Friday, February 20, 2015

February 20th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 3, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Buffalo) - The Rangers improved to 35-16-6 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 17-38-4.
Goals:
BUF - Matt Moulson (9) - from Torrey Mitchell and Brian Gionta (0:14 1ST)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (14) - from J.T. Miller and Dan Boyle (5:51 1ST)
NYR - Rick Nash (37) - from Derick Brassard and Marc Staal (0:37 2ND) *GWG*
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (12) - from Rick Nash and Derick Brassard (8:05 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - MacKenzie Skapski (24 saves on 25 shots: 1-0-0) LG - Michal Neuvirth (40 saves on 43 shots: 4-16-2)
Three Stars:
3. Michal Neuvirth (40 saves on 43 shots) - Buffalo
2. MacKenzie Skapski (24 saves on 25 shots for the win) - NEw York
1. Rick Nash (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New York

New Jersey Devils 4, Vancouver Canucks 2 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 23-26-9 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 33-22-3. 
Goals:
NJD - Patrik Elias (10) - from Adam Larsson and Adam Henrique (7:12 1ST)
NJD - Jordin Tootoo (5) - from Adam Larsson and Cory Schneider (0:50 2ND)
NJD - Mike Cammalleri PPG (19) - from Eric Gelinas and Scott Gomez (2:58 2ND) *GWG*
VAN - Zack Kassian (6) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (6:23 2ND)
VAN - Zack Kassian (7) - from Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin (3:04 3RD)
NJD - Mike Cammalleri SHG/EN (20) - from Adam Larsson (17:53 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Cory Schneider (21 saves on 23 shots: 21-22-5) LG - Eddie Lack (23 saves on 26 shots: 6-7-2) 
Three Stars:
3. Adam Larsson (3 assists) - New Jersey
2. Zack Kassian (2 goals) - Vancouver
1. Mike Cammalleri (2 goals, GWG) - New Jersey

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 21-29-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 23-31-5. 
Goals:
CAR - Eric Staal PPG (18) - from Justin Faulk and Jiri Tlusty (13:55 1ST)
TOR - Brandon Kozun (1) - from David Booth and Peter Holland (17:53 1ST)
CAR - Jordan Staal (3) - from Jiri Tlusty and Eric Staal (18:09 1ST) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Cam Ward (23 saves on 24 shots: 15-19-4) LG - James Reimer (24 saves on 26 shots: 7-13-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Cam Ward (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Carolina
2. Jiri Tlusty (2 assists) - Carolina
1. Eric Staal (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

St. Louis Blues 5, Boston Bruins 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 38-16-4 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 28-21-9. 
Goals:
BOS - Brad Marchand (17) - from Patrice Bergeron and Reilly Smith (10:42 1ST)
STL - Petteri Lindbohm (1) - from Carl Gunnarsson and Jaden Schwartz (0:48 2ND)
STL - Alex Pietrangelo (5) - from Jay Bouwmeester and Alex Steen (4:16 2ND) *GWG*
STL - T.J. Oshie (16) - from Alex Steen and Ian Cole (5:09 2ND)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko PPG (30) - from Alex Steen (13:59 2ND)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (31) - from Jaden Schwartz and Jori Lehtera (11:45 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jake Allen (26 saves on 27 shots: 17-5-2) LG - Malcolm Subban (3 saves on 6 shots: 0-1-0), Tuukka Rask (7 saves on 9 shots in relief of Subban)
Three Stars:
3. Petteri Lindbohm (1 goal) - St. Louis
2. Alex Steen (3 assists) - St. Louis
1. Vladimir Tarasenko (2 goals) - St. Louis

Colorado Avalanche 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (from Chicago) - The Avalanche improved to 25-23-11 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 35-19-5.
Goals:
COL - Tyson Barrie (8) - unassisted (12:52 1ST)
CHI - Kris Versteeg (12) - from Brad Richards and Michal Rozsival (9:05 2ND)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (15) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Tyson Barrie (11:05 3RD) *GWG*
COL - Tyson Barrie PPG (9) - from Jarome Iginla and Gabriel Landeskog (11:29 3RD)
COL - Brad Stuart (2) - unassisted (14:13 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (27 saves on 28 shots: 17-15-7) LG - Corey Crawford (26 saves on 30 shots: 23-13-4)
Three Stars:
3. Semyon Varlamov (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Colorado
2. Gabriel Landeskog (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado
1. Tyson Barrie (2 goals, 1 assist) - Colorado

Anaheim Ducks 6, Calgary Flames 3 (from Calgary) - The Ducks improved to 36-16-7 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 32-23-4.
Goals:
CGY - Matt Stajan (4) - from Joe Colborne (14:50 1ST)
CGY - Lance Bouma (12) - from Dennis Wideman (11:02 2ND)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (9) - from Corey Perry and Josh Manson (15:08 2ND)
ANA - Francois Beauchemin (5) - from Andrew Cogliano and Rickard Rakell (6:13 3RD)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (18) - from Pat Maroon and Hampus Lindholm (8:53 3RD)
ANA - Kyle Palmieri (12) - unassisted (11:35 3RD) *GWG*
ANA - Jakob Silfverberg (9) - from Pat Maroon and Ryan Getzlaf (14:45 3RD)
CGY - Sean Monahan PPG (20) - from Curtis Glencross and Johnny Gaudreau (18:10 3RD)
ANA - Hampus Lindholm EN (6) - unassisted (18:59 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - John Gibson (25 saves on 28 shots: 4-4-0) LG - Jonas Hiller (32 saves on 37 shots: 19-17-3)
Three Stars:
3. Pat Maroon (2 assists) - Anaheim
2. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim
1. Andrew Cogliano (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

Minnesota Wild 4, Edmonton Oilers 0 (from Edmonton) - The Wild improved to 30-21-7 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 17-33-10
Goals:
MIN - Justin Fontaine (6) - from Christian Folin and Zach Parise (10:18 1ST) *GWG*
MIN - Nino Niederreiter (19) - from Mikko Koivu (15:06 1ST)
MIN - Jordan Schroeder (3) - from Thomas Vanek and Mikko Koivu (15:50 2ND)
MIN - Justin Fontaine (7) - from Zach Parise and Mikael Granlund (18:45 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Devan Dubnyk (15 saves on 15 shots: 21-7-3) LG -  Ben Scrivens (25 saves on 29 shots: 11-18-7)
Three Stars:
3. Mikko Koivu (2 assists) - Minnesota
2. Justin Fontaine (2 goals, GWG) - Minnesota
1. Devan Dubnyk (15 saves on 15 shots for the shutout) - Minnesota

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Mike Cammalleri - Cammalleri scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Devils 4-2 win over the Canucks.
2. Vladimir Tarasenko - Tarasenko scored his 30th and 31st goals of the season in the Blues 5-1 win over the Bruins.
1. Tyson Barrie - Barrie scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Avs 4-1 win over the Blachawks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Malcolm Subban made his 1st NHL start for the Bruins. He had a rough outing as he was pulled after allowing 3 goals on 6 shots.
-MacKenzie Skapski made his 1st NHL start for the Rangers, stopping 24 of 25 shots for the win.
-Brandon Kozun scored his 1st NHL goal for the Leafs.
-Petteri Lindbohm scored his 1st NHL goal for the Blues.
-Mike Cammalleri scored his 20th goal of the season, the 7th time in his career he has scored at least 20 goals.
-Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 30th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has scored 30 goals. He is also the youngest Blues player since Brendan Shanahan in 1991-92 to score 30 goals in a season.
-Devan Dubnyk picked up his 6th shutout of the season and 5th in 16 games with the Minnesota Wild.
-Sean Monahan scored his 20th goal of the season, the 2nd straight year to start his career he has scored at least 20 goals.
-Gabriel Landeskog scored for the 5th consecutive game.
-In the mis-play of the night we have Brad Stuart scoring on a dump-in from center ice, Corey Crawford is going to want this one back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSn6a2MctJ0

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Los Angeles Kings - 6 game winning streak
Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 6 game losing streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 5 game losing streak
Arizona Coyotes - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Ben Scrivens with a big glove save on Justin Fontaine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSczKuKYVgM

What's up next - Saturday February 21st: There are 11 NHL games on tap for Saturday:
1. New York Islanders vs. Washingon Capitals at 12:30 PM ET (In Washington)
2. Nashville Predators vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 1:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)
3. Winnipeg Jets vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:00 PM ET (In Toronto)
4. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:00 PM ET (In Montreal)
5. Florida Panthers vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:00 PM ET (In Ottawa)
6. Carolina Hurricanes vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)
7. Anaheim Ducks vs. Edmonton Oilers at 7:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)
8. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
9. Detroit Red Wings vs. Dallas Stars at 8:00 PM ET (In Dallas)
10. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Arizona Coyotes at 8:00 PM ET (In Arizona)
11. Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose Sharls at 10:00 PM ET (Stadium Series game at Levi's Stadium)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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