January 4th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 4, Winnipeg Jets 1 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 28-12-2 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 19-21-4.
Goals:
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (9) - unassisted (10:54 1ST)
BOS - Dan Paille (6) - from Torey Krug and Gregory Campbell (14:06 1ST)
BOS - Torey Krug (9) - from Dan Paille (3:08 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Torey Krug (10) - from Adam McQuaid and Carl Soderberg (7:18 2ND)
BOS - Reilly Smith (15) - from Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron (9:59 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (36 saves on 37 shots: 21-9-2) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (25 saves on 29 shots: 11-17-4)
Three Stars:
3. Tuukka Rask (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Boston
2. Dan Paille (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston
1. Torey Krug (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston

Colorado Avalanche 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 26-11-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 26-10-6.
Goals:
COL - Nathan MacKinnon PPG (11) - from Andre Benoit and Paul Stastny (15:28 1ST)
COL - Jamie McGinn (9) - from Matt Duchene (4:53 2ND)
COL - Erik Johnson (7) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Paul Stastny (5:45 2ND)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon (12) - from John Mitchell and Cody McLeod (5:59 2ND) *GWG*
SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (18) - from Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton (8:35 2ND)
SJS - Patrick Marleau (19) - from Jason Demers and Matt Nieto (10:11 2ND)
SJS - Logan Couture (14) - from Patrick Marleau and Scott Hannan (5:44 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (30 saves on 33 shots: 19-8-4) LG - Alex Stalock (6 saves on 7 shots: 2-4-0) in relief of Antti Niemi (11 saves on 14 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Semyon Varlamov (30 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Colorado
2. Patrick Marleau (1 goal, 2 assists) - San Jose
1. Nathan MacKinnon (2 goals, GWG) - Colorado

Buffalo Sabres 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 12-26-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 17-18-8. 

Goals:
BUF - Matt Moulson PPG (14) - from Tyler Ennis and Christian Ehrhoff (19:29 2ND)
NJD - Michael Ryder PPG (13) - from Travis Zajac and Marek Zidlicky (7:46 3RD)
BUF - Matt D'Agostini PPG (1) - from Steve Ott and Linus Omark (11:49 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (21 saves on 22 shots: 11-18-1) LG - Cory Schneider (20 saves on 22 shots: 5-9-5)
Three Stars:
3. Michael Ryder (1 goal) - New Jersey
2. Matt Moulson (1 goal) - Buffalo
1. Matt D'Agostini (1 goal, GWG) - Buffalo

New York Rangers 7, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from Toronto) - The Rangers improved to 21-20-2 on the season thanks to a 7-1 rout of the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 21-17-5. 

Goals:
NYR - Carl Hagelin (10) - from Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh (6:57 1ST)
NYR - Dominic Moore (2) - unassisted (15:57 1ST) *GWG*
NYR - Benoit Pouliot (8) - from Marc Staal and Derick Brassard (10:39 2ND)
NYR - Chris Kreider (11) - from Derek Stepan and John Moore (14:39 2ND)
NYR - Dominic Moore (3) - unassisted (16:35 2ND)
TOR - Joffrey Lupul (12) - from Tyler Bozak and Morgan Rielly (17:42 2ND)
NYR - Brad Richards (10) - from Ryan Callahan and Carl Hagelin (9:03 3RD)
NYR - Brian Boyle PPG (2) - from Michael Del Zotto and J.T. Miller (16:04 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Cam Talbot (25 saves on 26 shots: 9-3-0) LG - Jonathan Bernier (27 saves on 32 shots: 13-12-4), James Reimer (16 saves on 18 shots in relief of Bernier)
Three Stars:
3. Cam Talbot (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - New York
2. Carl Hagelin (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
1. Dominic Moore (2 goals, GWG) - New York

Ottawa Senators 4, Montreal Canadiens 3 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Senators improved to 19-18-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 24-14-5.

Goals:
OTT - Colin Greening (4) - from Erik Condra and Zack Smith (0:13 1ST)
MTL - Daniel Briere (6) - from Travis Moen and Douglas Murray (11:32 1ST)
OTT - Mark Stone (1) - from Matt Kassian and Chris Phillips (13:50 1ST)
OTT - Erik Condra (4) - from Marc Methot (14:04 1ST)
MTL - Daniel Briere (7) - from Tomas Plekanec and Douglas Murray (1:57 3RD)
MTL - Brian Gionta (6) - from Daniel Briere and Tomas Plekanec (4:46 3RD)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur PPG (14) - from Mika Zibanejad and Erik Karlsson (0:58 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Craig Anderson (26 saves on 29 shots: 14-9-4) LG - Carey Price (30 saves on 34 shots: 19-11-4)
Three Stars:
3. Erik Condra (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa
2. Clarke MacArthur (1 goal, OT winner) - Ottawa
1. Daniel Briere (2 goals, 1 assist) - Montreal

Florida Panthers 5, Nashville Predators 4 (SO) - (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 16-20-6 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 18-18-6 (.500).

Goals:
NSH - Craig Smith (12) - from Nick Spaling and David Legwand (6:32 1ST)
FLA - Brad Boyes (11) - from Aleksander Barkov and Tom Gilbert (11:03 1ST)
FLA - Tomas Kopecky (4) - from Marcel Goc and Jonathan Huberdeau (17:56 1ST)
NSH - Mike Fisher (11) - from Colin Wilson (16:32 2ND)
FLA - Sean Bergenheim (9) - from Aleksander Barkov and Brad Boyes (17:29 2ND)
FLA - Marcel Goc (8) - from Jonathan Huberdeau (1:34 3RD)
NSH - Seth Jones (4) - from Roman Josi and Shea Weber (14:52 3RD)
NSH - Paul Gaustad (6) - from Patric Hornqvist and Shea Weber (19:12 3RD)
Shootout winner - Tomas Kopecky (FLA)
Goalies:
WG - Tim Thomas (38 saves on 42 shots: 10-10-2) LG - Marek Mazanec (25 saves on 29 shots: 7-8-3)
Three Stars:
3. Seth Jones (1 goal) - Nashville
2. Tomas Kopecky (1 goal, shootout winner) - Florida
1. Marcel Goc (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New York Islanders 2 (from New York) - The Hurricanes improved to 17-16-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 14-22-7.

Goals:
CAR - Manny Malhotra (4) - from Patrick Dwyer (6:57 2ND)
NYI - John Tavares (17) - from Thomas Vanek (7:41 2ND)
CAR - Jordan Staal (9) - from Patrick Dwyer and Nathan Gerbe (13:12 2ND)
CAR - Brett Sutter (1) - from Jeff Skinner and Andrej Sekera (14:09 2ND) *GWG*
NYI - Thomas Vanek PPG (15) - from Andrew MacDonald and Ryan Strome (19:35 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Anton Khudobin (38 saves on 40 shots: 4-0-0) LG - Evgeni Nabokov (27 saves on 30 shots: 9-8-5)
Three Stars:
3. Thomas Vanek (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
2. Patrick Dwyer (2 assists) - Carolina
1. Anton Khudobin (38 saves on 40 shots for the win) - Carolina

St. Louis Blues 6, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 29-7-5 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 18-20-4.

Goals:
CBJ - Artem Anisimov (12) - from Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan Murray (3:58 1ST)
CBJ - Mark Letestu (2) - from Blake Comeau and Curtis McElhinney (11:22 1ST)
STL - Patrik Berglund (5) - from Barret Jackman and Kevin Shattenkirk (7:03 2ND)
STL - Vladimir Sobotka (6) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Kevin Shattenirk (15:55 2ND)
STL - Maxim Lapierre (5) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Jay Bouwmeester (17:29 2ND) *GWG*
STL - Patrik Berglund (6) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Vladimir Sobotka (0:14 3RD)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (15) - from David Backes and T.J. Oshie (8:47 3RD)
STL - Alex Pietrangelo (5) - from T.J. Oshie and David Backes (14:13 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliot (22 saves on 24 shots: 12-1-2) LG - Curtis McElhinney (31 saves on 37 shots: 7-8-1)
Three Stars:
3. Alex Pietrangelo (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
2. Vladimir Sobotka (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
1. Patrik Berglund (2 goals) - St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 5, Dallas Stars 1 (from Dallas) - The Red Wings improved to 19-14-10 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 20-14-7.

Goals:
DET - Henrik Zetterberg (13) - unassisted (7:04 1ST)
DAL - Shawn Horcoff SHG (5) - from Rich Peverley (12:47 1ST)
DET - Joakim Andersson (7) - from Kyle Quincey (18:05 1ST) *GWG*
DET - Drew Miller (5) - from Justin Abdelkader (18:19 1ST)
DET - Tomas Tatar (8) - unassisted (11:57 2ND)
DET - Henrik Zetterberg (14) - from Dan Cleary (12:39 1ST)
Goalies:
WG - Jimmy Howard (44 saves on 45 shots: 7-9-8) LG - Dan Ellis (10 saves on 13 shots: 4-4-0), Kari Lehtonen (12 saves on 14 shots in relief of Ellis)
Three Stars:
3. Tomas Tatar (1 goal) - Detroit
2. Henrik Zetterberg (2 goals) - Detroit
1. Jimmy Howard (44 saves on 45 shots for the win) - Detroit

Minnesota Wild 5, Washington Capitals 3 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 22-17-5 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 20-16-6

Goals:
WSH - Marcus Johansson PPG (6) - from Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom (12:02 1ST)
WSH - Mike Green (4) - from Jason Chimera and Joel Ward (12:15 1ST)
MIN - Nino Niederreiter (8) - from Charlie Coyle and Matt Cooke (2:16 2ND)
MIN - Ryan Suter PPG (3) - from Mikko Koivu and Mikael Granlund (6:56 2ND)
MIN - Ryan Suter PPG (4) - from Mikko Koivu and Dany Heatley (7:38 2ND)
WSH - Mike Green (5) - from Brooks Laich (13:50 2ND)
MIN - Jason Zucker PPG (2) - from Keith Ballard and Jonas Brodin (17:04 2ND) *GWG*
MIN - Ryan Suter (5 - Hat Trick) - from Clayton Stoner (7:37 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Niklas Backstrom (27 saves on 30 shots: 4-9-2) LG - Braden Holtby (6 saves on 11 shots: 13-11-2)
Three Stars:
3. Mikko Koivu (2 assists) - Minnesota
2. Mike Green (2 goals) - Washington
1. Ryan Suter (3 goals) - Minnesota

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Phoenix Coyotes 3 (from Phoenix) - The Flyers improved to 21-17-4 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 20-12-9.

Goals:
PHX - Rob Klinkhammer (8) - from Antoine Vermette and Mikkel Boedker (1:29 2ND)
PHX - Lauri Korpikoski (5) - from Connor Murphy and Martin Hanzal (2:54 2ND)
PHI - Scott Hartnell (9) - from Mark Streit (3:11 2ND)
PHX - Mikkel Boedker (12) - from Keith Yandle and Connor Murphy (6:47 2ND)
PHI - Brayden Schenn (10) - from Vincent Lecavalier and Braydon Coburn (17:15 2ND)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds PPG (14) - from Jakub Voracek and Kimmo Timonen (4:22 3RD)
PHI - Jakub Voracek (10) - unassisted (11:52 3RD) *GWG*
PHI - Claude Giroux EN (12) - unassisted (19:29 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Steve Mason (26 saves on 29 shots: 17-10-4) LG - Mike Smith (23 saves on 27 shots: 15-10-8)
Three Stars:
3. Wayne Simmonds (1 goal) - Philadelphia
2. Mikkel Boedker (1 goal, 1 assist) - Phoenix
1. Jakub Voracek (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Philadelphia

Los Angeles Kings 3, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 26-13-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 23-13-7.

Goals:
VAN - Ryan Kesler PPG (16) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (12:27 1ST)
LAK - Dustin Brown (8) - from Justin Williams and Jarret Stoll (1:07 3RD)
LAK - Jeff Carter (14) - from Dwight King and Anze Kopitar (12:05 3RD) *GWG*
LAK - Jeff Carter EN (15) - from Drew Doughty (19:50 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Quick (27 saves on 28 shots: 11-5-0) LG - Roberto Luongo (46 saves on 48 shots: 16-10-6)
Three Stars:
3. Roberto Luongo (46 saves on 48 shots) - Vancouver
2. Jonathan Quick (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Los Angeles
1. Jeff Carter (2 goals, GWG) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jimmy Howard - Howard made 44 saves on 45 shots in the Red Wings 5-1 win over the Stars.

2. Torey Krug - Krug scored 2 goals (including the eventual game-winner) and added an assist in the Bruins 4-1 win over the Jets.

1. Ryan Suter - Suter scored his first career hat trick in the Wild's 5-3 win over the Capitals, a game in which they were outshot 30-11.

What's up next (January 5th) - There are 5 NHL games on tap for Sunday:

1. Winnipeg Jets vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (from Pittsburgh)

2. Nashville Predators vs. Carolina Hurricanes (from Carolina)

3. San Jose Sharks vs. Chicago Blackhawks (from Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Edmonton Oilers (from Edmonton)

5. Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks (from Anaheim)

Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff