Saturday, December 13, 2014

December 13th NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 3, Boston Bruins 2 (SO) - (from Boston) - The Senators improved to 12-12-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 15-13-2.
Goals:
BOS - Craig Cunningham SHG (1) - from Zdeno Chara (11:45 1ST)
OTT - Mika Zibanejad (8) - from Mike Hoffman (2:24 2ND)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (5) - from Kevan Miller and Carl Soderberg (10:33 2ND)
OTT - David Legwand PPG (6) - from Mark Stone and Kyle Turris (4:17 3RD)
Shootout winner - Bobby Ryan (OTT)
Goalies:
WG - Robin Lehner (29 saves on 31 shots: 6-4-1) LG - Tuukka Rask (29 saves on 31 shots: 12-9-2)
Three Stars:
3. Robin Lehner (29 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Ottawa
2. Craig Cunningham (1 goal) - Boston
1. Mika Zibanejad (1 goal) - Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 11-13-5 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 8-18-3.
Goals:
PHI - Sean Couturier (7) - from R.J. Umberger and Matt Read (0:53 1ST)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds (13) - from Brayden Schenn and Scott Laughton (11:27 1ST) *GWG*
CAR - Eric Staal PPG (7) - from Jeff Skinner and John-Michael Liles (2:06 2ND)
PHI - Jakub Voracek PPG (11) - from Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux (4:54 2ND)
PHI - Scott Laughton (1) - from Brayden Schenn and Braydon Coburn (7:29 2ND)
PHI - Michael Raffl (8) - from Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek (10:05 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Steve Mason (25 saves on 26 shots: 6-9-4) LG - Anton Khudobin (18 saves on 23 shots: 0-7-2)
Three Stars:
3. Jakub Voracek (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia
2. Wayne Simmonds (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Philadelphia
1. Scott Laughton (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

Buffalo Sabres 4, Florida Panthers 3 (OT) - (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 12-16-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 12-8-8.
Goals:
BUF - Cody Hodgson (2) - from Patrick Kaleta and Nikita Zadorov (2:06 1ST)
BUF - Marcus Foligno (4) - from Nicolas Deslauriers and Drew Stafford (13:05 1ST)
FLA - Sean Bergenheim (5) - from Brad Boyes (1:08 2ND)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes (7) - from Sean Bergenheim and Dmitry Kulikov (4:51 2ND)
FLA - Jussi Jokinen (3) - from Dave Bolland (0:57 3RD)
BUF - Brian Gionta (4) - from Tyler Myers and Andre Benoit (8:27 3RD)
BUF - Nikita Zadorov (1) - from Tyler Ennis and Zemgus Girgensons (0:29 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jhonas Enroth (25 saves on 28 shots: 9-10-1) LG - Al Montoya (28 saves on 32 shots: 2-2-2)
Three Stars:
3. Cody Hodgson (1 goal) - Buffalo
2. Sean Bergenheim (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida
1. Nikita Zadorov (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Buffalo

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 1 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 17-9-3 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 17-7-7.
Goals:
DET - Niklas Kronwall PPG (5) - from Johan Franzen and Gustav Nyquist (15:27 1ST)
TOR - James van Riemsdyk PPG (12) - from Phil Kessel and Dion Phaneuf (16:27 1ST)
TOR - Rickard Panik (6) - from Korbinian Holzer (17:50 2ND) *GWG*
TOR - Morgan Rielly (4) - from Daniel Winnik (1:42 3RD)
TOR - Nazem Kadri EN (8) - from Daniel Winnik and Mike Santorelli (16:46 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Bernier (27 saves on 28 shots: 12-6-3) LG - Petr Mrazek (37 saves on 40 shots: 3-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Petr Mrazek (37 saves on 40 shots) - Detroit
2. Daniel Winnik (2 assists) - Toronto
1. Jonathan Bernier (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Toronto

New York Islanders 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 20-10-0 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 20-9-1.
Goals:
CHI - Dan Carcillo (4) - from Johnny Oduya and Niklas Hjalmarsson (14:25 2ND)
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck (4) - unassisted (14:31 2ND)
CHI - Patrick Kane (14) - from Brandon Saad (3:46 3RD)
NYI - Kyle Okposo PPG (7) - from John Tavares and Nick Leddy (10:10 3RD)
NYI - Lubomir Visnovsky (2) - from Ryan Strome and Matt Martin (11:01 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (23 saves on 25 shots: 15-6-0) LG - Scott Darling (38 saves on 41 shots: 5-2-0)
Three Stars:
3. Patrick Kane (1 goal) - Chicago
2. Kyle Okposo (1 goal) - New York
1. Lubomir Visnovsky (1 goal, GWG) - New York

Washington Capitals 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 14-10-5 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 19-9-3.
Goals:
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (6) - from Tom Wilson and Nate Schmidt (10:33 2ND)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (7) - from Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson (18:40 2ND)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (8 - Hat Trick) - from Alex Ovechkin (2:17 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Tyler Johnson (9) - from Matt Carle and Nikita Kucherov (15:36 3RD)
TBL - Matt Carle (3) - from Steven Stamkos and Jason Garrison (17:29 3RD)
WSH - Eric Fehr EN (6) - from John Carlson (19:21 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Braden Holtby (26 saves on 28 shots: 12-7-4) LG - Ben Bishop (24 saves on 27 shots: 16-6-2)
Three Stars:
3. Matt Carle (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay
2. Alex Ovechkin (2 assists) - Washington
1. Nicklas Backstrom (3 goals, GWG) - Washington

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (SO) - (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 12-15-2 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 19-6-4.
Goals:
CBJ - Nick Foligno PPG (14) - from Boone Jenner and David Savard (3:02 1ST)
PIT - Blake Comeau (10) - from Paul Martin and Rob Klinkhammer (15:06 2ND)
PIT - Kris Letang SHG (6) - from Craig Adams and Marcel Goc (7:22 3RD)
CBJ - Boone Jenner (6) - Penalty Shot (12:05 3RD)
CBJ - Jack Johnson (2) - from Brandon Dubinsky and David Savard (17:49 3RD)
PIT - Kris Letang (7) - from Christian Ehrhoff and Evgeni Malkin (19:49 3RD)
Shootout winner - Ryan Johansen (CBJ)
Goalies:
WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (33 saves on 36 shots: 11-8-1) LG - Thomas Greiss (24 saves on 27 shots: 3-2-2)
Three Stars:
3. Jack Johnson (1 goal) - Columbus
2. Kris Letang (2 goals) - Pittsburgh
1. Boone Jenner (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

Anaheim Ducks 4, Winnipeg Jets 1 (from Winnipeg) - The Ducks improved to 21-6-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 15-10-6.
Goals:
WPG - Bryan Little PPG (12) - from Mathieu Perreault and Dustin Byfuglien (11:28 1ST)
ANA - Jakob Silfverberg PPG (4) - from Hampus Lindholm and Rickard Rakell (6:15 2ND)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (10) - from Pat Maroon and Tim Jackman (8:29 2ND) *GWG*
ANA - Nate Thompson SHG (3) - from Ryan Getzlaf (17:54 2ND)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano SHG/EN (4) - from Ben Lovejoy (18:45 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Frederik Andersen (27 saves on 28 shots: 17-4-4) LG - Michael Hutchinson (27 saves on 30 shots: 6-2-2)
Three Stars:
3. Dustin Byfuglien (1 assist) - Winnipeg
2. Frederik Andersen (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Anaheim
1. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 4, Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO) - (from Arizona) - The Wild improved to 16-11-1 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 10-16-4.
Goals:
MIN - Nino Niederreiter PPG (13) - from Ryan Suter and Thomas Vanek (2:48 1ST)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson PPG (6) - from Mikkel Boedker and Antoine Vermette (3:52 1ST)
ARI - Antoine Vermette (8) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Mikkel Boedker (1:40 2ND)
MIN - Jason Zucker (11) - from Jason Pominville and Mikko Koivu (13:25 2ND)
ARI - Lauri Korpikoski (3) - from Kyle Chipchura (19:32 2ND)
MIN - Zach Parise PPG (11) - from Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter (14:07 3RD)
Shootout winner - Mikko Koivu (MIN)
Goalies:
WG - Niklas Backstrom (27 saves on 30 shots: 5-2-1) LG - Devan Dubnyk (32 saves on 35 shots: 5-2-2)
Three Stars:
3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Arizona
2. Antoine Vermette (1 goal, 1 assist) - Arizona
1. Mikko Koivu (1 assist, shootout winner) - Minnesota

Dallas Stars 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 11-13-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 11-15-5.
Goals:
DAL - Tyler Seguin (23) - from Erik Cole and Jason Spezza (14:29 1ST)
DAL - Jason Spezza (6) - from Tyler Seguin and Antoine Roussel (17:00 1ST)
NJD - Jon Merill PPG (2) - from Adam Henrique and Marek Zidlicky (4:26 2ND)
NJD - Eric Gelinas (4) - from Jacob Josefson and Steve Bernier (7:46 2ND)
DAL - Trevor Daley (6) - from Antoine Roussel and Ales Hemsky (14:55 2ND)
DAL - Shawn Horcoff (4) - from Vernon Fiddler and Colton Sceviour (16:52 2ND) *GWG*
NJD - Scott Gomez (1) - from Adam Henrique and Jaromir Jagr (18:53 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Kari Lehtonen (28 saves on 31 shots: 11-7-5) LG - Cory Schneider (29 saves on 33 shots: 11-14-3), Keith Kinkaid (3 saves on 3 shots in relief of Schneider)
Three Stars:
3. Adam Henrique (2 assists) - New Jersey
2. Jason Spezza (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas
1. Tyler Seguin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

St. Louis Blues 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (OT) - (from Colorado) - The Blues improved to 20-8-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 10-13-7.
Goals:
COL - Erik Johnson PPG (5) - from Nick Holden and Gabriel Landeskog (14:01 1ST)
STL - Kevin Shattenkirk PPG (4) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Jori Lehtera (15:23 1ST)
STL - Alex Pietrangelo (3) - unassisted (8:16 2ND)
COL - Erik Johnson (6) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog (18:36 2ND)
STL - T.J. Oshie (5) - from Barret Jackman and Kevin Shattenkirk (1:03 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jake Allen (23 saves on 25 shots: 10-3-1) LG - Calvin Pickard (39 saves on 42 shots: 4-5-1)
Three Stars:
3. Erik Johnson (2 goals) - Colorado
2. Kevin Shattenkirk (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
1. Calvin Pickard (39 saves on 42 shots) - Colorado

New York Rangers 5, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Vancouver) - The Rangers improved to 13-10-4 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 18-10-2.
Goals:
NYR - Ryan McDonagh (1) - from Jesper Fast and Dominic Moore (2:36 1ST)
NYR - J.T. Miller (3) - from Derek Stepan and Martin St. Louis (3:19 1ST) *GWG*
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (5) - from Rick Nash and Derick Brassard (6:46 1ST)
NYR - Marc Staal (1) - from Kevin Hayes and Lee Stempniak (7:17 2ND)
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (6) - from Derick Brassard and Rick Nash (17:39 2ND)
VAN - Nick Bonino (8) - from Jannik Hansen and Alex Burrows (4:20 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (29 saves on 30 shots: 11-7-3) LG - Ryan Miller (18 saves on 23 shots: 16-7-0)
Three Stars:
3. Rick Nash (2 assists) - New York
2. Henrik Lundqvist (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - New York
1. Mats Zuccarello (2 goals) - New York

San Jose Sharks 2, Nashville Predators 0 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 17-11-4 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 19-8-2.
Goals:
SJS - Tomas Hertl (7) - from Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton (5:01 1ST) *GWG*
SJS - Joe Thornton EN (8) - from Logan Couture and Tommy Wingels (18:26 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Niemi (29 saves on 29 shots: 12-7-3) LG - Pekka Rinne (32 saves on 33 shots: 19-6-1)
Three Stars:
3. Pekka Rinne (32 saves on 33 shots) - Nashville
2. Joe Thornton (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose
1. Antti Niemi (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Nikita Zadorov - Zadorov scored the OT winner and added an assist in the Sabres 4-3 win over the Panthers.
2. Antti Niemi - Niemi stopped all 29 shots he faced for the shutout in the Sharks 2-0 win over the Predators.
1. Nicklas Backstrom - Backstrom scored his 1st career hat trick in the Capitals 4-2 win over the Lightning.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Erik Johnson scored 2 goals in a game for the 1st time in his career.
-Craig Cunningham scored his 1st NHL goal for the Bruins.
-Scott Laughton scored his 1st NHL goal for the Flyers.
-Nicklas Backstrom scored his 1st career hat trick, which also as a natural hat trick.
-Antti Niemi picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.
-Nikita Zadorov scored his 1st career OT goal.
-Tyler Seguin scored his NHL-leading 23rd goal of the season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Anaheim Ducks - 7 game winning streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 6 game winning streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 4 game winning streak
St. Louis Blues - 4 game winning streak
Buffalo Sabres - 3 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 5 game losing streak
Carolina Hurricanes - 5 game losing streak
Calgary Flames - 4 game losing streak
Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

What's up next - Sunday December 13th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Sunday night:
1. Los Angeles Kings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 5:00 PM ET (In Toronto)
2. Calgary Flames vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:00 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
3. New York Rangers vs. Edmonton Oilers at 9:30 PM ET (In Edmonton)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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