January 20th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT) - (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 27-13-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 18-18-9. 

Goals:

NYR - Kevin Hayes (6) - from Dan Girardi and Carl Hagelin (9:29 2ND)

OTT - Erik Karlsson (9) - from Kyle Turris and Mark Stone (13:38 2ND)

OTT - Milan Michalek PPG (6) - from Alex Chiasson and Mika Zibanejad (14:41 2ND)
NYR - Chris Kreider (10) - from Marc Staal and Martin St. Louis (2:42 3RD)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (9) - from Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh (2:55 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (33 saves on 35 shots: 23-9-3) LG - Craig Anderson (32 saves on 35 shots: 12-11-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Chris Kreider (1 goal) - New York

2. Erik Karlsson (1 goal) - Ottawa

1. Carl Hagelin (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - New York

Edmonton Oilers 5, Washington Capitals 4 (SO) - (from Washington) - The Oilers improved to 12-26-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 24-13-9. 

Goals:

WSH - Alex Ovechkin (26) - from Andre Burakovsky and Mike Green (1:48 1ST)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (27) - from Mike Green and Marcus Johansson (13:58 1ST)

EDM - Derek Roy (4) - from Nail Yakupov and Oscar Klefbom (14:51 1ST)

WSH - Jay Beagle (7) - from John Carlson and Tom Wilson (17:34 1ST)

EDM - Nikita Nikitin PPG (3) - from Justin Schultz and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (19:56 2ND)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (15) - from John Carlson and Andre Burakovsky (6:38 3RD)
EDM - Teddy Purcell (6) - from Anton Lander and Matt Fraser (15:49 3RD)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (12) - from Benoit Pouliot and Jordan Eberle (18:53 3RD)
Shootout winner - Teddy Purcell (EDM)

Goalies:

WG - Viktor Fasth (20 saves on 24 shots: 4-10-2) LG - Braden Holtby (27 saves on 31 shots: 22-9-8)

Three Stars:

3. Teddy Purcell (1 goal, shootout winner) - Edmonton

2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1 goal, 1 assist) - Edmonton

1. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals) - Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT) - (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 19-22-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 26-12-7. 

Goals:

PHI - Luke Schenn (2) - unassisted (13:11 1ST)
PIT - Chris Kunitz SHG (14) - unassisted (2:59 2ND)
PIT - Beau Bennett (3) - from Evgeni Malkin and Nick Spaling (2:01 3RD)
PHI - Chris VandeVelde (6) - from Michael Del Zotto and Vincent Lecavalier (4:02 3RD)
PHI - Claude Giroux PPG (16) - from Jakub Voracek and Mark Streit (3:57 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ray Emery (33 saves on 35 shots: 8-9-1) LG - Thomas Greiss (37 saves on 40 shots: 4-2-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Chris Kunitz (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

2. Claude Giroux (1 goal, OT winner) - Philadelphia

1. Ray Emery (33 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

Montreal Canadiens 2, Nashville Predators 1 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 29-13-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 30-10-5. 

Goals:

NSH - Mike Ribeiro (10) - from Seth Jones and Filip Forsberg (12:10 2ND)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk PPG (12) - from P.K. Subban and David Desharnais (2:02 3RD)
MTL - P.K. Subban PPG (11) - from Andrei Markov and Alex Galchenyuk (4:08 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (36 saves on 37 shots: 24-10-2) LG - Carter Hutton (25 saves on 27 shots: 1-4-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Carter Hutton (25 saves on 27 shots) - Nashville

2. Carey Price (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Montreal

1. P.K. Subban (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 5, Minnesota Wild 4 (SO) - (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 27-11-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 20-20-6. 

Goals:

DET - Teemu Pulkkinen (1) - from Stephen Weiss and Brendan Smith (9:09 1ST)
MIN - Mikko Koivu PPG (7) - from Ryan Suter (13:22 1ST)
DET - Jonathan Ericsson (2) - from Gustav Nyquist and Henrik Zetterberg (14:30 1ST)
DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (19) - from Niklas Kronwall and Henrik Zetterberg (3:41 2ND)
DET - Xavier Ouellet (2) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader (7:25 2ND)
MIN - Zach Parise PPG (18) - from Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek (6:01 3RD)
MIN - Thomas Vanek (9) - from Ryan Suter and Ryan Carter (10:01 3RD)
MIN - Zach Parise (19) - unassisted (13:21 3RD)
Shootout winner - Pavel Datsyuk (DET)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (34 saves on 38 shots: 9-3-1) LG - Darcy Kuemper (14 saves on 14 shots: 13-12-2) in relief of Devan Dubnyk (6 saves on 10 shots)

Three Stars:

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

2. Zach Parise (2 goals) - Minnesota

1. Henrik Zetterberg (3 assists) - Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 30-14-4 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 26-16-3. 

Goals:

TBL - Valtteri Filppula (9) - from Steven Stamkos and Ryan Callahan (13:32 2ND)
TBL - Alex Killorn (10) - from Victor Hedman and Valtteri Filppula (0:11 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Brian Boyle (9) - from Brett Connolly and Brenden Morrow (4:16 3RD)
VAN - Frank Corrado (1) - from Alex Burrows and Chris Higgins (8:09 3RD)
TBL - Alex Killorn EN (11) - from Cedric Paquette and Victor Hedman (17:34 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (27 saves on 28 shots: 24-7-2) LG - Ryan Miller (22 saves on 25 shots: 23-10-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Ben Bishop (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay

2. Alex Killorn (2 goals) - Tampa Bay

1. Valtteri Filppula (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

Chicago Blackhawks 6, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Chicago) - The Blackhawks improved to 29-15-2 on the season thanks to a 6-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 16-25-5.

Goals:

CHI - Jonathan Toews PPG (14) - from Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp (6:53 1ST)
CHI - Andrew Shaw (7) - from Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell (12:48 1ST) *GWG*
CHI - Patrick Kane (22) - from Brad Richards and Patrick Sharp (3:51 2ND)
CHI - Teuvo Teravainen (2) - from Bryan Bickell and Niklas Hjalmarsson (9:42 2ND)
ARI - Lucas Lessio (1) - from Sam Gagner and Keith Yandle (17:54 2ND)
CHI - Andrew Shaw (8) - from Duncan Keith (19:19 2ND)
CHI - David Runblad (2) - from Patrick Kane and Brad Richards (14:11 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Raanta (35 saves on 36 shots: 7-3-0) LG - Mike Smith (45 saves on 51 shots: 7-20-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Teuvo Teravainen (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

2. Patrick Kane (1 goal, 2 assists) - Chicago

1. Andrew Shaw (2 goals, GWG) - Chicago

Boston Bruins 3, Dallas Stars 1 (from Dallas) - The Bruins improved to 25-16-6 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 21-18-7.

Goals:

DAL - Vernon Fiddler (6) - from Jason Spezza and Jason Demers (6:46 2ND)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (11) - from Carl Soderberg and Chris Kelly (14:17 2ND)
BOS - Gregory Campbell (5) - from Craig Cunningham and Dougie Hamilton (18:27 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Dougie Hamilton PPG (8) - from Reilly Smith (7:41 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (36 saves on 37 shots: 20-11-6) LG - Kari Lehtonen (24 saves on 27 shots: 19-10-7)

Three Stars:

3. Loui Eriksson (1 goal) - Boston

2. Dougie Hamilton (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

1. Tuukka Rask (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Boston

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Henrik Zetterberg - Zetterberg picked up 3 assists in the Red Wings 5-4 shootout win over the Wild.

2. P.K. Subban - Subban scored the OT winner and added an assist in the Canadiens 2-1 win over the Predators.

1. Andrew Shaw - Shaw scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Hawks 6-1 rout of the Coyotes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Teemu Pulkkinen scored his 1st NHL goal for the Red Wings.
-Patrick Kane scored his 200th career goal.
-Lucas Lessio scored his 1st NHL goal for the Coyotes.

-Mike Smith has lost 20 games in a season for the 2nd straight year.
-5 of the 8 games tonight went to OT.
-Alex Ovechkin has 10 goals in 10 games in January.

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

Detroit Red Wings - 5 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 4 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 11 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 6 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 5 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Alex Ovechkin shatters goal-cam on goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hw678yjj7s
-Teemu Pulkkinen 1st NHL goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS2M_dvgQ-M
-Carter Hutton pad save on Brendan Gallagher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZELiAj4QU
-Carl Hagelin OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akh0OfFvzAc
-Thomas Vanek goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6uJfJLvdiE
-P.K. Subban OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGu3GSzq7k
-Loui Eriksson goal/Carl Soderberg no-look pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uA9zMhkJnU
-Claude Giroux OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it0C3vcielU

What's up next - Wednesday January 21st: There are 6 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:00 PM ET (In Ottawa)

2. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 8:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Winnipeg Jets at 9:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

4. Boston Bruins vs. Colorado Avalanche at 10:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

5. Calgary Flames vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

6. Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff