Sunday, December 29, 2013

December 28th NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 4, Boston Bruins 3 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 16-18-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 26-11-2.
Goals:
OTT - Patrick Wiercioch (3) - from Cocy Ceci and Cory Conacher (7:04 1ST)
BOS - Dan Paille (4) - unassisted (12:06 1ST)
OTT - Cory Conacher (4) - from Kyle Turris and Cody Ceci (14:28 1ST)
OTT - Zack Smith SHG (8) - from Erik Condra (0:29 2ND)
BOS - Jarome Iginla (12) - from Milan Lucic and David Krejci (13:51 2ND)
BOS - David Warsofsky (1) - from Johnny Boychuk and Patrice Bergeron (6:36 3RD)
OTT - Bobby Ryan (18) - unassisted (15:25 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Craig Anderson (29 saves on 32 shots: 11-9-4) LG - Chad Johnson (17 saves on 18 shots: 6-3-0), in relief of Tuuka Rask (9 saves on 12 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Cody Ceci (2 assists) - Ottawa
2. Jarome Iginla (1 goal) - Boston
1. Bobby Ryan (1 goal, GWG) - Ottawa

Montreal Canadiens 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (SO) - (from Tampa Bay) - The Canadiens improved to 23-13-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 23-11-4.
Goals:
MTL - Tomas Plekanec (13) - from Brian Gionta and Travis Moen (5:15 2ND)
TBL - Martin St. Louis (17) - from Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat (11:43 2ND)
Shootout winner - Lars Eller (MTL)
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (23 saves on 24 shots: 18-11-2) LG - Ben Bishop (20 saves on 21 shots: 20-5-3)
Three Stars:
3. Tomas Plekanec (1 goal) - Montreal
2. Ben Bishop (20 saves on 21 shots) - Tampa Bay
1. Carey Price (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 4, Florida Panthers 3 (from Florida) - The Red Wings improved to 18-13-9 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 14-20-5.
Goals:
DET - Daniel Alfredsson PPG (10) - from Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk (3:47 1ST)
DET - Henrik Zetterberg PPG (12) - from Pavel Datsyuk (14:29 1ST)
FLA - Sean Bergenheim PPG (6) - from Brian Campbell and Aleksander Barkov (12:52 2ND)
FLA - Nick Bjugstad (8) - unassisted (14:59 2ND)
DET - Brendan Smith (1) - from Kyle Quincey (0:42 3RD)
DET - Gustav Nyquist (5) - from Jakub Kindl and Tomas Tatar (1:20 3RD) *GWG*
FLA - Sean Bergenheim (7) - from Dylan Olsen and Marcel Goc (4:27 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Gustavsson (30 saves on 33 shots: 11-3-2) LG - Scott Clemmensen (27 saves on 31 shots: 4-4-1)
Three Stars:
3. Henrik Zetterberg (1 goal) - Detroit
2. Sean Bergenheim (2 goals) - Florida
1. Pavel Datsyuk (2 assists) - Detroit

New Jersey Devils 2, New York Islanders 1 (from New York) - The Devils improved to 16-16-8 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 11-21-7.
Goals:
NJD - Adam Henrique (8) - from Reid Boucher and Michael Ryder (11:37 1ST)
NYI - Frans Nielsen (13) - from Kyle Okposo and Thomas Vanek (10:31 3RD)
NJD - Travis Zajac (7) - from Marek Zidlicky and Jaromir Jagr (13:03 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Cory Schneider (30 saves on 31 shots: 5-8-5) LG - Evgeni Nabokov (23 saves on 25 shots: 7-7-5)
Three Stars:
3. Frans Nielsen (1 goal) - New York
2. Travis Zajac (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey
1. Cory Schneider (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - New Jersey

St. Louis Blues 6, Chicago Blackhawks 5 (SO) - (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 25-7-5 on the season thanks to a 6-5 shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 27-7-7.
Goals:
CHI - Patrick Sharp (22) - from Marian Hossa and Jonathan Toews (7:48 1ST)
CHI - Andrew Shaw PPG (11) - from Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith (9:55 1ST)
STL - Maxim Lapierre (4) - from Carlo Colaiacovo and Ian Cole (14:04 1ST)
CHI - Patrick Kane (23) - from Duncan Keith and Jonathan Toews (17:04 1ST)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (12) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrik Berglund (2:46 2ND)
STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (1) - from Jay Bouwmeester and Chris Porter (7:47 2ND)
CHI - Brandon Saad (13) - from Ben Smith and Marcus Kruger (17:46 2ND)
CHI - Brent Seabrook (4) - from Patrick Kane (1:06 3RD)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (12) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Ian Cole (16:09 3RD)
STL - Patrik Berglund PPG (4) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Kevin Shattenkirk (17:26 3RD)
Shootout winner - Kevin Shattenkirk (STL)
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliot (17 saves on 19 shots: 8-1-2) in relief of Jaroslav Halak (10 saves on 13 shots) LG - Antti Raanta (20 saves on 25 shots: 9-1-3)
Three Stars:
3. Patrik Berglund (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
2. Patrick Kane (1 goal, 2 assists) - Chicago
1. Vladimir Tarasenko (1 goal, 2 assists) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 17-18-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 25-10-4.
Goals:
NSH - Patric Hornqvist (8) - from Mike Fisher and Seth Jones (14:42 1ST)
LAK - Anze Kopitar PPG (12) - from Slava Voynov and Drew Doughty (7:05 2ND)
NSH - Mike Fisher PPG (8) - from Patric Hornqvist and Shea Weber (16:42 3RD)
LAK - Jeff Carter (12) - from Anze Kopitar and Dwight King (19:23 3RD)
NSH - Mike Fisher (9) - from Colin Wilson and Seth Jones (19:33 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Marek Mazanec (26 saves on 28 shots: 6-8-1) LG - Ben Scrivens (28 saves on 31 shots: 7-4-4)
Three Stars:
3. Anze Kopitar (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles
2. Patric Hornqvist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville
1. Mike Fisher (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

Anaheim Ducks 3, Phoenix Coyotes 2 (OT) - (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 28-7-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 19-10-9.
Goals:
ANA - Saku Koivu SHG (6) - from Daniel Winnik and Francois Beauchemin (17:08 1ST)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (11) - from Daniel Winnik and Saku Koivu (5:04 3RD)
PHX - Martin Hanzal (11) - from Michael Stone (15:26 3RD)
PHX - Mike Ribeiro (10) - from Keith Yandle and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19:16 3RD)
ANA - Saku Koivu (7) - from Ben Lovejoy and Cam Fowler (0:51 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Hiller (23 saves on 25 shots: 17-4-4) LG - Thomas Greiss (38 saves on 41 shots: 4-2-1)
Three Stars:
3. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal) - Phoenix
2. Daniel Winnik (2 assists) - Anaheim
1. Saku Koivu (2 goals, 1 assist, OT winner) - Anaheim

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO) - (from Edmonton) - The Flyers improved to 18-16-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 13-24-4.
Goals:
EDM - Taylor Hall (15) - unassisted (0:32 1ST)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (10) - from Taylor Hall and Andrew Ference (4:02 1ST)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds PPG (11) - from Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek (3:37 2ND)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds PPG (12) - from Jakub Voracek and Scott Hartnell (12:13 2ND)
EDM - David Perron PPG (16) - from Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz (11:52 3RD)
PHI - Scott Hartnell PPG (7) - from Kimmo Timonen and Claude Giroux (14:28 3RD)
Shootout winner - Michael Raffl (PHI)
Goalies:
WG - Steve Mason (13 saves on 16 shots: 15-9-4) LG - Ilya Bryzgalov (35 saves on 38 shots: 2-4-1)
Three Stars:
3. Claude Giroux (2 assists) - Philadelphia
2. Taylor Hall (1 goal, 1 assist) - Edmonton
1. Wayne Simmonds (2 goals) - Philadelphia

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Vladimir Tarasenko - Tarasenko had 1 goal and 2 assists in the Blues 6-5 comeback shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
2. Mike Fisher - Fisher scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Predators 3-2 win over the Kings, including the GWG with 27 seconds left.
1. Saku Koivu - Koivu had a part in all 3 goals in the Ducks 3-2 win over the Coyotes, scoring 2 goals (including the OT winner) and adding an assist.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Anaheim Ducks - 10 game winning streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 4 game losing streak
Florida Panthers - 3 game losing streak
Colorado Avalanche - 3 game losing streak
Phoenix Coyotes - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Bobby Ryan gets it with this beauty breakaway goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY3h2gdGc4o

What's up next (December 29th) - There are 10 NHL games on tap for Sunday:
1. Washington Capitals vs. Buffalo Sabres @5PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers @5PM ET (In Florida)
3. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @6PM ET (In Columbus)
4. St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas Stars @6PM ET (In Dallas)
5. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM ET (In Toronto)
6. New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @7PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
7. Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames @730PM ET (In Calgary)
8. New York Islanders vs. Minnesota Wild @8PM ET (In Minnesota)
9. Winnipeg Jets vs. Colorado Avalanche @8PM ET (In Colorado)
10. Anaheim Ducks vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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