February 24th NHL Recap

Vancouver Canucks 2, Boston Bruins 1 (from Boston) - The Canucks improved to 35-22-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 29-22-9.

Goals:

BOS - Dan Paille (2) - from Loui Eriksson and Carl Soderberg (1:05 1ST)
VAN - Ryan Stanton (3) - from Jannik Hansen (3:28 1ST)
VAN - Zack Kassian (9) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (6:47 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (40 saves on 41 shots: 7-7-2) LG - Tuukka Rask (26 saves on 28 shots: 24-16-9)

Three Stars:

3. Dan Paille (1 goal) - Boston

2. Zack Kassian (1 goal, GWG) - Vancouver

1. Eddie Lack (40 saves on 41 shots for the win) - Vancouver

New York Islanders 5, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 40-20-2 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 20-34-7

Goals:

NYI - Anders Lee (20) - from Travis Hamonic and Brock Nelson (0:37 2ND)
ARI - Mark Arcobello (12) - from Martin Erat and David Moss (15:52 2ND)
NYI - Matt Martin (8) - unassisted (3:18 3RD) *GWG*
NYI - Johnny Boychuk (7) - from John Tavares and Ryan Strome (4:15 3RD)
NYI - Kael Mouillierat (1) - from Colin McDonald and Nikolay Kulemin (7:16 3RD)
NYI - Brock Nelson (17) - from Josh Bailey and Colin McDonald (9:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Chad Johnson (27 saves on 28 shots: 8-7-1) LG - Mike Smith (34 saves on 39 shots: 10-28-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Johnny Boychuk (1 goal) - New York

2. Matt Martin (1 goal, GWG) - New York

1. Brock Nelson (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

New York Rangers 1, Calgary Flames 0 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 37-16-6 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 32-24-4. 

Goals:

NYR - Kevin Hayes (12) - from Derick Brassard (3:00 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (21 saves on 21 shots: 11-5-3) LG - Karri Ramo (28 saves on 29 shots: 9-6-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Kevin Hayes (1 goal, GWG) - New York

2. Karri Ramo (28 saves on 29 shots) - Calgary

1. Cam Talbot (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - New York

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 22-30-7 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 26-24-11. 

Goals:

CAR - Justin Faulk (11) - from Eric Staal and Elias Lindholm (7:29 1ST)
PHI - Nicklas Grossmann (4) - from Jakub Voracek and Matt Read (17:46 1ST)
CAR - Jeff Skinner (15) - from Alex Semin and Brett Bellamore (2:16 2ND) *GWG*
CAR - Jordan Staal (4) - from Alex Semin and Justin Faulk (15:55 2ND)
CAR - Jay McClement (4) - from Brad Malone (14:37 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (23 saves on 24 shots: 16-19-4) LG - Rob Zepp (31 saves on 35 shots: 5-2-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Alex Semin (2 assists) - Carolina

2. Cam Ward (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Carolina

1. Justin Faulk (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

Buffalo Sabres 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (from Columbus) - The Sabres improved to 18-38-5 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 26-29-4.

Goals:

BUF - Cody Hodgson (3) - from Andrej Meszaros and Zach Bogosian (9:30 1ST)
BUF - Zemgus Girgensons SHG (15) - unassisted (14:42 1ST)
CBJ - Matt Calvert (10) - from Brandon Dubinsky and Jack Johnson (1:18 2ND)
BUF - Mark Pysyk (2) - from Brian Flynn and Marcus Foligno (2:00 2ND) *GWG*
BUF - Chris Stewart PPG (10) - from Zemgus Girgensons (4:30 2ND)
CBJ - Kevin Connauton (8) - from James Wisniewski and Ryan Johansen (7:24 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Michal Neuvirth (45 saves on 47 shots: 5-16-3) LG - Anton Forsberg (27 saves on 31 shots: 0-4-0)

Three Stars:

3. Zemgus Girgensons (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

2. Mark Pysyk (1 goal, GWG) - Byffalo

1. Michal Neuvirth (45 saves on 47 shots for the win) - Buffalo 

Montreal Canadiens 5, St. Louis Blues 2 (from St. Louis) - The Canadiens improved to 39-16-5 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 38-18-4.

Goals:

MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (17) - from P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov (13:22 1ST)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (18) - from Tomas Plekanec (3:11 2ND)
STL - David Backes (20) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and T.J. Oshie (6:01 2ND)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher (16) - unassisted (15:49 2ND) *GWG*
MTL - Michael Bournival (3) - from Alex Galchenyuk and Lars Eller (16:38 2ND)
STL - T.J. Oshie (17) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Jay Bouwmeester (17:45 2ND)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher PPG (17) - from Andrei Markov and P.K. Subban (15:47 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (27 saves on 29 shots: 34-11-3) LG - Jake Allen (18 saves on 23 shots: 17-6-2)

Three Stars:

3. T.J. Oshie (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis

2. Brendan Gallagher (2 goals, GWG) - Montreal

1. Alex Galchenyuk (2 goals, 1 assist) - Montreal

Nashville Predators 5, Colorado Avalanche 2 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 41-13-7 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Colorado Avlanche, dropping them to 26-24-11. 

Goals:

COL - Nathan MacKinnon (13) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Brad Stuart (3:57 1ST)
NSH - Calle Jarnkrok (6) - unassisted (4:12 1ST)
NSH - Craig Smith (19) - from Mike Fisher (4:32 2ND)
NSH - Roman Josi (11) - from Matt Cullen (11:06 2ND) *GWG*
NSH - Filip Forsberg (21) - from Mike Ribeiro (0:54 3RD)
NSH - Eric Nystrom SHG/EN (7) - unassisted (8:28 3RD)
COL - John Mitchell PPG (7) - from Matt Duchene and Alex Tanguay (18:41 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (18 saves on 20 shots: 35-8-3) LG - Semyon Varlamov (25 saves on 29 shots: 18-16-7), Reto Berra (11 saves on 11 shots in relief of Varlamov) 

Three Stars:

3. Craig Smith (1 goal) - Nashville

2. Filip Forsberg (1 goal) - Nashville

1. Roman Josi (1 goal, GWG) - Nashville

Edmonton Oilers 2, Minnesota Wild 1 (from Minnesota) - The Oilers improved to 18-34-10 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 31-22-7.

Goals:

EDM - Benoit Pouliot (12) - from Jordan Eberle and Oscar Klefbom (11:12 1ST)
MIN - Thomas Vanek (13) - from Jordan Schroeder and Charlie Coyle (15:14 1ST)
EDM - Benoit Pouliot (13) - from Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (15:46 1ST) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ben Scrivens (33 saves on 34 shots: 12-19-7) LG -  Devan Dubnyk (17 saves on 19 shots: 22-8-3)

Three Stars:

3. Thomas Vanek (1 goal) - Minnesota

2. Ben Scrivens (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Edmonton

1. Benoit Pouliot (2 goals, GWG) - Edmonton

Winnipeg Jets 4, Dallas Stars 2 (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 31-20-11 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 27-25-9. 

Goals:

WPG - Bryan Little PPG (24) - from Mark Scheifele and Andrew Ladd (5:05 1ST)
DAL - Erik Cole (18) - from Jason Spezza (12:00 2ND)
WPG - Adam Lowry (7) - from Adam Pardy (14:34 2ND)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (15) - from Jacob Trouba (5:10 3RD) *GWG*
WPG - Michael Frolik EN (13) - unassisted (16:53 3RD)
DAL - Jason Demers (3) - from Jamie Benn and Jordie Benn (18:53 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (26 saves on 28 shots: 18-7-4) LG - Jhonas Enroth (21 saves on 24 shots: 13-24-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Erik Cole (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Bryan Little (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Dustin Byfuglien (1 goal, GWG) - Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Florida Panthers 2 (SO) - (from Chicago) - The Blackhawks improved to 36-20-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 26-21-13.

Goals:

CHI - Jonathan Toews PPG (18) - from Marian Hossa and Brent Seabrook (9:25 1ST)
CHI - Kris Versteeg (13) - from Patrick Sharp and Brad Richards (14:28 2ND)
FLA - Jussi Jokinen (6) - from Brad Boyes and Aleksander Barkov (12:23 3RD)
FLA - Vincent Trocheck (5) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Steve Kampfer (16:31 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jonathan Toews (CHI)
Goalies:

WG - Scott Darling (34 saves on 36 shots: 6-2-0) LG - Roberto Luongo (36 saves on 38 shots: 22-15-11) 

Three Stars:

3. Scott Darling (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Chicago

2. Roberto Luongo (36 saves on 38 shots) - Florida

1. Jonathan Toews (1 goal, shootout winner) - Chicago

Los Angeles Kings 1, Detroit Red Wings 0 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 29-18-12  on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 33-15-11. 

Goals:

LAK - Justin Williams PPG (16) - from Anze Kopitar and Jake Muzzin (2:24 1ST) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (20 saves on 20 shots: 25-15-10) LG - Jonas Gustavsson (26 saves on 27 shots: 2-2-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Justin Williams (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles

2. Jonas Gustavsson (26 saves on 27 shots) - Detroit

1. Jonathan Quick (20 saves on 20 shots for the shutout) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Cam Talbot - Talbot stopped all 21 shots he faced for the shutout in the Rangers 1-0 win over the Flames.

2. Alex Galchenyuk - Galchenyuk scored 2 goals and added 1 assist in the Canadiens 5-2 win over the Blues.

1. Jonathan Quick - Quick stopped all 20 shots he faced for the shutout in the Kings 1-0 win over the Red Wings, their 8th straight win.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Nathan MacKinnon picked up his 100th NHL point.

-Kael Mouillierat scored his 1st NHL goal for the Islanders.
-Patrick Kane was injured tonight after an awkward fall into the boards from a dangerous Alex Petrovic cross-check and didn't return. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFvd8-QI1Vo#t=25
-Pekka Rinne picked up his NHL-leading 35th win of the season.
-Cam Talbot picked up his 4th shutout of the season.

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

Los Angeles Kings - 8 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 4 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 7 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Karri Ramo absolutely robs J.T. Miller with a save-of-the-year candidate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiE4yQHOBmM

What's up next - Wednesday February 25th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Calgary Flames vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:30 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals at 8:00 PM ET (In Washington) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Ottawa Senators vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff