The Forman Faceoff: January 8th NHL Recap

Thursday, January 8, 2015

January 8th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 3, New Jersey Devils 0 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 21-15-6 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 15-21-7.

Goals:

BOS - Milan Lucic PPG (7) - from David Krejci and Torey Krug (18:50 1ST) *GWG*

BOS - Carl Soderberg (9) - unassisted (8:31 2ND)

BOS - Milan Lucic EN (8) - from Patrice Bergeron and Chris Kelly (19:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Niklas Svedberg (14 saves on 14 shots: 5-5-0) LG - Cory Schneider (40 saves on 42 shots: 14-18-4)

Three Stars:

3. Cory Schneider (40 saves on 42 shots) - New Jersey

2. Niklas Svedberg (14 saves on 14 shots for the shutout) - Boston

1. Milan Lucic (2 goals, GWG) - Boston

Philadlephia Flyers 3, Washington Capitals 2 (OT) - (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 16-18-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 21-12-7.

Goals:

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (21) - from Mike Green and Marcus Johansson (3:08 1ST)

PHI - Sean Coututier (10) - from Matt Read and Nick Schultz (9:53 1ST)

WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (13) - from Karl Alzner and Mike Green (3:08 3RD)

PHI - R.J. Umberger (6) - from Nick Schultz and Matt Read (4:22 3RD)

PHI - Jakub Voracek PPG (16) - from Claude Giroux and Mark Streit (1:28 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Steve Mason (26 saves on 28 shots: 8-12-6) LG - Braden Holtby (30 saves on 33 shots: 19-8-7)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Schultz (2 assists) - Philadelphia

2. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal) - Washington

1. Jakub Voracek (1 goal, OT winner) - Philadelphia

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Buffalo Sabres 2 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 13-24-4 on the seaon thanks to a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-25-3.

Goals:

CAR - Jeff Skinner (9) - from Alex Semin and Ryan Murphy (4:52 2ND)

BUF - Phil Varone (1) - from Chris Stewart (5:51 2ND)

CAR - Jiri Tlusty PPG (11) - from Nathan Gerbe and Justin Faulk (13:50 2ND)

CAR - Eric Staal (12) - Ryan Murphy and John-Michael Liles (14:43 2ND) *GWG*

CAR - Victor Rask (5) - from Ron Hanisey (15:09 2ND)

BUF - Phil Varone (2) - from Tyson Strachan and Chris Stewart (8:17 3RD)

CAR - Riley Nash (6) - from Justin Faulk and Jiri Tlusty (10:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (18 saves on 20 shots: 11-16-2) LG - Jhonas Enroth (26 saves on 31 shots: 11-15-2)

Three Stars:

3. Phil Varone (2 goals) - Buffalo

2. Jiri Tlusty (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

1. Justin Faulk (2 assists) - Carolina

St. Louis Blues 7, San Jose Sharks 2 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 25-13-3 on the season thanks to a 7-2 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 22-15-5.

Goals:

STL - Alex Steen PPG (11) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz (10:38 1ST)

STL - Jay Bouwmeester (2) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Jori Lehtera (15:06 1ST)

SJS - Logan Couture SHG (15) - from Brenden Dillon (18:27 1ST)

STL - Paul Stastny PPG (9) - from T.J. Oshie and Kevin Shattenkirk (19:06 1ST) *GWG*

SJS - Melker Karlsson (5) - from Logan Couture and Brent Burns (0:32 2ND)

STL - Jori Lehtera (9) - from Jaden Schwartz (8:52 2ND)

STL - T.J. Oshie (11) - from Alex Steen and David Backes (13:20 2ND)

STL - Patrik Berglund (5) - from Paul Stastny (9:05 3RD)

STL - David Backes (14) - from Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo (11:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (24 saves on 26 shots: 11-5-1) LG - Antti Niemi (16 saves on 21 shots: 16-10-4), Alex Stalock (5 saves on 7 shots in relief of Niemi)

Three Stars:

3. David Backes (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis

2. T.J. Oshie (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis

1. Jaden Schwartz (3 assists) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT) - (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 27-9-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 18-15-7.

Goals:

NSH - Shea Weber (9) - from Mike Ribeiro and Roman Josi (15:27 1ST)

DAL - Jason Spezza (7) - from Shawn Horcoff and Jason Demers (12:51 2ND)

NSH - Miikka Salomaki (1) - from Roman Josi and Calle Jarnkrok (16:47 2ND)

DAL - Trevor Daley (9) - from Jamie Benn and Cody Eakin (19:58 2ND)

NSH - Shea Weber (10) - from Mike Fisher and Colin Wilson (0:17 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (18 saves on 20 shots: 27-6-2) LG - Kari Lehtonen (21 saves on 24 shots: 17-8-7)

Three Stars:

3. Trevor Daley (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Roman Josi (2 assists) - Nashville

1. Shea Weber (2 goals, OT winner) - Nashville

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Minnesota Wild 2 (from Minnesota) - The Blackhawks improved to 27-12-2 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 18-16-5.

Goals:

CHI - Patrick Sharp (9) - from David Runblad and Andrew Shaw (5:08 1ST)

CHI - Patrick Kane PPG (20) - from Brad Richards and Jonathan Toews (16:19 1ST)

MIN - Jason Zucker (15) - from Jason Pominville and Mikko Koivu (1:03 2ND)

CHI - Bryan Bickell (7) - from Patrick Kane and Brad Richards (6:20 3RD) *GWG*

MIN - Jason Pominville PPG (9) - from Thomas Vanek and Nino Niederreiter (14:55 3RD)

CHI - Bryan Bickell EN (8) - from Brad Richards and Patrick Kane (19:00 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (42 saves on 44 shots: 16-8-2) LG - Niklas Backstrom (16 saves on 19 shots: 5-4-3)

Three Stars:

3. Brad Richards (3 assists) - Chicago

2. Bryan Bickell (2 goals, GWG) - Chicago

1. Corey Crawford (42 saves on 44 shots for the win) - Chicago

Colorado Avalanche 5, Ottawa Senators 2 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 17-16-8 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 16-16-8.

Goals:

COL - Jarome Iginla (11) - from Alex Tanguay and Ryan O'Reilly (8:20 1ST)

COL - Brad Stuart (1) - from Jan Hejda and Matt Duchene (17:20 1ST)

OTT - Mark Stone (10) - from Erik Karlsson and David Legwand (3:03 2ND)

COL - Erik Johnson (11) - from Ryan O'Reilly (3:56 2ND) *GWG*

COL - Jarome Iginla PPG (12) - from Alex Tanguay and Nick Holden (0:23 3RD)

OTT - Bobby Ryan (12) - unassisted (1:05 3RD)

COL - Daniel Briere (8) - from Tyson Barrie and Nate Guenin (2:40 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (36 saves on 38 shots: 9-8-5) LG - Craig Anderson (6 saves on 9 shots: 10-10-6), Robin Lehner (10 saves on 12 shots in relief of Anderson)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Tanguay (2 assists) - Colorado

2. Semyon Varlamov (36 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Colorado

1. Jarome Iginla (2 goals) - Colorado

Arizona Coyotes 4, Winnipeg Jets 1 (from Arizona) - The Coyotes improved to 16-20-4 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 20-14-7.

Goals:

ARI - Mikkel Boedker PPG (10) - from Antoine Vermette and Shane Doan (1:10 1ST)

ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson PPG (11) - from Shane Doan and Mikkel Boedker (3:18 1ST) *GWG*

ARI - Shane Doan PPG (9) - from Michael Stone and Tobias Rieder (15:35 2ND)

WPG - Mathieu Perreault (10) - from Andrew Ladd and Mark Scheifele (6:49 3RD)

ARI - Mikkel Boedker (11) - from Chris Summers and Antoine Vermette (8:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (34 saves on 35 shots: 7-16-2) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (26 saves on 30 shots: 10-10-5)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Smith (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Arizona

2. Shane Doan (1 goal, 2 assists) - Arizona

1. Mikkel Boedker (2 goals, 1 assist) - Arizona

Florida Panthers 3, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Vancouver) - The Panthers improved to 18-11-9 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 23-13-3.

Goals:

VAN - Daniel Sedin (9) - from Henrik Sedin and Yanick Weber (3:39 1ST)

FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (5) - unassisted (9:33 1ST)

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (3) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Aaron Ekblad (7:10 2ND) *GWG*

FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (6) - from Dmitry Kulikov and Willie Mitchell (16:43 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (32 saves on 33 shots: 16-7-7) LG - Ryan Miller (27 saves on 30 shots: 20-9-1)

Three Stars:

3. Aleksander Barkov (1 goal, GWG) - Florida

2. Jonathan Huberdeau (2 goals, 1 assist) - Florida

1. Roberto Luongo (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Florida

New York Rangers 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 (from Los Angeles) - The Rangers improved to 23-11-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 19-13-9.

Goals:

LAK - Tanner Pearson (12) - from Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli (4:12 1ST)

LAK - Justin Williams (10) - from Dustin Brown and Alec Martinez (5:49 1ST)

NYR - Dan Boyle PPG (4) - from Rick Nash and Derick Brassard (10:27 1ST)

NYR - Kevin Klein (8) - from Kevin Hayes and John Moore (2:31 2ND)

NYR - Lee Stempniak (6) - from J.T. Miller and Dan Girardi (2:50 2ND)

NYR - Martin St. Louis PPG (13) - from Dan Boyle and Derick Brassard (8:17 2ND) *GWG*

LAK - Justin Williams (11) - from Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar (15:57 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (28 saves on 31 shots: 4-3-1) LG - Jonathan Quick (22 saves on 26 shots: 16-10-7)

Three Stars:

3. Derick Brassard (2 assists) - New York

2. Justin Williams (2 goals) - Los Angeles

1. Dan Boyle (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jarome Iginla - Iggy scored his 11th and 12th goals of the season in the Avs 5-2 win over the Senators.

2. Roberto Luongo - Facing his former team for the 1st time, Lu stopped 32 of 33 shots in the Panthers 3-1 win over the Canucks.

1. Shea Weber - Weber scored 2 goals, including the OT winner, in the Predators 3-2 win over the Stars.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Braden Holtby has set a Capitals franchise record with his 23rd consecutive start/

-Roberto Luongo returned to Vancouver for the 1st time since being traded to the Panthers last season. He stopped 32 of 33 shots in the Panthers 3-1 win.

-Patrick Kane scored his 20th goal of the season, which is the 8th consecutive season to start his career that he has scored at least 20 goals.

-Mikka Salomaki scored his 1st NHL goal in his 1st NHL game for the Predators.

-Brad Stuart scored his 1st goal as a member of the Avalanche.

-Alex Tanguay picked up 2 assists tonight bringing him to 800 points in his career.

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

New York Rangers - 4 game winning streak

St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 6 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Alex Ovechkin goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I70kfXxzoek

-Jakub Voracek OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZvONzNbyUc