Friday, February 28, 2014

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

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