa's Jesse Winchester:
-Auld had issues with this puck:
-Happy times for Ottawa's Colin Greening and Jason Spezza:
Pacific Division
-A hat trick by Patrick Marleau led the Sharks to a 4-1 win against the Avalanche. Captain Joe Thornton and Marc-Eduard Vlasic each recorded three assists for San Jose while Tomas Greiss made 36 saves in the victory.
-Marleau's hat trick:
-Goal of the Night: Check out the passing on this goal by Colorado's Matt Duchene:
-The Stars recalled forward Tomas Vincour from Texas of the AHL.
Norris Division
-Former Flyers/Hurricanes/Coyotes forward Pavel Brendl has joined Rapperswil of the NLA in Switzerland.
(Photos: Crosby-Al Bello/Getty Images; Maple Leafs/Hurricanes-Karl B DeBlaker/Associated Press; Red Wings/Ducks-Christine Cotter/Associated Press; Senators/Canucks-Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press and Rich Lam/Getty Images)