Thursday, March 19, 2015

March 19th NHL Recap

San Jose Sharks 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from Toronto) - The Sharks improved to 35-28-8 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 27-39-6.
Goals:
SJS - Tomas Hertl (12) - from Chris Tierney and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (7:02 1ST)
SJS - Logan Couture PPG (23) - from Brent Burns and Joe Thornton (2:06 2ND) *GWG*
TOR - Jake Gardiner (3) - from Leo Komarov and Brandon Kozun (8:54 2ND)
SJS - Melker Karlsson (13) - from Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski (10:19 2ND)
SJS -Tommy Wingels (15) - from Matt Nieto and Logan Couture (19:54 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Niemi (27 saves on 28 shots: 28-20-7) LG - Jonathan Bernier (38 saves on 42 shots: 20-24-6)
Three Stars:
3. Antti Niemi (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - San Jose
2. Joe Thornton (2 assists) - San Jose
1. Logan Couture (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - San Jose

Montreal Canadiens 4, Carolina Hurricanes 0 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 45-20-7 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 26-35-9.
Goals:
MTL - Dale Weise (10) - from Manny Malhotra and Brandon Prust (5:51 1ST) *GWG*
MTL - Brendan Gallagher (20) - from Tomas Plekanec and Max Pacioretty (8:42 1ST)
MTL - David Desharnais (12) - from Tom Gilbert and Dale Weise (18:48 2ND)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (35) - from Tomas Plekanec (14:46 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (31 saves on 31 shots: 39-15-4) LG - Anton Khudobin (18 saves on 22 shots: 8-14-4) 
Three Stars:
3. Max Pacioretty (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal
2. Dale Weise (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Montreal
1. Carey Price (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - Montreal

Ottawa Senators 6, Boston Bruins 4 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 35-24-11 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 36-24-11. 
Goals:
OTT - Kyle Turris (18) - from Milan Michalek and Mark Stone (0:19 1ST)
BOS - Carl Soderberg (11) - from Loui Eriksson and Dougie Hamilton (0:59 1ST)
BOS - Ryan Spooner (4) - from Milan Lucic and David Pastrnak (4:04 1ST)
OTT - Milan Michalek (13) - from Mark Stone and Kyle Turris (15:03 1ST)
OTT - David Legwand (9) - from Erik Condra and Alex Chiasson (3:11 2ND)
BOS - Ryan Spooner PPG (5) - from Torey Krug and Patrice Bergeron (11:42 2ND)
OTT - Jean-Gabriel Pageau SHG (5) - from Erik Condra (11:57 2ND)
BOS - Torey Krug (12) - from Carl Soderberg and David Pastrnak (13:17 2ND)
OTT - Bobby Ryan (18) - from Cody Ceci and Mika Zibanejad (11:28 3RD) *GWG*
OTT - Kyle Turris EN (19) - from Mark Stone and Milan Michalek (19:41 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Andrew Hammond (31 saves on 35 shots: 12-0-1) LG - Tuukka Rask (26 saves on 31 shots: 29-18-10) 
Three Stars:
3. Milan Michalek (1 goal, 2 assists) - Ottawa
2. Ryan Spooner (2 goals) - Boston
1. Kyle Turris (2 goals, 1 assist) - Ottawa

Florida Panthers 3, Detroit Red Wings 1 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 32-25-14 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 38-20-11. 
Goals:
FLA - Jaromir Jagr (13) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov (10:55 2ND)
FLA - Brandon Pirri (17) - from Jaromir Jagr and Aaron Ekblad (14:42 2ND) *GWG*
FLA - Scottie Upshall (8) - unassisted (6:50 3RD)
DET - Erik Cole (20) - from Tomas Tatar and Riley Sheahan (10:07 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Roberto Luongo (26 saves on 27 shots: 24-16-11) LG - Petr Mrazek (29 saves on 32 shots: 14-6-1) 
Three Stars:
3. Brandon Pirri (1 goal, GWG) - Florida
2. Roberto Luongo (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Florida
1. Jaromir Jagr (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida

Washington Capitals 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (from Minnesota) - The Capitals improved to 39-23-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 39-25-7.
Goals:
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (46) - from Karl Alzner and Matt Niskanen (15:25 2ND)
WSH - Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) - unassisted (16:04 2ND)
MIN - Christian Folin (2) - from Zach Parise and Mikael Granlund (19:51 2ND)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (47) - from Nicklas Backstrom (3:05 3RD) *GWG*
MIN - Jared Spurgeon PPG (9) - from Thomas Vanek and Mikael Granlund (14:04 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Braden Holtby (28 saves on 30 shots: 35-28-9) LG - Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 27 shots: 30-11-3)
Three Stars:
3. Mikael Granlund (2 assists) - Minnesota
2. Braden Holtby (28 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Washington
1. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals, GWG) - Washington

Winnipeg Jets 2, St. Louis Blues 1 (SO) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 36-23-12 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 45-20-6. 
Goals:
STL - David Backes (25) - from Paul Stastny and Alex Pietrangelo (8:08 2ND)
WPG - Drew Stafford (15) - from Tyler Myers and Toby Enstrom (13:16 2ND)
Shootout winner - Andrew Ladd (WPG)
Goalies:
WG - Ondrej Pavelec (32 saves on 33 shots: 16-14-7) LG - Brian Elliott (33 saves on 34 shots: 24-11-3) 
Three Stars:
3. Andrew Ladd (shootout winner) - Winnipeg
2. Brian Elliott (33 saves on 34 shots) - St. Louis
1. Ondrej Pavelec (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

Dallas Stars 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 33-28-10 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 39-22-10. 
Goals:
DAL - Brett Ritchie (6) - from Jamie Benn and Shawn Horcoff (2:14 2ND)
DAL - Jamie Benn (24) - from Tyler Seguin and Cody Eakin (3:37 2ND) *GWG*
PIT - Kris Letang PPG (11) - from Sidney Crosby and Christian Ehrhoff (13:26 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Kari Lehtonen (31 saves on 32 shots: 30-14-10) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (24 saves on 26 shots: 31-16-7) 
Three Stars:
3. Kris Letang (1 goal) - Pittsburgh
2. Kari Lehtonen (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Dallas
1. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Dallas

Calgary Flames 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Calgary) -The Flames improved to 39-27-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 29-29-15. 
Goals:
CGY - Dennis Wideman (13) - from Jiri Hudler (16:15 2ND)
CGY - T.J. Brodie (11) - from Deryk Engelland and Johnny Gaudreau (17:57 2ND) *GWG*
PHI - Claude Giroux (19) - from Jakub Voracek and Nicklas Grossmann (19:51 2ND)
CGY - Sean Monahan PPG (28) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Kris Russell (3:09 3RD)
CGY - Johnny Gaudreau PPG (20) - from Jiri Hudler and Kris Russell (7:02 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Karri Ramo (26 saves on 27 shots: 14-8-1) LG - Steve Mason (14 saves on 16 shots: 14-17-10), Ray Emery (8 saves on 10 shots in relief of Mason) 
Three Stars:
3. Karri Ramo (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Calgary
2. Jiri Hudler (2 assists) - Calgary
1. Johnny Gaudreau (1 goal, 2 assists) - Calgary

Columbus Blue 6, Jackets Vancouver Canucks 2 (from Vancouver) - The Blue Jackets improved to 32-35-4 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 40-26-4.
Goals:
VAN - Bo Horvat (12) - unassisted (3:00 2ND) 
VAN - Daniel Sedin (15) - from Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows (3:40 2ND)
CBJ - Rene Bourque (4) - from Ryan Johansen (7:04 2ND)
CBJ - Marko Dano (6) - from Artem Anisimov and Nick Foligno (10:01 2ND)
CBJ - Cam Atkinson PPG (16) - from Mark Letestu and Jack Johnson (18:18 2ND) *GWG*
CBJ - Marko Dano (7) - from Alexander Wennberg (5:31 3RD)
CBJ - Scott Hartnell (22) - from Marko Dano and David Savard (8:32 3RD)
CBJ - Alexander Wennberg EN (3) - unassisted (15:38 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Sergei Bobrovksy (38 saves on 40 shots: 21-17-2) LG - Eddie Lack (25 saves on 30 shots: 12-10-3), Jacob Markstrom (2 saves on 2 shots in relief of Lack)
Three Stars:
3. Alexander Wennberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus
2. Sergei Bobrovsky (38 saves on 40 shots for the win) - Columbus
1. Marko Dano (2 goals, 1 assist) - Columbus

Colorado Avalanche 5, Arizona Coyotes 2 (from Arizona) - The Avalanche improved to 33-26-11 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 21-42-8.
Goals:
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (18) - from Sam Gagner and Shane Doan (3:24 1ST)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly (12) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Alex Tanguay (8:15 1ST)
COL - Jarome Iginla (23) - from John Mitchell and Jan Hejda (8:44 1ST)
COL - Freddie Hamilton (1) - from Brad Stuart and Danny Briere (8:09 2ND) *GWG*
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19) - from Lauri Korpikoski and Brandon Gormley (11:53 3RD)
COL - Matt Duchene (18) - from Dennis Everberg (14:51 3RD)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog EN (20) - from Ryan O'Reilly (19:47 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (28 saves on 30 shots: 25-17-7) LG - Louis Domingue (24 saves on 28 shots: 1-1-1)
Three Stars:
3. Freddie Hamilton (1 goal, GWG) - Arizona
2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2 goals) - Arizona
1. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Marko Dano - Dano scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Blue Jackets 6-2 win over the Canucks. 
2. Alex Ovechkin - Ovechkin scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Capitals 3-2 win over the Wild.
1. Kyle Turris - Turris scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Senators 6-4 win over the Bruins.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Milan Michalek scored his 200th career goal.
-Andrew Hammond allowed more than 2 goals for the 1st time in his career after 12 straight games of 2 or less goals allowed. However he still picked up the win to improve to 12-0-1.
-Jaromir Jagr passed Phil Esposito to move into 5th all-time on the NHL goals list with his 718th goal.
-Carey Price picked up his 8th shutout of the season which ties a career high that he set in 2010-2011.
-Freddie Hamilton scored his 1st NHL goal for the Avalanche.
-Erik Cole scored his 20th goal of the season, the 5th time in his career that he has reached 20 goals.
-Kari Lehtonen picked up his 30th win of the season, the 5th time in his career that he has reached 30 wins.
-Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 46th and 47th goals of the season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Ottawa Senators - 5 game winning streak
Chicago Blackhawks - 4 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak
Colorado Avalanche - 3 game winning streak
Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak
Winnipeg Jets - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 6 game losing streak
New York Islanders - 4 game losing streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 4 game losing streak
Pittsburgh Penguins - 4 game losing streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Ondrej Pavelec robs T.J. Oshie with the desperation save: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP6YOd9EUc4

What's up next - Friday March 20th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Friday night:
1. New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. Detroit Red Wings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
3. Colorado Avalanche vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

No comments:

Post a Comment