The Forman Faceoff: January 6th NHL Recap

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

January 6th NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 4, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from New Jersey) -The Devils improved to 15-20-7 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-24-3.

Goals:

NJD - Patrik Elias (6) - from Mike Cammalleri and Adam Larsson (3:44 1ST)

NJD - Jordin Tootoo (3) - from Marek Zidlicky and Cory Schneider (9:49 1ST) *GWG*

NJD - Travis Zajac SHG (6) - from Patrik Elias and Mark Fraser (14:39 1ST)

BUF - Mikhail Grigorenko PPG (1) - from Chris Stewart (6:40 2ND)

NJD - Mike Cammalleri EN (13) - from Travis Zajac and Patrik Elias (16:56 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (20 saves on 21 shots: 14-18-4) LG - Jhonas Enroth (24 saves on 27 shots: 11-14-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jordin Tootoo (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

2. Travis Zajac (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey

1. Patrik Elias (1 goal, 2 assists) - New Jersey

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (SO) - (from Philadelphia) -The Flyers improved to 15-18-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 16-15-8.

Goals:

OTT - Mike Hoffman (13) - from Jared Cowen (6:36 3RD)

PHI - Wayne Simmonds PPG (16) - from Claude Giroux and Mark Streit (8:59 3RD)

Shootout winner - Wayne Simmonds (PHI)

Goalies:

WG - Steve Mason (41 saves on 42 shots: 7-12-6) LG - Craig Anderson (33 saves on 34 shots: 10-9-6)

Three Stars:

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

2. Craig Anderson (33 saves on 34 shots) - Ottawa

1. Steve Mason (41 saves on 42 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Montreal Canadiens 2 (from Montreal) - The Lightning improved to 26-12-4 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 26-12-2.

Goals:

MTL - Dale Weise (5) - from Tomas Plekanec and Sergei Gonchar (15:07 1ST)

TBL - J.T. Brown (2) - from Jonathan Drouin and Brian Boyle (3:17 2ND)

TBL - Tyler Johnson PPG (16) - from Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat (10:42 2ND)

TBL - Brett Connolly (8) - from Valtteri Filppula and Cedric Paquette (18:16 2ND) *GWG*

TBL - Tyler Johnson PPG (17) - from Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov (19:38 2ND)

MTL - Max Pacioretty (17) - from Brendan Gallagher and Sergei Gonchar (5:01 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (20 saves on 22 shots: 20-6-2) LG - Carey Price (32 saves on 36 shots: 22-10-1)

Three Stars:

3. Ondrej Palat (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Nikita Kucherov (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

1. Tyler Johnson (2 goals) - Tampa Bay

Nashville Predators 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 26-9-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 12-24-4.

Goals:

CAR - Eric Staal PPG (11) - from Elias Lindholm and Justin Faulk (17:25 1ST)

NSH - Ryan Ellis (5) - from Viktor Stalberg (4:43 3RD)

CAR - Justin Faulk PPG (7) - from Victor Rask and Eric Staal (8:14 3RD)

NSH - Mike Fisher (6) - from Colin Wilson and Filip Forsberg (10:29 3RD)

NSH - Roman Josi (7) - from Viktor Stalberg and Eric Nystrom (15:17 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (23 saves on 25 shots: 26-6-2) LG - Cam Ward (23 saves on 26 shots: 10-16-2)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Fisher (1 goal) - Nashville

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

1. Roman Josi (1 goal, GWG) - Nashville

San Jose Sharks 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT) - (from Minnesota) - The Sharks improved to 22-14-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 18-15-5.

Goals:

MIN - Jason Zucker (13) - from Jason Pominville (15:21 1ST)

MIN - Jared Spurgeon (5) - from Jason Zucker and Jason Pominville (17:22 1ST)

SJS - Melker Karlsson (4) - from Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski (10:54 2ND)

SJS - Joe Pavelski (21) - from Logan Couture (6:21 3RD)

SJS - Tommy Wingels (10) - from James Sheppard and Brent Burns (7:35 3RD)

MIN - Jason Zucker (14) - from Charlie Coyle (12:12 3RD)

SJS - Marc-Edouard Vlasic (6) - from Justin Braun (3:09 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Alex Stalock (28 saves on 31 shots: 5-4-1) LG - Darcy Kuemper (22 saves on 26 shots: 13-12-1)

Three Stars:

3. Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1 goal, OT winner) - San Jose

2. Jason Zucker (2 goals, 1 assist) - Minnesota

1. Joe Pavelski (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 2, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (from Chicago) - The Avalanche improved to 16-16-8 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 26-12-2.

Goals:

COL - Nathan MacKinnon (7) - from John Mitchell and Gabriel Landeskog (0:53 1ST) *GWG*

COL - Max Talbot (3) - from Nathan MacKinnon and John Mitchell (1:17 1ST)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (54 saves on 54 shots: 8-8-5) LG - Corey Crawford (22 saves on 24 shots: 15-8-2)

Three Stars:

3. John Mitchell (2 assists) - Colorado

2. Nathan MacKinnon (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado

1. Semyon Varlamov (54 saves on 54 shots for the shutout) - Colorado

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Dallas Stars 2 (from Dallas) - The Blue Jackets improved to 18-17-3 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 18-15-6.

Goals:

CBJ - James Wisniewski (4) - from Scott Hartnell and Nick Foligno (5:21 1ST)

CBJ - Ryan Johansen PPG (13) - from Scott Hartnell and Nick Foligno (7:26 1ST)

CBJ - Kevin Connauton (6) - from Ryan Johansen and Nick Foligno (3:57 2ND) *GWG*

DAL - Ales Hemsky (5) - from Jamie Oleksiak (5:28 2ND)

DAL - Antoine Roussel (10) - from Ryan Garbutt (13:14 2ND)

CBJ - Mark Letestu (4) - from Alexander Wennberg and Sean Collins (17:02 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (24 saves on 26 shots: 15-10-2) LG - Anders Lindback (16 saves on 20 shots: 1-6-0)

Three Stars:

3. Sergei Bobrovsky (24 saves on 26 shots for the win) - Columbus

2. Ryan Johansen (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

1. Nick Foligno (3 assists) - Columbus

St. Louis Blues 6, Arizona Coyotes 0 (from Arizona) - The Blues improved to 24-13-3 on the season thanks to a 6-0 shutout of the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 15-20-4.

Goals:

STL - Paul Stastny (8) - from Dmitrij Jaskin and Patrik Berglund (7:57 1ST) *GWG*

STL - David Backes PPG (10) - from T.J. Oshie and Paul Stastny (6:15 2ND)

STL - David Backes PPG (11) - from T.J. Oshie (7:21 2ND)

STL - David Backes (12 - Hat Trick) - from Patrik Berglund (14:53 2ND)

STL - David Backes (13) - from Alex Steen and T.J. Oshie (3:15 3RD)

STL - Jaden Schwartz PPG (13) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Alex Steen (5:53 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (23 saves on 23 shots: 10-5-1) LG - Mike Smith (33 saves on 39 shots: 6-16-2)

Three Stars:

3. T.J. Oshie (3 assists) - St. Louis

2. Brian Elliott (23 saves on 23 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

1. David Backes (4 goals) - St. Louis

Detroit Red Wings 4, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Edmonton) - The Red Wings improved to 21-10-9 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 9-23-9.

Goals:

EDM - Jordan Eberle PPG (9) - from Jeff Petry and Anton Lander (15:29 1ST)

DET - Kyle Quincey (2) - from Justin Abdelkader (10:44 2ND)

DET - Justin Abdelkader PPG (10) - from Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk (18:29 2ND)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (10) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall (15:55 3RD)

DET - Pavel Datsyuk PPG (14) - from Justin Abdelkader and Henrik Zetterberg (19:26 3RD) *GWG*

DET - Luke Glendening PPG/EN (4) - from Drew Miller (19:57 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (21 saves on 23 shots: 16-7-7) LG - Viktor Fasth (37 saves on 40 shots: 2-10-2)

Three Stars:

3. Justin Abdelkader (1 goal, 2 assists) - Detroit

2. Jordan Eberle (2 goals) - Edmonton

1. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 3, New York Islanders 2 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 23-12-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 26-13-1.

Goals:

NYI - Matt Martin (5) - from Travis Hamonic (9:38 1ST)

VAN - Ryan Stanton (1) - from Brad Richardson (12:09 1ST)

VAN - Nick Bonino (9) - from Kevin Bieksa (8:01 2ND)

VAN - Linden Vey (7) - from Derek Dorsett (17:36 2ND) *GWG*

NYI - Mikhail Grabovski (6) - from Kyle Okposo (14:33 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (21 saves on 23 shots: 3-4-2) LG - Jaroslav Halak (17 saves on 20 shots: 21-8-0)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Bonino (1 goal) - Vancouver

2. Matt Martin (1 goal) - New York

1. Linden Vey (1 goal, GWG) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Patrik Elias - The longtime Devil had a memorable night with 1 goal and 2 assists in the Devils 4-1 win over the Sabres. Elias's 3rd point of the game was his 1000th NHL point.

2. David Backes - Backes scored an incredible 4 goals, all in a row, in the Blues 6-0 rout of the Coyotes.

1. Semyon Varlamov - Varlamov turned in the goaltending performance of the season with an oustanding 54-save shutout in the Avs 2-0 win over the Blackhawks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Patrik Elias picked up his 1000th career point.

-David Backes scored 4 goals in a row tonight, which is even more impressive than the rare natural hat trick (3 goals in a row). It was also the 2nd time in his career that Backes scored 4 goals in a game.

-Marc-Edouard Vlasic score game-winning goals on back-to-back nights.

-Tyler Johnson scored 2 goals for the 2nd consecutive game. He has 4 goals and 4 assists during a 4-game point streak.

-Eric Staal scored his 300th career goal.

-Semyon Varlamov stopped all 54 shots he faced for his 3rd shutout of the season. It was the most amount of saves (54) for a goalie on the road in NHL history.

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

Buffalo Sabres - 5 game losing streak

Boston Bruins - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-David Backes 4 goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0DmfKN23_g

-Nathan MacKinnon goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJycWW-ZFi0

-Patrik Elias 1000th point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYTZyF8bEK0

-Eric Staal 300th goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDp6ucUwe6U

-Pekka Rinne backwards diving save on Nathan Gerbe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DM6W4IcOOA

-Mike Hoffman goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Iou7wCr2U4

-Pavel Datsyuk game-winning goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD_9gpHHsOQ

-Marc-Edouard Vlasic OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q8jBGpMR8M