February 12th NHL Recap

New York Islanders 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 36-18-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 23-29-4.

Goals:

NYI - Anders Lee (17) - unassisted (1:11 1ST)
NYI - Casey Cizikas (6) - from Colin McDonald and Matt Martin (4:03 1ST)
TOR - Richard Panik (9) - from Korbinian Holzer and Leo Komarov (1:32 2ND)
TOR - Trevor Smith (2) - from Richard Panik and Tyler Bozak (4:09 2ND)
NYI - Anders Lee (18) - from Josh Bailey and Travis Hamonic (12:02 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (32 saves on 34 shots: 30-11-0) LG - Jonathan Bernier (38 saves on 41 shots: 16-17-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Casey Cizikas (1 goal) - New York

2. Richard Panik (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Anders Lee (2 goals, GWG) - New York

Anaheim Ducks 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from Carolina) - The Ducks improved to 35-14-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 19-27-7. 

Goals:

CAR - Jeff Skinner PPG (11) - from John-Michael Liles and Alex Semin (9:40 2ND)
ANA - Francois Beauchemin (4) - from Matt Beleskey and Corey Perry (14:38 2ND)
ANA - Matt Beleskey (21) - unassisted (17:30 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - John Gibson (35 saves on 36 shots; 3-2-0) LG - Cam Ward (15 saves on 17 shots: 13-19-4)

Three Stars:

3. Jeff Skinner (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Matt Beleskey (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Anaheim

1. John Gibson (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Anaheim

Edmonton Oilers 4, Montreal Canadiens 3 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Oilers improved to 16-31-9 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 35-15-4. 

Goals:

MTL - Christian Thomas (1) - from Jacob De La Rose (16:25 1ST)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (16) - from P.K. Subban and Tomas Plekanec (1:06 2ND)
EDM - Matt Hendricks (7) - from Jeff Petry and Andrew Ference (4:04 2ND)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (13) - from Jordan Eberle (14:09 2ND)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (25) - from P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov (9:17 3RD)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (14) - from Oscar Klefbom and Teddy Purcell (19:35 3RD)
EDM - Anton Lander (3) - from Oscar Klefbom and Nail Yakupov (1:47 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Viktor Fasth (23 saves on 26 shots: 6-14-2)  LG - Dustin Tokarski (34 saves on 38 shots: 5-4-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Anton Lander (1 goal, OT winner) - Edmonton

2. P.K. Subban (2 assists) - Montreal

1. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2 goals) - Edmonton

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Ottawa Senators 4 (SO) - (from Ottawa) - The Penguins improved to 32-15-8 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 21-22-10.

Goals:

PIT - Kris Letang (10) - from Beau Bennett and Brandon Sutter (1:01 1ST)
PIT - Sidney Crosby (18) - from Rob Scuderi (9:57 1ST)
PIT - Evgeni Malkin (21) - from Blake Comeau and Kris Letang (13:52 2ND)
OTT - Mika Zibanejad PPG (14) - from Bobby Ryan and Cody Ceci (5:09 3RD)
OTT - Mike Hoffman (18) - from Bobby Ryan and Erik Karlsson (9:04 3RD)
PIT - Sidney Crosby (19) - from Chris Kunitz (14:53 3RD)
OTT - Mark Stone (13) - from Kyle Turris and Erik Karlsson (15:51 3RD)
OTT - Kyle Turris (11) - from Eric Gryba and Mark Borowiecki (16:04 3RD)
Shootout winner - David Perron (PIT)

Goalies:

WG - Thomas Greiss (29 saves on 33 shots: 6-3-3) LG - Robin Lehner (25 saves on 29 shots: 8-11-3)

Three Stars:

3. Kris Letang (1 goal, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

2. Kyle Turris (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

1. Sidney Crosby (2 goals) - Pittsburgh

St. Louis Blues 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (from Tampa Bay) - The Blues improved to 36-15-4 on teh season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 34-17-6.

Goals:

STL - T.J. Oshie (15) - from Alex Steen (1:50 1ST)
STL - Dmitrij Jaskin PPG (8) - from Alex Steen (4:47 1ST)
TBL - Tyler Johnson PPG (20) - from Nikita Kucherov and Anton Stralman (8:03 2ND)
STL - Alex Steen (19) - from David Backes (12:15 2ND)
STL - David Backes (19) - from T.J. Oshie and Alex Pietrangelo (14:11 2ND) *GWG*
STL - Paul Stastny (11) - from Patrik Berglund and Ian Cole (15:23 2ND)
TBL - Brett Connolly (11) - from Valtteri Filppula (17:28 2ND)
TBL - Steven Stamkos (29) - from Alex Killorn and Anton Stralman (6:31 3RD)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko EN (29) - unassisted (18:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (26 saves on 29 shots: 17-7-2) LG - Ben Bishop (29 saves on 34 shots: 27-10-3), Andrei Vasilevskiy (9 saves on 9 shots in relief of Bishop)

Three Stars:

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

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

1. Alex Steen (2 goals, 1 assist) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 3, Winnipeg Jets 1 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 37-12-6 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 28-19-10. 

Goals:

NSH - Shea Weber PPG (13) - from Roman Josi and Filip Forsberg (4:47 1ST)
WPG - Michael Frolik PPG (11) - from Dustin Byfuglien and Mark Scheifele (11:42 1ST)
NSH - Filip Forsberg PPG (19) - from Roman Josi and Shea Weber (3:38 2ND) *GWG*
NSH - James Neal (19) - from Mike Fisher and Shea Weber (16:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (32 saves on 33 shots: 32-7-2) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (23 saves on 26 shots: 13-12-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Pekka Rinne (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Nashville

2. Shea Weber (1 goal, 2 assists) - Nashville

1. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

Minnesota Wild 2, Florida Panthers 1 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 27-20-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 24-18-11 

Goals:

MIN - Jason Pominville (12) - from Mikko Koivu and Ryan Suter (4:12 1ST)
MIN - Zach Parise PPG (22) - from Thomas Vanek and Mikko Koivu (6:52 2ND) *GWG*
FLA - Nick Bjugstad (19) - from Jussi Jokinen and Jimmy Hayes (9:53 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (26 saves on 27 shots: 18-6-3) LG - Roberto Luongo (21 saves on 23 shots: 20-14-9)

Three Stars:

3. Zach Parise (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

2. Mikko Koivu (2 assists) - Minnesota

1. Devan Dubnyk (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Minnesota

New York Rangers 6, Colorado Avalanche 3 (from Colorado) - The Rangers improved to 32-16-5 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to  22-22-11.

Goals:

NYR - Dan Boyle (8) - from Kevin Hayes and Ryan McDonagh (16:30 1ST)
NYR - Keyin Hayes (9) - unassisted (1:47 2ND)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (11) - from John Mitchell and Nathan MacKinnon (12:46 2ND)
NYR - Mats Zuccarello (11) - from Rick Nash and Derick Brassard (16:02 2ND)
COL - Jarome Iginla (17) - from Max Talbot (6:43 3RD)
COL - Jan Hejda (1) - from Jarome Iginla and Matt Duchene (10:44 3RD)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (12) - from Kevin Hayes and Kevin Klein (12:02 3RD) *GWG*
NYR - Rick Nash (34) - from J.T. Miller (15:42 3RD)
NYR - Ryan McDonagh PPG/EN (5) - unassisted (18:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (26 saves on 29 shots: 7-5-2) LG - Semyon Varlamov (25 saves on 30 shots: 14-14-7)

Three Stars:

3. Jarome Iginla (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

2. Rick Nash (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Kevin Hayes (1 goal, 2 assists) - New York

Los Angeles Kings 5, Calgary Flames 3 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 24-18-12 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 30-22-3. 

Goals:

LAK - Tyler Toffoli (16) - from Jeff Carter (3:16 1ST)
CGY - David Jones PPG (10) - from T.J. Brodie and Dennis Wideman (3:09 2ND)
CGY - Mason Raymond (10) - from Joe Colborne and Matt Stajan (3:41 2ND)
LAK - Tyler Toffoli (17) - from Jake Muzzin and Jeff Carter (19:44 2ND)
LAK - Dwight King (9) - from Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli (0:59 3RD)
LAK - Jordan Nolan (3) - from Drew Doughty (6:44 3RD) *GWG*
LAK - Tyler Toffoli (18 - Hat Trick) - from Dwight King and Brayden McNabb (8:18 3RD)
CGY - Mason Raymond (11) - from Johnny Gaudreau (12:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (15 saves on 18 shots: 20-15-10) LG - Jonas Hiller (35 saves on 40 shots: 18-16-2), Karri Ramo (5 saves on 5 shots in relief of Hiller) 

Three Stars:

3. Mason Raymond (2 goals) - Calgary

2. Jeff Carter (3 assists) - Los Angeles

1. Tyler Toffoli (3 goals, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Anders Lee - Lee scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Islanders 3-2 win over the Leafs.

2. Alex Steen - Steen scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Blues 6-3 win over the Lightning.

1. Tyler Toffoli - Toffoli scored his 1st career hat trick and added an assist in the Kings 5-3 win over the Flames.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Christian Thomas scored his 1st NHL goal for the Canadiens
-Filip Forsberg scored his 19th goal of the season, the most amount of goals for a rookie in Predators history.

-Jaroslav Halak picked up his 30th win of the season, the 1st time in his career he has picked up 30 wins.
-Tyler Johnson scored his 20th goal of the season, the 2nd consecutive season he has done so.
-Tyler Toffoli scored his 1st career hat trick. Toffoli has 5 goals in his last 3 games, all wins for the Kings.

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

Nashville Predators - 4 game winning streak
New York Islanders - 3 game winning streak
Los Angeles Kings - 3 game winning streak

Colorado Avalanche - 4 game losing streak

San Jose Sharks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-T.J. Oshie between-the-legs pass to David Backes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLcnP1hZghQ

What's up next - Friday February 13th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Friday night:

1. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

2. New Jersey Devils vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago)

3. Florida Panthers vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

4. San Jose Sharks vs. Arizona Coyotes at 9:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

5. Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff