January 18th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 4, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Ottawa) - The Rangers improved to 26-21-3 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 21-19-9.

Goals:

OTT - Marc Methot (4) - from Cody Ceci and Milan Michalek (3:37 1ST)
NYR - Brad Richards PPG (13) - from Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh (9:50 1ST)
NYR - Rich Nash (12) - from Derek Stepan (12:45 2ND) *GWG*
NYR - Derek Stepan (8) - unassisted (19:48 2ND)
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (13) - unassisted (16:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (29 saves on 30 shots: 10-3-0) LG - Craig Anderson (27 saves on 31 shots: 15-10-6)

Three Stars:

3. Rick Nash (1 goal, GWG) - New York

2. Cam Talbot (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - New York

1. Derek Stepan (1 goal, 2 assists) - New York

San Jose Sharks 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (from Tampa Bay) - The Sharks improved to 31-12-6 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 28-16-5.

Goals:

SJS - Matt Nieto (4) - Patrick Marleau and Tommy Wingels (9:46 1ST)
TBL - Martin St. Louis PPG (22) - from Tyler Johnson and Teddy Purcell (11:56 1ST)
SJS - Patrick Marleau (21) - from Matt Nieto and Tommy Wingels (12:52 1ST)
TBL - Martin St. Louis (23) - from Jean-Philippe Cote and Ben Bishop (15:44 1ST)
TBL - Martin St. Louis (24 - Hat Trick) - from J.T. Brown and Mark Barberio (19:30 1ST)
TBL - Martin St. Louis PPG (25) - from Teddy Purcell and Tyler Johnson (2:07 2ND)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (23) - from Tyler Kennedy and Jason Demers (12:48 2ND)
SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (24) - from Dan Boyle and Patrick Marleau (13:08 2ND)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (25) - from Matt Irwin and Joe Thornton (19:00 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (25 saves on 29 shots: 25-10-6) LG - Ben Bishop (27 saves on 32 shots: 23-6-4)

Three Stars:

3. Patrick Marleau (1 goal, 2 assists) - San Jose

2. Joe Pavelski (3 goals, GWG) - San Jose

1. Martin St. Louis (4 goals) - Tampa Bay

Winnipeg Jets 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (OT) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 22-23-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 15-30-6.

Goals:

EDM - Jordan Eberle PPG (16) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall (6:59 2ND)
WPG - Jacob Trouba SHG (6) - from Bryan Little (5:48 3RD)
WPG - Mark Scheifele (9) - from Blake Wheeler and Eric O'Dell (10:37 3RD)
EDM - David Perron (18) - from Jeff Petry and Sam Gagner (18:00 3RD)
WPG - Jacob Trouba (7) - from Blake Wheeler (1:10 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (20 saves on 22 shots: 14-19-4) LG - Ilya Bryzgalov (36 saves on 39 shots: 3-7-3)

Three Stars:

3. Jordan Eberle (1 goal) - Edmonton

2. Mark Scheifele (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Jacob Trouba (2 goal, OT winner) - Winnipeg

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO) - (from Buffalo) - The Blue Jackets improved to 24-20-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 13-27-7.

Goals:

BUF - Tyler Myers (5) - from Matt Moulson and Tyler Ennis (0:59 1ST)
CBJ - David Savard (3) - from Derek MacKenzie and Mark Letestu (6:19 1ST)
BUF - Drew Stafford (5) - from Tyler Ennis (6:47 1ST)
CBJ - Matt Calvert (5) - from Nikita Nikitin and Brandon Dubisnky (12:44 1ST)
CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky PPG (10) - from Cam Atkinson and James Wisniewski (11:21 2ND)
BUF - Tyler Myers PPG (6) - from Cody Hodgson and Christian Ehrhoff (19:35 3RD)
Shootout winner - Ryan Johansen (CBJ)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (26 saves on 29 shots: 15-11-2) LG - Ryan Miller (32 saves on 35 shots: 12-18-3)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Ennis (2 assists) - Buffalo

2. Brandon Dubinsky (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

1. Tyler Myers (2 goals) - Buffalo

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Montreal Canadiens 3 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 25-20-5 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 27-17-5.

Goals:

TOR - Cody Franson (3) - from Nazem Kadri and Joffrey Lupul (4:49 1ST)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher PPG (12) - from Max Pacioretty and Andrei Markov (17:29 1ST)
TOR - Phil Kessel (23) - from Mason Raymond (13:11 2ND)
TOR - Mason Raymond PPG (13) - from Nazem Kadri and Morgan Rielly (17:47 2ND)
MTL - Brian Gionta (8) - from Francis Boullion (19:48 2ND)
MTL - David Desharnais (8) - from P.K. Subban (9:06 3RD)
TOR - James van Riemsdyk (19) - from Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel (14:27 3RD) *GWG*
TOR - Joffrey Lupul EN (15) - from Nikolai Kulemin (19:56 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (30 saves on 33 shots: 16-14-4) LG - Carey Price (25 saves on 29 shots: 22-13-4)

Three Stars:

3. James van Riemsdyk (1 goal, GWG) - Toronto

2. Mason Raymond (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

1. Phil Kessel (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

Detroit Red Wings 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (SO) - (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 21-17-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 29-14-6.

Goals:

LAK - Mike Richards PPG (7) - from Slava Voynov (9:06 2ND)
DET - Henrik Zetterberg (15) - from Gustav Nyquist and Brendan Smith (9:47 2ND)
LAK - Jeff Carter PPG (18) - from Mike Richards and Drew Doughty (17:45 3RD)
DET - Niklas Kronwall PPG (5) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Patrick Eaves (19:33 3RD)
Shootout winner - Tomas Tatar (DET)

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (30 saves on 32 shots: 9-11-8) LG - Jonathan Quick (33 saves on 35 shots: 14-6-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jimmy Howard (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Detroit

2. Mike Richards (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

1. Henrik Zetterberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

Philadelphia Flyers 6, New York Islanders 4 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 25-19-5 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 19-24-7.

Goals:

NYI - John Tavares (22) - from Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo (7:43 1ST)
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck SHG (7) - from Frans Nielsen and Brian Strait (11:54 1ST)
PHI - Andrej Meszaros (3) - unassisted (14:43 1ST)
PHI - Andrej Meszaros (4) - from Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds (18:38 1ST)
PHI - Adam Hall (2) - from Mark Streit (3:45 2ND)
NYI - Brock Nelson (7) - from Calvin de Haan and Josh Bailey (11:05 2ND)
NYI - Brian Strait (3) - from Michael Grabner and Brock Nelson (14:00 2ND)
PHI - Jakub Voracek (14) - from Claude Giroux and Kimmo Timonen (7:14 3RD)
PHI - Michael Raffl (4) - from Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek (15:45 3RD) *GWG*
PHI - Matt Read EN (11) - from Sean Couturier and Mark Streit (19:04 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ray Emery (5 saves on 5 shots: 6-8-0) in relief of Steve Mason (20 saves on 24 shots) LG - Kevin Poulin (26 saves on 31 shots: 10-14-0)

Three Stars:

3. Jakub Voracek (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

2. Brock Nelson (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Andrej Meszaros (2 goals) - Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Florida Panthers 2 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 20-18-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 18-23-7.

Goals:

CAR - Riley Nash (5) - from Radek Dvorak (3:37 2ND)
FLA - Marcel Goc (9) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Tom Gilbert (15:05 2ND)
CAR - Alexander Semin (7) - from Eric Staal (2:31 3RD)
CAR - Alexander Semin SHG (8) - from Eric Staal (8:57 3RD) *GWG*
FLA - Dmitry Kulikov (3) - from Nick Bjugstad and Tomas Kopecky (14:21 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (37 saves on 39 shots: 7-2-0) LG - Tim Thomas (36 saves on 39 shots: 12-13-3)

Three Stars:

3. Anton Khudobin (37 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Carolina

2. Eric Staal (2 assists) - Carolina

1. Alexander Semin (2 goals, GWG) - Carolina

Anaheim Ducks 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (from St. Louis) - The Ducks improved to 37-9-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 32-10-5.

Goals:

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (25) - from Corey Perry and Mark Fistric (5:27 1ST)
ANA - Matt Beleskey (4) - from Nick Bonino (2:27 2ND)
ANA - Cam Fowler PPG (5) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Nick Bonino (9:13 2ND) *GWG*
STL - Barret Jackman (2) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Vladimir Sobotka (9:12 3RD)
STL - Jaden Schwartz PPG (16) - from T.J. Oshie and Alex Pietrangelo (14:21 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (34 saves on 36 shots: 12-2-0) LG - Brian Elliot (18 saves on 21 shots: 13-3-2)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Bonino (2 assists) - Anaheim

2. Frederik Andersen (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Anaheim

1. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 5, Nashville Predators 4 (from Nashville) - The Avalanche improved to 31-12-5 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 21-22-7.

Goals:

COL - Nick Holden (3) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Paul Stastny (6:21 1ST)
COL - Jan Hejda (6) - from John Mitchell and Max Talbot (11:27 1ST)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (14) - from Paul Stastny and Nathan MacKinnon (12:05 1ST)
NSH - Patric Hornqvist PPG (10) - from Mike Fisher and David Legwand (14:36 2ND)
COL - Nick Holden (4) - from John Mitchell and Cody McLeod (2:31 3RD)
COL - Matt Duchene PPG (17) - from Nick Holden and Ryan O'Reilly (6:31 3RD) *GWG*
NSH - Craig Smith (15) - from Nick Spaling and Roman Josi (8:14 3RD)
NSH - Ryan Ellis (3) - unassisted (12:45 3RD)
NSH - Roman Josi (5) - from Viktor Stalberg and Ryan Ellis (17:03 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (27 saves on 31 shots: 24-8-5) LG - Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 29 shots: 11-18-2)

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Ellis (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

2. Nathan MacKinnon (2 assists) - Colorado

1. Nick Holden (2 goals, 1 assist) - Colorado

Phoenix Coyotes 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (from Phoenix) - The Coyotes improved to 23-16-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 20-19-11.

Goals:

PHX - Jordan Szwarz (3) - from Kyle Chipchura and Keith Yandle (2:35 1ST)
PHX - Jeff Halpern (2) - from David Moss and Martin Hanzal (13:13 1ST)
NJD - Ryan Clowe PPG (2) - from Michael Ryder and Eric Gelinas (18:44 1ST)
PHX - Martin Hanzal PPG (14) - from Keith Yandle and Radim Vrbata (14:22 2ND) *GWG*
NJD - Jaromir Jagr (15) - from Ryan Clowe and Andy Greene (17:46 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (33 saves on 35 shots: 17-13-8) LG - Martin Brodeur (24 saves on 27 shots: 13-10-4)

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Clowe (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey

2. Keith Yandle (2 assists) - Phoenix

1. Martin Hanzal (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Phoenix

Minnesota Wild 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT) - (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 27-19-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 21-19-8.

Goals:e

MIN - Erik Haula (1) - unassisted (7:11 1ST)
DAL - Ryan Garbutt (10) - from Vernon Fiddler and Rich Peverley (11:57 2ND)
MIN - Ryan Suter (6) - from Torrey Mitchell and Jonas Brodin (14:09 2ND)
DAL - Alex Chiasson PPG (9) - from Alex Goligoski and Tyler Seguin (9:32 3RD)
MIN - Nate Prosser (2) - from Nino Niederreiter and Charlie Coyle (2:42 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG -  Darcy Kuemper (33 saves on 35 shots: 4-2-0) LG - Kari Lehtonen (16 saves on 19 shots: 17-13-8)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Chiasson (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Darcy Kuemper (33 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Minnesota

1. Nate Prosser (1 goal, OT winner) - Minnesota

Vancouver Canucks 3, Calgary Flames 2 (SO) - (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 25-16-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 16-26-7.

Goals:

CGY - Mark Giordano PPG (7) - from Lee Stempniak (1:37 2ND)
VAN - Ryan Kesler (18) - from Zack Kassian and Chris Higgins (3:50 2ND)
CGY - Matt Stajan (7) - from Lance Bouma (4:01 3RD)
VAN - Yannick Weber PPG (2) - from Alexander Edler and Ryan Kesler (11:48 3RD)
Shootout winner - Chris Higgins (VAN)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (29 saves on 31 shots: 17-10-6) LG - Karri Ramo (27 saves on 29 shots: 8-9-4)

Three Stars:

3. Roberto Luongo (29 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Vancouver

2. Mark Giordano (1 goal) - Calgary

1. Ryan Kesler (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jacob Trouba - Trouba had one of the biggest games of his early career, scoring 2 goals (including the OT winner) in the Jets 3-2 win over the Oilers.

2. Joe Pavelski - Pavelski scored a natural hat trick, including the games final 3 goals, in the Sharks 5-4 win over the Lighting

1. Martin St. Louis - The ageless St. Louis scored all 4 goals in the Lightning's 5-4 loss to the Sabres. 

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Martin St. Louis scored all 4 goals for the Lightning in a 5-4 loss, including a first-period hat trick. Joe Pavelski had a hat trick for the Sharks in the same game.
-St. Louis and Pavelski also both had natural hat tricks, with Pavelski's all happening in the 2nd period. 
-It was Martin St. Louis's 1st career 4-goal game and Pavelski's 1st career hat trick.
-The Avs and Predators have combined for 21 goals in 3 games this season.
-The Jets improved to 3-0 since Paul Maurice took over as Head Coach.
-A wild scene to open the Flames/Canucks game, with a 5-on-5 line brawl 2 seconds in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o31HeB2DCO0
-John Tortorella then tried to fight the entire Flames team at the intermission: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT5PfCWgIG8
-The Flames and Canucks combined for 204 penalty minutes tonight, including 152 from the line brawl.
-After the line brawl both the Canucks and Flames were left with 4 defenseman for the entire game, some of the time on ice played: Wideman 38:05, Giordano 33:32, Brodie 35:42, Hamhuis 36:12, Tanev 33:02.
-Devan Dubnyk was lit up for 5 goals on 29 shots in his Predators debut, a 5-4 loss to the Avs.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Columbus Blue Jackets - 6 game winning streak
Colorado Avalanche - 4 game winning streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 4 game winning streak
Winnipeg Jets - 3 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 3 game losing streak
Calgary Flames - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Nazem Kadri gets it tonight with his great toe-drag and pass to Cody Franson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaX72Gszpk8
Honourable Mentions:
-Martin St. Louis 4 goals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_nk02d26I
-Joe Pavelski Natural Hat Trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-FoHn2vgrU

-Craig Anderson save on Brad Richards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZFtK9EB6aQ

What's up next (January 19th) - There are 3 NHL games on tap for Sunday:

1. Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Blackhawks @1230PM ET (In Chicago) {***Stanley Cup Finals Rematch/Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Carolina Hurricanes @5PM ET (In Carolina)

3. Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers @730PM ET (In New York)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff