February 23rd NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 3, Arizona Coyotes 0 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 25-26-9 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 20-33-7.

Goals:

NJD - Scott Gomez (5) - unassisted (12:33 1ST) *GWG*

NJD - Mike Cammalleri (21) - from Jordin Tootoo and Jon Merrill (1:41 3RD)

NJD - Mike Cammalleri EN (22) - from Stephen Gionta and Adam Larsson (18:12 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (38 saves on 38 shots: 22-22-5) LG - Mike Smith (25 saves on 27 shots: 10-27-5)

Three Stars:

3. Scott Gomez (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

2. Mike Cammalleri (2 goals) - New Jersey

1. Cory Schneider (38 saves on 38 shots for the shutout) - New Jersey

Anaheim Ducks 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (SO) - (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 38-16-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 33-14-11. 

Goals:

DET - Pavel Datsyuk (20) - unassisted (3:54 2ND)

DET - Pavel Datsyuk PPG (21) - from Justin Abdelkader and Niklas Kronwall (6:50 2ND)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (10) - from Hampus Lindholm and Jakob Silfverberg (9:17 3RD)
ANA - Emerson Etem (3) - from Clayton Stoner (11:27 3RD)
ANA - Francois Beauchemin (7) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Kyle Palmieri (12:57 3RD)
DET - Riley Sheahan (10) - from Gustav Nyquist and Niklas Kronwall (16:09 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jakob Silfverberg (ANA)

Goalies:

WG - John Gibson (35 saves on 38 shots: 5-4-0) LG - Jimmy Howard (22 saves on 25 shots: 17-8-8) 

Three Stars:

3. John Gibson (35 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Anaheim

2. Jakob Silfverberg (1 assist, shootout winner) - Anaheim

1. Pavel Datsyuk (2 goals) - Detroit

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

Los Angeles Kings - 7 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 4 game winning streak
Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 6 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Pavel Datsyuk with an absolute rocket of a shot, no chance for John Gibson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIuUO6ufQIg

What's up next - Tuesday February 24th: There are 11 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Arizona Coyotes vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

3. Calgary Flames vs. New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

4. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

5. Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

6. Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

7. Colorado Avalanche vs, Nashville Predators 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

8. Edmonton Oilers vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

9. Dallas Stars vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

10. Florida Panthers vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago)

11. Detroit Red Wings vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff