February 8th NHL Recap

Chicago Blackhawks 4, St. Louis Blues 2 (from St. Louis) - The Blackhawks improved to 33-18-2 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 34-15-4.

Goals:

CHI - Marcus Kruger (5) - from Dan Carcillo (4:38 1ST)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (28) - from Jaden Schwartz and Paul Stastny (6:52 2ND)

CHI - Bryan Bickell (10) - from David Runblad and Patrick Kane (11:25 2ND)

STL - David Backes (18) - from T.J. Oshie and Alex Pietrangelo (12:53 2ND)

CHI - Marian Hossa PPG (11) - from Brandon Saad and Bryan Bickell (11:19 3RD) *GWG*

CHI - Marian Hossa EN (12) - from Brandon Saad (19:46 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (25 saves on 27 shots: 21-12-2) LG - Brian Elliott (24 saves on 27 shots: 16-7-2)

Three Stars:

3. Brandon Saad (2 assists) - Chicago

2. Vladimir Tarasenko (1 goal) - St. Louis

1. Marian Hossa (2 goals, GWG) - Chicago

Nashville Predators 3, Florida Panthers 2 (SO) - (from Florida) - The Predators improved to 35-12-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 23-17-11.

Goals:

FLA - Tomas Fleischmann (6) - from Dave Bolland (8:37 1ST)

FLA - Aaron Ekblad (8) - from Jimmy Hayes (14:27 1ST)

NSH - Seth Jones PPG (5) - from Mike Ribeiro (4:44 3RD)

NSH - Filip Forsberg PPG (18) - unassisted (15:17 3RD)

Shootout winner - Filip Forsberg (NSH)

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (34 saves on 36 shots: 5-4-4) LG - Roberto Luongo (23 saves on 25 shots: 19-13-9)

Three Stars:

3. Carter Hutton (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Nashville

2. Aaron Ekblad (1 goal) - Florida 

1. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, shootout winner) - Nashville

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Washington Capitals 1 (from Washington) - The Flyers improved to 23-22-8 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 28-16-10.

Goals:

PHI - Mark Streit (8) - from Michael Del Zotto and Claude Giroux (0:50 2ND)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (33) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nicklas Backstrom (13:29 2ND)

PHI - Wayne Simmonds (19) - from Sean Couturier and Matt Read (3:50 3RD) *GWG*

PHI - Jakub Voracek PPG/EN (18) - from Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux (19:23 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ray Emery (5 saves on 6 shots: 9-9-1) in relief of the injured Steve Mason (8 saves on 8 shots) LG - Braden Holtby (22 saves on 24 shots: 25-11-9)

Three Stars:

3. Claude Giroux (2 assists) - Philadelphia

2. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal) - Washington

1. Wayne Simmonds (1 goal, GWG) - Philadelphia

New York Islanders 3, Buffalo Sabres 2 (from Buffalo) - The Islanders improved to 34-18-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 16-35-3.

Goals:

NYI - Colin McDonald (1) - from Casey Cizikias (16:19 1ST)
NYI - Anders Lee PPG (16) - from Travis Hamonic and John Tavares (10:20 2ND)
NYI - Mikhail Grabovski (9) - from Travis Hamonic and Frans Nielsen (11:22 2ND) *GWG*
BUF - Marcus Foligno (6) - from Nikita Zadorov and Brian Flynn (12:33 2ND)
BUF - Drew Stafford (9) - from Marcus Foligno (14:57 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (8 saves on 10 shots: 28-11-0) LG - Michal Neuvirth (28 saves on 31 shots: 3-14-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Mikhail Grabovski (1 goal, GWG) - New York

2. Marcus Foligno (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

1. Travis Hamonic (2 assists) - New York

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Anaheim Ducks 3 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 34-16-5 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 34-13-7. 

Goals:

TBL - Brian Boyle (11) - from Victor Hedman and Brett Connolly (2:55 1ST)
TBL - Valtteri Filppula (11) - from Steven Stamkos and Ryan Callahan (13:42 1ST)
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (20) - from Tyler Johnson and Valtteri Filppula (18:52 1ST)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (17) - from Corey Perry and Matt Beleskey (4:49 2ND)
TBL - Brian Boyle (12) - from Brett Connolly and Ondrej Palat (14:27 2ND) *GWG*
TBL - Ryan Callahan (16) - from Steven Stamkos and Valtteri Filppula (6:14 3RD)
ANA - Sami Vatanen PPG (12) - from Ryan Getzlaf and Ilya Bryzgalov (14:57 3RD)
ANA - Eric Brewer (1) - from Nate Thompson and Andrew Cogliano (17:26 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 28 shots: 27-9-3) LG - Frederik Andersen (17 saves on 22 shots: 29-8-5), Ilya Bryzgalov (1 save on 1 shot in relief of Andersen) 

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

2. Valtteri Filppula (1 goal, 2 assists) - Tampa Bay

1. Brian Boyle (2 goals, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Dallas Stars 3, New York Rangers 2 (OT) - (from New York) - The Stars improved to 24-21-8 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 30-16-5.

Goals:

DAL - Jason Spezza PPG (10) - from Tyler Seguin and John Klingberg (2:53 2ND)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (11) - from Kevin Hayes and Kevin Klein (15:27 2ND)
DAL - Erik Cole (14) - from Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky (18:05 2ND)
NYR - Chris Kreider PPG (12) - from Mats Zuccarello (18:40 3RD)
DAL - Ales Hemsky (9) - from Jyrki Jokipakka and Jason Spezza (1:02 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (34 saves on 36 shots: 22-12-8) LG - Cam Talbot (22 saves on 25 shots: 5-5-2)

Three Stars:

3. Chris Kreider (1 goal) - New York

2. Jason Spezza (1 goal, 2 assists) - Dallas

1. Ales Hemsky (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Dallas

Winnipeg Jets 5, Colorado Avalanche 3 (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 27-18-10 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 22-21-11. 

Goals:

COL - Tyson Barrie (6) - from Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla (10:57 1ST))
WPG - Mathieu Perreault (18) - from Mark Scheifele and Dustin Byfuglien (2:04 2ND)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien PPG (13) - from Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler (5:42 2ND)
WPG - Ben Chiarot (2) - from Jim Slater and Chirs Thorburn (13:24 2ND)
WPG - Bryan Little PPG (21) - from Mathieu Perreault and Dustin Byfuglien (15:48 2ND) *GWG*
COL - Matt Duchene (14) - from Jarome Iginla and Nate Guenin (7:07 3RD)
WPG - Jacob Trouba (6) - from Mathieu Perreault and Mark Scheifele (11:03 3RD)
COL - Alex Tanguay (14) - from Matt Duchene and Cody McLeod (17:40 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (25 saves on 28 shots: 13-11-7) LG - Semyon Varlamov (24 saves on 29 shots: 14-13-7)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Duchene (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

2. Mathieu Perreault (1 goal, 2 assists) - Winnipeg

1. Dustin Byfuglien (1 goal, 2 assists) - Winnipeg

Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 1 (from Boston) - The Canadiens improved to 34-15-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 28-18-7.

Goals:

MTL - Dale Weise (9) - from Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais (0:38 2ND)
MTL - Max Pacioretty (24) - from Dale Weise (0:56 3RD) *GWG*
BOS - David Pastrnak (5) - from Milan Lucic and Dougie Hamilton (15:29 3RD)
MTL - Andrei Markov EN (7) - unassisted (19:29 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (34 saves on 35 shots: 29-11-2) LG - Tuukka Rask (31 saves on 33 shots: 23-12-7)

Three Stars:

3. Dale Weise (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal

2. Carey Price (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Montreal

1. Max Pacioretty (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Montreal

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Dustin Byfuglien - Big Buff scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Jets 5-3 win over the Avalanche.

2. Brian Boyle - Boyle scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Lightning's 5-3 win over the Ducks.

1. Marian Hossa - Hossa scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Hawks 4-2 win over the Blues.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Nikita Kucherov scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

-Ryan Getzlaf scored his 200th career goal.

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

Minnesota Wild - 5 game winning streak

Detroit Red Wings - 3 game winning streak

Ottawa Senators - 3 game losing streak

Colorado Avalanche - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Monday February 9th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Edmonton Oilers vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Los Angeles Kings vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

3. Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

4. Arizona Coyotes vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago)

5. Calgary Flames vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff