The Forman Faceoff: April 1st NHL Recap

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

April 1st NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO) - (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 21-45-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 32-28-16.

Goals:

NJD - Dainius Zubrus (11) - from Michael Ryder and Damien Brunner (8:16 2ND)

BUF - Tyler Ennis (20) - from Ville Leino and Drew Stafford (1:39 3RD)

BUF - Tyler Ennis (21) - from Cody Hodgson and Drew Stafford (4:41 3RD)

NJD - Tuomo Ruutu PPG (7) - from Andy Greene and Marek Zidlicky (6:58 3RD)

Shootout winner - Ville Leino (BUF)

Goalies:

WG - Nathan Lieuwen (33 saves on 35 shots: 1-2-0) LG - Cory Schneider (25 saves on 27 shots: 14-14-11)

Three Stars:

3. Tuomo Ruutu (1 goal) - New Jersey

2. Nathan Lieuwen (33 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Buffalo

1. Tyler Ennis (2 goals) - Buffalo

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Calgary Flames 2 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 37-32-8 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 31-38-7.

Goals:

TOR - Jay McClement (4) - from Cody Franson (0:50 2ND)

CGY - Matt Stajan (13) - from T.J. Brodie and Mark Giordano (16:55 2ND)

TOR - Dave Bolland (8) - unassisted (2:16 3RD)

TOR - David Clarkson (5) - from Mason Raymond (5:47 3RD) *GWG*

CGY - Kris Russell (6) - from Joe Colborne and Chris Butler (7:24 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (22 saves on 24 shots: 26-19-7) LG - Karri Ramo (20 saves on 23 shots: 14-13-4)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Stajan (1 goal) - Calgary

2. Dave Bolland (1 goal) - Toronto

1. David Clarkson (1 goal, GWG) - Toronto

New York Islanders 4, Florida Panthers 2 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 30-35-10 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 27-42-8.

Goals:

FLA - Quinton Howden SHG (4) - unassisted (1:50 1ST)

NYI - Travis Hamonic PPG (3) - from Josh Bailey (2:35 1ST)

NYI - Josh Bailey (7) - from Colin McDonald and Ryan Strome (11:18 2ND)

NYI - Matt Martin (8) - from Colin McDonald (17:36 2ND) *GWG*

NYI - Mike Halmo (1) - from Casey Cizikas (4:21 3RD)

FLA - Brandon Pirri PPG (11) - from Brian Campbell and Dmitry Kulikov (19:56 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Evgeni Nabokov (20 saves on 22 shots: 14-14-7) LG - Scott Clemmensen (36 saves on 40 shots: 6-7-1)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Halmo (1 goal) - New York

2. Colin McDonald (2 assists) - New York

1. Josh Bailey (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (From Pittsburgh) - The Hurricanes improved to 33-32-11 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 48-23-5.

Goals:

PIT - Chris Kunitz (35) - from Lee Stempniak and Sidney Crosby (9:01 1ST)

CAR - Justin Faulk (4) - unassisted (14:39 1ST)

CAR - Elias Lindholm PPG (7) - from Jeff Skinner and Andrei Loktionov (9:24 2ND) *GWG*

CAR - Elias Lindholm (8) - from Jeff Skinner (14:57 2ND)

CAR - Eric Staal (18) - from Andrei Loktionov (11:47 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (30 saves on 31 shots: 17-12-1) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (24 saves on 28 shots: 36-18-4)

Three Stars:

3. Anton Khudobin (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Carolina

2. Jeff Skinner (2 assists) - Carolina

1. Elias Lindholm (2 goals, GWG) - Carolina

Dallas Stars 5, Washington Capitals 0 (from Washington) - The Stars improved to 37-27-11 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 34-29-13.

Goals:

DAL - Jamie Benn (31) - from Tyler Seguin (15:08 1ST) *GWG*

DAL - Ray Whitney (9) - Alex Chiasson and Alex Goligoski (9:16 2ND)

DAL - Dustin Jeffery (1) - from Alex Chiasson and Trevor Daley (9:50 2ND)

DAL - Dustin Jeffery (2) - from Ray Whitney and Alex Chiasson (9:55 3RD)

DAL - Ryan Garbutt SHG (16) - from Vernon Fiddler (14:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (35 saves on 35 shots: 30-18-10) LG - Jaroslav Halak (20 saves on 23 shots: 28-12-7), Braden Holty (11 saves on 13 shots in relief of Halak)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Chiasson (3 assists) - Dallas

2. Dustin Jeffery (2 goals) - Dallas

1. Kari Lehtonen (35 saves on 35 shots for the shutout) - Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT) - (from Columbus) - The Avalanche improved to 48-21-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 38-30-7.

Goals:

CBJ - Cam Atkinson (20) - from Brandon Dubinsky (10:52 2ND)

CBJ - Blake Comeau (4) - from Nick Foligno and Fedor Tyutin (15:59 2ND)

COL - Brad Malone (2) - from Marc-Andre Cliche and Nick Holden (9:46 3RD)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog (25) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Paul Stastny (15:03 3RD)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (26) - from Tyson Barrie and Nathan MacKinnon (4:27 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - LG - Semyon Varlamov (24 saves on 26 shots: 38-14-5) Sergei Bobrovsky (25 saves on 28 shots: 27-19-5)

Three Stars:

3. Brandon Dubinsky (1 assist) - Columbus

2. Semyon Varlamov (24 saves on 26 shots for the win) - Colorado

1. Gabriel Landeskog (2 goals, OT winner) - Colorado

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 42-25-9 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 43-27-7.

Goals:

MTL - Brendan Gallagher (19) - from Alex Galchenyuk and Mike Weaver (10:18 1ST)

TBL - Ryan Callahan PPG (17) - from Ondrej Palat and Victor Hedman (9:19 2ND)

TBL - Tyler Johnson SHG (23) - from Victor Hedman (12:41 3RD) *GWG*

TBL - Alex Killorn PPG/EN (17) - from Ondrej Palat and J.T. Brown (19:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 26 shots: 37-12-7) LG - Carey Price (30 saves on 32 shots: 32-18-6)

Three Stars:

3. Carey Price (30 saves on 32 shots) - Montreal

2. Ondrej Palat (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

1. Tyler Johnson (1 goal, GWG) - Tampa Bay

St. Louis Blues 1, Philadelphia Flyers 0 (SO) - (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 51-17-7 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 39-27-9.

Goals:

None
Shootout winner - T.J. Oshie (STL)

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (31 saves on 31 shots: 25-25-4) LG - Ray Emery (28 saves on 28 shots: 8-10-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jaden Schwartz (6 shots on goal) - St. Louis

2. Ray Emery (28 saves on 28 shots) - Philadelphia

1. Ryan Miller (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

New York Rangers 3, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Vancouver) - The Rangers improved to 43-30-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 34-32-11.

Goals:

NYR - Dan Carcillo (4) - from Derek Dorsett and Brian Boyle (4:59 1ST)

NYR - Benoit Pouliot PPG (13) - from Derick Brassard and Mats Zuccarello (14:43 1ST) *GWG*

VAN - Ryan Kesler (24) - from Daniel Sedin (6:21 2ND)

NYR - Martin St. Louis SHG (30) - from Rick Nash (10:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (34 saves on 35 shots: 31-23-4) LG - Eddie Lack (28 saves on 31 shots: 15-16-5)

Three Stars:

3. Martin St. Louis (1 goal) - New York

2. Ryan Kesler (1 goal) - Vancouver

1. Henrik Lundqvist (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - New York

Winnipeg Jets 2, Phoenix Coyotes 1 (SO) - (from Phoenix) - The Jets improved to 34-33-10 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Phoenix Coyotes, dropping them to 36-27-13.

Goals:

WPG - Andrew Ladd (23) - from Bryan Little (10:01 1ST)

PHX - Zbynek Michalek (2) - from Antoine Vermette and Mikkel Boedker (0:19 2ND)

Shootout winner - Andrew Ladd (WPG)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (29 saves on 30 shots: 21-25-7) LG - Thomas Greiss (21 saves on 22 shots: 9-6-3)

Three Stars:

3. Zbynek Michalek (1 goal) - Phoenix

2. Ondrej Pavelec (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

1. Andrew Ladd (1 goal, shootout winner) - Winnipeg

San Jose Sharks 5, Edmonton Oilers 4 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 48-20-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 26-41-9.

Goals:

SJS - Andrew Desjardins (3) - from Tyler Kennedy and Jason Demers (3:11 1ST)

EDM - Taylor Hall PPG (26) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle (12:34 1ST)

SJS - Dan Boyle (11) - from Joe Thornton (15:54 1ST)

SJS - Tommy Wingels (16) - from Brad Stuart and Justin Braun (2:45 2ND)

EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (17) - from Anton Belov and Taylor Hall (13:04 2ND)
EDM - Jordan Eberle (25) - from Oscar Klefbom and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (13:42 2ND)

EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (18) - from Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall (6:16 3RD)
SJS - Brent Burns (22) - from Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski (10:35 3RD)
SJS - Patrick Marleau PPG (32) - from Brent Burns and Dan Boyle (12:31 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (25 saves on 29 shots: 37-15-7) LG - Ben Scrivens (28 saves on 33 shots: 14-15-4)

Three Stars:

3. Brent Burns (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

2. Joe Thornton (2 assists) - San Jose

1. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2 goals, 2 assists) - Edmonton

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Kari Lehtonen - Lehtonen stopped all 35 shots in the Stars 5-0 rout of the Capitals.

2. Ryan Miller - Miller stopped all 31 shots and both shots in the shootout in the Blues 1-0 win over the Flyers.

1. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Nuge had his best performance of the season scoring 2 goals and adding 2 assists in the Oilers 5-4 loss to the Sharks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Sidney Crosby reached the 100-point mark for the 5th time in his career.

-The Lightning and Canadiens both clinched a playoff spot tonight

-The Blue Jackets piled on 27 hits in the 1st period of their game against the Avalanche, the most in a period this season.

-The Leafs ended their 8-game losing streak.

-Mike Halmo scored his 1st NHL goal for the Islanders.

-David Clarkson scored his game-winning goal as a Maple Leaf, and his first goal since February 4th.

-Kari Lehtonen reached 30 wins for the 4th time in his career. He also picked up his 4th shutout of the season.

-Nathan Lieuwen picked up his 1st NHL win in the Sabres 3-2 win over the Devils.

-The Devils are the only team in the NHL this season without a shootout win, falling to 0-11 tonight.

-Douglas Murray will be hearing from Brendan Shanahan after his elbow to the head of Mike Kostka. Kostka was knocked out on the play and eventually got off the ice on his own power, but in obvious pain. Here is the replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8kLHfu-GSY

-Ryan Miller picked up his 1st shutout of the season, and first with the Blues.

-Martin St. Louis scored his 1st goal as a New York Ranger, and 30th of the season. This is the 7th time in his career St. Louis has scored 30 goals in a season.

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

Colorado Avalanche - 4 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 3 game winning streak

Ottawa Senators - 3 game winning streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game winning streak

Florida Panthers - 4 game losing streak

Chicago Blackhawks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Joe Pavelski to Joe Thornton to Brent Burns tic-tac-toe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Prz8jFfrk

Honourable Mentions:

-Martin St. Louis first goal as a Ranger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdiw8VzKh6g
-Nathan Lieuwen paddle save on Michael Ryder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMytLdSM3jE&cmpid=nhl-twt

-Tyler Johnson short-handed goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K9gcY6XRuo

-Ryan Miller save on Michael Raffl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdeBJ9VKHKo