Buffalo Sabres 2, Phoenix Coyotes 1 (OT) - (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 10-24-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 19-10-7.
Goals:
PHX - Martin Hanzal (10) - from Connor Murphy and Tim Kennedy (0:19 2ND)
BUF - Tyler Ennis (8) - from Zemgus Girgensons (14:01 3RD)
BUF - Mark Pysyk (1) - from Matt Moulson and Christian Ehrhoff (3:47 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (36 saves on 37 shots: 9-17-0) LG - Mike Smith (30 saves on 32 shots: 15-8-7)
Three Stars:
3. Martin Hanzal (1 goal) - Phoenix
2. Mark Pysyk (1 goal, OT winner) - Buffalo
1. Ryan Miller (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Buffalo
New York Rangers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (SO) - (From New York) - The Rangers improved to 18-18-2 (.500) on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 18-16-5.
Goals:
NYR - J.T. Miller (2) - from Chris Kreider and Benoit Pouliot (7:04 3RD)
TOR - Nazem Kadri (11) - from David Clarkson and Morgan Rielly (18:36 3RD)
Shootout winner - Derek Stepan (NYR)
Goalies:
WG - Cam Talbot (25 saves on 26 shots: 8-2-0) LG - Jonathan Bernier (42 saves on 43 shots: 10-11-4)
Three Stars:
3. Derek Stepan (shootout winner) - New York
2. Jonathan Bernier (42 saves on 43 shots) - Toronto
1. Cam Talbot (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - New York
Anaheim Ducks 3, Washington Capitals 2 (from Washington) - The Ducks improved to 27-7-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 19-14-4.
Goals:
WSH - Mikhail Grabovski (11) - from Troy Brouwer and Eric Fehr (7:21 1ST)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom PPG (9) - from John Carlson and Troy Brouwer (11:37 1ST)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (10) - from Saku Koivu and Hampus Lindholm (17:15 1ST)
ANA - Saku Koivu (5) - from Ben Lovejoy and Andrew Cogliano (19:33 2ND)
ANA - Hampus Lindholm (3) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry (14:24 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Hiller (17 saves on 19 shots: 16-4-4) LG - Philipp Grubauer (26 saves on 29 shots: 4-1-1)
Three Stars:
3. Saku Koivu (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim
2. Nicklas Backstrom (1 goal) - Washington
1. Hampus Lindholm (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Anaheim
Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (from Carolina) - The Blue Jackets improved to 16-17-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 14-15-8.
Goals:
CBJ - Artem Anisimov (10) - from Cam Atkinson and Brandon Dubinsky (9:45 1ST)
CAR - Jeff Skinner PPG (13) - from Eric Staal (18:49 1ST)
CBJ - Corey Tropp (1) - from Mark Letestu and Boone Jenner (15:39 2ND)
CAR - Jeff Skinner PPG (14) - from Alexander Semin and Jordan Staal (16:25 2ND)
CAR - Alexander Semin (4) - from Jordan Staal and Nathan Gerbe (9:06 3RD)
CBJ - Ryan Johansen (15) - from Nick Foligno and Mark Letestu (15:58 3RD)
CBJ - Jack Skille (4) - from Artem Anisimov and James Wisniewski (17:26 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Mike McKenna (30 saves on 33 shots: 1-1-1) LG - Justin Peters (21 saves on 25 shots: 7-9-3)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Johansen (1 goal) - Columbus
2. Jeff Skinner (2 goals) - Carolina
1. Artem Anisimov (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus
Ottawa Senators 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 15-17-7 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 27-11-1.
Goals:
OTT - Zack Smith (7) - from Cody Ceci and Colin Greening (6:54 1ST) *GWG*
OTT - Bobby Ryan PPG (17) - from Chris Phillips and Erik Karlsson (5:46 2ND)
OTT - Erik Karlsson (10) - from Clarke MacArthur (1:36 3RD)
OTT - Kyle Turris (9) - from Erik Karlsson and Clarke MacArthur (12:42 3RD)
OTT - Cory Conacher (3) - from Jason Spezza and Marc Methot (14:02 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Craig Anderson (27 saves on 27 shots: 10-9-4) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (24 saves on 29 shots: 21-9-1)
Three Stars:
3. Clarke MacArthur (2 assists) - Ottawa
2. Craig Anderson (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - Ottawa
1. Erik Karlsson (1 goal, 2 assists) - Ottawa
New York Islanders 3, Detroit Red Wings 0 (from Detroit) - The Islanders improved to 11-20-7 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 17-13-9.
Goals:
NYI - Kyle Okposo (12) - from John Tavares and Thomas Vanek (10:57 1ST) *GWG*
NYI - Michael Grabner (5) - from Josh Bailey and Frans Nielsen (15:07 1ST)
NYI - Casey Cizikas (4) - from Matt Martin and Colin MacDonald (16:55 1ST)
Goalies:
WG - Evgeni Nabokov (23 saves on 23 shots: 7-6-5) LG - Petr Mrazek (16 saves on 19 shots: 1-2-0)
Three Stars:
3. John Tavares (1 assists) - New York
2. Kyle Okposo (1 goal, GWG) - New York
1. Evgeni Nabokov (23 saves on 23 shots for the shutout) - New York
Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Florida Panthers 1 (from Florida) - The Lightning improved 23-11-3 on the season thanks to a 6-1 rout of the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 14-19-5.
Goals:
FLA - Sean Bergenheim PPG (5) - from Aleksander Barkov (18:56 1ST)
TBL - Alex Killorn (9) - from Valtteri Filppula and Victor Hedman (19:15 1ST)
TBL - Tyler Johnson (9) - from Victor Hedman and Martin St. Louis (3:22 2ND) *GWG*
TBL - Valtteri Filppula PPG (13) - from Teddy Purcell and Martin St. Louis (8:01 2ND)
TBL - Martin St. Louis (16) - from Ondrej Palat (12:07 2ND)
TBL - J.T. Brown (3) - from Nikita Kucherov and Jean-Philippe Cote (3:40 3RD)
TBL - J.T. Brown (4) - from Nikita Kucherov (13:36 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (28 saves on 29 shots: 20-5-2) LG - Scott Clemmensen (30 saves on 36 shots: 4-3-1)
Three Stars:
3. Ben Bishop (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay
2. Valtteri Filppula (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay
1. Martin St. Louis (1 goal, 2 assists) - Tampa Bay
Philadelphia Flyers 4, Minnesota Wild 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 17-16-4 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 20-14-5.
Goals:
PHI - Luke Schenn (3) - from Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds (1:52 1ST)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds PPG (9) - from Jakub Voracek and Claude Giroux (10:51 1ST) *GWG*
MIN - Mikael Granlund PPG (3) - from Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter (16:43 1ST)
PHI - Claude Giroux (10) - from Braydon Coburn and Jakub Voracek (7:46 2ND)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds EN (10) - from from Brayden Schenn and Nicklas Grossmann (19:03 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Steve Mason (26 saves on 27 shots: 14-9-4) LG - Niklas Backstrom (27 saves on 30 shots: 2-8-2)
Three Stars:
3. Jakub Voracek (2 assists) - Philadelphia
2. Claude Giroux (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia
1. Wayne Simmonds (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Philadelphia
Chicago Blackhawks 5, New Jersey Devils 2 (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 26-7-6 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 15-16-7
Goals:
CHI - Patrick Sharp (17) - from Marian Hossa and Jonathan Toews (12:59 1ST)
NJD - Stephen Gionta (2) - from Jon Merill and Jacob Josefson (5:37 2ND)
CHI - Patrick Kane (22) - from Nick Leddy and Kris Versteeg (7:57 2ND)
CHI - Bryan Bickell (6) - from Brandon Saad and Duncan Keith (12:27 2ND) *GWG*
NJD - Michael Ryder (11) - unassisted (0:59 3RD)
CHI - Patrick Sharp (18) - from Marian Hossa and Brent Seabrook (5:54 3RD)
CHI - Nick Leddy PPG (5) - from Brent Seabrook and Brandon Saad (12:59 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Raanta (10 saves on 12 shots: 8-1-2) LG - Cory Schneider (32 saves on 37 shots: 4-8-5)
Three Stars:
3. Marian Hossa (2 assists) - Chicago
2. Nick Leddy (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago
1. Patrick Sharp (2 goals) - Chicago
Boston Bruins 6, Nashville Predators 2 (from Nashville) - The Bruins improved to 25-10-2 on the season thanks to a 6-2 rout of the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 16-17-4.
Goals:
BOS - Jarome Iginla (9) - from Zdeno Chara and Milan Lucic (1:16 1ST)
BOS - Matt Fraser (1) - from Carl Soderberg and Ryan Spooner (5:59 1ST)
BOS - Reilly Smith PPG (12) - from Carl Soderberg and Ryan Spooner (10:47 1ST) *GWG*
NSH - Craig Smith PPG (9) - from Seth Jones and Ryan Ellis (11:35 2ND)
NSH - Craig Smith (10) - from Nick Spaling and Shea Weber (3:25 3RD)
BOS - Jarome Iginla PPG (10) - from David Krejci and Torey Krug (5:01 3RD)
BOS - Carl Soderberg PPG (5) - from Ryan Spooner and Reilly Smith (5:50 3RD)
BOS - Brad Marchand (8) - from Reilly Smith (15:54 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (32 saves on 34 shots: 19-8-2) LG - Marek Mazenec (25 saves on 29 shots: 5-8-1) in relief of Carter Hutton (2 saves on 4 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Spooner (3 assists) - Boston
2. Carl Soderberg (1 goal, 2 assists) - Boston
1. Jarome Iginla (2 goals) - Boston
Calgary Flames 4, St. Louis Blues 3 (SO) - (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 14-17-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 24-7-5.
Goals:
STL - Kevin Shattenkirk PPG (5) - from Brenden Morrow and Chris Stewart (7:23 1ST)
CGY - Jiri Hudler PPG (11) - from Mikael Backlund and Mark Giordano (12:06 2ND)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (11) - from Jay Bouwmeester and Vladimir Tarasenko (13:49 2ND)
STL - Magnus Paajarvi (3) - from Maxim Lapierre and Adam Cracknell (14:33 2ND)
CGY - Mike Cammalleri (12) - from Paul Byron and Mikael Backlund (11:05 3RD)
CGY - Mark Giordano PPG (5) - from Jiri Hudler and Mike Cammalleri (19:55 3RD)
Shootout winner - Joe Colborne (CGY)
Goalies:
WG - Reto Berra (32 saves on 35 shots: 5-8-2) LG - Jaroslav Halak (26 saves on 29 shots: 17-6-3)
Three Stars:
3. Mark Giordano (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary
2. Jaden Schwartz (1 goal) - St. Louis
1. Mike Cammalleri (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary
Edmonton Oilers 6, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Edmonton) - The Oilers improved to 12-24-3 on the season thanks to a 6-2 rout of the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 16-18-5.
Goals:
EDM - Jordan Eberle PPG (12) - from Ales Hemsky and Andrew Ference (8:40 1ST)
WPG - Mark Stuart (2) - from Olli Jokinen and Devin Setoguchi (11:20 1ST)
EDM - Sam Gagner (5) - from Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz (16:07 1ST)
WPG - Andrew Ladd PPG (9) - from Dustin Byfuglien and Bryan Little (9:08 2ND)
EDM - David Perron (15) - from Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16:40 2ND) *GWG*
EDM - Jeff Petry (3) - from Nail Yakupov and David Perron (4:28 3RD)
EDM - Taylor Hall PPG (14) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (8:34 3RD)
EDM - Nail Yakupov (6) - from Taylor Hall (16:16 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ilya Bryzgalov (18 saves on 20 shots: 2-4-0) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (24 saves on 30 shots: 11-16-4)
Three Stars:
3. Jordan Eberle (1 goal, 1 assist) - Edmonton
2. David Perron (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Edmonton
1. Taylor Hall (1 goal, 2 assists) - Edmonton
Dallas Stars 5, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from Los Angeles) - The Stars improved to 18-12-6 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 25-9-4.
Goals:
LAK - Justin Williams (13) - from Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty (2:28 1ST)
DAL - Tyler Seguin (19) - from Jamie Benn and Maxime Fortunus (3:48 1ST)
DAL - Jamie Benn (11) - unassisted (6:10 1ST)
LAK - Jarret Stoll (5) - from Justin Williams and Trevor Lewis (16:48 1ST)
DAL - Valeri Nichushkin PPG (7) - from Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn (5:07 2ND) *GWG*
DAL - Cody Eakin (8) - from Ryan Garbutt (15:12 3RD)
DAL - Shawn Horcoff EN (4) - unassisted (18:51 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Kari Lehtonen (30 saves on 32 shots: 14-8-6) LG - Martin Jones (19 saves on 23 shots: 8-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Justin Williams (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles
2. Tyler Seguin (1 goal, 1 assst) - Dallas
1. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 2 assists) - Dallas
San Jose Sharks 5, Colorado Avalanche 4 (SO) - (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 23-8-6 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 23-10-3
Goals:
COL - Nathan MacKinnon PPG (8) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Erik Johnson (11:05 1ST)
SJS - Jason Demers PPG (2) - from Joe Thornton and Brent Burns (13:59 1ST)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (10) - from Paul Stastny and P.A. Parenteau (19:11 1ST)
SJS - Brent Burns (10) - from Joe Thornton and Matt Irwin (5:53 2ND)
SJS - Matt Irwin PPG (2) - from Dan Boyle and Tommy Wingels (13:02 2ND)
COL - Erik Johnson (6) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene (18:09 3RD)
COL - Jamie McGinn (6) - from John Mitchell and Max Talbot (18:21 3RD)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (15) - from Joe Thornton and Brent Burns (19:40 3RD)
Shootout winner - Joe Pavelski (SJS)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Niemi (29 saves on 33 shots: 19-7-6) LG - Semyon Varlamov (41 saves on 45 shots: 16-8-3)
Three Stars:
3. Erik Johnson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado
2. Brent Burns (1 goal, 2 assists) - San Jose
1. Joe Thornton (3 assists) - San Jose
Three Stars of the Night:
3. Taylor Hall - Hall had 1 goal and 2 assists in the Oilers 6-2 win over the Jets.
2. Martin St. Louis - Marty had 1 goal and 2 assists in the Lightning's 6-1 rout of the Panthers.
1. Wayne Simmonds - Simmonds had 2 goals (including the GWG) and added an assist in the Flyers 4-1 win over the Wild.
Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Rare moment in the Sharks/Avs game, both teams pulled their goalie in the last 2 minutes of the 3rd and both teams scored goals with their goalies pulled
-Mark Pysyk's OT goal was one of the weirdest goals of the season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aBnQ-jA3tE
-Martin Jones finally lost his first game after starting his NHL career 8-0.
-Stars D Maxime Fortunus picked up his 1st NHL point.
Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Anaheim Ducks (9-game winning streak)
Tampa Bay Lightning (5-game winning streak)
Minnesota Wild (3-game losing streak)
The NHL is on a break for December 24th, 25th and 26th. Here is December 27th Schedule:
1. Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins @7PM ET (In Boston)
2. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)
3. New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitals @7PM ET (In Washington)
4. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Carolina Hurricanes @7PM ET (In Carolina)
5. Buffalo Sabres vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @730PM ET (In Toronto)
6. Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago Blackhawks @8PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
7. Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets @8PM ET (In Winnipeg)
8. Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars @830PM ET (In Dallas)
9. Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames @9PM ET (In Calgary)
10. San Jose Sharks vs. Phoenix Coyotes @9PM ET (In Phoenix)
-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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