Tuesday, January 7, 2014

January 6th NHL Recap

New York Islanders 7, Dallas Stars 3 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 15-22-7 on the season thanks to a 7-3 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 20-15-7.
Goals:
DAL - Jamie Benn (15) - unassisted (5:01 1ST)
DAL - Erik Cole (11) - from Alex Chiasson and Rich Peverley (13:48 1ST)
NYI - Ryan Strome PPG (1) - from Thomas Vanek and John Tavares (1:41 2ND)
NYI - John Tavares (18) - from Thomas Vanek (7:29 2ND)
NYI - Peter Regin (2) - from Josh Bailey and Thomas Hickey (9:29 2ND)
DAL - Valeri Nichushkin PPG (9) - from Rich Peverley and Ray Whitney (15:28 2ND)
NYI - Brock Nelson (4) - from Casey Cizikas and Calvin de Haan (19:32 2ND) *GWG*
NYI - Brian Strait (2) - from John Tavares and Calvin de Haan (1:24 3RD)
NYI - John Tavares PPG (19) - from Frans Nielsen and Andrew MacDonald (6:19 3RD)
NYI - John Tavares PPG (20 - Hat Trick) - from Andrew MacDonald and Casey Cizikas (16:53 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Kevin Poulin (13 saves on 15 shots: 6-12-0) in relief of the injured Evgeni Nabokov (7 saves on 8 shots) LG - Kari Lehtonen (36 saves on 43 shots: 16-10-7)
Three Stars:
3. Thomas Vanek (2 assists) - New York
2. Ryan Strome (1 goal) - New York
1. John Tavares (3 goals, 2 assist) - New York

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, New York Rangers 3 (SO) - (from New York) - The Blue Jackets improved to 19-20-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 21-20-3.
Goals:
CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (8) - from Nathan Horton and James Wisniewski (17:07 1ST)
NYR - Rick Nash PPG (8) - from Michael Del Zotto and Chris Kreider (19:07 1ST)
CBJ - Cam Atkinson (11) - unassisted (1:01 2ND)
CBJ - James Wisniewski (3) - from Brandon Dubinsky and Nick Foligno (16:47 2ND)
NYR - Brian Boyle (3) - from Dominic Moore and John Moore (4:53 3RD)
NYR - Rick Nash PPG (9) - from Brad Richards and Ryan Callahan (6:55 3RD)
Shootout winner - Mark Letestu (CBJ)
Goalies:
WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (40 saves on 43 shots: 11-11-2) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (36 saves on 39 shots: 12-16-3)
Three Stars:
3. James Wisniewsi (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus
2. Rick Nash (2 goals) - New York
1. Brandon Dubinsky (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

Montreal Canadiens 2, Florida Panthers 1 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 25-14-5 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 16-21-6.
Goals:
MTL - David Desharnais (6) - from Max Pacioretty and Brendan Gallagher (6:23 1ST)
FLA - Sean Bergenheim (10) - from Aleksander Barkov and Brad Boyes (17:09 1ST)
MTL - Brian Gionta (7) - from Tomas Plekanec (15:46 2ND) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (26 saves on 27 shots: 20-11-4) LG - Tim Thomas (33 saves on 35 shots: 10-11-2)
Three Stars:
3. Tim Thomas (33 saves on 35 shots) - Florida
2. Carey Price (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Montreal
1. Brian Gionta (1 goal, GWG) - Montreal

Calgary Flames 4, Colorado Avalanche 3 (from Colorado) - The Flames improved to 15-21-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 26-12-4.
Goals:
CGY - Sean Monahan (12) - from Lee Stempniak and Dennis Wideman (1:08 1ST)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon PPG (13) - from Paul Stastny and Andre Benoit (7:17 1ST)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon PPG (14) - from Paul Stastny and Tyson Barrie (14:32 1ST)
CGY - Joe Colborne (4) - from T.J. Galiardi and Shane O'Brien (15:10 2ND)
CGY - Jiri Hudler (12) - from Mark Giordano and Mikael Backlund (17:38 2ND)
COL - Paul Stastny (12) - from Gabiel Landeskog and Jan Hejda (9:33 3RD)
CGY - Mike Cammalleri PPG (13) - from Jiri Hudler and Joe Colborne (16:30 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Karri Ramo (22 saves on 25 shots: 7-7-3) LG - J.S. Giguere (15 saves on 19 shots: 7-4-0)
Three Stars:
3. Paul Stastny (1 goal, 2 assists) - Colorado
2. Joe Colborne (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary
1. Nathan MacKinnon (2 goals) - Colorado

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Brandon Dubinsky - Dubinsky scored 1 goal and added an assist in the Blue Jackets 4-3 shootout win over the Rangers, his former team.
2. Nathan MacKinnon - The Avs rookie scored 2 goals for the 2nd straight game, but his team fell 4-3 to the Flames.
1. John Tavares - Tavares had a monster night for the Islanders, scoring his first hat trick of the season and adding 2 assists in the Islanders 7-3 win over the Stars.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Ryan Strome scored his 1st NHL goal for the Islanders
 -John Tavares is on fire lately, scoring 5 points tonight. Tavares is current on a 6-game point streak with 7 goals, 6 assists for 13 points.
-Nathan MacKinnon had his 2nd straight 2-goal game.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
St. Louis Blues - 5 game winning streak
Ottawa Senators - 4 game winning streak
Carolina Hurricanes - 4 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak

Vancouver Canucks - 4 game losing streak
Winnipeg Jets - 3 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-John Tavares's hat trick gets it tonight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmeRe319CUA

What's up next (January 7th) - There are 10 NHL games on tap for Tuesday:
1. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. New York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM ET (In Toronto)
3. Philadelphia Flyers vs. New Jersey Devils @730PM ET (In New Jersey)
4. San Jose Sharks vs. Nashville Predators @8PM ET (In Nashville)
5. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Winnipeg Jets @8PM ET (In Winnipeg)
6. Calgary Flames vs. Phoenix Coyotes @9PM ET (In Phoenix)
7. St. Louis Blues vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)
8. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver Canucks @10PM ET (In Vancouver)
9. Boston Bruins vs. Anaheim Ducks @10PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
10. Minnesota Wild vs. Los Angeles Kings @1030PM ET (In Los Angeles)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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