January 10th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Bruins improved to 22-15-6 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 16-19-7.

Goals:

BOS - David Pastrnak PPG (1) - from Torey Krug and Zdeno Chara (11:23 1ST)

BOS - David Pastrnak (2) - from David Krejci and Adam McQuaid (4:57 3RD) *GWG*

BOS - Chris Kelly SHG (5) - from Loui Eriksson and Zdeno Chara (9:51 3RD)

PHI - Claude Giroux PPG (14) - from Mark Streit and Jakub Voracek (14:13 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (20 saves on 21 shots: 17-10-6) LG - Ray Emery (10 saves on 13 shots: 7-7-1) in relief of the injured Steve Mason (5 saves on 5 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Tuukka Rask (20 saves on 21 shots for the win) - Boston

2. Zdeno Chara (2 assists) - Boston

1. David Pastrnak (2 goals, GWG) - Boston

Nashville Predators 3, Minnesota Wild 1 (from Minnesota) - The Predators improved to 28-9-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 18-17-5.

Goals:

NSH - Mike Fisher (7) - from Colin Wilson (4:01 1ST)

MIN - Charlie Coyle (4) - from Christian Folin and Nino Niederreiter (14:14 1ST)
NSH - Calle Jarnkrok (5) - from Olli Jokinen and Shea Weber (3:48 2ND) *GWG*
NSH - Colin Wilson (12) - unassisted (8:47 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (36 saves on 37 shots: 28-6-2) LG - Niklas Backstrom (24 saves on 27 shots: 5-5-3)

Three Stars:

3. Calle Jarnkrok (1 goal, GWG) - Nashville

2. Colin Wilson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

1. Pekka Rinne (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Nashville

Colorado Avalanche 4, Dallas Stars 3 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 18-16-8 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 18-16-7. 

Goals:

DAL - Brett Ritchie (3) - from Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn (0:27 1ST)

DAL - Colton Sceviour (5) - from Vernon Fiddler (9:24 1ST)
COL - Erik Johnson (12) - from Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog (7:18 2ND)
COL - John Mitchell (5) - from Nate Guenin (8:43 2ND)
COL - Nathan Mackinnon (8) - from Max Talbot (19:51 2ND)
COL - Matt Duchene (11) - from Borna Rendulic (0:12 3RD) *GWG*
DAL - Ales Hemsky (6) - from Jason Spezza and Shawn Horcoff (2:38 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (37 saves on 40 shots: 10-8-5) LG - Kari Lehtonen (26 saves on 30 shots: 17-9-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Seguin (1 assist) - Dallas

2. Nathan Mackinnon (1 goal) - Colorado

1. Matt Duchene (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Montreal Canadiens 1 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Penguins improved to 25-10-6 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 26-12-3.

Goals:

MTL - Max Pacioretty (18) - from Andrei Markov (18:10 1ST)
PIT - Evgeni Malkin (19) - from Simon Despres and Nick Spaling
PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (12) - from Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang (3:41 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves on 28 shots: 21-7-4) LG - Carey Price (35 saves on 37 shots: 22-10-2)

Three Stars:

3. Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Pittsburgh

2. Carey Price (35 saves on 37 shots) - Montreal

1. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, OT winner) - Pittsburgh

Washington Capitals 3, Detroit Red Wings 1 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 22-11-8 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 22-11-9. 

Goals:

WSH - Troy Brouwer PPG (12) - unassisted (1:53 1ST)
WSH - John Carlson (5) - from Andre Burakovsky and Nicklas Backstrom (1:35 2ND) *GWG*
WSH - Joel Ward (11) - from Eric Fehr and Brooks Laich (11:39 2ND)
DET - Jonathan Ericsson (1) - from Tomas Tatar and Gustav Nyquist (19:48 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (26 saves on 27 shots: 20-8-7) LG - Petr Mrazek (12 saves on 14 shots: 5-3-1) in relief of the injured Jimmy Howard (2 saves on 3 shots) 

Three Stars:

3. Joel Ward (1 goal) - Washington

2. Braden Holtby (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Washington

1. John Carlson (1 goal, GWG) - Washington

New York Islanders 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from Columbus) - The Islanders improved to 28-13-1 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 18-19-3.

Goals:

NYI - Nikolay Kulemin (7) - from Nick Leddy and Michael Grabner (0:31 1ST)
CBJ - Jack Johnson PPG (4) - from David Savard and Brandon Dubinsky (4:22 1ST)
NYI - Matt Martin (6) - from Ryan Strome and Thomas Hickey (10:04 2ND)
NYI - Anders Lee (10) - from Ryan Strome and Thomas Hickey (13:37 2ND) *GWG*
NYI - Brian Strait (1) - from Casey Cizikas and Cal Clutterbuck (17:31 2ND)
CBJ - Nick Foligno (18) - from Ryan Johansen and Scott Hartnell (3:33 3RD)
NYI - Kyle Okposo (9) - from Josh Bailey and Brian Strait (14:54 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Chad Johnson (16 saves on 18 shots: 6-5-0) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (35 saves on 40 shots: 15-12-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Thomas Hickey (2 assists) - New York

2. Anders Lee (1 goal, GWG) - New york

1. Ryan Strome (2 assists) - New York

Ottawa Senators 5, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Arizona) - The Senators improved to 17-16-8 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 16-21-4.

Goals:

ARI - Mikkel Boedker (12) - from Sam Gagner and Lucas Lessio (4:31 1ST)
OTT - Milan Michalek PPG (4) - from Mika Zibanejad and Bobby Ryan (7:08 1ST)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur (12) - from Kyle Turris and Mark Stone (13:09 1ST) *GWG*
OTT - Mike Hoffman (14) - from Mika Zibanejad (9:21 2ND)
OTT - Cody Ceci PPG (2) - from Erik Karlsson and Clarke MacArthur (1:26 3RD)
OTT - David Legwand (7) - unassisted (19:5 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Craig Anderson (31 saves on 32 shots: 11-10-6) LG - Mike Smith (28 saves on 33 shots: 7-17-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Mika Zibanejad (2 assists) - Ottawa

2. Craig Anderson (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Ottawa

1. Clarke MacArthur (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Ottawa

St. Louis Blues 5, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (SO) - (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 26-13-3 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 13-24-5. 

Goals:

CAR - Victor Rask (6) - from Ryan Murphy and Jeff Skinner (2:00 1ST)
STL - Alex Steen (12) - from David Backes and Alex Pietrangelo (6:21 1ST)
CAR - Jeff Skinner (10) - from Victor Rask and Alex Semin (7:23 1ST)
CAR - Eric Staal (13) - unassisted (12:42 1ST)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (14) - from Paul Stastny (4:07 2ND)
STL - Patrik Berglund (6) - from David Backes and Alex Pietrangelo (5:01 2ND)
CAR - Riley Nash (7) - from Nathan Gerbe and Tim Gleason (15:06 2ND)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (23) - from Kevin Shattenkirk and Barret Jackman (6:46 3RD)
Shootout winner - T.J. Oshie (STL)

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (19 saves on 20 shots: 12-5-2) in relief of Brian Elliot (7 saves on 10 shots) LG - Cam Ward (31 saves on 35 shots: 11-16-3)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Steen (1 goal) - St. Louis

2. Jeff Skinner (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

1. Jake Allen (19 saves on 20 shots for the win) - St. Louis

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 0 (from Vancouver) - The Flames improved to 22-18-3 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 23-14-3.

Goals:

CGY - Mikael Backlund (4) - from David Jones and Johnny Gaudreau (5:38 1ST) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Joni Ortio (36 saves on 36 shots: 1-0-0) LG - Eddie Lack (22 saves on 23 shots: 3-5-2)

Three Stars:

3. Mikael Backlund (1 goal, GWG) - Calgary

2. Eddie Lack (22 saves on 23 shots) - Vancovuer

1. Joni Ortio (36 saves on 36 shots for the shutout) - Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 5, Los Angeles Kings 4 (SO) - (from Los Angeles) - The Jets improved to 21-14-7 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 19-13-10

Goals:

WPG - Mathieu Perreault (11) - from Michael Frolik and Dustin Byfuglien (3:39 1ST)
WPG - Bryan Little (16) - from Blake Wheeler and Andrew Ladd (4:31 1ST)
WPG - Blake Wheeler PPG (12) - from Mathieu Perreault and Dustin Byfuglien (6:39 1ST)
LAK - Anze Kopitar PPG (9) - from Drew Doughty and Marian Gaborik (14:31 1ST)
LAK - Justin Williams PPG (12) - from Jake Muzzin and Drew Doughty (15:58 1ST)
LAK - Marian Gaborik (13) - from Anze Kopitar (1:29 3RD)
LAK - Kyle Clifford (2) - from Trevor Lewis and Matt Greene (12:25 3RD)
WPG - Zach Bogosian (1) - from Toby Enstrom (14:04 3RD)
Shootout winner - Bryan Little (WPG)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (25 saves on 29 shots: 11-4-2) LG - Jonathan Quick (21 saves on 25 shots: 16-10-8)

Three Stars:

3. Bryan Little (1 goal, shootout winner) - Winnipeg

2. Anze Kopitar (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

1. Dustin Byfuglien (2 assists) - Winnipeg

New York Rangers 3, San Jose Sharks 1 (from San Jose) - The Rangers improved to 24-11-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 22-16-5.

Goals:

NYR - Martin St. Louis (14) - from Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan (10:40 1ST)
NYR - Chris Kreider (8) - from Dan Girardi and Derek Stepan (15:13 1ST) *GWG*
SJS - Melker Karlsson PPG (6) - from James Sheppard and Matt Tennyson (7:14 3RD)
NYR - Rick Nash EN (26) - from Mats Zuccarello (19:00 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (30 saves on 31 shots: 20-8-3) LG - Antti Niemi (29 saves on 31 shots: 16-11-4)

Three Stars:

3. Derek Stepan (2 assists) - New York

2. Chris Kreider (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New York

1. Henrik Lundqvist (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - New York

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Matt Duchene - Duchene scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Avs 4-3 win over the Stars.

2. David Pastrnak - Pastrnak scored his 1st and 2nd career goals (including the game-winner) in the Bruins 3-1 win over the Flyers.

1. Joni Ortio - Ortio stopped all 36 shots he faced for the shutout in the Flames 1-0 win over the Canucks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-David Pastrnak scored his 1st and 2nd NHL goals for the Bruins.

-Erik Johnson scored his 12th goal of the season, which is the most goals by a defenseman in the NHL right now.

-Joni Ortio stopped all 36 shots he faced for the shutout in his season debut for the Flames.
-The Rangers had an extremely successful California road trip, knocking off the Ducks, Kings and Sharks in 4 days. They outscored their opponents 11-5 during the trip.
-Melker Karlsson scored tonight extending his goal streak to 5 games.
-Henrik Lundqvist picked up his 20th win of the season, the 10th consecutive season of at least 20 wins for Lundqvist.

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

New York Rangers - 5 game winning streak

St. Louis Blues - 4 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak

Colorado Avalanche - 3 game winning streak
Nashville Predators - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 7 game losing streak

Minnesota Wild - 4 game losing streak

Dallas Stars - 4 game losing streak

What's up next - Sunday January 11th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Sunday night:

1. Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers at 7:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

2. Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:00 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Winnipeg Jets vs. Anaheim Ducks at 9:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff