Sunday, March 23, 2014

March 23rd NHL Recap

New York Islanders 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 0 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 27-35-9 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 36-29-6.
Goals:
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck (10) - from Frans Nielsen and Johan Sundstrom (13:26 1ST) *GWG*
NYI - Travis Hamonic PPG (2) - from Calvin de Haan (19:08 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Evgeni Nabokov (41 saves on 41 shots: 13-14-6) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (30 saves on 32 shots: 27-19-4)
Three Stars:
3. Cal Clutterbuck (1 goal, GWG) - New York
2. Travis Hamonic (1 goal) - New York
1. Evgeni Nabokov (41 saves on 41 shots for the shutout) - New York

St. Louis Blues 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Blues improved to 48-16-7 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 46-20-5.
Goals:
STL - David Backes (24) - from Alexander Steen and Alex Pietrangelo (11:20 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Brian Elliott (33 saves on 33 shots: 17-5-2) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (26 saves on 27 shots: 34-16-4)
Three Stars:
3. Marc-Andre Fleury (26 saves on 27 shots) - Pittsburgh
2. David Backes (1 goal, GWG) - St. Louis
1. Brian Elliott (33 saves on 33 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

New Jersey Devils 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 31-28-13 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 36-29-8.
Goals:
NJD - Damien Brunner (11) - from Adam Henrique and Marek Zidlicky (14:38 1ST)
NJD - Patrik Elias (17) - from Jon Merrill (1:18 2ND)
NJD - Jon Merrill (2) - from Ryan Clowe and Peter Harrold (1:50 2ND) *GWG*
TOR - Tyler Bozak PPG (17) - from Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner (5:26 2ND)
TOR - Phil Kessel (36) - from Dion Phaneuf (18:29 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Cory Schneider (21 saves on 23 shots: 14-14-9) LG - James Reimer (7 saves on 10 shots: 11-13-1), Drew MacIntyre (14 saves on 14 shots in relief of Reimer)
Three Stars:
3. Damien Brunner (1 goal) - New Jersey
2. Patrik Elias (1 goal) - New Jersey
1. Jon Merrill (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New Jersey

Nashville Predators 2, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (from Chicago) - The Predators improved to 31-31-10 (.500) on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 41-16-15.
Goals:
NSH - Mike Fisher (18) - from Ryan Ellis and Mattias Ekholm (18:38 1ST) *GWG*
NSH - Gabriel Bourque (7) - from Calle Jarnkrok (17:35 2ND)
Goalies:
WG - Pekka Rinne (29 saves on 29 shots: 7-9-1) LG - Corey Crawford (15 saves on 17 shots: 28-13-10)
Three Stars:
3. Gabriel Bourque (1 goal) - Nashville
2. Mike Fisher (1 goal, GWG) - Nashville
1. Pekka Rinne (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - Nashville

Minnesota Wild 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT) - (from Detroit) - The Wild improved to 37-24-11 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 33-24-14.
Goals:
DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (22) - from Niklas Kronwall and Daniel Alfredsson (13:45 1ST)
DET - Gustav Nyquist (23) - from Tomas Tatar (18:27 1ST)
MIN - Jason Pominville PPG (27) - from Ryan Suter and Mikko Koivu (11:57 2ND)
MIN - Charlie Coyle (9) - from Matt Moulson and Mikko Koivu (4:33 3RD)
MIN - Zach Parise (24) - from Mikael Granlund and Jared Spurgeon (6:18 3RD)
DET - Tomas Tatar (16) - from Brendan Smith (11:43 3RD)
MIN - Matt Moulson (21) - from Jonas Brodin and Charlie Coyle (2:15 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Ilya Bryzgalov (13 saves on 16 shots: 7-8-7) LG - Jimmy Howard (21 saves on 25 shots: 17-16-11)
Three Stars:
3. Charlie Coyle (1 goal, 1 assist) - Minnesota
2. Gustav Nyquist (2 goals) - Detroit
1. Matt Moulson (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Minnesota

Vancouver Canucks 4, Buffalo Sabres 2 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 33-30-10 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 20-43-8.
Goals:
BUF - Tyler Ennis (19) - from Marcus Foligno and Christian Ehrhoff (1:11 1ST)
BUF - Jamie McBain (4) - from Brian Flynn and Matt D'Agostini (3:29 1ST)
VAN - Brad Richardson (9) - from Zack Kassian and Shawn Matthias (10:12 1ST)
VAN - Shawn Matthias (11) - from Zack Kassian and Brad Richardson (12:48 1ST)
VAN - Yannick Weber (4) - from Zack Kassian and Shawn Matthias (1:40 2ND) *GWG*
VAN - David Booth (6) - from Zack Kassian (2:23 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Eddie Lack (16 saves on 18 shots: 14-14-4) LG - Nathan Lieuwen (32 saves on 36 shots: 0-2-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Brad Richardson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver
2. Shawn Matthias (1 goal, 2 assists) - Vancouver
1. Zack Kassian (4 assists) - Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 6, Florida Panthers 2 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 46-18-7 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 26-38-8.
Goals:
ANA - Pat Maroon PPG (7) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry (11:57 1ST)
ANA - Teemu Selanne (9) - from Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf (0:15 2ND)
ANA - Jakob Silfverberg SHG (8) - unassisted (4:08 2ND) *GWG*
FLA - Krys Barch (1) - from Dmitry Kulikov and Jimmy Hayes (7:59 2ND)
FLA - Tomas Fleischmann (8) - from Vincent Trocheck (10:00 2ND)
ANA - Kyle Palmieri (12) - from Mathieu Perreault and Pat Maroon (10:55 2ND)
ANA - Corey Perry (37) - from Sami Vatanen and Bryan Allen (11:56 2ND)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (30) - from Teemu Selanne and Stephane Robidas (6:32 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Hiller (28 saves on 30 shots: 28-11-6) LG - Dan Ellis (34 saves on 40 shots: 5-8-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Teemu Selanne (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim
2. Corey Perry (1 goal, 2 assists) - Anaheim
1. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 2 assists) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Zack Kassian - Kassian had a big hand in the Canucks 4-2 win over the Sabres, assisting on all 4 goals for his first 4-point game of his career.
2. Ryan Getzlaf/Corey Perry - Getzlaf scored his 30th goal of the season and added 2 assists, while Perry scored his 37th goal and added 2 assists in the Ducks 6-2 win over the Panthers.
1. Evgeni Nabokov - Nabokov stopped all 41 shots in the Islanders 2-0 win over the Blue Jackets.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Evgeni Nabokov picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.
-Brian Elliot picked up his 4th shutout of the season.
-Pekka Rinne picked up his 1st shutout of the season. 
-Zack Kassian had 4 assists in a game for the 1st time in his career, his previous high was 1 assist. 
-Ryan Getzlaf scored his 30th goal of the season, the first time in his career he has scored 30 goals. His previous high was 25 goals in 2006/07 and 2008/09. The goal was also his 600th career point.
-The line of Zack Kassian/Shawn Matthias/Brad Richardson combined for 2 goals and 7 assists on the 4 Canucks goals tonight. 

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Boston Bruins - 12 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 5 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 5 game losing streak
Ottawa Senators - 4 game losing streak
Colorado Avalanche - 3 game losing streak
Florida Panthers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Ryan Getzlaf/Teemu Selanne get it tonight for their great give-and-go on Getzlaf's goal: http://video.ducks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=2013021072-484-h
Honourable Mentions: 
-Travis Hamonic coast-to-coast goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY9IKD13WiQ
-Jimmy Howard glove save on Kyle Brodziak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTuVjekHLUE
-Corey Perry/Ryan Getzlaf/Pat Maroon tic-tac-toe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzAx0eCTGZI
-Gustav Nyquist breakaway goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5QmA3VAycA
-Patrik Elias breakaway goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_grcrxx8UsA

What's up next (March 24th) - There are 6 NHL games on tap for Monday: 
1. Phoenix Coyotes vs. New York Rangers @7PM ET (In New York)
2. Los Angeles Kings vs. Philadelphia Flyers @7PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
3. Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins @730PM ET (In Boston)
4. Ottawa Senators vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @730PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
5. Winnipeg Jets vs. Dallas Stars @830PM ET (In Dallas)
6. San Jose Sharks vs. Calgary Flames @9PM ET (In Calgary)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff 

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