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