February 11th NHL Recap

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Detroit Red Wings 1 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 31-15-8 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 31-13-9.

Goals:

PIT - Patric Hornqvist (15) - from Kris Letang and Blake Comeau (1:51 1ST)

PIT - Blake Comeau (12) - from Patric Hornqvist (12:15 1ST) *GWG*

PIT - David Perron (14) - from Maxim Lapierre and Paul Martin (3:04 2ND)

PIT - Nick Spaling (8) - from Rob Scuderi and Simon Despres (7:52 2ND)

DET - Stephen Weiss PPG (7) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (13:26 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (23 saves on 24 shots: 26-11-5) LG - Petr Mrazek (13 saves on 17 shots: 13-5-1), Jimmy Howard (4 saves on 4 shots in relief of Mrazek)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Spaling (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

2. Patric Hornqvist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

1. Blake Comeau (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Vancouver Canucks 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4 (OT) - (from Chicago) - The Canucks improved to 30-20-3 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 33-18-4.

Goals:

CHI - Patrick Kane (27) - unassisted (0:57 2ND)

VAN - Linden Vey (8) - from Chris Higgins and Radim Vrbata (4:42 2ND)

VAN - Bo Horvat (6) - from Ronald Kenins and Chris Tanev (6:44 2ND)

VAN - Zack Kassian (5) - from Luca Sbisa and Chris Higgins (11:19 2ND)

CHI - Marian Hossa PPG (15) - from Brandon Saad and Jonathan Toews (12:48 3RD) 

VAN - Daniel Sedin (12) - from Alex Burrows and Henrik Sedin (15:23 3RD)

CHI - Brandon Saad PPG (17) - from Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane (17:49 3RD)

CHI - Marian Hossa (16) - from Patrick Kane and Michal Rozsival (19:05 3RD)

VAN - Daniel Sedin (13) - from Henrik Sedin and Luca Sbisa (1:20 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (37 saves on 41 shots: 5-6-2) LG - Corey Crawford (31 saves on 36 shots: 21-12-3)

Three Stars:

3. Patrick Kane (1 goal, 2 assists) - Chicago

2. Marian Hossa (2 goals) - Chicago

1. Daniel Sedin (2 goals, OT winner) - Vancouver

Washington Capitals 5, San Jose Sharks 4 (OT) - (from San Jose) - The Capitals improved to 29-16-10 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 28-20-8.

Goals:

WSH - Jay Beagle (8) - from Brooks Orpik and Michael Latta (15:02 1ST)

SJS - Brent Burns PPG (13) - from Joe Thornton and Logan Couture (0:21 2ND)

SJS - Brent Burns (14) - from Patrick Marleau (0:43 2ND)

WSH - Troy Brouwer PPG (16) - from Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom (6:17 2ND)

SJS - Logan Couture (20) - from Matt Nieto and Patrick Marleau (14:48 2ND)

WSH - Jay Beagle (9) - from John Carlson and Brooks Orpik (11:17 3RD)

WSH - John Carlson (7) - from Marcus Johansson and Nicklas Backstrom (13:26 3RD)

SJS - Joe Thornton (12) - from Joe Pavelski and Melker Karlsson (14:29 3RD)

WSH - Joel Ward (12) - from Mike Green and Jay Beagle (2:42 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (26 saves on 30 shots: 26-11-9) LG - Antti Niemi (28 saves on 33 shots: 22-13-7)

Three Stars:

3. John Carlson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

2. Brent Burns (2 goals) - San Jose

1. Jay Beagle (2 goals, 1 assist) - Washington

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Marian Hossa scored 2 goals for the 3rd consecutive game.

-Jimmy Howard played his 1st game since injuring his groin on January 10th.

-Brent Burns scored 2 goals in 22 seconds.

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

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

Colorado Avalanche - 3 game losing streak

San Jose Sharks - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Thursday February 12th: There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

2. Anaheim Ducks vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

3. Edmonton Oilers vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

4. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

5. St. Louis Blues vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

6. Winnipeg Jets vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

7. Florida Panther vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

8. New York Rangers vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

9. Calgary Flames vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff