February 2nd NHL Recap

New York Rangers 6, Florida Panthers 3 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 29-15-4 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 21-17-10. 

Goals:

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (6) - from Brad Boyes (4:09 1ST)

NYR - Rick Nash SHG (30) - unassisted (8:49 1ST)

NYR - Kevin Hayes PPG (7) - from Mats Zuccarello and Ryan McDonagh (2:51 2ND)

NYR - Marc Staal (3) - from Jesper Fast and Carl Hagelin (9:28 2ND)

FLA - Dave Bolland (2) - from Sean Bergenheim and Jussi Jokinen (12:51 2ND)

FLA - Brandon Pirri PPG (7) - from Dave Bolland and Brad Boyes (15:30 2ND)

NYR - Dan Boyle (6) - unassisted (8:10 3RD) *GWG*

NYR - Mats Zuccarello (8) - from Chris Kreider and Derick Brassard (15:58 3RD)

NYR - Rick Nash EN (31) - from Derek Stepan (18:07 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (33 saves on 36 shots: 25-11-3) LG - Roberto Luongo (32 saves on 37 shots: 18-13-8) 

Three Stars:

3. Kevin Hayes (1 goal) - New York

2. Mats Zuccarello (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Rick Nash (2 goals) - New York

Calgary Flames 5, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 28-20-3 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Winnipeg, dropping them to 26-18-8. 

Goals:

WPG - Blake Wheeler (14) - from Bryan Little and Andrew Ladd (1:09 1ST)

CGY - David Jones (8) - from Mark Giordano (4:16 1ST)

CGY - Mason Raymond (7) - from Sven Baertschi (1:59 2ND)

CGY - Raphael Diaz PPG (1) - from Lance Bouma and Joe Colborne (4:24 3RD) *GWG*

CGY - Brandon Bollig (1) - from Joe Colborne and Paul Byron (7:23 3RD)

WPG - Bryan Little (19) - from Andrew Ladd and Ben Chiarot (8:43 3RD)

CGY - Sean Monahan EN (17) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Kris Russell (17:27 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (17 saves on 19 shots: 16-14-2) LG - Michael Hutchinson (19 saves on 23 shots: 14-7-2), Ondrej Pavelec (4 saves on 4 shots in relief of Hutchinson) 

Three Stars:

3. Bryan Little (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

2. Joe Colborne (2 assists) - Calgary

1. Mark Giordano (1 assist) - Calgary

Edmonton Oilers 5, San Jose Sharks 4 (SO) - (from San Jose) - The Oilers improved to 14-28-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 27-17-7. 

Goals:

SJS - Joe Pavelski (26) - from Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton (11:50 1ST)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (14) - from Taylor Hall and Oscar Klefbom (18:03 1ST)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (15) - from Justin Schultz and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (0:22 2ND)

EDM - Derek Roy (5) - from Nail Yakupov (9:39 2ND)

SJS - Scott Hannan (1) - from Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski (2:19 3RD)

SJS - Matt Tennyson (2) - from Tyler Kennedy and Matt Nieto (3:49 3RD)

SJS - Joe Pavelski (27) - from Brent Burns and Joe Thornton (9:28 3RD)

EDM - Justin Schultz (4) - from Teddy Purcell and Anton Lander (17:23 3RD)

Shootout winner - Rob Klinkhammer (EDM)

Goalies:

WG - Viktor Fasth (33 saves on 37 shots: 5-11-2) LG - Antti Niemi (36 saves on 40 shots: 21-11-6)

Three Stars:

3. Joe Thornton (3 assists) - San Jose

2. Jordan Eberle (2 goals) - Edmonton

1. Joe Pavelski (2 goals, 1 assist) - San Jose

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

St. Louis Blues - 5 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 14 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 9 game losing streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game losing streak

What's up next - Tuesday February 3rd: There are 11 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. Ottawa Senators vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Florida Panthers vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

3. Los Angeles Kings vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)

4. Arizona Coyotes vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

5. Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

7. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

8. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

9. Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

10. Winnipeg Jets vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

11. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:30 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff