February 9th NHL Recap

Edmonton Oilers 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (from New Jersey) - The Oilers improved to 15-30-9 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 21-24-9. 

Goals:

NJD - Patrik Elias (8) - from Martin Havlat and Travis Zajac (5:47 1ST)

EDM - Oscar Klefbom (2) - from Jordan Eberle and Teddy Purcell (19:24 1ST)

EDM - Nail Yakupov PPG (6) - from Jordan Eberle and Jeff Petry (12:45 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ben Scrivens (13 saves on 14 shots: 10-17-7) LG - Cory Schneider (22 saves on 24 shots: 19-20-5)

Three Stars:

3. Patrik Elias (1 goal) - New Jersey

2. Nail Yakupov (1 goal, GWG) - Edmonton

1. Jordan Eberle (2 assists) - Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (from Columbus) - The Kings improved to 23-18-12 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 23-26-3.

Goals:

CBJ - Jack Skille (6) - from Artem Anisimov and David Savard (1:40 1ST)

LAK - Dwight King (8) - from Jeff Carter and Robyn Regehr (2:12 1ST)

LAK - Tyler Toffoli (15) - from Dwight King (8:01 1ST)

CBJ - Scott Hartnell (13) - from Ryan Johansen (14:18 2ND)

LAK - Jeff Carter (15) - from Brayden McNabb and Jamie McBain (15:34 2ND)

LAK - Dustin Brown (9) - from Marian Gaborik (1:49 3RD) *GWG*

CBJ - David Savard (8) - from Nick Foligno and Jack Johnson (18:07 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (23 saves on 26 shots: 19-15-10) LG - Curtis McElhinney (40 saves on 44 shots: 7-9-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Jeff Carter (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

2. Scott Hartnell (1 goal) - Columbus

1. Dwight King (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

Minnesota Wild 5, Vancouver Canucks 3 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 26-20-6 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 29-20-3. 

Goals:

MIN - Jordan Schroeder (1) - from Charlie Coyle and Matt Dumba (5:05 1ST)

MIN - Jason Pominville PPG (10) - from Thomas Vanek and Mikko Koivu (7:37 1ST)

VAN - Zack Kassian (4) - from Chris Higgins and Dan Hamhuis (10:18 1ST)

MIN - Nino Niederreiter (16) - from Mikko Koivu and Ryan Suter (15:37 1ST)

VAN - Shawn Matthias (10) - from Radim Vrbata and Dan Hamhuis (1:11 2ND)

MIN - Ryan Suter PPG (2) - from Mikko Koivu and Zach Parise (7:05 2ND) *GWG*

MIN - Kyle Brodziak (7) - from Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin (7:59 2ND)

VAN - Ryan Stanton (2) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (17:57 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (21 saves on 24 shots: 17-6-2) LG - Ryan Miller (13 saves on 18 shots: 25-14-1), Eddie Lack (14 saves on 14 shots in relief of Miller)

Three Stars:

3. Nino Niederreiter (1 goal) - Minnesota

2. Ryan Suter (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Mikko Koivu (3 assists) - Minnesota

Arizona Coyotes 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (SO) - (from Chicago) - The Coyotes improved to 20-27-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 33-18-3. 

Goals:

CHI - Marian Hossa (13) - from Jonathan Toews (12:44 2ND)

ARI - Shane Doan PPG (12) - from Keith Yandle and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (17:23 2ND)

ARI - Antoine Vermette (12) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson (3:59 3RD)

CHI - Marian Hossa (14) - from Jonathan Toews (12:18 3RD)

Shootout winner - Antoine Vermette (ARI)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (36 saves on 38 shots: 10-22-5) LG - Antti Raanta (27 saves on 29 shots: 7-4-1)

Three Stars:

3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2 assists) - Arizona

2. Marian Hossa (2 goals) - Chicago

1. Mike Smith (36 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Arizona

Calgary Flames 4, San Jose Sharks 1 (from San Jose) - The Flames improved to 30-21-3 on the sason thanks to a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 28-20-7.

Goals:

CGY - Mason Raymond (9) - from Lance Bouma and Kris Russell (14:52 1ST)
CGY - Lance Bouma (9) - from Mark Giordano and David Jones (8:10 2ND) *GWG*
SJS - Brent Burns (12) - from Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski (19:59 2ND)
CGY - Jiri Hudler PPG (16) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Dennis Wideman (5:20 3RD)
CGY - David Jones EN (9) - from T.J. Brodie (18:07 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (33 saves on 34 shots: 18-15-2) LG - Antti Niemi (23 saves on 26 shots: 22-13-6)

Three Stars:

3. David Jones (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

2. Jonas Hiller (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Calgary

1. Lance Bouma (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Calgary

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Scott Hartnell played in his 1000th career game tonight.

-Marian Hossa scored 2 goals for the 2nd consecutive night.

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

Minnesota Wild - 6 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 - Tuesday February 10th: There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. Dallas Stars vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

3. Edmonton Oilers vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

4. New York Rangers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)

5. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Monreal)

6. Anaheim Ducks vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

7. Arizona Coyotes vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

8. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Nashville Predators at 8;00 PM ET (In Nashville) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

9. Minnesota Wild vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff