December 17th NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 2, New Jersey Devils 0 (from New Jersey) - The Senators improved to 13-12-6 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 11-16-6

Goals:

OTT - Kyle Turris PPG (5) - from Erik Karlsson and Mark Stone (2:47 1ST) *GWG*
OTT - Kyle Turris EN (6) - from Clarke MacArthur and Mark Borowiecki (19:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Craig Anderson (34 saves on 34 shots: 7-8-4) LG - Cory Schneider (14 saves on 15 shots: 11-15-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Cory Schneider (14 saves on 15 shots) - New Jersey

2. Kyle Turris (2 goals, GWG) - Ottawa

1. Craig Anderson (34 saves on 34 shots for the shutout) - Ottawa

Boston Bruins 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (OT) - (from Minnesota) - The Bruins improved to 16-13-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 16-12-2

Goals:

BOS - Carl Soderberg (6) - from Loui Eriksson and Chris Kelly (5:06 1ST)
MIN - Kyle Brodziak (4) - from Brett Sutter and Erik Haula (5:33 1ST)
BOS - Patrice Bergeron (6) - from Brad Marchand and Zach Trotman (17:55 1ST)
MIN - Jason Pominville (7) - from Ryan Suter (11:39 3RD)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (6) - from Carl Soderberg and Zdeno Chara (1:30 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Niklas Svedberg (35 saves on 37 shots: 4-4-0) LG - Niklas Backstrom (22 saves on 25 shots: 5-3-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jason Pominville (1 goal) - Minnesota

2. Niklas Svedberg (35 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Boston

1. Loui Eriksson (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Boston

Dallas Stars 2, Vancouver Canucks 0 (from Vancouver) - The Stars improved to 12-13-5 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 18-11-2.

Goals:

DAL - Colton Sceviour (2) - from Shawn Horcoff and Vernon Fiddler (2:53 2ND) *GWG*

DAL - Antoine Roussel EN (7) - unassisted (19:34 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (27 saves on 27 shots: 12-7-5) LG - Eddie Lack (27 saves on 28 shots: 2-4-2)

Three Stars:

3. Eddie Lack (27 saves on 28 shots) - Vancouver

2. Colton Sceviour (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas

1. Kari Lehtonen (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - Dallas

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 7 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 6 game winning streak

St. Louis Blues - 5 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 4 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak

Carolina Hurricanes - 6 game losing streak

Calgary Flames - 6 game losing streak

Edmonton Oilers - 5 game losing streak
New Jersey Devils - 5 game losing streak

Vancouver Canucks - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Thursday December 18th: There are 7 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. Florida Panthers vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

2. Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

3. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

4. Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus

5. Anaheim Ducks vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

6. St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
7. Edmonton Oilers vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff