February 21st NHL Recap

Washington Capitals 3, New York Islanders 2 (SO) - (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 33-17-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 39-19-2. 

Goals:

NYI - Travis Hamonic (4) - from John Tavares and Josh Bailey (7:41 1ST)
WSH - Matt Niskanen (3) - from Nicklas Backstrom and Karl Alzner (19:19 1ST)
WSH - Eric Fehr (17) - from Brooks Laich (14:26 3RD)
NYI - Ryan Strome (13) - from Anders Lee and John Tavares (19:12 3RD)
Shootout winner - Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (30 saves on 32 shots: 29-12-9) LG - Chad Johnson (25 saves on 27 shots: 7-7-1)

Three Stars:

3. Eric Fehr (1 goal) - Washington

2. John Tavares (2 assists) - New York

1. Braden Holtby (30 saves on 32 shots for the win)  - Washington

Philadephia Flyers 3, Nashville Predators 2 (SO) - (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 25-23-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 39-13-7. 

Goals:

PHI - Wayne Simmonds (23) - from Michael Del Zotto and Braydon Coburn (8:59 1ST)
NSH - Colin Wilson (19) - unassisted (18:58 1ST)
PHI - Ryan White (2) - from R.J. Umberger and Brayden Schenn (11:21 2ND)
NSH - Craig Smith (18) - from Mike Fisher and Matt Cullen (0:23 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jakub Voracek (PHI)

Goalies:

WG - Rob Zepp (20 saves on 22 shots: 4-1-0) LG - Pekka Rinne (31 saves on 33 shots: 34-8-3)

Three Stars:

3. Pekka Rinne (31 saves on 33 shots) - Nashville

2. Ryan White (1 goal) - Philadelphia

1. Jakub Voracek (shootout winner) - Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT) - (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 24-31-5 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 30-20-11. 

Goals:

TOR - Leo Komarov SHG (6) - from David Booth (12:57 1ST)
WPG - Jacob Trouba PPG (7) - from Drew Stafford and Mark Scheifele (13:31 1ST)
WPG - Mark Scheifele PPG (9) - unassisted (19:10 1ST)
TOR - Daniel Winnik (7) - from Korbinian Holzer and Nazem Kadri (15:07 2ND)
WPG - Michael Frolik (12) - from Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers (19:05 2ND)
TOR - Nazem Kadri (15) - from Morgan Rielly and Daniel Winnik (3:57 3RD)
TOR - James van Riemsdyk (22) - from Olli Jokinen and Morgan Rielly (3:47 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (31 saves on 34 shots: 17-18-5) LG - Michael Hutchinson (29 saves on 33 shots: 17-7-4)

Three Stars:

3. Nazem Kadri (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

2. Mark Scheifele (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

1. James van Riemsdyk (1 goal, OT winner) - Toronto

Montreal Canadiens 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 38-16-5 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 26-28-3. 

Goals:

MTL - Max Pacioretty PPG (28) - from Andrei Markov and Brendan Gallagher (2:29 1ST)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (29) - from Nathan Beaulieu and David Desharnais (13:03 1ST) *GWG*
CBJ - Nick Foligno (23) - from Artem Anisimov and Marko Dano (14:05 3RD)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec SHG/EN (18) - unassisted (19:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (31 saves on 32 shots: 33-11-3) LG - Curtis McElhinney (21 saves on 23 shots: 10-10-1)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Foligno (1 goal) - Columbus

2. Carey Price (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Montreal

1. Max Pacioretty (2 goals, GWG) - Montreal

Ottawa Senators 4, Florida Panthers 1 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 24-23-10 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 26-20-12.

Goals:

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (9) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Brian Campbell (7:38 1ST)
OTT - Kyle Turris (14) - from Mark Stone and Milan Michalek (10:16 1ST)
OTT - Bobby Ryan (15) - from Kyle Turris and Alex Chiasson (8:40 2ND) *GWG*
OTT - Erik Karlsson (14) - from Milan Michalek and Kyle Turris (8:03 3RD)
OTT - Curtis Lazar (3) - from Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Erik Condra (12:09 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Andrew Hammond (21 saves on 22 shots: 2-0-0) LG - Roberto Luongo (35 saves on 39 shots: 22-15-10)

Three Stars:

3. Andrew Hammond (21 saves on 22 shots for the win) - Ottawa

2. Erik Karlsson (1 goal) - Ottawa

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

New Jersey Devils 3, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 24-26-9 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 21-30-7.

Goals:

NJD - Tuomu Ruutu (7) - from Adam Larsson and Scott Gomez (10:32 1ST)
NJD - Adam Henrique (12) - unassisted (12:05 1ST) *GWG*
NJD - Andy Greene (1) - from Jordin Tootoo and Mike Cammalleri (19:32 1ST)
CAR - Jeff Skinner (14) - from Alex Semin and John-Michael Liles (13:56 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Keith Kinkaid (17 saves on 17 shots: 3-4-3), Cory Schneider (14 saves on 15 shots in relief of the injured Kinkaid) LG - Anton Khudobin (16 saves on 19 shots: 6-11-3)

Three Stars:

3. Adam Henrique (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

2. Adam Larsson (1 assist) - New Jersey

1. Andy Green (1 goal) - New Jersey

Anaheim Ducks 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Edmonton) - The Ducks improved to 37-16-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 17-34-10.

Goals:

ANA - Francois Beauchemin PPG (6) - from Kyle Palmieri and Rickard Rakell (0:45 1ST)
EDM - Teddy Purcell (8) - from Nail Yakupov and Derek Roy (0:28 2ND)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (19) - from Cam Fowler and Kyle Palmieri (12:47 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - John Gibson (26 saves on 27 shots: 5-4-0) LG - Ben Scrivens (19 saves on 21 shots: 11-19-7)

Three Stars:

3. Nail Yakupov (1 assist) - Edmonton

2. Kyle Palmieri (2 assists) - Anaheim

1. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, St. Louis Blues 2 (from St. Louis) - The Penguins improved to 33-17-9 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 38-17-4.

Goals:

PIT - Blake Comeau (13) - unassisted (16:31 1ST)
PIT - Patric Hornqvist PPG (16) - from Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang (6:26 2ND)
PIT - Blake Comeau (14) - Simon Despres and Evgeni Malkin (15:38 2ND) *GWG*
PIT - Brandon Sutter (12) - from Blake Comeau and David Perron (12:21 3RD)
STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (9) - from Jori Lehtera and Vladimir Tarasenko (14:33 3RD)
STL - Ian Cole (4) - from Barret Jackman and Vladimir Tarasenko (18:38 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Thomas Greiss (21 saves on 23 shots: 7-3-3) LG - Brian Elliott (25 saves on 29 shots: 18-9-2)

Three Stars:

3. Thomas Greiss (21 saves on 23 shots for the win) - Pittsburgh

2. Patric Hornqvist (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

1. Blake Comeau (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Detroit Red Wings 7, Dallas Stars 6 (OT) - (from Dallas) - The Red Wings improved to 33-14-10 on the season thanks to a 7-6 OT Win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 27-23-9.

Goals:

DAL - Jamie Benn (23) - from Jordie Benn and Colton Sceviour (12:42 1ST)
DET - Gustav Nyquist (21) - from Riley Sheahan and Alexey Marchenko (16:57 1ST)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk (18) - unassisted (9:20 2ND)
DAL - Trevor Daley (16) - from Shawn Horcoff and Jamie Benn (15:16 2ND)
DAL - Cody Eakin (12) - from Trevor Daley and John Klingberg (17:02 2ND)
DAL - Erik Cole (17) - from Jason Demers and Ryan Garbutt (18:16 2ND)
DET - Jakub Kindl (3) - from Luke Glendening and Tomas Jurco (0:56 3RD)
DET - Jakub Kindl (4) - from Tomas Tatar and Pavel Datsyuk (1:41 3RD)
DAL - Curtis McKenzie (2) - from Jordie Benn and Ales Hemsky (4:29 3RD)
DAL - Shawn Horcoff PPG (8) - from Erik Cole and Ales Hemsky (10:37 3RD)
DET - Justin Abdelkader PPG (13) - from Niklas Kronwall (12:47 3RD)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk (19) - from Tomas Tatar and Gustav Nyquist (18:12 3RD)
DET - Niklas Kronwall (7) - from Darren Helm and Pavel Datsyuk (0:36 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Gustavsson (2 saves on 2 shots: 2-1-1) in relief of Jimmy Howard (26 saves on 32 shots) LG - Kari Lehtonen (29 saves on 36 shots: 25-13-9)

Three Stars:

3. Niklas Kronwall (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Detroit

2. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

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

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Arizona Coyotes 2 (from Arizona) - The Lightning improved to 37-18-6 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 20-32-7.

Goals:

ARI - Michael Stone (3) - from Martin Erat and Lauri Korpikoski (14:02 1ST)
TBL - Ondrej Palat PPG (13) - from Ryan Callahan and Anton Stralman (6:45 2ND)
TBL - Ryan Callahan (18) - from Mark Barberio and Anton Stralman (6:45 2ND)
TBL - Ondrej Palat (14) - from Victor Hedman (3:27 3RD) *GWG*
ARI - Mark Arcobello (11) - unassisted (11:42 3RD)
TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG/EN (32) - from Valtteri Filppula and Jason Garrison (19:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (22 saves on 24 shots: 30-10-3) LG - Mike Smith (23 saves on 26 shots: 10-26-5)

Three Stars:

3. Anton Stralman (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Ryan Callahan (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

1. Ondrej Palat (2 goals, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Los Angeles Kings 2, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Levi's Stadium) - The Kings improved to 28-18-12 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 30-23-8.

Goals:

LAK - Kyle Clifford (3) - from Jake Muzzin (2:46 1ST)
SJS - Brent Burns (16) - from Tommy Wingels (18:56 1ST)
LAK - Marian Gaborik (17) - from Jeff Carter (4:04 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (31 saves on 32 shots: 24-15-10) LG - Antti Niemi (27 saves on 29 shots: 24-15-7)

Three Stars:

3. Marian Gaborik (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles

2. Brent Burns (1 goal) - San Jose

1. Jonathan Quick (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Max Pacioretty - Pacioretty scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Canadiens 3-1 win over the Blue Jackets.

2. Blake Comeau - Comeau scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Penguins 4-2 win over the Blues.

1. Pavel Datsyuk - Datsyuk scored 2 goals and added 2 assists in the Red Wings wild 7-6 win over the Stars.

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

Los Angeles Kings - 7 game winning streak

Washington Capitals - 4 game winning streak
New Jersey Devils - 3 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 6 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 5 game losing streak

What's up next - Sunday January 22nd: There are 8 NHL games on tap for Sunday night:

1. Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 12:30 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

2. Boston Bruins vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 3:00 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Nashville Predators vs. Buffalo Sabres at 6:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

4. Vancouver Canucks vs. New York Islanders at 6:00 PM ET (In New York)

5. Florida Panthers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 6:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Colorado Avalanche at 7:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

7. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York Rangers at 7:30 PM ET (In New York)

8. Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff