February 25th NHL Recap

Calgary Flames 3, New Jersey Devils 1 (from New Jersey) - The Flames improved to 33-24-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 25-27-9

Goals:

NJD - Mike Cammalleri (23) - from Jordin Tootoo (17:03 3RD)

CGY - Curtis Glencross (9) - from Joe Colborne and Josh Jooris (19:46 2ND)

CGY - Sean Monahan PPG (21) - from Mark Giordano and Dennis Wideman (0:35 3RD)

CGY - T.J. Brodie SHG/EN (10) - from Sean Monahan (19:20 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Karri Ramo (26 saves on 27 shots: ) LG - Cory Schneider (23 saves on 25 shots: )

Three Stars:

3. Mike Cammalleri (1 goal) - New Jersey

2. Karri Rami (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Calgary

1. Sean Monahan (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Calgary

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Washington Capitals 3 (from Washington) - The Penguins improved to 35-17-9 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 33-19-10.

Goals:

PIT - Patric Hornqvist (19) - from Evgeni Malkin and David Perron (7:04 1ST)

PIT - Brandon Sutter SHG (13) - unassisted (18:33 1ST)

WSH - John Carlson (10) - from Jason Chimera and Eric Fehr (19:51 1ST)

PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (20) - Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz (3:16 2ND)

WSH - Troy Brouwer (18) - from Jason Chimera and Karl Alzner (4:09 3RD)

PIT - Chris Kunitz (16) - from Blake Comeau and Evgeni Malkin (7:12 3RD)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (39) - from John Carlson and Troy Brouwer (16:26 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (21 saves on 24 shots: 28-13-6) LG -  Braden Holtby (22 saves on 26 shots: 29-14-9)

Three Stars:

3. Chris Kunitz (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Pittsburgh

2. John Carlson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

1. Evgeni Malkin (3 assists) - Pittsburgh

Ottawa Senators 3, Anaheim Ducks 0 (from Anaheim) - The Senators improved to 25-23-10 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 38-17-7

Goals:

OTT - Erik Condra (7) - from Eric Gryba and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (10:57 1ST)

OTT - Mika Zibanejad (15) - from Mike Hoffman and Bobby Ryan (3:23 2ND)

OTT - Kyle Turris EN (15) - from Milan Michalek (19:53 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Andrew Hammond (25 saves on 25 shots: 3-0-0) LG - John Gibson (31 saves on 33 shots: 6-5-0)

Three Stars:

3. John Gibson (31 saves on 33 shots) - Anaheim

2. Erik Condra (1 goal, GWG) - Ottawa

1. Andrew Hammond (25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout) - Ottawa

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Sean Monahan - Monahan scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Flames 3-1 win over the Devils.

2. Evgeni Malkin - Malkin picked up 3 assists in the Penguins 4-3 win over the Capitals.

1. Andrew Hammond - Hammond stopped 25 shots for the shutout in the Senators 3-0 win over the Ducks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Andrw Hammond picked up his 1st career shutout.

-T.J. Brodie became the 10th Flames player to reach 10 goals this season.

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

Los Angeles Kings - 8 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak
Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak
Ottawa Senators - 3 game winning streak

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

What's up next - Thursday February 26th: There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. Vancouver Canucks vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

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

3. Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

4. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)

5. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

6. St. Louis Blues vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

7. Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville Predators at 8:30 PM ET (In Nashville)

8. Ottawa Senators vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

9. Detroit Red Wings vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff