March 17th NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 30-29-11 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 39-21-10. 

Goals:

NJD - Jacob Josefson (5) - from Michael Ryder and Eric Gelinas (16:25 2ND) *GWG*
NJD - Adam Henrique (16) - unassisted (19:11 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (35 saves on 35 shots: 26-25-7) LG - Thomas Greiss (17 saves on 18 shots: 8-5-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Thomas Greiss (17 saves on 18 shots) - Pittsburgh

2. Jacob Josefson (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

1. Cory Schneider (35 saves on 35 shots for the shutout) - New Jersey

Ottawa Senators 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (OT) - (from Carolina) - The Senators improved to 34-24-11 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 26-34-9.

Goals:

CAR - Elias Lindholm (15) - from Jeff Skinner and John-Michael Liles (12:59 1ST)

OTT - Patrick Wiercioch PPG (2) - from Erik Karlsson and Mika Zibanejad (13:22 2ND)
OTT - Mark Stone (18) - from Kyle Turris and Erik Karlsson (4:46 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Andrew Hammond (35 saves on 36 shots: 11-0-1) LG - Anton Khudobin (31 saves on 33 shots: 8-13-4)

Three Stars:

3. Anton Khudobin (31 saves on 33 shots) - Carolina

2. Mark Stone (1 goal, OT winner) - Ottawa

1. Andrew Hammond (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Ottawa

Buffalo Sabres 2, Boston Bruins 1 (SO) - (from Boston) - The Sabres improved to 20-43-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 36-23-11. 

Goals:

BOS - Loui Eriksson (18) - from Adam McQuaid and Carl Soderberg (9:55 1ST)
BUF - Rasmus Ristolainen PPG (5) - from Brian Gionta and Johan Larsson (1:23 3RD)
Shootout winner - Tyler Ennis (BUF)

Goalies:

WG - Anders Lindback (44 saves on 45 shots: 3-11-2) LG - Niklas Svedberg (23 saves on 24 shots: 7-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. Tyler Ennis (shootout winner) - Buffalo

2. Niklas Svedberg (23 saves on 24 shots) - Boston

1. Anders Lindback (44 saves on 45 shots for the win) - Buffalo

Montreal Canadiens 3, Florida Panthers 2 (from Florida) - The Canadiens improved to 44-20-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 31-25-14.

Goals:

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (12) - from Jonathan Huberdeau (4:20 2ND)

MTL - Alexei Emelin (3) - from Brandon Prust and Dale Weise (5:44 2ND)
MTL - Jacob De La Rose SHG (3) - from Brandon Prust (8:23 2ND)
FLA - Brandon Pirri (16) - from Brad Boyes and Nick Bjugstad (13:35 2ND)
MTL - P.K. Subban (13) - from Lars Eller (15:26 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Dustin Tokarski (41 saves on 43 shots: 6-5-3) LG - Dan Ellis (22 saves on 25 shots: 3-2-1)

Three Stars:

3. Brandon Pirri (1 goal) - Florida

2. P.K. Subban (1 goal, GWG) - Montreal

1. Dustin Tokarski (41 saves on 43 shots for the win) - Montreal

Minnesota Wild 3, Nashville Predators 2 (OT) - (from Nashville) - The Wild improved to 39-24-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 43-21-8.

Goals:

MIN - Charlie Coyle (9) - from Jordan Leopold and Thomas Vanek (19:02 1ST)
NSH - Roman Josi (13) - from Filip Forsberg (13:41 2ND)
NSH - Roman Josi (14) - from Viktor Stalberg and Matt Cullen (14:26 2ND)
MIN - Charlie Coyle (10) - from Chris Stewart and Nino Niederreiter (13:19 3RD)
MIN - Matt Dumba (7) - from Zach Parise and Ryan Suter (0:22 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (25 saves on 27 shots: 30-10-3) LG - Pekka Rinne (18 saves on 21 shots: 37-15-4)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Dumba (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

2. Roman Josi (2 goals) - Nashville

1. Charlie Coyle (2 goals) - Minnesota

Winnipeg Jets 5, San Jose Sharks 2 (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 35-23-12 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 34-28-8, 

Goals:

WPG - Adam Lowry (8) - from Andrew Ladd (1:10 1ST)

WPG - Mark Scheifele PPG (12) - from Toby Enstrom and Blake Wheeler (9:39 1ST)

WPG - Andrew Ladd (24) - from Jacob Trouba and Michael Frolik (13:01 1ST) *GWG*
SJS - Joe Pavelski (33) - from Joe Thornton (1:06 2ND)
WPG - Blake Wheeler (21) - from Drew Stafford and Mark Scheifele (7:05 2ND)
WPG - Blake Wheeler (22) - from Drew Stafford and Mark Scheifele (9:12 3RD)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (34) - from Brent Burns and Joe Thornton (17:34 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (38 saves on 40 shots: 15-14-7) LG - Antti Niemi (5 saves on 8 shots: 27-20-7), Alex Stalock (12 saves on 14 shots in relief of Niemi)

Three Stars:

3. Andrew Ladd (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Winnipeg

2. Mark Scheifele (1 goal, 2 assists) - Winnipeg

1. Blake Wheeler (2 goals, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 4, New York Islanders 1 (from Chicago) - The Blackhawks improved to 42-21-6 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 43-25-4. 

Goals:

CHI - Jonathan Toews (22) - from Duncan Keith and Patrick Sharp (7:01 1ST)
CHI - Jonathan Toews (23) - from Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya (16:04 1ST) *GWG*
CHI - Marian Hossa (20) - from Jonathan Toews (13:55 2ND)
CHI - Marian Hossa (21) - from Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews (0:57 3RD)
NYI - Nikolay Kulemin (13) - from Tyler Kennedy and Frans Nielsen (5:29 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (38 saves on 39 shots: 29-14-5) LG - Michal Neuvirth (26 saves on 30 shots: 7-19-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Marian Hossa (2 goals) - Chicago

2. Corey Crawford (38 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Chicago

1. Jonathan Toews (2 goals, 2 assists, GWG) - Chicago

St. Louis Blues 4, Calgary Flames 0 (from Calgary) - The Blues improved to 45-20-5 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 38-27-5.

Goals:

STL - Alex Steen (21) - from David Backes and T.J. Oshie (11:32 2ND) *GWG*
STL - Jori Lehtera (11) - from Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Tarasenko (1:18 3RD)
STL - Alex Steen (22) - from T.J. Oshie and David Backes (11:32 3RD)
STL - David Backes EN (24) - unassisted (14:25 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (25 saves on 25 shots: 24-11-2) LG - Jonas Hiller (22 saves on 25 shots: 21-18-4)

Three Stars:

3. David Backes (1 goal, 2 assists) - St. Louis

2. Alex Steen (2 goals, GWG) - St. Louis

1. Brian Elliott (25 saves on 25 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

Vancouver Canucks 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 40-25-4 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 29-28-15. 

Goals:

PHI - Michael Raffl (17) - from Claude Giroux and Wayne Simmonds (10:42 2ND)
VAN - Alex Edler (6) - from Brad Richardson and Derek Dorsett (14:28 2ND)
VAN - Alex Burrows (13) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (6:44 3RD) *GWG*
VAN - Alex Burrows (14) - from Daniel Sedin and Luca Sbisa (7:01 3RD)
VAN - Radim Vrbata EN (26) - from Shawn Matthias (19:50 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (27 saves on 28 shots: 12-9-3) LG - Steve Mason (31 saves on 34 shots: 14-16-10) 

Three Stars:

3. Daniel Sedin (2 assists) - Vancouver

2. Eddie Lack (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Vancouver

1. Alex Burrows (2 goals, GWG) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Anders Lindback - Lindback stopped an impressive 44 of 45 shots in the Sabres 2-1 win over the Bruins.

2. Cory Schneider - Schneider stopped all 35 shots he faced for the shutout in the Devils 2-0 win over the Penguins.

1. Jonathan Toews - Toews scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added 2 assists in the Hawks 4-1 win over the Islanders.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Cory Schneider picked up his 5th shutout of the season.
-Andrew Hammond improved to 11-0-1 this season. In all 12 games he has allowed 2 goals of fewer which ties Frank Brimsek's NHL record set in 1938.
-Devan Dubnyk picked up his 30th win of the season, the 1st time in his career in which he has reached 30 wins.

-Brian Elliot picked up his 5th shutout of the season.

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

New York Rangers - 5 game winning streak

Ottawa Senators - 4 game winning streak

Chicago Blackhawks - 3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 5 game losing streak

New York Islanders - 4 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 3 game losing streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Kyle Turris with the ridiculous through the legs deke and great pass to set up Mark Stone for the OT winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E7bmsIypEs&t=16

What's up next - Wednesday March 9th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Chicago Blackhawks vs. New York Rangers at 8:00 PM ET (In New York)

2. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Edmonton Oilers at 10:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

3. Los Angeles Kings vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:30 PM ET (In Anaheim) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff