February 4th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 3, Boston Bruins 2 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 30-15-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 27-17-7. 

Goals:

NYR - Rick Nash (32) - from Martin St. Louis and Kevin Klein (5:50 1ST)

BOS - Milan Lucic (11) - from Reilly Smith and David Krejci (13:37 1ST)

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (13) - from Loui Eriksson (15:29 1ST)

NYR - Derick Brassard (13) - from Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello (6:41 2ND)

NYR - Derek Stepan (9) - from Rick Nash and Dan Girardi (16:56 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (18 saves on 20 shots: 5-4-1) LG - Tuukka Rask (22 saves on 25 shots: 22-12-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Derek Stepan (1 goal, GWG) - New York

2. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal) - Boston

1. Rick Nash (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Edmonton Oilers 0 (from Edmonton) - The Penguins improved to 29-14-8 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 14-29-9.

Goals:

PIT - Evgeni Malkin (20) - from Mark Arcobello and Patric Hornqvist (0:24 2ND) *GWG*

PIT - David Perron (12) - from Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby (19:59 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (22 saves on 22 shots: 24-11-5) LG - Viktor Fasth (24 saves on 26 shots: 5-12-2) 

Three Stars:

3. David Perron (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

2. Evgeni Malkin (1 goal, GWG) - Pittsburgh

1. Marc-Andre Fleury (22 saves on 22 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

Calgary Flames 3, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 29-20-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 27-18-7. 

Goals:

CGY - Kris Russell (1) - from Paul Byron and Josh Jooris (9:28 2ND)

CGY - Jiri Hudler PPG (15) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan (11:55 2ND) *GWG*

CGY - Mason Raymond (8) - from Joe Colborne and T.J. Brodie (18:03 2ND)

SJS - John Scott (2) - from Scott Hannan and Tyler Kennedy (2:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (28 saves on 29 shots: 17-14-2) LG - Alex Stalock (20 saves on 23 shots: 5-6-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Jiri Hudler (1 goal, GWG) - Calgary

2. Kris Russell (1 goal) - Calgary

1. Jonas Hiller (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Calgary

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

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 3 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

What's up next - Thursday February 5th: There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

2. New York Islanders vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

3. Washington Capitals vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

4. Los Angeles Kings vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

5. Anaheim Ducks vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

7. Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

8. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Arizona Coyotes at 9:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

9. San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff