Sunday, March 2, 2014

March 2nd NHL Recap

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Washington Capitals 4 (OT) - (from Washington) - The Flyers improved to 32-24-6 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 29-23-10.
Goals:
WSH - Dmitry Orlov (2) - from Troy Brouwer and Martin Erat (6:06 1ST)
PHI - Claude Giroux PPG (20) - from Kimmo Timonen and Jakub Voracek (11:22 1ST)
WSH - Marcus Johansson (8) - from Jason Chimera and Mike Green (13:56 1ST)
PHI - Adam Hall SHG (4) - from Sean Couturier (12:50 2ND)
WSH - Jay Beagle (2) - from Joel Ward and Mike Green (13:44 2ND)
WSH - Dmitry Orlov (3) - from Mike Green and Eric Fehr (16:23 2ND)
PHI - Jakub Voracek PPG (16) - from Kimmo Timonen and Claude Giroux (11:58 3RD)
PHI - Claude Giroux (21) - from Jakub Voracek and Braydon Coburn (18:55 3RD)
PHI - Vincent Lecavalier (14) - from Kimmo Timonen and Braydon Coburn (2:45 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Steve Mason (25 saves on 29 shots: 25-15-5) LG - Braden Holtby (31 saves on 36 shots: 19-13-3)
Three Stars:
3. Mike Green (3 assists) - Washington
2. Jakub Voracek (1 goal, 2 assists) - Philadelphia
1. Claude Giroux (2 goals, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

San Jose Sharks 4, New Jersey Devils 2 (from New Jersey) - The Sharks improved to 39-17-6 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 26-23-13.
Goals:
SJS - Logan Couture (17) - from Patrick Marleau and Jason Demers (3:26 2ND)
NJD - Adam Henrique (18) - from Steve Bernier and Eric Gelinas (4:43 2ND)
NJD - Patrik Elias (13) - from Jon Merrill and Adam Henrique (14:22 2ND)
SJS - Raffi Torres (3) - from Joe Pavelski and James Sheppard (15:54 2ND)
SJS - Matt Nieto (7) - from Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton (6:20 3RD) *GWG*
SJS - Patrick Marleau (25) - unassisted (17:35 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Alex Stalock (21 saves on 23 shots: 10-4-0) LG - Cory Schneider (18 saves on 22 shots: 12-12-9) 
Three Stars:
3. Joe Pavelski (2 assists) - San Jose
2. Adam Henrique (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey
1. Patrick Marleau (1 goal, 1 assists) - San Jose

Florida Panthers 5, New York Islanders 3 (from New York) - The Panthers improved to 23-31-7 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 23-32-8.
Goals:
NYI - Thomas Vanek (20) - Cal Clutterbuck and Calvin de Haan (6:41 1ST)
NYI - Thomas Vanek PPG (21) - Lubomir Visnovsky and Frans Nielsen (7:39 1ST)
FLA - Shawn Matthias (8) - from Scottie Upshall (18:15 2ND)
NYI - Ryan Strome (2) - from Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo (19:14 2ND)
FLA - Marcel Goc (11) - from Jonahan Bernier and Tom Gilbert (3:16 3RD)
FLA - Shawn Matthias (9) - from Jimmy Hayes and Jonathan Huberdeau (4:18 3RD)
FLA - Scottie Upshall (11) - from Shawn Matthias and Brian Campbell (10:31 3RD) *GWG*
FLA - Scottie Upshall PPG (12) - from Dylan Olsen and Dmitry Kulikov (15:26 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tim Thomas (35 saves on 38 shots: 16-19-3) LG - Anders Nilsson (29 saves on 34 shots: 1-3-2) 
Three Stars:
3. Shawn Matthias (2 goals, 1 assist) - Florida
2. Thomas Vanek (2 goals, 1 assist) - New York
1. Scottie Upshall (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Florida

Ottawa Senators 4, Vancouver Canucks 2 (from BC Place) - The Senators improved to 27-23-11 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 28-25-10.
Goals:
VAN - Jason Garrison PPG (7) - from Dan Hamhuis and Jannik Hansen (4:54 1ST)
VAN - Zack Kassian (11) - unassisted (11:27 1ST)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur (19) - from Erik Condra and Eric Gryba (15:15 1ST)
OTT - Erik Karlsson PPG (16) - from Clarke MacArthur (17:03 1ST)
OTT - Cody Ceci (2) - from Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek (10:11 2ND) *GWG*
OTT - Colin Greening EN (6) - from Chris Neil and Zack Smith (18:27 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Craig Anderson (29 saves on 31 shots: 20-12-8) LG - Eddie Lack (24 saves on 27 shots: 9-9-4)
Three Stars:
3. Erik Karlsson (1 goal) - Ottawa
2. Cody Ceci (1 goal, GWG) - Ottawa
1. Clarke MacArthur (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

Boston Bruins 6, New York Rangers 3 (from New York) - The Bruins improved to 38-17-5 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 33-26-3
Goals:
NYR - J.T. Miller (3) - from Derek Stepan (3:20 1ST)
BOS - Jarome Iginla (18) - from David Krejci and Dougie Hamilton (18:07 1ST)
BOS - Dougie Hamilton (7) - from Milan Lucic and Jarome Iginla (4:04 2ND)
BOS - Carl Soderberg (10) - from Loui Eriksson and Dougie Hamilton (9:34 2ND)
NYR - Brad Richards (16) - from Ryan Callahan and Anton Stralman (16:53 2ND)
BOS - Gregory Campbell SHG (4) - from Loui Eriksson and Johnny Boychuk (9:04 3RD) *GWG*
BOS - Gregory Campbell (5) - from Dan Paille (13:26 3RD)
NYR - Ryan McDonagh PPG (9) - from Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan (15:18 3RD)
BOS - Milan Lucic (19) - from Matt Bartkowski and David Krejci (18:24 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (39 saves on 42 shots: 26-14-4) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (27 saves on 33 shots: 22-20-3)
Three Stars:
3. Gregory Campbell (2 goals, GWG) - Boston
2. Tuukka Rask (39 saves on 42 shots for the win) - Boston
1. Dougie Hamilton (1 goal, 2 assists) - Boston

Colorado Avalanche 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 39-17-5 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 34-22-5.
Goals:
TBL - Tom Pyatt (2) - from Teddy Purcell and Sami Salo (16:49 1ST)
COL - Tyson Barrie (8) - from Paul Stastny and Nathan MacKinnon (17:19 1ST)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly (23) - from P.A. Parenteau and Matt Duchene (19:01 1ST)
TBL - Nate Thompson (7) - from Mike Kotska and Matt Carle (6:40 2ND)
TBL - Nate Thompson (8) - from Mike Kostka (17:37 2ND)
COL - Nick Holden PPG (5) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene (5:12 3RD)
COL - Erik Johnson (8) - unassisted (16:05 3RD) *GWG*
COL - Nick Holden EN (6) - from Max Talbot (19:06 3RD)
COL - Paul Stastny EN (19) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog (19:53 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (31 saves on 34 shots: 30-11-5) LG - Ben Bishop (29 saves on 33 shots: 29-10-4)
Three Stars:
3. Nate Thompson (2 goals) - Tampa Bay
2. Nick Holden (2 goals) - Colorado
1. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

St. Louis Blues 4, Phoenix Coyotes 2 (from Phoenix) - The Blues improved to 40-14-6 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 27-23-11.
Goals:
PHX - Paul Bissonnette (2) - from Michael Stone (2:56 1ST)
PHX - Jeff Halpern (3) - from Keith Yandle and Kyle Chipchura (7:09 2ND)
STL - Patrik Berglund (9) - from Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Tarasenko (3:18 3RD)
STL - Magnus Paajarvi (5) - from Alex Pietrangelo (7:39 3RD)
STL - Kevin Shattenkirk PPG (9) - from Jaden Schwartz and Alex Steen (12:46 3RD) *GWG*
STL - Patrik Berglund (10) - unassisted (18:21 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (23 saves on 25 shots: 16-22-3) LG - Mike Smith (26 saves on 30 shots: 20-18-10) 
Three Stars:
3. Paul Bissonnette (1 goal) - Phoenix
2. Kevin Shattenkirk (1 goal, GWG) - St. Louis
1. Patrik Berglund (2 goals) - St. Louis

Anaheim Ducks 5, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 43-14-5 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 26-26-9 (.500).
Goals:
ANA - Corey Perry (31) - from Dustin Penner and Ryan Getzlaf (6:39 1ST)
ANA - Francois Beauchemin (2) - from Corey Perry and Dustin Penner (13:38 1ST)
ANA - Corey Perry (32) - from Cam Fowler (16:26 1ST)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano SHG (19) - from Saku Koivu (3:31 2ND) *GWG*
ANA - Jakob Silfverberg (7) - from Kyle Palmieri (8:47 2ND)
CAR - Andrej Sekera (11) - from Ron Hainsey and Riley Nash (15:20 2ND)
CAR - Patrick Dwyer (6) - from John-Michael Liles and Nathan Gerbe (11:29 3RD)
CAR - Alexander Semin (16) - unassisted (18:55 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Frederik Andersen (49 saves on 52 shots: 15-3-0) LG - Cam Ward (29 saves on 34 shots: 6-9-5)
Three Stars:
3. Frederik Andersen (49 saves on 52 shots for the win) - Anaheim
2. Andrew Cogliano (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim
1. Corey Perry (2 goals, 1 assist) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Scottie Upshall - Upshall scored 2 goals (including the eventual game-winner) and added an assist in the Panthers 5-3 comeback win over the Islanders.
2. Corey Perry - Perry scored his 31st and 32nd goals of the season and added an assist in the Ducks 5-3 win over the Hurricanes.
1. Claude Giroux - Giroux scored 2 goals and added 1 assist in the Flyers 5-4 OT win over the Capitals.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Ryan Miller started off his Blues career with a 4-2 win over the Coyotes, making 23 saves on 25 shots. 
-Vincent Lecavalier's OT goal was his 900th career point.
-The Panthers beat the Islanders 5-3 thanks to 4 unanswered goals in the 3rd period.
-The Senators scored 4 unanswered goals to beat the Canucks 4-2 in the Heritage Classic, the last outdoor game of the season.
-Daniel Sedin left the Heritage Classic with knee injury in the 2nd period and didn't return.
-Paul Bissonnette scored the 1st goal on Ryan Miller as a member of the St. Louis Blues.
-Tough 32nd birthday for Henrik Lundqvist, allowing 6 goals on 33 shots in the loss.
-Nathan MacKinnon extended his rookie-leading point streak to 11 games, the 2nd longest rookie streak since 1996 (Paul Stastny had a 20-game streak in 2006-2007). He now as 5 goals, 11 assists for 16 points during the streak.
-The Ducks became the 1st team this season to reach 90 points (43-14-5 for 91 points).
-Dmitry Orlov will have a phone hearing from Brendan Shanahan after his hit from behind on Brayden Schenn. Here is the replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waYZWi-Fkso

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak
Los Angeles Kings - 4 game winning streak
Buffalo Sabres - 3 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 5 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Andrej Sekera gets it tonight with his beautiful goal: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=2013020919-490-h
Honourable Mentions:
-Raffi Torres/Joe Pavelski give-and-go gets it tonight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMwmvBf1sAU
-Cody Ceci game-winning goal from the Heritage Classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcJYwdlmsvE
-Claude Giroux deflection goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm5LKX2K9yU

What's up next (March 3rd) - There are 4 NHL games on tap for Monday: 
1. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @7PM ET (In Toronto) 
2. Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas Stars @8PM ET (In Dallas)
3. Calgary Flames vs. Minnesota Wild @8PM ET (In Minnesota)
4. Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles Kings @1030PM ET (In Los Angeles) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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