January 5th NHL Recap

San Jose Sharks 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Winnipeg) - The Sharks improved to 21-14-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 20-13-7.

Goals:

SJS - Brent Burns PPG (11) - from Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture (2:53 1ST)

WPG - Andrew Ladd PPG (15) - from Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler (9:17 1ST)

SJS - Melker Karlsson (3) - from Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns (4:15 2ND)

WPG - Jay Harrison PPG (2) - from Adam Lowry and Michael Frolik (4:03 3RD)

SJS - Marc-Edouard Vlasic (5) - from Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski (19:55 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (17 saves on 19 shots: 16-9-4) LG - Michael Hutchinson (34 saves on 37 shots: 10-4-2)

Three Stars:

3. Joe Pavelski (2 assists) - San Jose

2. Andrew Ladd (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Brent Burns (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

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

Montreal Canadiens - 6 game winning streak 

Philadelphia Flyers - 5 game losing streak

Buffalo Sabres - 4 game losing streak

Boston Bruins - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Tuesday January 6th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Ottawa Senators vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

3. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal) {***Forman's Game of hte Night***}

4. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

5. San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

6. Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago)

7. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

8. St. Louis Blues vs. Arizona Coyotes at 9:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

9. Detroit Red Wings vs. Edmonton Oilers at 9:30 PM ET (In Edmonton)

10. New York Islanders vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff