Monday, January 27, 2014

January 27th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 6, New York Islanders 3 (from New York) - The Bruins improved to 33-15-3 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 21-26-8.
Goals:
BOS - Loui Eriksson (6) - from Dan Paille and Torey Krug (7:47 1ST)
NYI - Frans Nielsen (18) - from Kyle Okposo (15:29 1ST)
BOS - Brad Marchand (17) - from Patrice Bergeron and Reilly Smith (4:50 2ND)
NYI - Michael Grabner (9) - from Kyle Okposo and Thomas Hickey (8:20 2ND)
BOS - Reilly Smith (17) - from Shawn Thornton and Brad Marchand (12:21 2ND)
NYI - Kyle Okposo (23) - from Michael Grabner (15:08 2ND)
BOS - Carl Soderberg (7) - from Milan Lucic and Jarome Iginla (19:27 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Patrice Bergeron (14) - from Brad Marchand (2:17 3RD)
BOS - Zdeno Chara (12) - from Brad Marchand and Dougie Hamilton (8:12 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Chad Johnson (34 saves on 37 shots: 9-3-0) LG - Kevin Poulin (30 saves on 36 shots: 11-16-1), Evgeni Nabokov (1 saves on 1 shots in relief of Poulin)
Three Stars:
3. Kyle Okposo (1 goal, 2 assists) - New York
2. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston
1. Brad Marchand (1 goal, 3 assists) - Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 24-19-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 26-22-4.
Goals:
CBJ - Derek MacKenzie (5) - from Fedor Tyutin and Corey Tropp (2:25 1ST)
CBJ - R.J. Umberger (14) - from Ryan Johansen and Nick Foligno (2:42 1ST)
CAR - Eric Staal (13) - from Alexander Semin and Justin Faulk (11:18 3RD)
CAR - Eric Staal (14) - from Jiri Tlusty (12:18 3RD)
CAR - Jordan Staal (11) - from Elias Lindholm and Jeff Skinner (14:05 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Anton Khudobin (22 saves on 24 shots: 11-3-0) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (32 saves on 35 shots: 17-13-2)
Three Stars:
3. R.J. Umberger (1 goal) - Columbus
2. Jordan Staal (1 goal, GWG) - Carolina
1. Eric Staal (2 goals) - Carolina

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 37-14-2 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-30-7.
Goals:
PIT - Chris Kunitz (26) - from Brian Gibbons and Sidney Crosby (5:44 2ND) *GWG*
PIT - Deryk Engelland (4) - from Craig Adams and Tanner Glass (12:05 2ND)
PIT - Tanner Glass EN (3) - from Craig Adams and Sidney Crosby (19:32 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (24 saves on 24 shots: 29-12-1) LG - Ryan Miller (31 saves on 33 shots: 13-20-3)
Three Stars:
3. Tanner Glass (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh
2. Sidney Crosby (2 assists) - Pittsburgh
1. Marc-Andre Fleury (24 saves on 24 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

Colorado Avalanche 4, Dallas Stars 3 (from Dallas) - The Avalanche improved to 33-14-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 24-21-8.
Goals:
COL - Nathan MacKinnon (18) - from Max Talbot and Tyson Barrie (1:40 1ST)
COL - Jamie McGinn (12) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene (15:57 1ST)
DAL - Jamie Benn (20) - from Tyler Seguin (17:27 1ST)
DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (22) - from Jamie Benn and Alex Goligoski (1:02 2ND)
COL - Paul Stastny PPG (15) - from Gabriel Landeskog (17:57 2ND)
DAL - Tyler Seguin (23) - from Alex Goligoski and Sergei Gonchar (18:13 2ND)
COL - Alex Tanguay (4) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Max Talbot (4:13 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (41 saves on 44 shots: 26-9-5) LG - Kari Lehtonen (17 saves on 21 shots: 20-15-8)
Three Stars:
3. Gabriel Landeskog (2 assists) - Colorado
2. Tyler Seguin (2 goals, 1 assist) - Dallas
1. Semyon Varlamov (41 saves on 44 shots for the win) - Colorado

Edmonton Oilers 4, Vancouver Canucks 2 (from Vancouver) - The Oilers improved to 17-32-6 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 27-18-9.
Goals:
EDM - David Perron (20) - from Sam Gagner and Nail Yakupov (9:11 1ST)
VAN - Jordan Schroeder (1) - from David Booth (12:33 1ST)
EDM - David Perron (21) - from Nail Yakupov (17:34 1ST)
VAN - Jordan Schroeder (2) - from Kevin Bieksa and Ryan Stanton (2:39 2ND)
EDM - Jesse Joensuu (3) - from Ryan Smyth and Taylor Hall (2:20 3RD) *GWG*
EDM - David Perron EN (22 - Hat Trick) - unassisted (18:51 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ilya Bryzgalov (25 saves on 27 shots: 4-8-3) LG - Roberto Luongo (16 saves on 19 shots: 19-12-6) 
Three Stars:
3. Ilya Bryzgalov (25 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Edmonton
2. Jordan Schroeder (2 goals) - Vancouver
1. David Perron (3 goals) - Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 1, San Jose Sharks 0 (from San Jose) - The Kings improved to 30-18-6 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 34-13-6.
Goals:
LAK - Anze Kopitar (15) - from Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty (17:56 2ND) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Quick (23 saves on 23 shots: 15-9-2) LG - Alex Stalock (7-3-0)
Three Stars:
3. Anze Kopitar (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles
2. Alex Stalock (20 saves on 21 shots) - San Jose
1. Jonathan Quick (23 saves on 23 shots for the shutout) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Marc-Andre Fleury - MAF made 24 saves on 24 shots in the Penguins 3-0 win over the Sabres.
2. David Perron - Perron scored his 2nd career hat trick in the Oilers 4-2 win over the Canucks. 
1. Brad Marchand - The NHL's hottest player right now continued his scoring surge with 1 goal and 3 assists in the Bruins 6-3 win over the Islanders.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Brad Marchand is on fire recently, riding a 6-game point streak with 7 goals, 5 assists for 12 points. 
-David Perron scored his 2nd career hat trick in a 4-2 win over the Canucks, the same team he scored his 1st career hat trick on. He scored 3 goals tonight and now has 22 goals in his 1st season in Edmonton (51 games). This sets a career high for goals, as he scored 21 in 57 games in 2011-12 for St. Louis.
-Nathan MacKinnon scored his rookie-leading 18th goal of the season.
-Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his 4th shutout of the season, 1 back of Tuukka Rask for the NHL lead.
-Paul Stastny has 5 goals in 4 games this season against the Dallas Stars.
-Weird play in Dallas tonight, Lindy ruff whistles for a line change and Paul Stastny stopped playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY_yqAN8Vzk

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Carolina Hurricanes - 4 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lighting - 3 game winning streak
Boston Bruins - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 4 game losing streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game losing streak
Chicago Blackhawks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Jordan Staal gets it tonight with this fantastic deke and goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgtSer6Bb30
Honourable Mentions:
-All 3 Carolina goals from the Staals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deTTQdnGMmY
-Jonathan Quick glove save on Bracken Kearns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o1PRFCBvaE
-Ilya Bryzgalov 2 saves on Chris Higgins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Vg6-2GVFY

What's up next (January 28th) - There are 11 NHL games on tap for Tuesday: 
1. Florida Panthers vs. Boston Bruins @7PM ET (In Boston)
2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM ET (In Toronto)
3. Detroit Red Wings vs. Philadelphia Flyers @7PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
4. Ottawa Senators vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)
5. Washington Capitals vs. Buffalo Sabres @730PM ET (In Buffalo)
6. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal Canadiens @730PM ET (In Montreal)
7. New Jersey Devils vs. St. Louis Blues @8PM ET (In St. Louis)
8. Nashville Predators vs. Winnipeg Jets @8PM ET (In Winnipeg)
9. Los Angeles Kings vs. Phoenix Coyotes @9PM ET (In Phoenix)
10. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Calgary Flames @930PM ET (In Calgary)
11. Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks @10PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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