December 30th NHL Recap

Montreal Canadiens 2, Florida Panthers 1 (SO) - (from Florida) - The Canadiens improved to 24-11-2 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 16-9-9

Goals:

MTL - Brendan Gallagher (11) - from Lars Eller and Nathan Beaulieu (18:54 2ND)

FLA - Nick Bjugstad (13) - from Aaron Ekblad and Jonathan Huberdeau (18:11 3RD)

Shootout winner - P.A. Parenteau (MTL)

Goalies:

WG - Dustin Tokarski (36 saves on 37 shots: 4-2-1) LG - Roberto Luongo (33 saves on 34 shots: 14-7-7)

Three Stars:

3. P.A. Parenteau (shootout winner) - Montreal

2. Roberto Luongo (33 saves on 34 shots) - Florida

1. Dustin Tokarski (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Montreal

Nashville Predators 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 24-9-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 22-12-3.

Goals:

NSH - Shea Weber (7) - from Olli Jokinen and Gabriel Bourque (18:05 1ST)

STL - Chris Butler (2) - from David Backes (0:50 2ND)

STL - T.J. Oshie (6) - from David Backes and Alex Steen (14:39 2ND)

NSH - Gabriel Bourque (2) - from Olli Jokinen and Paul Gaustad (16:06 2ND)

NSH - Shea Weber SHG (8) - from Roman Josi (9:02 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (26 saves on 28 shots: 24-6-2) LG - Brian Elliott (44 saves on 47 shots: 8-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. Olli Jokinen (2 assists) - Nashville

2. Gabriel Bourque (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

1. Shea Weber (2 goals, GWG) - Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (SO) - (from Edmonton) - The Oilers improved to 8-22-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 18-12-8.

Goals:

EDM - Matt Hendricks (3) - from Derek Roy and Oscar Klefbom (4:37 1ST)

EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (11) - from Taylor Hall (9:32 2ND)

LAK - Drew Doughty (4) - from Jeff Carter (10:02 3RD)

LAK - Jake Muzzin PPG (5) - from Marian Gaborik and Anze Kopitar (17:35 3RD)

Shootout winner - David Perron (EDM)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Scrivens (37 saves on 39 shots: 6-13-5) LG - Jonathan Quick (19 saves on 21 shots: 15-9-7)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Hendricks (1 goal) - Edmonton

2. Drew Doughty (1 goal) - Los Angeles

1. Ben Scrivens (37 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 3, San Jose Sharks 1 (from San Jose) - The Canucks improved to 21-11-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 19-13-5.

Goals:

VAN - Bo Horvat (2) - from Derek Dorsett and Ryan Stanton (3:08 1ST)

VAN - Jannik Hansen (9) - from Alex Edler and Brad Richardson (3:05 2ND) *GWG*

SJS - Joe Thornton (9) - Penalty Shot (4:36 2ND)

VAN - Radim Vrbata (14) - from Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin (7:09 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (31 saves on 32 shots: 19-7-1) LG - Alex Stalock (18 saves on 21 shots: 4-4-1)

Three Stars:

3. Joe Thornton (1 goal) - San Jose

2. Radim Vrbata (1 goal) - Vancouver

1. Ryan Miller (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Vancouver

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

Montreal Canadiens - 4 game winning streak 

Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 9 game losing streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Wednesday December 31st: There are 11 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. New York Islanders vs. Winnipeg Jets at 5:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo Sabres at 6:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

3. New York Rangers vs. Florida Panthers at 6:00 PM ET (In Florida)

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

5. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

6. Minnesota Wild vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

7. New Jersey Devils vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)

8. San Jose Sharks vs. Anaheim Ducks at 8:00 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

9. Arizona Coyotes vs. Dallas Stars at 8:00 PM ET (In Dallas)

10. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

11. Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames at 9:30 PM ET (In Calgary)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

December 29th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 5, Detroit Red Wings 2 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 19-15-3 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 19-9-9. 

Goals:

BOS - Reilly Smith (9) - from Dougie Hamilton (2:44 1ST)

DET - Justin Abdelkader (9) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall (11:21 1ST)

BOS - Gregory Campbell (4) - from Torey Krug and Carl Soderberg (16:12 1ST)

BOS - Carl Soderberg (7) - from Loui Eriksson and Kevan Miller (17:25 1ST) *GWG*

DET - Tomas Tatar PPG (15) - from Danny DeKeyser and Stephen Weiss (15:10 2ND)

BOS - Seth Griffith PPG (6) - from David Krejci (5:11 3RD)

BOS - Chris Kelly EN (4) - from Carl Soderberg and Loui Eriksson (17:34 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (28 saves on 30 shots: 15-10-3) LG - Jimmy Howard (40 saves on 44 shots: 14-6-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Tomas Tatar (1 goal) - Detroit

2. Reilly Smith (1 goal) - Boston

1. Carl Soderberg (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Boston

New Jersey Devils 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 13-18-7 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 22-9-5. 

Goals:

PIT - Sidney Crosby (11) - from Chris Kunitz and Derrick Pouliot (14:37 1ST)

NJD - Travis Zajac PPG (5) - from Dainius Zubrus and Marek Zidlicky (5:33 2ND)

NJD - Jaromir Jagr (6) - from Jon Merill (18:40 2ND) *GWG*

NJD - Adam Henrique (10) - from Travis Zajac (5:32 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (27 saves on 28 shots: 12-17-4) LG - Marc-Ande Fleury (24 saves on 27 shots: 19-6-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Sidney Crosby (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

2. Travis Zajac (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey

1. Jaromir Jagr (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

New York Islanders 4, Washington Capitals 3 (OT) - (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 24-11-1 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 18-11-7. 

Goals:

NYI - Anders Lee (8) - from Thomas Hickey and Ryan Strome (8:15 1ST)

NYI - Lubomir Visnovsky PPG (3) - from Frans Nielsen and Mikhail Grabovski (10:06 2ND)

NYI - Calvin de Haan SHG (1) - from John Tavares and Nikolay Kulemin (1:41 3RD)

WSH - Eric Fehr (10) - from Brooks Laich and Jack Hillen (4:40 3RD)

WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (12) - from Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green (6:29 3RD)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin (17) - from Nicklas Backstrom (17:19 3RD)

NYI - Johnny Boychuk PPG (3) - from Ryan Strome and Kyle Okposo (2:53 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (23 saves on 26 shots: 19-6-0) LG - Braden Holtby (35 saves on 39 shots: 16-8-6) 

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Strome (2 assists) - New York

2. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

1. Johnny Boychuk (1 goal, OT winner) - New York

Montreal Canadiens 3, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Carolina) - The Canadiens improved to 23-11-2 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 10-22-4.

Goals:

MTL - Jiri Sekac (7) - unassisted (6:45 2ND)

MTL - Lars Eller (8) - from Dale Weise and Sergei Gonchar (18:45 2ND) *GWG*

CAR - Eric Staal PPG (8) - from Jiri Tlusty and Jordan Staal (2:59 3RD)

MTL - Max Pacioretty EN (14) - from Brandon Prust (19:37 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (28 saves on 29 shots: 20-9-1) LG - Cam Ward (16 saves on 18 shots: 9-14-2)

Three Stars:

3. Eric Staal (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Jiri Sekac (1 goal) - Montreal

1. Carey Price (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Montreal

Ottawa Senators 5, Buffalo Sabres 2 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 15-14-7 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-20-3. 

Goals:

OTT - Bobby Ryan (8) - from Kyle Turris and Erik Karlsson (18:24 1ST)

BUF - Mark Pysyk (1) - from Chris Stewart (1:53 2ND)

BUF - Zemgus Girgensons (11) - from Matt Moulson and Nikita Zadorov (8:37 2ND)

OTT - Bobby Ryan (9) - from Mike Hoffman and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (18:41 2ND)

OTT - Bobby Ryan (10 - Hat Trick) - from Erik Karlsson (3:02 3RD) *GWG*

OTT - Clarke MacArthur (11) - from Chris Phillips and Mark Stone (11:54 3RD)

OTT - Colin Greening EN (1) - from Mika Zibanejad and Erik Condra (19:58 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Craig Anderson (19 saves on 21 shots: 9-9-5) LG - Jhonas Enroth (31 saves on 35 shots: 11-12-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1 assist) - Ottawa

2. Erik Karlsson (2 assists) - Ottawa

1. Bobby Ryan (3 goals, GWG) - Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 23-11-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 20-14-3. 

Goals:

TOR - Mike Santorelli (8) - from Nazem Kadri and Dion Phaneuf (4:28 1ST)

TOR - Joffrey Lupul (9) - from Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel (7:47 1ST)

TBL - Ryan Callahan PPG (12) - from Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman (6:37 2ND)

TBL - Valtteri Filppula (7) - from Victor Hedman and Ryan Callahan (9:46 2ND)

TBL - Steven Stamkos (20) - from Matt Carle (11:05 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (21 saves on 23 shots: 18-6-2) LG - James Reimer (38 saves on 41 shots: 6-6-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Vcitor Hedman (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

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

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

St. Louis Blues 3, Colorado Avalanche 0 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 22-11-3 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 13-15-8. 

Goals:

STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (1) - from Paul Stastny (0:28 2ND) *GWG*

STL - Chris Butler (1) - from T.J. Oshie and Paul Stastny (4:30 2ND)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (22) - unassisted (15:25 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Martin Brodeur (16 saves on 16 shots: 3-2-0) LG - Semyon Varlamov (22 saves on 25 shots: 5-7-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Dmitrij Jaskin (1 goal, GWG) - St. Louis

2. Paul Stastny (2 assists) - St. Louis

1. Martin Brodeur (16 saves on 16 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

Minnesota Wild 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Winnipeg) - The Wild improved to 17-13-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 19-11-7.

Goals:

WPG - Michael Frolik PPG (8) - unassisted (16:00 1ST)

WPG - Mathieu Perreault PPG (9) - from Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little (0:20 2ND)

MIN - Ryan Carter (3) - from Brett Sutter and Kyle Brodziak (4:12 2ND)

MIN - Justin Fontaine (3) - from Brett Sutter and Kyle Brodziak (16:31 2ND)

MIN - Marco Scandella (9) - from Zach Parise and Jason Pominville (19:48 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Darcy Kuemper (28 saves on 30 shots: 12-10-0) LG - Michael Hutchinson (28 saves on 31 shots: 9-3-2)

Three Stars:

3. Brett Sutter (2 assists) - Minnesota

2. Mathieu Perreault (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Marco Scandella (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Nashville Predators 4 (SO) - (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 25-10-2 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 23-9-3. 

Goals:

NSH - Roman Josi (5) - from Paul Gaustad (11:50 1ST)

NSH - Craig Smith (11) - from Colin Wilson and Mike Ribeiro (17:12 1ST)

NSH - James Neal (12) - from Colin Wilson and Pekka Rinne (7:28 2ND)

CHI - Brad Richards (7) - from Kris Versteeg and Duncan Keith (10:33 2ND)

CHI - Andrew Shaw (6) - from Patrick Sharp and Bryan Bickell (15:48 2ND)

CHI - Marian Hossa PPG (8) - from Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith (17:43 2ND)

NSH - James Neal PPG (13) - from Mike Fisher and Filip Forsberg (19:04 2ND)

CHI - Bryan Bickell (5) - from David Runblad and Duncan Keith (18:47 3RD)

Shootout winner - Jonathan Toews (CHI)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (36 saves on 40 shots: 14-6-2) LG - Pekka Rinne (38 saves on 42 shots: 23-6-2)

Three Stars:

3. Duncan Keith (3 assists) - Chicago

2. James Neal (2 goals) - Nashville

1. Bryan Bickell (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

Dallas Stars 3, New York Rangers 2 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 16-14-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 19-11-4. 

Goals:

NYR - J.T. Miller PPG (5) - from Mats Zuccarello and Ryan McDonagh (5:57 1ST)

DAL - John Klingberg PPG (4) - from Erik Cole and Colton Sceviour (9:02 1ST)

DAL - Ales Hemsky (3) - from Jason Demers (15:46 1ST)

NYR - Kevin Hayes (5) - from Marc Staal and Dan Boyle (16:46 1ST)

DAL - Antoine Roussel (8) - from Ryan Garbutt and Cody Eakin (0:54 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (28 saves on 30 shots: 15-8-5) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (24 saves on 27 shots: 16-8-3)

Three Stars:

3. John Klingberg (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Antoine Roussel (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas

1. Kari Lehtonen (28 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Dallas

Calgary Flames 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 20-15-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 18-12-7. 

Goals:

CGY - Curtis Glencross (8) - from Jiri Hudler and Sean Monahan (12:13 1ST)

CGY - Markus Granlund (5) - from Jiri Hudler and Johnny Gaudreau (13:15 1ST) *GWG*

LAK - Tyler Toffoli (12) - from Dustin Brown and Trevor Lewis (19:09 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (26 saves on 27 shots: 12-10-2) LG - Jonathan Quick (13 saves on 15 shots: 15-9-6)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Toffoli (1 goal) - Los Angeles

2. Jiri Hudler (2 assists) - Calgary

1. Jonas Hiller (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Calgary

Arizona Coyotes 4, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (from Arizona) - The Coyotes improved to 14-18-4 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 14-16-6. 

Goals:

ARI - Shane Doan (8) - from Antoine Vermette and Mikkel Boedker (18:26 1ST)

ARI - Antoine Vermette (9) - from Zbynek Michalek and Martin Erat (15:31 2ND)

ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson PPG (9) - from Mikkel Boedker and Keith Yandle (2:48 3RD) *GWG*

PHI - R.J. Umberger (4) - from Mark Streit and Sean Couturier (12:11 3RD)

PHI - R.J. Umberger (5) - from Sean Couturier and Matt Read (15:13 3RD)

ARI - Antoine Vermette EN (10) - from Martin Hanzal and Lauri Korpikoski (19:32 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (30 saves on 32 shots: 9-3-2) LG - Steve Mason (21 saves on 24 shots: 6-11-5)

Three Stars:

3. R.J. Umberer (2 goals) - Philadelphia

2. Devan Dubnyk (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Arizona

1. Antoine Vermette (2 goals, 1 assist) - Arizona

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Carl Soderberg - Soderberg scored the game-winning goal and added 2 assists in the Bruins 5-2 win over the Red Wings.

2. Antoine Vermette - Vermette scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Coyotes 4-2 win over the Flyers.

1. Bobby Ryan - Ryan scored his 4th career hat trick (including the game-winner) in the Senators 5-2 win over the Sabres.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Carey Price became the 3rd goalie this season to reach 20 wins, joining Pekka Rinne and Frederik Andersen.

-Steven Stamkos scored 20 goals for the 7th consecutive season.

-Bobby Ryan picked up his 4th career hat trick.

-Martin Brodeur picked up his 1st shutout as a member of the St. Louis Blues. It was his 125th career shutout.

-10 of 12 home teams won tonight.

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

Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 9 game losing streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Bobby Ryan hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRfFGp4xm00

-Sidney Crosby backhand goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFI530qjRq8

-Jiri Sekac goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blCwddDAEno

-Chris Butler goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a5ryegKs_E

-Justin Abdelkader goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_kZZ7MdSok

-Johnny Boychuk OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QmIFFo5LnI

-Vladimir Tarasenko goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kPPusZSq24

-Nikita Zadorov hit on Milan Michalek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSVoY0rjHdo

What's up next - Tuesday December 30th: There are 4 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

2. St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

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

4. Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:00 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

December 28th NHL Recap

Florida Panthers 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 16-9-8 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 20-13-3.

Goals:

TOR - Richard Panik (7) - from Morgan Rielly and David Clarkson (6:39 2ND)

FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (4) - from Brian Campbell and Nick Bjugstad (8:24 2ND)

FLA - Jimmy Hayes (10) - from Sean Bergenheim (10:13 2ND)

TOR - Roman Polak (4) - from Joffrey Lupul and Jake Gardiner (14:16 2ND)

TOR - James van Riemsdyk PPG (16) - from Cody Franson and Tyler Bozak (17:30 2ND)

TOR - Nazem Kadri (11) - from Joffrey Lupul and James van Riemsdyk (18:59 2ND)

FLA - Dmitry Kulikov (1) - from Jussi Jokinen (2:45 3RD)

FLA - Willie Mitchell (2) - from Jonathan Huberdeau (10:09 3RD)

FLA - Brad Boyes PPG (6) - from Dmitry Kulikov and Jussi Jokinen (16:45 3RD) *GWG*

FLA - Scottie Upshall EN (5) - from Tomas Kopecky and Derek MacKenzie (18:35 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (18 saves on 22 shots: 14-7-6) LG - James Reimer (28 saves on 33 shots: 6-5-0)

Three Stars:

3. Joffrey Lupul (2 assists) - Toronto

2. Dmitry Kulikov (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida

1. Brad Boyes (1 goal, GWG) - Florida

Anaheim Ducks 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (OT) - (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 24-8-6 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 20-11-3.

Goals:

VAN - Yannick Weber (3) - from Jannik Hansen and Alex Burrows (2:04 2ND)

ANA - Francois Beauchemin (1) - from Ryan Getzlaf (6:52 3RD)

ANA - Cam Fowler (5) - from Devante Smith-Pelly and Ryan Getzlaf (2:42 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (13 saves on 14 shots: 20-5-5) LG - Ryan Miller (29 saves on 31 shots: 18-7-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Miller (29 saves on 31 shots) - Vancouver

2. Ryan Getzlaf (2 assists) - Anaheim

1. Cam Fowler (1 goal, OT winner) - Anaheim

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

New York Rangers - 8 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 9 game losing streak

New Jersey Devils - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - MondayDecember 29th: There are 12 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Detroit Red Wings vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

3. Washington Capitals vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

4. Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

5. Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

6. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

7. Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

8. Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

9. Nashville Predators vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

10. New York Rangers vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

11. Los Angeles Kings vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

12. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Arizona Coyotes at 9:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

December 27th NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 4, New York Islanders 3 (SO) -  (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 14-19-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 23-11-1. 

Goals:

NYI - Nick Leddy (6) - from Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey (4:33 1ST)

NYI - John Tavares (14) - unassisted (11:56 2ND)

NYI - John Tavares (15) - Josh Bailey and Kyle Okposo (15:05 2ND)

BUF - Nicolas Deslauriers (4) - from Drew Stafford and Josh Gorges (6:39 3RD)

BUF - Zemgus Girgensons SHG (10) - from Nicolas Deslauriers and Josh Gorges (10:01 3RD)

BUF - Chris Stewart (5) - from Drew Stafford and Patrick Kaleta (11:51 3RD)

Shootout winner - Tyler Ennis (BUF)

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (33 saves on 36 shots: 11-11-2) LG - Kevin Poulin (23 saves on 26 shots: 0-0-1)

Three Stars:

3. Zemgus Girgensons (1 goal) - Buffalo

2. John Tavares (2 goals) - New York

1. Nicolas Deslauriers (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

Detroit Red Wings 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT) - (from Ottawa) - The Red Wings improved to 19-8-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 14-14-7.

Goals:

OTT - Mike Hoffman (11) - from Mark Borowiecki and Bobby Ryan (13:41 1ST)

DET - Justin Abdelkader (8) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (19:46 1ST)

OTT - Clarke MacArthur (10) - unassisted (13:16 2ND)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg PPG (8) - from Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk (3:58 3RD)

DET - Gustav Nyquist (15) - unassisted (4:12 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (31 saves on 33 shots: 14-5-7) LG - Craig Anderson (24 saves on 27 shots: 8-9-5)

Three Stars:

3. Craig Anderson (24 saves on 27 shots) - Ottawa

2. Jimmy Howard (31 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Detroit

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

Tampa Bay Lightning 2,  Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 22-11-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 10-21-4. 

Goals:

TBL - Nikita Kucherov (15) - from Ondrej Palat (8:50 1ST)

TBL - Alex Killorn (8) - from Ryan Callahan and Valtteri Filppula (4:53 3RD) *GWG*

CAR - Andrej Sekera (2) - from Eric Staal and Nathan Gerbe (14:04 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 26 shots: 17-6-2) LG - Cam Ward (36 saves on 38 shots: 9-13-2)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Killorn (1 goal, GWG) - Tampa Bay

2. Cam Ward (36 saves on 38 shots) - Carolina

1. Ben Bishop (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay

New York Rangers 3, New Jersey Devils 1 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 19-10-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 12-18-7. 

Goals:

NYR - Derek Stepan SHG (4) - unassisted (18:14 1ST)

NYR - Derek Stepan PPG (5) - from Martin St. Louis and Dan Boyle (7:38 2ND) *GWG*

NJD - Steve Bernier (3) - from Eric Gelinas and Tuomo Ruutu (10:23 2ND)

NYR - Derek Stepan EN (6 - Hat Trick) - from Carl Hagelin and Martin St. Louis (19:05 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (19 saves on 20 shots: 16-7-3) LG - Cory Schneider (25 saves on 27 shots: 11-17-4)

Three Stars:

3. Martin St. Louis (2 assists) - New York

2. Henrik Lundqvist (19 saves on 20 shots for the win) - New York

1. Derek Stepan (3 goals, GWG) - New York

Columbus Blue Jackets 6, Boston Bruins 2 (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 15-16-3 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 18-15-3. 

Goals:

CBJ - Scott Hartnell (7) - from Kevin Connauton (8:11 1ST)

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (7) - from Reilly Smith and Zdeno Chara (8:31 1ST)

CBJ - Scott Hartnell (8) - from James Wisniewski and Kevin Connauton (0:51 2ND)

CBJ - Kevin Connauton (4) - from Matt Calvert and Brandon Dubinsky (6:32 2ND) *GWG*

CBJ - Nick Foligno PPG (17) - from Jack Johnson and Ryan Johansen (9:26 2ND)

BOS - Craig Cunningham (2) - from Gregory Campbell and Dan Paille (16:28 2ND)

CBJ - Matt Calvert (4) - unassisted (19:09 2ND)

CBJ - Jeremy Morin (1) - from Jack Johnson and Brandon Dubinsky (7:35 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Curtis McElhinney (26 saves on 28 shots: 2-6-1) LG - Niklas Svedberg (12 saves on 15 shots: 4-5-0), Tuukka Rask (12 saves on 15 shots in relief of Svedberg)

Three Stars:

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

2. Kevin Connauton (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Columbus

1. Scott Hartnell (2 goals) - Columbus

Winnipeg Jets 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT) - (from Minnesota) - The Jets improved to 19-10-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 16-13-4.

Goals:

MIN - Mikael Granlund (4) - from Jason Pominville (16:03 1ST)

WPG - Bryan Little (14) - from Andrew Ladd and Grant Clitsome (7:17 2ND)

WPG - Adam Lowry (5) - from Evander Kane and Matt Halischuk (1:52 3RD)

MIN - Jason Pominville (8) - from Stu Bickel and Mikael Granlund (10:38 3RD)

WPG - Blake Wheeler SHG (11) - from Evander Kane and Dustin Byfuglien (12:09 3RD)

MIN - Thomas Vanek PPG (6) - from Jared Spurgeon and Marco Scandella (12:41 3RD)

WPG - Andrew Ladd (12) - from Bryan Little (2:47 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (22 saves on 25 shots: 9-2-2) LG - John Curry (19 saves on 23 shots: 0-0-1)

Three Stars:

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

2. Jason Pominville (1 goal, 1 assist) - Minnesota

1. Andrew Ladd (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Capitals improved to 18-11-6 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 22-8-5.

Goals:

WSH - Eric Fehr (8) - from Jay Beagle and Brooks Laich (17:47 1ST) *GWG*

WSH - Marcus Johansson (10) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Brooks Orpik (5:36 3RD)

WSH - Eric Fehr (9) - from Joel Ward and John Carlson (10:16 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (31 saves on 31 shots: 16-8-5) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves on 34 shots: 19-5-3)

Three Stars:

3. Brooks Orpik (1 assist) - Washington

2. Eric Fehr (2 goals, GWG) - Washington

1. Braden Holtby (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - Washington

Dallas Stars 4, St. Louis Blues 3 (from St. Louis) - The Stars improved to 15-14-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 21-11-3.

Goals:

DAL - Travis Moen (1) - from Shawn Horcoff and Jordie Benn (2:08 1ST)

STL - Alex Pietrangelo (4) - from Paul Stastny and Dmitrij Jaskin (2:35 1ST)

DAL - Ryan Garbutt (6) - unassisted (14:46 1ST) 

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko PPG (21) - from Alex Steen and Kevin Shattenkirk (16:10 1ST)

DAL - Trevor Daley PPG (8) - from Tyler Seguin and Kari Lehtonen (7:41 2ND)

DAL - Jason Demers PPG (2) - from Erik Cole and Colton Sceviour (19:12 2ND) *GWG*

STL - David Backes (9) - from Jay Bouwmeester and T.J. Oshie (5:40 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (30 saves on 33 shots: 14-8-5) LG - Jake Allen (20 saves on 24 shots: 11-5-2)

Three Stars:

3. Trevor Daley (1 goal) - Dallas

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

1. Jason Demers (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas

Nashville Predators 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 23-9-2 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 14-15-6. 

Goals:

NSH - Filip Forsberg PPG (14) - from Roman Josi and Shea Weber (9:41 1ST)

PHI - Claude Giroux (12) - from Braydon Coburn and Nick Schultz (6:50 2ND)

NSH - Mike Fisher PPG (4) - from Filip Forsberg and Mike Ribeiro (13:57 2ND) *GWG*

NSH - Colin Wilson PPG (9) - from Seth Jones and Roman Josi (14:35 2ND)

NSH - Colin Wilson EN (10) - from Mike Fisher (16:42 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (26 saves on 27 shots: 23-6-1) LG - Ray Emery (34 saves on 37 shots: 7-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Fisher (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

2. Colin Wilson (2 goals) - Nashville

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

Arizona Coyotes 2, Anaheim Ducks 1 (SO) - (from Arizona) - The Coyotes improved to 13-18-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 23-8-6. 

Goals:

ANA - Rene Bourque (2) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Devante Smith-Pelly (9:16 1ST)

ARI - Zbynek Michalek (1) - from Martin Erat and Sam Gagner (10:29 1ST)

Shootout winner - Shane Doan (ARI)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (35 saves on 36 shots: 8-3-2) LG - Frederik Andersen (28 saves on 29 shots: 19-5-5)

Three Stars:

3. Shane Doan (shootout winner) - Arizona

2. Frederik Andersen (28 saves on 29 shots) - Anaheim

1. Devan Dubnyk (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Arizona

Chicago Blackhawks 5, Colorado Avalanche 2 (from Colorado) - The Hawks improved to 24-10-2 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 13-14-8.

Goals:

COL - Nathan MacKinnon (6) - from Max Talbot (6:56 1ST)

CHI - Brandon Saad (8) - from Jonathan Toews (7:27 1ST)

COL - Erik Johnson (10) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Daniel Briere (8:53 1ST)

CHI - Patrick Kane (17) - from Duncan Keith and Kris Versteeg (16:19 1ST)

CHI - Brent Seabrook PPG (7) - from David Runblad and Marian Hossa (13:14 2ND) *GWG*

CHI - Patrick Sharp PPG (6) - from Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane (8:14 3RD)

CHI - Patrick Kane EN (18) - from Ben Smith (19:54 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (23 saves on 25 shots: 13-6-2) LG - Calvin Pickard (28 saves on 32 shots: 6-6-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Jonathan Toews (2 assists) - Chicago

2. Brent Seabrook (1 goal, GWG) - Chicago

1. Patrick Kane (2 goals, 1 assist) - Chicago

Calgary Flames 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 19-15-3 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 7-22-7. 

Goals:

CGY - Joe Colborne (1) - from Paul Byron and Curtis Glencross (7:08 1ST)

CGY - Johnny Gaudreau (11) - unassisted (8:32 1ST) *GWG*

CGY - Johnny Gaudreau (12) - from Jiri Hudler and T.J. Brodie (8:48 1ST)

EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (10) - from Justin Schultz and Andrew Ference (4:23 3RD)

CGY - Curtis Glencross (7) - from Matt Stajan and Mark Giordano (10:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (26 saves on 27 shots: 11-10-2) LG - Viktor Fasth (3 saves on 6 shots: 2-9-2), Ben Scrivens (20 saves on 21 shots in relief of Fasth) 

Three Stars:

3. Curtis Glencross (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

2. Jonas Hiller (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Calgary

1. Johnny Gaudreau (2 goals, GWG) - Calgary 

Los Angeles Kings 3, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 18-11-7 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 19-12-5. 

Goals:

SJS - Joe Pavelski (17) - from Joe Thornton (2:39 1ST)

LAK - Tyler Toffoli (11) - from Jamie McBain and Trevor Lewis (14:04 1ST)

LAK - Anze Kopitar PPG (8) - from Marian Gaborik and Jeff Carter (10:13 2ND) *GWG*

LAK - Jake Muzzin PPG (4) - from Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar (3:18 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (21 saves on 22 shots: 15-8-6) LG - Antti Niemi (26 saves on 29 shots: 14-8-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Toffoli (1 goal) - Los Angeles

2. Jonathan Quick (21 saves on 22 shots for the win) - Los Angeles

1. Anze Kopitar (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Patrick Kane - Kane scored his 17th and 18th goals of the season an added an assist in the Hawks 5-2 win over the Avalanche.

2. Derek Stepan - Stepan scored 3 goals (including the game-winner) in the Rangers 3-1 win over the Devils.

1. Braden Holtby - Holtby stopped all 31 shots he faced for the shutout in the Capitals 3-0 win over the Penguins.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Derek Stepan scored his 3rd career hat trick. He scored 1 goal at even strength, one power-play and one short-handed.

-The Rangers picked up their 8th consecutive win.

-Braden Holtby picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.

-The Flames scored 3 goals in 1:40.

-Johnny Gaudreau has 6 goals in his last 3 games.

-Patrick Kane continued his hot streak with 2 goals and 1 assist tonight. He now has 6 goals, 7 assists for 13 points in his last 8 games.

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

New York Rangers - 8 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 9 game losing streak

New Jersey Devils - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Gustav Nyquist great OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZApUqhRnmWk

-Derek Stepan hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnNeJuaHqmw

-Nathan MacKinnon goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCDCnzcNZdk

-John Tavares goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ6OxwWj6dw

-Andrew Ladd OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4iKKipUzo

-Jason Pominville goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEEDo_0BSlg

-Kevin Klein hit on Jacob Josefson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSkVDXpVZGg

-Shane Doan shootout winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgwaqyuZ8FU

-Johhny Gaudreau 2 goals in 13 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c2uBwjorP0

What's up next - Sunday December 28th: There are 2 NHL games on tap for Sunday night:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida Panthers at 5:00 PM ET (In Florida)

2. Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks at 8:00 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

December 23rd NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 5, Nashville Predators 3 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 18-14-3 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 22-9-2.

Goals:

BOS - Brad Marchand (9) - from Patrice Bergeron (2:01 1ST)

NSH - Colin Wilson (8) - from James Neal and Mattias Ekholm (7:35 1ST)

BOS - David Krejci PPG (4) - from Torey Krug and Milan Lucic (9:43 1ST)

NSH - Calle Jarnkrok (4) - from Mattias Ekholm and Taylor Beck (11:31 1ST)

BOS - Loui Eriksson (8) - from Matt Bartkowski and Chris Kelly (5:53 2ND)

BOS - Brad Marchand (10) - from Patrice Bergeron and Kevan Miller (10:51 2ND) *GWG*

NSH - Taylor Beck (4) - from Calle Jarnkrok and Shea Weber (6:48 3RD)

BOS - Loui Eriksson EN (9) - from Patrice Bergeron and Chris Kelly (19:22 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (22 saves on 25 shots: 14-10-3) LG - Carter Hutton (20 saves on 24 shots: 0-3-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Patrice Bergeron (3 assists) - Boston

2. Loui Eriksson (2 goals, GWG) - Boston

1. Brad Marchand (2 goals, GWG) - Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 2,  New Jersey Devils 1 (SO) - (from New Jersey) - The Hurricanes improved to 10-20-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 12-17-7.

Goals:

NJD - Stephen Gionta (3) - from Steve Bernier and Tuomo Ruutu (13:32 1ST)

CAR - Ron Hainsey (1) - from Patrick Dwyer and Andrej Sekera (11:59 3RD)

Shootout winner - Chris Terry (CAR)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (18 saves on 19 shots: 1-8-2) LG - Cory Schneider (32 saves on 33 shots: 11-16-4)

Three Stars:

3. Ron Hainsey (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Anton Khudobin (18 saves on 19 shots for the win) - Carolina

1. Cory Schneider (32 saves on 33 shots) - New Jersey

Montreal Canadiens 3, New York Islanders 1 (from New York) - The Canadiens improved to 22-11-2 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 23-11-0.

Goals:

NYI - Kyle Okposo (8) - from John Tavares and Lubomir Visnovsky (12:04 1ST)

MTL - Andrei Markov (5) - from P.K. Subban (6:10 2ND)

MTL - Brendan Gallagher (10) - from Sergei Gonchar and Alex Galchenyuk (11:27 2ND) *GWG*

MTL - David Desharnais (5) - from Lars Eller and P.A. Parenteau (18:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (36 saves on 37 shots: 19-9-1) LG - Chad Johnson (18 saves on 21 shots: 5-5-0)

Three Stars:

3. Andrei Markov (1 goal) - Montreal

2. Brendan Gallagher (1 goal, GWG) - Montreal

1. Carey Price (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Montreal

New York Rangers 4, Washington Capitals 2 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 18-10-4 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 17-11-6.

Goals:

NYR - Rick Nash (21) - from Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard (3:32 1ST)

NYR - Martin St. Louis PPG (11) - from Dan Boyle and Derick Brassard (1:03 2ND)

NYR - Rick Nash (22) - from Mats Zuccarello (5:12 3RD) *GWG*

WSH - Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) - from Troy Brouwer and John Carlson (5:53 3RD)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (16) - from John Carlson and Marcus Johansson (10:58 3RD)

NYR - Martin St. Louis PPG (12) - from Rick Nash and Derek Stepan (16:12 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (30 saves on 32 shots: 15-7-3) LG - Braden Holtby (23 saves on 27 shots: 15-8-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Mats Zuccarello (2 assists) - New York

2. Martin St. Louis (2 goals) - New York

1. Rick Nash (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - New York

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Minnesota Wild 2 (from Minnesota) - The Flyers improved to 14-14-6 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 16-13-3.

Goals:

PHI - Sean Couturier (9) - from R.J. Umberger (7:16 1ST)

PHI - Claude Giroux (11) - from Luke Schenn and Jakub Voracek (9:33 1ST)

MIN - Marco Scandella (8) - from Jared Spurgeon and Zach Parise (10:03 1ST)

MIN - Charlie Coyle PPG (3) - from Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter (3:43 2ND)

PHI - Wayne Simmonds (150 - form Brayden Schenn and Mark Streit (15:22 2ND) *GWG*

PHI - Vincent Lecavalier (5) - from Andrew MacDonald and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (5:29 3RD)

PHI - Michael Raffl EN (10) - from Jakub Voracek (19:31 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ray Emery (22 saves on 24 shots: 7-4-1) LG - Darcy Kuemper (25 saves on 29 shots: 11-10-0)

Three Stars:

3. Vincent Lecavalier (1 goal) - Philadelphia

2. Claude Giroux (1 goal) - Philadelphia

1. Wayne Simmonds (1 goal, GWG) - Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Dallas Stars 0 (from Dallas) - The Leafs improved to 20-12-3 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 14-14-5.

Goals:

TOR - Nazem Kadri (10) - from James van Riemsdyk and Phil Kessel (0:55 1ST) *GWG*

TOR - James van Riemsdyk (15) - from Nazem Kadri and Jonathan Bernier (6:21 2ND)

TOR - Tyler Bozak PPG (13) - from Dion Phaneuf and Phil Kessel (10:30 2ND)

TOR - Mike Santorelli EN (7) - from James van Riemsdyk (16:09 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (43 saves on 43 shots: 14-8-3) LG -  Kari Lehtonen (22 saves on 25 shots: 13-8-5)

Three Stars:

3. Nazem Kadri (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Toronto

2. James van Riemsdyk (1 goal, 2 assists) - Toronto

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

Detroit Red Wings 6, Buffalo Sabres 3 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 18-8-9 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 13-19-3. 

Goals:

BUF - Nicolas Deslauriers (3) - from Drew Stafford and Brian Flynn (2:36 1ST)

DET - Stephen Weiss PPG (5) - from Jakub Kindl and Gustav Nyquist (10:50 1ST)

BUF - Chris Stewart (4) - from Cody Hodgson and Mikhail Grigorenko (13:35 1ST)

BUF - Andre Benoit SHG (1) - from Brian Flynn (9:00 2ND)

DET - Danny DeKeyser (2) - from Tomas Jurco and Luke Glendening (17:54 2ND)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg (7) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Justin Abdelkader (4:19 3RD)

DET - Tomas Tatar PPG (13) - from Danny DeKeyser and Gustav Nyquist (11:40 3RD) *GWG*

DET - Johan Franzen PPG (7) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Jakub Kindl (14:06 3RD)

DET - Tomas Tatar PPG (14) - from Brendan Smith and Gustav Nyquist (17:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (10 saves on 13 shots: 4-2-1) LG - Michal Neuvirth (32 saves on 38 shots: 3-8-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Gustav Nyquist (3 assists) - Detroit

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

1. Tomas Tatar (2 goals, GWG) - Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (from Tampa Bay) - 22-6-5 20-11-4

Goals:

TBL - Tyler Johnson (11) - from Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat (6:54 1ST)

TBL - Tyler Johnson (12) - from Ondrej Palat and Victor Hedman (19:56 1ST)

TBL - Nikita Kucherov (14) - from Matt Carle and Valtteri Filppula (0:52 2ND)

TBL - Tyler Johnson (13 - Hat Trick) - from Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat (2:37 2ND) *GWG*

PIT - Patric Hornqvist (13) - from Rob Klinkhammer (10:15 2ND)

PIT - Chris Kunitz (10) - from Evgeni Malkin (9:55 3RD) 

PIT - Kris Letang (8) - from Patric Hornqvist and Evgeni Malkin (18:29 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (26 saves on 29 shots: 2-1-0) LG - Jeff Zatkoff (16 saves on 17 shots: 0-1-0) in relief of Marc-Andre Fleury (7 saves on 10 shots) 

Three Stars:

3. Ondrej Palat (3 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Nikita Kucherov (1 goal, 2 assists) - Tampa Bay

1. Tyler Johnson (3 goals, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Arizona Coyotes 5, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Edmonton) - The Coyotes improved to 12-18-4 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 7-21-7.

Goals:

ARI - Sam Gagner (4) - from Martin Erat and Martin Hanzal (1:44 1ST)

ARI - Martin Erat (6) - from Connor Murphy and Sam Gagner (5:00 1ST) *GWG*

EDM - Justin Schultz (3) - from Brad Hunt and Mark Arcobello (6:18 1ST)

ARI - Keith Yandle (4) - from Shane Doan and Antoine Vermette (7:54 2ND)

ARI - Brandon Gormley (2) - from Martin Hanzal and Sam Gagner (4:07 3RD)

ARI - Sam Gagner (5) - from Brandon Gormley and Martin Hanzal (4:20 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (26 saves on 27 shots: 7-3-2) LG - Ben Scrivens (1 save on 3 shots: 5-13-5) Viktor Fasth (16 saves on 19 shots) 

Three Stars:

3. Martin Hanzal (3 assists) - Arizona

2. Brandon Gormley (1 goal, 1 assist) - Arizona

1. Sam Gagner (2 goals, 2 assists) - Arizona

Colorado Avalanche 5, St. Louis Blues 0 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 13-13-8 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 21-10-3. 

Goals:

COL - Erik Johnson (9) - from Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon (15:02 1ST) *GWG*

COL - Zach Redmond PPG (4) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Gabriel Landeskog (18:45 1ST)

COL - Alex Tanguay (12) - from Jarome Iginla and Brad Stuart (5:49 2ND)

COL - Ryan O'Reilly PPG (6) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Brad Stuart (16:47 2ND)

COL - Jarome Iginla (8) - from John Mitchell and Alex Tanguay (17:27 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (26 saves on 26 shots: 5-6-5) LG - Jake Allen (26 saves on 31 shots: 11-4-2), Martin Brodeur (10 saves on 10 shots in relief of Allen) 

Three Stars:

3. Alex Tanguay (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

2. Jarome Iginla (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

1. Semyon Varlamov (26 saves on 26 shots for the shutout) - Colorado

Winnipeg Jets 5, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (from Chicago) - The Jets improved to 18-10-7 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 23-10-2.

Goals:

WPG - Mathieu Perreault (7) - from Michael Frolik and Mark Scheifele (9:04 1ST)

WPG - Bryan Little (13) - from Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler (13:18 1ST) *GWG*

WPG - Anthony Peluso (1) - from Jim Slater and Chris Thorburn (15:30 1ST)

WPG - Mathieu Perreault PPG (8) - from Dustin Byfuglien and Andrew Ladd (8:16 2ND)

CHI - Marian Hossa (7) - from Brandon Saad (12:05 2ND)

WPG - Blake Wheeler EN (10) - unassisted (15:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (38 saves on 39 shots: 8-2-2) LG -  Corey Crawford (10 saves on 13 shots: 12-6-2), Antti Raanta (11 saves on 12 shots in relief of Crawford)

Three Stars:

3. Blake Wheeler (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

2. Mathieu Perreault (2 goals) - Winnipeg

1. Michael Hutchinson (38 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Sam Gagner - Gagner torched his former team with 2 goals and 2 assists in the Coyotes 5-1 win over the Oilers.

2. Jonathan Bernier - Bernier stopped all 43 shots he faced for the shutout in the Leafs 4-0 win over the Stars.

1. Tyler Johnson - Johnson scored 3 goals (including the game-winner) in the Lighting's 4-3 win over the Penguins.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Tyler Johnson scored his 2nd career hat trick.

-After 10 straight losses, Anton Khudobin finally picked up his 1st win of the season.

-Jonathan Bernier picked up his 2nd shutout of the season and 1st assist.

-The Kucherov/Johnson/Palat line scored all 4 goals for the Lightning in their 4-3 win over the Penguins. Each player had 3 points each.

-Mathieu Perreault extended his career-best point streak to 8 games. He has 9 points (5 goals, 4 assists) during the streak.

-Semyon Varlamov picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

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

New York Rangers - 7 game winning streak

Colorado Avalanche - 3 game winning streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 8 game losing streak

***NHL is on break for the holidays until Saturday***

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff