February 27th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT) - (from New Jersey) - The Bruins improved to 30-22-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 25-27-10.

Goals:

BOS - Dan Paille (3) - from Loui Eriksson (8:39 1ST)

BOS - David Pastrnak (9) - from Reilly Smith and Niklas Svedberg (1:40 3RD)

NJD - Travis Zajac PPG (9) - from Adam Henrique and Jacob Josefson (5:57 3RD)

NJD - Jordin Tootoo (6) - from Mike Cammalleri and Adam Larsson (8:06 3RD)

BOS - Ryan Spooner (1) - from David Pastrnak and Torey Krug (2:46 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Niklas Svedberg (29 saves on 31 shots: 6-5-0) LG - Cory Schneider (31 saves on 34 shots: 22-23-6)

Three Stars:

3. David Pastrnak (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

2. Jordin Tootoo (1 goal) - New Jersey

1. Ryan Spooner (1 goal, OT winner) - Boston

New York Islanders 2, Calgary Flames 1 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 41-20-2 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 33-25-4.

Goals:

NYI - Ryan Strome PPG (4) - from John Tavares and Travis Hamonic (11:39 1ST)

NYI - Cal Clutterbuck EN (6) - from Nikolay Kulemin and Thomas Hickey (19:18 3RD) *GWG*

CGY - Josh Jooris (11) - from Joe Colborne and Kris Russell (19:39 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (26 saves on 27 shots: 33-13-0) LG - Karri Ramo (37 saves on 38 shots: 10-7-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Strome (1 goal) - New York

2. Karri Ramo (37 saves on 38 shots) - Calgary

1. Jaroslav Halak (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - New York

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Washington Capitals 0 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 23-30-7 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 33-20-10. 

Goals:

CAR - Brett Bellemore (1) - from Victor Rask and Andrej Nestrasil (17:21 1ST) *GWG*

CAR - Jeff Skinner (16) - from Elias Lindholm and Riley Nash (10:15 2ND)

CAR - Nathan Gerbe EN (7) - from Andrej Nestrasil and Justin Faulk (19:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (28 saves on 28 shots: 7-11-3) LG - Braden Holtby (35 saves on 37 shots: 30-14-9) 

Three Stars:

3. Braden Holtby (35 saves on 37 shots) - Washington

2. Jeff Skinner (1 goal) - Carolina

1. Anton Khudobin (28 saves on 28 shots for the shutout) - Carolina

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 38-19-6 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 37-21-5.

Goals:

TBL - Brian Boyle (13) - from Jonathan Drouin (8:27 2ND) *GWG*

TBL - Steven Stamkos (33) - from Jason Garrison and Nikita Nesterov (17:53 2ND)

TBL - Ryan Callahan PPG (19) - from Valtteri Filppula and Tyler Johnson (7:37 2ND)

TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG (34) - from Jason Garrison and Victor Hedman (17:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 25 shots: 31-10-3) LG - Scott Darling (25 saves on 29 shots: 6-3-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Jason Garrison (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Steven Stamkos (2 goals) - Tampa Bay

1. Ben Bishop (25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout) - Tampa Bay

Colorado Avalanche 5, Dallas Stars 4 (SO) - (from Dallas) - The Avalanche improved to 27-24-11 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 27-25-10.

Goals:

DAL - Cody Eakin (13) - from Ryan Garbutt (2:45 2ND)

COL - Tyson Barrie (10) - from Matt Duchene and Nate Guenin (9:55 2ND)

DAL - Jason Spezza (15) - from Erik Cole and Trevor Daley (10:24 2ND)

DAL - Cody Eakin (14) - unassisted (3:05 3RD)

COL - Jarome Iginla (19) - from Nate Guenin and Matt Duchene (5:43 3RD)

COL - Nate Guenin (2) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Tyson Barrie (6:58 3RD)

DAL - Antoine Roussel (12) - from Cody Eakin and Kari Lehtonen (11:02 3RD)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog (16) - from Tyson Barrie and Ryan O'Reilly (13:17 3RD)

Shootout winner - Ryan O'Reilly (COL)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (32 saves on 36 shots: 19-16-7) LG - Kari Lehtonen (19 saves on 23 shots: 25-13-10)

Three Stars:

3. Nate Guenin (1 goal, 2 assists) - Colorado

2. Cody Eakin (2 goals, 1 assist) - Colorado

1. Tyson Barrie (1 goal, 2 assists) - Colorado

Anaheim Ducks 4, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 39-17-7 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 29-20-12 

Goals:

LAK - Trevor Lewis (8) - from Robyn Regehr and Matt Greene (15:02 1ST)

LAK - Brayden McNabb (1) - from Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty (10:39 2ND)
ANA - Ryan Kesler (16) - from Andrew Cogliano and Jakob Silfverberg (4:37 3RD)
ANA - Emerson Etem (4) - from Rickard Rakell and Jiri Sekac (6:07 3RD)
ANA - Corey Perry (25) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Josh Manson (11:21 3RD) *GWG*
ANA - Corey Perry EN (26) - from Ryan Kesler (19:36 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - John Gibson (20 saves on 22 shots: 7-5-0) LG - Martin Jones (28 saves on 31 shots: 4-4-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Trevor Lewis (1 goal) - Los Angeles

2. Ryan Kesler (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

1. Corey Perry (2 goals, GWG) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Corey Perry - Perry scored his 25th and 26th goals of the season, including the game-winner, in the Ducks 4-2 comeback win over the Kings.

2. Ben Bishop - Bishop stopped all 25 shots he faced for the shutout in the Lightning's 4-0 win over the Blackhawks.

1. Anton Khudobin - Khudobin stopped all 28 shots he faced for the shutout in the Hurricanes 3-0 win over the Capitals.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Ryan Spooner scored his 1st NHL goal for the Bruins.

-Anton Khudobin picked up his 1st shutout of the season.

-Ben Bishop picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

-Jaroslav Halak picked up his 33rd win of the season, the most wins by an Islander goalie in franchise history.

-Brayden McNabb scored his 1st goal as a member of the Kings.

-The Ducks picked up their 10th win this season when trailing after 2 periods.

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

New York Rangers - 4 game winning streak
Ottawa Senators - 4 game winning streak
Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak
Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 8 game losing streak
Dallas Stars - 5 game losing streak
Florida Panthers - 4 game losing streak

Washington Capitals - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Ryan O'Reilly gets it tonight with this nifty shootout winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSLE-6wwrTc

What's up next - Saturday February 28th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Saturday night:

1. Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida Panthers at 3:00 PM ET (In Florida)

2. Detroit Red Wings vs. Nashville Predators at 3:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

3. Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York Islanders at 5:00 PM ET (In New York)

4. New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 5:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

5. Arizona Coyotes vs. Boston Bruins at 5:30 PM ET (In Boston)

6. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:00 PM ET (In Montreal)

7. New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 8:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

8. Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado Avalanche at 10:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

9. St. Louis Blues vs. Edmonton Oilers at 10:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

10. Ottawa Senators vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:00 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff