January 8th NHL Recap

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 23-17-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 25-15-5.

Goals:

PHI - Sean Couturier (8) - from Vincent Lecavalier and Andrej Meszaros (6:27 1ST)

PHI - Zac Rinaldo (1) - from Luke Schenn and Andrej Meszaros (14:39 1ST) *GWG*

PHI - Michael Raffl (3) - from Andrej Meszaros and Brayden Schenn (8:24 2ND)

MTL - Tomas Plekanec SHG (14) - from Brian Gionta (17:37 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Steve Mason (19 saves on 20 shots: 18-10-4) LG - Peter Budaj (24 saves on 27 shots: 5-4-1)

Three Stars:

3. Zac Rinaldo (1 goal, GWG) - Philadelphia

2. Sean Couturier (1 goal) - Philadelphia

1. Andrej Meszaros (3 assists) - Philadelphia

New York Rangers 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from Chicago) - The Rangers improved to 22-20-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 29-8-9.

Goals:

NYR - Brad Richards (11) - from Ryan Callahan and Marc Staal (5:06 1ST)

NYR - Mats Zuccarello PPG (11) - from Michael Del Zotto and Henrik Lundqvist (9:29 1ST)

CHI - Jonathan Toews PPG (16) - from Patrick Sharp and Duncan Keith (6:17 2ND)

CHI - Brandon Bollig (4) - from Marcus Kruger (8:05 2ND)

NYR - Carl Hagelin (11) - from Marc Staal and Brad Richards (14:03 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (35 saves on 37 shots: 13-16-3) LG - Corew Crawford (29 saves on 32 shots: 17-7-5)

Three Stars:

3. Jonathan Toews (1 goal) - Chicago

2. Brad Richards (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Henrik Lundqvist (35 saves on 37 shots for the win, 1 assist) - New York

Colorado Avalanche 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT) - (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 27-12-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 19-18-8.

Goals:

COL - Jamie McGinn PPG (10) - from Erik Johnson and Nick Holden (2:19 1ST)

COL - Jan Hejda (5) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Paul Stastny (4:54 1ST)

OTT - Clarke MacArthur (15) - from Bobby Ryan (15:02 1ST)

OTT - Jason Spezza PPG (12) - from Clarke MacArthur and Erik Karlsson (12:53 2ND)

OTT - Kyle Turris (11) - from Mark Stone and Erik Karlsson (14:18 2ND)

COL - Paul Stastny (13) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Tyson Barrie (17:40 3RD)

COL - Tyson Barrie (3) - from Paul Stastny and Gabriel Landeskog (0:33 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (29 saves on 32 shots: 20-8-4) LG - Craig Anderson (27 saves on 31 shots: 14-9-5)

Three Stars:

3. Gabriel Landeskog (3 assists) - Colorado

2. Tyson Barrie (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Colorado

1. Paul Stastny (1 goal, 2 assists) - Colorado

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Andrej Meszaros - Meszaros had a hand in all 3 Flyers goals, picking up 3 assists in their 3-1 win over the Canadiens.

2. Henrik Lundqvist - Lundqvist made 35 saves on 37 shots in the Rangers 3-2 win over the Hawks, and picked up his 2nd assist of the season.

1. Paul Stastny - Stastny scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Avs 4-3 OT win over the Senators.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-All 3 of the Rangers goals tonight were the players 11th goal of the season (Richards Zuccarello and Hagelin)

-Gabriel Landeskog is on a season-high 8 game point streak, with 3 goals, 8 assists for 11 points.

-Paul Stastny has 3-straight multi-point games, with 2 goals and 6 assists.

-Henrik Lundqvist picked up his 14th career assist.

-The Flyers have now won 10 straight games at home.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

St. Louis Blues - 6 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 4 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game winning streak

Vancouver Canucks - 5 game losing streak
Winnipeg Jets - 4 game losing streak

Dallas Stars - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Tyson Barrie's OT goal gets it tonight, a great setup by Paul Stastny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_agq_PEb4o8

What's up next (January 9th) - There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday:

1. Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo)

2. Dallas Stars vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)

3. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes @7PM ET (In Carolina)

4. Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @730PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

5. Anaheim Ducks vs. Nashville Predators @8PM ET (In Nashville)

6. St. Louis Blues vs. Calgary Flames @9PM ET (In Calgary)

7. Minnesota Wild vs. Phoenix Coyotes @9PM ET (In Phoenix)

8. Boston Bruins vs. Los Angeles Kings @1030PM ET (In Los Angeles)

9. Detroit Red Wings vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff