April 5th NHL Recap

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 32-29-18 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 42-26-11.

Goals:

PIT - Brandon Sutter PPG (19) - from David Perron and Ian Cole (16:21 1ST)

PHI - Jakub Voracek PPG (22) - from Mark Streit and Brayden Schenn (19:18 1ST)

PHI - Brayden Schenn PPG (17) - from Jakub Voracek and Mark Streit (12:20 2ND) *GWG*

PHI - Ryan White (6) - from Sean Couturier and Michael Raffl (15:05 3RD)

PHI - Michael Del Zotto PPG (10) - from Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux (19:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Steve Mason (46 saves on 47 shots: 17-17-11) LG - Thomas Greiss (16 saves on 20 shots: 9-6-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Jakub Voracek (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

2. Brayden Schenn (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Philadelphia

1. Steve Mason (46 saves on 47 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

Washington Capitals 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (from Detroit) - The Capitals improved to 44-25-11 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 41-25-13.

Goals:

WSH - Evgeny Kuznetsov PPG (11) - from Matt Niskanen and Mike Green (3:38 1ST)

WSH - Mike Green (10) - from Tim Gleason and Alex Ovechkin (4:42 2ND) *GWG*

DET - Darren Helm PPG (14) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Teemu Pulkkinen (12:59 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (35 saves on 36 shots: 40-19-10) LG - Petr Mrazek (26 saves on 28 shots: 15-9-2)

Three Stars:

3. Petr Mrazek (26 saves on 28 shots) - Detroit

2. Mike Green (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Washington 

1. Braden Holtby (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Washington

Montreal Canadiens 4, Florida Panthers 1 (from Florida) - The Canadiens improved to 48-22-10 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 36-29-15.

Goals:

MTL - Tomas Plekanec PPG (24) - from Andrei Markov and Alex Galchenyuk (6:36 1ST)

FLA - Aaron Ekblad PPG (12) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov (6:20 2ND)

MTL - Brendan Gallagher (24) - from P.K. Subban and Tomas Plekanec (7:06 2ND) *GWG*

MTL - P.A. Parenteau (8) - from Jeff Petry and Tomas Plekanec (11:27 2ND)

MTL - Devante Smith-Pelly (6) - from P.A. Parenteau (17:42 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (24 saves on 25 shots; 42-16-6) LG - Dan Ellis (24 saves on 28 shots: 4-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Carey Price (24 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Montreal

2. P.A. Parenteau (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal

1. Tomas Plekanec (1 goal, 2 assists) - Montreal

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (SO) - (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 30-43-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 40-26-13. 

Goals:

TOR - Joffrey Lupul (10) - from Eric Brewer and Leo Komarov (3:10 1ST)

OTT - Erik Karlsson PPG (21) - from Kyle Turris and Mark Stone (7:15 2ND)

TOR - James van Riemdsdyk (27) - from Peter Holland and Eric Brewer (12:42 2ND)

OTT - Mark Stone PPG (22) - from Kyle Turris and Clarke MacArthur (1:09 3RD)

Shootout winner - Peter Holland (TOR)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (43 saves on 45 shots: 21-28-6) LG - Andrew Hammond (36 saves on 38 shots: 17-1-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Peter Holland (1 assist, shootout winner) - Toronto

2. Mark Stone (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

1. Jonathan Bernier (43 saves on 45 shots for the win) - Toronto

St. Louis Blues 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (from Chicago) - The Blues improved to 49-23-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 48-25-6.

Goals:

CHI - Kris Versteeg (14) - from Marian Hossa (14:12 1ST)

STL - David Backes PPG (26) - from Jaden Schwartz and Kevin Shattenkirk (6:07 2ND)

STL - Olli Jokinen (4) - from Ty Rattie and Alex Pietrangelo (15:12 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (38 saves on 39 shots: 21-6-4) LG - Corey Crawford (31 saves on 33 shots: 32-18-5)

Three Stars:

3. Corey Crawford (31 saves on 33 shots) - Chicago

2. David Backes (1 goal) - St. Louis

1. Jake Allen (38 saves on 39 shots for the win) - St. Louis

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jake Allen - Allen stopped 38 of 39 shots in the Blues 2-1 win over the Blackhawks.

2. Tomas Plekanec - Plekanec scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Canadiens 4-1 win over the Panthers.

1. Steve Mason - Mason stopped an impressive 46 of 47 shots in the Flyers 4-1 win over the Penguins.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Braden Holtby picked up his 40th win of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 40 wins.

-Devante Smith-Pelly scored his 1st goal as a member of the Canadiens.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 9 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 5 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Steve Masob absolutely robs Craig Adams with the glove: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nYP68EDI-M

What's up next - Monday April 6th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

2. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

3. Winnipeg Jets vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

5. Dallas Stars vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

April 4th NHL Recap

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO) - (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 29-38-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 31-29-18. 

Goals:

CAR - Elias Lindholm (17) - from Jordan Staal and Eric Staal (11:00 1ST)

CAR - Jordan Staal (5) - unassisted (3:27 2ND)

PHI -  Michael Raffl PPG (21) - from Sean Couturier and Michael Del Zotto (9:46 2ND)

PHI - Sean Couturier (14) - from Brayden Schenn and Michael Del Zotto (18:10 3RD)

Shootout winner - Chris Terry (CAR)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (21 saves on 23 shots: 21-22-5) LG - Ray Emery (24 saves on 26 shots: 10-10-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Elias Lindholm (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Sean Couturier (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

1. Jordan Staal (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (from Columbus) - 38-35-4 42-24-11 

Goals:

PIT - Sidney Crosby (27) - from Patric Hornqvist and Ian Cole (8:21 1ST)

PIT - Brandon Sutter (18) - from Ian Cole and Nick Spaling (11:07 2ND)

CBJ - Nick Foligno (28) - from Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov (16:25 2ND)

CBJ - Matt Calvert (11) - from Marko Dano and Mark Letestu (18:28 2ND)

CBJ - Nick Foligno (29) - from Brandon Dubinsky (6:46 3RD)

CBJ - Scott Hartnell (26) - from Marko Dano and Alexander Wennberg (9:29 3RD) *GWG*

PIT - Ben Lovejoy (2) - from Blake Comeau and Daniel Winnik (10:10 3RD)

CBJ - Nick Foligno EN (30 - Hat Trick) - from David Savard and Brandon Dubinsky (19:03 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (31 saves on 34 shots: 28-17-2) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (30 saves on 34 shots: 33-19-8) 

Three Stars:

3. Marko Dano (2 assists) - Columbus

2. Brandon Dubinsky (3 assists) - Columbus

1. Nick Foligno (3 goals) - Columbus

Winnipeg Jets 5, Vancouver Canucks 4 (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 40-26-12 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 45-29-5. 

Goals:

WPG - Jim Slater (5) - from Jiri Tlusty and Toby Enstrom (4:34 1ST)

WPG - Michael Frolik (18) - from Bryan Little and Michael Frolik (5:24 1ST)

VAN - Henrik Sedin PPG (18) - from Alex Edler and Daniel Sedin (9:37 1ST)

VAN - Daniel Sedin (17) - from Radim Vrbata and Dan Hamhuis (17:37 1ST)

WPG - Lee Stempniak (13) - from Mathieu Perreault and Tyler Myers (18:13 1ST)

WPG - Mark Scheifele (15) - from Blake Wheeler and Jacob Trouba (19:04 2ND)

VAN - Alex Burrows (17) - from Kevin Bieksa and Luca Sbisa (19:12 2ND) 

WPG - Lee Stempniak (14) - from Mathieu Perreault (9:36 3RD) *GWG*

VAN - Alex Burrows (18) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (17:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (26 saves on 30 shots: 20-16-7) LG - Eddie Lack (31 saves on 36 shots: 16-13-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Mathieu Perreault (3 assists) - Winnipeg

2. Daniel Sedin (1 goal, 2 assists) - Vancouver

1. Lee Stempniak (2 goals, GWG) - Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (SO) - (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 41-25-13 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, droppin them to 29-43-7.

Goals:

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (22) - from Brad Marchand and David Krejci (0:19 2ND)

TOR - James van Riemsdyk (26) - from Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner (14:31 2ND)

Shootout winner - Patrice Bergeron (BOS)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (27 saves on 28 shot: 34-19-12) LG - James Reimer (49 saves on 50 shots: 9-15-1)

Three Stars:

3. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, shootout winner) - Boston

2. James Reimer (49 saves on 50 shots) - Toronto

1. Tuukka Rask (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Boston

Ottawa Senators 4, Washington Capitals 3 (OT) - (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 40-26-12 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 43-25-11. 

Goals:

OTT - Mark Stone (21) - from Clarke MacArthur and Eric Gryba (3:21 1ST)

OTT - Clarke MacArthur PPG (15) - from Erik Karlsson and Mika Zibanejad (9:03 1ST)

OTT - Mike Zibanejad PPG (20) - from Bobby Ryan and Erik Karlsson (9:56 1ST)

WSH - Marcus Johansson (19) - from Brooks Orpik and John Carlson (6:26 2ND)

WSH - Mike Green (9) - from Nicklas Backstrom and Troy Brouwer (7:18 3RD)

WSH - Troy Brouwer (21) - from John Carlson and Eric Fehr (15:50 3RD)

OTT - Kyle Turris (23) - unassisted (3:14 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Andrew Hammond (29 saves on 32 shots: 17-1-1) LG - Braden Holtby (24 saves on 28 shots: 39-19-10)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Turris (1 goal, OT winner) - Ottawa

2. Troy Brouwer (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

1. Mika Zibanejad (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Florida Panthers 0 (from Florida) - The Lightning improved to 48-24-8 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 36-28-15.

Goals:

TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG (41) - from Tyler Johnson and Nikita Nesterov (6:10 2ND) *GWG*

TBL - Steven Stamkos (42) - from Ryan Callahan (11:19 2ND)

TBL - Ryan Callahan (24) - from Steven Stamkos (1:03 3RD)

TBL - Tyler Johnson (27) - from Jonathan Drouin (18:13 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (34 saves on 34 shots: 38-13-4) LG - Roberto Luongo (18 saves on 22 shots: 27-19-12)

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Callahan (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

2. Steven Stamkos (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Tampa Bay

1. Ben Bishop (34 saves on 34 shots for the shutout) - Tampa Bay

New York Islanders 3, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 46-27-6 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 22-49-8. 

Goals:

NYI - Kyle Okposo PPG (17) - from John Tavares and Frans Nielsen (6:37 1ST) *GWG*

NYI - Brock Nelson (20) - unassisted (9:32 3RD)

NYI - Nikolay Kulemin (14) - from Travis Hamonic and Lubomir Visnovsky (13:13 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (21 saves on 21 shots: 37-16-3) LG - Andrey Makarov (33 saves on 36 shots: 0-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Andrey Makarov (33 saves on 36 shots) - Buffalo

2. Kyle Okposo (1 goal, GWG) - New York

1. Jaroslav Halak (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - New York

New York Rangers 6, New Jersey Devils 1 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 50-21-7 on the season thanks to a 6-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 32-34-13. 

Goals:

NYR - Rick Nash (42) - from Mats Zuccarello and Keith Yandle (5:10 1ST)

NYR - Keith Yandle (6) - from Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan (11:59 1ST) *GWG*

NYR - Dominic Moore (8) - from Tanner Glass and Jesper Fast (12:24 1ST)

NYR - Derek Stepan SHG (14) - from Rick Nash and Ryan McDonagh (19:57 2ND)

NYR - Derick Brassard (18) - from Martin St. Louis and Marc Staal (1:55 3RD)

NYR - Dominic Moore (9) - from Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi (12:00 3RD)

NJD - Jacob Josefson (6) - from Tuomo Ruutu and Mark Fraser (16:30 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (35 save on 36 shots: 28-12-3) LG - Cory Schneider (3 saves on 6 shots: 26-29-9), Keith Kinkaid (23 saves on 26 shots in relief of Schneider)

Three Stars:

3. Keith Yandle (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New York

2. Henrik Lundqvist (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - New York

1. Dominic Moore (2 goals) - New York

Detroit Red Wings 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO) - (from Minnesota) - The Red Wings improved to 41-24-13 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 44-26-8.

Goals:

MIN - Zach Parise (31) - from Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville (14:07 1ST)

DET - Riley Sheahan (13) - from Stephen Weiss and Danny DeKeyser (15:59 1ST)

DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (26) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (17:13 2ND)

MIN - Zach Parise PPG (32) - from Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter (6:33 3RD)

Shootout winner - Darren Helm (DET)

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (22 saves on 24 shots: 22-13-10) LG - Devan Dubnyk (20 saves on 22 shots: 35-12-4)

Three Stars:

3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal) - Detroit

2. Zach Parise (2 goals) - Minnesota

1. Darren Helm (shootout winner) - Detroit

Dallas Stars 4, Nashville Predators 3 (OT) - (from Nashville) - The Stars improved to 38-31-10 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 47-22-10.

Goals:

NSH - Filip Forsberg (24) - from Mattias Ekholm and Seth Jones (9:59 1ST)

DAL - Travis Moen (3) - from Colton Sceviour (4:09 2ND)

DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (37) - from John Klingberg and Patrick Eaves (3:23 3RD)

DAL - Colton Sceviour (8) - from Travis Moen and Alex Goligoski (7:28 3RD)

NSH - Ryan Ellis (8) - from Filip Forsberg and James Neal (10:46 3RD)

NSH - James Neal (22) - from Mike Ribeiro and Gabriel Bourque (18:05 3RD)

DAL - Cody Eakin (18) - Penalty Shot (4:04 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (33 saves on 36 shots: 15-26-2) LG - Pekka Rinne (20 saves on 24 shots: 41-15-6)

Three Stars:

3. Colton Sceviour (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

2. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

1. Cody Eakin (1 goal, OT winnner) - Dallas

Arizona Coyotes 5, San Jose Sharks 3 (from Arizona) - The Coyotes improved to 24-47-8 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 39-31-9. 

Goals:

ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson PPG (22) - from Mark Arcobello and John Moore (11:53 1ST)

SJS - Tomas Hertl PPG (13) - from Taylor Fedun and Chris Tierney (16:36 1ST)

ARI - Shane Doan PPG (14) - from Michael Stone and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (18:57 1ST)

ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (23) - from Sam Gagner and Shane Doan (17:46 2ND)

SJS - Joe Thornton (15) - from Brent Burns and Melker Karlsson (18:05 2ND)

ARI - Mark Arcobello (17) - from Shane Doan and Tobias Rieder (5:30 3RD) *GWG*

SJS - Chris Tierney PPG (6) - from Matt Irwin and Taylor Fedun (6:48 3RD)

ARI - Sam Gagner EN (14) - from Martin Erat and David Moss (19:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (42 saves on 45 shots: 14-39-5) LG - Antti Niemi (30 saves on 34 shots: 30-23-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Mike Smith (42 saves on 45 shots for the win) - Arizona

2. Shane Doan (1 goal, 2 assists) - Arizona

1. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2 goals, 1 assist) - Arizona

Calgary Flames 4, Edmonton Oilers 0 (from Edmonton) - The Flames improved to 43-29-7 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 23-43-13.

Goals:

CGY - Joe Colborne (8) - from Mason Raymond and Dennis Wideman (1:59 1ST) *GWG*

CGY - Markus Granlund (7) - from Josh Jooris and Dennis Wideman (17:56 2ND)

CGY - Dennis Wideman PPG (15) - from Kris Russell and Sean Monahan (2:16 3RD)

CGY - Markus Granlund (8) - from Josh Jooris ( 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (27 saves on 27 shots: 24-19-4) LG - Ben Scrivens (25 saves on 29 shots: 15-26-10)

Three Stars:

3. Markus Granlund (2 goals) - Calgary

2. Dennis Wideman (1 goal, 2 assists) - Calgary

1. Jonas Hiller (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 3, Colorado Avalanche 1 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 39-25-14 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 36-31-12. 

Goals:

LAK - Dwight King (12) - from Jeff Carter and Robyn Regehr (13:56 1ST)

COL - Ryan O'Reilly (16) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Alex Tanguay (1:12 2ND)

LAK - Alec Martinez (6) - from Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Carter (10:09 2ND) *GWG*

LAK - Marian Gaborik (26) - from Anze Kopitar and Robyn Regehr (18:04 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (9 saves on 10 shots: 35-21-12) LG - Semyon Varlamov (23 saves on 26 shots: 26-20-8)

Three Stars:

3. Robyn Regehr (2 assists) - Los Angeles

2. Alec Martinez (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles

1. Jeff Carter (2 assists) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Lee Stempniak - Stempniak scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Jets 5-4 win over the Canucks.

2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Ekman-Larsson scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Coyotes 5-3 win over the Sharks.

1. Nick Foligno - Foligno scored a hat trick in the Blue Jackets 5-3 win over the Penguins, their 9th straight win.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Nick Foligno scored his 1st career hat trick.

-Mika Zibanejad scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

-Ben Bishop picked up his 4th shutout of the season.

-Jaroslav Halak picked up his 6th shutout of the season.

-Brock Nelson scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

-Jonas Hiller picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

-Cody Eakin scored a rare penalty shot overtime winner for the Stars.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 9 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 5 game winning streak
Chicago Blackhawks - 4 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Ottawa Senators - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game losing streak

Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Nick Folingo with his 1st career hat trick gets it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQHWMsT8h00

What's up next - Sunday April 5th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Sunday:

1. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 12:30 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

2. Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red Wings at 5:00 PM ET (In Detroit)

3. Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers at 5:00 PM ET (In Florida)

4. Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)

5. St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 7:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

April 3rd NHL Recap

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (from Buffalo) - The Hawks improved to 48-24-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 22-48-8.

Goals:

CHI - Duncan Keith (10) - from Brandon Saad and Andrew Shaw (2:16 1ST)

CHI - Patrick Sharp (15) - from David Runblad and Brad Richards (8:36 1ST)

BUF - Marcus Foligno (7) - from Rasmus Ristolainen (13:10 2ND)

BUF - Johan Larsson PPG (5) - from Rasmus Ristolainen and Tyler Ennis (5:29 3RD)

BUF - Marcus Foligno (8) - from Brian Gionta and Rasmus Ristolainen (12:42 3RD)

CHI - Jonathan Toews (27) - from Duncan Keith (18:17 3RD)

CHI - Jonathan Toews (28) - from Brandon Saad and Marian Hossa (19:04 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Scott Darling (35 saves on 38 shots: 9-3-0) LG - Anders Lindback (32 saves on 36 shots: 5-14-2)

Three Stars:

3. Duncan Keith (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

2. Marcus Foligno (2 goals) - Buffalo

1. Jonathan Toews (2 goals, GWG) - Chicago

New Jersey Devils 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 (SO) - (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 32-33-13 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 47-22-10. 

Goals:

NJD - Stefan Matteau (1) - from Adam Larsson and Andy Greene (9:51 1ST)

MTL - Tomas Plekanec PPG (23) - from Sergei Gonchar and Brendan Gallagher (14:39 1ST)

MTL - Jeff Petry (7) - unassisted (16:42 1ST)

NJD - Reid Boucher (1) - from Jon Merrill and Steve Bernier (4:37 2ND)

Shootout winner - Patrik Elias (NJD)

Goalies:

WG - Keith Kinkaid (31 saves on 33 shots: 6-5-3) LG - Dustin Tokarski (16 saves on 18 shots: 6-6-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Stefan Matteau (1 goal) - New Jersey

2. Jeff Petry (1 goal) - Montreal

1. Keith Kinkaid (31 saves on 33 shots for the win) - New Jersey

St. Louis Blues 7, Dallas Stars 5 (from Dallas) - The Blues improved to 48-23-7 on the season thanks to a 7-5 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 37-31-10.

Goals:

STL - Patrik Berglund (11) - from Zbynek Michalek and David Backes (17:49 1ST)

DAL - Travis Moen (2) - Penalty Shot (19:49 1ST)

STL - Patrik Berglund (12) - from Kevin Shattenkirk and Dmitrij Jaskin (0:15 2ND)

STL - Jaden Schwartz (26) - from T.J. Oshie and Jay Bouwmeester (0:32 2ND)

DAL - Jamie Benn (29) - from Tyler Seguin (0:38 2ND)

DAL - Tyler Seguin (36) - from Jamie Benn (10:01 2ND)

DAL - Jamie Benn (30) - from Tyler Seguin and Valeri Nichushkin (14:40 2ND)

DAL - Antoine Roussel (13) - from Ryan Garbutt and Cody Eakin (15:23 2ND)

STL - Jaden Schwartz (27) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Kevin Shattenkirk (19:34 2ND)

STL - Zbynek Michalek (4) - from T.J. Oshie and Jay Bouwmeester (4:44 3RD)

STL - Alex Pietrangelo (7) - unassisted (9:57 3RD) *GWG*

STL - Jaden Schwartz EN (28 - Hat Trick) - unassisted (19:38 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (26 saves on 31 shots: 25-14-3) LG - Kari Lehtonen (13 saves on 19 shots: 34-17-10), Jhonas Enroth (1 save on 1 shot in relief of Lehtonen)

Three Stars:

3. Patrik Berglund (2 goals) - St. Louis

2. Jamie Benn (2 goals, 1 assist) - Dallas

1. Jaden Schwartz (3 goals)  -St. Louis

Colorado Avalanche 4, Anaheim Ducks 2 (from Anaheim) - The Avalanche improved to 36-30-12 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 50-23-7.

Goals:

COL - John Mitchell (11) - from Jarome Iginla and Matt Duchene (6:33 1ST)

ANA - Jiri Sekac (9) - unassisted (7:31 1ST)

COL - Rickard Rakell (9) - from Corey Perry and Jiri Sekac (17:58 1ST)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (23) - from Alex Tanguay and Tyson Barrie (16:52 2ND)

COL - Matt Duchene (21) - from Dennis Everberg and Tyson Barrie (9:08 3RD) *GWG*

COL - Dennis Everberg EN (3) - from Brad Stuart (18:36 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Reto Berra (35 saves on 37 shots: 4-4-1) LG - John Gibson (19 saves on 22 shots: 13-8-0)

Three Stars:

3. Reto Berra (35 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Colorado

2. Jiri Sekac (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

1. Matt Duchene (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado

San Jose Sharks 3, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improve to 39-30-9 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 23-47-8.

Goals:

SJS - Logan Couture (27) - from Tomas Hertl and Patrick Marleau (0:58 1ST)

SJS - Joe Pavelski (37) - from Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture (5:00 1ST) *GWG*

ARI - Mark Arcobello (16) - unassisted (2:34 2ND)

SJS - Matt Nieto (9) - from Chris Tierney and Matt Irwin (14:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (20 saves on 21 shots: 30-22-7) LG - Louis Domingue (34 saves on 37 shots: 1-2-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Joe Pavelski (1 goal, GWG) - San Jose

2. Patrick Marleau (2 assists) - San Jose

1. Logan Couture (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Matt Duchene - Duchene scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Avs 4-2 win over the Ducks.

2. Jonathan Toews - Toews scored 2 late 3rd period goals (including the game-winner) in the Hawks 4-3 win over the Sabres.

1. Jaden Schwartz - Schwartz scored his 2nd hat trick of the season in the Blues 7-5 win over the Stars.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-There were 3 goals scored in 23 seconds in the Blues/Stars game. All 3 goals were scored just 38 seconds into the period.

-Jaden Schwartz scored his 2nd career hat trick. He now has 28 goals on the season, a new career high.

-Tyson Barrie picked up his 50th point of the season, just the 4th Avs defenseman to reach 50 points in a season joining Sandis Ozolinsh (4), Rob Blake (2) and Ray Bourque (1). Barrie also is the Avs 6th player with at least 50 points, most by any team in the NHL.

-Jamie Benn scored his 30th goal of the season, the 2nd time in his career he has reached 30 goals.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 8 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 4 game winning streak
Chicago Blackhawks - 4 game winning streak

Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Jaden Schwartz with the hat trick gets it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-XjBQa1mPg

What's up next - Saturday April 4th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Saturday night:

1. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 1:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 2:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

3. Vancouver Canucks vs. Winnipeg Jets at 3:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

4. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)

5. Washington Capitals vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:00 PM ET (In Ottawa) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida Panthers at 7:00 PM ET (In Florida)

7. Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Islanders at at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

8. New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

9. Detroit Red Wings vs. Minnesota Wild at 7:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

10. Dallas Stars vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

11. San Jose Sharks vs. Arizona Coyotes at 9:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

12. Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers at 10:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

13. Colorado Avalanche vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:00 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

April 2nd NHL Recap

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, New York Islanders 3 (SO) - (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 38-35-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 45-27-6.

Goals:

NYI - Eric Boulton (1) - from Casey Cizikas and Nick Leddy (2:54 1ST)

CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (17) - from Dalton Prout and Artem Anisimov (7:06 1ST)

NYI - John Tavares (35) - from Johnny Boychuk and Nick Leddy (2:03 2ND)

NYI - Ryan Strome (17) - from Travis Hamonic and John Tavares (0:55 3RD)

CBJ - Jack Johnson (8) - from Nick Foligno and Scott Hartnell (11:08 3RD)

CBJ - Ryan Johansen (26) - from Cam Atkinson and David Savard (16:17 3RD)

Shootout winner - Mark Letestu (CBJ)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (25 saves on 28 shots: 27-17-2) LG - Jaroslav Halak (36 saves on 39 shots: 36-16-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Jack Johnson (1 goal) - Columbus

2. John Tavares (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Ryan Johansen (1 goal) - Columbus

Washington Capitals 5, Montreal Canadiens 4 (SO) - (from Montreal) - The Capitals improved to 43-25-10 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 47-22-9.

Goals:

MTL - Jeff Petry (6) - from Alex Galchenyuk and P.K. Subban (0:58 2ND)

WSH - Joel Ward (18) - from Marcus Johansson (10:36 2ND)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (51) - from John Carlson and Braden Holtby (14:08 2ND)

MTL - Tom Gilbert (4) - from P.A. Parenteau and Alex Galchenyuk (14:47 2ND)

MTL - Lars Eller (13) - from Dale Weise and P.K. Subban (18:39 2ND)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (52) - from John Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom (11:06 3RD)

WSH - Joel Ward PPG (19) - from John Carlson and Evgeny Kuznetsov (12:19 3RD)

MTL - P.K. Subban PPG (15) - from Andrei Markov and Max Pacioretty (15:01 3RD)

Shootout winner - Troy Brouwer (WSH)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (23 saves on 27 shots: 39-19-9) LG - Carey Price (15 saves on 19 shots: 41-16-6)

Three Stars:

3. John Carlson (3 assists) - Washington

2. P.K. Subban (1 goal, 2 assists) - Montreal

1. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals) - Washington

Ottawa Senators 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (OT) - (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 39-26-12 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 47-24-8.

Goals:

OTT - Mark Stone (20) - from Kyle Turris and Clarke MacArthur (5:03 1ST)

TBL - Jonathan Drouin PPG (4) - Anton Stralman and Valtteri Filppula (16:53 1ST)

OTT - Patrick Wiercioch (3) - from Mark Stone and Kyle Turris (4:43 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Andrew Hammond (28 saves on 29 shots: 16-1-1) LG - Ben Bishop (32 saves on 34 shots: 37-13-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Ben Bishop (32 saves on 34 shots) - Tampa Bay

2. Andrew Hammond (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Ottawa

1. Patrick Wiercioch (1 goal, OT winner) - Ottawa

Boston Bruins 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (from Detroit) - The Bruins improved to 40-25-13 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 40-24-13.

Goals:

DET - Luke Glendening (12) - from Danny DeKeyser and Stephen Weiss (9:19 2ND)

DET - Stephen Weiss PPG (9) - from Riley Sheahan and Marek Zidlicky (2:52 3RD)

BOS - Carl Soderberg PPG (13) - from Reilly Smith and Brett Connolly (5:05 3RD)

BOS - Loui Eriksson (21) - from Reilly Smith and Carl Soderberg (7:19 3RD)

BOS - Zach Trotman (1) - from Ryan Spooner and Brett Connolly (17:52 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (35 saves on 37 shots: 33-19-12) LG - Petr Mrazek (22 saves on 25 shots: 15-8-2)

Three Stars:

3. Zach Trotman (1 goal, GWG) - Boston

2. Stephen Weiss (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Tuukka Rask (35 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Boston

Florida Panthers 6, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 36-27-15 on teh season thanks to a 6-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 28-38-11.

Goals:

FLA - Willie Mitchell (3) - from Jimmy Hayes and Vincent Trocheck (19:10 1ST)

FLA - Brandon Pirri (22) - from Jaromir Jagr and Aaron Ekblad (5:01 2ND) *GWG*

FLA - Jaromir Jagr (16) - from Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau (13:01 2ND)

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (15) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Erik Gudbranson (16:27 2ND)

FLA - Vincent Trocheck (6) - from Tomas Kopecky and Shawn Thornton (6:07 3RD)

FLA - Vincent Trocheck (7) - from Jimmy Hayes and Jussi Jokinen (6:45 3RD)

CAR - Chris Terry PPG (10) - from Justin Faulk and Elias Lindholm (18:41 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (31 saves on 32 shots: 27-18-12) LG - Anton Khudobin (29 saves on 35 shots: 8-16-6)

Three Stars:

3. Jaromir Jagr (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida

2. Vincent Trocheck (2 goals, 1 assist) - Florida

1. Roberto Luongo (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Florida

St. Louis Blues 4, Calgary Flames 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 47-23-7 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 42-29-7. 

Goals:

STL - Jaden Schwartz (25) - from T.J. Oshie (1:16 1ST)

STL - Paul Stastny PPG (15) - from David Backes and Jaden Schwartz (0:23 2ND) *GWG*

CGY - Sean Monahan (30) - from Jiri Hudler and Johnny Gaudreau (3:35 2ND)

STL - Jori Lehtera (12) - from Patrik Berglund (16:45 3RD)

STL - Patrik Berglund EN (10) - from Jori Lehtera and Paul Stastny (17:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (17 saves on 18 shots: 20-6-4) LG - Jonas Hiller (39 saves on 42 shots: 23-19-4)

Three Stars:

3. Jonas Hiller (39 saves on 42 shots) - Calgary

2. Jaden Schwartz (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis

1. Paul Stastny (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - St. Louis

New York Rangers 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (from Minnesota) - The Rangers improved to 49-21-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 44-26-7.

Goals:

NYR - Dominic Moore (7) - from Carl Hagelin (2:09 1ST)

NYR - Rick Nash PPG (41) - from Derick Brassard and Ryan McDonagh (14:37 1ST)

MIN - Jason Pominville (17) - from Matt Dumba and Mikael Granlund (5:24 2ND)

MIN - Thomas Vanek (21) - from Matt Dumba and Justin Fontaine (5:53 3RD)

NYR - J.T. Miller (10) - from Ryan McDonagh and Chris Kreider (6:48 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (26 saves on 28 shots: 27-12-3) LG - Devan Dubnyk (23 saves on 26 shots: 35-12-3)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Dumba (2 assists) - Minnesota

2. Ryan McDonagh (2 assists) - New York

1. Henrik Lundqvist (26 saves on 28 shots for the win) - New York

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Chicago) - The Blackhawks improved to 47-24-6 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 45-28-5. 

Goals:

CHI - Teuvo Teravainen (4) - from Marcus Kruger and Andrew Desjardins (6:51 1ST)

VAN - Derek Dorsett (7) - unassisted (18:46 1ST)

CHI - Jonathan Toews (28) - from Marian Hossa and Johnny Oduya (8:04 3RD) *GWG*

CHI - Marcus Kruger (7) - unassisted (10:31 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (34 saves on 35 shots: 32-17-5) LG - Eddie Lack (35 saves on 38 shots: 16-12-4)

Three Stars:

3. Markus Kruger (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

2. Jonathan Toews (1 goal, GWG) - Chicago

1. Corey Crawford (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 8, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 38-25-14 on the season thanks to an 8-2 rout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 23-42-13.

Goals:

LAK - Dustin Brown (11) - from Trevor Lewis and Jarret Stoll (2:23 1ST)

LAK - Marian Gaborik (24) - from Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams (7:07 1ST)

LAK - Drew Doughty (6) - from Anze Kopitar and Jake Muzzin (9:13 1ST) *GWG*

EDM - Teddy Purcell PPG (11) - from Anton Lander and Justin Schultz (7:55 2ND)

LAK - Jordan Nolan (5) - from Kyle Clifford (12:14 2ND)

LAK - Jeff Carter PPG (27) - from Marian Gaborik and Drew Doughty (18:38 2ND)

LAK - Robyn Regehr (3) - unassisted (2:53 3RD)

LAK - Marian Gaborik (25) - from Justin Williams (3:15 3RD)

LAK - Jeff Carter (28) - from Dwight King and Tyler Toffoli (9:21 3RD)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (23) - from Taylor Hall and Oscar Klefbom (18:30 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (28 saves on 30 shots: 34-21-12) LG - Ben Scrivens (16 saves on 21 shots: 15-25-10), Tyler Bunz (9 saves on 12 shots in relief of Scrivens) 

Three Stars:

3. Drew Doughty (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Los Angeles

2. Jeff Carter (2 goals) - Los Angeles

1. Marian Gaborik (2 goals, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Corey Crawford - Crawford stopped 34 of 35 shots in the Hawks 3-1 win over the Canucks.

2. Alex Ovechkin - Ovie scored his NHL-leading 51st and 52nd goals in the Capitals 5-4 win over the Canadiens.

1. Marian Gaborik - Gaborik scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Kings 8-2 rout of the Oilers.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Barry Trotz won his 600th career game.

-Alex Ovechkin scored his 473rd career goal and passed Peter Bondra for most in Capitals franchise history.

-Zach Trotman scored his 1st NHL goal for the Bruins.

-Sean Monahan scored his 30th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 30 goals.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 8 game winning streak

Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 4 game winning streak
Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Chicago Blackhawks - 3 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 6 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Jaden Schwartz with a nifty goal for the Blues tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqz4FYKxQWg

What's up next - Friday April 3rd: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

2. Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

3. St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

4. Colorado Avalanche vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

5. Arizona Coyotes vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:00 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

April 1st NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 22-47-8 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 29-43-6. 

Goals:

BUF - Zac Dalpe (1) - from Matt Ellis and Andrej Meszaros (6:48 1ST)

TOR - Eric Brewer (3) - Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak (16:41 1ST)

TOR - James van Riemsdyk (25) - from Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak (0:47 2ND)

TOR - Nazem Kadri (18) - from Richard Panik (13:24 2ND)

BUF - Cody Hodgson (6) - from Andre Benoit and Philip Varone (13:54 2ND)

BUF - Matt Moulson PPG (13) - from Johan Larsson and Brian Gionta (1:33 3RD)

BUF - Matt Ellis (1) - from Nikita Zadorov and Brian Gionta (3:14 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Anders Lindback (24 saves on 27 shots: 5-13-2) LG - Jonathan Bernier (27 saves on 31 shots: 20-28-6) 

Three Stars:

3. Phil Kessel (2 assists) - Toronto

2. Brian Gionta (2 assists) - Buffalo

1. Matt Ellis (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Buffalo

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (from Pittsburgh) - The Flyers improved to 31-29-17 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 42-24-11.

Goals:

PIT - Sidney Crosby (26) - from Patric Hornqvist and Ian Cole (3:29 1ST)

PHI - Vincent Lecavalier (8) - from Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (17:14 1ST)

PHI - Brayden Schenn (15) - from Brandon Manning and Sean Couturier (12:43 2ND) *GWG*

PHI - Brayden Schenn PPG (16) - from Jakub Voracek and Mark Streit (0:49 3RD)

PHI - Carlo Colaiacovo (1) - unassisted (5:34 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Steve Mason (24 saves on 25 shots: 16-17-11) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (27 saves on 31 shots: 33-18-8)

Three Stars:

3. Vincent Lecavalier (1 goal) - Philadelphia

2. Steve Mason (24 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

1. Brayden Schenn (2 goals, GWG) - Philadelphia

Anaheim Ducks 5, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 50-22-7 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 23-41-13.

Goals:

ANA - Francois Beauchemin (11) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Hampus Lindholm (3:43 1ST)

ANA - Nate Thompson (6) - from Jakob Silfverberg (9:59 1ST) *GWG*
ANA - Corey Perry (33) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Francois Beauchemin (8:33 2ND)
ANA - Simon Despres (3) - from Andrew Cogliano and Jakob Silfverberg (12:06 2ND)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (24) - from Jordan Eberle (17:05 2ND)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (15) - Penalty Shot (5:14 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (22 saves on 23 shots: 34-11-5) LG - Ben Scrivens (22 saves on 27 shots: 15-24-10) 

Three Stars:

3. Francois Beauchemin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

2. Andrew Cogliano (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

1. Jakob Silfverberg (3 assists) - Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 5, Colorado Avalanche 1 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 38-30-9 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 35-30-12. 

Goals:

SJS - Scott Hannan (2) - from Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski (16:35 2ND)
SJS - Chris Tierney (5) - from Matt Nieto and Taylor Fedun (8:01 3RD) *GWG*
COL - Matt Duchene PPG (20) - from Zach Redmond and John Mitchell (8:54 3RD)
SJS - Patrick Marleau (18) - from Logan Couture (10:12 3RD)
SJS - Logan Couture EN (26) - from Melker Karlsson and Brent Burns (15:55 3RD)
SJS - John Scott EN (3) - from Ben Smith (16:28 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Alex Stalock (19 saves on 20 shots: 8-7-2) LG - Reto Berra (24 saves on 27 shots: 3-4-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Brent Burns (2 assists) - San Jose

2. Scott Hannan (1 goal) - San Jose

1. Logan Couture (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Matt Ellis - Ellis scored the game-winner and added an assist in the Sabres 4-3 win over the Leafs.

2. Jakob Silfverberg - Silfverberg picked up 3 assists in the Ducks 5-1 win over the Oilers.

1. Brayden Schenn - Schenn scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Flyers 4-1 win over the Penguins.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Sidney Crosby scored his 300th career goal.

-Corey Perry picked up his 600th career point.
-Simon Despres scored his 1st goal as a member of the Ducks.
-Carlo Colaiacovo scored his 1st goal as a member of the Sharks.

-The Ducks became the 1st team in the NHL to reach 50 wins. They also clinched the Atlantic Division with the win.
-Matt Duchene scored his 20th goal of the season, the 4th time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 7 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 5 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 3 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 6 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Zac Dalpe with the between-the-legs goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMWXADKNcU

What's up next - Thursday April 2nd: There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. New York Islanders vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

2. Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

3. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

4. Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)

5. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

6. Calgary Flames vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

7. New York Rangers vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

8. Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago)

9.  Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff