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