The Forman Faceoff: January 19th NHL Recap

Sunday, January 19, 2014

January 19th NHL Recap

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Boston Bruins 2 (SO) - (from Chicago) - The Blackhawks improved to 32-8-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 30-15-3.

Goals:

CHI - Marian Hossa (20) - from Patrick Sharp and Niklas Hjalmarsson (4:13 1ST)

BOS - Brad Marchand (13) - from Patrice Bergeron and Adam McQuaid (19:41 1ST)

BOS - Brad Marchand (14) - from Reilly Smith and Johnny Boychuk (0:50 2ND)

CHI - Brandon Bollig (5) - from Marcus Kruger and Duncan Keith (9:44 2ND)

Shootout winner - Patrick Kane (CHI)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (34 saves on 36 shots: 19-7-7) LG - Tuukka Rask (35 saves on 37 shots: 22-12-3)

Three Stars:

3. Corey Crawford (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Chicago

2. Brad Marchand (2 goals) - Boston

1. Marian Hossa (1 goal) - Chicago

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (from Carolina) - The Lightning improved to 29-16-5 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 20-19-9.

Goals:

TBL - Mark Barberio PPG (1) - from Alex Killorn and Ondrej Palat (6:09 1ST)

TBL - Ondrej Palat (10) - from Marin St. Louis and Tyler Johnson (7:32 1ST)

TBL - Nikita Kucherov (8) - from Matt Carle and Tom Pyatt (15:07 1ST)

TBL - Teddy Purcell (10) - from Radko Gudas and Matt Carle (0:24 2ND) *GWG*

CAR - Alexander Semin PPG (9) - from Eric Staal (1:46 2ND)

CAR - Eric Staal (11) - unassisted (5:40 2ND)

TBL - Mark Barberio (2) - from Eric Brewer and Ondrej Palat (8:12 2ND)

CAR - Ron Hainsey (4) - from John Michael-Liles and Jiri Tlusty (6:14 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (48 saves on 51 shots: 24-6-4) LG - Anton Khudobin (15 saves on 17 shots: 7-3-0) in relief of Justin Peters (4 saves on 7 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Ondrej Palat (1 goal, 2 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Ben Bishop (48 saves on 51 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay

1. Mark Barberio (2 goals) - Tampa Bay

New York Rangers 4, Washington Capitals 1 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 27-21-3 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 22-19-8.

Goals:

NYR - Rick Nash (13) - unassisted (1:10 1ST)

NYR - Rick Nash PPG (14) - from Brad Richards and Ryan McDonagh (16:06 1ST) *GWG*

NYR - Derek Stepan (9) - from Michael Del Zotto and Dan Girardi (17:49 1ST)

WSH - Alexander Ovechkin PPG (35) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (0:59 2ND)

NYR - Ryan Callahan SHG (9) - unassisted (2:25 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (24 saves on 25 shots: 17-17-3) LG - Philipp Grubauer (5 saves on 8 shots: 6-4-5), Braden Holtby (17 saves on 18 shots in relief of Grubauer)

Three Stars:

3. Derek Stepan (1 goal) - New York

2. Henrik Lundqvist (24 saves on 25 shots for the win) - New York

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

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Ben Bishop - Bishop made a whopping 48 saves in the Lightning's 5-3 win over the Hurricanes.

2. Mark Barberio - Barberio scored his 1st and 2nd NHL goals in the Lightning's 5-3 win over the Hurricanes.

1. Rick Nash - Nash scored 2 goals (including the eventual game-winner) in the Rangers 4-1 win over the Capitals.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Mark Barberio scored his 1st and 2nd NHL goal for the Lightning.

-After a slow start to the season Henrik Lundqvist now has 5 wins in his last 6 starts.

-Since being named to Team Canada, Rick Nash has 7 goals in his last 8 games.

-The Hawks beat the Bruins in their first matchup since game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

-Alexander Ovechkin scored his league-leading 35th goal of the season, 8 goals ahead of Corey Perry (27 goals) in 2nd.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 6 game winning streak
Colorado Avalanche - 4 game winning streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 4 game winning streak
Winnipeg Jets - 3 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 3 game losing streak
Calgary Flames - 3 game losing streak

Washington Capitals - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Alexander Ovechkin gets it for his absolute rocket of a shot for goal #35: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAsgn0Td7gk

Honourable Mentions:

-Mark Barberio first NHL goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeUI8lM92KE

-Patrick Kane shootout winner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dtkxS8uffc

-Rick Nash goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbvKK458aYs

-Tuukka Rask save on Brandon Saad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RZM3tL9-ZM

What's up next (January 20th) - There are 7 NHL games on tap for Monday:

1. Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York Islanders @1PM ET (In New York)

2. Los Angeles Kings vs. Boston Bruins @3PM ET (In Boston) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}