Boston Bruins 3, Nashville Predators 2 (OT) - (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 27-12-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 18-18-5 (.500).
Goals:
NSH - Viktor Stalberg (5) - from Mike Fisher and Shea Weber (18:04 2ND)
BOS - Johnny Boychuk (2) - from Ryan Spooner and Matt Bartkowski (4:55 3RD)
BOS - Jarome Iginla (13) - from Milan Lucic and David Krejci (12:29 3RD)
NSH - Shea Weber (10) - from Mike Fisher and Patric Hornqvist (14:35 3RD)
BOS - Brad Marchand (10) - from Patrice Bergeron and Dougie Hamilton (0:54 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Niklas Svedberg (33 saves on 35 shots: 1-0-0) LG - Marek Mazanec (22 saves on 25 shots: 7-8-2)
Three Stars:
3. Shea Weber (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville
2. Brad Marchand (1 goal, OT winner) - Boston
1. Niklas Svedberg (33 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Boston
New York Islanders 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (OT) - (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 14-21-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 28-7-8.
Goals:
NYI - Casey Cizikas (5) - unassisted (15:24 1ST)
NYI - Thomas Vanek (14) - from Kyle Okposo and Andrew MacDonald (8:09 2ND)
CHI - Brent Seabrook PPG (5) - from Kris Versteeg and Nick Leddy (18:36 2ND)
CHI - Ben Smith (5) - from Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp (1:50 3RD)
NYI - Kyle Okposo (16) - from John Tavares and Andrew MacDonald (0:58 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Evgeni Nabokov (37 saves on 39 shots: 9-7-5) LG - Corey Crawford (31 saves on 34 shots: 17-6-4)
Three Stars:
3. Ben Smith (1 goal) - Chicago
2. Evgeni Nabokov (37 saves on 39 shots for the win) - New York
1. Kyle Okposo (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - New York
Carolina Hurricanes 4, Washington Capitals 3 (OT) - (from Washington) - The Hurricanes improved to 16-16-9 (.500) on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 20-15-6.
Goals:
CAR - Jeff Skinner PPG (17) - from Alexander Semin and Eric Staal (13:27 1ST)
WSH - Alexander Ovechkin (31) - from Marcus Johansen and Karl Alzner (0:49 2ND)
CAR - Manny Malhotra (3) - from Drayson Bowman and Tuomo Ruutu (1:44 2ND)
WSH - Troy Brouwer (9) - from Nicklas Backstrom and Marcus Johansson (3:02 2ND)
WSH - Steve Oleksy (2) - from Jay Beagle (3:54 2ND)
CAR - Jeff Skinner (18) - from Ryan Murphy and Eric Staal (4:34 2ND)
CAR - Jeff Skinner (19 - Hat Trick) - from Ryan Murphy and Eric Staal (1:20 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Anton Khudobin (38 saves on 41 shots: 3-0-0) LG - Philipp Grubauer (29 saves on 33 shots: 5-2-3)
Three Stars:
3. Alexander Ovechkin (1 goal) - Washington
2. Manny Malhotra (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina
1. Jeff Skinner (3 goals, OT winner) - Carolina
Ottawa Senators 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 18-18-7 (.500) on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 19-19-5 (.500)
Goals:
OTT - Mika Zibanejad (10) - from Cory Conacher and Joe Corvo (13:34 1ST)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (8) - from Anthony Peluso and James Wright (15:37 1ST)
OTT - Milan Michalek (7) - from Mika Zibanejad and Cory Conacher (19:13 1ST)
WPG - Evander Kane (12) - from Jacob Trouba and Michael Frolik (1:32 2ND)
OTT - Zack Smith (9) - from Marc Methot (6:42 3RD)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur (13) - from Kyle Turris (11:29 3RD) *GWG*
WPG - Olli Jokinen (10) - from Dustin Byfuglien and Tobias Enstrom (14:31 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Craig Anderson (32 saves on 35 shots: 13-9-4) LG - Al Montoya (25 saves on 29 shots: 8-3-1)
Three Stars:
3. Cory Conacher (2 assists) - Ottawa
2. Dustin Byfuglien (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg
1. Mika Zibanejad (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa
St. Louis Blues 5, Los Angeles Kings 0 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 28-7-5 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 25-13-4.
Goals:
STL - Brenden Morrow PPG (7) - from Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Pietrangelo (4:42 1ST) *GWG*
STL - T.J. Oshie PPG (7) - from Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo (11:41 2ND)
STL - T.J. Oshie (8) - from Vladimir Sobotka (13:12 2ND)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (13) - from Magnus Paajarvi (3:24 3RD)
STL - Barret Jackman (1) - from Brenden Morrow and Derek Roy (6:11 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliot (30 saves on 30 shots: 11-1-2) LG - Martin Jones (12 saves on 14 shots), Ben Scrivens (9 saves on 12 shots in relief of Jones)
Three Stars:
3. Alex Pietrangelo (2 assists) - St. Louis
2. T.J. Oshie (2 goals) - St. Louis
1. Brian Elliot (30 saves on 30 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis
Minnesota Wild 4, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 21-17-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 11-26-4.
Goals:
MIN - Marco Scandella (2) - from Matt Cooke and Justin Fontaine (4:33 2ND)
MIN - Jason Pominville (18) - from Mikko Koivu and Ryan Suter (6:19 2ND) *GWG*
MIN - Jason Zucker (1) - from Nino Niederreiter and Mikael Granlund (16:09 2ND)
BUF - Tyler Myers (4) - from Matt Ellis and Mike Weber (18:48 3RD)
MIN - Kyle Brodziak EN (3) - from Ryan Suter and Mikko Koivu (19:34 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Niklas Backstrom (19 saves on 20 shots: 3-9-2) LG - Ryan Miller (28 saves on 31 shots: 10-18-1)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Suter (2 assists) - Minnesota
2. Mikko Koivu (2 assists) - Minnesota
1. Jasom Pominville (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota
Montreal Canadiens 6, Dallas Stars 4 (from Dallas) - The Canadiens improved to 24-14-4 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 20-13-7.
Goals:
DAL - Jamie Benn (14) - from Tyler Seguin and Kevin Connauton (6:12 1ST)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (18) - from P.K. Subban (11:00 1ST)
MTL - David Desharnais (5) - from P.K. Subban and Brendan Gallagher (1:35 2ND)
DAL - Valeri Nichushkin (8) - Penalty Shot (5:23 2ND)
MTL - P.K. Subban (7) - from Max Pacioretty and Carey Price (6:30 2ND)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher PPG (11) - from Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais (3:30 3RD)
DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (21) - from Cody Eakin and Kevin Connauton (7:42 3RD)
DAL - Brenden Dillon (5) - from Alex Goligoski and Rich Peverley (8:29 3RD)
MTL - Lars Eller (10) - from Travis Moen (10:39 3RD) *GWG*
MTL - Max Pacioretty EN (19) - from P.K. Subban (18:56 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (28 saves on 32 shots: 19-11-3) LG - Kari Lehtonen (22 saves on 27 shots: 16-9-7)
Three Stars:
3. Tyler Seguin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas
2. Max Pacioretty (2 goals, 2 assists) - Montreal
1. P.K. Subban (1 goal, 3 assists) - Montreal
Colorado Avalanche 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Colorado) - The Avs improved to 25-11-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 20-17-4.
Goals:
COL - Jamie McGinn (8) - from Matt Duchene and Erik Johnson (11:14 1ST)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly (14) - from Gabriel Landeskog (9:17 2ND) *GWG*
PHI - Wayne Simmonds (13) - from Andrej Meszaros and Scott Hartnell (13:48 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (29 saves on 30 shots: 18-8-4) LG - Steve Mason (29 saves on 31 shots: 16-10-4
Three Stars:
3. Steve Mason (29 saves on 31 shots) - Philadelphia
2. Matt Duchene (1 goal) - Colorado
1. Semyon Varlamov (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Colorado
Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Phoenix Coyotes 0 (from Phoenix) - The Blue Jackets improved to 18-19-4 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 20-11-9.
Goals:
CBJ - Nathan Horton PPG (1) - from James Wisniewski and Ryan Murray (15:51 2ND) *GWG*
CBJ - R.J. Umberger PPG (11) - from Fedor Tyutin and Nick Foligno (10:03 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Curtis McElhinney (34 saves on 34 shots: 7-7-1) LG - Mike Smith (29 saves on 31 shots: 15-9-8)
Three Stars:
3. R.J. Umberger (1 goal) - Columbus
2. Nathan Horton (1 goal, GWG) - Columbus
1. Curtis McElhinney (34 saves on 34 shots for the shutout) - Columbus
San Jose Sharks 5, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 26-9-6 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 13-25-5.
Goals:
SJS - Brent Burns (13) - from Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton (14:37 1ST)
SJS - Patrick Marleau (18) - unassisted (15:26 1ST) *GWG*
SJS - Bracken Kearns (3) - from Andrew Desjardins and James Sheppard (7:18 2ND)
SJS - Logan Couture (13) - from John McCarthy (8:45 2ND)
EDM - Nail Yakupov (7) - from Sam Gagner and Jordan Eberle (15:39 2ND)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (17) - from Joe Thornton and Matt Irwin (5:44 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Niemi (23 saves on 24 shots: 22-8-6) LG - Devan Dubnyk (31 saves on 36 shots: 10-16-2)
Three Stars:
3. Patrick Marleau (1 goal, GWG) - San Jose
2. Joe Thornton (2 assists) - San Jose
1. Joe Pavelski (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose
Three Stars of the Night:
3. Brian Elliot - Elliot made 30 saves in the Blues 5-0 shutout of the Kings.
2. P.K. Subban/Max Pacioretty - The duo combined for 8 points (3 goals, 5 assists) in the Canadiens 6-4 win over the Stars. Subban had 1 goal and 3 assists while Pacioretty had 2 goals and 2 assists.
1. Jeff Skinner - Skinner recorded his 2nd hat trick this season, scoring 3 goals (including the OT winner) in the Hurricanes 4-3 win over the Capitals.
Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
St. Louis Blues - 4 game winning streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game winning streak
Ottawa Senators - 3 game winning streak
New York Islanders - 3 game winning streak
Los Angeles Kings - 5 game losing streak
Calgary Flames - 3 game losing streak
What's up next (January 3rd) - There are 4 NHL games on tap for Friday:
1. Chicago Blackhawks vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)
2. New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @7PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
3. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Calgary Flames @9PM ET (In Calgary)
4. Edmonton Oilers vs. Anaheim Ducks @10PM ET (In Anaheim)
-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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