Friday, March 21, 2014

March 21st NHL Recap

New York Rangers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (from Columbus) - The Rangers improved to 38-29-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 36-28-6.
Goals:
CBJ - Nick Foligno (18) - unassisted (1:12 3RD)
NYR - Derek Stepan (14) - from Ryan McDonagh and Anton Stralman (1:56 3RD)
NYR - Derick Brassard (16) - from Anton Stralman and Mats Zuccarello (11:31 3RD) *GWG*
NYR - Carl Hagelin EN (17) - from Mats Zuccarello and Marc Staal (19:21 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (25 saves on 26 shots: 27-22-4) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (29 saves on 31 shots: 27-18-4)
Three Stars:
3. Derick Brassard (1 goal, GWG) - New York
2. Sergei Bobrovsky (29 saves on 31 shots) - Columbus
1. Henrik Lundqvist (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - New York

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 41-15-15 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 30-31-9.
Goals:
CHI - Patrick Sharp (30) - from Andrew Shaw and Michal Handzus (3:09 2ND)
CHI - Kris Versteeg (11) - from Nick Leddy and Brent Seabrook (16:26 2ND)
CAR - Alexander Semin (20) - from Eric Staal and Andrej Sekera (19:21 2ND)
CAR - Alexander Semin PPG (21) - from Eric Staal (2:58 3RD)
CHI - Jonathan Toews SHG (28) - unassisted (3:29 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Corey Crawford (26 saves on 28 shots: 28-12-10) LG - Anton Khudobin (22 saves on 25 shots: 15-11-0)
Three Stars:
3. Patrick Sharp (1 goal) - Chicago
2. Alexander Semin (2 goals) - Carolina
1. Jonathan Toews (1 goal, GWG) - Chicago

Boston Bruins 2, Colorado Avalanche 0 (from Colorado) - The Bruins improved to 48-17-5 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 44-21-6.
Goals:
BOS - Patrice Bergeron (21) - from Dougie Hamilton and Zdeno Chara (5:12 1ST) *GWG*
BOS - Carl Soderberg PPG (13) - from Loui Eriksson and Dougie Hamilton (13:11 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Chad Johnson (31 saves on 31 shots: 16-3-1) LG - Semyon Varlamov (26 saves on 28 shots: 34-14-5)
Three Stars:
3. Semyon Varlamov (26 saves on 28 shots: 
2. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, GWG) - Boston
1. Chad Johnson (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - Boston

Nashville Predators 6, Calgary Flames 5 (from Calgary) - The Predators improved to 30-31-10 on the season thanks to a 6-5 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 28-35-7.
Goals:
NSH - Victor Bartley (1) - from Craig Smith and Seth Jones (5:10 1ST)
NSH - Shea Weber (17) - from Mike Fisher and Matt Cullen (5:59 1ST)
CGY - Kris Russell PPG (5) - from Mark Giordano and Mike Cammalleri (19:26 1ST) 
NSH - Patric Hornqvist (14) - from Michael Del Zotto and Matt Cullen (4:10 2ND)
CGY - Mike Cammalleri (21) - from Kris Russell (6:23 2ND)
CGY - Mark Giordano (12) - from Curtis Glencross and Jiri Hudler (7:14 2ND)
NSH - Viktor Stalberg (8) - from Gabriel Bourque and Calle Jarnkrok (8:06 2ND)
NSH - Shea Weber PPG (18) - from Matt Cullen and Patric Hornqvist (14:28 3RD)
NSH - Matt Cullen (7) - from Roman Josi and Patric Hornqvist (17:08 3RD) *GWG*
CGY - Mike Cammalleri (22) - from Kris Russell and Mikael Backlund (17:36 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carter Hutton (9 saves on 10 shots: 16-11-4) in relief of Pekka Rinne (14 saves on 18 shots) LG - Joey MacDonald (7 saves on 9 shots: 4-4-1) in relief of Joni Ortio (9 saves on 13 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Shea Weber (2 goals) - Nashville
2. Mike Cammalleri (2 goals, 1 assist) - Calgary
1. Matt Cullen (1 goal, 3 assists, GWG) - Nashville

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Mike Cammalleri - Cammalleri scored 2 goals and added 1 assist in the Flames 6-5 loss to the Predators.
2. Chad Johnson - Johnson made stopped all 31 shots in the Bruins 2-0 win over the Avs. 
1. Matt Cullen - Cullen scored the game-winning goal and added 3 assists in the Predators 6-5 win over the Flames. 

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Rick Nash returned to Columbus for the first time as an opponent in his career.
-Victor Bartley scored his 1st career goal for the Predators.
-The Bruins won their 11th consecutive win, the longest streak in the NHL this season. They also became the 1st team to clinch a playoff spot with their win tonight.
-The Avs failed to score a goal for the 1st time this season, the last team in the NHL to do so. 
-All 4 goalies in the Calgary/Nashville game played tonight (Pekka Rinne pulled for Carter Hutton, Joni Ortio pulled for Joey MacDonald)

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Boston Bruins - 11 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning - 5 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak
Phoenix Coyotes - 3 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game losing streak
Ottawa Senators - 3 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game losing streak 
Colorado Avalanche - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Jonathan Toews short-handed game-winning goal gets it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0mQogZo3M

What's up next (March 22nd) - There are 11 NHL games on tap for Saturday:
1. St. Louis Blues vs. Philadelphia Flyers @1PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
2. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Pittsburgh Penguins @1PM ET (In Pittsburgh)
3. Detroit Red Wings vs. Minnesota Wild @2PM ET (In Minnesota)
4. Ottawa Senators vs. Dallas Stars @3PM ET (In Dallas)
5. Florida Panthers vs. Los Angeles Kings @4PM ET (In Los Angeles)
6. Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM ET (In Toronto)
7. New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils @7PM ET (In New Jersey)
8. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Winnipeg Jets @7PM ET (In Winnipeg)
9. Boston Bruins vs. Phoenix Coyotes @9PM ET (In Phoenix)
10. Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers @10PM ET (In Edmonton)
11. Washington Capitals vs. San Jose Sharks @1030PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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