Monday, March 10, 2014

March 10th NHL Recap

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Washington Capitals 2 (from Washington) - The Penguins improved to 43-17-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 30-26-10.
Goals:
PIT - Chris Kunitz (30) - from Sidney Crosby and Lee Stempniak (0:46 1ST)
WSH - Eric Fehr (11) - from Jason Chimera and Joel Ward (3:03 1ST)
PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (30) - from Evgeni Malkin and Olli Maatta (3:52 1ST)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom PPG (13) - from Brooks Laich and John Carlson (8:57 2ND)
PIT - Chris Kunitz (31) - from Lee Stempniak and Sidney Crosby (12:40 2ND) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jeff Zatkoff (31 saves on 33 shots: 10-3-1) LG - Jaroslav Halak (17 saves on 20 shots: 25-10-4)
Three Stars:
3. Lee Stempniak (2 assists) - Pittsburgh
2. Chris Kunitz (2 goals, GWG) - Pittsburgh
1. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, 2 assists) - Pittsburgh

Nashville Predators 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT) - (from Ottawa) - The Predators improved to 27-28-10 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 28-25-12.
Goals:
NSH - Nick Spaling (12) - from Michael Del Zotto and Colin Wilson (8:20 2ND)
NSH - Craig Smith (19) - from Mattias Ekholm and Seth Jones (10:00 2ND)
NSH - Eric Nystrom (12) - unassisted (17:32 2ND)
OTT - Jared Cowen (5) - from Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky (7:55 3RD)
OTT - Marc Methot (6) - from Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky (10:34 3RD)
OTT - Jason Spezza (17) - from Ales Hemsky and Erik Karlsson (18:53 3RD)
NSH - Seth Jones (6) - from Ryan Ellis (3:49 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Pekka Rinne (34 saves on 37 shots: 5-7-1)LG - Robin Lehner (12 saves on 13 shots: 7-11-4) in relief of Craig Anderson (26 saves on 29 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Ales Hemsk (3 assists) - Ottawa
2. Jason Spezza (1 goal, 2 assists) - Ottawa
1. Seth Jones (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

Phoenix Coyotes 4. Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (SO) - (from Tampa Bay) - The Coyotes improved to 30-24-11 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 34-24-7.
Goals:
TBL - Tyler Johnson SHG (20) - from Ondrej Palat and Eric Brewer (11:26 1ST)
PHX - Brandon McMillan (2) - from Keith Yandle and Shane Doan (1:01 2ND)
TBL - Ondrej Palat (16) - from Ryan Callahan and Keith Aulie (19:07 2ND)
PHX - Martin Erat (2) - unassisted (2:13 3RD)
PHX - Mikkel Boedker (16) - from Antoine Vermette and Zbynek Michalek (7:48 3RD)
TBL - Ondrej Palat (17) - from Valtteri Filppula and Matt Carle (19:22 3RD)
Shootout winner - Radim Vrbata (PHX)
Goalies:
WG - Mike Smith (28 saves on 31 shots: 23-19-10) LG - Ben Bishop (17 saves on 20 shots: 29-11-6)
Three Stars:
3. Mikkel Boedker (1 goal) - Phoenix
2. Radim Vrbata (shootout winner) - Phoenix
1. Ondrej Palat (2 goals, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Dallas Stars (from Dallas) - GAME POSTPONED

Colorado Avalanche 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (OT) - (from Colorado) - The Avs improved to 42-18-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 30-28-8.
Goals:
COL - John Mitchell (7) - from Tyson Barrie and Erik Johnson (4:38 2ND)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien PPG (15) - from Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler (15:48 2ND)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (16) - from Michael Frolik and Bryan Little (17:36 2ND)
COL - Andre Benoit (5) - from John Mitchell (19:48 2ND)
COL - Matt Duchene (21) - from Nick Holden and Tyson Barrie (2:33 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (33 saves on 35 shots: 32-12-5) LG - Al Montoya (31 saves on 34 shots: 10-4-3) 
Three Stars:
3. John Mitchell (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado
2. Dustin Byfuglien (2 goals) - Winnipeg
1. Matt Duchene (1 goal, OT winner) - Colorado

Los Angeles Kings 3, Calgary Flames 2 (from Calgary) - The Kings improved to 38-22-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 25-33-7.
Goals:
LAK - Justin Williams (17) - from Anze Kopitar and Alec Martinez (4:05 1ST)
LAK - Trevor Lewis (4) - from Slava Voynov and Kyle Clifford (10:00 1ST)
LAK - Anze Koptar (20) - from Drew Doughty and Jake Muzzin (7:01 3RD) *GWG*
CGY - Mike Cammalleri PPG (16) - from Mark Giordano (15:29 3RD)
CGY - Brian McGrattan (3) - from Chris Butler and Max Reinhart (17:38 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Martin Jones (24 saves on 26 shots: 10-4-0) LG - Joni Ortio (20 saveso on 23 shots: 2-3-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Mike Cammalleri (1 goal) - Calgary
2. Drew Doughty (1 assist) - Los Angeles
1. Anze Kopitar (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Los Angeles

New York Islanders 7. Vancouver Canucks 4 (from Vancouver) - The Islanders improved to 25-33-9 on the season thanks to a 7-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 29-28-10.
Goals:
VAN - Chris Higgins PPG (17) - from Yannick Weber and Jason Garrison (15:46 1ST)
VAN - Henrik Sedin (10) - from Nicklas Jensen and Tom Sestito (4:52 2ND)
VAN - Ryan Kesler PPG (22) - from Alex Burrows and Kevin Bieksa (8:53 2ND)
NYI - Josh Bailey PPG (6) - from Brock Nelson and Matt Donovan (1:13 3RD)
NYI - Ryan Strome PPG (3) - from Kyle Okposo and Lubomir Visnovsky (3:14 3RD)
NYI - Calvin de Haan PPG (3) - from Travis Hamonic (3:36 3RD)
NYI - Frans Nielsen (20) - from Anders Lee and Kyle Okposo (6:22 3RD)
VAN - Chris Tanev (6) - from Chris Higgins and Jannik Hansen (9:54 3RD)
NYI - Matt Martin (5) - from Colin McDonald (10:04 3RD) *GWG*
NYI - Anders Lee (5) - from Kyle Okposo and Frans Nielsen (11:45 3RD)
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck EN (8) - from Josh Bailey and Travis Hamonic (19:42 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Evgeni Nabokov (20 saves on 24 shots: 12-13-6) LG - Eddie Lack (21 saves on 27 shots: 10-12-4) 
Three Stars:
3. Frans Nielsen (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
2. Anders Lee (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York
1. Kyle Okposo (3 assists) - New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Anaheim Ducks 1 (from Anaheim) - The Leafs improved to 35-23-8 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 43-15-7.
Goals:
TOR - Tyler Bozak PPG (15) - from Dion Phaneuf (16:51 1ST)
TOR - Phil Kessel (34) - from Tyler Bozak (19:21 1ST) *GWG*
TOR - Paul Ranger (4) - from Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak (3:44 2ND)
ANA - Corey Perry (35) - from Pat Maroon and Ryan Getzlaf (14:19 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Jonahan Bernier (43 saves on 44 shots: 25-16-7) LG - Frederik Andersen (20 saves on 23 shots: 15-4-0)
Three Stars:
3. Corey Perry (1 goal) - Anaheim
2. Jonathan Bernier (43 saves on 44 shots for the win) - Toronto
1. Phil Kessel (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Toronto

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Sidney Crosby - Crosby had a hand in all 3 goals in the Penguins 3-2 win over the Caps, scoring 1 goal and adding 2 assists. 
2. Phil Kessel - Kessel scored 1 goal (the game-winner) and added 2 assists in the Leafs 3-1 win over the Ducks.
1. Seth Jones - Jones scored the OT winner and added an assist in the Predators 4-3 win over the Senators.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-The Stars/Blue Jackets game was postponed after Rich Peverley collapsed on the Stars bench in the 1st. Peverley was rushed to the hospital and was reported in stable condition and doing alright, nonetheless a very scary incident.
-Both Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz scored their 30th goals of the season tonight.
-Ales Hemsky has 7 assists in the last 2 games for the Senators. 
-Pekka Rinne picked up his 1st win since October 19th.
-Henrik Sedin snapped a 23-game goalless drought with a goal tonight.
-The Islanders scored 7 goals in the 3rd period against the Canucks en route to a 7-4 comeback win. 

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Los Angeles Kings - 8 game winning streak
Boston Bruins - 5 game winning streak
St. Louis Blues - 5 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-7 different Islanders scored in the 3rd period: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H2byg00CDM

What's up next (March 11th) - There are 9 games on tap for Tuesday: 
1. Nashville Predators vs. Buffalo Sabres @7PM ET (In Buffalo)
2. New Jersey Devils vs. Philadelphia Flyers @7PM ET (In Philadelphia)
3. New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes @7PM ET (In Carolina)
4. Detroit Red Wings vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)
5. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Florida Panthers @730PM ET (In Florida)
6. Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @730PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
7. Dallas Stars vs. St. Louis Blues @8PM ET (In St. Louis)
8. Edmonton Oilers vs. Minnesota Wild @8PM ET (In Minnesota)
9. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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