January 27th NHL Recap

New York Islanders 4, New York Rangers 1 (from New York I.) - The Islanders improved to 32-14-1 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 27-14-4. 

Goals:

NYI - Mikhail Grabovski (7) - from Josh Bailey and Johnny Boychuk (18:05 1ST)
NYI - Matt Martin (7) - from Cal Clutterbuck and Casey Cizikas (4:11 2ND) *GWG*
NYI - Ryan Strome (9) - from Frans Nielsen and Calvin de Haan (6:12 3RD)
NYI - John Tavares PPG (22) - from Travis Hamonic and Johnny Boychuk (16:47 3RD)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (10) - from Jesper Fast and Dominic Moore (19:51 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (40 saves on 41 shots: 26-9-0) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (34 saves on 38 shots: 23-10-3) 
Three Stars:

3. Johnny Boychuk (2 assists) - New York

2. Matt Martin (1 goal, GWG) - New York

1. Jaroslav Halak (40 saves on 41 shots for the win) - New York

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO) - (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 20-22-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 16-25-6. 

Goals:

ARI - Connor Murphy (3) - from Martin Erat and Andrew Campbell (3:33 1ST)
ARI - Martin Erat (7) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Shane Doan (5:50 1ST)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds PPG (17) - from Mark Streit and Claude Giroux (9:02 1ST)
PHI - R.J. Umberger (9) - from Andrew MacDonald and Sean Couturier (13:55 2ND)
PHI - Michael Del Zotto (4) - from Jakub Voracek and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (18:59 2ND)
ARI - Tobias Rieder (7) - from Shane Doan and Antoine Vermette (19:22 2ND)
Shootout winner - Wayne Simmonds (PHI)

Goalies:

WG - Steve Mason (22 saves on 23 shots: 9-12-6) in relief of Ray Emery (2 saves on 4 shots) LG - Mike Smith (39 saves on 42 shots: 7-20-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Steve Mason (22 saves on 23 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

2. Mike Smith (39 saves on 42 shots) - Arizona

1. Wayne Simmonds (1 goal, shootout winner) - Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Winnipeg Jets 3 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 27-12-8 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 26-15-8. 

Goals:

PIT - Nick Spaling (7) - from David Perron and Kris Letang (7:09 1ST)
WPG - Chris Thorburn (5) - from Adam Lowry and Evander Kane (2:13 2ND)
WPG - Jacob Trouba (5) - from Evander Kane and Dustin Byfuglien (12:47 2ND)
PIT - Steve Downie (9) - from Kris Letang and Marcel Goc (19:55 2ND)
WPG - Adam Lowry (6) - from Chris Thorburn and Evander Kane (0:59 3RD)
PIT - David Perron PPG (11) - from Kris Letang and Chris Kunitz (4:23 3RD)
PIT - Brandon Sutter (10) - from Paul Martin and Kris Letang (7:52 3RD) *GWG*
PIT - Patric Hornqvist EN (14) - from Paul Martin and Kris Letang (19:32 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Thomas Greiss (19 saves on 22 shots: 5-2-3) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (25 saves on 29 shots: 12-11-6) 

Three Stars:

3. Evander Kane (3 assists) - Winnipeg

2. David Perron (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

1. Kris Letang (5 assists) - Pittsburgh

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Washington Capitals 3 (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 21-22-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 24-14-9. 

Goals:

CBJ - Mark Letestu (5) - from Corey Tropp and Jack Johnson (3:45 2ND)
CBJ - Ryan Johansen (18) - from Kevin Connauton and Nick Foligno (15:39 2ND)
WSH - Andre Burakovsky (7) - from Matt Niskanen and Nicklas Backstrom (16:12 2ND)
CBJ - Fedor Tyutin (2) - from Cam Atkinson and Dalton Prout (19:04 2ND)
WSH - Troy Brouwer (13) - from Matt Niskanen and Evgeny Kuznetsov (19:40 2ND)
CBJ - Cam Atkinson (9) - from Fedor Tyutin and Nick Foligno (5:20 3RD) *GWG*
WSH - Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) - from Marcus Johansson and John Carlson (12:09 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Curtis McElhinney (25 saves on 28 shots: 5-6-1) LG - Braden Holtby (26 saves on 30 shots: 22-10-8) 

Three Stars:

3. Evgeny Kuznetsov (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

2. Nick Foligno (2 assists) - Columbus

1. Cam Atkinson (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Columbus

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 17-25-5 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 30-15-4. 

Goals:

CAR - Eric Staal (16) - from Jordan Staal (0:22 1ST)
CAR - Nathan Gerbe (5) - from Brett Bellemore and Ron Hainsey (6:05 1ST)
TBL - Cedric Paquette (6) - from Jonathan Drouin and Andrej Sustr (14:05 1ST)
CAR - Justin Faulk PPG (9) - from Jordan Staal (8:26 2ND) *GWG*
TBL - Brian Boyle SHG (10) - unassisted (14:06 2ND)
CAR - Jiri Tlusty (12) - from Justin Faulk and Eric Staal (7:53 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (28 saves on 30 shots: 6-8-2) LG - Ben Bishop (18 saves on 22 shots: 24-8-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Anton Khudobin (28 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Carolina

2. Justin Faulk (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Carolina

1. Eric Staal (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

Montreal Canadiens 3, Dallas Stars 2 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 30-13-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 21-19-7. 

Goals:

MTL - Alexei Emelin (2) - from Brandon Prust (6:07 1ST)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (13) - from Nathan Beaulieu and Sergei Gonchar (9:53 1ST)
DAL - Jamie Benn (14) - from Jason Spezza (19:57 1ST)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher PPG (12) - from P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov (4:37 2ND) *GWG*
DAL - Patrik Eaves PPG (4) - from Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn (10:05 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (40 saves on 42 shots: 25-10-2) LG - Kari Lehtonen (23 saves on 26 shots: 19-11-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Brendan Gallagher (1 goal, GWG) - Montreal

2. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

1. Carey Price (40 saves on 42 shots for the win) - Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 5, Florida Panthers 4 (from Florida) - The Red Wings improved to 28-11-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 20-15-10.

Goals:

DET - Drew Miller SHG (3) - from Jonathan Ericsson (8:06 1ST)
FLA - Aleksander Barkov PPG (5) - from Nick Bjugstad and Aaron Ekblad (9:08 1ST)
FLA - Brandon Pirri PPG (5) - from Brian Campbell and Jussi Jokinen (10:16 1ST)
DET - Henrik Zetterberg (15) - from Justin Abdelkader and Gustav Nyquist (0:32 2ND)
DET - Luke Glendening (5) - from Stephen Weiss and Riley Sheahan (7:07 2ND)
DET - Stephen Weiss (6) - from Riley Sheahan (8:26 2ND) 
DET - Luke Glendening (6) - from Stephen Weiss (11:19 2ND) *GWG*
FLA - Nick Bjugstad PPG (16) - from Aaron Ekblad and Aleksander Barkov (15:30 2ND)
FLA - Brad Boyes (10) - from Aleksander Barkov (10:54 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (37 saves on 41 shots: 10-3-1) LG - Roberto Luongo (12 saves on 17 shots: 17-11-8), Al Montoya (10 saves on 10 shots in relief of Luongo)

Three Stars:

3. Luke Glendening (2 goals, GWG) - Detroit

2. Aleksander Barkov (1 goal, 2 assists) - Florida

1. Stephen Weiss (1 goal, 2 assists) - Detroit

Nashville Predators 4, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT) - (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 31-10-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 20-18-11. 

Goals:

COL - Cody McLeod (4) - from Zach Redmond and John Mitchell (11:52 1ST)
NSH - Roman Josi (8) - from Shea Weber and Mike Ribeiro (3:33 2ND)
NSH - Colin Wilson PPG (15) - from Seth Jones and Mike Ribeiro (13:21 2ND)
COL - Jarome Iginla (15) - from Matt Duchene and Alex Tanguay (16:05 2ND)
NSH - Filip Forsberg (16) - unassisted (0:32 3RD)
COL - Nick Holden (4) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Tyson Barrie (19:24 3RD)
NSH - Craig Smith (14) - from Mike Ribeiro and Shea Weber (2:46 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (21 saves on 24 shots: 2-4-3) LG - Semyon Varlamov (35 saves on 39 shots: 12-10-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Craig Smith (1 goal, OT winner) - Nashville

2. Nick Holden (1 goal) - Colorado

1. Mike Ribeiro (3 assists) - Nashville

Calgary Flames 4, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 26-19-3 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-31-3  

Goals:

BUF - Chris Stewart PPG (7) - from Tyler Ennis and Tyler Myers (10:33 1ST)
CGY - Johnny Gaudreau PPG (14) - from Jiri Hudler and Mark Giordano (13:40 1ST)
CGY - Josh Jooris (10) - from Joe Colborne (9:05 3RD) *GWG*
CGY - Joe Colborne (6) - from Raphael Diaz and T.J. Brodie (14:06 3RD)
CGY - Johnny Gaudreau (15) - from Jiri Hudler and Sean Monahan (17:28 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (17 saves on 18 shots: 14-13-2) LG - Jhonas Enroth (27 saves on 31 shots: 11-18-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Jiri Hudler (2 assists) - Calgary

2. Joe Colborne (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

1.Johnny Gaudreau (2 goals) - Calgary

Minnesota Wild 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Edmonton) - The Wild improved to 21-20-6 12-26-9 

Goals:

MIN - Nino Niederreiter (15) - from Justin Fontaine (9:09 1ST)
EDM - Boyd Gordon (6) - from Matt Hendricks and Oscar Klefbom (17:16 2ND)
MIN - Charlie Coyle (6) - unassisted (15:37 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (23 saves on 24 shots: 12-6-2) LG - Viktor Fasth (27 saves on 29 shots: 4-11-2)

Three Stars:

3. Viktor Fasth (27 saves on 29 shots) - Edmonton

2. Charlie Coyle (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Devan Dubnyk (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Minnesota

Anaheim Ducks 4, Vancouver Canucks 0 (from Vancouver) - The Ducks improved to 32-10-6 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 26-17-3,

Goals:

ANA - Matt Beleskey (18) - from Hampus Lindholm and Ryan Kesler (13:43 1ST) *GWG*
ANA - Kyle Palmieri PPG (10) - from Rickard Rakell (7:19 2ND)
ANA - Rickard Rakell (4) - from Clayton Stoner and Sami Vatanen (9:20 3RD)
ANA - Pat Maroon EN (5) - unassisted (19:28 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (17 saves on 17 shots: 27-6-5) LG - Ryan Miller (20 saves on 23 shots: 23-11-1)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Beleskey (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim

2. Rickard Rakell (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

1. Frederik Andersen (17 saves on 17 shots for the shutout) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jaroslav Halak - Halak stopped 40 of 41 shots in the Islanders 4-1 win over the Rangers (his shutout snapped with 9 seconds left)

2. Johnny Gaudreau - Gaudreau scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season in the Flames 4-1 win over the Sabres.

1. Kris Letang - Letang picked up a career-high 5 assists on 5 Penguins goals in their 5-3 win over the Jets.

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

Anaheim Ducks - 6 game winning streak
Detroit Red Wings - 6 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 5 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak
Carolina Hurricanes - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 12 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 7 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 6 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 4 game losing streak

What's up next - Wednesday January 28th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:30 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals at 8:00 PM ET (In Washington)

3. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff