February 22nd NHL Recap

Phildelphia Flyers 3, Washington Capitals 2 (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 26-23-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 33-18-10. 

Goals:

PHI - Claude Giroux PPG (17) - from Mark Streit and Jakub Voracek (4:39 1ST)
PHI - Wayne Simmonds PPG (24) - from Mark Streit and Claude Giroux (1:34 2ND)
WSH - Tom Wilson (3) - from John Carlson (5:23 2ND)
WSH - Joel Ward (14) - from Eric Fehr and Brooks Laich (15:22 2ND)
PHI - Michael Del Zotto (7) - from Jakub Voracek and Chris VandeVelde (15:47 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Rob Zepp (21 saves on 23 shots: 5-1-0) LG - Braden Holtby (25 saves on 28 shots: 29-13-9) 

Three Stars:

3. Joel Ward (1 goal) - Washington

2. Michael Del Zotto (1 goal, GWG) - Philadelphia

1. Claude Giroux (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 6, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from Chicago) - The Bruins improved to 29-21-9 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 35-20-5.

Goals:

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (17) - from Reilly Smith and Brad Marchand (3:00 1ST)
BOS - Loui Eriksson PPG (14) - from Torey Krug and Dougie Hamilton (14:03 1ST)
CHI - Jonathan Toews PPG (17) - from Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith (19:58 1ST)
BOS - Milan Lucic (12) - from David Pastrnak and Ryan Spooner (6:18 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Gregory Campbell (6) - from Brian Ferlin and Dennis Seidenberg (12:19 2ND)
BOS - Dougie Hamilton PPG (10) - from Patrice Bergeron (17:27 2ND)
BOS - Reilly Smith (12) - from Patrice Bergeron (19:56 2ND)
CHI - Bryan Bickell (11) - from David Runblad and Duncan Keith (14:18 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (26 saves on 28 shots: 24-15-9) LG -  Corey Crawford (10 saves on 14 shots: 23-13-4), Antti Raanta (14 saves on 16 shots in relief of Crawford)

Three Stars:

3. Reilly Smith (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

2. Dougie Hamilton (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

1. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, 2 assists) - Boston

Nashville Predators 2, Buffalo Sabres 1 (SO) - (from Buffalo) - 39-13-7 17-38-4

Goals:

BUF - Tyler Ennis (15) - from Zemgus Girgensons and Matt Moulson (19:46 2ND)
NSH - Mike Ribeiro PPG (12) - from Cody Franson and Seth Jones (15:43 3RD)
Shootout winner - Filip Forsberg (NSH)

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (16 saves on 17 shots: 6-4-4) LG - Michal Neuvirth (37 saves on 38 shots: 4-16-3)

Three Stars:

3. Filip Forsberg (shootout winner) - Nashville

2. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal) - Nashville

1. Michal Neuvirth (37 saves on 38 shots) - Buffalo

Vancouver Canucks 4, New York Islanders 0 (from New York) - The Canucks improved to 34-22-3 on the season thanks to a 4-0 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 39-20-2.

Goals:

VAN - Zack Kassian PPG (8) - from Radim Vrbata and Henrik Sedin (0:28 2ND) *GWG*
VAN - Radim Vrbata PPG (22) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (9:53 2ND)
VAN - Bo Horvat (9) - from Ronald Kenins and Jannik Hansen (13:55 2ND)
VAN - Yannick Weber EN (5) - from Shawn Matthias and Derek Dorsett (19:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (10 saves on 10 shots: 28-15-1) Eddie Lack (27 saves on 27 shots in relief of the injured Miller) LG - Jaroslav Halak (20 saves on 23 shots: 32-13-0)

Three Stars:

3. Bo Horvat (1 goal) - Vancouver

2. Radim Vrbata (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

1. Eddie Lack (27 saves on 27 shots in relief of Miller) - Vancouver

Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Florida Panthers 1 (from Pittsburgh) - The Panthers improved to 34-17-9 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 26-21-12. 

Goals:

PIT - Patric Hornqvist (17) - from Kris Letang (9:18 1ST)
PIT - Evgeni Malkin (23) - unassisted (19:33 2ND) *GWG*
PIT - Paul Martin (3) - from Sidney Crosby and Patric Hornqvist (0:19 3RD)
PIT - Patric Hornqvist PPG (18) - from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin (3:53 3RD)
PIT - Evgeni Malkin (24) - from Zach Sill (9:06 3RD)
FLA - Scottie Upshall (6) - from Vincent Trocheck (12:23 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (34 saves on 35 shots: 27-13-6) LG - Al Montoya (21 saves on 26 shots: 4-6-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Marc-Andre Fleury (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Pittsburgh

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

1. Evgeni Malkin (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Colorado Avalanche 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 26-23-11 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 37-19-6.

Goals:

TBL - Ondrej Palat (15) - from Tyler Johnson (10:53 1ST)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon (10) - from Gabriel Landeskog (16:21 1ST)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon (11) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Tyson Barrie (3:10 3RD)
COL - Matt Duchene (16) - unassisted (3:39 2ND)
TBL - Tyler Johnson (23) - from Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn (5:51 2ND)
COL - Nathan MacKinnon (12 - Hat Trick) - from Ryan O'Reilly (12:50 2ND)
COL - Alex Tanguay (16) - from Dennis Everberg (7:20 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Brett Connolly (12) - from Valtteri Filppula and Cedric Paquette (11:43 3RD)
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (23) - from Tyler Johnson and Victor Hedman (18:58 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (28 saves on 32 shots: 18-15-7) LG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (13 saves on 18 shots: 4-3-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Matt Duchene (1 goal) - Colorado

2. Tyler Johnson (1 goal, 2 assists) - Tampa Bay

1. Nathan MacKinnon (3 goals) - Colorado

New York Rangers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO) - (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 36-16-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 26-28-4. 

Goals:

NYR - Kevin Hayes (11) - from Carl Hagelin (5:57 1ST)
NYR - Martin St. Louis (17) - from Derek Stepan (8:06 1ST)
NYR - Martin St. Louis (18) - from Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan (1:24 2ND)
CBJ - Marko Dano (2) - from Nick Foligno and Fedor Tyutin (2:17 2ND)
CBJ - Artem Anisimov (4) - from Marko Dano (18:11 2ND)
CBJ - David Savard (9) - from Artem Anisimov and Nick Foligno (15:41 3RD)
Shootout winner - Rick Nash (NYR)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (27 saves on 30 shots: 10-5-3) LG - Curtis McElhinney (34 saves on 37 shots: 10-10-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Derek Stepan (2 assists) - New York

2. Artem Anisimov (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

1. Martin St. Louis (2 goals) - New York

Minnesota Wild 6, Dallas Stars 2 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 31-21-7 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 27-24-9. 

Goals:

DAL - Jason Spezza PPG (13) - from John Klingberg and Brett Ritchie (14:33 2ND)
MIN - Zach Parise (24) - from Christian Folin and Justin Fontaine (1:40 3RD)
MIN - Mikko Koivu (10) - unassisted (3:23 3RD)
MIN - Stephane Veilleux (1) - from Marco Scandella and Kyle Brodziak (8:41 3RD) *GWG*
MIN - Matt Dumba PPG (4) - from Mikael Granlund and Jonas Brodin (13:25 3RD)
MIN - Mikael Granlund (6) - from Nate Prosser and Christian Folin (14:33 3RD)
MIN - Zach Parise (25) - from Mikael Granlund (17:52 3RD)
DAL - Jason Spezza (14) - from Jamie Benn and Ales Hemsky (18:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (18 saves on 20 shots: 22-7-3) LG - Jhonas Enroth (29 saves on 35 shots: 13-23-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Christian Folin (2 assists) - Minnesota

2. Mikael Granlund (1 goal, 2 assists) - Minnesota

1. Zach Parise (2 goals) - Minnesota

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Patrice Bergeron - Bergeron scored his 17th goal of the season and added 2 assists in the Bruins 6-2 win over the Hawks.

2. Evgeni Malkin - Malkin scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Penguins 5-1 win over the Panthers

1. Nathan MacKinon - MacKinnon scored his 1st career hat trick in the Avs 5-4 win over the Lightning.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Brian Ferlin picked up his 1st NHL point for the Bruins.

-Nathan MacKinnon scored his 1st career hat trick.
-Ryan Miller left the game early in the 2nd after a scary collision with teammate Jannik Hansen. The Canucks won 4-0 and were up 1-0 when Miller left, so he gets credit with the win. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkmen3-Y9c0
-The Bruins ended their season long 6-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Blackhawks,

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

Los Angeles Kings - 7 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 3 game winning streak
Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 5 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Nathan MacKinnon's 1st career hat trick gets it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz5j4eNHMQQ

What's up next - Monday February 23rd: There are 2 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Arizona Coyotes vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Detroit Red Wings vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff