Thursday, February 27, 2014

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

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