February 28th NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 4, San Jose Sharks 2 (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 18-34-8 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 38-17-6.

Goals:

BUF - Cody Hodgson PPG (15) - from Tyler Myers and Christian Ehrhoff (10:59 1ST)

SJS - James Sheppard (2) - from Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Dan Boyle (9:38 2ND)

BUF - Brian Flynn (6) - from Zemgus Girgensons (4:33 3RD)

BUF - Matt Moulson (17) - from Tyler Myers and Mike Weber (7:39 3RD) *GWG*

SJS - Patrick Marleau (24) - from Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle (18:45 3RD)

BUF - Tyler Myers EN (8) - from Matt D'Agostini (19:39 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (36 saves on 38 shots: 3-12-5) LG - Antti Niemi (16 saves on 19 shots: 29-13-6)

Three Stars:

3. Brian Flynn (1 goal) - Buffalo

2. Jhonas Enroth (36 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Buffalo

1. Tyler Myers (1 goal, 2 assists) - Buffalo

Colorado Avalanche 4, Phoenix Coyotes 2 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 38-17-5 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 27-22-11.

Goals:

PHX - Shane Doan PPG (16) - from Mikkel Boedker and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (12:47 1ST)

COL - P.A. Parenteau PPG (12) - from Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly (15:38 1ST)

COL - Nate Guenin (1) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Paul Stastny (0:48 3RD)

COL - Paul Stastny (18) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon (6:12 3RD) *GWG*

PHX - Shane Doan PPG (17) - from Keith Yandle and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (13:58 3RD)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (19) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Tyson Barrie (16:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (40 saves on 42 shots: 29-11-5) LG - Thomas Greiss (29 saves on 33 shots: 7-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. Shane Doan (2 goals) - Phoenix

2. Semyon Varlamov (40 saves on 42 shots for the win) - Colorado

1. Gabriel Landeskog (1 goal, 2 assists) - Colorado

Minnesota Wild 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (SO) - (from Vancouver) - The Wild improved to 33-21-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 28-24-10.

Goals:

VAN - Ryan Kesler SHG (21) - from Chris Higgins (5:19 1ST)

MIN - Zach Parise PPG (20) - from Jason Pominville and Mikael Granlund (14:12 1ST)

Shootout winner - Justin Fontaine (MIN)

Goalies:

WG - Darcy Kuemper (30 saves on 31 shots: 10-3-2) LG - Eddie Lack (22 saves on 23 shots: 9-8-4)

Three Stars:

3. Zach Parise (1 goal) - Minnesota

2. Eddie Lack (22 saves on 23 shots) - Vancouver

1. Darcy Kuemper (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Minnesota

Anaheim Ducks 1, St. Louis Blues 0 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 42-14-5 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 39-14-6.

Goals:

ANA - Andrew Cogliano (18) - from Saku Koivu and Cam Fowler (3:39 1ST) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (18 saves on 18 shots: 26-9-4) LG - Brian Elliot (18 saves on 19 shots: 15-5-2)

Three Stars:

3. Brian Elliot (18 saves on 19 shots) - St. Louis

2. Andrew Cogliano (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim

1. Jonas Hiller (18 saves on 18 shots for the shutout) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jonas Hiller - Hiller stopped al 18 shots in the Ducks 1-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues.

2. Tyler Myers - Myers scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Sabres 4-2 win over the Sharks.

1. Gabriel Landeskog - Landeskog scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Avs 4-2 win over the Coyotes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Big news on the trade front tonight, as Ryan Miller/Steve Ott are headed to the St. Louis Blues for Jaroslav Halak/Chris Stewart a prospect and a 1st/3rd round pick: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=706963&navid=nhl:topheads

-Nathan MacKinnon extended his rookie-best scoring streak to 10 games with 2 assists tonight, becoming the first NHL rookie since Jonathan Toews in 2007 to post a 10-game point streak,

 -Jonas Hiller picked up his 5th shutout of the season

-The Hawks and Penguins will play the last of the Stadium Series game's tomorrow, as puck drop is 8PM at Soldier Field in Chicago.
-Bruce Boudreau became the fastest coach in NHL history to reach the 300 wins

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

Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak

Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 3 game winning streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game winning streak

Florida Panthers - 3 game losing streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Jhonas Enroth gets it tonight for his glove save on Patrick Marleau: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIccUIKdc-M

What's up next (March 1st) - There are 10 NHL games on tap for Saturday: 

1. Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins @1PM ET (In Boston)

2. New Jersey Devils vs. New York Islanders @1PM ET (In New York)

3. New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers @1PM ET (In Philadelphia)

4. Florida Panthers vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @2PM ET (In Columbus)

5. Winnipeg Jets vs. Nashville Predators @3PM ET (In Nashville)

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars @3PM ET (In Dallas)

7. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Los Angeles Kings @4PM ET (In Los Angeles)

8. Toronton Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens @7PM ET (In Montreal)

9. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago Blackhawks @8PM ET (In Chicago) {***Stadium Series Game/Forman's Game of the Night***}

10. Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers @10PM ET (In Edmonton

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 27th NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 25-22-13 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 29-25-5.

Goals:

NJD - Ryan Clowe (4) - from Andrei Loktionov (6:09 1ST)

NJD - Jaromir Jagr PPG (18) - from Eric Gelinas and Patrik Elias (7:31 1ST)

NJD - Adam Henrique PPG (15) - from Andy Greene and Jon Merrill (8:54 1ST) *GWG*

CBJ - Artem Anisimov (14) - from Jack Johnson (11:36 1ST)

CBJ - Marian Gaborik (6) - from Artem Anisimov and Nick Foligno (11:42 2ND)

NJD - Adam Henrique SHG (16) - from Patrik Elias (19:41 2ND)

NJD - Patrik Elias EN (12) - unassisted (19:24 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (17 saves on 19 shots: 12-11-9) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (30 saves on 34 shots: 20-15-3)

Three Stars:

3. Jaromir Jagr (1 goal) - New Jersey

2. Patrik Elias (1 goal, 2 assists) - New Jersey

1. Adan Henrique (2 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

New York Islanders 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT) - (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 23-30-8 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 32-22-7

Goals:

TOR - Phil Kessel (32) - from Tyler Bozak and James van Riemsdyk (6:53 1ST)

NYI - Michael Grabner SHG (10) - from Casey Cizikas (15:53 1ST)

NYI - Michael Grabner SHG (11) - unasissted (16:41 1ST)

TOR - Paul Ranger (3) - from James van Riemsdyk and Phil Kessel (8:50 3RD)

TOR - Dion Phaneuf (6) - from Tyler Bozak and James van Riemsdyk (11:26 3RD)

NYI - Anders Lee (1) - from Josh Bailey and Calvin de Haan (12:52 3RD)

TOR - Joffrey Lupul (18) - from Nazem Kadri and Carl Gunnarsson (13:54 3RD)

NYI - Anders Lee (2) - from Ryan Strome and Travis Hamonic (17:20 3RD)

NYI - Lubomir Visnovsky (3) - unassisted (1:55 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Evgeni Nabokov (18 saves on 22 shots: 11-12-5) LG - Jonathan Bernier (30 saves on 35 shots: 22-16-6)

Three Stars:

3. Michael Grabner (2 goals) - New York

2. Phil Kessel (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

1. Anders Lee (2 goals) - New York

New York Rangers 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 33-24-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 35-12-14.

Goals:

NYR - Derick Brassard (12) - from Benoit Pouliot and J.T. Miller (10:14 1ST)

NYR - Rick Nash (19) - from Derek Stepan and Carl Hagelin (15:53 3RD) *GWG*

CHI - Peter Regin (3) - from Ben Smith and Brent Seabrook (19:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (31 saves on 32 shots: 11-5-0) LG - Corey Crawford (22 saves on 24 shots: 22-10-10)

Three Stars:

3. Derick Brassard (1 goal) - New York

2. Rick Nash (1 goal, GWG) - New York

1. Cam Talbot (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - New York

San Jose Sharks 7, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (from Philadelphia) - The Sharks improved to 38-16-6 on the season thanks to a 7-3 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 30-24-6.

Goals:

SJS - Raffi Torres (1) - from Jason Demers and Mike Brown (4:25 1ST)

PHI - Andrej Meszaros (5) - from Steve Downie and Matt Read (10:36 1ST)

PHI - Brayden Schenn (16) - from Vincent Lecavalier and Wayne Simmonds (10:58 1ST)

SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (30) - from Patrick Marleau and Dan Boyle (4:23 2ND)

SJS - Joe Pavelski (31) - from Marc-Edouard Vlasic (10:12 2ND)

SJS - Logan Couture (15) - from Patrick Marleau and Jason Demers (10:47 2ND) *GWG*

SJS - Joe Pavelski (32 - Hat Trick) - from Matt Irwin and Joe Thornton (14:10 2ND)

SJS - Raffi Torres (2) - from Mike Brown and Andrew Desjardins (19:57 2ND)

SJS - Logan Couture SHG (16) - from Tommy Wingels (4:50 3RD)

PHI - Matt Read (16) - from Sean Couturier and Nicklas Grossman (12:12 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Alex Stalock (27 saves on 30 shots: 9-4-0) LG - Steve Mason (12 saves on 16 shots: 23-15-5), Ray Emery (10 saves on 13 shots in relief of Mason)

Three Stars:

3. Raffi Torres (2 goals) - San Jose

2. Logan Couture (2 goals, GWG) - San Jose

1. Joe Pavelski (3 goals) - San Jose

Montreal Canadiens 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 5 (SO) - (from Pittsburgh) - The Canadiens improved to 33-21-7 on the season thanks to a 6-5 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 40-15-4.

Goals:

MTL - Brendan Gallagher (15) - from David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty (4:57 1ST)

PIT - James Neal (21) - from Evgeni Malkin (8:23 1ST)

PIT - Deryk Engelland (5) - from James Neal and Sidney Crosby (15:48 1ST)

MTL - Daniel Briere (10) - from Josh Gorges and George Parros (6:17 2ND)

PIT - Olli Maatta PPG (7) - from Jussi Jokinen and Brandon Sutter (10:38 2ND)

MTL - Max Pacioretty PPG (27) - from David Desharnais and Andrei Markov (11:35 2ND)

PIT - Brandon Sutter SHG (10) - unassisted (7:16 3RD)

MTL - Alexei Emelin (2) - from Rene Bourque and Daniel Briere (7:40 3RD)

PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (29) - from Evgeni Malkin and Matt Niskanen (12:29 3RD)

MTL - Daniel Briere PPG (11) - from Alex Galchenyuk and Tomas Plekanec (14:06 3RD)

Shootout winner - David Desharnais (MTL)

Goalies:

WG - Peter Budaj (27 saves on 32 shots: 7-4-2) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (24 saves on 29 shots: 31-13-3)

Three Stars:

3. David Desharnais (2 assists, shootout winner) - Montreal

2. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

1. Daniel Briere (2 goals, 1 assist) - Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 6, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Ottawa) - The Red Wings improved to 28-20-12 on the season thanks to a 6-1 rout of the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 26-23-11.

Goals:

DET - Riley Sheahan (4) - unassisted (10:59 1ST)

DET - Johan Franzen (10) - from Gustav Nyquist (11:28 1ST) *GWG*

DET - Johan Franzen (11) - from Daniel Alfredsson and Niklas Kronwall (13:27 1ST)

DET - Tomas Jurco (4) - from Niklas Kronwall and Tomas Tatar (18:00 1ST)

DET - Johan Franzen (12 - Hat Trick) - from Gustav Nyquist and Danny DeKeyser (3:49 2ND)

OTT - Bobby Ryan (22) - from Mika Zibanejad and Marc Methot (4:19 2ND)

DET - Tomas Tatar (14) - from Tomas Jurco and Niklas Kronwall(5:04 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Gustavsson (37 saves on 38 shots: 14-4-3) LG - Robin Lehner (9 saves on 15 shots: 7-11-3), Andrew Hammond (11 saves on 11 shots in relief of Lehner)

Three Stars:

3. Tomas Jurco (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

2. Jonas Gustavsson (37 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Detroit

1. Johan Franzen (3 goals, GWG) - Detroit

Washington Capitals 5, Florida Panthers 4 (from Florida) - The Capitals improved to 28-23-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 22-30-7.

Goals:

WSH - Troy Brouwer PPG (15) - from Brooks Laich and John Carlson (5:48 1ST)

WSH - Brooks Laich (6) - from Alexander Ovechkin and Dmitry Orlov (8:10 1ST)

FLA - Tomas Fleischmann (6) - from Jesse Winchester and Marcel Goc (15:27 1ST)

FLA - Brad Boyes (16) - from Sean Bergenheim (0:40 2ND)

WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (12) - from Martin Erat and John Carlson (3:44 2ND)

WSH - Troy Brouwer (16) - from Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom (19:13 2ND)

FLA - Drew Shore PPG (5) - from Brian Campbell and Ed Jovanovski (8:01 3RD)

FLA - Brad Boyes (17) - from Sean Bergenheim and Nick Bjugstad (9:23 3RD)

WSH - Alexander Ovechkin (41) - from Brooks Laich and Nicklas Backstrom (15:43 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (30 saves on 34 shots: 18-13-2) LG - Tim Thomas (27 saves on 32 shots: 15-19-3)

Three Stars:

3. Brad Boyes (2 goals) - Florida

2. Nicklas Backstrom (1 goal, 2 assists) - Washington

1. Alexander Ovechkin (1 goal, 2 assists) - Washington

Nashville Predators 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 26-24-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 33-21-5.

Goals:

TBL - Martin St. Louis (26) - from Ondrej Palat (5:26 1ST)

TBL - Martin St. Louis PPG (27) - from Nikita Kucherov and Teddy Purcell (9:13 1ST)

NSH - Matt Cullen PPG (6) - from Ryan Ellis and Craig Smith (12:05 2ND)

NSH - Roman Josi PPG (9) - from Shea Weber (13:16 2ND)

NSH - Patric Hornqvist PPG (11) - from Mike Fisher and Shea Weber (13:56 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (14 saves on 16 shots: 14-9-4) LG - Ben Bishop (26 saves on 29 shots: 28-9-4)

Three Stars:

3. Patric Hornqvist (1 goal, GWG) - Nashville

2. Martin St. Louis (2 goals) - Tampa Bay

1. Shea Weber (2 assists) - Nashville

Winnipeg Jets 3, Phoenix Coyotes 2 (SO) (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 29-26-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 27-21-11.

Goals:

PHX - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (9) - from Rob Klinkhammer and Martin Hanzal (12:17 1ST)

WPG - Blake Wheeler (23) - from Dustin Byfuglien (14:55 1ST)

WPG - Bryan Little PPG (19) - unassisted (18:01 2ND)

PHX - Martin Hanzal PPG (15) - from David Schlemko and Mike Ribeiro (6:40 3RD)

Shootout winner - Olli Jokinen (WPG)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (34 saves on 36 shots: 19-22-4) LG - Mike Smith (27 saves on 29 shots: 20-17-10) 

Three Stars:

3. Martin Hanzal (1 goal, 1 assist) - Phoenix

2. Blake Wheeler (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Ondrej Pavelec (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

Dallas Stars 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 28-21-10 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 26-24-9.

Goals:

DAL - Tyler Seguin (25) - from Valeri Nichushkin and Jamie Benn (3:18 1ST)

DAL - Brenden Dillon SHG (6) - from Jamie Benn (6:13 1ST) *GWG*

DAL - Jamie Benn SHG (23) - unassisted (18:35 2ND)

CAR - Eric Staal (16) - from Jiri Tlusty and Andrej Sekera (2:42 3RD)

DAL - Cody Eakin EN (13) - from Shawn Horcoff and Alex Goligoski (19:04 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (26 saves on 27 shots: 23-15-10) LG - Anton Khudobin (30 saves on 33 shots: 13-7-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Seguin (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Kari Lehtonen (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Dallas

1. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 2 assists) - Dallas

Los Angeles Kings 2, Calgary Flames 0 (from Calgary) - The Kings improved to 33-22-6 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 22-30-7.

Goals:

LAK - Dustin Brown (11) - unassisted (3:00 1ST) *GWG*

LAK - Dwight King (12) - from Dustin Brown and Jake Muzzin (3:30 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (25 saves on 25 shots: 17-13-2) LG - Joni Ortio (22 saves on 24 shots: 0-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Joni Ortio (22 saves on 24 shots) - Calgary

2. Dustin Brown (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles

1. Jonathan Quick (25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout) - Los Angeles

Minnesota Wild 3, Edmonton Oilers 0 (from Edmonton) - The Wild improved to 32-21-7 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 20-34-7

Goals:

MIN - Mikael Granlund (6) - from Zach Parise and Jared Spurgeon (2:04 1ST) *GWG*

MIN - Stephane Veilleux (2) - from Erik Haula and Nate Prosser (9:37 2ND)

MIN - Dany Heatley (12) - from Charlie Coyle and Nino Niederreiter (9:29 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Darcy Kuemper (21 saves on 21 shots: 9-3-2) LG - Ben Scrivens (18 saves on 21 shots: 10-9-4)

Three Stars:

3. Stephane Veilleux (1 goal) - Minnesota

2. Mikael Granlund (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Darcy Kuemper (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - Minnesota

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Alexander Ovechkin - Ovie scored his league-leading 41st goal (the eventual game-winner) and added 2 assists in the Capitals 5-4 win over the Panthers.

2. Johan Franzen - Franzen scored 3 goals in the Red Wings 6-1 rout of the Senators.

1. Joe Pavelski - Pavelski scored 3 goals, his 30th 31st and 32nd goals of the season, in the Sharks 7-3 rout of the Flyers.

Honourable Mentions:

-Nicklas Backstrom - Backstrom scored 1 goal and added 2 assists

-Daniel Briere - Briere scored 2 goals and added an assist

-Adam Henrique/Michael Grabner/Anders Lee/Logan Couture/Raffi Torres/Martin St. Louis/Troy Brouwer each scored 2 goals apiece

-Patrik Elias - Elias scored 1 goal and added 2 assists

-Niklas Kronwall/James van Riemsdyk - 3 assists apiece

-Jamie Benn - Benn scored 1 goal and added 2 assists

-Darcy Kuemper - 21 save shutout

-Jonathan Quick - 25 saves shutout

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Michael Grabner scored 2 short-handed goals in the same penalty kill, a fantastic and rare accomplishment. 

-Joe Pavelski reached 30 goals for the 2nd time in his career, scoring 3 goals tonight and setting a new career best with 32 goals (he had 31 in 2011-2012).

-Raffi Torres scored 2 goals in his 1st game of the season, his 1st since May 14th 2013 (game #1 against LA in the playoffs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei5UkHL0oNM)

-George Parros picked up his 1st point as a Montreal Canadien with an assist on Daniel Briere's goal.

-Logan Couture scored 2 goals in his first game since breaking his hand on January 5th.

-Alexander Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 41st goal of the season, his 8th game-winning goal.

-Darcy Kuemper picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.

-Andrew Hammond made his first NHL appearance for the Senators, making 11 saves on 11 shots in relief of Robin Lehner.

-Joni Ortio made his first NHL start, making saves on shots in the Flames 2-0 loss to the Kings.

-Jonathan Quick picked up his 4th shutout of the season.

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

Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak

Florida Panthers - 3 game losing streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Jamie Benn gets it tonight with his coast-to-coast short-handed goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmMCDCa_d-4

Honourable Mentions:

-Tim Thomas falling glove save on Mike Green: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nipn6eUha4M
-Brenden Dillon short-handed goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pcobygT_zU

-Joe Pavelski hat trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A54KQATFQbw

-Johan Franzen hat trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4nI45Q8NRs

-Brandon Sutter short-handed goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35uABTQakkI

-Adam Henrique short-handed goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vUBzl88dHk

What's up next (February 28th) - There are 4 NHL games on tap for Friday:

1. San Jose Sharks vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo)

2. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Colorado Avalanche @9PM ET (In Colorado)

3. Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks @10PM ET (In Vancouver)

4. St. Louis Blues vs. Anaheim Ducks @10PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff 

February 26th NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 5, Boston Bruins 4 (OT) - from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 17-34-8 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 37-16-5

Goals:

BUF - Zemgus Girgensons (6) - from Brian Flynn and Jamie McBain (3:32 1ST)

BOS - Chris Kelly (5) - from Carl Soderberg and Matt Bartkowski (10:47 1ST)

BUF - Tyler Myers PPG (7) - from Cody Hodgson and Christian Ehrhoff (6:25 2ND)

BUF - Brian Flynn (5) - from Ville Leino and Jamie McBain (9:10 2ND)

BOS - Zdeno Chara PPG (14) - from Milan Lucic and Torey Krug (11:01 2ND)

BOS - Brad Marchand (20) - from Reilly Smith (17:46 2ND)

BOS - Milan Lucic PPG (18) - from Torey Krug and Jarome Iginla (9:43 3RD)

BUF - Matt Moulson (16) - from Zemgus Girgensons and Ville Leino (19:07 3RD)

BUF - Matt D'Agostini (4) - unassisted (0:22 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (29 saves on 33 shots: 2-12-5) LG - Chad Johnson (21 saves on 26 shots: 11-3-1)

Three Stars:

3. Brian Flynn (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

2. Milan Lucic (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

1. Zemgus Girgensons (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

Detroit Red Wings 2, Montreal Canadiens 1 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Red Wings improved to 27-20-12 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 32-21-7.

Goals:

DET - Todd Bertuzzi PPG (7) - from Johan Franzen and Daniel Alfredsson (14:01 1ST)

MTL - Brian Gionta (12) - from Daniel Briere and Andrei Markov (19:31 3RD)

DET - Gustav Nyquist (15) - from Johan Fransen and Danny DeKeyser (4:32 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (19 saves on 20 shots: 13-13-9) LG - Peter Budaj (28 saves on 30 shots: 6-4-2)

Three Stars:

3. Brian Gionta (1 goal) - Montreal

2. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, OT winner) - Detroit

1. Johan Franzen (2 assists) - Detroit

Los Angeles Kings 6, Colorado Avalanche 4 (from Colorado) - The Kings improved to 32-22-6 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 37-17-5.

Goals:

LAK - Robyn Regehr (3) - from Anze Kopitar and Tyler Toffoli (5:48 1ST)

COL - Ryan O'Reilly PPG (22) - from Nick Holden and Jamie McGinn (11:17 1ST)

COL - P.A. Parenteau (11) - from Matt Duchene (16:32 1ST)

LAK - Jarret Stoll (7) - from Dustin Brown and Dwight King (0:24 2ND)

COL - Jamie McGinn PPG (15) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene (8:57 2ND)

COL - Andre Benoit PPG (3) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Paul Stastny (15:42 2ND)

LAK - Anze Kopitar (18) - from Justin Williams and Slava Voynov (16:49 2ND)

LAK - Jeff Carter (21) - from Mike Richard and Matt Greene (18:53 2ND)

LAK - Anze Kopitar PPG (19) - from Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli (3:13 3RD) *GWG*

LAK - Justin Williams EN (15) - from Drew Doughty (19:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Martin Jones (25 saves on 29 shots: 9-4-0) LG - J.S. Giguere (22 saves on 27 shots: 9-5-0)

Three Stars:

3. Jeff Carter (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

2. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

1. Anze Kopitar (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Los Angeles

Vancouver Canucks 1, St. Louis Blues 0 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 28-24-9 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 39-13-6.

Goals:

VAN - Jannik Hansen (10) - from Tom Sestito (11:13 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (20 saves on 20 shots: 9-8-3) LG - Jaroslav Halak (34 saves on 35 shots: 24-9-4)

Three Stars:

3. Jannik Hansen (1 goal, GWG) - Vancouver

2. Jaroslav Halak (34 saves on 35 shots) - St. Louis

1. Eddie Lack (20 saves on 20 shots for the shutout) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Zemgus Girgensons - Girgensons scored 1 goal and added an assist in the Sabres 5-4 OT win over the Bruins.

2. Eddie Lack - Lack stopped all 20 shots in the Canucks 1-0 win over the Blues.

1. Anze Kopitar - Kopitar scored 2 goals (including the GWG) and added an assist in the Kings 6-4 win over the Avalanche. 

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Nathan MacKinnon extended his rookie-best point streak to 9 games with an assist tonight. He now has 5 goals and 7 assists in that stretch.

-Eddie Lack picked up his 3rd career shutout.

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

Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

What's up next (February 27th) - There are 12 NHL games on tap for Thursday: 

1. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Islanders @7PM ET (In New York)

3. Chicago Blackhawks vs. New York Rangers @7PM ET (In New York)

4. San Jose Sharks vs. Philadelphia Flyers @7PM ET (In Philadelphia) {Forman's Game of the Night}

5. Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @7PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

6. Detroit Red Wings vs. Ottawa Senators @730PM ET (In Ottawa)

7. Washington Capitals vs. Florida Panthers @730PM ET (In Florida)

8. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Nashville Predators @8PM ET (In Nashville)

9. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Winnipeg Jets @8PM ET (In Winnipeg)

10. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Dallas Stars @830PM ET (In Dallas)

11. Los Angeles Kings vs. Calgary Flames @930PM ET (In Calgary)

12. Minnesota Wild vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 25th NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 16-34-8 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 22-24-13.

Goals:

BUF - Christian Ehrhoff PPG (5) - from Drew Stafford and Ryan Miller (5:54 2ND)

CAR - Eric Staal (15) - from Justin Faulk (16:52 2ND)

BUF - Tyler Ennis (14) - from Matt Moulson and Drew Stafford (12:13 3RD)

CAR - Alexander Semin (15) - from Andrej Sekera (16:00 3RD)

BUF - Christian Ehrhoff (6) - from Ryan Miller (19:16 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (36 saves on 38 shots: 15-22-3) LG - Cam Ward (15 saves on 18 shots: 6-8-5)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Ennis (1 goal) - Buffalo

2. Christian Ehrhoff (2 goals, GWG) - Buffalo

1. Ryan Miller (36 saves on 38 shots for the win, 2 assists) - Buffalo

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-The Hurricanes/Sabres game was the first game back after the Olympic break.

-Ryan Miller picked up 2 assists for the Sabres tonight, his 8th and 9th career assists. He also mad 36 saves for the win.

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

Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak

Vancouver Canucks - 7 game losing streak

What's up next (February 26th) - There are 4 NHL games on tap for Wednesday:

1. Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres @730PM ET (In Buffalo)

2. Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens @730PM ET (In Montreal)

3. Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche @10PM ET (In Colorado) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks @1030PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 8th NHL Recap

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Calgary Flames 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 30-23-6 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 22-29-7.

Goals:

PHI - Brayden Schenn (15) - from Wayne Simmonds and Andrej Meszaros (8:04 1ST)

PHI - Scott Hartnell (15) - from Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek (4:04 3RD) *GWG*

CGY - Matt Stajan (10) - from T.J. Galiardi and Joe Colborne (17:34 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ray Emery (32 saves on 33 shots: 7-9-1) LG - Reto Berra (21 saves on 23 shots: 8-16-2)

Three Stars:

3. Brayden Schenn (1 goal) - Philadelphia

2. Scott Hartnell (1 goal, GWG) - Philadelphia 

1. Ray Emery (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

St. Louis Blues 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (SO) - (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 39-12-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 28-26-6.

Goals:

STL - Brenden Morrow (10) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Derek Roy (7:39 1ST)

WPG - Mark Scheifele (12) - from Devin Setoguchi and Zach Bogosian (12:33 1ST)

STL - Derek Roy (9) - from Brenden Morrow and Alex Pietrangelo (17:38 1ST)

WPG - Mark Scheifele (13) - from Blake Wheeler and Chris Thorburn (10:22 2ND)

STL - Jaden Schwartz (19) - from Barret Jackman and Patrik Berglund (0:34 3RD)

WPG - Dustin Byfuglien PPG (14) - from Blake Wheeler and Tobias Enstrom (13:43 3RD)

Shootout winner - T.J. Oshie (STL)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliot (28 saves on 31 shots: 15-4-2) LG - Al Montoya (23 saves on 26 shots: 10-4-2)

Three Stars:

3. Derek Roy (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis

2. Mark Scheifele (2 goals) - Winnipeg

1. Brenden Morrow (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis

Boston Bruins 7, Ottawa Senators 2 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 37-16-4 on the season thanks to a 7-2 rout over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 26-22-11.

Goals:

BOS - Patrice Bergeron PPG (15) - from Carl Soderberg and Loui Eriksson (11:36 1ST)

BOS - Chris Kelly (4) - from David Warsofsky and Loui Eriksson (16:26 1ST)

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (16) - from Brad Marchand and Dougie Hamilton (4:55 2ND) *GWG*

OTT - Bobby Ryan (21) - from Kyle Turris and Cory Conacher (17:15 2ND)

BOS - Jarome Iginla (17) - from David Krejci and Torey Krug (18:18 2ND)

BOS - Milan Lucic (17) - from Jarome Iginla and David Krejci (3:35 3RD)

BOS - Brad Marchand (19) - from Reilly Smith and Patrice Bergeron (8:26 3RD)

OTT - Patrick Wiercioch PPG (4) - from Erik Karlsson and Jason Spezza (15:05 3RD)

BOS - Carl Soderberg (9) - from Reilly Smith and Brad Marchand (16:53 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Chad Johnson (26 saves on 28 shots: 11-3-0) LG - Craig Anderson (28 saves on 33 shots: 19-12-8), Robin Lehner (7 saves on 9 shots in relief of Anderson)

Three Stars:

3. Jarome Iginla (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

2. Brad Marchand (1 goal, 2 assists) - Boston

1. Patrice Bergeron (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 32-22-6 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 27-24-9.

Goals:

VAN - Ryan Kesler (20) - from Chris Higgins and Alexander Edler (19:38 1ST)

TOR - Mason Raymond (16) - from Nikolai Kulemin and Troy Bodie (7:23 3RD)

TOR - Phil Kessel (31) - from Tyler Bozak and Tim Gleason (10:03 3RD) *GWG*

TOR - James van Riemsdyk (24) - from Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak (12:05 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (32 saves on 33 shots: 22-16-5) LG - Roberto Luongo (21 saves on 24 shots: 19-16-6)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Bozak (2 assists) - Toronto

2. Jonathan Bernier (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Toronto

1. Phil Kessel (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Toronto

Montreal Canadiens 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Carolina) - The Canadiens improved to 32-12-6 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 26-22-9.

Goals:

CAR - Drayson Bowman (4) - from Riley Nash and Justin Faulk (5:42 2ND)

MTL - David Desharnais (10) - from Rene Bourque and Brendan Gallagher (17:52 2ND)

MTL - Ryan White (2) - from Andrei Markov (19:17 2ND) *GWG*

MTL - David Desharnais (11) - from Brendan Gallagher and Nathan Beaulieu (6:15 3RD)

MTL - Brian Gionta EN (11) - from Brandon Prust and Ryan White (17:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (31 saves on 32 shots: 26-17-5) LG - Anton Khudobin (20 saves on 23 shots: 13-6-0)

Three Stars:

3. Brendan Gallagher (2 assists) - Montreal

2. Carey Price (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Montreal

1. David Desharnais (2 goals) - Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Detroit Red Wings 2 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 33-20-5 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 26-20-12.

Goals:

DET - Daniel Alfredsson (14) - from Pavel Datsyuk (17:18 1ST)

TBL - Ondrej Palat PPG (13) - from Martin St. Louis and Victor Hedman (1:44 2ND)

DET - Tomas Jurco (3) - from Riley Sheahan and Danny DeKeyser (11:19 2ND)

TBL - Tom Pyatt (1) - from Sami Salo and J.T. Brown (17:14 2ND)

TBL - Alex Killorn (14) - from Teddy Purcell and Tom Pyatt (16:49 3RD) *GWG*

TBL - Ondrej Palat EN (14) - from Tyler Johnson and Sami Salo (18:57 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (29 saves on 31 shots: 28-8-4) LG - Jimmy Howard (24 saves on 27 shots: 12-13-9)

Three Stars:

3. Sami Salo (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Tom Pyatt (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

1. Ondrej Palat (2 goals) - Tampa Bay

Colorado Avalanche 5, New York Islanders 2 (from New York) - The Avs improved to 37-16-5 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 22-30-8.

Goals:

COL - Nathan MacKinnon (22) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Nick Holden (13:04 1ST) 

COL - Matt Duchene (18) - from P.A. Parenteau and Tyson Barrie (7:49 2ND)

COL - Matt Duchene (19) - from Tyson Barrie and Jamie McGinn (10:33 2ND) *GWG*

NYI - John Tavares PPG (24) - from Josh Bailey and Lubomir Visnovsky (11:17 3RD)

NYI - Lubomir Visnovsky PPG (2) - from Kyle Okposo and Thomas Vanek (12:14 3RD)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog EN (18) - from Andre Benoit (19:13 3RD)

COL - Paul Stasny EN (17) - from Tyson Barrie (19:58 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - J.S. Giguere (30 saves on 32 shots: 9-4-0) LG - Evgeni Nabokov (22 saves on 25 shots: 10-12-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Tyson Barrie (3 assists) - Colorado

2. Gabriel Landeskog (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

1. Matt Duchene (2 goals, GWG) - Colorado

Washington Capitals 3, New Jersey Devils 0 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 27-23-9 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 24-22-13.

Goals:

WSH - Julien Brouillette (1) - from Patrick Wey and Nicklas Backstrom (10:50 3RD) *GWG*

WSH - Martin Erat EN (1) - from Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Ovechkin (18:13 3RD)

WSH - Troy Brouwer EN (14) - (18:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (25 saves on 25 shots: 17-13-2) LG - Cory Schneider (23 saves on 24 shots: 11-11-9)

Three Stars:

3. Nicklas Backstrom (2 assists) - Washington

2. Julien Brouillette (1 goal, GWG) - Washington

1. Braden Holtby (25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout) - Washingon

Anaheim Ducks 5, Nashville Predators 2 (from Nashville) - The Ducks improved to 41-14-5 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 25-24-10.

Goals:

NSH - Viktor Stalberg (7) - from Simon Moser and Victor Bartley (11:35 1ST)

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (28) - from Hampus Lindholm and Dustin Penner (18:49 1ST)

ANA - Corey Perry (29) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Cam Fowler (11:45 2ND)

NSH - Mike Fisher PPG (16) - from David Legwand and Patric Hornqvist (1:05 3RD)

ANA - Emerson Etem (7) - from Hampus Lindholm and Saku Koivu (4:51 3RD) *GWG*

ANA - Mathieu Perreault (12) - from Daniel Winnik (8:04 3RD)

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf EN (29) - unassisted (19:24 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (36 saves on 38 shots: 25-9-4) LG - Carter Hutton (19 saves on 23 shots: 13-9-4)

Three Stars:

3. Jonas Hiller (36 saves on 38 shots) - Anaheim

2. Hampus Lindholm (2 assists) - Anaheim

1. Ryan Getzlaf (2 goals, 1 assist) - Anaheim

Dallas Stars 2, Phoenix Coyotes 1 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 27-21-10 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 27-21-10.

Goals:

DAL - Ray Whitney (7) - from Jordie Benn and Brenden Dillon (2:10 1ST)

DAL - Valeri Nichushkin (13) - from Trevor Daley and Jamie Benn (19:26 2ND) *GWG*

PHX - Radim Vrbata PPG (15) - from Antoine Vermette and Keith Yandle (19:44 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (26 saves on 27 shots: 22-15-10) LG - Mike Smith (31 saves on 33 shots: 20-17-9)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Smith (31 saves on 33 shots) - Phoenix

2. Valeri Nichushkin (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas

1. Kari Lehtonen (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Dallas

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Matt Duchene - Duchene scored 2 goals in the Avs 5-2 win over the Islanders.

2. Patrice Bergeron - Bergeron scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Bruins 7-2 rout of the Senators.

1. Ryan Getzlaf - The Ducks Captain scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Ducks 5-2 win over the Predators.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Mason Raymond scored against his former team the Vancouver Canucks in his 2nd game against them.

-The Avs are 30-0-2 this season when leading after the 2nd period. 

-Matt Duchene scored his 100th career goal.

-Gabriel Landeskog is on a career-high 9 game point streak (4 goals, 8 assists) and Nathan MacKinnon is on a career-high 8 game point streak (5 goals, 6 assists).

-Julien Brouillette scored his 1st NHL goal for the Capitals.

-Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry are the highest scoring duo in the NHL (59 goals combined). Sidney Crosby/Chris Kunitz and Patrick Sharp/Patrick Kane are at 55 goals.

-Braden Holtby picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.

-Martin Erat scored his 1st goal since April 16th (during last season).

-Top 5 teams heading into the Olympic break: 1. Anaheim Ducks (87 points), 2. St. Louis Blues (84 points), 3. Chicago Blackhawks (84 points), 4. Pittsburgh Penguins (83 points), 5. San Jose Sharks (80 points).

-Top 5 point leaders heading into the Olympic break: 1. Sidney Crosby (78 points), 2. Ryan Getzlaf (67 points), 3. John Tavares (66 points), Phil Kessel (65 points), Patrick Kane (63 points).

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

Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak

Vancouver Canucks - 7 game losing streak

Buffalo Sabres - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Patrice Bergeron gets it tonight with his great deke and finish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZip8r_my9Q

Honourable Mentions:

-T.J. Oshie shootout goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLUXQnC_XDo

-Tomas Jurco backhand goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlKcmOD6S0U

-Matt Duchene goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bTdcWf6Mt4

The NHL is now on break for the Olympic games in Sochi Russia. NHL games will start up again on February 25th. 

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 7th NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (OT) - (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 24-21-13 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 20-33-7.

Goals:

NJD - Andrei Loktionov (4) - from Bryce Salvador and Jaromir Jagr (11:01 1ST)

EDM - Taylor Hall (20) - from Nail Yakupov and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (11:30 1ST)

NJD - Jon Merrill (1) - from Michael Ryder and Adam Henrique (2:34 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (19 saves on 20 shots: 11-10-9) LG - Ilya Bryzgalov (22 saves on 24 shots: 5-8-4)

Three Stars:

3. Ilya Bryzgalov (22 saves on 24 shots) - Edmonton

2. Cory Schneider (19 saves on 20 shots for the win) - New Jersey

1. Jon Merrill (1 goal, OT winner) - New Jersey

New York Rangers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (SO) - (from Pittsburgh) - The Rangers improved to 32-24-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 40-15-3.

Goals:

NYR - Benoit Pouliot (10) - from Mats Zuccarello and Marc Staal (1:04 1ST)

PIT - Olli Maatta PPG (6) - from Sidney Crosby and Jussi Jokinen (11:43 1ST)

NYR - Dan Girardi PPG (4) - from Derick Brassard (0:34 2ND)

PIT - Evgeni Malkin PPG (18) - from James Neal and Matt Niskanen (8:29 2ND)

NYR - Benoit Pouliot PPG (11) - from Dan Girardi and Brad Richards (9:24 3RD)

PIT - James Neal (20) - from Olli Maatta and Jayson Megna (17:04 3RD)

Shootout winner - Brad Richards (NYR)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (26 saves on 29 shots: 22-18-3) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (38 saves on 41 shots: 31-13-2)

Three Stars:

3. Dan Girardi (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

2. Olli Maatta (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

1. Benoit Pouliot (2 goals) - New York

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Florida Panthers 1 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 26-21-9 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 22-29-7. 

Goals:

CAR - Riley Nash (8) - from Tuomo Ruutu (9:17 1ST)

CAR - Alexander Semin (14) - unassisted (10:44 1ST) *GWG*

FLA - Nick Bjugstad (13) - from Dylan Olsen and Scottie Upshall (15:30 1ST)

CAR - Brett Bellemore (2) - from Elias Lindholm and Jeff Skinner (18:21 1ST)

CAR - Jiri Tlusty (9) - from Eric Staal (4:36 2ND)

CAR - Andrej Sekera PPG (9) - from Jeff Skinner and Jordan Staal (12:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (34 saves on 35 shots: 13-5-0) LG - Tim Thomas (10 saves on 14 shots: 15-18-3), Scott Clemmensen (17 saves on 18 shots in relief of Thomas)

Three Stars:

3. Brett Bellemore (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Jeff Skinner (2 assists) - Carolina

1. Anton Khudobin (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Carolina

Phoenix Coyotes 2, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (from Phoenix) - The Coyotes improved to 27-20-10 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 35-11-14.

Goals:

PHX - Keith Yandle PPG (7) - from Mikkel Boedker and Antoine Vermette (1:09 1ST) *GWG*

PHX - Radim Vrbata PPG (14) - from Mike Ribeiro and Keith Yandle (18:29 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (29 saves on 29 shots: 20-16-9) LG - Corey Crawford (24 saves on 26 shots: 22-9-10)

Three Stars:

3. Radim Vrbata (1 goal) - Phoenix

2. Keith Yandle (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Phoenix

1. Mike Smith (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - Phoenix

San Jose Sharks 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 37-16-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 29-24-5.

Goals:

SJS - John McCarthy (1) - from James Sheppard (3:23 1ST)

SJS - Scott Hannan (4) - from Brent Burns and Joe Thornton (8:13 1ST)

CBJ - Ryan Johansen (24) - unassisted (0:18 2ND)
SJS - Tommy Wingels (12) - from Jason Demers and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (5:11 3RD) *GWG*
CBJ - Boone Jenner (10) - from Nathan Horton and Ryan Johansen (10:45 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (19 saves on 21 shots: 29-12-6) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (44 saves on 47 shots: 20-14-3)

Three Stars:

3. Sergei Bobrovsky (44 saves on 47 shots) - Columbus

2. Ryan Johansen (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

1. Tommy Wingels (1 goal, GWG) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Anton Khudobin - Khudobin made 34 saves on 35 shots in the Hurricanes 5-1 win over the Panthers. 

2. Benoit Pouliot - Pouliot scored 2 goals in the Rangers 4-3 win over the Penguins. 

1. Mike Smith - Smith made 29 saves on 29 shots in the Coyotes 2-0 shutout of the Blackhawks. 

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Tomorrow's games will be the last before the Olympic break, with games resuming Tuesday February 25th.

-Jon Merrill scored his 1st NHL goal for the Devils, which also happened to be the OT winner.

-Mike Smith picked up his 2nd shutout of the season. 

What's up next (February 8th) - There are 10 NHL games on tap for Saturday:

1. Calgary Flames vs. Philadelphia Flyers @1PM ET (In Philadelphia)

2. Winnipeg Jets vs. St. Louis Blues @2PM ET (In St. Louis)

3. Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins @3PM ET (In Boston)

4. Vancouver Canucks vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @6PM ET (In Toronto)

5. Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes @6PM ET (In Carolina)

6. Detroit Red Wings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @7PM ET (In Tampa Bay) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

7. Colorado Avalanche vs. New York Islanders @7PM ET (In New York)

8. New Jersey Devils vs. Washington Capitals @8PM ET (In Washington)

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

10. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Dallas Stars @8PM ET (In Dallas)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff