Sunday, February 15, 2015

February 15th NHL Recap

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (SO) - (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 35-18-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 32-15-9.
Goals:
CHI - Niklas Hjalmarsson (2) - from Brandon Saad and Jonathan Toews (3:22 2ND)
PIT - Nick Spaling (9) - from Beau Bennett and Brandon Sutter (3:54 3RD)
Shootout winner - Patrick Sharp (CHI)
Goalies:
WG - Corey Crawford (36 saves on 37 shots: 23-12-3) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves on 32 shots: 26-11-6)
Three Stars:
3. Niklas Hjalmarsson (1 goal) - Chicago
2. Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves on 32 shots) - Pittsburgh
1. Corey Crawford (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Chicago

St. Louis Blues 2, Florida Panthers 1 (SO) - (from Florida) - The Blues improved to 37-15-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 24-19-12.
Goals:
STL - Jaden Schwartz (20) - from Jori Lehtera and Vladimir Tarasenko (11:48 2ND)
FLA - Nick Bjugstad (20) - from Aleksander Barkov and Aaron Ekblad (18:47 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jori Lehtera (STL) 
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliott (40 saves on 41 shots: 18-7-2) LG - Robeto Luongo (32 saves on 33 shots: 20-14-10)
Three Stars:
3. Jori Lehtera (1 assist, shootout winner) - St. Louis
2. Roberto Luongo (32 saves on 33 shots) - Florida
1. Brian Elliott (40 saves on 41 shots for the win) - St. Louis

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Buffalo) - The Flyers improved to 24-22-10 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 16-37-3
Goals:
PHI - Matt Read (5) - from Wayne Simmonds and Nick Schultz (3:19 1ST)
BUF - Nikita Zadorov PPG (3) - from Rasmus Ristolainen and Marcus Foligno (13:57 2ND)
PHI - Michael Raffl (13) - from Ryan White and Michael Del Zotto (12:45 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ray Emery (21 saves on 22 shots: 10-9-3) LG - Michal Neuvirth (28 saves on 30 shots: 3-15-1)
Three Stars:
3. Michal Neuvirth (28 saves on 30 shots) - Buffalo
2. Ray Emery (21 saves on 22 shots for the win) - Philadelphia
1. Michael Raffl (1 goal, GWG) - Philadelphia

Washington Capitals 5, Anaheim Ducks 3 (from Anaheim) - The Capitals improved to 30-17-10 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 35-15-7. 
Goals:
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (7) - from Francois Beauchemin and Hampus Lindholm (1:06 1ST)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (35) - from Nicklas Backstrom (1:22 1ST)
ANA - Corey Perry (24) - from Devante Smith-Pelly and Hampus Lindholm (5:33 1ST)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (36) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (10:26 1ST)
WSH - Marcus Johansson (14) - from Matt Niskanen and Brooks Orpik (3:27 2ND)
WSH - Andre Burakovsky (8) - from Alex Ovechkin and Jack Hillen (9:04 2ND) *GWG*
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (8) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Ben Lovejoy (12:13 2ND)
WSH - Andre Burakovsky (9) - from Alex Ovechkin (9:42 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Justin Peters (30 saves on 33 shots: 3-5-1) LG - John Gibson (23 saves on 28 shots: 3-3-0)
Three Stars:
3. Andre Burakovsky (2 goals) - Washington
2. Andrew Cogliano (2 goals) - Anaheim
1. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals, 2 assist) - Washingon

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, San Jose Sharks 2 (from San Jose) - The Lightning improved to 35-17-6 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 29-21-8
Goals:
TBL - Steven Stamkos (30) - from Anton Stralman and Valtteri Filppula (19:44 1ST)
TBL - Alex Killorn (12) - from Ryan Callahan and Steven Stamkos (7:12 2ND)
SJS - Logan Couture (21) - from Matt Nieto and Matt Irwin (10:27 2ND)
TBL - Ondrej Palat (12) - unassisted (0:10 3RD) *GWG*
SJS - Brent Burns PPG (15) - from Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton (11:38 3RD)
TBL - Cedric Paquette (12) - from Valtteri Filppula and Jason Garrison (16:19 3RD)
TBL - Ryan Callahan EN (17) - unassisted (17:40 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (33 saves on 35 shots: 28-10-3) LG - Antti Niemi (28 saves on 32 shots: 23-14-7)
Three Stars:
3. Ben Bishop (33 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay
2. Ryan Callahan (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay
1. Steven Stamkos (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Brian Elliott - Elliott stopped 40 of 41 shots in the Blues 2-1 win over the Panthers.
2. Corey Crawford - Crawford stopped 36 of 37 shots in the Blackhawks 2-1 win over the Penguins.
1. Alex Ovechkin - Ovechkin scored 2 goals and added 2 assists in the Capitals 5-3 win over the Ducks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Steven Stamkos scored his 30th goal of the season, the 4th time in his career he has reached 30 goals.
-The Sabres scored their 1st 5 on 3 goal since March 23rd 2013.
-Nick Bjugstad scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 20 goals.
-Jaden Schwartz scored his 20th goal of the season, the 2nd time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Nashville Predators - 5 game winning streak
Los Angeles Kings - 4 game winning streak
New York Islanders - 4 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak
St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 4 game losing streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 4 game losing streak
Boston Bruins - 3 game losing streak
Arizona Coyotes - 3 game losing streak
Buffalo Sabres - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Patrick Kane absolutely undresses Marc-Andre Fleury in the shootout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySeUiyfxdQ8

What's up next - Monday February 16th: There are 8 NHL games on tap for Monday night:
1. New York Rangers vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York I.)
2. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)
3. Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)
4. Edmonton Oilers vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)
5. Arizona Coyotes vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)
6. Boston Bruins vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary)
7. Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)
8. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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