March 31st NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 3, Florida Panthers 2 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 39-25-13 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 35-27-15. 

Goals:

BOS - Loui Eriksson (20) - from Carl Soderberg (16:57 1ST)

FLA - Brandon Pirri PPG (21) - from Brian Campbell and Jimmy Hayes (0:55 2ND)

FLA - Brad Boyes (13) - unassisted (12:37 2ND)

BOS - David Pastrnak (11) - from Ryan Spooner and Milan Lucic (9:47 3RD)
BOS - Milan Lucic (18) - from David Pastrnak and Ryan Spooner (18:51 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (22 saves on 24 shots: 32-19-12) LG - Roberto Luongo (26 saves on 29 shots: 26-18-12) 

Three Stars:

3. Brad Boyes (1 goal) - Florida

2. David Pastrnak (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

1. Milan Lucic (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston

Washington Capitals 4, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 42-25-10 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 28-37-11. 

Goals:

WSH - Mike Green (8) - from Tom Wilson and Curtis Glencross (2:46 1ST)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin (50) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Matt Niskanen (11:12 1ST)

CAR - Nathan Gerbe (9) - from Jordan Staal and Alex Semin (5:00 2ND)

CAR - Eric Staal (22) - from Chris Terry and John-Michael Liles (10:33 2ND)

WSH - Brooks Laich (7) - from Jason Chimera and Mike Green (17:06 2ND) *GWG*

WSH - Joel Ward (17) - from Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov (18:28 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (23 saves on 25 shots: 38-19-9) LG - Cam Ward (16 saves on 20 shots: 20-22-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Evgeny Kuznetsov (2 assists) - Washington

2. Mike Green (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

1. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal 1 assist) - Washington

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT) - (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 37-35-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 31-33-12. 

Goals:

NJD - Mike Cammalleri PPG (26) - from Eric Gelinas and Adam Henrique (19:04 1ST)

CBJ - Nick Foligno PPG (27) - from Alexander Wennberg and Ryan Johansen (1:49 2ND)

CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (10) - Penalty Shot (4:44 2ND)
NJD - Mike Cammalleri SHG (27) - from Dainius Zubrus and Adam Larsson (17:31 3RD)
CBJ - Jack Johnson (7) - from David Savard and Ryan Johansen (0:56 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (24 saves on 26 shots: 26-17-2) LG - Cory Schneider (28 saves on 31 shots: 26-28-9) 

Three Stars:

3. Sergei Bobrovsky (24 saves on 26 shots for the win) - Columbus

2. Mike Cammalleri (2 goals) - New Jersey

1. Jack Johnson (1 goal, OT winner) - Columbus

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 29-42-6 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 47-24-7. 

Goals:

TOR - Nazem Kadri PPG (17) - from T.J. Brennan and Jake Gardiner (8:53 1ST)

TOR - David Booth (7) - unassisted (12:03 1ST) *GWG*

TBL - Ryan Callahan PPG (23) - from Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov (18:04 1ST)
TOR - Morgan Rielly (8) - from Nazem Kadri and Jake Gardiner (0:24 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - James Reimer (40 saves on 41 shots: 9-15-0) LG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (25 saves on 28 shots: 7-5-1) 

Three Stars:

3. David Booth (1 goal, GWG) - Toronto

2. Nazem Kadri (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

1. James Reimer (40 saves on 41 shots for the win) - Toronto

Ottawa Senators 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (SO) - (from Detroit) - The Senators improved to 38-26-12 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 40-23-13.

Goals:

DET - Gustav Nyquist (25) - from Justin Abdelkader (5:43 2ND)
OTT - Clarke MacArhtur (14) - from Mark Stone and Kyle Turris (15:58 3RD)
Shootout winner - Mark Stone (OTT)

Goalies:

WG - Andrew Hammond (16 saves on 17 shots: 15-1-1) LG - Petr Mrazek (33 saves on 34 shots: 15-7-2)

Three Stars:

3. Clarke MacArthur (1 goal) - Ottawa

2. Petr Mrazek (33 saves on 34 shots) - Detroit

1. Mark Stone (1 assist, shootout winner) - Ottawa

Vancouver Canucks 5, Nashville Predators 4 (SO) - (from Nashville) - The Canucks improved to 45-27-5 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 47-22-9.

Goals:

NSH - Cody Franson PPG (7) - from Mike Fisher (4:30 1ST)

NSH - Taylor Beck (8) - from Paul Gaustad (8:15 1ST)

VAN - Linden Vey (10) - from Derek Dorsett and Dan Hamhuis (4:04 2ND)
VAN - Jannik Hansen (15) - from Nick Bonino and Dan Hamhuis (6:04 2ND)
NSH - Viktor Stalberg (2) - from Anton Volchenkov (19:30 2ND)
VAN - Alex Burrows SHG (16) - unassisted (1:23 3RD)
VAN - Chris Higgins PPG (12) - from Alex Burrows and Nick Bonino (5:48 3RD)
NSH - Mike Fisher PPG (19) - unassisted (14:57 3RD)
Shootout winner - Radim Vrbata (VAN)

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (34 saves on 38 shots: 16-11-4) Pekka Rinne (21 saves on 25 shots: 41-15-5)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Bonino (2 assists) - Vancouver

2. Mike Fisher (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

1. Alex Burrows (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

New York Rangers 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Winnipeg) - The Rangers improved to 48-21-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 39-26-12.

Goals:

WPG - Jim Slater (4) - from Chris Thorburn and Jiri Tlusty (3:16 1ST)

NYR - Mats Zuccarello (15) - from Rick Nash and Derick Brassard (9:42 1ST)

WPG - Lee Stempniak (11) - from Mathieu Perreault and Adam Lowry (1:24 2ND)
NYR - Derick Brassard PPG (17) - from Ryan McDonagh and Keith Yandle (10:13 2ND)
NYR - Chris Kreider (21) - from J.T. Miller and Derek Stepan (16:14 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (32 saves on 34 shots: 26-12-3) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (21 saves on 24 shots: 19-16-7)

Three Stars:

3. Lee Stempniak (1 goal) - Winnipeg

2. Henrik Lundqvist (32 saves on 34 shots for the win) - New York

1. Derick Brassard (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Alex Ovechkin - Ovie scored his NHL-leading 50th goal of the season and added an assist in the Capitals 4-2 win over the Hurricanes.

2. James Reimer - Reimer stopped an impressive 40 of 41 shots in the Leafs 3-1 win over the Lightning.

1. Milan Lucic - Lucic scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Bruins 3-2 win over the Panthers.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Alex Ovechkin became the 1st player in the NHL to score 50 goals this season. He has now scored at least 50 goals for 6th time in his career which puts him in an elite class with Wayne Gretzky (9), Mike Bossy (9), Mario Lemieux (6), Marcel Dionne (6) and Guy Lafleur (6) of players with at least 6 50-goals seasons.

-Loui Eriksson scored his 20th goal of the season, the 5th time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 7 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 5 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 3 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 3 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 6 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Alex Ovechkin with an absolute rocket for goal #50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcA10Izdnk8

What's up next - Wednesday April 2nd: There are 4 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:30 PM ET (In Buffalo)

2. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 8:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Edmonton Oilers vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

4. Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

March 30th NHL Recap

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Montreal Canadiens 3 (from Montreal) - The Lightning improved to 47-23-7 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 47-22-8.

Goals:

TBL - Vladislav Namestnikov (8) - from Steven Stamkos and Ben Bishop (1:24 2ND)

MTL - Max Pacioretty SHG (37) - from Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Markov (4:24 2ND)

TBL - Jonathan Drouin PPG (3) - from Anton Stralman and Ben Bishop (4:57 2ND)

TBL - Nikita Kucherov (28) - from Vladislav Namestnikov and Ondrej Palat (18:07 2ND)

MTL - Jeff Petry (5) - from Lars Eller (0:23 3RD)

TBL - Vladislav Namestnikov (9) - from Ondrej Palat (6:31 3RD) *GWG*

MTL - P.K. Subban PPG (14) - from Nathan Beaulieu and David Desharnais(16:10 3RD)

TBL - Anton Stralman EN (9) - from Brian Boyle (19:03 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 28 shots: 37-13-4) LG - Carey Price (39 saves on 43 shots: 41-16-5)

Three Stars:

3. Ondrej Palat (2 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Ben Bishop (25 saves on 28 shots for the win, 2 assists) - Tampa Bay

1. Vladislav Namestnikov (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Vancouver Canucks 4, St. Louis Blues 1 (from St. Louis) - The Canucks improved to 44-27-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 46-23-7.

Goals:

VAN - Shawn Matthias (18) - from Chris Tanev (3:54 2ND)

STL - Zbynek Michalek (3) - from Olli Jokinen and T.J. Oshie (12:44 2ND)

VAN - Nick Bonino (15) - from Kevin Bieksa and Radim Vrbata (13:15 2ND) *GWG*

VAN - Radim Vrbata (31) - from Chris Higgins and Chris Tanev (7:06 3RD)

VAN - Alex Burrows EN (15) - from Daniel Sedin (18:29 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (23 saves on 24 shots: 15-11-4) LG - Brian Elliott (18 saves on 21 shots: 24-14-3)

Three Stars:

3. Chris Tanev (2 assists) - Vancouver

2. Eddie Lack (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Vancouver

1. Radim Vrbata (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Los Angeles Kings 1 (from Chicago) - The Hawks improved to 46-24-6 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 37-25-14. 

Goals:

CHI - Bryan Bickell (13) - from Brandon Saad and Andrew Shaw (5:31 1ST)

LAK - Jake Muzzin (9) - from Trevor Lewis and Nick Shore (19:28 1ST)

CHI - Duncan Keith PPG (9) - from Marian Hossa and Jonathan Toews (1:37 2ND) *GWG*

CHI - Niklas Hjarlmarsson (3) - unassisted (2:41 2ND)

CHI - Marian Hossa (22) - unassisted (13:06 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Scott Darling (30 saves on 31 shots: 8-3-0) LG - Jonathan Quick (34 saves on 38 shots: 33-21-12) 

Three Stars:

3. Duncan Keith (1 goal, GWG) - Chicago

2. Marian Hossa (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

1. Scott Darling (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Chicago

Calgary Flames 5, Dallas Stars 3 (from Dallas) - The Flames improved to 42-28-7 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 37-30-10.

Goals:

DAL - Jason Spezza (17) - from Patrick Eaves and Trevor Daley (0:40 1ST)

CGY - Dennis Wideman PPG (14) - from Joe Colborne and Johnny Gaudreau (9:34 1ST)

DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (35) - from Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza (19:26 1ST)

CGY - Jiri Hudler (29) - from Kris Russell and Dennis Wideman (9:25 2ND)

CGY - Raphael Diaz (2) - from David Jones and Lance Bouma (12:27 2ND)

CGY - Johnny Gaudreau (22) - from Sean Monahan and Jiri Hudler (16:14 2ND) *GWG*

DAL - Jason Demers (5) - from Jamie Benn and Vernon Fiddler (3:44 3RD)

CGY - Mikael Backlund EN (10) - from T.J. Brodie (19:53 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (33 saves on 36 shots: 23-18-4) LG - Kari Lehtonen (15 saves on 19 shots: 34-16-10), Jhonas Enroth (5 saves on 5 shots in relief of Lehtonen)

Three Stars:

3. Jason Spezza (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

2. Jiri Hudler (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

1. Johnny Gaudreau (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Calgary

Edmonton Oilers 4, Colorado Avalanche 1 (from Colorado) - The Oilers improved to 23-40-13 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 35-29-12.

Goals:

EDM - Brandon Davidson (1) - from Anton Lander and Andrew Miller (4:49 1ST)

COL - Ryan O'Reilly (15) - from Alex Tanguay and Nate Guenin (13:18 1ST)

EDM - Justin Schultz (6) - from Teddy Purcell (15:28 2ND) *GWG*

EDM - Nikita Nikitin EN (4) - from Andrew Miller and Anton Lander (17:53 3RD)

EDM - Taylor Hall EN (13) - from Andrew Miller and Martin Marincin (18:25 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Richard Bachman (29 saves on 30 shots: 2-2-0) LG - Semyon Varlamov (32 saves on 34 shots: 26-19-8)

Three Stars:

3. Justin Schultz (1 goal, GWG) - Edmonton

2. Andrew Miller (3 assists) - Edmonton

1. Richard Bachman (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Edmonton

Buffalo Sabres 4, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Arizona) - The Sabres improved to 21-47-8 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 23-46-8.

Goals:

ARI - Connor Murphy (4) - from Sam Gagner and Klas Dahlbeck (1:17 1ST)

BUF - Andrej Meszaros PPG (6) - from Andre Benoit and Mikhail Grigorenko (4:27 2ND)

BUF - Andrej Meszaros (7) - from Nicolas Deslauriers and Zac Dalpe (13:36 2ND) *GWG*

BUF - Brian Gionta SHG/EN (11) - from Marcus Foligno and Mike Weber (18:11 3RD)

BUF - Rasmus Ristolainen EN (8) - from Brian Gionta and Matt Moulson (19:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anders Lindback (27 saves on 28 shots: 4-13-2) LG - Mike Smith (32 saves on 34 shots: 13-39-5)

Three Stars:

3. Brian Gionta (1 goal, 1 assist) - Buffalo

2. Anders Lindback (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Buffalo

1. Andrej Meszaros (2 goals, GWG) - Buffalo

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Scott Darling - Darling stopped 30 of 31 shots he faced in the Blackhawks 4-1 win over the Kings.

2. Johnny Gaudreau - Johnny Hockey scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Flames 5-3 win over the Stars.

1. Vladislav Namestnikov - Namestnikov scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Lightning's 5-3 win over the Canadiens.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Brandon Davidson scored his 1st NHL goal for the Oilers.

-Ben Bishop picked up 2 assists, the 1st goalie to get 2 assists in a game since Ryan Miller did it in his last game as a Sabre on February 25th 2014.

-Ryan O'Reilly extended his point-streak to a career-high 8 games. 

-Jiri Hudler reached 70 points for the 1st time in his NHL career.

-Johnny Gaudreau picked up his 60th point of the season, which is the most by a Flames rookie since Sergei Makarov had 86 points in the 1989/90 season.

-Andrej Meszaros scored 2 goals for the 2nd game in a row. He had 3 in his first 52 games this season before the last 2 games.

-All 6 games tonight were either 4-1 or 5-3 scores.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 6 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 5 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 3 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 5 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Raphael Diaz with the fantastic individual effort for the goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnXEiFQ86TQ

What's up next - Tuesday March 31st: There are 7 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. Florida Panthers vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)

3. New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

4. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)

5. Ottawa Senators vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)

6. Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

7. New York Rangers vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

March 29th NHL Recap

Washington Capitals 5, New York Rangers 2 (from New York) - The Capitals improved to 41-25-10 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 47-21-7.

Goals:

WSH - Alex Ovechkin (48) - from Joel Ward and John Carlson (4:32 1ST)
NYR - Keyin Hayes (15) - unassisted (18:10 1ST)
NYR - Derick Brassard (16) - from Mats Zuccarello and Ryan McDonagh (19:11 1ST)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (49) - from Nicklas Backstrom and Matt Niskanen (11:17 2ND)
WSH - Jason Chimera (6) - from Eric Fehr and Brooks Laich (4:41 3RD) *GWG*
WSH - Jason Chimera (7) - from Brooks Laich and Eric Fehr (7:40 3RD)
WSH - Marcus Johansson EN (18) - from Troy Brouwer and Brooks Orpik (17:37 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (23 saves on 25 shots: 37-19-9) LG - Cam Talbot (26 saves on 30 shots: 20-9-4)

Three Stars:

3. Braden Holtby (23 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Washington

2. Jason Chimera (2 goals, GWG) - Washington

1. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals) - Washington

Florida Panthers 4, Ottawa Senators 2 (from Ottawa) - The Panthers improved to 35-26-15 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 37-26-12.

Goals:

FLA - Jaromir Jagr PPG (14) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Dmitry Kulikov (7:46 2ND)
FLA - Jussi Jokinen PPG (8) - from Dave Bolland and Brian Campbell (15:49 2ND)
OTT - Erik Karlsson PPG (20) - from Mark Stone and Kyle Turris (4:43 3RD)
FLA - Jaromir Jagr (15) - from Jonathan Huberdeau (13:57 3RD) *GWG*
OTT - Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7) - from Mike Hoffman and Cody Ceci (17:39 3RD)
FLA - Dave Bolland SHG/EN (5) - from Willie Mitchell (19:04 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Dan Ellis (25 saves on 27 shots: 4-2-1) LG - Craig Anderson (33 saves on 36 shots: 14-13-8) 

Three Stars:

3. Erik Karlsson (1 goal) - Ottawa

2. Jonathan Huberdeau (2 assists) - Florida

1. Jaromir Jagr (2 goals, GWG) - Florida

New York Islanders 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 41-22-12 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 44-28-5.

Goals:

DET - Tomas Tatar (28) - from Danny DeKeyser (0:39 1ST)
DET - Drew Miller (5) - from Tomas Jurco and Luke Glendening (1:46 1ST)
NYI - Brock Nelson PPG (19) - from Lubomir Visnovsky and Travis Hamonic (4:01 1ST)
NYI - Ryan Strome (16) - from John Tavares (5:38 1ST)
NYI - Kyle Okposo PPG (16) - from John Tavares and Nick Leddy (9:02 1ST)
DET - Niklas Kronwall (9) - from Pavel Datsyuk (9:54 1ST)
NYI - Frans Nielsen PPG (14) - from John Tavares and Nick Leddy (0:16 2ND)
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck SHG (7) - unassisted (3:57 2ND) *GWG*
DET - Pavel Datsyuk PPG (24) - from Tomas Tatar and Marek Zidlicky (10:20 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (21 saves on 25 shots: 36-16-2) LG - Jimmy Howard (15 saves on 16 shots: 21-13-10) in relief of Petr Mrazek (7 saves on 11 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Cal Clutterbuck (1 goal, GWG) - New York

2. Tomas Tatar (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. John Tavares (3 assists) - New York

Boston Bruins 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (OT) - (from Carolina) - The Bruins improved to 38-25-13 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 28-37-10.

Goals:

BOS - Ryan Spooner (7) - from David Pastrnak and Adam McQuaid (2:21 1ST)
CAR - Nathan Gerbe (8) - from Chris Terry and Danny Biega (19:38 2ND)
BOS - David Pastrnak (10) - from Carl Soderberg and Torey Krug (4:23 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (30 saves on 31 shots: 31-19-12) LG - Anton Khudobin (28 saves on 30 shots: 8-15-6)

Three Stars:

3. Anton Khudobin (28 saves on 30 shots) - Carolina

2. Tuukka Rask (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Boston

1. David Pastrnak (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Boston

Calgary Flames 5, Nashville Predators 2 (from Nashville) - The Flames improved to 41-28-7 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 47-22-8.

Goals:

NSH - Roman Josi (15) - from Mike Santorelli and Calle Jarnkrok (6:17 1ST)
CGY - Lance Bouma (15) - from Mikael Backlund (9:13 1ST)
CGY - Kris Russell (4) - from Sean Monahan and Jiri Hudler (17:46 1ST)
CGY - Michael Ferland (1) - from Drew Shore and Matt Stajan (6:57 2ND) *GWG*
CGY - Jiri Hudler (28) - from Deryk Engelland (11:53 2ND)
NSH - Seth Jones (7) - from Mike Ribeiro and Roman Josi (9:55 3RD)
CGY - Lance Bouma EN (16) - from Jiri Hudler and Deryk Engelland (19:30 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (27 saves on 29 shots: 22-18-4) LG - Carter Hutton (25 saves on 29 shots: 6-6-4)

Three Stars:

3. Roman Josi (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

2. Jonas Hiller (27 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Calgary

1. Jiri Hudler (1 goal, 2 assists) - Calgary

Anaheim Ducks 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (from New Jersey) - The Ducks improved to 49-22-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 31-33-12.

Goals:

ANA - Ryan Kesler (20) - from James Wisniewski (17:07 1ST)
ANA - Francois Beauchemin (10) - from Kyle Palmieri and Tomas Fleischmann (1:39 3RD) *GWG*
NJD - Dainius Zubrus (4) - from Andy Green and Patrik Elias (16:35 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - John Gibson (26 saves on 27 shots: 13-7-0) LG - Cory Schneider (23 saves on 25 shots: 26-28-8)

Three Stars:

3. Francois Beauchemin (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim

2. Ryan Kesler (1 goal) - Anaheim

1. John Gibson (26 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Anaheim

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, San Jose Sharks 2 (SO) - (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 42-23-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 37-30-9.

Goals:

PIT - Patric Hornqvist (24) - from Daniel Winnik and Ian Cole (7:08 1ST)
PIT - Chris Kunitz PPG (17) - from Sidney Crosby and Derick Pouliot (8:04 1ST)
SJS - Ben Smith (7) - from Justin Braun and Barclay Goodrow (6:44 2ND)
SJS - Logan Couture PPG (25) - from Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns (15:38 2ND)
Shootout winner - David Perron (PIT)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (30 saves on 32 shots: 33-17-8) LG - Alex Stalock (31 saves on 33 shots: 7-7-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Marc-Andre Fleury (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Pittsburgh

2. Logan Couture (1 goal) - San Jose

1. Patric Hornqvist (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (from Winnipeg) - The Blackhawks improved to 45-24-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 39-25-12.

Goals:

CHI - Andrew Shaw PPG (14) - from Brandon Saad and Duncan Keith (18:30 1ST)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien PPG (17) - unassisted (4:34 2ND)
WPG - Blake Wheeler SHG (25) - from Tyler Myers and Andrew Ladd (7:40 2ND)
CHI - Brad Richards (12) - from Johnny Oduya and Antoine Vermette (16:19 2ND)
WPG - Dustin Byfuglien PPG (18) - from Andrew Ladd and Drew Stafford (19:34 2ND)
CHI - Patrick Sharp (14) - unassisted (6:27 3RD)
CHI - Jonathan Toews (25) - from Niklas Hjalmarsson and Marian Hossa (19:29 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (31 saves on 34 shots: 31-17-5) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (20 saves on 24 shots: 19-15-7)

Three Stars:

3. Patrick Sharp (1 goal) - Chicago

2. Dustin Byfuglien (2 goals) - Winnipeg

1. Jonathan Toews (1 goal, GWG) - Chicago

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jiri Hudler - Hudler scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Flames 5-2 win over the Predators.

2. Alex Ovechkin - Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 48th and 49th goals of the season in the Capitals 5-2 win over the Rangers.

1. Jaromir Jagr - Jagr scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Panthers 4-2 win over the Senators.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Michael Ferland scored his 1st NHL goal for the Flames.

-Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 48th and 49th goals of the season.
-Erik Karlsson scored his 20th goal of the season, the 2nd time in his career he has reached 20 goals.
-Ryan Kesler scored his 20th goal of the season, the 7th time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 6 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 5 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 3 game winning streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Kevin Hayes with the beauty one-handed goal gets it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrqElxzcFCQ

What's up next - Monday March 30th: There are 6 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

2. Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

3. Los Angeles Kings vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. Calgary Flames vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

5. Edmonton Oilers vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

6. Buffalo Sabres vs. Arizona Coyotes at 10:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

March 28th NHL Recap

Nashville Predators 4, Washington Capitals 3 (from Washington) - The Predators improved to 47-21-8 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 40-25-10.

Goals:

NSH - Matthias Ekholm (7) - from Gabriel Bourque and Anton Volchenkov (9:02 1ST)

NSH - Mike Fisher (18) - from Filip Forsberg and Gabriel Bourque (11:29 1ST)

NSH - Filip Forsberg (23) - from Mike Ribeiro (14:47 1ST)

WSH - Troy Brouwer (19) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Marcus Johansson (0:19 2ND)

WSH - Troy Brouwer SHG (20) - from Brooks Laich (7:32 2ND)

NSH - Mike Ribeiro (15) - from Filip Forsberg (11:56 2ND) *GWG*

WSH - Mike Green (7) - from Matt Niskanen and Marcus Johansson (0:20 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (25 saves on 28 shots: 41-15-4) LG - Justin Peters (13 saves on 14 shots: 3-6-1) in relief of Braden Holtby (10 saves on 13 shots) 

Three Stars:

3. Mike Ribeiro (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

2. Troy Brouwer (2 goals) - Washington

1. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, 2 assists) - Nashville

Boston Bruins 4, New York Rangers 2 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 37-25-13 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 47-20-7. 

Goals:

BOS - Milan Lucic (16) - from Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak (1:41 1ST)

BOS - Milan Lucic (17) - from Torey Krug and Ryan Spooner (9:26 1ST)

BOS - Carl Soderberg (12) - unassisted (14:27 1ST) *GWG*

BOS - Reilly Smith (13) - from Loui Eriksson and Carl Soderberg (5:53 2ND)

NYR - Rick Nash (40) - from Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan (16:49 2ND)

NYR - Matt Hunwick (2) - from Keith Yandle and J.T. Miller (19:37 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (14 saves on 14 shots; 30-19-12), Niklas Svedberg (16 saves on 18 shots in relief of the injured Rask) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (26 saves on 30 shots: 25-12-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Torey Krug (1 assist) - Boston

2. Carl Soderberg (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston

1. Milan Lucic (2 goals) - Boston

Anaheim Ducks 3, New York Islanders 2 (from New York) - The Ducks improved to 48-22-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 44-27-5.

Goals:

ANA - Pat Maroon (10) - from Rickard Rakell (8:23 1ST)

NYI - Lubomir Visnovsky (5) - from Ryan Strome and Thomas Hickey (17:08 1ST)

ANA - Kyle Palmieri (14) - from Matt Beleksey and James Wisniewski (1:46 2ND)

ANA - Andrew Cogliano (14) - from Cam Fowler (15:11 2ND) *GWG*

NYI - Casey Cizikas (8) - unassisted (14:24 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (29 saves on 31 shots: 33-11-5) LG - Michal Neuvirth (21 saves on 24 shots: 7-20-4)

Three Stars:

3. Lubomir Visnovsky (1 goal) - New York

2. Kyle Palmieri (1 goal) - Anaheim

1. Andrew Cogliano (1 goal) - Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO) - (from Philadelphia) - The Sharks improved to 37-30-8 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 30-29-17.

Goals:

SJS - Matt Irwin (8) - from Chris Tierney and Tommy Wingels (4:38 1ST)

PHI - Michael Raffl (20) - from Nicklas Grossmann and Jakub Voracek (6:44 1ST)

SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (36) - from Logan Couture and Brent Burns (16:45 1ST)

PHI - Claude Giroux PPG (23) - from Jakub Voracek and Michael Del Zotto (8:37 3RD)

Shootout winner - Brent Burns (SJS)

Goalies:

WG - Alex Stalock (16 saves on 18 shots: 7-7-1) LG - Steve Mason (42 saves on 44 shots: 15-17-11)

Three Stars:

3. Joe Pavelski (1 goal) - San Jose

2. Steve Mason (42 saves on 44 shots) - Philadelphia

1. Brent Burns (1 assist, shootout winner) - San Jose

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Arizona Coyotes 2 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 41-23-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 23-45-8. 

Goals:

ARI - Tye McGinn (2) - from Klas Dahlbeck and B.J. Crombeen (4:52 3RD)

PIT - Daniel Winnik (9) - from Paul Martin and Sidney Crosby (7:16 3RD)

PIT - Steve Downie PPG (14) - from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin (9:19 3RD)

PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (25) - from Derick Pouliot and Evgeni Malkin (11:24 3RD) *GWG*

ARI - Tobias Rieder (13) - from Shane Doan and Mark Arcobello (18:09 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Thomas Greiss (22 saves on 24 shots: 9-5-3) LG - Mike Smith (43 saves on 46 shots: 13-38-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Mike Smith (43 saves on 46 shots) - Arizona

2. Steve Downie (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

1. Sidney Crosby (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Detroit Red Wings 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 0 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 40-22-12 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 46-23-7. 

Goals:

DET - Joakim Andersson (2) - from Kyle Quincey and Stephen Weiss (5:25 2ND) *GWG*

DET - Justin Abdelkader (23) - from Gustav Nyquist (7:19 2ND)

DET - Gustav Nyquist (24) - from Kyle Quincey (9:19 2ND)

DET - Luke Glendening EN (11) - unassisted (18:21 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (23 saves on 23 shots: 15-7-1) LG - Ben Bishop (19 saves on 22 shots: 36-13-4)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Quincey (2 assists) - Detroit

2. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Petr Mrazek (23 saves on 23 shots for the shutout) - Detroit

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Ottawa Senators 3 (OT) - (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 28-42-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 37-25-12. 

Goals:

OTT - Mark Stone (19) - from Clarke MacArthur and Kyle Turris (4:25 2ND)

OTT - Curtis Lazar (6) - from Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Erik Condra (5:59 2ND)

TOR - Tyler Bozak (20) - from James van Riemsdyk and Phil Kessel (4:13 3RD)

OTT - Kyle Turris PPG (22) - from David Legwand and Erik Karlsson (9:30 3RD)

TOR - Tyler Bozak PPG (21) - from James van Reimsdyk and Phil Kessel (11:29 3RD)

TOR - Tyler Bozak (22 - Hat Trick) - from James van Riemsdyk and Morgan Rielly (18:36 3RD)

TOR - Eric Brewer (2) - from Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel (3:17 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - James Reimer (22 saves on 25 shots: 8-15-0) LG - Craig Anderson (27 saves on 31 shots: 14-12-8) 

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Turris (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

2. Phil Kessel (3 assists) - Toronto

1. Tyler Bozak (3 goals, 1 assist) - Toronto

Montreal Canadiens 3, Florida Panthers 2 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 47-21-8 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 34-26-15. 

Goals:

MTL - Lars Eller (12) - from Jeff Petry and Nathan Beaulieu (17:37 1ST)

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (13) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Jaromir Jagr (6:09 2ND)

FLA - Aleksander Barkov PPG (14) - from Jonathan Huberdeau and Dmitry Kulikov (13:11 2ND)

MTL - Alex Galchenyuk PPG (20) - from Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Markov (14:35 2ND)

MTL - Max Pacioretty PPG (36) - from David Desharnais and P.K. Subban (2:59 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (21 saves on 23 shots: 41-15-5) LG - Roberto Luongo (22 saves on 25 shots: 26-17-12) 

Three Stars:

3. Alex Galchenyuk (1 goal) - Montreal

2. Aleksander Barkov (2 goals) - Florida

1. Max Pacioretty (1 goal, OT winner) - Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New Jersey Devils 1 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 28-36-10 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 31-32-12. 

Goals:

NJD - Patrik Elias PPG (11) - from Mike Cammalleri (11:03 1ST)

CAR - Chris Terry (9) - from Jeff Skinner and Victor Rask (18:33 2ND)

CAR - Eric Staal (21) - from Ryan Murphy and Jordan Staal (0:09 3RD) *GWG*

CAR - Justin Faulk (15) - from Elias Lindholm and John-Michael Liles (4:58 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (21 saves on 22 shots: 20-21-5) LG - Keith Kinkaid (29 saves on 32 shots: 5-5-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Justin Faulk (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Cam Ward (21 saves on 22 shots for the win) - Carolina

1. Eric Staal (1 goal, GWG) - Carolina

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, St. Louis Blues 2 (from St. Louis) - The Blue Jackets improved to 36-35-4 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 46-22-7.

Goals:

CBJ - William Karlsson (3) - from Scott Hartnell and Marko Dano (7:06 1ST)

STL - Patrik Berglund (9) - from Jaden Schwartz and Jori Lehtera (0:52 2ND)

CBJ - Jack Johnson PPG (6) - from Fedor Tyutin and Brandon Dubinsky (11:39 2ND)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko PPG (36) - from Patrik Berglund and Alex Pietrangelo (14:44 2ND)

CBJ - Boone Jenner (7) - from Ryan Johansen and Cam Atkinson (19:39 2ND) *GWG*

CBJ - Cam Atkinson EN (20) - from Boone Jenner and David Savard (18:42 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (29 saves on 31 shots: 25-17-2) LG - Brian Elliott (13 saves on 16 shots: 24-13-3)

Three Stars:

3. Sergei Bobrovsky (29 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Columbus

2. Cam Atkinson (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

1. Boone Jenner (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Columbus

Minnesota Wild 4, Los Angeles Kings 1 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 44-25-7 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 37-24-14. 

Goals:

MIN - Nino Niederreiter (23) - from Mikko Koivu and Chris Stewart (3:15 1ST)

MIN - Mikko Koivu (13) - from Chris Stewart (13:39 1ST) *GWG*

LAK - Dwight King (11) - from Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli (3:20 2ND)

MIN - Nino Niederreiter PPG (24) - from Jared Spurgeon and Marco Scandella (16:57 3RD)

MIN - Mikko Koivu EN (14) - unassisted (18:38 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (31 saves on 32 shots: 35-11-3) LG - Jonathan Quick (7 saves on 9 shots: 33-20-12), Martin Jones (9 saves on 10 shots in relief of Quick) 

Three Stars:

3. Devan Dubnyk (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Minnesota

2. Nino Niederreiter (2 goals) - Minnesota

1. Mikko Koivu (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Minnesota

Colorado Avalanche 5, Buffalo Sabres 3 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 35-28-12 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 20-47-8. 

Goals:

COL - Marc-Andre Cliche (2) - from Cody McLeod and Nick Holden (10:47 1ST)

COL - John Mitchell (10) - from Matt Duchene and Jarome Iginla (11:19 1ST)

COL - Tyson Barrie (12) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Gabriel Landeskog (3:29 2ND)

COL - Matt Duchene (19) - from Jarome Iginla and Zach Redmond (6:56 2ND) *GWG*

BUF - Andrej Meszaros (4) - from Rasmus Ristolainen and Johan Larsson (3:09 3RD)

COL - Brad Stuart (3) - from Jarome Iginla and Matt Duchene (4:48 3RD)

BUF - Andrej Meszaros (5) - unassisted (5:29 3RD)

BUF - Rasmus Ristolainen (7) - from Marcus Foligno and Zac Dalpe (8:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (35 saves on 38 shots: 26-18-8) LG - Matt Hackett (7 saves on 10 shots: 0-4-1) in relief of Anders Lindback (10 saves on 12 shots) 

Three Stars:

3. Andrej Meszaros (2 goals) - Buffalo

2. Jarome Iginla (3 assists) - Colorado

1. Matt Duchene (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Colorado

Dallas Stars 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT) - (from Vancouver) - The Stars improved to 37-29-10 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 43-27-5.

Goals:

DAL - Jamie Benn (28) - from Tyler Seguin and Jason Demers (1:54 1ST)

VAN - Nick Bonino (14) - from Radim Vrbata and Chris Tanev (11:18 1ST)

VAN - Chris Higgins (11) - from Dan Hamhuis and Chris Tanev (10:10 2ND)
DAL - Patrick Eaves (11) - from Jason Spezza and Alex Goligoski (7:55 3RD)
DAL - Tyler Seguin (34) - from Trevor Daley and Cody Eakin (14:25 3RD)
VAN - Radim Vrbata PPG (30) - from Nick Bonino and Daniel Sedin (18:28 3RD)
DAL - John Klingberg (11) - from Trevor Daley and Cody Eakin (4:13 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (32 saves on 35 shots: 34-15-10) LG - Eddie Lack (36 saves on 40 shots: 14-11-4)

Three Stars:

3. John Klingberg (1 goal, OT winner) - Dallas

2. Radim Vrbata (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

1. Tyler Seguin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Petr Mrazek - Mrazek stopped all 23 shots he faced for the shutout in the Red Wings 4-0 win over the Lightning.

2. Mikko Koivu - Koivu scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Wild's 4-1 win over the Kings.

1. Tyler Bozak - Bozak scored his 1st career hat trick and added an assist in the Leafs 4-3 OT win over the Senators.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Petr Mrazek picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

-Rick Nash scored his 40th goal of the season, the 3rd time in his career he has reached 40 goals.

-Troy Brouwer scored his 20th goal of the season, the 3rd time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

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

-Tyler Bozak scored his 1st career hat trick.

-Devan Dubnyk improved to 26-6-1 since joining the Minnesota Wild. He has taken them from out of a playoff spot to 3rd in the Central Division. 

-Great stuff from the Leafs tonight signing Garrett Gamble to a 1 day contract. Gamble is an 11-year old from Saskatchewan who is currently suffering from a rare disease called Morquio Syndrome. Gamble dropped the ceremonial faceoff puck at tonight's Leafs/Senators game. Here is more on Garret's special night: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/maple-leafs-grant-wish-for-garrett-gamble-11-from-sask-first-nation-1.3013737?cmp=rss

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

-Max Pacioretty scored his 10th game-winning goal of the season. He now has 21 game-winning goals the last 2 seasons.

-Cam Atkinson scored his 20th goal of the season, the 2nd time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

-Radim Vrbata scored his 30th goal of the season, the 2nd time in his career he has reached 30 goals.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 6 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 5 game winning streak
Nashville Predators - 4 game winning streak

New York Islanders - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Ryan O'Reilly with the ridiculous behind the back pass to Tyson Barrie who made no mistake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zal8oggjYrY

What's up next - Sundday March 29th: There are 8 NHL games on tap for Sunday:

1. Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers at 3:00 PM ET (In New York) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Florida Panthers vs. Ottawa Senators at 5:00 PM ET (In Ottawa)

3. Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Islanders at 5:00 PM ET (In New York)

4. Boston Bruins vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 5:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

5. Calgary Flames vs. Nashville Predators at 5:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

6. Anaheim Ducks vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

7. San Jose Sharks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:30 PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

8. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Winnipeg Jets at 7:30 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

March 27th NHL Recap

Minnesota Wild 4, Calgary Flames 2 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 43-25-7 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 40-28-7. 

Goals:

CGY - Josh Jooris (12) - from Matt Stajan and Joe Colborne (5:52 1ST)

MIN - Matt Dumba PPG (8) - from Mikael Granlund and Jared Spurgeon (10:28 1ST)

MIN - Thomas Vanek (20) - from Justin Fontaine and Charlie Coyle (3:36 3RD)

MIN - Mikko Koivu (12) - from Chris Stewart and Jonas Brodin (6:59 3RD) *GWG*

MIN - Zach Parise (30) - unassisted (11:46 3RD)

CGY - Markus Granlund (6) - from Mason Raymond and Paul Byron (15:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (23 saves on 25 shots: 34-11-3) LG - Karri Ramo (31 saves on 35 shots: 15-9-3), Jonas Hiller (1 save on 1 shot in relief of Ramo) 

Three Stars:

3. Thomas Vanek (1 goal) - Minnesota

2. Mikko Koivu (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Zach Parise (1 goal) - Minnesota

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from Chicago) - The Blue Jackets improved to 35-35-4 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 44-24-6.

Goals:

CHI - Brandon Saad (22) - from Johnny Oduya and Patrick Sharp (3:26 1ST)

CBJ - Ryan Johansen (25) - unassisted (4:07 1ST)

CBJ - Cam Atkinson (17) - from Cody Goloubef (9:24 1ST)

CHI - Jonathan Toews (24) - from Johnny Oduya and Kris Versteeg (11:38 1ST)

CBJ - Kevin Connauton (9) - unassisted (13:03 1ST) *GWG*

CBJ - Cam Atkinson SHG (18) - from Cody Goloubef and Artem Anisimov (15:46 1ST)
CBJ - Cam Atkinson EN (19 - Hat Trick) - from Nick Foligno and Ryan Johansen (19:01 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (31 saves on 33 shots: 24-17-2) LG - Corey Crawford (9 saves on 13 shots: 30-17-5), Scott Darling (13 saves on 13 shots in relief of Crawford)

Three Stars:

3. Cody Goloubef (2 assists) - Columbus

2. Ryan Johansen (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

1. Cam Atkinson (3 goals) - Columbus

Edmonton Oilers 4, Dallas Stars 0 (from Edmonton) - The Oilers improved to 22-40-13 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 36-29-10. 

Goals:

EDM - Jordan Eberle (22) - from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Benoit Pouliot (0:33 1ST) *GWG*
EDM - Derek Roy (12) - from Nail Yakupov and Teddy Purcell (9:24 3RD)
EDM - Benoit Pouliot (17) - from Taylor Hall and Justin Schultz (13:32 3RD)
EDM - Andrew Miller (1) - Penalty Shot (16:40 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Richard Bachman (29 saves on 29 shots: 1-2-0) LG - Kari Lehtonen (24 saves on 28 shots: 33-15-10) 

Three Stars:

3. Jordan Eberle (1 goal, GWG) - Edmonton

2. Benoit Pouliot (1 goal, 1 assist) - Edmonton

1. Richard Bachman (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - Edmonton

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Zach Parise scored his 30th goal of the season, the 6th time in his career he has reached 30 goals.

-Thomas Vanek scored his 20th goal of the season, the 10th consecutive season he's scored at least 20 goals.
-Cam Atkinson scored his 2nd career hat trick.
-Andrew Miller scoed his 1st NHL goal for the Oilers. It was also on a penalty shot, making him the 6th player in NHL history to score his 1st goal on a penalty shot.

-Richard Bachman picked up his 2nd career shutout against the team that drafted him the Dallas Stars.

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

Columbus Blue Jackets - 5 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak
Nashville Predators - 3 game winning streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 7 game losing streak
Boston Bruins - 6 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Cam Atkinson's 2nd career hat trick gets it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzc8qxzej-M

What's up next - Saturday March 28th: There are 13 NHL games on tap for Saturday:

1. Nashville Predators vs. Washington Capitals at 12:30 PM ET (In Washington)

2. New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins at 1:00 PM ET (In Boston)

3. Anaheim Ducks vs. New York Islanders at 1:00 PM ET (In New York)

4. San Jose Sharks vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 1:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

5. Arizona Coyotes vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 1:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Detroit Red Wings at 2:00 PM ET (In Detroit)

7. Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:00 PM ET (In Toronto)

8. Florida Panthers vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:00 PM ET (In Montreal)

9. New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

10. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

11. Los Angeles Kings vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

12. Buffalo Sabres vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

13. Dallas Stars vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff