Saturday, February 7, 2015

February 7th NHL Recap

Nashville Predators 3, New York Rangers 2 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 34-12-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 30-16-4. 
Goals:
NYR - Rick Nash PPG (33) - from Derick Brassard and Kevin Hayes (11:49 2ND)
NSH - Roman Josi (10) - from Gabriel Bourque and Calle Jarnkrok (18:39 2ND)
NSH - Shea Weber (12) - from Roman Josi and Matt Cullen (19:20 2ND)
NYR - Ryan McDonagh (4) - from Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard (1:37 3RD)
NSH - Mike Ribeiro (11) - from Seth Jones and Filip Forsberg (12:46 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Pekka Rinne (30 saves on 32 shots: 30-7-2) LG - Cam Talbot (20 saves on 23 shots: 5-5-1)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan McDonagh (1 goal) - New York
2. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal, GWG) - Nashville
1. Roman Josi (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

Los Angeles Kings 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (from Tampa Bay) - The Kings improved to 22-18-12 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 33-16-5.
Goals:
LAK - Tyler Toffoli (14) - unassisted (1:33 1ST)
LAK - Justin Williams (14) - from Trevor Lewis and Jake Muzzin (12:30 1ST)
LAK - Drew Doughty (5) - from Robyn Regehr and Anze Kopitar (19:58 1ST) *GWG*
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (19) - unassisted (0:58 2ND)
TBL - Victor Hedman (7) - from Ryan Callahan (1:34 3RD)
LAK - Justin Williams (15) - from Marian Gaborik and Robyn Regehr (7:46 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Quick (26 saves on 28 shots: 18-15-10) LG - Ben Bishop (6 saves on 9 shots: 26-9-3), Andrei Vasilevskiy (19 saves on 20 shots in relief of Bishop)
Three Stars:
3. Nikita Kucherov (1 goal) - Tampa Bay
2. Drew Doughty (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles
1. Justin Williams (2 goals) - Los Angeles

Boston Bruins 2, New York Islanders 1 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 28-17-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 33-18-1. 
Goals:
NYI - John Tavares PPG (24) - from Frans Nielsen and Travis Hamonic (9:06 1ST)
BOS - Patrice Bergeron PPG (14) - unassisted (13:12 1ST)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (12) - from Carl Soderberg and Chris Kelly (12:26 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (39 saves on 40 shots: 23-12-7) LG - Chad Johnson (34 saves on 36 shots: 6-7-0)
Three Stars:
3. Chad Johnson (34 saves on 36 shots) - New York
2. Loui Eriksson (1 goal, GWG) - Boston
1. Tuukka Rask (39 saves on 40 shots for the win) - Boston

Buffalo Sabres 3, Dallas Stars 2 (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 16-34-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 23-21-8. 
Goals:
BUF - Tyler Myers (3) - from Chris Stewart and Zemgus Girgensons (18:17 1ST)
BUF - Tyler Ennis PPG (13) - from Chris Stewart and Matt Moulson (0:43 2ND)
BUF - Zemgus Girgensons (14) - from Nikita Zadorov and Chris Stewart (5:59 2ND) *GWG*
DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (29) - from John Klingberg and Jason Spezza (15:23 2ND)
DAL - Cody Eakin (10) - from John Klingberg and Ryan Garbutt (9:47 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jhonas Enroth (38 saves on 40 shots: 13-20-2) LG - Anders Lindback (21 saves on 24 shots: 2-8-0)
Three Stars:
3. John Klingberg (2 assists) - Dallas
2. Jhonas Enroth (38 saves on 40 shots for the win) - Buffalo
1. Chris Stewart (3 assists) - Buffalo

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 23-27-4 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 14-30-9. 
Goals:
TOR - Richard Panik PPG (8) - from Peter Holland and Jake Gardiner (8:56 2ND)
TOR - Phil Kessel (21) - from Jake Gardiner and Cody Franson (10:34 2ND) *GWG*
TOR - Morgan Rielly (5) - unassisted (13:26 2ND)
TOR - Mike Santorelli (11) - from Nazem Kadri (0:39 3RD)
TOR - Peter Holland (9) - from Stephane Robidas (9:58 3RD)
EDM - Luke Gazdic (1) - from Rob Klinkhammer and Oscar Klefbom (19:57 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - James Reimer (31 saves on 32 shots: 7-11-0) LG - Viktor Fasth (23 saves on 28 shots: 5-13-2)
Three Stars:
3. Peter Holland (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto
2. Morgan Rielly (1 goal) - Toronto 
1. James Reimer (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Toronto

Montreal Canadiens 6, New Jersey Devils 2 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 33-15-3 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 21-23-9. 
Goals:
NJD - Mike Cammalleri (18) - from Peter Harrold and Jaromir Jagr (1:33 1ST)
MTL - Andrei Markov PPG (6) - from P.K. Subban and David Desharnais (11:21 2ND)
MTL - Lars Eller PPG (9) - from P.K. Subban (12:20 2ND)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec PPG (14) - from P.K. Subban and Sergei Gonchar (19:50 2ND) *GWG*
NJD - Jacob Josefson (3) - from Tuomo Ruutu and Marek Zidlicky (3:01 3RD)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec (15) - from Brendan Gallagher and Andrei Markov (12:04 3RD)
MTL - Dale Weise (7) - from Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais (12:34 3RD)
MTL - Dale Weise (8) - from Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais (15:18 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (21 saves on 23 shots: 28-11-2) LG - Keith Kinkaid (38 saves on 44 shots: 2-4-3)
Three Stars:
3. Dale Weise (2 goals) - Montreal
2. Tomas Plekanec (2 goals, GWG) - Montreal
1. P.K. Subban (3 assists) - Montreal

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Ottawa) - The Blue Jackets improved to 23-25-3 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 20-22-9.
Goals:
CBJ - Cam Atkinson (11) - from Scott Hartnell and Ryan Johansen (4:13 3RD)
CBJ - Nick Foligno (21) - from Cody Goloubef (8:51 3RD) *GWG*
OTT - Erik Condra (5) - unassisted (10:22 3RD)
CBJ - Scott Hartnell EN (12) - from David Savard and Cam Atkinson (18:44 3RD)
CBJ - Mark Letestu (6) - from Jared Boll and Matt Calvert (19:47 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Curtis McElhinney (34 saves on 35 shots: 7-8-1) LG - Robin Lehner (29 saves on 32 shots: 7-11-2) 
Three Stars:
3. Nick Foligno (1 goal, GWG) - Columbus
2. Cam Atkinson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus
1. Curtis McElhinney (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Columbus

Minnesota Wild 1, Colorado Avalanche 0 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 25-20-6 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 22-20-11. 
Goals:
MIN - Charlie Coyle (7) - from Marco Scandella and Nino Niederreiter (11:21 1ST) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Devan Dubnyk (18 saves on 18 shots: 16-6-2) LG - Semyon Varlamov (28 saves on 19 shots: 14-12-7)
Three Stars:
3. Charlie Coyle (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota
2. Semyon Varlamov (28 saves on 29 shots) - Colorado
1. Devan Dubnyk (18 saves on 18 shots for the shutout) - Minnesota

Detroit Red Wings 3, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Arizona) - The Red Wings improved to 31-12-9 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 19-27-7. 
Goals:
DET - Riley Sheahan PPG (9) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Tatar (8:11 2ND)
DET - Tomas Tatar (23) - from Darren Helm (17:00 3RD) *GWG*
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (16) - from David Moss and Keith Yandle (18:06 3RD)
DET - Darren Helm EN (11) - from Tomas Tatar and Niklas Kronwall (18:44 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Petr Mrazek (22 saves on 23 shots: 13-4-1) LG - Mike Smith (23 saves on 25 shots: 9-22-5)
Three Stars:
3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1 goal) - Arizona
2. Darren Helm (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit
1. Tomas Tatar (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Detroit

Vancouver Canucks 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 29-19-3 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 30-15-8. 
Goals:
VAN - Alex Burrows PPG (12) - from Radim Vrbata and Alex Edler (7:13 1ST) *GWG*
VAN - Bo Horvat (5) - from Derek Dorsett (10:46 1ST)
VAN - Shawn Matthias (9) - from Radim Vrbata (15:02 2ND)
VAN - Zack Kassian (3) - from Linden Vey (17:21 2ND)
VAN - Daniel Sedin PPG (11) - from Alex Burrows and Henrik Sedin (2:05 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ryan Miller (31 saves on 31 shots; 25-13-1) LG - Thomas Greiss (22 saves on 27 shots: 5-3-3) 
Three Stars:
3. Alex Burrows (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Vancouver
2. Radim Vrbata (2 assists) - Vancouver
1. Ryan Miller (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - Vancouver

Carolina Hurricanes 5, San Jose Sharks 4 (from San Jose) - The Hurricanes improved to 19-26-7 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 28-19-7.
Goals:
CAR - Eric Staal (17) - from Jiri Tlusty and Jordan Staal (19:02 1ST)
CAR - Andrej Nestrasil (2) - from Alex Semin and Andrej Sekera (5:33 2ND)
SJS - Tomas Hertl (9) - from Chris Tierney and Andrew Desjardins (8:26 2ND)
CAR - Elias Lindholm PPG (10) - from Justin Faulk (10:13 2ND)
SJS - Tomas Hertl (10) - from Scott Hannan and Chris Tierney (2:27 3RD)
SJS - Logan Couture (19) - from Matt Tennyson and Patrick Marleau (3:49 3RD)
CAR - Andrej Sekera (2) - from Jay McClement and Justin Faulk (15:09 3RD)
CAR - Victor Rask EN (8) - from Elias Lindholm and Justin Faulk (18:50 3RD) *GWG*
SJS - Patrick Marleau (11) - from Joe Thornton and Tomas Hertl (19:05 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Cam Ward (23 saves on 27 shots: 13-18-4) LG - Antti Niemi (25 saves on 29 shots: 22-12-6)
Three Stars:
3. Elias Lindholm (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina
2. Tomas Hertl (2 goals, 1 assist) - San Jose
1. Justin Faulk (3 assists) - Carolina

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Justin Williams - Williams scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season in the Kings 4-2 win over the Lightning.
2. Ryan Miller - Miller stopped all 31 shots he faced for the shutout in the Canucks 5-0 win over the Penguins.
1. Tomas Tatar - Tatar scored the game-winning goal and added 2 assists in the Red Wings 3-1 win over the Coyotes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-The Leafs ended their franchise-long 11 game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Oilers tonight.
-Pekka Rinne became the 1st goalie to 30 wins this season, doing so in just 39 games.
-Devan Dubnyk picked up his 5th shutout of the season and 4th in 9 games with the Wild. He now has won 5 straight games allowing just 3 goals during that time.
-Ryan Miller picked up his 6th shutout of the season.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Minnesota Wild - 5 game winning streak
Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak
Detroit Red Wings - 3 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 6 game losing streak
Ottawa Senators - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Morgan Rielly beautiful coast-to-coast goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZICbXQwcGYM

What's up next - Sunday February 8th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Sunday:
1. Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues at 12:30 PM ET (In St. Louis)
2. Nashville Predators vs. Florida Panthers at 3:00 PM ET (In Florida)
3. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Washington Capitals at 3:00 PM ET (In Washington)
4. New York Islanders vs. Buffalo Sabres at 5:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)
5. Anaheim Ducks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 5:00 PM ET (In Tampa Bay) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}
6. Dallas Stars vs. New York Rangers at 5:00 PM ET (In New York)
7. Colorado Avalanche vs. Winnipeg Jets at 6:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)
8. Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins at 7:30 PM ET (In Boston)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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