The Forman Faceoff: January 18th NHL Recap

Sunday, January 18, 2015

January 18th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (from Pittsburgh) - The Rangers improved to 26-13-4 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 26-12-6.

Goals:

NYR - Rick Nash (27) - unassisted (0:26 1ST)

NYR - Derick Brassard (12) - from Kevin Klein and Mats Zuccarello (6:08 1ST)

PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (15) - from David Perron and Kris Letang (15:08 1ST)

NYR - Rick Nash (28) - from Derick Brassard (2:39 2ND) *GWG*

NYR - Derek Stepan PPG (7) - from Martin St. Louis and Chris Kreider (5:34 2ND)

PIT - David Perron (10) - from Robert Bortuzzo and Kris Letang (4:16 3RD)

NYR - Derek Stepan (8) - from Chris Kreider and Martin St. Louis (6:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (32 saves on 34 shots: 22-9-3) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (13 saves on 17 shots: 22-9-4), Thomas Greiss (13 saves on 14 shots in relief of Fleury)

Three Stars:

3. Derick Brassard (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

2. Derek Stepan (2 goals) - New York

1. Rick Nash (2 goals, GWG) - New York

Dallas Stars 6, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (from Chicago) - The Stars improved to 21-17-7 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 28-15-2.

Goals:

DAL - Tyler Seguin (28) - from Colton Sceviour and Jamie Benn (6:33 1ST)

DAL - Cody Eakin SHG (8) - from Jamie Benn and Alex Goligoski (10:49 1ST)

CHI - Patrick Kane (21) - from Brent Seabrook and Bryan Bickell (12:22 1ST)

CHI - Brandon Saad PPG (14) - from Patrick Sharp and Brent Seabrook (17:00 1ST)

DAL - Vernon Fiddler (5) - from John Klingberg and Travis Moen (19:11 1ST)

CHI - Brandon Saad (15) - from Jonathan Toews and Niklas Hjalmarsson (7:13 2ND)

DAL - Cody Eakin PPG (9) - from Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn (2:58 3RD) *GWG*

DAL - Erik Cole (12) - from Jason Spezza and John Klingberg (10:59 3RD)

DAL - Shawn Horcoff EN (6) - from Alex Goligoski and Cody Eakin (19:00 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (38 saves on 41 shots: 19-9-7) LG - Corey Crawford (28 saves on 33 shots: 17-10-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jamie Benn (3 assists) - Dallas

2. Brandon Saad (2 goals) - Chicago

1. Cody Eakin (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Dallas

Winnipeg Jets 4, Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 25-14-8 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 16-24-5.

Goals:

WPG - Bryan Little (18) - from Andrew Ladd (4:08 1ST)

ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (12) - from Shane Doan and Martin Hanzal (7:36 1ST)

WPG - Michael Frolik (10) - unassisted(1:39 2ND)

WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (12) - from Mark Scheifele (9:36 3RD)

ARI - Lauri Korpikoski PPG (4) - from Michael Stone and Keith Yandle (13:21 3RD)

ARI - Tobias Rieder (6) - from Antoine Vermette and Shane Doan (16:10 3RD)

Shootout winner - Bryan Little (WPG)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (28 saves on 31 shots: 12-10-6) LG - Mike Smith (27 saves on 30 shots: 7-19-3)

Three Stars:

3. Dustin Byfuglien (1 goal) - Winnipeg

2. Shane Doan (2 assists) - Arizona

1. Bryan Little (1 goal, shootout winner) - Winnipeg

Detroit Red Wings 6, Buffalo Sabres 4 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 26-11-9 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-29-3

Goals:

BUF - Drew Stafford (7) - from Cody Hodgson and Andrej Meszaros (1:46 1ST)

BUF - Tyler Ennis (11) - from Nikita Zadorov (10:21 1ST)

BUF - Chris Stewart PPG (6) - from Tyler Ennis and Nikita Zadorov (13:37 1ST)

DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (18) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (1:00 2ND)

DET - Drew Miller (2) - from Joakim Andersson and Danny DeKeyser (4:07 2ND)

DET - Tomas Tatar (21) - unassisted (10:08 2ND)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg (12) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Tatar (1:59 3RD)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg PPG (13) - from Gustav Nyquist and Justin Abdelkader (5:05 3RD) *GWG*

BUF - Tyler Ennis (12) - from Matt Moulson (8:31 3RD)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg (14 - Hat Trick) - from Kyle Quincey and Danny DeKeyser (11:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tom McCollum (7 saves on 8 shots: 1-0-0) in relief of Petr Mrazek (4 saves on 7 shots) LG - Jhonas Enroth (20 saves on 26 shots: 11-17-2)

Three Stars:

3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

2. Tyler Ennis (2 goals, 1 assist) - Buffalo

1. Henrik Zetterberg (3 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Rick Nash - Nash scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Rangers 5-2 win over the Penguins.

2. Cody Eakin - Eakin scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Stars 6-3 win over the Hawks.

1. Henrik Zetterberg - The Wings Captain scored his 1st hat trick of the season and added an assist in the Red Wings 6-4 win over the Sabres.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Rick Nash and Tyler Seguin both scored their NHL-leading 28th goal of the season.

-David Perron continued his hot start to his Penguins career with a goal and an assist. He now has 5 goals, 2 assists for 7 points in 6 games with the Penguins.

-Henrik Zetterberg scored his 6th career hat trick.

-Tom McCollum picked up his 1st NHL win for the Red Wings.

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

Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game winning streak

Detroit Red Wings - 4 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 11 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 5 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Henrik Zetterberg hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnqeNTJe8PA