March 11th NHL Recap

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO) - (from Toronto) - The Leafs improved to 27-35-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 19-42-6. 

Goals:

BUF - Johan Larsson (3) - from Tyler Ennis and Matt Moulson (6:52 1ST)

TOR - Brandon Kozun (2) - from Joakim Lindstrom and Andrew MacWilliam (14:09 1ST)

TOR - Leo Komarov (7) - from David Booth and Trevor Smith (14:30 1ST)

BUF - Tyler Ennis (17) - from Matt Moulson and Johan Larsson (16:02 1ST)

BUF - Matt Moulson (10) - from Johan Larsson and Tyler Ennis (11:50 2ND)

TOR - Tyler Bozak PPG (19) - from Phil Kessel and Morgan Rielly (16:35 3RD)
Shootout winner - Tyler Bozak (TOR)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Bernier (30 saves on 33 shots: 20-21-6) LG - Anders Lindback (31 saves on 34 shots: 2-10-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Johan Larsson (1 goal, 2 assists) - Buffalo

2. Tyler Ennis (1 goal, 2 assists) - Buffalo

1. Tyler Bozak (1 goal, shootout winner) - Toronto

New York Rangers 3, Washington Capitals 1 (from Washington) - The Rangers improved to 42-17-7 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 36-22-10.

Goals:

NYR - Carl Hagelin (15) - from Kevin Hayes and Dan Boyle (8:20 1ST)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (45) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Joel Ward (11:43 1ST)

NYR - J.T. Miller (7) - from Kevin Hayes (16:34 1ST) *GWG*

NYR - Martin St. Louis (19) - from Chris Kreider (17:33 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (28 saves on 29 shots: 16-6-4) LG - Braden Holtby (28 saves on 31 shots: 32-17-9)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal) - Washington

2. Kevin Hayes (2 assists) - New York

1. Cam Talbot (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - New York

Calgary Flames 6, Anaheim Ducks 3 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 37-25-5 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 42-20-7. 

Goals:

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (21) - unassisted (0:22 1ST)

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf PPG (22) - from Ryan Kesler and Kyle Palmieri (2:51 1ST)

CGY - Matt Stajan (6) - from David Jones and Kris Russell (10:32 1ST)

CGY - Johnny Gaudreau (17) - from Josh Jooris and Kris Russell (15:25 1ST)

CGY - Matt Stajan (7) - from Michael Ferland and Brandon Bollig (7:28 2ND)

CGY - Sean Monahan PPG (25) - from Dennis Wideman (8:53 2ND) *GWG*

CGY - Johnny Gaudreau PPG (18) - from Dennis Wideman and Kris Russell (13:59 2ND)

ANA - Hampus Lindholm (7) - unassisted (18:59 2ND)

CGY - Jiri Hudler (24) - from Mikael Backlund (15:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Karri Ramo (27 saves on 30 shots: 12-7-1) LG - John Gibson (17 saves on 23 shots: 9-6-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Getzlaf (2 goals) - Anaheim

2. Matt Stajan (2 goals) - Calgary

1. Sean Monahan (2 goals, GWG) - Calgary

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Since the start of 2015 Alex Ovechkin has 27 goals in 31 games.

-Ryan Getzlaf passed Paul Kariya for 2nd all-time in points in Ducks franchise history. Getzlaf now has 671 points, all with the Ducks (Kariya had 669 with the Ducks). He trails only Teemu Selanne (988 points with the Ducks) for most points in franchise history.

-The Rangers improved to 13-2-3 since Henrik Lundqvist went down with his neck injury. Cam Talbot has 12 of those wins.

-Johnny Gaudreau became the 1st Calgary Flames rookie to get 50 points in a season since Jarome Iginla did it in the 1996-96 season.

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

Tampa Bay Lightning - 4 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 3 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 5 game losing streak

Buffalo Sabres - 5 game losing streak

Anaheim Ducks - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Cam Talbot with a save of the year candidate after absolutely robbing Nicklas Backstrom with a glove save: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vdgN_SJ3-E

What's up next - Thursday March 12th: There are 11 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins at 7:00 PM ET (In Boston) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Edmonton Oilers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh)

3. Dallas Stars vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

4. Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

5. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)

6. Winnipeg Jets vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

7. Philadelphia Flyers vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis

8. New Jersey Devils vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

9. Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

10. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Arizona Coyotes at 10:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

11. Nashville Predators vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff