February 10th NHL Recap

Dallas Stars 5, Boston Bruins 3 (from Boston) - The Stars improved to 25-21-8 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 28-19-7.

Goals:

DAL - Vernon Fiddler SHG (7) - unassisted (7:28 1ST)
BOS - David Krejci (7) - from David Pastrnak and Milan Lucic (10:43 1ST)
DAL - Jamie Benn (17) - from Alex Goligoski and John Klingberg (14:38 1ST)
DAL - Jamie Benn (18) - from Patrick Eaves and Jordie Benn (17:53 1ST)
BOS - Patrice Bergeron SHG (15) - from Brad Marchand (0:26 2ND)
BOS - Dougie Hamilton (9) - from Chris Kelly and Torey Krug (6:42 2ND)
DAL - Trevir Daley SHG (14) - unassisted (13:42 2ND) *GWG*
DAL - Erik Cole EN (15) - from Jason Demers and Jason Spezza (19:27 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (41 saves on 44 shots: 23-12-8) LG - Tuukka Rask (20 saves on 21 shots: 23-14-7) in relief of Niklas Svedberg (7 saves on 10 shots) 

Three Stars:

3. Dougie Hamilton (1 goal) - Boston

2. Trevor Daley (1 goal, GWG) - Dallas

1. Jamie Benn (2 goals) - Dallas

Ottawa Senators 2, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Buffalo) - The Senators improved to 21-22-9 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 16-36-3. 

Goals:

OTT - Erik Karlsson PPG (13) - from Kyle Turris and Mark Stone (12:18 1ST)
BUF - Tyler Myers PPG (4) - from Matt Moulson and Zemgus Girgensons (5:08 3RD)
OTT - Milan Michalek (8) - from Patrick Wiercioch and Mike Hoffman (12;15 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Robin Lehner (35 saves on 36 shots: 8-11-2) LG - Jhonas Enroth (24 saves on 26 shots: 13-21-2)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Myers (1 goal) - Buffalo

2. Milan Michalek (1 goal, GWG) - Ottawa

1. Robin Lehner (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Ottawa 

New York Islanders 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 35-18-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 15-31-9.

Goals:

EDM - Ryan Hamilton PPG (1) - from Nail Yakupov and Iiro Pakarinen (10:17 1ST)
NYI - Colin McDonald (2) - from Matt Martin and Travis Hamonic (13:20 1ST)
NYI - Josh Bailey (9) - from Thomas Hickey and Anders Lee (11:27 2ND)
EDM - Anton Lander PPG (2) - from Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16:34 2ND)
NYI - Casey Cizikas (5) - from Colin McDonald and Thomas Hickey (15:23 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (34 saves on 36 shots: 29-11-0) LG - Viktor Fasth (25 saves on 28 shots: 5-14-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Thomas Hickey (2 assists) - New York

2. Casey Cizikas (1 goal, GWG) - New York

1. Colin McDonald (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

New York Rangers 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (from Toronto) - The Rangers improved to 31-16-5 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 23-27-4

Goals:

NYR - Dan Boyle (7) - from Derick Brassard and Rick Nash (2:57 1ST)
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (9) - from Rick Nash and Derick Brassard (10:37 1ST)
TOR - Morgan Rielly PPG (6) - from Cody Franson and Tyler Bozak (15:39 1ST)
NYR - Kevin Hayes (8) - from Marc Staal and Kevin Klein (1:42 2ND)
TOR - Stephane Robidas (1) - from Leo Komarov (2:08 2ND)
NYR - Dominic Moore SHG (5) - from Carl Hagelin and Marc Staal (10:33 2ND)
TOR - Morgan Rielly (7) - from Daniel Winnik and Nazem Kadri (0:20 3RD)
TOR - Daniel Winnik (5) - unassisted (6:46 3RD)
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (10) - from Rick Nash and Dominic Moore (14:04 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (30 saves on 34 shots: 6-5-2) LG - James Reimer (34 saves on 39 shots: 7-12-0)

Three Stars:

3. Rick Nash (3 assists) - New York

2. Morgan Rielly (2 goals) - Toronto

1. Mats Zuccarello (2 goals, GWG) - New York

Montreal Canadiens 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 35-15-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 23-22-9. 

Goals:

PHI - Matt Read (4) - from Wayne Simmonds (0:51 1ST)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec (16) - from Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher (12:38 3RD)
MTL - David Desharnais (9) - from Andrei Markov (3:27 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (23 saves on 24 shots: 30-11-2) LG - Ray Emery (39 saves on 41 shots: 9-9-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Carey Price (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Montreal

2. Ray Emery (39 saves on 41 shots) - Philadelphia

1. David Desharnais (1 goal, OT winner) - Montreal

Florida Panthers 6. Anaheim Ducks 2 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 24-17-11 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 34-14-7. 

Goals:

FLA - Dmitry Kulikov PPG (2) - from Brian Campbell and Dave Bolland (5:31 1ST)
FLA - Nick Bjugstad PPG (12) - from Jimmy Hayes and Jonathan Huberdeau (12:20 1ST)
FLA - Aaron Ekblad (9) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Brian Campbell (5:37 2ND) *GWG*
ANA - Kyle Palmieri PPG (11) - from Rickard Rakell and Cam Fowler (7:23 2ND)
FLA - Aleksander Barkov (8) - from Brad Boyes and Jonathan Huberdeau (12:50 2ND)
FLA - Dave Bolland (3) - Tomas Fleischmann and Erik Gudbranson (13:12 2ND)
ANA - Tim Jackman (5) - from Clayton Stoner and Sami Vatanen (14:54 2ND)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes PPG (16) - from Steve Kampfer and Erik Gudbranson (12:44 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (31 saves on 33 shots: 20-13-9) LG - Ilya Bryzgalov (5 saves on 8 shots: 1-4-1), John Gibson (5 saves on 8 shots in relief of Bryzgalov) 

Three Stars:

3. Aaron Ekblad (1 goal, GWG) - Florida

2. Dave Bolland (1 goal, 1 assist) - Florida

1. Jonathan Huberdeau (3 assists) - Florida

St. Louis Blues 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 35-15-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 20-28-7. 

Goals:

ARI - Sam Gagner (10) - from Martin Erat and Michael Stone (4:42 1ST)
STL - Alex Steen (18) - from T.J, Oshie and David Backes (15:10 1ST)
STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (7) - from Carl Gunnarsson (11:08 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (25 saves on 26 shots: 16-5-2) LG - Mike Smith (34 saves on 36 shots: 10-23-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Mike Smith (34 saves on 36 shots) - Arizona

2. Dmitrij Jaskin (1 goal, GWG) - St. Louis

1. Jake Allen (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (OT) - (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 36-12-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 34-16-6. 

Goals:

NSH - Seth Jones (6) - from Viktor Stalberg and Anton Volchenkov (8:31 2ND)
NSH - Taylor Beck (5) - from Paul Gaustad and Eric Nystrom (12:47 2ND)
TBL - Brett Connolly (10) - from Valtteri Filppula (1:20 3RD)
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (21) - from Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson (7:50 3RD)
NSH - James Neal (18) - from Roman Josi and Matt Cullen (4:27 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (30 saves on 32 shots: 31-7-2) LG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (26 saves on 29 shots: 4-1-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Andrei Vasilevskiy (26 saves on 29 shots) - Tampa Bay

2. Pekka Rinne (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Nashville

1. James Neal (1 goal, OT winner) - Nashville

Winnipeg Jets 2, Minnesota Wild 1 (OT) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 28-18-10 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 26-20-7.

Goals:

WPG - Toby Enstrom (3) - from Mathieu Perreault (7:53 3RD)
MIN - Jason Pominville (11) - unassisted (10:22 3RD)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (14) - unassisted (4:00 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (29 saves on 30 shots: 15-7-3) LG - Devan Dubnyk (32 saves on 34 shots: 17-6-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Michael Hutchinson (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Winnipeg

2. Devan Dubnyk (32 saves on 34 shots) - Minnesota

1. Dustin Byfuglien (1 goal, OT winner) - Winnipeg

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jonathan Huberdeau - Huberdeau picked up 3 assists in the Panthers 6-2 win over the Ducks.

2. Jamie Benn - Benn scored his 17th and 18th goals of the season in the Stars 5-3 win over the Bruins.

1. Mats Zuccarello - Zuccarello scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Rangers 5-4 win over the Leafs.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Ryan Hamilton scored his 1st NHL goal for the Oilers.
-Stephane Robidas scored his 1st goal as as member of the Leafs.
-Carey Price picked up his 30th win of the season, the 3rd time in his career he has done so and 2nd consecutive season.

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

Detroit Red Wings - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak
Nashville Predators - 3 game winning streak

Colorado Avalanche - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Dustin Byfuglien with a great individual effort for the OT winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD044McUevs

What's up next - Wednesday February 11th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Detroit Red Wings vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 8:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:00 PM ET (In Chicago)

3. Washington Capitals vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff