February 5th NHL Recap

St. Louis Blues 3, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Buffalo) - The Blues improved to 34-13-4 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 15-34-3.

Goals:

STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (6) - from Chris Butler and Ty Rattie (18:04 2ND) *GWG*

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (27) - from David Backes and Alex Steen (14:22 3RD)

STL - Jaden Schwartz EN (19) - from Paul Stastny and Jake Allen (18:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (23 saves on 23 shots: 15-5-2) LG - Jhonas Enroth (27 saves on 29 shots: 12-20-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jhonas Enroth (27 saves on 29 shots) - Buffalo

2. Dmitrij Jaskin (1 goal, GWG) - St. Louis

1. Jake Allen (23 saves on 23 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

New York Islanders 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO) - (from Philadelphia) - The Islanders improved to 33-17-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 22-22-8.

Goals:

PHI - Nick Schultz (2) - from Vincent Lecavalier (5:43 1ST)
PHI - Chris VandeVelde (8) - from Vincent Lecavalier and Andrew MacDonald (11:38 2ND)
NYI - Mikhail Grabovski (8) - unassisted (16:48 2ND)
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck (5) - from Brock Nelson and Thomas Hickey (18:47 2ND)
Shootout winner - Cal Clutterbuck (NYI)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (16 saves on 18 shots: 27-11-0) LG - Steve Mason (28 saves on 30 shots: 11-12-7)

Three Stars:

3. Mikhail Grabovski (1 goal) - New York

2. Vincent Lecavalier (2 assists) - Philadelphia

1. Cal Clutterbuck (1 goal, shootout winner) - New York

Washington Capitals 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Ottawa) - The Capitals improved to 27-15-10 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 20-21-9.

Goals:

OTT - Kyle Turris (10) - from Mark Stone and Mike Hoffman (12:15 2ND)
WSH - Evgeny Kuznetsov (6) - from Brooks Orpik and Tom Wilson (13:28 2ND)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (32) - from Jay Beagle and Marcus Johansson (14:17 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (25 saves on 26 shots: 25-10-9) LG - Robin Lehner (27 saves on 29 shots: 7-10-2)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Turris (1 goal ) - Ottawa

2. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal, GWG) - Washington

1. Braden Holtby (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - Washington

Florida Panthers 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from Los Angeles) - The Panthers improved to 23-17-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 21-18-12.

Goals:

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (7) - from Brad Boyes and Jonathan Huberdeau (10:39 1ST)
LAK - Jamie McBain (3) - from Dustin Brown and Marian Gaborik (15:48 1ST)
LAK - Marian Gaborik PPG (16) - from Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown (2:19 3RD)
FLA - Nick Bjugstad (17) - unassisted (7:26 3RD)
FLA - Bradon Pirri (9) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Dmitry Kulikov (16:55 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (29 saves on 31 shots: 19-13-8) LG - Jonathan Quick (17 saves on 20 shots: 17-15-10)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Bjugstad (1 goal) - Florida

2. Marian Gaborik (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

1. Brandon Pirri (1 goal, GWG) - Florida

Anaheim Ducks 5, Nashville Predators 2 (from Nashville) - The Ducks improved to 34-12-6 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 33-12-6.

Goals:

ANA - Jakob Silfverberg SHG (7) - unassisted (3:08 1ST)
ANA - Sami Vatanen (11) - from Clayton Stoner and Rickard Rakell (13:04 1ST)
ANA - Matt Beleskey (20) - from Rickard Rakell and Francois Beauchemin (3:51 2ND) *GWG*
ANA - Jakob Silfverberg (8) - from Cam Fowler and Eric Brewer (4:34 2ND)
NSH - Colin Wilson (17) - from Victor Bartley and Seth Jones (4:00 3RD)
NSH - James Neal PPG (17) - from Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi (15:53 3RD)
ANA - Corey Perry EN (22) - from Ryan Kesler and Andrew Cogliano (18:41 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (44 saves on 46 shots: 29-7-5) LG - Pekka Rinne (21 saves on 25 shots: 29-7-2)

Three Stars:

3. Rickard Rakell (2 assists) - Anaheim

2. Frederik Andersen (44 saves on 46 shots for the win) - Anaheim

1. Jakob Silfverberg (2 goals) - Anaheim

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Dallas Stars 3 (from Dallas) - The Lightning improved to 33-15-5 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 23-20-8.

Goals:

TBL - Steven Stamkos (28) - from Ryan Callahan and Mark Barberio (3:11 1ST)
TBL - Victor Hedman (6) - from Steven Stamkos (6:42 1ST)
DAL - John Klingberg (10) - from Tyler Seguin and Alex Goligoski (15:21 2ND)
DAL - Alex Goligoski (2) - from Vernon Fiddler and Shawn Horcoff (15:36 2ND)
TBL - Tyler Johnson PPG (18) - from Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn (12;27 3RD)
DAL - Trevor Daley (13) - from Jamie Benn and Jason Demers (13:41 3RD)
TBL - Tyler Johnson (19) - from Brian Boyle and Ondrej Palat (16:23 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Nikita Kucherov EN (18) - from Ondrej Palat (18:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (33 saves on 36 shots: 4-1-0) LG - Kari Lehtonen (24 saves on 28 shots: 21-12-8)

Three Stars:

3. Trevor Daley (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Steven Stamkos (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

1. Tyler Johnson (2 goals, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Detroit Red Wings 3, Colorado Avalanche 0 (from Colorado) - The Red Wings improved to 30-12-9 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 22-19-11.

Goals:

DET - Justin Abdelkader PPG (12) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Gustav Nyquist (13:25 3RD) *GWG*

DET - Darren Helm EN (10) - from Tomas Tatar and Pavel Datsyuk (17:24 3RD)

DET - Luke Glendening EN (7) - from Kyle Quincey (19:45 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (28 saves on 28 shots: 12-4-1) LG - Semyon Varlamov (26 saves on 27 shots: 14-11-7)

Three Stars:

3. Semyon Varlamov (26 saves on 27 shots) - Colorado

2. Justin Abdelkader (1 goal, GWG0 - Detroit

1. Petr Mrazek (28 saves on 28 shots for the shutout) - Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (SO) - (from Arizona) - The Hurricanes improved to 18-26-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 19-26-7

Goals:

CAR - Victor Rask (7) - from Ron Hainsey and John-Michael Liles (1:03 1ST) 
ARI - David Moss (1) - from Keith Yandle and Kyle Chipchura (6:38 1ST)
Shootout winner - Elias Lindholm (CAR)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (28 saves on 29 shots: 12-18-4) LG - Mike Smith (40 saves on 41 shots: 9-21-5)

Three Stars:

3. Elias Lindholm (shootout winner) - Carolina

2. Cam Ward (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Carolina

1. Mike Smith (40 saves on 41 shots) - Arizona

San Jose Sharks 5, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Vancouver) - The Sharks improved to 28-18-7 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 28-19-3

Goals:

SJS - Matt Irwin (4) - from Matt Tennyson and Logan Couture (17:43 1ST)
SJS - Melker Karlsson (9) - from Brent Burns (6:24 2ND) *GWG*
SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (28) - from Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau (19:45 2ND)
SJS - Chris Tierney (1) - from Brent Burns and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (3:55 3RD)
VAN - Radim Vrbata (20) - from Ryan Stanton (18:03 3RD)
SJS - Andrew Desjardins (3) - from Chris Tierney and Daniil Tarasov (19:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (33 saves on 34 shots: 22-111-6) LG - Ryan Miller (33 saves on 38 shots: 24-13-1)

Three Stars:

3. Joe Pavelski (1 goal) - San Jose

2. Chris Tierney (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

1. Brent Burns (2 assists) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jake Allen - Allen stopped all 23 shots he faced for the shutout in the Blues 3-0 win over the Sabres.

2. Petr Mrazek - Mrazek stopped all 28 shots he faced for the shutout in the Red Wings 3-0 win over the Avalanche.

1. Tyler Johnson - Johson scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Lightnings' 5-3 win over the Stars.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-The Panthers were the only home team of 9 teams to win tonight.

-Ty Rattie picked up his 1st NHL point for the Blues.

-Jake Allen picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.

-Frederik Andersen picked up his 29th win of the season, tying Pekka Rinne for 1st in the NHL.

-Matt Beleskey scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time he has done so in his career.
-Petr Mrazek picked up his 1st shutout of the season.
-Chris Tierney scored his 1st NHL goal for the Sharks.

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

St. Louis Blues - 7 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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Friday February 6th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Friday night:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Anaheim Ducks vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)

3. St. Louis Blues vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

4. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

5. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff