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