January 26th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 7, New Jersey Devils 3 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 28-23-3 on the season thanks to a 7-3 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 22-20-11.

Goals:

NJD - Patrik Elias (8) - from Ryan Clowe (5:36 1ST)

NYR - Dominic Moore (4) - from Anton Stralman and Brian Boyle (9:07 1ST)

NJD - Patrik Elias PPG (9) - from Jaromir Jagr and Marek Zidlicky (11:00 1ST)

NJD - Travis Zajac (8) - from Jaromir Jagr and Mark Fayne (16:07 1ST)

NYR - Marc Staal (3) - from Dominic Moore (16:59 1ST)

NYR - Mats Zuccarello (14) -  from John Moore and Derick Brassard (2:48 2ND)

NYR - Mats Zuccarello (15) - from Derick Brassard and Benoit Pouliot (12:44 2ND) *GWG*

NYR - Carl Hagelin (12) - from Ryan Callahan and Anton Stralman (13:53 2ND)

NYR - Rick Nash (18) - from Derek Stepan and Marc Staal (19:31 2ND)

NYR - Derek Stepan (10) - Penalty Shot (10:06 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (19 saves on 22 shots: 18-18-3) LG - Martin Brodeur (15 saves on 21 shots: 13-11-4), Cory Schneider (4 saves on 5 shots in relief of Brodeur)

Three Stars:

3. Marc Staal (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

2. Patrik Elias (2 goals) - New Jersey

1. Mats Zuccarello (2 goals, GWG) - New York

Florida Panthers 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 (SO) - (from Detroit) - The Panthers improved to 21-24-7 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 23-18-11.

Goals:

FLA - Sean Bergenheim (12) - from Dmitry Kulikov and Mike Weaver (1:48 1ST)

DET - Gustav Nyquist (9) - from Johan Franzen (8:12 2ND)

DET - Daniel Alfredsson (12) - from Brendan Smith and Brian Lashoff (9:31 2ND)

DET - Riley Sheahan PPG (3) - from Tomas Tatar and Patrick Eaves (18:15 2ND)

FLA - Jesse Winchester (7) - from Tom Gilbert and Marcel Goc (9:12 3RD)

DET - Tomas Tatar (12) - from Riley Sheahan and Tomas Jurco (13:33 3RD)

FLA - Drew Shore (4) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Tom Gilbert (14:28 3RD)

FLA - Brad Boyes SHG (13) - from Brian Campbell (16:14 3RD)

Shootout winner - Nick Bjugstad (FLA)

Goalies:

WG - Tim Thomas (26 saves on 30 shots: 14-14-3) LG - Jonas Gustavsson (33 saves on 37 shots: 13-3-3)

Three Stars:

3. Brad Boyes (1 goal) - Florida

2. Riley Sheahan (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Tomas Tatar (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

Winnipeg Jets 3, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (from Chicago) - The Jets improved to 25-24-5 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 32-10-12.

Goals:

CHI - Brandon Bollig (6) - from Ben Smith and Marcus Kruger (1:21 1ST)

WPG - Blake Wheeler (20) - from Evander Kane and Mark Stuart (8:16 3RD)

WPG - Andrew Ladd (12) - unassisted (12:53 3RD) *GWG*

WPG - Blake Wheeler EN (21) - from Tobias Enstrom (18:45 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Al Montoya (34 saves on 35 shots: 9-4-1) LG - Corey Crawford (18 saves on 20 shots: 19-8-8)

Three Stars:

3. Andrew Ladd (1 goal, GWG) - Winnipeg

2. Blake Wheeler (2 goals) - Winnipeg

1. Al Montoya (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 5, Nashville Predators 1 (from Edmonton) - The Oilers improved to 16-32-6 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping the to 23-23-8 (.500)

Goals:

EDM - Justin Schultz (6) - from Jesse Joensuu and Ryan Smyth (2:59 1ST)

NSH - David Legwand (9) - from Nick Spaling and Craig Smith (15:25 1ST)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (18) - from Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (19:48 1ST) *GWG*

EDM - Ryan Smyth PPG (7) - from Corey Potter and Taylor Hall (10:12 2ND)

EDM - Nail Yakupov (10) - from Sam Gagner (16:46 2ND)

EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins PPG (15) - from Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz (15:32 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Scrivens (34 saves on 35 shots: 8-7-4) LG - Carter Hutton (22 saves on 27 shots: 11-8-2)

Three Stars:

3. Ben Scrivens (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Edmonton

2. Jordan Eberle (1 ogal, 1 assist, GWG) - Edmonton

1. Ryan Smyth (1 goal, 1 assist) - Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 5, Phoenix Coyotes 4 (OT) - (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 27-17-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 24-18-10.

Goals:

VAN - Kevin Bieksa (3) - from Chris Higgins and Zac Dalpe (10:31 1ST)

VAN - Jannik Hansen (9) - from Ryan Kesler (11:15 1ST)

PHX - Antoine Vermette (16) - from David Moss and Derek Morris (11:33 1ST)

PHX - Antoine Vermette SHG (17) - unassisted (9:07 2ND)

VAN - Chris Higgins (14) - from Dan Hamhuis (16:59 2ND)

VAN - Zac Dalpe (3) - from Jason Garrison and Zack Kassian (17:41 2ND)

PHX - Antoine Vermette PPG (18 - Hat Trick) - from Shane Doan and Mikkel Boedker (19:05 2ND)

PHX - Shane Doan (15) - from Mike Ribeiro and David Moss (5:24 3RD)

VAN - Kevin Bieksa (4) - from Brad Richardson and Chris Higgins (2:15 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (29 saves on 33 shots: 19-11-6) LG - Mike Smith (20 saves on 25 shots: 18-15-9) 

Three Stars:

3. Chris Higgins (1 goal, 2 assists) - Vancouver

2. Kevin Bieksa (2 goals, OT winner) - Vancouver

1. Antoine Vermette (3 goals) - Phoenix

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Kevin Bieksa - Bieksa scored his 3rd and 4th goals of the season (including the OT winner) in the Canucks 5-4 OT win over the Coyotes.

2. Mats Zuccarello - Zuccarello scored 2 goals (including the eventual game-winner) in the Rangers 7-3 rout of the Devils in the Stadium Series game at Yankee Stadium.

1. Antoine Vermette - Vermette scored 3 goals in the Coyotes 5-4 OT loss to the Canucks. 

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Jaromir Jagr moved past Mario Lemieux for 10th all-time in assists (1035)

-The Rangers scored 6 unanswered goals en route to a 7-3 win in the Stadium Series game at Yankee Stadium. 

-The Hawks outshot the Jets 18-2 in the 1st period

-Antoine Vermette picked up his 2nd hat trick of the season. Vermette also has 3 shorthanded goals in the last 4 games.

-Rick Nash has 11 goals in 11 games since being named to Team Canada. He had 7 goals in 26 games before that. 

-Kevin Bieksa doubled his season total in goals with 2 goals tonight.

-4 players on the Oilers had 1 goal and 1 assist tonight (Justin Schultz, Jordan Eberle, Ryan Smyth and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins)

-There were 38 goals scored in 5 games tonight, which is 7.6 goals per game. 

-The Jets improved to 6-1-0 since Paul Maurice took over, outscoring opponents 24-13 during that stretch.

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

San Jose Sharks - 6 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lighting - 3 game winning streak
Carolina Hurricanes - 3 game winning streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 4 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 4 game losing streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game losing streak

Chicago Blackhawks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night: 

-Derek Stepan gets it tonight for his penalty shot goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tLxHNfIO0I

Honourable Mentions:
-Antoine Vermette Hat Trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgiHertXUvI
-Kevin Bieksa OT goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfpMP3KC03Q
-Rick Nash goal setup by Anton Stralman's huge hit on Andy Greene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SvDIm3fOMU
-Nugent-Hopkins Hall Eberle tic-tac-toe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qxmC0fpDPM

What's up next (January 27th) - There are 6 NHL games on tap for Monday:

1. Boston Bruins vs. New York Islanders @7PM ET (In New York)

2. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Carolina Hurricanes @7PM ET (In Carolina)

3. Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @730PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

4. Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars @830PM ET (In Dallas)

5. Edmonton Oilers vs. Vancouver Canucks @10PM ET (In Vancouver)

6. Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose Sharks @10PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

January 25th NHL Recap

Carolina Hurricanes 6, Ottawa Senators 3 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 23-19-9 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 22-20-10.

Goals:

CAR - Nathan Gerbe (11) - from Manny Malhotra and Mike Komisarek (10:30 1ST)

CAR - Eric Staal (12) - from Alexander Semin and Ron Hainsey (6:05 2ND)

CAR - Manny Malhotra (5) - from Nathan Gerbe and Drayson Bowman (6:37 2ND)

CAR - Riley Nash (6) - from Andrej Sekera and Radek Dvorak (13:23 2ND) *GWG*

OTT - Kyle Turris (16) - from Clarke MacArthur and Eric Gryba (13:58 2ND)

OTT - Kyle Turris SHG (17) - from Clarke MacArthur and Eric Gryba (17:45 2ND)

CAR - Tuomo Ruutu PPG (5) - from Andrej Sekera and Alexander Semin (19:27 2ND)

OTT - Mike Zibanejad (11) - from Bobby Ryan and Cory Conacher (19:37 2ND)

CAR - Manny Malhotra EN (6) - from Nathan Gerbe and Drayson Bowman (18:19 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (23 saves on 26 shots: 10-3-0) LG - Robin Lehner (17 saves on 22 shots: 6-10-3), Craig Anderson (9 saves on 9 shots in relief of Lehner)

Three Stars:

3. Andrej Sekera (2 assists) - Carolina

2. Nathan Gerbe (1 goal, 2 assists) - Carolina

1. Manny Malhotra (2 goals, 1 assist) - Carolina

St. Louis Blues 4, New York Islanders 3 (SO) - (from New York) - The Blues improved to 35-11-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 21-25-8.

Goals:

NYI - Thomas Vanek (19) - from Kyle Okposo and John Tavares (4:01 1ST)

NYI - Kyle Okposo (22) - from Thomas Vanek and Thomas Hickey (15:11 1ST)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (16) - from Maxim Lapierre (17:17 1ST)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (17) - from Alexander Steen and Kevin Shattenkirk (1:17 2ND)

NYI - Matt Martin (4) - from Colin McDonald and Casey Cizikas (3:58 2ND)

STL - T.J. Oshie (12) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Alexander Steen (19:33 3RD)

Shootout winner - Kevin Shattenkirk (STL)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (33 saves on 36 shots: 22-7-3) LG - Kevin Poulin (32 saves on 35 shots: 11-15-1)

Three Stars:

3. Kevin Shattenkirk (1 assist, shootout winner) - St. Louis

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

1. Vladimir Tarasenko (2 goal) - St. Louis

Boston Bruins 6, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Bruins improved to 32-15-3 on the season thanks to a 6-1 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 25-22-6.

Goals:

BOS - Zdeno Chara PPG (10) - from Jarome Iginla and David Krejci (6:30 1ST)

BOS - Jarome Iginla (14) - from Milan Lucic and Torey Krug (19:42 1ST) *GWG*

BOS - Reilly Smith (16) - unassisted (6:59 2ND)

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (13) - from Brad Marchand (13:10 2ND)

PHI - Claude Giroux PPG (15) - from Jakub Voracek and Kimmo Timonen (7:55 3RD)

BOS - Jarome Iginla PPG (15) - from Torey Krug and David Krejci (8:21 3RD)

BOS - Zdeno Chara PPG (11) - from Jarome Iginla and David Krejci (9:16 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (25 saves on 26 shots: 23-12-3) LG - Steve Mason (15 saves on 19 shots: 19-13-5), Ray Emery (12 saves on 14 shots in relief of Mason)

Three Stars:

3. David Krejci (3 assists) - Boston

2. Zdeno Chara (2 goals) - Boston

1. Jarome Iginla (2 goals, 2 assists, GWG) - Boston

Washington Capitals 5, Montreal Canadiens 0 (from Montreal) - The Capitals improved to 23-21-8 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 27-20-5.

Goals:

WSH - Alexander Ovechkin (36) - from Jason Chimera and Joel Ward (1:46 2ND) *GWG*

WSH - John Erskine (1) - from Martin Erat and Troy Brouwer (3:05 2ND)

WSH - Jay Beagle (1) - from Tom Wilson and Mike Green (6:21 2ND)

WSH - John Carlson (9) - from Brooks Laich and Martin Erat (10:31 2ND)

WSH - Casey Wellman (1) - from Alexander Ovechkin and Connor Carrick (8:38 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (21 saves on 21 shots: ) LG - Carey Price (22 saves on 26 shots: ), Peter Budaj (7 saves on 8 shots in relief of Price)

Three Stars:

3. John Carlson (1 goal) - Washington

2. Alexander Ovechkin (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Washington

1. Braden Holtby (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - Washington

Tampa Bay Lighting 5, Colorado Avalanche 2 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 31-16-5 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Colordo Avalanche, dropping them to 32-14-5.

Goals:

TBL - Tyler Johnson (14) - from Victor Hedman and Ondrej Palat (7:15 2ND)

TBL - Mark Barberio (3) - from Valtteri Filppula and Alex Killorn (8:48 2ND)

TBL - Valtteri Filppula (19) - from J.T. Brown and Nikita Kucherov (18:04 2ND) *GWG*

COL - John Mitchell (5) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Tyson Barrie (18:33 2ND)

COL - Tyson Barrie (6) - from Nathan MacKinnon and P.A. Parenteau (19:03 2ND)

TBL - Tyler Johnson (15) - from Martin St. Louis and Victor Hedman (14:38 3RD)

TBL - Tyler Johnson (16 - Hat Trick) - from Victor Hedman and Sami Salo (16:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 27 shots: 26-6-4) LG - Sami Aittokallio (15 saves on 18 shots: 0-1-0), Semyon Varlamov (9 saves on 11 shots in relief of Aittokallio)

Three Stars:

3. Valtteri Filppula (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Tampa Bay

2. Victor Hedman (3 assists) - Tampa Bay

1. Tyler Johnson (3 goals) - Tampa Bay

Buffalo Sabres 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from Columbus) - The Sabres improved to 14-29-7 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 26-21-4.

Goals:

BUF - Matt Ellis (3) - from Henrik Tallinder and Ville Leino (2:21 1ST)

CBJ - Derek MacKenzie (4) - from Ryan Murray and Mark Letestu (12:53 1ST)

BUF - Christian Ehrhoff SHG (3) - unassisted (19:30 1ST)

BUF - Marcus Foligno SHG (6) - from Jamie McBain and Christian Ehrhoff (3:28 2ND) *GWG*

BUF - Steve Ott (7) - from Cody Hodgson and Christian Ehrhoff (3:51 3RD)

CBJ - Mark Letestu (7) - from Derek MacKenzie and Corey Tropp (5:21 3RD)

BUF - Cody Hodgson EN (12) - unassisted (18:09 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (36 saves on 38 shots: 13-19-3) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (7 saves on 10 shots: 17-12-2), Curtis McElhinney (10 saves on 11 shots in relief of Bobrovsky)

Three Stars:

3. Steve Ott (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

2. Ryan Miller (36 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Buffalo

1. Christian Ehrhoff (1 goal, 2 assists) - Buffalo

Winnipeg Jets 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 24-24-5 (.500) on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 27-21-6.

Goals:

WPG - Mark Scheifele (10) - from Evander Kane and Blake Wheeler (3:10 1ST)

WPG - Blake Wheeler PPG (19) - from Jacob Trouba and Ondrej Pavelec (6:34 1ST)

TOR - Dion Phaneuf PPG (5) - from Phil Kessel (6:13 2ND)

WPG - Bryan Little PPG (17) - from Tobias Enstrom and Dustin Byfuglien (7:36 2ND)

WPG - Zach Bogosian (2) - from Bryan Little and Andrew Ladd (8:13 2ND)

TOR - Troy Bodie (2) - from Nazem Kadri and Morgan Rielly (9:14 2ND)

TOR - Tim Gleason (1) - from Carter Ashton and Cody Franson (16:44 2ND)

TOR - Phil Kessel (27) - from James van Riemsdyk (18:27 3RD)

WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (12) - from Andrew Ladd and Michael Frolik (2:44 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (24 saves on 28 shots: ) LG - Jonathan Bernier (12 saves on 14 shots: ) in relief of James Reimer (15 saves on 18 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Phil Kessel (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

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

1. Dustin Byfuglien (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Winnipeg

Dallas Stars 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 24-20-8 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 36-14-2.

Goals:

DAL - Sergei Gonchar PPG (2) - from Ray Whitney and Kari Lehtonen (15:02 1ST) *GWG*

DAL - Jamie Benn PPG (19) - from Alex Goligoski and Tyler Seguin (3:13 2ND)

DAL - Rich Peverley (7) - from Shawn Horcoff (10:20 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (24 saves on 24 shots: 20-14-8) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (25 saves on 28 shots: 28-12-1)

Three Stars:

3. Jamie Benn (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Sergei Gonchar (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas

1. Kari Lehtonen (24 saves on 24 shots for the shutout, 1 assist) - Dallas

Anaheim Ducks 3, Los Angeles Kings 0 (from Los Angeles) - The Ducks improved to 39-10-5 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 29-18-6.

Goals:

ANA - Corey Perry (28) - from Ryan Getzlaf (2:45 1ST) *GWG*

ANA - Matt Beleskey (5) - from Nick Bonino and Teemu Selanne (8:12 1ST)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano EN (17) - from Kyle Palmieri (18:31 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (36 saves on 36 shots: 24-6-4) LG - Jonathan Quick (18 saves on 20 shots: 14-9-2)

Three Stars:

3. Andrew Cogliano (1 goal) - Anaheim

2. Corey Perry (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim

1. Jonas Hiller (36 saves on 36 shots for the shutout) - Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (OT) - (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 34-12-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 28-20-6.

Goals:

MIN - Matt Cooke (8) - unassisted (9:33 1ST)

MIN - Keith Ballard (1) - from Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville (4:16 2ND)

SJS - Joe Thornton (7) - from Joe Pavelski and Matt Irwin (11:12 2ND)
SJS - Patrick Marleau (22) - from Tommy Wingels and Matt Irwin (12:01 2ND)
SJS - Joe Thornton (8) - from Joe Pavelski (3:30 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (20 saves on 22 shots: 27-10-6) LG - Darcy Kuemper (29 saves on 32 shots: 5-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Irwin (2 assists) - San Jose

2. Joe Pavelski (2 assists) - San Jose

1. Joe Thornton (2 goals, OT winner) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Tyler Johnson - Johnson picked up his 1st career hat trick in the Lightning's 5-2 win over the Avs.

2. Jonas Hiller - Hiller made 36 saves in an incredible performance in the Stadium Series game, a 3-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Kings and Dodgers Stadium in LA.

1. Jarome Iginla - Iginla had a big part in the Bruins 6-1 win over the Flyers, scoring 2 goals (including the game-winner) and adding 2 assists.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Jonas Hiller has been outstanding this season, picking up his 24th win and 4th shutout of the season.
-The Kings were shutout in the first hockey game ever played at Dodger Stadium in LA.

-3 of the 5 Capitals goals tonight were the player's 1st goal of the season (Beagle, Erskine and Wellman).

-Alexander Ovechkin returned after missing 2 games and scored his league-leading 36th goal of the season.

-The Blue Jackets 8-game winning streak was snapped by the last place Buffalo Sabres.

-Jarome Iginla had his first 4-point game as a Boston Bruin.

-Kari Lehtonen picked up his league-leading 4th assist (for goalies)

-Tyler Johnson picked up his 1st career hat trick, his 14th 15th and 16th goals of the season. He is now 1 goal back of Nathan MacKinnon for the rookie lead and tied with MacKinnon for 1st in points (34).

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

San Jose Sharks - 6 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lighting - 3 game winning streak
Carolina Hurricanes - 3 game winning streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 4 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 4 game losing streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Alexander Ovechkin gets it tonight with his great hand-eye coordination leading to his 36th goal of the season: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=547537&navid=nhl:topheads

Honourable Mentions:

-Dustin Byfuglien OT goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99qeCrl7Z-s

-Claude Giroux one-time goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXiN21lUJOA

-Kevin Poulin save on Alexander Steen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJeIQ4t5Nt0

What's up next (January 26th) - There are NHL games on tap for Sunday:

1. New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils @1230PM ET (In New Jersey) {**Stadium Series**}

2. Florida Panthers vs. Detroit Red Wings @5PM ET (In Detroit)

3. Winnipeg Jets vs. Chicago Blackhawks @7PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. Nashville Predators vs. Edmonton Oilers @8PM ET (In Edmonton)

5. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Vancouver Canucks @8PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

January 24th NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 2, Washington Capitals 1 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 22-19-11 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 22-21-8.

Goals:

NJD - Stephen Gionta (3) - from Jaromir Jagr (4:57 1ST)

NJD - Adam Henrique PPG (14) - from Jaromir Jagr and Travis Zajac (1:45 2ND) *GWG*

WSH - Jason Chimera (10) - from John Erskine and Tom Wilson (10:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (30 saves on 31 shots: 9-9-7) LG - Michal Neuvirth (28 saves on 30 shots: 3-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. Adam Henrique (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

2. Jaromir Jagr (2 assists) - New Jersey

1. Cory Schneider (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - New Jersey

Detroit Red Wings 4, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 23-18-10 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 27-19-5.

Goals:

DET - Henrik Zetterberg PPG (16) - from Daniel Alfredsson and Niklas Kronwall (12:27 1ST)

DET - Riley Sheahan (2) - unassisted (11:48 2ND) *GWG*

MTL - Brendan Gallagher PPG (13) - from David Desharnais and P.K. Subban (12:56 2ND)

DET - Niklas Kronwall (6) - from Gustav Nyquist and Jonathan Ericsson (16:29 2ND)

DET - Gustav Nyquist (8) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader (18:41 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Gustavsson (30 saves on 31 shots: 13-3-2) LG - Carey Price (22 saves on 26 shots: 22-15-4)

Three Stars:

3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

2. Niklas Kronwall (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Henrik Zetterberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

Colorado Avalanche 3, Florida Panthers 2 (from Florida) - The Avalanche improved to 32-13-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 20-24-7.

Goals:

COL - Ryan O'Reilly (19) - from Matt Duchene and Nick Holden (1:34 1ST)

COL - Paul Stastny (14) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Tanguay(16:13 1ST)

COL - Jamie McGinn (11) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene (13:00 2ND) *GWG*

FLA - Scottie Upshall (8) - from Tomas Fleischmann (5:18 3RD)

FLA - Scottie Upshall (9) - from Sean Bergenheim and Tom Gilbert (18:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (34 saves on 36 shots: 25-9-5) LG - Tim Thomas (22 saves on 25 shots: 13-14-3)

Three Stars:

3. Scottie Upshall (2 goals) - Florida

2. Semyon Varlamov (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Colorado

1. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

Calgary Flames 5, Nashville Predators 4 (SO) - (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 18-27-7 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 23-22-8.

Goals:

NSH - Eric Nystrom (8) - from Gabriel Bourque and Matt Cullen (1:51 1ST)

CGY - Mark Giordano (8) - from Kris Russell and Mikael Backlund (3:23 1ST)

NSH - Eric Nystrom (9) - from Roman Josi and Shea Weber (1:50 2ND)

NSH - Eric Nystrom (10 - Hat Trick) - from Paul Gaustad and Victor Bartley (6:00 2ND)

CGY - David Jones PPG (7) - from Matt Stajan (1:24 3RD)

NSH - Eric Nystrom (11) - from Matt Cullen and Roman Josi (10:47 3RD)

CGY - Mikael Backlund PPG (9) - from Kris Russell and Lee Stempniak (12:27 3RD)

CGY - David Jones (8) - from T.J. Brodie (13:36 3RD)

Shootout winner - Sean Monahan (CGY)

Goalies:

WG - Reto Berra (12 saves on 13 shots: 6-14-2) in relief of Karri Ramo (9 saves on 12 shots) LG - Devan Dubnyk (27 saves on 31 shots: 11-18-3)

Three Stars:

3. Mikael Backlund (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

2. David Jones (2 goals) - Calgary

1. Eric Nystrom (4 goals) - Nashville

Phoenix Coyotes 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (from Edmonton) - The Coyotes improved to 24-18-9 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 15-32-6.

Goals:

PHX - Mikkel Boedker (15) - from Antoine Vermette and Lauri Korpikoski (14:17 1ST)

PHX - Radim Vrbata PPG (12) - from Martin Hanzal and Mike Ribeiro (17:10 1ST)

PHX - Derek Morris (5) - from Jeff Halpern and Rob Klinkhammer (18:19 1ST)

PHX - Mike Ribeiro (13) - from David Moss and Mike Smith (3:00 2ND) *GWG*

EDM - Matt Hendriks (3) - from Ryan Jones and Boyd Gordon (13:17 2ND)

EDM - David Perron (19) - from Corey Potter and Martin Marincin (1:50 3RD)

EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (14) - from Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall (7:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (36 saves on 39 shots: 18-15-8) LG - Ilya Bryzgalov (25 saves on 29 shots: 3-8-3)

Three Stars:

3. Derek Morris (1 goal) - Phoenix

2. Matt Hendriks (1 goal) - Edmonton

1. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Phoenix

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Ryan O'Reilly - O'Reilly scored 1 goal and added an assist in the Avs 3-2 win over the Panthers.

2. Henrik Zetterberg - The Red Wings captain scored 1 goal and added an assist in the Red Wings 4-1 win over the Canadiens.

1. Eric Nystrom - Nystrom became the 2nd 4-goal scorer of the month in the Predators 5-4 shootout loss to the Flames.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Jaromir Jagr tied Mario Lemieux for 10th alltime in career assists (1033)

-The Ducks and Kings will play the 2nd outdoor game of 2014 tomorrow night @930PM at Dodger Stadium in LA. 

-Alex Tanguay returned to the lineup after missing 36 games with a knee/hip injury.

-The Panthers have gone 12 straight games without a PP goal.

-The Capitals are 2-2 without Alexander Ovechkin in the lineup this season.

-Eric Nystrom picked up 4 goals against his former team the Calgary Flames, which also happened to be his 1st career hat trick. Nystrom is the 2nd player this season to score 4 goals in a game and have his team lose, joining Martin St. Louis. Before Nystrom and Marty, teams with a 4-goal scorer had won 45 straight games. 

-The Oilers are now 17 games behind .500 with 36 points, which is 2nd last in the NHL (last is Buffalo 33 points)

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 8 game winning streak

San Jose Sharks - 5 game winning streak

Washington Capitals - 7 game losing streak
Buffalo Sabres - 5 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Reto Berra gets it tonight with his fantastic skate save in the shootout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVQgNc24rXc

What's up next (January 25th) - There are 10 NHL games on tap for Saturday:

1. Ottawa Senators vs. Carolina Hurricanes @12PM ET (In Carolina)

2. St. Louis Blues vs. New York Islanders @1PM ET (In New York)

3. Boston Bruins vs. Philadelphia Flyers @1PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens @7PM ET (In Montreal)

5. Colorado Avalanche vs. Tampa Bay Lighting @7PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

6. Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)

7. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Winnipeg Jets @7PM ET (In Winnipeg)

8. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Dallas Stars @8PM ET (In Dallas)

9. Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings @930PM ET (In Los Angeles) {**Stadium Series**}

10. Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

January 23rd NHL Recap

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Buffalo Sabres 3 (from Buffalo) - The Hurricanes improved to 22-19-9 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 13-29-7.

Goals:

BUF - Cody Hodgson (11) - from Steve Ott (10:15 1ST)

CAR - Jeff Skinner (22) - unassisted (12:28 1ST)

BUF - Brian Flynn (4) - from Phil Varone and Marcus Foligno (3:20 2ND)

CAR - Alexander Semin (11) - from Andrej Sekera and Justin Faulk (13:11 2ND)

BUF - Tyler Ennis (11) - from Drew Stafford and Zenon Konopka (0:48 3RD)

CAR - Alexander Semin (12) - from Eric Staal and Jiri Tlusty (7:25 3RD)

CAR - Andrej Sekera (8) - from Tuomo Ruutu and Mike Komisarek (9:50 3RD) *GWG*

CAR - Jiri Tlusty EN (8) - from Andrej Sekera (19:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (26 saves on 29 shots: 9-3-0) LG - Jhonas Enroth (28 saves on 32 shots: 1-10-4)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Ennis (1 goal) - Buffalo

2. Alexander Semin (2 goals) - Carolina

1. Andrej Sekera (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Carolina

St. Louis Blues 2, New York Rangers 1 (from New York) - The Blues improved to 34-11-5 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 27-23-3.

Goals:

STL - Alexander Steen (26) - from Jaden Schwartz and David Backes (8:38 1ST)

NYR - Rick Nash (17) - from Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh (18:17 2ND)

STL - Kevin Shattenkirk PPG (8) - from Alex Pietrangelo and David Backes (3:09 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (34 saves on 35 shots: 21-7-3) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (23 saves on 25 shots: 17-18-3)

Three Stars:

3. Rick Nash (1 goal) - New York

2. Kevin Shattenkirk (1 goal, GWG) - St. Louis

1. Jaroslav Halak (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - St. Louis

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 26-20-4 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 25-21-6.

Goals:

CBJ - Jack Johnson (3) - unassisted (8:20 1ST)

PHI - Brayden Schenn (14) - unassisted (1:56 2ND)

PHI - Vincent Lecavalier PPG (11) - from Mark Streit and Andrej Meszaros (7:21 2ND)

CBJ - Derek MacKenzie (3) - from Artem Anisimov and Corey Tropp (11:24 2ND)

CBJ - Matt Calvert PPG (6) - from James Wisniewski and Brandon Dubinsky (16:13 2ND) *GWG*

CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (11) - from Matt Calvert and Fedor Tyutin (3:29 3RD)

CBJ - Nathan Horton (4) - from Ryan Murray (6:54 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (26 saves on 28 shots: 17-11-2) LG - Ray Emery (34 saves on 39 shots: 6-9-1)

Three Stars:

3. Jack Johnson (1 goal) - Columbus

2. Brandon Dubinsky (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

1. Matt Calvert (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Columbus

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (SO) - (from Tampa Bay) - The Lighting improved to 30-16-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 22-19-10.

Goals:

TBL - Tyler Johnson SHG (13) - from Victor Hedman (14:32 1ST)

OTT - Erik Karlsson PPG (12) - from Clarke MacArthur and Jason Spezza (15:12 1ST)

TBL - B.J. Crombeen (2) - from Victor Hedman and Valtteri Filppula (3:30 2ND)

OTT - Clarke MacArthur PPG (18) - from Jason Spezza and Bobby Ryan (16:57 2ND)

TBL - Ondrej Palat (11) - from Martin St. Louis and Victor Hedman (5:31 3RD)

OTT - Chris Neil (6) - from Zack Smith and Erik Karlsson (17:42 3RD)

Shootout winner - Nikita Kucherov (TBL)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (33 saves on 36 shots: 25-6-4) LG - Craig Anderson (35 saves on 38 shots: 16-10-7)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Johnson (1 goal) - Tampa Bay

2. Erik Karlsson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

1. Victor Hedman (3 assists) - Tampa Bay

Pittsburgh Penguins 6, New York Islanders 4 (from New York) - The Penguins improved to 36-13-2 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 21-25-7.

Goals:

NYI - Michael Grabner (8) - from Thomas Hickey (1:39 1ST)

NYI - Brock Nelson (9) - from Michael Grabner (8:21 1ST)

PIT - Chris Kunitz (25) - from Sidney Crosby and Olli Maatta (9:32 1ST)

PIT - Sidney Crosby (27) - from Chris Kunitz and Matt Niskanen (11:24 1ST)

PIT - Olli Maatta (5) - from Chris Kunitz and Matt Niskanen (5:35 2ND)

PIT - Kris Letang PPG (10) - from Sidney Crosby and James Neal (17:44 2ND)

NYI - Josh Bailey (5) - from Peter Regin and Frans Nielsen (3:10 3RD)

PIT - Evgeni Malkin (14) - from James Neal (5:59 3RD) *GWG*

NYI - Kyle Okposo (21) - from John Tavares and Matt Donovan (10:55 3RD)

PIT - Brandon Sutter EN (9) - unassisted (19:56 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jeff Zatkoff (30 saves on 34 shots: 8-2-1) LG - Kevin Poulin (23 saves on 28 shots: 11-15-0)

Three Stars:

3. Michael Grabner (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

2. Chris Kunitz (1 goal, 2 assists) - Pittsburgh

1. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, 2 assists) - Pittsburgh

Minnesota Wild 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 28-20-5 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 32-9-12.

Goals:

MIN - Jason Pominville (20) - from Mikael Granlund and Dany Heatley (8:08 1ST)

MIN - Matt Cooke (7) - from Justin Fontaine and Kyle Brodziak (15:31 1ST) *GWG*

CHI - Patrick Kane (24) - from Nick Leddy and Patrick Sharp (19:28 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Darcy Kuemper (33 saves on 34 shots: 5-3-0) LG - Antti Raanta (17 saves on 19 shots: 12-2-3)

Three Stars:

3. Jason Pominville (1 goal) - Minnesota

2. Matt Cooke (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Darcy Kuemper (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Minnesota

Dallas Stars 7, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 23-20-8 on the season thanks to a 7-1 rout of the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 27-21-5.

Goals:

DAL - Jamie Benn (18) - from Tyler Seguin and Valeri Nichushkin (7:09 1ST)

TOR - Nikolai Kulemin (7) - from Carl Gunnarsson and Nazem Kadri (7:39 1ST)

DAL - Cody Eakin (12) - from Alex Goligoski (15:47 1ST) *GWG*

DAL - Valeri Nichushkin (10) - from Jamie Benn and Sergei Gonchar (6:36 2ND)

DAL - Shawn Horcoff PPG (6) - from Sergei Gonchar and Kari Lehtonen (8:33 2ND)

DAL - Rich Peverley SHG (6) - from Jamie Benn and Jordie Benn (11:37 2ND)

DAL - Trevor Daley (3) - from Alex Goligoski and Cody Eakin (15:23 2ND)

DAL - Valeri Nichushkin (11) - from Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn (2:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (24 saves on 25 shots: 19-14-8) LG - Jonathan Bernier (10 saves on 13 shots: 17-15-4), James Reimer (11 saves on 15 shots in relief of Bernier)

Three Stars:

3. Cody Eakin (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Dallas

2. Valeri Nichushkin (2 goals, 1 assist) - Dallas

1. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 3 assists) - Dallas

Nashville Predators 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Vancouver) - The Predators improved to 23-22-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 26-17-9.

Goals:

VAN - Chris Higgins (13) - from Dale Weise and Chris Tanev (9:09 2ND)

NSH - Craig Smith (16) - from Nick Spaling (3:28 3RD)

NSH - Nick Spaling PPG (9) - from Seth Jones and Matt Cullen (12:38 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (33 saves on 34 shots: 11-7-2) LG - Roberto Luongo (24 saves on 26 shots: 18-11-6)

Three Stars:

3. Chris Higgins (1 goal) - Vancouver

2. Nick Spaling (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

1. Carter Hutton (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Nashville

Anaheim Ducks 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 38-10-5 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 29-17-6.

Goals:

LAK - Anze Kopitar (14) - from Trevor Lewis and Dwight King (3:13 1ST)

ANA - Dustin Penner PPG (12) - from Corey Perry and Nick Bonino (13:51 2ND)

ANA - Pat Maroon (4) - from Mark Fistric (17:53 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (30 saves on 31 shots: 13-2-0) LG - Jonathan Quick (19 saves on 21 shots: 14-8-2)

Three Stars:

3. Anze Kopitar (1 goal) - Los Angeles

2. Pat Maroon (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim)

1. Frederik Andersen (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 1, Winnipeg Jets 0 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 33-12-6 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 23-24-5.

Goals:

SJS - Joe Pavelski (28) - from Justin Braun (6:48 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Alex Stalock (20 saves on 20 shots: 7-2-0) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (31 saves on 32 shots: 15-20-4)

Three Stars:

3. Ondrej Pavelec (31 saves on 32 shots) - Winnipeg

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

1. Alex Stalock (20 saves on 20 shots for the shutout) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Andrej Sekera - Sekera scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Hurricanes 5-3 win over the Sabres.

2. Sidney Crosby - Crosby scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Penguins 6-4 win over the Islanders.

1. Jamie Benn - Benn scored 1 goal and added 3 assists in the Stars 7-1 rout of the Leafs.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-The Blue Jackets extended their franchise record winning streak to 8 games.

-The Leafs sseason high 6-game winning streak came to a halt at the hands the Dallas Stars.

-Patrick Kane scored his 1st goal since December 28th, ending an 11-game goal-less streak.

-Jamie Benn picked up 4 points in a game for the 2nd time this season.

-Sidney Crosby had 9th game of the season with 3 (or more) points.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 8 game winning streak

San Jose Sharks - 5 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 5 game losing streak
Washington Capitals - 4 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Nathan Horton gets it with this beautiful deke and goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7i5MywTr_s

What's up next (January 24th) - There are 5 NHL games on tap for Friday: 

1. Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings @730PM ET (In Detroit)

3. Colorado Avalanche vs. Florida Panthers @730PM ET (In Florida)

4. Nashville Predators vs. Calgary Flames @9PM ET (In Calgary)

5. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

January 22nd NHL Recap

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (from Philadelphia) - The Hurricanes improved to 21-19-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 25-20-6.

Goals:

CAR - Alexander Semin (10) - from Eric Staal and Jiri Tlusty (11:57 1ST)

CAR - Nathan Gerbe (10) - unassisted (13:38 2ND)

PHI - Claude Giroux (14) - from Jakub Voracek and Michael Raffl (19:25 2ND)

PHI - Scott Hartnell PPG (12) - from Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux (3:00 3RD)

CAR - Jiri Tlusty (7) - from Andrej Sekera and Justin Faulk (13:50 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (22 saves on 24 shots: 8-3-0) LG - Steve Mason (29 saves on 32 shots: 19-12-5)

Three Stars:

3. Nathan Gerbe (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Claude Giroux (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

1. Jiri Tlusty (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Carolina

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 35-13-2 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 27-18-5.

Goals:

PIT - Jussi Jokinen (14) - from Evgeni Malkin and Matt Niskanen (8:48 1ST)

PIT - Taylor Pyatt PPG (2) - from Matt Niskanen and Paul Martin (16:25 1ST) *GWG*

MTL - Rene Bourque (7) - from Daniel Briere and Brandon Prust (17:40 1ST)

PIT - Jussi Jokinen (15) - from Olli Maatta and James Neal (5:46 2ND)

PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (26) - from Kris Letang and Chris Kunitz (11:43 2ND)

PIT - Evgeni Malkin (13) - from Rob Scuderi and Brooks Orpik (15:03 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (23 saves on 24 shots: 28-11-1) LG - Carey Price (16 saves on 21 shots: 22-14-4), Peter Budaj (10 saves on 10 shots in relief of Price)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Niskanen (2 assists) - Pittsburgh

2. Evgeni Malkin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

1. Jussi Jokinen (2 goals) - Pittsburgh

Detroit Red Wings 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4 (SO) - (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 22-18-10 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 32-8-12.

Goals:

CHI - Marian Hossa (21) - from Jonathan Toews and Johnny Oduya (8:41 1ST)

CHI - Andrew Shaw (14) - from Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad (10:26 1ST)

DET - Tomas Tatar (11) - from Brendan Smith and Tomas Jurco (11:14 1ST)

DET - Patrick Eaves (2) - from Justin Abdelkader and Henrik Zetterberg (17:40 1ST)

CHI - Patrick Sharp PPG (26) - from Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane (5:03 2ND)

DET - Kyle Quincey (3) - from Gustav Nyquist and Henrik Zetterberg (6:20 2ND) 

DET - Gustav Nyquist (7) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader (11:14 2ND)

CHI - Marcus Kruger (5) - unassisted (5:12 3RD)

Shootout winner - Darren Helm (DET)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Gustavsson (31 saves on 35 shots: 12-3-2) LG - Corey Crawford (27 saves on 31 shots: 19-7-8)

Three Stars:

3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

2. Patrick Kane (2 assists) - Chicago

1. Henrik Zetterberg (3 assists) - Detroit

Calgary Flames 3, Phoenix Coyotes 2 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 17-27-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 23-18-9.

Goals:

CGY - Sean Monahan (14) - from T.J. Galiardi and Joe Colborne (11:44 1ST)

CGY - Lance Bouma (4) - from T.J. Brodie and Karri Ramo (8:48 2ND)

PHX - Antoine Vermette SHG (15) - from Lauri Korpikoski and Michael Stone (12:27 2ND)

CGY - Matt Stajan (8) - from Mark Giordano and David Jones (16:01 2ND) *GWG*

PHX - Shane Doan (14) - from Keith Yandle and Mike Ribeiro (6:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Karri Ramo (30 saves on 32 shots: 9-10-4) LG - Mike Smith (23 saves on 26 shots: 17-16-8)

Three Stars:

3. Shane Doan (1 goal) - Phoenix

2. Sean Monahan (1 goal) - Calgary

1. Karri Ramo (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Calgary

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jiri Tlusty - Tlusty had 1 goal (the game-winner) and 1 assist in the Hurricanes 3-2 win over the Flyers.

2. Jussi Jokinen - Jokinen scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season in the Penguins 5-1 win over the Canadiens

1. Henrik Zetterberg - The Red Wings captain had 3 assists in the Red Wings 5-4 shootout win over the Hawks. 

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 7 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 6 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 4 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 4 game losing streak
Washington Capitals - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Nathan Gerbe gets it tonight with his highlight-reel between the legs goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wndie9VVzRc

What's up next (January 23rd) - There are 10 NHL games on tap for Thursday:

1. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo) 

2. St. Louis Blues vs. New York Rangers @7PM ET (In New York)

3. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)

4. Ottawa Senators vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @730PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

5. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Islanders @730PM ET (In New York)

6. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Minnesota Wild @8PM ET (In Minnesota)

7. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Dallas Stars @8PM ET (In Dallas)

8. Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver Canucks @10PM ET (In Vancouver)

9. Los Angeles Kings vs. Anaheim Ducks @10PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

10. Winnipeg Jets vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff