March 24th NHL Recap

Minnesota Wild 2, New York Islanders 1 (SO) - (from New York) - The Wild improved to 42-25-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 44-25-5.

Goals:

NYI - John Tavares (34) - from Kyle Okposo and Anders Lee (19:36 2ND)
MIN - Zach Parise (29) - from Jason Pominville and Mikko Koivu (11:45 3RD)
Shootout winner - Zach Parise (MIN)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (37 saves on 38 shots: 33-11-3) LG - Jaroslav Halak (31 saves on 32 shots: 35-15-2)

Three Stars:

3. Zach Parise (1 goal, shootout winner) - Minnesota

2. Jaroslav Halak (31 saves on 32 shots) - New York

1. Devan Dubnyk (37 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Minnesota

Los Angeles Kings 4, New York Rangers 2 (from New York) - The Kings improved to 36-23-14 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 46-19-7.

Goals:

NYR - Mats Zuccarello (13) - from J.T. Miller (0:51 1ST)
LAK - Robyn Regehr (2) - from Kyle Clifford (10:38 1ST)
LAK - Marian Gaborik (23) - from Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams (4:35 2ND)
LAK - Jeff Carter (26) - from Dwight King (1:05 3RD) *GWG*
LAK - Jake Muzzin (8) - from Anze Kopitar and Trevor Lewis (5:28 3RD)
NYR - Keyin Hayes (14) - from Dan Boyle (16:16 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (34 saves on 36 shots: 32-19-12) LG - Cam Talbot (31 saves on 35 shots: 19-8-4)

Three Stars:

3. Jonathan Quick (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Los Angeles

2. Marian Gaborik (1 goal) - Los Angeles

1. Anze Kopitar (2 assists) - Los Angeles

St. Louis Blues 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT) - (from Pittsburgh) - The Blues improved to 46-21-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, droppign them to 40-22-11.

Goals:

PIT - Blake Comeau (16) - from Daniel Winnik and Nick Spaling (8:41 2ND)
PIT - Steve Downie (13) - from Nick Spaling (8:58 2ND)
STL - Robert Bortuzzo (3) - from T.J. Oshie and Barret Jackman (14:52 2ND)
STL - Marcel Goc (3) - from Ryan Reaves and Steve Ott (17:24 2ND)
STL - Alex Steen (24) - from Zbynek Michalek and David Backes (0:35 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (24 saves on 26 shots: 19-6-4) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (32 saves on 35 shots: 32-16-8)

Three Stars:

3. Robert Bortuzzo (1 goal) - St. Louis

2. Nick Spaling (2 assists) - Pittsburgh

1. Alex Steen (1 goal, OT winner) - St. Louis

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Anaheim Ducks 3 (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 34-35-4 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 46-22-7. 

Goals:

ANA - Ryan Kesler PPG (19) - from Rickard Rakell and Kyle Palmieri (6:11 1ST)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (13) - from Nate Thompson (14:21 1ST)
CBJ - Scott Hartnell PPG (23) - from Ryan Johansen and Jack Johnson (15:35 1ST)
CBJ - Ryan Johansen (24) - from Cam Atkinson (7:41 2ND)
ANA - Matt Beleskey (22) - from Corey Perry and James Wisniewski (10:05 2ND)
CBJ - Scott Hartnell (24) - from William Karlsson and Marko Dano (10:37 2ND)
CBJ - Nick Foligno (26) - from Jeremy Morin and Artem Anisimov (11:48 2ND) *GWG*
CBJ - Scott Hartnell EN (25 - Hat Trick) - from David Savard (19:23 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (37 saves on 40 shots: 23-17-2) LG - John Gibson (22 saves on 26 shots: 12-7-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Nick Foligno (1 goal, GWG) - Columbus

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

1. Scott Hartnell (3 goals) - Columbus

Arizona Coyotes 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 (OT) - (from Detroit) - The Coyotes improved to 22-44-8 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT Win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 39-21-12. 

Goals:

ARI - John Moore (2) - from Craig Cunningham and Joe Vitale (11:43 1ST)
DET - Luke Glendening (10) - from Kyle Quincey (3:00 2ND)
ARI - Mark Arcobello PPG (14) - from Lauri Korpikoski and John Moore (10:56 2ND)
DET - Justin Abdelkader (21) - from Jakub Kindl and Henrik Zetterberg (11:32 2ND)
ARI - David Moss (2) - from Klas Dahlbeck and Sam Gagner (15:08 2ND)
DET - Jakub Kindl (5) - from Tomas Jurco and Tomas Tatar (1:57 3RD)
ARI - David Moss PPG (3) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Mark Arcobello (9:19 3RD)
DET - Gustav Nyquist (23) - from Justin Abdelkader and Henrik Zetterberg (13:39 3RD)
ARI - Mark Arcobello (15) - from Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Michael Stone (3:08 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (33 saves on 37 shots: 12-37-5) LG - Jimmy Howard (17 saves on 22 shots: 21-12-10)

Three Stars:

3. Justin Abdelkader (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

2. David Moss (2 goals) - Arizona

1. Mark Arcobello (2 goals, 1 assist, OT winner) - Arizona

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Florida Panthers 3 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 46-21-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 33-25-14 

Goals:

TBL - Brenden Morrow (3) - from J.T. Brown (5:49 1ST)
TBL - Tyler Johnson (26) - from Ryan Callahan (7:47 1ST)
FLA - Jussi Jokinen (7) - from Brad Boyes and Erik Gudbranson (6:16 2ND)
FLA - Brandon Pirri (18) - from Vincent Trocheck (6:34 2ND)
FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (12) - from Aleksander Barkov and Jaromir Jagr (8:14 2ND)
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (27) - from Andrej Sustr and Ondrej Palat (1:30 3RD)
TBL - Ryan Callahan (22) - from Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos (17:32 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (33 saves on 36 shots: 7-4-1) LG - Roberto Luongo (21 saves on 25 shots: 25-17-11) 

Three Stars:

3. Andrei Vasilevskiy (33 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay

2. Jonathan Hubereau (1 goal) - Florida

1. Ryan Callahan (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Tampa Bay

Nashville Predators 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 (OT) - (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 45-21-8 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 46-20-8. 

Goals:

NSH - Mattias Ekholm (6) - unassisted (9:10 1ST)
MTL - Brendan Gallagher (22) - unassisted (2:28 2ND)
MTL - David Desharnais (13) - from P.A. Parenteau and Max Pacioretty (12:42 2ND)
NSH - Ryan Ellis (7) - from Mike Ribeiro (7:56 3RD)
NSH - Filip Forsberg PPG (22) - from Mike Ribeiro and Roman Josi (1:54 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Pekka Rinne (27 saves on 29 shots: 39-15-4) LG - Carey Price (28 saves on 31 shots: 40-15-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Brendan Gallagher (1 goal) - Montreal

2. Mike Ribeiro (2 assists) - Nashville

1. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, OT winner) - Nashville

Vancouver Canucks 5, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 43-26-4 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 38-24-12. 

Goals:

WPG - Jiri Tlusty (14) - from Eric O'Dell (2:17 1ST)
WPG - Blake Wheeler (23) - from Drew Stafford and Mark Stuart (5:07 2ND)
VAN - Chris Higgins (10) - from Radim Vrbata and Nick Bonino (10:57 2ND)
VAN - Yannick Weber PPG (8) - from Henrik Sedin and Alex Edler (16:29 2ND)
VAN - Radim Vrbata (28) - from Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin (19:00 2ND) *GWG*
VAN - Henrik Sedin EN (17) - from Daniel Sedin (19:28 3RD)
VAN - Radim Vrbata EN (29) - from Chris Higgins and Dan Hamhuis (19:53 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (26 saves on 28 shots: 14-10-3) LG - Micahel Hutchinson (25 saves on 28 shots: 20-10-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Eddie Lack (26 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Vancouver

2. Henrik Sedin (1 goal, 2 assists) - Vancouver

1. Radim Vrbata (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Radim Vrbata - Vrbata scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Canucks 5-2 win over the Jets.

2. Mark Arcobello - Arcobello scored 2 goals (including the OT winner) and added an assist in the Coyotes 5-4 win over the Red Wings.

1. Scott Hartnell - Hartnell scored his 8th career hat trick in the Blue Jackets 5-3 win over the Ducks.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Robert Bortuzzo scored his 1st goal as a member of the St. Louis Blues, against his former team the Pittsburgh Penguins.

-Scott Hartnell picked up his 8th career hat trick.
-The Canadiens became the first team in the NHL to reach 100 points this season.
-The Wild have won 10 straight games on the road.
-Devan Dubnyk started his 33rd consecutive game tonight, the most in the NHL since Antti Niemi started 34 consecutive games with the Sharks in 2010-2011.

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

Ottawa Senators - 7 game winning streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 4 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning - 4 game winning streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak
Vancouver Canucks - 3 game winning streak

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

Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game losing streak

Buffalo Sabres - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Mattias Ekholm with the great individual effort to score from his knees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2_dFz3HF-A

What's up next - Wednesday March 25th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 8:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia) 

2. Colorado Avalanche vs. Edmonton Oilers at 8:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

3. Dallas Stars vs. Calgary Flames at 10:00 PM ET (In Calgary) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff