The Forman Faceoff: February 3rd NHL Recap

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 3rd NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 20-22-9 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 20-20-9.

Goals:

OTT - Curtis Lazar (2) - from Mike Hoffman (10:33 2ND)
NJD - Adam Henrique (11) - from Marek Zidlicky and Andy Greene (12:08 2ND)
NJD - Mike Cammalleri (17) - from Jaromir Jagr (5:03 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (19 saves on 20 shots: 18-19-5) LG - Robin Lehner (17 saves on 19 shots: 7-9-2)

Three Stars:

3. Curtis Lazar (1 goal) - Ottawa

2. Mike Cammalleri (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

1. Cory Schneider (19 saves on 20 shots for the win) - New Jersey

Florida Panthers 4, New York Islanders 2 (from New York) - The Panthers improved to 22-17-10 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 32-17-1.

Goals:

NYI - Anders Lee (14) - from Josh Bailey and John Tavares (1:44 1ST)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes (14) - from Nick Bjugstad and Jussi Jokinen (4:48 1ST)
FLA - Erik Gudbranson (3) - from Tomas Fleischmann (10:15 2ND)
NYI - Anders Lee PPG (15) - from Travis Hamonic and Nick Leddy (12:45 2ND)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes PPG (15) - from Nick Bjugstad and Aaron Ekblad (2:10 3RD) *GWG*
FLA - Brandon Pirri EN (8) - from Jonathan Huberdeau (19:37 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Al Montoya (32 saves on 34 shots: 4-4-2) LG - Jaroslav Halak (26 saves on 29 shots: 26-11-0)

Three Stars:

3. Al Montoya (32 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Florida

2. Anders Lee (2 goals) - New York

1. Jimmy Hayes (2 goals, GWG) - Florida

Washington Capitals 4, Los Angeles Kings 0 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 26-15-10 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 21-17-12.

Goals:

WSH - Troy Brouwer (14) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Karl Alzner (17:11 1ST) *GWG*
WSH - Troy Brouwer PPG (15) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (16:36 2ND)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (16) - from Marcus Johansson and Alex Ovechkin (5:50 3RD)
WSH - Eric Fehr (16) - from Joel Ward (6:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (27 saves on 27 shots: 24-10-9) LG - Jonathan Quick (23 saves on 27 shots: 17-14-10)

Three Stars:

3. Nicklas Backstrom (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

2. Troy Brouwer (2 goals, GWG) - Washington

1. Braden Holtby (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - Washington

Arizona Coyotes 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (from Columbus) - The Coyotes improved to 19-26-6 on teh season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 21-25-3.

Goals:

ARI - Brendan Shinnimin (1) - from B.J. Crombeen and Lucas Lessio (8:00 1ST)
CBJ - James Wisniewski PPG (6) - from Jack Johnson and Scott Hartnell (0:40 2ND)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson PPG (15) - from Keith Yandle and Antoine Vermette (2:32 2ND) *GWG*
ARI - Shane Doan PPG (11) - from Lauri Korpikoski and Keith Yandle (5:19 2ND)
ARI - Tobias Rieder EN (8) - from Antoine Vermette (17:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (30 saves on 31 shots: 9-21-4) LG - Anton Forsberg (25 saves on 28 shots: 0-2-0)

Three Stars:

3. Antoine Vermette (2 assists) - Arizona

2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1 goal, GWG) - Arizona

1. Mike Smith (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Arizona

Buffalo Sabres 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 (from Montreal) - The Sabres improved to 15-33-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 32-15-3.

Goals:

BUF - Drew Stafford (8) - from Cody Hodgson and Tyler Myers (5:21 1ST)
MTL - Brandon Prust (4) - from David Desharnais (8:15 1ST)
BUF - Matt Mouslon (8) - from Nikita Zadorov and Torrey Mitchell (14:53 1ST)
BUF - Brian Gionta (5) - unassisted (19:19 1ST) *GWG*
MTL - David Desharnais (8) - from Dale Weise and Max Pacioretty (4:20 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (30 saves on 32 shots: 12-19-2) LG - Carey Price (15 saves on 18 shots: 27-11-2)

Three Stars:

3. David Desharnais (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal

2. Brian Gionta (1 goal, GWG) - Buffalo

1. Jhonas Enroth (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Buffalo

St. Louis Blues 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (OT) - (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 33-13-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 32-15-5.

Goals:

TBL - Cedric Paquette (11) - from Alex Killorn and Jonathan Drouin (5:20 1ST)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (26) - from Paul Stastny (16:50 3RD)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (18) - from Chris Butler and Brian Elliott (1:16 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (30 saves on 31 shots: 16-5-2) LG - Ben Bishop (16 saves on 18 shots: 26-8-3)

Three Stars:

3. Ben Bishop (16 saves on 18 shots) - Tampa Bay

2. Jaden Schwartz (1 goal, OT winner) - St. Louis

1. Brian Elliott (30 saves on 31 shots for the win, 1 assist) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 33-11-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 22-26-4.

Goals:

NSH - Seth Jones SHG (4) - from (11:52 1ST)
NSH - Shea Weber PPG (11) - from Filip Forsberg and Mike Fisher (15:31 1ST)
TOR - Daniel Winnik (4) - from Mike Santorelli and Joffrey Lupul (7:49 2ND)
TOR - Nazem Kadri (14) - from David Booth and Cody Franson (2:19 3RD)
TOR - Mike Santorelli (10) - from Joffrey Lupul and Morgan Rielly (2:56 3RD)
NSH - Mike Fisher (13) - from Colin Wilson and Roman Josi (6:55 3RD)
NSH - Colin Wilson (16) - from Mike Fisher and James Neal (11:18 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (24 saves on 27 shots: 4-4-4) LG - Jonathan Bernier (24 saves on 28 shots: 16-16-4), James Reimer (4 saves on 4 shots in relief of Bernier)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Santorelli (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

2. Colin Wilson (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

1. Mike Fisher (1 goal, 2 assists) - Nashville

Minnesota Wild 3, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 24-20-6 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 31-18-2.

Goals:

MIN - Mikko Koivu (8) - unassisted (7:40 1ST) *GWG*
MIN - Jason Zucker (18) - from Marco Scandella and Mikko Koivu (10:00 1ST)
MIN - Mikael Granlund (5) - from Zach Parise (14:12 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 24 shots: 15-6-2) LG - Corey Crawford (40 saves on 43 shots: 19-12-2)

Three Stars:

3. Marco Scandella (1 assist) - Minnesota

2. Mikki Koivu (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 24 shots for the shutout) - Minnesota

Colorado Avalanche 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO) - (from Dallas) - The Avalanche improved to 22-18-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 23-19-8.

Goals:

DAL - Patrick Eaves PPG (6) - from Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza (6:47 1ST)
DAL - Erik Cole (13) - from Ales Hensky (19:08 3RD)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly (10) - from Brad Stuart and Nick Holden (6:12 3RD)
COL - Tyson Barrie (5) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Ryan O'Reilly (19:40 3RD)
Shootout winner - Max Talbot (COL)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (30 saves on 32 shots: 14-10-7) LG - Kari Lehtonen (22 saves on 24 shots: 21-11-8)

Three Stars:

3. Tyson Barrie (1 goal) - Colorado

2. Patrick Eaves (1 goal) - Dallas

1. Semyon Varlamov (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Colorado

Vancouver Canucks 3, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT) - (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 28-18-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Wininpeg Jets, dropping them to 26-18-9.

Goals:

WPG - Blake Wheeler (15) - from Ben Chiarot (10:18 1ST)
VAN - Alex Burrows (11) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (13:05 1ST)
WPG - Bryan Little PPG (20) - from Andrew Ladd (2:13 3RD)
VAN - Ronalds Kenins (2) - from Adam Clendening and Ryan Stanton (12:32 3RD)
VAN - Luca Sbisa (3) - from Radim Vrbata and Dan Hamhuis (0:36 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (26 saves on 28 shots: 4-6-2) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (30 saves on 33 shots: 12-11-7)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Burrows (1 goal) - Vancouver

2. Blake Wheeler (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Luca Sbisa (1 goal, OT winner) - Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (OT) - (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 33-12-6 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 17-26-7.

Goals:

ANA - Corey Perry (20) - from Ryan Getzlaf (0:37 2ND)
CAR - Alex Semin (2) - from Victor Rask and John-Michael Liles (9:24 2ND)
CAR - Jay McClement (2) - from Elias Lindholm and Andrej Sekera (11:41 2ND)
ANA - Ryan Kesler PPG (14) - from Hampus Lindholm and Kyle Palmieri (14:21 2ND)
CAR - Brad Malone (5) - Penalty Shot (4:01 3RD)
CAR - Jordan Staal (2) - from Eric Staal (5:10 3RD)
ANA - Devante Smith-Pelly (5) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Ben Lovejoy (9:31 3RD)
ANA - Corey Perry (21) - from Ryan Kesler and Sami Vatanen (15:52 3RD)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (16) - from Corey Perry and Francois Beauchemin (0:45 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (28 saves on 32 shots: 28-7-5) LG - Anton Khudobin (26 saves on 31 shots: 6-8-3)

Three Stars:

3. Jordan Staal (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Anaheim

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

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Devan Dubnyk - Dubnyk stopped all 24 shots he faced for the shutout in the Wilds' 3-0 win over the Hawks.

2. Braden Holtby - Holtby stoppeda all 27 shots he faced for the shutout in the Capitals 4-0 win over the Kings.

1. Corey Perry - Perry scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Ducks 5-4 win over the Hurricanes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Braden Hotlby picked up his 6th shutout of the season, tying him with Marc-Andre Fleury for most in the NHL.

-Brendan Shinnimin scored his 1st NHL goal for the Coyotes.
-Devan Dubnyk picked up his 4th shutout of the season and 3rd in 8 games for the Wild.
-Corey Perry scored his 20th goal of the season, the 7th time in 8 season he has scored at least 20 goals (had 15 in 44 games during the lockout)

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

St. Louis Blues - 6 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 10 game losing streak

Winnipeg Jets - 5 game losing streak

New York Islanders - 3 game losing streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

What's up next - Wednesday February 4th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

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

2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Edmonton Oilers at 8:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

3. San Jose Sharks vs. Calgary Flames at 10:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 3rd NHL Recap

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