Friday, January 24, 2014

January 24th NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 2, Washington Capitals 1 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 22-19-11 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 22-21-8.
Goals:
NJD - Stephen Gionta (3) - from Jaromir Jagr (4:57 1ST)
NJD - Adam Henrique PPG (14) - from Jaromir Jagr and Travis Zajac (1:45 2ND) *GWG*
WSH - Jason Chimera (10) - from John Erskine and Tom Wilson (10:10 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Cory Schneider (30 saves on 31 shots: 9-9-7) LG - Michal Neuvirth (28 saves on 30 shots: 3-5-1)
Three Stars:
3. Adam Henrique (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey
2. Jaromir Jagr (2 assists) - New Jersey
1. Cory Schneider (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - New Jersey

Detroit Red Wings 4, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 23-18-10 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 27-19-5.
Goals:
DET - Henrik Zetterberg PPG (16) - from Daniel Alfredsson and Niklas Kronwall (12:27 1ST)
DET - Riley Sheahan (2) - unassisted (11:48 2ND) *GWG*
MTL - Brendan Gallagher PPG (13) - from David Desharnais and P.K. Subban (12:56 2ND)
DET - Niklas Kronwall (6) - from Gustav Nyquist and Jonathan Ericsson (16:29 2ND)
DET - Gustav Nyquist (8) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader (18:41 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Gustavsson (30 saves on 31 shots: 13-3-2) LG - Carey Price (22 saves on 26 shots: 22-15-4)
Three Stars:
3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit
2. Niklas Kronwall (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit
1. Henrik Zetterberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

Colorado Avalanche 3, Florida Panthers 2 (from Florida) - The Avalanche improved to 32-13-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 20-24-7.
Goals:
COL - Ryan O'Reilly (19) - from Matt Duchene and Nick Holden (1:34 1ST)
COL - Paul Stastny (14) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Tanguay(16:13 1ST)
COL - Jamie McGinn (11) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene (13:00 2ND) *GWG*
FLA - Scottie Upshall (8) - from Tomas Fleischmann (5:18 3RD)
FLA - Scottie Upshall (9) - from Sean Bergenheim and Tom Gilbert (18:17 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (34 saves on 36 shots: 25-9-5) LG - Tim Thomas (22 saves on 25 shots: 13-14-3)
Three Stars:
3. Scottie Upshall (2 goals) - Florida
2. Semyon Varlamov (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Colorado
1. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

Calgary Flames 5, Nashville Predators 4 (SO) - (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 18-27-7 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 23-22-8.
Goals:
NSH - Eric Nystrom (8) - from Gabriel Bourque and Matt Cullen (1:51 1ST)
CGY - Mark Giordano (8) - from Kris Russell and Mikael Backlund (3:23 1ST)
NSH - Eric Nystrom (9) - from Roman Josi and Shea Weber (1:50 2ND)
NSH - Eric Nystrom (10 - Hat Trick) - from Paul Gaustad and Victor Bartley (6:00 2ND)
CGY - David Jones PPG (7) - from Matt Stajan (1:24 3RD)
NSH - Eric Nystrom (11) - from Matt Cullen and Roman Josi (10:47 3RD)
CGY - Mikael Backlund PPG (9) - from Kris Russell and Lee Stempniak (12:27 3RD)
CGY - David Jones (8) - from T.J. Brodie (13:36 3RD)
Shootout winner - Sean Monahan (CGY)
Goalies:
WG - Reto Berra (12 saves on 13 shots: 6-14-2) in relief of Karri Ramo (9 saves on 12 shots) LG - Devan Dubnyk (27 saves on 31 shots: 11-18-3)
Three Stars:
3. Mikael Backlund (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary
2. David Jones (2 goals) - Calgary
1. Eric Nystrom (4 goals) - Nashville

Phoenix Coyotes 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (from Edmonton) - The Coyotes improved to 24-18-9 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 15-32-6.
Goals:
PHX - Mikkel Boedker (15) - from Antoine Vermette and Lauri Korpikoski (14:17 1ST)
PHX - Radim Vrbata PPG (12) - from Martin Hanzal and Mike Ribeiro (17:10 1ST)
PHX - Derek Morris (5) - from Jeff Halpern and Rob Klinkhammer (18:19 1ST)
PHX - Mike Ribeiro (13) - from David Moss and Mike Smith (3:00 2ND) *GWG*
EDM - Matt Hendriks (3) - from Ryan Jones and Boyd Gordon (13:17 2ND)
EDM - David Perron (19) - from Corey Potter and Martin Marincin (1:50 3RD)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (14) - from Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall (7:50 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Mike Smith (36 saves on 39 shots: 18-15-8) LG - Ilya Bryzgalov (25 saves on 29 shots: 3-8-3)
Three Stars:
3. Derek Morris (1 goal) - Phoenix
2. Matt Hendriks (1 goal) - Edmonton
1. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Phoenix

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Ryan O'Reilly - O'Reilly scored 1 goal and added an assist in the Avs 3-2 win over the Panthers.
2. Henrik Zetterberg - The Red Wings captain scored 1 goal and added an assist in the Red Wings 4-1 win over the Canadiens.
1. Eric Nystrom - Nystrom became the 2nd 4-goal scorer of the month in the Predators 5-4 shootout loss to the Flames.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Jaromir Jagr tied Mario Lemieux for 10th alltime in career assists (1033)
-The Ducks and Kings will play the 2nd outdoor game of 2014 tomorrow night @930PM at Dodger Stadium in LA. 
-Alex Tanguay returned to the lineup after missing 36 games with a knee/hip injury.
-The Panthers have gone 12 straight games without a PP goal.
-The Capitals are 2-2 without Alexander Ovechkin in the lineup this season.
-Eric Nystrom picked up 4 goals against his former team the Calgary Flames, which also happened to be his 1st career hat trick. Nystrom is the 2nd player this season to score 4 goals in a game and have his team lose, joining Martin St. Louis. Before Nystrom and Marty, teams with a 4-goal scorer had won 45 straight games. 
-The Oilers are now 17 games behind .500 with 36 points, which is 2nd last in the NHL (last is Buffalo 33 points)

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Columbus Blue Jackets - 8 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 5 game winning streak

Washington Capitals - 7 game losing streak
Buffalo Sabres - 5 game losing streak
Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak
Montreal Canadiens - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Reto Berra gets it tonight with his fantastic skate save in the shootout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVQgNc24rXc

What's up next (January 25th) - There are 10 NHL games on tap for Saturday:
1. Ottawa Senators vs. Carolina Hurricanes @12PM ET (In Carolina)
2. St. Louis Blues vs. New York Islanders @1PM ET (In New York)
3. Boston Bruins vs. Philadelphia Flyers @1PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
4. Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens @7PM ET (In Montreal)
5. Colorado Avalanche vs. Tampa Bay Lighting @7PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
6. Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)
7. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Winnipeg Jets @7PM ET (In Winnipeg)
8. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Dallas Stars @8PM ET (In Dallas)
9. Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings @930PM ET (In Los Angeles) {**Stadium Series**}
10. Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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