January 11th NHL Recap

Florida Panthers 4, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Edmonton) - The Panthers improved to 20-11-9 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 10-24-9.

Goals:

FLA - Jimmy Hayes (13) - from Nick Bjugstad and Jussi Jokinen (4:01 1ST)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (11) - from Taylor Hall and Justin Schultz (4:07 2ND)

FLA - Brian Campbell (3) - from Aaron Ekblad and Jussi Jokinen (6:56 2ND)

FLA - Tomas Kopecky (2) - from Derek MacKenzie and Scottie Upshall (5:08 3RD) *GWG*

EDM - Benoit Pouliot (6) - from Derek Roy and Nikita Nikitin (5:40 3RD)

FLA - Sean Bergenheim (7) - from Tomas Fleischmann (15:28 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (31 saves on 33 shots: 17-7-7) LG - Ben Scrivens (23 saves on 27 shots: 8-14-7)

Three Stars:

3. Jussi Jokinen (2 assists) - Florida

2. Jordan Eberle (1 goal) - Edmonton

1. Roberto Luongo (31 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Florida

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Minnesota Wild 1 (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 28-13-2 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 18-18-5.

Goals:

CHI - Marian Hossa (9) - from Jonathan Toews and Brandon Saad (4:17 1ST)

CHI - Bryan Bickell (9) - from Patrick Kane and Brad Richards (7:53 1ST) *GWG*

CHI - Brad Richards (9) - from Patrick Kane and Bryan Bickell (11:08 2ND)

CHI - Johnny Oduya (2) - from Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa (18:25 2ND)

MIN - Matt Cooke (3) - from Kyle Brodziak and Jonas Brodin (15:08 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (36 saves on 37 shots: 17-8-2) LG - Niklas Backstrom (31 saves on 35 shots: 5-5-3)

Three Stars:

3. Corey Crawford (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Chicago

2. Marian Hossa (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

1. Bryan Bickell (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Chicago

Anaheim Ducks 5, Winnipeg Jets 4 (SO) - (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 27-10-6 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 21-14-8. 

Goals:

WPG - Evander Kane (7) - from Adam Lowry and Toby Enstrom (7:47 1ST)

ANA - Rickard Rakell PPG (2) - from Kyle Palmieri (8:33 1ST)

WPG - Zach Bogosian (2) - from Michael Frolik and Mark Scheifele (9:49 1ST)

WPG - Mark Scheifele (7) - from Mathieu Perreault and Dustin Byfuglien (14:36 1ST)

ANA - Tim Jackman (3) - from Andrew Cogliano and Rickard Rakell (13:38 2ND)

WPG - Andrew Ladd (16) - from Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little (17:42 2ND)

ANA - Kyle Palmieri PPG (7) - from Rickard Rakell and Sami Vatanen (6:25 3RD)

ANA - Rickard Rakell (3) - from Pat Maroon (17:57 3RD)

Shootout winnner - Sami Vatanen (ANA)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (28 saves on 32 shots: 23-6-5) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (39 saves on 43 shots: 10-10-6)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Palmieri (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

2. Mark Scheifele (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

1. Rickard Rakell (2 goals, 2 assists) - Anaheim

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-The Anaheim Ducks retired Teemu Selanne's #8 jersey tonight. Here is video footage from the ceremony in Anaheim tonight: http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/678449

-Rickard Rakell had a career-high 4 points tonight.

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

New York Rangers - 5 game winning streak

St. Louis Blues - 4 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak

Colorado Avalanche - 3 game winning streak
Nashville Predators - 3 game winning streak
Florida Panthers - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 7 game losing streak

Minnesota Wild - 5 game losing streak

Dallas Stars - 4 game losing streak

What's up next - Monday January 12th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Colorado Avalanche vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:00 PM ET (In Ottawa)

3. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff