Wednesday, March 4, 2015

March 4th NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 3, Winnipeg Jets 1 (from Winnipeg) - The Senators improved to 28-23-11 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 32-21-12.
Goals:
OTT - Kyle Turris (16) - from Cody Ceci and Milan Michalek (4:59 1ST)
OTT - Bobby Ryan PPG (17) - from Mike Zibanejad and Erik Karlsson (9:07 2ND) *GWG*
OTT - Erik Condra (8) - from Mark Stone and Kyle Turris (11:54 2ND)
WPG - Michael Frolik (14) - from Tyler Myers and Lee Stempniak (5:46 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Andrew Hammond (35 saves on 36 shots: 6-0-1) LG - Michael Hutchinson (14 saves on 17 shots: 19-8-5), Ondrej Pavelec (3 saves on 3 shots in relief of Hutchinson)
Three Stars:
3. Bobby Ryan (1 goal, GWG) - Ottawa
2. Kyle Turris (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa
1. Andrew Hammond (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Ottawa

Detroit Red Wings 2, New York Rangers 1 (OT) - (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 36-15-11 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 39-17-7. 
Goals:
DET - Justin Abdelkader (14) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Jonathan Ericsson (6:12 1ST)
NYR - Dan Girardi (3) - from Rick Nash and Derick Brassard (17:02 1ST)
DET - Marek Zidlicky PPG (5) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg (1:09 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jimmy Howard (39 saves on 40 shots: 19-8-9) LG - Cam Talbot (29 saves on 31 shots: 13-6-4) 
Three Stars:
3. Cam Talbot (29 saves on 31 shots) - New York
2. Jimmy Howard (39 saves on 40 shots for the win) - Detroit
1. Marek Zidlicky (1 goal, OT winner) - Detroit

Colorado Avalanche 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 28-25-11 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 36-18-9. 
Goals:
COL - Jarome Iginla PPG (20) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Tyson Barrie (0:13 2ND)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon (14) - from Jan Hejda and Gabriel Landeskog (14:29 2ND) *GWG*
PIT - Evgeni Malkin (27) - unassisted (9:45 3RD)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (17) - from Ryan O'Reilly (14:57 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (28 saves on 29 shots: 20-17-7) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (19 saves on 22 shots: 29-14-6) 
Three Stars:
3. Nathan MacKinnon (1 goal) - Colorado
2. Semyon Varlamov (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Colorado
1. Gabriel Landeskog (1 goal, 2 assists) - Colorado

Anaheim Ducks 3, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 42-17-7 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 41-18-5.
Goals:
ANA - Francois Beauchemin (8) - from Kyle Palmieri and Nate Thompson (6:31 1ST)
ANA - Rickard Rakell (6) - from Jiri Sekac and Hampus Lindholm (10:16 2ND) *GWG*
ANA - Cam Fowler SHG/EN (6) - from Ryan Kesler (17;58 3RD)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk PPG (19) - from Andrei Markov and David Desharnais (18:19 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - John Gibson (37 saves on 38 shots: 9-5-0) LG - Carey Price (30 saves on 32 shots: 36-13-3) 
Three Stars:
3. Carey Price (30 saves on 32 shots) - Montreal
2. Rickard Rakell (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim
1. John Gibson (37 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Marek Zidlicky - Zidlicky scored the OT winner in his Red Wings debut, a 2-1 win over the Rangers.
2. John Gibson - Gibson stopped an impressive 37 of 38 shots in the Ducks 3-1 win over the Canadiens.
1. Gabriel Landeksog - Landeskog scored his 17th goal of the season and added 2 assists in the Avs 3-1 win over the Penguins.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Marek Zidlicky scored the OT winner in his first game as a Detroit Red Wing,
-Jarome Iginla scored his 20th goal of the season, the 16th time in his career he has scored at least 20 goals.
-Alex Tanguay played in his 1000th NHL game.
-Andrew Hammond has allowed 2 goals or less in 8 straight games for the Senators, they have won 6 of them including getting 9 out of 10 points on a 5-game Western Conference road trip

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak
Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak
Detroit Red Wings - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 10 game losing streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 5 game losing streak 
Nashville Predators - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Gabriel Landeskog gets it with this nifty deke and goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhNLQgCh-pI

What's up next - Thursday March 5th: There are 8 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:
1. Calgary Flames vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)
2. St. Louis Blues vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)
3. Minnesota Wild vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)
4. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
5. Dallas Stars vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)
6. New York Islanders vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville) 
7. Vancouver Canucks vs. Arizona Coyotes at 9:00 PM ET (In Arizona)
8. Montreal Canadiens 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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