March 19th NHL Recap

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (from Toronto) - The Lightning improved to 38-24-7 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 36-27-8

Goals:

TBL - Radko Gudas (3) - from Valtteri Filppula (0:59 1ST)

TOR - Phil Kessel (35) - from James van Riemsdyk and Carl Gunnarsson (3:31 1ST)

TOR - Nikolai Kulemin (9) - from Tim Gleason and Morgan Rielly (10:32 1ST)

TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG (17) - from Valtteri Filppula (13:22 1ST)

TBL - Steven Stamkos (18) - from Tyler Johnson and Sami Salo (15:39 1ST)

TBL - Steven Stamkos (19 - Hat Trick) - from Ryan Malone and Eric Brewer (5:55 2ND) *GWG*

TOR - Jake Gardiner (10) - from Cody Franson and Tyler Bozak (8:20 3RD)

TBL - Tyler Johnson PPG (22) - from Ryan Malone and Teddy Purcell (12:56 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (36 saves on 39 shots: 33-11-6) LG - James Reimer (25 saves on 30 shots: 11-11-1)

Three Stars:

3. Ben Bishop (36 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay

2. Tyler Johnson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

1. Steven Stamkos (3 goals, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Chicago Blackhawks 4, St. Louis Blues 0 (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 40-15-15 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 47-15-7.

Goals:

CHI - Duncan Keith PPG (5) - from Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp (19:05 1ST) *GWG*

CHI - Andrew Shaw (18) - from Nick Leddy and Patrick Sharp (15:35 2ND)
CHI - Marcus Kruger (7) - from Peter Regin and Niklas Hjalmarsson (5:20 3RD)
CHI - Ben Smith PPG (10) - from Kris Versteeg and Nick Leddy (7:35 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (23 saves on 23 shots: 27-12-10) LG - Ryan Miller (23 saves on 27 shots: 22-23-4), Brian Elliot (3 saves on 3 shots in relief of Miller)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Leddy (2 assists) - Chicago

2. Duncan Keith (1 goal, GWG) - Chicago

1. Corey Crawford (23 saves on 23 shots for the shutout) - Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 5, Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 32-30-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 44-20-6.

Goals:

COL - Ryan O'Reilly (26) - fron Matt Duchene and Jamie McGinn (0:20 1ST)

WPG - Andrew Ladd (20) - from Bryan Little and Jacob Trouba (3:15 1ST)

WPG - Eric Tangradi (2) - from Blake Wheeler and Olli Jokinen (12:08 1ST)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog (21) - from Andre Benoit and Nathan MacKinnon (17:47 1ST)

WPG - Evander Kane (17) - from Devin Setoguchi and Paul Postma (12:02 2ND)

COL - Nick Holden (8) - from Tyson Barrie and Max Talbot(19:29 2ND)
WPG - Andrew Ladd PPG (21) - from Blake Wheeler and Tobias Enstrom (4:58 3RD)
COL - Cody McLeod (3) - from Max Talbot and Nate Guenin (10:23 3RD)
WPG - Blake Wheeler (24) - from Paul Postma and Tobias Enstrom (1:42 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Al Montoya (23 saves on 27 shots: 12-6-3) LG - Reto Berra (22 saves on 27 shots: 9-17-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Max Talbot (2 assists) - Colorado

2. Andrew Ladd (2 goals) - Winnipeg

1. Blake Wheeler (1 goal, 2 assists, OT winner) - Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 2, Nashville Predators 0 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 32-30-10 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 29-31-10. 

Goals:

VAN - Nicklas Jensen (3) - from Henrik Sedin and Dan Hamhuis (6:06 3RD) *GWG*
VAN - Alexander Edler PPG (6) - from Kevin Bieksa and Henrik Sedin (7:19 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (30 saves on 30 shots: 13-14-4) LG - Carter Hutton (20 saves on 22 shots: 15-11-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Henrik Sedin (2 assists) - Vancouver

2. Nicklas Jensen (1 goal, GWG) - Vancouver

1. Eddie Lack (30 saves on 30 shots for the shutout) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Eddie Lack - Lack stopped all 30 shots for his 4th shutout of the season. 

2. Blake Wheeler - Wheeler scored the OT winner and added 2 assists in the Jets 5-4 win over the Avalanche.

1. Steven Stamkos - Stamkos scored a natural hat trick (including the game-winner) in the Lightning's 5-3 win over the Leafs. 

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Steven Stamkos picked up his 7th career hat trick and 2nd career natural hat trick. 

-Matt Duchene picked up an assist for his 67th point of the season, tying his career high set in 2010-2011.

-Michal Handzus played in his 1000th career game tonight. 

-Max Talbot picked up 2 assists for his 15th and 16th assists of the season, setting a new career high for Talbot (he had 15 in 2011-2012 with the Flyers).
-Joel Quenneville earned his 700th career win as a Head Coach.
-Ryan Miller lost his first start in regulation with the Blues (7-1-1).
-Corey Crawford picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.
-Eddie Lack picked up his 4th shutout of the season.
-The Hawks handed the Blues their first loss in regulation against a division opponent this season (they are 20-1-2 against the Central Division).

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

Boston Bruins - 10 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 4 game winning streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak

Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 7 game losing streak 

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak

New Jersey Devils - 3 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game losing streak
Nashville Predators - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Steven Stamkos gets it tonight with his natural hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxCkSzsQBJ4

What's up next (March 20th) - There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday: 

1. Minnesota Wild vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Dallas Stars vs. Philadelphia Flyers @7PM ET (In Philadelphia)

3. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Montreal Canadiens @730PM ET (In Montreal)

4. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Ottawa Senators @730PM ET (In Ottawa)

5. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red Wings @730PM ET (In Detroit)

6. Buffalo Sabres vs. Edmonton Oilers @930PM ET (In Edmonton)

7. Florida Panthers vs. Phoenix Coyotes @10PM ET (In Phoenix)

8. Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles Kings @1030PM ET (In Los Angeles)

9. Anaheim Ducks vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff