Sunday, February 1, 2015

February 1st NHL Recap

Arizona Coyotes 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 (from Montreal) - The Coyotes improved to 18-26-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 32-14-3. 
Goals:
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (14) - from Brendan Gallagher and Tom Gilbert (1:15 1ST)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (15) - from David Desharnais and Jiri Sekac (4:55 1ST)
ARI - Lauri Korpikoski PPG (5) - from Martin Erat and Keith Yandle (17:43 2ND)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (14) - unassisted (0:32 3RD)
ARI - Lauri Korpikoski PPG (6) - from Sam Gagner and Keith Yandle (3:17 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Louis Domingue (18 saves on 20 shots: 1-0-0) LG - Dustin Tokarski (29 saves on 32 shots: 5-4-1)
Three Stars:
3. Louis Domingue (18 saves on 20 shots for the win) - Arizona
2. Alex Galchenyuk (2 goals) - Montreal
1. Lauri Korpikoski (2 goals, GWG) - Arizona

St. Louis Blues 4, Washington Capitals 3 (from Washington) - The Blues improved to 32-13-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 25-15-10.
Goals:
STL - Alex Steen PPG (16) - from Jaden Schwartz and T.J. Oshie (2:34 1ST)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (30) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (9:50 1ST)
STL - Alex Steen (17) - from T.J. Oshie and Vladimir Tarasenko (11:45 2ND)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (31) - from Nicklas Backstrom (14:30 2ND)
STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (5) - from Jaden Schwartz and Paul Stastny (15:57 2ND)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (25) - from Alex Steen and T.J. Oshie (6:13 3RD) *GWG*
WSH - Karl Alzner (4) - from Mike Green and Alex Ovechkin (12:28 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliott (33 saves on 36 shots: 15-5-2) LG - Justin Peters (36 saves on 40 shots: 2-5-1)
Three Stars:
3. T.J. Oshie (3 assists) - St. Louis
2. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals, 1 assist) - Washington
1. Alex Steen (2 goals, 1 assist) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Predators improved to 32-11-6 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 28-14-8.
Goals:
NSH - Roman Josi (9) - from Filip Forsberg and Shea Weber (4:05 1ST) *GWG*
NSH - Gabriel Bourque (3) - unassisted (6:38 1ST)
NSH - Eric Nystrom (6) - from Taylor Beck (19:19 2ND)
NSH - Mike Fisher PPG (12) - from Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi (8:20 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carter Hutton (21 saves on 21 shots: 3-4-4) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (20 saves on 24 shots: 23-11-5)
Three Stars:
3. Filip Forsberg (2 assists) - Nashville
2. Roman Josi (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville
1. Carter Hutton (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - Nashville

Minnesota Wild 4, Vancouver Canucks 2 (from Vancouver) - The Wild improved to 23-20-6 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 27-18-3.
Goals:
MIN - Zach Parise (21) - unassisted (7:26 2ND)
MIN - Jared Spurgeon PPG (7) - from Nino Niederreiter and Mikael Granlund (9:26 2ND)
MIN - Thomas Vanek (10) - from Mikael Granlund (7:08 3RD) *GWG*
VAN - Ronalds Kenins (1) - from Bo Horvat and Alex Edler (12:20 3RD)
VAN - Daniel Sedin (10) - from Radim Vrbata and Henrik Sedin (13:21 3RD)
MIN - Jason Zucker EN (17) - from Ryan Suter (19:05 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Devan Dubnyk (35 saves on 37 shots: 14-6-2) LG - Ryan Miller (16 saves on 19 shots: 24-12-1)
Three Stars:
3. Ronald Kenins (1 goal) - Vancouver
2. Zach Parise (1 goal) - Minnesota
1. Devan Dubny (35 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Minnesota

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Lauri Korpikoski - Korpikoski scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Coyotes 3-2 win over the Canadiens.
2. Carter Hutton - Hutton stopped all 21 shots he faced for the shutout in the Predators 4-0 win over the Penguins.
1. Alex Steen - Steen scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Blues 4-3 win over the Capitals.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Alex Ovechkin scored his 30th and 31st goals of the season, the 10th consecutive season in which he has scored at least 30 goals. Ovie becomes only the 5th player in NHL history to score at least 30 goals in 10 consecutive seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Jarri Kurri and Mike Gartner.
-Louis Domingue made his 1st NHL start for the Coyotes making 18 saves on 20 shots for the win. It was extra special for Domingue against Canadiens in Montreal because he is from Quebec.
-Ronald Kenins scored his 1st NHL goal for the Canucks.
-Carter Hutton picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
St. Louis Blues - 5 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak
Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 14 game losing streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 9 game losing streak
Winnipeg Jets - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Thursday February 2nd: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Monday night:
1. Florida Panthers vs. New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)
2. Winnipeg Jets vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
3. Edmonton Oilers vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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