Monday, March 17, 2014

March 17th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 4, Minnesota Wild 1 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 46-17-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 35-23-10.
Goals:
BOS - Jarome Iginla (24) - from Matt Bartkowski and Andrej Meszaros (3:52 2ND)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (8) - from Carl Soderberg (11:55 2ND) *GWG*
MIN - Jason Pominville (26) - from Ryan Suter and Mikael Granlund (18:34 2ND)
BOS - Reilly Smith (19) - from Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara (7:50 3RD)
BOS - Jarome Iginla EN (25) - from Zdeno Chara (18:55 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (33 saves on 34 shots: 31-14-4) LG - Darcy Kuemper (25 saves on 28 shots: 12-5-4) 
Three Stars:
3. Zdeno Chara (2 assists) - Boston
2. Jarome Iginla (2 goals) - Boston
1. Tuukka Rask (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Boston

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 37-24-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 31-30-10.
Goals:
TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG (16) - from Ondrej Palat and Ryan Callahan (17:56 1ST)
TBL - Ondrej Palat (18) - from Matt Carle (6:54 2ND)
TBL - Valtteri Filppula (22) - from Steven Stamkos (19:51 2ND)
VAN - Alex Burrows PPG (4) - from Kevin Bieksa and Alexander Edler (5:44 3RD)
TBL - Tom Pyatt (3) - from J.T. Brown and Victor Hedman (8:47 3RD) *GWG*
VAN - Alex Burrows (5) - from Nicklas Jensen and Henrik Sedin (11:44 3RD)
VAN - Jannik Hansen SHG (11) - from Alex Burrows (15:16 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 28 shots: 32-11-6) LG - Eddie Lack (26 saves on 30 shots: 12-14-4) 
Three Stars:
3. Ondrej Palat (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay
2. Alex Burrows (2 goals, 1 assist) - Vancovuer
1. Steven Stamkos (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

St. Louis Blues 3, Winnipeg Jets 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 47-14-7 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 31-30-9.
Goals:
STL - Brenden Morrow (11) - from Derek Roy and Jay Bouwmeester (1:44 2ND)
WPG - Eric O'Dell (3) - from Evander Kane and Zach Bogosian (1:55 3RD)
STL - David Backes PPG (22) - from Ian Cole and Jay Bouwmeester (13:09 3RD) *GWG*
STL - David Backes EN (23) - from Alex Pietrangelo (18:49 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (16 saves on 17 shots: 22-22-4) LG - Al Montoya (23 saves on 25 shots: 11-6-3) 
Three Stars:
3. Brenden Morrow (1 goal) - St. Louis
2. Jay Bouwmeester (2 assists) - St. Louis
1. David Backes (2 goals, GWG) - St. Louis

Phoenix Coyotes 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (from Los Angeles) - The Coyotes improved to 33-25-11 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 38-25-6.
Goals:
PHX - Rob Klinkhammer (11) - from Radim Vrbata and Martin Hanzal (6:33 1ST)
PHX - Mikkel Boedker PPG (17) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Keith Yandle (7:36 1ST)
LAK - Tanner Pearson (2) - from Jarret Stoll and Tyler Toffoli (17:02 1ST)
LAK - Alex Martinez (8) - from Jeff Carter (6:50 2ND)
LAK - Marian Gaborik PPG (8) - from Anze Kopitar and Slava Voynov (18:19 2ND)
PHX - Keith Yandle (8) - unassisted (9:44 3RD)
PHX - Jeff Halpern (1) - from Shane Doan and Kyle Chipchura (16:55 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Mike Smith (33 saves on 36 shots: 26-20-10) LG -  Jonathan Quick (24 saves on 27 shots: 21-15-2)
Three Stars:
3. Jeff Halpern (1 goal, GWG) - Phoenix
2. Alec Martinez (1 goal) - Los Angeles
1. Keith Yandle (1 goal, 1 assist) - Phoenix

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Steven Stamkos - Stammer scored his 16th goal of the season and added an assist in the Lightning's 4-3 win over the Canucks. 
2. Tuukka Rask - Rask made 33 saves on 34 shots in the Bruins 4-1 win over the Wild, their 9th consecutive win.
1. David Backes - The Blues captain scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Blues 3-1 win over the Jets.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Ryan Miller improved to 7-0-1 with the Blues, and 22-22-4 on the season. Miller has allowed only 13 goals in those 8 games. 
-The Bruins won their 9th straight game
-After going goal-less in his first 35 games of the season, Alex Burrows has 5 goals in his last 3 games.
-The Blues became the 1st team to 100 points, with a 47-14-7 record (101 points). 
-Alec Martinez has seven points (4 goals 3 assists) in the last eight games. Had seven points (4 goals 3 assists) in his first 40 games this season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Boston Bruins - 9 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 6 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak
St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 6 game losing streak 

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Tuukka Rask gets it tonight with a great glove save on fellow country-men Mikko Koivu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrlCCJEm8IQ

What's up next (March 18th) - There are 12 NHL games on tap for Tuesday: 
1. Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)
2. Minnesota Wild vs. New York Islanders @7PM ET (In New York)
3. Dallas Stars vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @7PM ET (In Pittsburgh)
4. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)
5. Colorado Avalanche vs. Montreal Canadiens @730PM ET (In Montreal)
6. New York Rangers vs. Ottawa Senators @730PM ET (In Ottawa)
7. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings @730PM ET (In Detroit)
8. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Philadelphia Flyers @730PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
9. Buffalo Sabres vs. Calgary Flames @9PM ET (In Calgary)
10. Nashville Predators vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)
11. Washington Capitals vs. Anaheim Ducks @10PM ET (In Anaheim)
12. Florida Panthers vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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