March 22nd NHL Recap

Detroit Red Wings 2, St. Louis Blues 1 (OT) - (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 39-21-11 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 45-21-7. 

Goals:

STL - Alex Steen PPG (23) - from Alex Pietrangelo and Paul Stastny (9:38 2ND)
DET - Erik Cole (21) - from Justin Abdelkader and Kyle Quincey (0:24 3RD)
DET - Justin Abdelkader PPG (20) - from Marek Zidlicky and Niklas Kronwall (0:24 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jimmy Howard (23 saves on 24 shots: 21-12-9)LG - Jake Allen (23 saves on 25 shots: 18-6-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Alex Steen (1 goal) - St. Louis

2. Jimmy Howard (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Detroit

1. Justin Abdelkader (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Boston Bruins 3 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 45-21-7 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 36-25-12 

Goals:

BOS - Patrice Bergeron PPG (21) - from Brad Marchand and Adam McQuaid (0:33 1ST)
TBL - Vladislav Namestnikov (6) - from Brenden Morrow and J.T. Brown (5:49 1ST)
TBL - J.T. Brown (3) - from Ondrej Palat and Matt Carle (10:47 1ST)
TBL - Anton Stralman (8) - from Valtteri Filppula and Vladislav Namestnikov (11:02 1ST)
TBL - Jason Garrison (4) - from Tyler Johnson and Matt Carle (7:54 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Zdeno Chara PPG (9) - from Reilly Smith and David Pastrnak (10:22 3RD)
TBL - Ondrej Palat PPG (16) - from Ryan Callahan and Nikita Kucherov (13:50 3RD)
BOS - Dan Paille (6) - from Max Talbot and Gregory Campbell (19:12 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (25 saves on 28 shots: 36-11-4) LG - Tuukka Rask (8 saves on 12 shots: 29-19-11), Niklas Svedberg (6 saves on 7 shots in relief of Rask)

Three Stars:

3. J.T. Brown (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

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

1. Ondrej Palat (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

New York Rangers 7, Anaheim Ducks 2 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 46-18-7 on the season thanks to a 7-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 46-21-7. 

Goals:

NYR - Chris Kreider (18) - from Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh (1:24 1ST)
ANA - Corey Perry (30) - from Pat Maroon and Sami Vatanen (2:50 1ST)
NYR - Derek Stepan PPG (12) - from Keith Yandle and Rick Nash (5:43 1ST)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (16) - from Kevin Hayes and Keith Yandle (10:16 1ST) *GWG*
ANA - Corey Perry (31) - from Ryan Getzlaf (11:12 1ST)
NYR - J.T. Miller (9) - from Mats Zuccarello and Keith Yandle (2:38 2ND)
NYR - Derek Stepan (13) - unassisted (16:01 2ND)
NYR - Jesper Fast (5) - from Kevin Hayes (6:12 3RD)
NYR - Derick Brassard (15) - from Mats Zuccarello and J.T. Miller (8:17 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (35 saves on 37 shots: 19-7-4) LG - Frederik Andersen (4 saves on 7 shots: 31-11-5), John Gibson (18 saves on 22 shots in relief of Andersen) 

Three Stars:

3. J.T. Miller (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

2. Keith Yandle (3 assists) - New York

1. Derek Stepan (2 goals, 1 assist) - New York

Vancouver Canucks 3, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Arizona) - The Canucks improved to 42-26-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 21-44-8.

Goals:

VAN - Yannick Weber (7) - from Daniel Sedin and Radim Vrbata (14:23 1ST)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (20) - from Joe Vitale (15:34 1ST)
VAN - Alex Edler PPG (7) - from Yannick Weber and Radim Vrbata (16:47 3RD) *GWG*
VAN - Henrik Sedin EN (16) - from Daniel Sedin and Chris Tanev (18:51 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jacob Markstrom (24 saves on 25 shots: 1-1-0) LG - Mike Smith (41 saves on 43 shots: 11-37-5)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Smith (41 saves on 43 shots) - Arizona

2. Alex Edler (1 goal, GWG) - Vancouver

1. Yannick Weber (1 goal, 1 assist) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Yannick Weber - Weber scored his 7th goal of the season and added an assist in the Canucks 3-1 win over the Coyotes.

2. Justin Abdelkader - Abdelkader scored the OT winner and added an assist in the Red Wings 2-1 win over the Blues

1. Derek Stepan - Stepan scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Rangers 7-2 rout of the Ducks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Oliver Ekman-Larsson became the 1st defenseman this season to score 20 goals.
-Corey Perry scored his 30th goal of the season, the 5th time in his career he has scored at least 30 goals.

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

Ottawa Senators - 6 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game winning streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning -3 game winning streak

Arizona Coyotes - 8 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 5 game losing streak
Boston Bruins - 5 game losing streak

Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Corey Perry with the nifty deke and finish for his 2nd goal of the night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt4Gw7VlKkA

What's up next - Monday March 23rd: There are 7 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Los Angeles Kings vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 7:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

3. Minnesota Wild vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)

4. San Jose Sharks vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

5. Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

6. Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

7. Winnipeg Jets vs. Edmonton Oilers at 9:30 PM ET (In Edmonton)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff