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10/18/2014 at 11:18am EDT

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: GOALIES STEAL FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT
Minnesota’s Darcy Kuemper established a franchise-record shutout streak and three veteran goaltenders -- Vancouver’s Ryan Miller, Florida’s Roberto Luongo and Nashville’s Pekka Rinne -- posted shutouts on a night highlighted by goaltending performances.

* After posting consecutive shutouts in Minnesota’s first two games, Kuemper had his season-long shutout streak snapped at 4:02 of the third period at Anaheim. His stretch of 163:46 is the longest individual single-season shutout streak in Wild history (he was off the ice for 0:16 in MIN's opening two games). The team shutout streak of 164:02 fell short of the franchise record (169:20) by just 5:18.

* Kuemper stopped the first 66 shots he faced this season and 70 of 72 overall for a 0.67 goals-against average and .972 save percentage. At age 24, he became the youngest goaltender in NHL history to post shutouts in each of his team’s first two games of a season.


* Miller made 27 saves for his first shutout in a Canucks uniform and the 30th of his career, tying the Islanders’ Jaroslav Halak for sixth among active netminders.

* Luongo stopped 26 shots, including 14 in the third period, to record his second shutout since rejoining the Panthers at the Trade Deadline last year. His other shutout also came against Buffalo, in the first game of his second stint with Florida on Mar. 7 (2-0 win). Luongo notched his 67th career shutout, the most among active goaltenders. He moved past Patrick Roy and into a tie with Roy Worters for 13th place on the all-time list.

* Rinne turned aside 31 shots for his 33rd career shutout and improved to 5-0-0 with a 2.33 goals-against average and .918 save percentage in six career games against the Jets.

TOP LINE HELPS CANUCKS STAY PERFECT
The line of Radim Vrbata (1-1--2), Daniel Sedin (1-1--2) and Henrik Sedin (0-2--2) combined for six points as the Canucks improved to 3-0-0 with a 2-0 win over the Oilers.

* The Canucks are 3-0-0 to start a season for the first time in 15 years. They went undefeated through the first four games in 1999-2000 (3-0-1).

* Vrbata, who signed with Vancouver as a free agent this offseason, has five points in three games playing alongside the Sedin brothers. The trio has combined for 17 points (6-11--17), scoring six of the team's 10 goals. All three players have points in each of the team’s contests to date (Vrbata 3-2--5, D. Sedin 1-5--6, H. Sedin 2-4--6).

* Miller, who also posted a 5-4 shootout win over the Oilers last Saturday, improved to 9-0-0 in his career against Edmonton.

COGLIANO ENDS WILD SHUTOUT STREAK IN DUCKS’ WIN
Andrew Cogliano ended Minnesota’s season-long shutout streak at 164:02 with his game-tying goal in the third period and Corey Perry netted the game winner with 8:25 left in regulation as the Ducks overcame a 1-0 deficit to capture their home opener at Honda Center. Anaheim has won four straight games since dropping the season-opener in Pittsburgh.

* Perry has a point in each of Anaheim’s five games (5-2--7), marking his best start to a season through five team games. He has 17-15--32 in 33 career games versus the Wild.

* Perry’s winning tally was his first of the season and 51st of his career (19th among active players). He led the Ducks and tied for third in the League last year with nine deciding goals.

NEWCOMERS COMBINE TO SPOIL JETS' HOME OPENER
Offseason acquisitions Mike Ribeiro and James Neal each scored as the Predators spoiled Winnipeg’s home opener with a 2-0 win.

* Nashville improved to 3-0-1, their best start since beginning the 2005-06 season with eight straight victories. The Predators are now 10-3-2 against the Winnipeg/Atlanta franchise since the start of that season.

* Ribeiro has goals in consecutive games for the first time since scoring on Oct. 19 and 22 last year versus Detroit (2 goals) and Calgary (2) while with the Coyotes.

* Neal’s goal was his first in a Predators uniform and increased his career scoring total against the Jets to 11-5--16 in 13 games.

* Rookie Filip Forsberg recorded the primary assist on Neal’s goal, raising his team-leading scoring total to 1-4---5 and extending his career-best point streak to four games.

ZETTERBERG MATCHES CAREER HIGH IN RED WINGS VICTORY
Henrik Zetterberg assisted on all four Red Wings goals and Johan Franzen's second of two goals stood as the game-winner as Detroit won 4-1 at Toronto in the first of a back-to-back, home-and-home set.

* Zetterberg’s four assists equal his career high accomplished three previous times: Mar. 20, 2009 vs. ATL, Dec. 15, 2010 vs. STL and Mar. 26, 2012 vs. CBJ. It was his highest single-game point total since Feb. 1, 2013, when he recorded five points (3-2--5) in a 5-3 win vs. STL.

* According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Zetterberg is the first Detroit player with at least four points versus Toronto since Nov. 27, 1996, when current Maple Leafs President Brendan Shanahan tallied 3-1--4 in the Red Wings’ 5-2 win. He now has 6-8--14 in 10 career games against Toronto.

* Franzen netted his first two goals of the season for his first multi-goal game since Mar. 7 (2-2--4 vs. NJ). His first winning tally of 2014-15 was the 42nd of his career, which ranks sixth on the franchise’s all-time list, three behind fifth-place Pavel Datsyuk (45).

* Gustav Nyquist (1-1--2) scored in his fourth straight game and now has 27 goals in his last 38 regular-season contests. Elias says Tomas Holmstrom (4-0--4, 2007-08) was the last Red Wings player with at least one goal in each of the team’s first four games. Nyquist has five points overall this season (4-1--5) and 4-2--6 in five career games against Toronto.

* Toronto and Detroit will contest home-and-home games on consecutive nights for the first time since the teams split road wins on Oct. 14 and 15, 1997 (3-2 DET, 4-3 TOR).

BLUE JACKETS DOUSE FLAMES’ RALLY
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 of 31 shots and Ryan Johansen’s third goal of the season was the game-winner as the Blue Jackets withstood a late Flames rally to win 3-2. Columbus is now 7-1-2 in its last 10 games versus Calgary.

* Johansen extended his season-long point streak to four games (3-3--6). Last year he became the third player in franchise history to score at least 30 goals in a season, tallying a career-high 33.

* Matt Calvert (1-1--2) and Mark Letestu (0-2--2) had multi-point games for the Blue Jackets. Letestu now has 2-6--8 in 12 games vs. CGY, matching his highest total against any team (3-5--8 in 10 GP vs. NYI).

* Nick Foligno (1-4--5) and Cam Atkinson (3-2--5) each recorded an assist to extend their season-long point streaks to four games.

LOOSE PUCKS
Sabres goaltender Jhonas Enroth has stopped 112 of 115 shots he has faced in his past three games against Florida (1-1-1, 0.97 goals-against average and .974 save percentage) . . . Mike Santorelli scored his first goal with the Maple Leafs . . . Calgary defenseman TJ Brodie extended his point streak to five games (2-4—6) . . . Josh Jooris, an undrafted free-agent signing by the Flames in 2013, scored in his League debut. Jooris' father canceled travel plans to Europe to see his son realize his NHL dream . . . Sean Bergenheim scored the lone goal as the Panthers earned their first win of the season and first under head coach Gerard Gallant. Florida won its fourth straight game in Buffalo and improved to 4-0-0 in its last four head-to-head match-ups overall . . . The two top picks from the 2014 NHL Draft – Florida’s Aaron Ekblad (No. 1) and Buffalo’s Sam Reinhart (No. 2) – met for the first time when the Panthers visited the Sabres . . . Florida defenseman Dmitry Kulikov recorded an assist for his first point of the season and the 100th of his NHL career (24-76—100) . . . Bruins forward Milan Lucic was been fined $5,000 for an obscene gesture made during Thursday’s game against Montreal. The fine money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.

SNEAK PEEK AT SATURDAY'S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Boston @ Buffalo, 7:00 p.m., FX-CA, NESN, MSG-B
Colorado @ Montreal, 7:00 p.m., TVA, CITY, ALT
Columbus @ Ottawa, 7:00 p.m., SN, FS-O
Toronto @ Detroit, 7:00 p.m., CBC, NHLN-US, FS-D
San Jose @ New Jersey, 7:00 p.m., CSN-CA, MSG
NY Islanders @ Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m., MSG PLUS, ROOT
Florida @ Washington, 7:00 p.m., FS-F, CSN-DC
Philadelphia @ Dallas, 8:00 p.m., CSN-PH, FS-SW
Nashville @ Chicago, 8:30 p.m., FS-TN, WGN
St. Louis @ Arizona, 9:00 p.m., FS-MW, FS-A
Tampa Bay @ Vancouver, 10:00 p.m., CBC, TVA2, SUN

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WALL-TO-WALL COVERAGE ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA
Rogers features five different games on another busy Hockey Night in Canada Saturday. Four matchups involve Canadian teams: the Maple Leafs visit the Red Wings to complete their 'Original Six' home-and-home (CBC), head coach Patrick Roy and his Avalanche visit Montreal (City), Columbus travel to Ottawa (Sportsnet) and Steven Stamkos and the Lightning make their lone regular-season appearance in Vancouver (CBC). Goaltender J.S. Giguere, who retired last season after compiling 262 victories over a 16-year NHL career, will be a special in-studio guest.

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