Wednesday, February 5, 2014

February 4th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 3, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 36-16-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 27-22-9.
Goals:
BOS - Milan Lucic (16) - from David Krejci and Jarome Iginla (5:12 1ST)
BOS - Jarome Iginla PPG (16) - from Zdeno Chara and Milan Lucic (7:59 2ND) *GWG*
VAN - Raphael Diaz (1) - from Zack Kassian and Ryan Stanton (11:28 2ND)
BOS - Dan Paille (8) - from Johnny Boychuk (17:06 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (27 saves on 28 shots: 25-13-3) LG - Roberto Luongo (29 saves on 32 shots: 19-14-6)
Three Stars:
3. Tuukka Rask (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Boston
2. Jarome Iginla (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston
1. Milan Lucic (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

New York Rangers 5, Colorado Avalanche 1 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 31-23-3 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 36-15-5.
Goals:
NYR - Ryan Callahan (10) - from Carl Hagelin (14:16 1ST)
NYR - Ryan Callahan (11) - from Brad Richards (17:35 1ST) *GWG*
COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (17) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Paul Stastny (6:37 2ND)
NYR - Anton Stralman (1) - from Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard (7:30 2ND)
NYR - Derick Brassard (10) - from Mats Zuccarello (1:58 3RD)
NYR - Brad Richards (15) - from Ryan Callahan and Carl Hagelin (18:24 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (27 saves on 28 shots: 21-18-3) LG - Semyon Varlamov (38 saves on 43 shots: 28-10-5)
Three Stars:
3. Henrik Ludnqvist (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - New York
2. Derick Brassard (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
1. Ryan Callahan (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - New York

Winnipeg Jets 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Carolina) - The Jets improved to 28-25-5 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 25-21-9.
Goals:
WPG - Andrew Ladd (13) - from Michael Frolik and Bryan Little (12:57 2ND)
CAR - Riley Nash (7) - from Drayson Bowman and Tuomo Ruutu (2:42 3RD)
WPG - Chris Thorburn (2) - from Jacob Trouba and Blake Wheeler (18:57 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ondrej Pavelec (28 saves on 29 shots: 18-21-4) LG - Anton Khudobin (25 saves on 27 shots: 12-5-0)
Three Stars:
3. Chris Thorburn (1 goal, GWG) - Winnipeg
2. Anton Khudobin (25 saves on 27 shots) - Carolina
1. Ondrej Pavelec (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

Montreal Canadiens 2, Calgary Flames 0 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 30-21-6 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 21-28-7.
Goals:
MTL - Rene Bourque (8) - from Brandon Prust and Lars Eller (16:15 2ND) *GWG*
MTL - David Desharnais PPG/EN (9) - from Max Pacioretty and P.K. Subban (19:49 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (27 saves on 27 shots: 24-17-5) LG - Reto Berra (25 saves on 26 shots: 7-15-2)
Three Stars:
3. Reto Berra (25 saves on 26 shots) - Calgary
2. Rene Bourque (1 goal, GWG) - Montreal
1. Carey Price (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - Montreal

Florida Panthers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 22-27-7 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 30-22-6.
Goals:
FLA - Tom Gilbert PPG (3) - from Brian Campbell and Jonathan Huberdeau (1:14 2ND)
FLA - Jesse Winchester (8) - from Brian Campbell and Scott Gomez (5:21 3RD) *GWG*
TOR - David Clarkson (4) - from Nazem Kadri (9:31 3RD)
FLA - Shawn Matthias (6) - unassisted (13:22 3RD)
FLA - Marcel Goc EN (10) - from Tomas Kopecky and Mike Weaver (17:30 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tim Thomas (20 saves on 21 shots: 15-16-3) LG - Jonathan Bernier (44 saves on 47 shots: 20-16-5)
Three Stars:
3. Jonathan Bernier (44 saves on 47 shots) - Toronto
2. Tim Thomas (20 saves on 21 shots for the win) - Florida
1. Brian Campbell (2 assists) - Florida

New York Islanders 1, Washington Capitals 0 (from Washington) - The Islanders improved to 22-28-8 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 25-23-9.
Goals:
NYI - Andrew MacDonald (4) - from Brock Nelson (2:16 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Evgeni Nabokov (22 saves on 22 shots: 10-10-5) LG - Michal Neuvirth (27 saves on 28 shots: 4-6-2)
Three Stars:
3. Andrew MacDonald (1 goal, GWG) - New York
2. Michal Neuvirth (27 saves on 28 shots) - Washington
1. Evgeni Nabokov (22 saves on 22 shots for the shutout) - New York

Ottawa Senators 5, St. Louis Blues 4 (SO) - (from St. Louis) - The Senators improved to 25-21-11 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 37-12-6.
Goals:
STL - Brenden Morrow (9) - from Patrik Berglund and T.J. Oshie (14:08 1ST)
OTT - Erik Karlsson (14) - from Jason Spezza (14:50 2ND)
STL - T.J. Oshie (13) - from Magnus Paajarvi and Alex Pietrangelo (15:09 2ND)
STL - David Backes (20) - from Jaden Schwartz and Barret Jackman (19:55 2ND)
OTT - Milan Michalek (8) - from Jason Spezza and Mika Zibanejad (5:52 3RD)
OTT - Kyle Turris (19) - from Erik Karlsson and Jared Cowen (7:02 3RD)
OTT - Jason Spezza (15) - from Mika Zibanejad and Marc Methot (8:27 3RD)
STL - Jordan Leopold (1) - from Jaden Schwartz and Derek Roy (11:08 3RD)
Shootout winner - Kyle Turris (OTT)
Goalies:
WG - Robin Lehner (46 saves on 50 shots: 7-10-3) LG - Jaroslav Halak (27 saves on 31 shots: 23-8-4)
Three Stars:
3. Erik Karlsson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa
2. T.J. Oshie (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis
1. Jason Spezza (1 goal, 2 assists) - Ottawa

Minnesota Wild 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 30-21-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 32-19-5.
Goals:
MIN - Nino Niederreiter PPG (10) - from Jared Spurgeon and Jason Zucker (16:04 1ST)
MIN - Dany Heatley (11) - from Jared Spurgeon (0:34 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Valtteri Filppula (20) - from Martin St. Louis and Radko Gudas (13:53 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Darcy Kuemper (34 saves on 35 shots: 7-3-2) LG - Ben Bishop (24 saves on 26 shots: 27-8-4)
Three Stars:
3. Dany Heatley (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota
2. Jared Spurgeon (2 assists) - Minnesota
1. Darcy Kuemper (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Minnesota

Dallas Stars 3, Phoenix Coyotes 1 (from Phoenix) - The Stars improved to 26-21-9 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 26-20-10.
Goals:
PHX - Antoine Vermette (21) - unassisted (9:18 2ND)
DAL - Shawn Horcoff PPG (7) - from Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley (12:32 2ND)
DAL - Antoine Roussel (9) - from Ryan Garbutt (3:25 3RD) *GWG*
DAL - Ryan Garbutt EN (11) - from Cody Eakin (19:33 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Kari Lehtonen (27 saves on 28 shots: 21-15-9) LG - Mike Smith (37 saves on 39 shots: 19-16-9)
Three Stars:
3. Mike Smith (37 saves on 39 shots) - Phoenix
2. Kari Lehtonen (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Dallas
1. Antoine Roussel (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Carey Price - Price made 27 saves on 27 shots in the Canadiens 2-0 shutout of the Flames.
2. Jason Spezza - Spezza scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Senators 5-4 win over the Blues.
1. Ryan Callahan - Callahan scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Rangers 5-1 win over the Avs.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Raphael Diaz scored his 1st goal as a Vancouver Canuck in his 1st game.
-The Canucks have no lost 5 straight and are 3-7 in their last 10 games. 
-Carey Price picked up his 4th shutout of the season.
-Evgeni Nabokov picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
New York Rangers - 4 game winning streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game winning streak
Winnipeg Jets - 3 game winning streak

Vancouver Canucks - 5 game losing streak
Los Angeles Kings - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Michal Neuvirth gets it tonight with his fantastic glove save: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qbzFuMY8E
Honourable Mentions:
-Jason Spezza no look pass to Erik Karlsson: http://beta.thescore.com/nhl/news/425109
-Johnny Boychuk hit on David Booth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMfC1W_8rlc

What's up next (February 5th) - There are 3 NHL games on tap for Wednesday:
1. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo Sabres @730PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks @10PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
3. Dallas Stars vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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