Sunday, December 21, 2014

December 21st NHL Recap

Colorado Avalanche 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (SO) - (from Detroit) - The Avalanche improved to 12-13-8 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 17-8-9
Goals:
DET - Pavel Datsyuk PPG (13) - from Riley Sheahan and Henrik Zetterberg (4:52 3RD)
COL - Erik Johnson PPG (8) - from Tyson Barrie and Gabriel Landeskog (15:45 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jarome Iginla (COL)
Goalies:
WG - Calvin Pickard (34 saves on 35 shots: 6-5-2) LG - Petr Mrazek (22 saves on 23 shots: 3-2-1)
Three Stars:
3. Erik Johnson (1 goal) - Colorado
2. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal) - Detroit
1. Calvin Pickard (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Colorado

Dallas Stars 6, Edmonton Oilers 5 (SO) - (from Edmonton) - The Stars improved to 14-13-5 on the season thanks to a 6-5 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 7-20-7
Goals:
EDM - Taylor Hall (9) - from Teddy Purcell and Jordan Eberle (2:58 1ST)
DAL - Shawn Horcoff (5) - from Jyrki Jokipakka and Colton Sceviour (6:36 1ST)
DAL - Erik Cole (6) - from Ales Hemsky and Alex Goligoski (10:20 1ST)
EDM - Teddy Purcell (5) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall (0:11 2ND)
EDM - Mark Arcobello (6) - from Jeff Petry and Andrew Ference (2:44 2ND)
EDM - Mark Arcobello (7) - from Steve Pinizzotto and Matt Hendricks (9:19 2ND)
EDM - Taylor Hall (10) - from Teddy Purcell (13:17 2ND)
DAL - Jamie Benn PPG (10) - from Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin (19:39 2ND)
DAL - Tyler Seguin (24) - from Klingberg and Alex Goligoski (0:52 3RD)
DAL - Tyler Seguin (25) - from Jamie Benn and Ales Hemsky (9:13 3RD)
Shootout winner - Shawn Horcoff (DAL)
Goalies:
WG - Anders Lindback (9 saves on 10 shots: 1-5-0) in relief of Kari Lehtonen (15 saves on 19 shots) LG - Ben Scrivens (40 saves on 45 shots: 5-12-5)
Three Stars:
3. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas
2. Taylor Hall (2 goals, 1 assist) - Edmonton
1. Tyler Seguin (2 goals, 1 assist) - Dallas

Boston Bruins 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (OT) - (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 17-14-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 13-18-3. 
Goals:
BOS - Dougie Hamilton PPG (6) - from Carl Soderberg and Loui Eriksson (5:52 1ST)
BUF - Andrej Meszaros (1) - from Chris Stewart and Johan Larsson (6:06 2ND)
BUF - Rasmus Ristolainen PPG (3) - from Tyler Ennis and Zemgus Girgensons (14:36 2ND)
BOS - Chris Kelly (3) - from Zdeno Chara and Dougie Hamilton (15:36 2ND)
BUF - Tim Schaller (1) - from Nicolas Deslauriers and Brian Flynn (1:27 3RD)
BOS - Dougie Hamilton (7) - from Patrice Bergeron and Reilly Smith (18:29 3RD)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (7) - from Milan Lucic and Zdeno Chara (2:14 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (25 saves on 28 shots: 13-10-3) LG - Jhonas Enroth (33 saves on 37 shots: 10-11-2) 
Three Stars:
3. Tim Schaller (1 goal) - Buffalo
2. Loui Eriksson (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Boston
1. Dougie Hamilton (2 goals, 1 assist) - Boston

New York Rangers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 0 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 17-10-4 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 9-20-4. 
Goals:
NYR - Ryan McDonagh (2) - from Derek Stepan and Mats Zuccarello (4:10 1ST) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Cam Talbot (18 saves on 18 shots: 3-3-1) LG - Anton Khudobin (30 saves on 31 shots: 0-8-2) 
Three Stars:
3. Ryan McDonagh (1 goal, GWG) - New York
2. Anton Khudobin (30 saves on 31 shots) - Carolina
1. Cam Talbot (18 saves on 18 shots for the shutout) - New York

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0 (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 23-9-2 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 19-12-3. 
Goals:
CHI - David Runblad (1) - from Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp (15:30 1ST) *GWG*
CHI - Kris Versteeg (9) - from Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp (19:59 1ST)
CHI - Patrick Kane PPG (16) - from Patrick Sharp and Brent Seabrook (9:07 3RD)
CHI - Jonathan Toews (13) - from Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith (11:22 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Antti Raanta (31 saves on 31 shots: 6-2-0) LG - James Reimer (30 saves on 34 shots: 6-4-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Patrick Sharp (3 assists) - Chicago
2. Antti Raanta (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - Chicago
1. Patrick Kane (1 goal, 2 assists) - Chicago

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT) - (from Winnipeg) - The Flyers improved to 13-14-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 17-10-7.
Goals:
PHI - Jakub Voracek (13) - from Claude Giroux and Michael Raffl (0:46 1ST)
WPG - Matt Halischuk (1) - unassisted (6:38 1ST)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (8) - from Bryan Little (7:33 1ST)
WPG - Mathieu Perreault (6) - from Mark Scheifele and Michael Frolik (11:20 2ND)
PHI - Vincent Lecavalier (3) - from Mark Streit and Chris VandeVelde (6:06 3RD)
PHI - Vincent Lecavalier (4) - unassisted (16:46 3RD)
PHI - Jakub Voracek (14) - unassisted (0:10 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Rob Zepp (25 saves on 28 shots: 1-0-0) LG -  Ondrej Pavelec (19 saves on 23 shots: 10-8-5)
Three Stars:
3. Mathieu Perreault (1 goal) - Winnipeg
2. Vincent Lecavalier (2 goals) - Philadelphia
1. Jakub Voracek (2 goals, OT winner) - Philadelphia

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Patrick Kane - Kane scored his 16th goal of the season and added 2 assists in the Hawks 4-0 win over the Leafs.
2. Tyler Seguin - Seguin scored his 24th and 25th goals of the season and added 2 assists in the Stars 6-5 comeback win over the Edmonton Oilers.
1. Jakub Voracek - Voracek scored 2 goals (including the OT winner) in the Flyers 4-3 comeback win over the Jets.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Anders Lindback picked up his 1st win of the season after starting it 0-5-0.
-Tim Schaller scored his 1st NHL goal for the Sabres
-Tyler Seguin scored his NHL-leading 24th and 25th goals of the season.
-Anton Khudobin is now 0-8-2 on the season.
-All 3 of Cam Talbot's wins this season have also been shutouts.
-Antti Raanta picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.
-Rob Zepp stopped 25 of 28 shots for the win in his NHL debut. At age 33, Zepp is the oldest goaltender since 1926 to win his NHL debut.
-Matt Bartkowski will be hearing from the Department of Player Safety after this headshot on Brian Gionta: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/should-matt-bartkowski-earn-suspension-for-hit-on-brian-gionta---video-020816675.html
-Vincent Lecavalier scored 2 goals in a game for the 1st time since March 30th. 
-Loui Eriksson scored his 2nd OT goal in his last 3 games.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
New York Rangers - 6 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 5 game winning streak
New York Islanders - 4 game winning streak
Dallas Stars - 4 game winning streak
Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 8 game losing streak
Edmonton Oilers - 7 game losing streak
Detroit Red Wings - 6 game losing streak
Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:
-Nathan MacKinnon beautiful shootout goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_joSy2oaBEM (FFPOTY Candidate)
-Jamie Benn goal/Jason Spezza pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3on2I--aUY
-Rob Zepp save on Mark Scheifele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlAI-AjPSLc

What's up next - Monday December 22nd: There are 6 NHL games on tap for Monday night:
1. Ottawa Senators vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)
2. Nashville Predators vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)
3. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)
4. Arizona Coyotes vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)
5. San Jose Sharks vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
6. Calgary Flames vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff
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