February 16th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 6, New York Islanders 5 (from New York I.) - The Rangers improved to 34-16-5 on the season thanks to a 6-5 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 37-19-1.

Goals:

NYI - John Tavares (27) - unassisted (0:11 1ST)

NYI - Frans Nielsen (11) - from Travis Hamonic and Mikhail Grabovski (11:46 1ST)

NYR - Ryan McDonagh (6) - from Dan Girardi and Lee Stempniak (14:35 1ST)

NYI - Johnny Boychuk (5) - unassisted (1:20 2ND)

NYR - Chris Kreider (14) - from Derek Stepan and Dan Boyle (3:07 2ND)

NYR - Ryan McDonagh (7) - from J.T. Miller and Kevin Hayes (3:30 2ND)

NYI - Ryan Strome (11) - from Brock Nelson and Travis Hamonic (7:41 2ND)
NYI - Ryan Strome (12) - from Frans Nielsen (3:43 3RD)
NYR - Derek Stepan (10) - from Chris Kreider and Kevin Klein (6:25 3RD)
NYR - Martin St. Louis (15) - from Derek Stepan and Marc Staal (8:02 3RD)
NYR - Kevin Klein (9) - from Derick Brassard and Martin St. Louis (15:28 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (38 saves on 43 shots: 9-5-2) LG - Jaroslav Halak (36 saves on 42 shots: 31-12-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Ryan McDonagh (2 goals) - New York R.

2. Ryan Strome (2 goals) - New York I.

1. Kevin Klein (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New York R.

Carolina Hurricanes 6, Ottawa Senators 3 (from Ottawa) - The Hurricanes improved to 20-28-7 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 22-23-10. 

Goals:

CAR - Andrej Nestrasil (4) - from Nathan Gerbe (6:49 1ST)

OTT - Erik Condra (6) - from Erik Karlsson and Shane Prince (18:15 1ST)
CAR - Jeff Skinner PPG (13) - from Riley Nash and Andrej Sekera (8:06 2ND)
OTT - Mike Hoffman (20) - from Mika Zibanejad and Erik Karlsson (10:52 2ND)
CAR - Nathan Gerbe (6) - from Andrej Nestrasil and Michal Jordan (13:26 2ND)
OTT - Cody Ceci (5) - from Mika Zibanejad and Bobby Ryan (13:58 2ND)
CAR - Jay McClement (3) - from Brad Malone and Patrick Dwyer (19:06 2ND) *GWG*
CAR - Michal Jordan PPG (1) - from Elias Lindholm and Justin Faulk (2:33 3RD)
CAR - Chris Terry PPG (7) - from Ron Hainsey and Andrej Nestrasil (9:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (28 saves on 31 shots: 14-19-4) LG - Robin Lehner (27 saves on 31 shots: 9-12-3), Andrew Hammond (3 saves on 5 shots in relief of the injured Lehner)

Three Stars:

3. Nathan Gerbe (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

2. Michal Jordan (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

1. Andrej Nestrasil (1 goal, 2 assists) - Carolina

Montreal Canadiens 2, Detroit Red Wings 0 (from Detroit) - The Canadiens improved to 37-15-4 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 31-14-10.

Goals:

MTL - Tomas Plekanec (17) - from Dale Weise and Max Pacioretty (17:30 3RD) *GWG*
MTL - Max Pacioretty EN (26) - from Tomas Plekanec and P.K. Subban (19:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (25 saves on 25 shots: 32-11-2) LG - Jimmy Howard (27 saves on 28 shots: 16-8-8)

Three Stars:

3. Tomas Plekanec (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Montreal

2. Jimmy Howard (27 saves on 28 shots) - Detroit

1. Carey Price (25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout) - Montreal

Winnipeg Jets 5, Edmonton Oilers 4 (SO) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 30-19-10 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 16-32-10.

Goals:

WPG - Bryan Little PPG (22) - from Toby Enstrom and Blake Wheeler (7:46 1ST)

EDM - Nail Yakupov (7) - from Derek Roy and Andrew Ference (13:48 1ST)

EDM - Anton Lander PPG (4) - from Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz (15:19 1ST)
WPG - Bryan Little (23) - from Ben Chiarot (8:16 2ND)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (15) - from Jeff Petry and Jordan Eberle (1:08 3RD)
WPG - Tyler Myers (5) - from Toby Enstrom and Chris Thorburn (3:30 3RD)
EDM - Nail Yakupov PPG (8) - from Benoit Pouliot and Iiro Pakarinen (15:14 3RD)
WPG - Andrew Ladd (20) - from Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little (15:56 3RD)
Shootout winner - Blake Wheeler (WPG)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (18 saves on 22 shots: 17-7-3) LG - Viktor Fasth (42 saves on 46 shots: 6-15-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Blake Wheeler (2 assists, shootout winner) - Winnipeg

2. Nail Yakupov (2 goals) - Edmonton

1. Bryan Little (2 goals, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 5, Arizona Coyotes 2 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 24-22-11 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 20-31-7 

Goals:

COL - Cody McLeod (5) - from Paul Carey and Jan Hejda (2:54 1ST)
COL - Matt Duchene (15) - from Jarome Iginla and Zach Redmond (3:03 1ST)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (17) - from Lucas Lessio and Kyle Chipchura (9:51 1ST)
COL - Nick Holden PPG (5) - from Zach Redmond and Matt Duchene (14:58 1ST) *GWG*
COL - Tyson Barrie (7) - from Jarome Iginla and Max Talbot (7:28 2ND)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (13) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Nathan MacKinnon (17:18 2ND)
ARI - Mark Arcobello (10) - from Michael Stone and Jordan Martinook (2:37 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (4 saves on 5 shots: 16-14-7), Reto Berra (11 saves on 12 shots in relief of Varlamov) LG - Mike McKenna (29 saves on 34 shots: 0-1-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Zach Redmond (2 assists) - Colorado

2. Jarome Iginla (2 assists) - Colorado

1. Matt Duchene (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

Calgary Flames 4, Boston Bruins 3 (OT) - (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 32-22-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 28-20-8. 

Goals:

BOS - Brad Marchand SHG (16) - from Patrice Bergeron (6:48 1ST)
BOS - Zdeno Chara (4) - from Dougie Hamilton and David Pastrnak (11:27 1ST)
BOS - Torey Krug (11) - from Reilly Smith and Brad Marchand (0:50 2ND)
CGY - David Jones (11) - from Mikael Backlund and Mark Giordano (6:52 2ND)
CGY - Jiri Hudler (17) - from Sean Monahan and Paul Byron (3:22 3RD)
CGY - Jiri Hudler PPG (18) - from Mark Giordano and Johnny Gaudreau (14:51 3RD)
CGY - T.J. Brodie (9) - from Mark Giordano and Sean Monahan (4:58 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (16 saves on 16 shots: 19-16-2) in relief of Karri Ramo (8 saves on 11 shots) LG - Tuukka Rask (23 saves on 27 shots: 23-15-8) 

Three Stars:

3. Brad Marchand (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

2. T.J. Brodie (1 goal, OT winner) - Calgary

1. Jiri Hudler (2 goals) - Calgary

Vancouver Canucks 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 32-21-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 28-21-7. 

Goals:

MIN - Nino Niederreiter (17) - from Jordan Schroeder and Jonas Brodin (8:55 1ST)
VAN - Henrik Sedin (10) - from Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows (0:42 2ND)
VAN - Bo Horvat (7) - from Jannik Hansen and Luca Sbisa (1:33 3RD)
VAN - Alex Biega (1) - from Henrik Sedin and Chris Higgins (11:54 3RD) *GWG*
MIN - Nino Niederreiter (18) - from Jordan Schroeder (13:35 3RD) 

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (20 saves on 22 shots: 6-6-2) LG - Devan Dubnyk (26 saves on 29 shots: 19-7-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Henrik Sedin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

2. Nino Niederreiter (2 goals) - Minnesota

1. Alex Biega (1 goal, GWG) - Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 26-18-12 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 35-18-6. 

Goals:

TBL - Nikita Nesterov (1) - from Ondrej Palat (12:11 1ST)
LAK - Anze Kopitar (12) - from Trevor Lewis and Brayden McNabb (7:04 2ND)
LAK - Jordan Nolan (4) - from Dwight King and Nick Shore (3:36 3RD)
LAK - Jeff Carter (16) - from Drew Doughty and Dwight King (13:59 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Tyler Johnson (21) - from Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman (19:23 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (21 saves on 23 shots: 22-15-10) LG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (25 saves on 28 shots: 4-2-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Nikita Nesterov (1 goal) - Tampa Bay

2. Dwight King (2 assists) - Los Angeles

1. Jeff Carter (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Kevin Klein - Klein scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Rangers 6-5 win over the Islanders.

2. Bryan Little - Little scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Jets 5-4 win over the Oilers

1. Carey Price - Price stopped all 25 shots he faced for the shutout in the Canadiens 2-0 win over the Red Wings.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Michal Jordan scored his 1st NHL goal for the Hurricanes.
-The Rangers have now scored at least 5 goals in their last 4 games.

-The Rangers/Islanders combined for 11 goals on 85 shots, with the Rangers winning 6-5.
-Carey Price picked up his 5th straight win and 5th shutout of the season. Price now has 30 shutouts in his career.
-Andrew Ladd scored his 20th goal of the season, the 2nd consecutive season he has done so and 4th time in his career.
-Nikita Nesterov scored his 1st NHL goal for the Lightning.
-Matt Duchene picked up his 300th NHL point.
-Alex Biega scored his 1st NHL goal in his 1st NHL game for the Canucks.

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

Nashville Predators - 5 game winning streak

Los Angeles Kings - 5 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 4 game winning streak

St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 4 game losing streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 4 game losing streak

Boston Bruins - 4 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 4 game losing streak

Buffalo Sabres - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Dustin Byfuglien absolutely hammers Luke Gazdic with a clean hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruzJpPPJCbU

What's up next - Tuesday February 17th: There are 7 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

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

2. Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. New York Islanders vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

4. Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:30 PM ET (In New Jersey)

5. Florida Panthers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)

6. Dallas Stars vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

7. San Jose Sharks vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff