Friday, March 6, 2015

March 5th NHL Recap

Calgary Flames 4, Boston Bruins 3 (SO) - (from Boston) - The Flames improved to 35-25-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 31-22-10.
Goals:
BOS - Brad Marchand (19) - from Patrice Bergeron and Dougie Hamilton (7:46 1ST)
CGY - Sean Monahan PPG (23) - from Jiri Hudler and Kris Russell (18:49 1ST)
BOS - Milan Lucic (14) - from Ryan Spooner and David Pastrnak (2:30 2ND)
CGY - Jiri Hudler (21) - from Mikael Backlund and Dennis Wideman (14:26 2ND)
CGY - Johnny Gaudreau PPG (16) - from Kris Russell and Dennis Wideman (4:59 3RD)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (15) - from Chris Kelly and Carl Soderberg (11:40 3RD)
Shootout winner - David Schlemko (CGY)
Goalies:
WG - Karri Ramo (34 saves on 37 shots: 12-7-1) LG - Tuukka Rask (29 saves on 32 shots: 25-16-10)
Three Stars:
3. Sean Monahan (1 goal) - Calgary
2. Loui Eriksson (1 goal) - Boston
1. Jiri Hudler (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

Philadelphia Flyers 3, St. Louis Blues 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 28-25-12 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 40-19-5. 
Goals:
STL - Jaden Schwartz (21) - from Vladimir Tarasenko (12:52 1ST
PHI - Michael Del Zotto (9) - from Matt Read and Luke Schenn (9:47 3RD)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds (26) - from Mark Streit and Matt Read (11:37 3RD) *GWG*
PHI - Michael Raffl EN (15) - from Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Luke Schenn (18:47 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Steve Mason (28 saves on 29 shots: 13-13-8) LG - Brian Elliott (28 saves on 30 shots: 20-10-2)
Three Stars:
3. Brian Elliott (28 saves on 30 shots) - St. Louis
2. Wayne Simmonds (1 goal, GWG) - Philadelphia
1. Steve Mason (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild 2, Washington Capitals 1 (from Washington) - The Wild improved to 35-22-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 35-21-10.
Goals:
WSH - Curtis Glencross PPG (10) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Matt Niskanen (2:51 1ST)
MIN - Jason Pominville (14) - from Zach Parise and Ryan Suter (9:19 3RD)
MIN - Jason Pominville (15) - from Zach Parise (14:28 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 25 shots: 26-8-3) LG - Braden Holtby (28 saves on 30 shots: 31-16-9)
Three Stars:
3. Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Minnesota
2. Braden Holtby (28 saves on 30 shots) - Washington
1. Jason Pominville (2 goals, GWG) - Minnesota

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 40-20-6 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 26-34-5.
Goals:
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (24) - from Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson (4:25 1ST)
TBL - Ryan Callahan (21) - from Steven Stamkos (15:17 1ST)
TOR - David Booth (2) - from Peter Holland (6:48 2ND)
TBL - Vladislav Namestnikov (4) - from Andrej Sustr and Victor Hedman (6:31 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Alex Killorn PPG (13) - from Steven Stamkos and Jason Garrison (15:14 3RD)
TOR - Richard Panik (10) - from Dion Phaneuf and Nazem Kadri (17:42 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 27 shots: 32-11-3) LG - Jonathan Bernier (27 saves on 31 shots: 19-20-5)
Three Stars:
3. Vladislav Namestnikov (1 goal, GWG) - Tampa Bay
2. Steven Stamkos (2 assists) - Tampa Bay
1. Ryan Callahan (1 goal) - Tampa Bay

Dallas Stars 4, Florida Panthers 3 (SO) - (from Florida) - The Stars improved to 29-26-10 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 28-23-14.
Goals:
DAL - Curtis McKenzie (3) - from Jason Demers and Shawn Horcoff (2:33 1ST)
DAL - Shawn Horcoff (9) - unassisted (12:41 1ST)
FLA - Brandon Pirri (13) - from Vincent Trocheck (17:00 1ST)
FLA - Dmitry Kulikov (3) - from Jussi Jokinen (8:15 2ND)
FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (10) - from Nick Bjugstad and Dmitry Kulikov (12:28 2ND)
DAL - Alex Goligoski (3) - from John Klingberg (12:21 3RD)
Shootout winner - Colton Sceviour (DAL)
Goalies:
WG - Jhonas Enroth (10 saves on 10 shots: 14-25-2) in relief of Kari Lehtonen (11 saves on 14 shots) LG - Dan Ellis (29 saves on 32 shots: 0-0-1)
Three Stars:
3. Alex Goligoski (1 goal) - Dallas
2. Dmitry Kulikov (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida
1. Shawn Horcoff (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

New York Islanders 4, Nashville Predators 3 (from Nashville) - The Islanders improved to 42-21-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 41-18-7,
Goals:
NYI - John Tavares (31) - from Josh Bailey and Lubomir Visnovsky (11:24 1ST)
NYI - Anders Lee PPG (22) - from Nick Leddy and John Tavares (18:30 1ST)
NSH - Colin Wilson (20) - from Mike Fisher (19:58 1ST)
NYI - Nick Leddy (9) - from Frans Nielsen and Johnny Boychuk (8:39 3RD)
NSH - Mike Ribeiro (13) - from Ryan Ellis and Roman Josi (10:16 3RD)
NSH - Craig Smith (21) - from Filip Forsberg (10:47 3RD)
NYI - Brock Nelson (18) - from Michael Grabner and Johnny Boychuk (13:52 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (28 saves on 31 shots: 34-13-1) LG - Pekka Rinne (22 saves on 26 shots: 35-12-3)
Three Stars:
3. Craig Smith (1 goal) - Nashville
2. Nick Leddy (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
1. John Tavares (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

Arizona Coyotes 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO) - (from Arizona) - The Coyotes improved to 21-37-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 36-24-4.
Goals:
ARI - Tobias Rieder (10) - from Sam Gagner and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19:00 1ST)
ARI - B.J. Crombeen (2) - from Tye McGinn and Joe Vitale (2:31 3RD)
VAN - Chris Higgins (8) - from Jannik Hansen and Luca Sbisa (12:21 3RD)
VAN - Radim Vrbata (23) - from Dan Hamhuis and Nick Bonino (19:06 3RD)
Shootout winner - Sam Gagner (ARI)
Goalies:
WG - Mike Smith (32 saves on 34 shots: 11-31-5) LG - Eddie Lack (33 saves on 35 shots: 8-8-3)
Three Stars:
3. Radim Vrbata (1 goal) - Vancouver
2. Mike Smith (32 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Arizona
1. Sam Gagner (1 assist, shootout winner) - Arizona

Los Angeles Kings 4, Montreal Canadiens 3 (SO) - (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 31-21-12 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 41-18-6. 
Goals:
LAK - Marian Gaborik PPG (18) - from Brayden McNabb and Jake Muzzin (4:02 1ST)
LAK - Jeff Carter (22) - from Dustin Brown and Justin Williams (8:03 1ST)
MTL - Tom Gilbert (3) - from David Desharnais (15:15 2ND)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher (18) - from Tomas Plekanec and P.K. Subban (16:49 2ND)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (31) - from David Desharnais and Dale Weise (7:12 3RD)
LAK - Marian Gaborik PPG (19) - from Anze Kopitar and Jake Muzzin (19:15 3RD)
Shootout winner - Anze Kopitar (LAK)
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Quick (15 saves on 18 shots: 27-17-10) LG - Dustin Tokarski (26 saves on 29 shots: 5-5-3)
Three Stars:
3. Anze Kopitar (1 assist, shootout winner) - Los Angeles
2. David Desharnais (2 assists) - Montreal
1. Marian Gaborik (2 goals) - Los Angeles

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


Columbus Blue Jackets - 5 game losing streak 
Nashville Predators - 5 game losing streak
Montreal Canadiens - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-David Schlemko gets it for his Forsbergian goal in the shootout in his Flames debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC-muDM7gTs

What's up next - Friday March 6th: There are 6 NHL games on tap for Friday night:
1. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)
2. Minnesota Wild vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)
3. Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)
4. Calgary Flames vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)
5. Edmonton Oilers vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago)
6. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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