December 28th NHL Recap

Florida Panthers 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 16-9-8 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 20-13-3.

Goals:

TOR - Richard Panik (7) - from Morgan Rielly and David Clarkson (6:39 2ND)

FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (4) - from Brian Campbell and Nick Bjugstad (8:24 2ND)

FLA - Jimmy Hayes (10) - from Sean Bergenheim (10:13 2ND)

TOR - Roman Polak (4) - from Joffrey Lupul and Jake Gardiner (14:16 2ND)

TOR - James van Riemsdyk PPG (16) - from Cody Franson and Tyler Bozak (17:30 2ND)

TOR - Nazem Kadri (11) - from Joffrey Lupul and James van Riemsdyk (18:59 2ND)

FLA - Dmitry Kulikov (1) - from Jussi Jokinen (2:45 3RD)

FLA - Willie Mitchell (2) - from Jonathan Huberdeau (10:09 3RD)

FLA - Brad Boyes PPG (6) - from Dmitry Kulikov and Jussi Jokinen (16:45 3RD) *GWG*

FLA - Scottie Upshall EN (5) - from Tomas Kopecky and Derek MacKenzie (18:35 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (18 saves on 22 shots: 14-7-6) LG - James Reimer (28 saves on 33 shots: 6-5-0)

Three Stars:

3. Joffrey Lupul (2 assists) - Toronto

2. Dmitry Kulikov (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida

1. Brad Boyes (1 goal, GWG) - Florida

Anaheim Ducks 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (OT) - (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 24-8-6 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 20-11-3.

Goals:

VAN - Yannick Weber (3) - from Jannik Hansen and Alex Burrows (2:04 2ND)

ANA - Francois Beauchemin (1) - from Ryan Getzlaf (6:52 3RD)

ANA - Cam Fowler (5) - from Devante Smith-Pelly and Ryan Getzlaf (2:42 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (13 saves on 14 shots: 20-5-5) LG - Ryan Miller (29 saves on 31 shots: 18-7-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Miller (29 saves on 31 shots) - Vancouver

2. Ryan Getzlaf (2 assists) - Anaheim

1. Cam Fowler (1 goal, OT winner) - Anaheim

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

New York Rangers - 8 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 9 game losing streak

New Jersey Devils - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - MondayDecember 29th: There are 12 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Detroit Red Wings vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

3. Washington Capitals vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

4. Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

5. Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

6. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

7. Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

8. Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

9. Nashville Predators vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

10. New York Rangers vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

11. Los Angeles Kings vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

12. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Arizona Coyotes at 9:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff