February 14th NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 7, Edmonton Oilers 2 (from Ottawa) 

Goals:

OTT - Milan Michalek PPG (9) - from Mike Hoffman and Erik Karlsson (7:18 1ST)
EDM - Derek Roy (6) - from Ryan Hamilton and Nail Yakupov (15:17 1ST)
OTT - Cody Ceci (4) - from Erik Condra and Alex Chiasson (0:41 2ND)
OTT - Kyle Turris (12) - from Mark Stone and Milan Michalek (0:57 2ND) *GWG*
EDM - Mark Fayne (2) - from Jeff Petry and Andrew Ference (3:06 2ND)
OTT - Milan Michalek (10) - from Kyle Turris and Mark Stone (3:44 2ND)
OTT - Alex Chiasson (9) - from Erik Condra and Erik Karlsson (18:44 2ND)
OTT - Mike Hoffman (19) - from Mike Zibanejad and Bobby Ryan (14:07 3RD)
OTT - David Legwand PPG (8) - from Patrick Wiercioch and Bobby Ryan (15:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Robin Lehner (25 saves on 27 shots: 9-11-3) LG - Viktor Fasth (12 saves on 15 shots: 6-15-2), Richard Bachman (23 saves on 27 shots in relief of Fasth)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Turris (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Ottawa

2. Mike Hoffman (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

1. Milan Michalek (2 goals, 1 assist) - Ottawa

Montreal Canadiens 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (SO) - (from Montreal) - 

Goals:

TOR - Daniel Winnik (6) - from Richard Panik and Roman Polak (11:19 1ST)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher PPG (13) - from Tomas Plekanec and P.K. Subban (12:00 1ST)
Shootout winner - David Desharnais (MTL)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (28 saves on 29 shots: 31-11-2) LG - Jonathan Bernier (31 saves on 32 shots: 16-17-5)

Three Stars:

3. David Desharnais (shootout winner) - Montreal

2. Jonathan Bernier (31 saves on 32 shots) - Toronto

1. Carey Price (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Montreal

Winnipeg Jets 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 (SO) - (from Detroit) 

Goals:

WPG - Chris Thorburn (6) - from Jacob Trouba and Dustin Byfuglien (2:36 1ST)
DET - Niklas Kronwall PPG (6) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Gustav Nyquist (16:54 1ST)
DET - Darren Helm PPG (12) - from Tomas Tatar and Pavel Datsyuk (2:00 2ND)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk (16) - from Darren Helm and Tomas Tatar (5:55 2ND)
WPG - Blake Wheeler (16) - from Tyler Myers and Bryan Little (7:04 2ND)
WPG - Drew Stafford PPG (10) - from Tyler Myers and Michael Frolik (9:48 2ND)
WPG - Andrew Ladd PPG (19) - from Bryan Little and Dustin Byfuglien (4:38 3RD)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk (17) - from Brendan Smith and Danny DeKeyser (13:27 3RD)
Shootout winner - Drew Stafford (WPG)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (25 saves on 29 shots: 16-7-3) LG - Jimmy Howard (34 saves on 38 shots: 16-7-8)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Myers (2 assists) - Winnipeg

2. Drew Stafford (1 goal, shootout winner) - Winnipeg

1. Pavel Datsyuk (2 goals, 1 assist) - Detroit

New York Islanders 6, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (from New York) 

Goals:

NYI - Josh Bailey (10) - from Anders Lee and John Tavares (1:07 1ST)
NYI - Josh Bailey (11) - from John Tavares and Anders Lee (8:21 1ST)
CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (5) - from Matt Calvert and Fedor Tyutin (15:45 1ST)
CBJ - Cam Atkinson (13) - unassisted (19:29 1ST)
NYI - Ryan Strome (10) - from Lubomir Visnovsky and Frans Nielsen (7:02 2ND)
CBJ - Nick Foligno (22) - from Scott Hartnell and James Wisniewski (19:28 2ND)
NYI - Frans Nielsen (10) - from Thomas Hickey and Mikhail Grabovski (1:54 3RD) *GWG*
NYI - John Tavares (25) - from Anders Lee and Brian Strait (7:08 3RD)
NYI - John Tavares (26) - from Josh Bailey and Anders Lee (11:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (34 saves on 37 shots: 31-11-0) LG - Anton Forsberg (40 saves on 46 shots: 0-3-0)

Three Stars:

3. Anders Lee (4 assists) - New York

2. Josh Bailey (2 goals, 1 assist) - New York

1. John Tavares (2 goals, 2 assists) - New York

Nashville Predators 3, New Jersey Devils 1 (from Nashville) 

Goals:

NSH - Matt Cullen (5) - from Craig Smith and Shea Weber (8:49 1ST)
NJD - Steve Bernier PPG (10) - from Eric Gelinas and Scott Gomez (17:37 2ND)
NSH - Colin Wilson (18) - from Victor Bartley and Mike Ribeiro (16:33 3RD) *GWG*
NSH - Craig Smith (15) - from Matt Cullen and Mike Fisher (17:39 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (21 saves on 22 shots: 33-7-2) LG - Cory Schneider (35 saves on 38 shots: 19-22-5)

Three Stars:

3. Cory Schneider (35 saves on 38 shots) - New Jersey

2. Craig Smith (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

1. Colin Wilson (1 goal, GWG) - Nashville

Minnesota Wild 6, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (from Minnesota)  

Goals:

MIN - Thomas Vanek (11) - from Mikael Granlund and Justin Fontaine (1:15 1ST)
MIN - Thomas Vanek (12) - from Justin Fontaine and Ryan Suter (8:17 1ST)
MIN - Jordan Schroeder (2) - from Marco Scandella and Jared Spurgeon (15:31 1ST)
CAR - Andrej Nestrasil (3) - from Jay McClement and Justin Faulk (19:49 1ST)
MIN - Nate Prosser (2) - from Thomas Vanek and Mikael Granlund (2:16 2ND) *GWG*
CAR - Jeff Skinner (12) - from Jordan Staal and Michal Jordan (5:02 2ND)
CAR - Elias Lindholm (11) - from Justin Faulk and Jay McClement (6:32 2ND)
MIN - Erik Haula (5) - from Kyle Brodziak and Stephane Veilleux (3:15 3RD)
MIN - Zach Parise EN (23) - from Jared Spurgeon and Mikko Koivu (18:11 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 27 shots: 19-6-3) LG - Anton Khudobin (18 saves on 23 shots: 6-9-3)

Three Stars:

3. Justin Fontaine (2 assists) - Minnesota

2. Mikael Granlund (2 assists) - Minnesota

1. Thomas Vanek (2 goals, 1 assist) - Minnesota

New York Rangers 5, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Arizona) 

Goals:

NYR - Chris Kreider (13) - from Derek Stephan and Kevin Klein (0:55 2ND)
ARI - Antoine Vermette (13) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Lucas Lessio (6:33 2ND)
NYR - Rick Nash (35) - from Kevin Klein and Derick Brassard (1:19 3RD) *GWG*
NYR - Kevin Hayes SHG (10) - unassisted (11:54 3RD)
NYR - Marc Staal (4) - from Derek Stepan and Martin St. Louis (14:16 3RD)
NYR - Lee Stempniak (7) - from Dan Girardi and Dominic Moore (17:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (34 saves on 35 shots: 8-5-2) LG - Mike Smith (27 saves on 32 shots: 10-25-5)

Three Stars:

3. Kevin Klein (2 assists) - New York

2. Cam Talbot (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - New York

1. Rick Nash (1 goal, GWG) - New York

Colorado Avalanche 4, Dallas Stars 1 (from Colorado) 

Goals:

COL - Gabriel Landeskog (12) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan O'Reilly (11:28 1ST)
COL - Alex Tanguay (15) - from Dennis Everberg and Nate Guenin (5:28 2ND) *GWG*
COL - Jarome Iginla (18) - from Brad Stuart and Matt Duchene (3:20 3RD)
DAL - Jason Spezza (12) - from Jamie Benn and Jyrki Jokipakka (9:58 3RD)
COL - Dennis Everberg (2) - from Alex Tanguay and John Mitchell (19:36 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (24 saves on 25 shots: 15-14-7) LG - Jhonas Enroth (26 saves on 30 shots: 13-22-2)

Three Stars:

3. Semyon Varlamov (24 saves on 25 shots) - Colorado

2. Dennis Everberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

1. Alex Tanguay (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado

Calgary Flames 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (from Calgary) 

Goals:

VAN - Ronald Kenins (3) - from Jannik Hansen and Bo Horvat (16:12 1ST)
CGY - Sean Monahan (18) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Jiri Hudler (6:48 2ND)
CGY - Sean Monahan (19) - from Jiri Hudler and Deryk Engelland (11:42 2ND)
VAN - Linden Vey (9) - from Chris Higgins (17:43 2ND)
CGY - Lance Bouma (10) - from David Jones and Dennis Wideman (1:41 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Karri Ramo (28 saves on 30 shots: 9-5-1) LG - Ryan Miller (31 saves on 34 shots: 26-15-1)

Three Stars:

3. Ronald Kenins (1 goal) - Vancouver

2. Jiri Hudler (2 assists) - Calgary 

1. Sean Monahan (2 goals) - Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 3, Washington Capitals 1 (from Los Angeles) 

Goals:

LAK - Dwight King (10) - from Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Carter (9;03 2ND)
LAK - Trevor Lewis (7) - from Marian Gaborik and Anze Kopitar (0:17 3RD) *GWG*
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (34) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov (1:55 3RD)
LAK - Jarret Stoll (6) - from Dustin Brown and Justin Williams (7:09 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (27 saves on 28 shots: 21-15-10) LG - Braden Holtby (27 saves on 30 shots: 26-12-9)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal) - Washington

2. Trevor Lewis (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles

1. Jonathan Quick (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Los Angeles

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

Nashville Predators - 5 game winning streak

Los Angeles Kings - 4 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 4 game losing streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 4 game losing streak

Boston Bruins - 3 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 3 game winning streak

What's up next - Sunday February 15th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Sunday:

1. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 12:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. St. Louis Blues vs. Florida Panthers at 5:00 PM ET (In Florida)

3. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:30 PM ET (In Buffalo)

4. Washington Capitals vs. Anaheim Ducks at 8:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

5. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. San Jose Sharks at 8:00 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff