March 7th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (OT) - (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 32-22-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 28-25-13. 

Goals:

BOS - Zdeno Chara PPG (6) - from Dougie Hamilton and Patrice Bergeron (7:07 1ST)

PHI - Jakub Voracek PPG (20) - from Mark Streit and Claude Giroux (9:43 2ND)

PHI - Chris VandeVelde (9) - from Nick Schultz and Brayden Schenn (15;30 3RD)

BOS - Brad Marchand PPG (20) - from Dougie Hamilton and Loui Eriksson (19:45 3RD)

BOS - Brad Marchand (21) - from Max Talbot and Ryan Spooner (3:52 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (29 saves on 31 shots: 26-16-10) LG - Steve Mason (34 saves on 37 shots: 13-13-9) 

Three Stars:

3. Jakub Voracek (1 goal) - Philadelphia

2. Dougie Hamilton (2 assists) - Boston

1. Brad Marchand (2 goals, OT winner) - Boston

St. Louis Blues 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from Toronto) - The Blues improved to 41-19-5 on the season thanks to a 6-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 26-35-5.

Goals:

STL - Jaden Schwartz (22) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Jori Lehtera (14:49 1ST)
STL - T.J. Oshie (18) - from Alex Steen and Brian Elliott (16:30 1ST) *GWG*
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (32) - from Jori Lehtera and Carl Gunnarsson (19:45 1ST)
STL - Chris Butler SHG (3) - from Jaden Schwartz and Jori Lehtera (11:07 2ND)
STL - Paul Stastny PPG (13) - from T.J. Oshie and Alex Steen (13:36 2ND)
TOR - David Booth (3) - from Jake Gardiner and Peter Holland (2:59 3RD)
STL - David Backes (22) - from Alex Steen and Alex Pietrangelo (10:36 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (23 saves on 24 shots: 21-10-2) LG - Jonathan Bernier (14 saves on 17 shots: 19-21-5), James Reimer (24 saves on 27 shots in relief of Bernier)

Three Stars:

3. Jori Lehtera (3 assists) - St. Louis

2. T.J. Oshie (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - St. Louis

1. Vladimir Tarasenko (1 goal, 1 assist) - St. Louis

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Dallas Stars 4 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 41-20-6 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 29-27-10. 

Goals:

TBL - Anton Stralman PPG (6) - from Ondrej Palat (12:59 1ST)
DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (30) - from Jason Spezza and Jamie Benn (14:24 1ST)
TBL - Nikita Kucherov (25) - from Ondrej Palat and Braydon Coburn (15:52 1ST)
DAL - Tyler Seguin (31) - from John Klingberg (3:52 2ND)
DAL - Vernon Fiddler (9) - from Alex Goligoski and Colton Sceviour (11:03 2ND)
TBL - Alex Killorn (14) - from Ryan Callahan and Victor Hedman (3:40 3RD)
TBL - Victor Hedman (9) - from Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat (5:31 3RD)
TBL - Brian Boyle SHG/EN (14) - unassisted (19:36 3RD) *GWG*
DAL - Vernon Fiddler PPG (10) - from Jordie Benn and Colton Sceviour (19:57 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (31 saves on 35 shots: 6-3-1) LG - Jhonas Enroth (23 saves on 27 shots: 14-26-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Victor Hedman (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

2. Tyler Seguin (2 goals) - Dallas

1. Ondrej Palat (3 assists) - Tampa Bay

Florida Panthers 4, New York Islanders 3 (SO) - (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 29-23-14 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 42-21-4. 

Goals:

FLA - Erik Gudbranson (4) - unassisted (12:51 1ST)
NYI - John Tavares (32) - from Anders Lee (4:39 2ND)
FLA - Nick Bjugstad (23) - from Jussi Jokinen and Alex Petrovic (8:20 2ND)
NYI - Nick Leddy PPG (10) - from John Tavares and Frans Nielsen (15:37 2ND)
FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (11) - from Aleksander Barkov and Jaromir Jagr (9:26 3RD)
NYI - Josh Bailey (14) - from John Tavares (12:48 3RD)
Shootout winner - Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA)

Goalies:

WG - Dan Ellis (25 saves on 28 shots: 1-0-1) LG - Michal Neuvirth (15 saves on 18 shots: 6-17-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Erik Gudbranson (1 goal) - Florida

2. John Tavares (1 goal, 2 assists) - Florida

1. Jonathan Huberdeau (1 goal, shootout winner) - Florida

Washington Capitals 6, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 36-21-10 on the season thanks to a 6-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 19-42-5.

Goals:

BUF - Johan Larsson (2) - from Marcus Foligno and Zach Bogosian (2:35 1ST)
WSH - Curtis Glencross (11) - from Mike Green and Jay Beagle (5:15 1ST)
WSH - Jay Beagle (10) - from Troy Brouwer and Curtis Glencross (5:27 2ND) *GWG*
WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (44) - from John Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom (9:31 2ND)
WSH - Brooks Laich (6) - from Tom Wilson (13:53 2ND)
WSH - Joel Ward PPG (16) - from Curtis Glencross and Mike Green (3;41 3RD)
WSH - Marcus Johansson (17) - from Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom (17:01 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (16 saves on 17 shots: 32-16-9) LG - Matt Hackett (19 saves on 23 shots: 0-2-0), Anders Lindback (20 saves on 22 shots) 

Three Stars:

3. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

2. Jay Beagle (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Washington

1. Curtis Glencross (1 goal, 2 assists) - Washington

Colorado Avalanche 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 0 (from Columbus) - The Avalanche improved to 29-25-11 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 27-34-4.

Goals:

COL - Jarome Iginla PPG (21) - from Tyson Barrie and Alex Tanguay (2:24 1ST) *GWG*
COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (18) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Tyson Barrie (3:51 1ST)
COL - Matt Duchene (17) - unassisted (9:53 1ST)
COL - Alex Tanguay (17) - from Tyson Barrie and Nate Guenin (9:23 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (44 saves on 44 shots: 21-17-7) LG - Curtis McElhinney (9 saves on 12 shots: 10-14-2), Sergei Bobrovsky (20 saves on 21 shots in relief of McElhinney)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Tanguay (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

2. Tyson Barrie (3 assists) - Colorado

1. Semyon Varlamov (44 saves on 44 shots for the shutout) - Colorado

Winnipeg Jets 3, Nashville Predators 1 (from Nashville) - The Jets improved to 33-21-12 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 41-19-7.

Goals:

WPG - Michael Frolik (15) - from Andrew Ladd and Tobias Enstrom (14:54 1ST)
NSH - Ryan Ellis (6) - from Craig Smith and Mike Ribeiro (10:17 2ND)
WPG - Blake Wheeler (18) - from Tyler Myers and Drew Stafford (10:52 2ND) *GWG*
WPG - Drew Stafford EN (12) - from Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele (19:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (20 saves on 21 shots: 20-8-5) LG - Pekka Rinne (23 saves on 25 shots: 35-13-3)

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Ellis (1 goal) - Nashville

2. Michael Frolik (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Blake Wheeler (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Winnipeg

Montreal Canadiens 2, Arizona Coyotes 0 (from Arizona) - The Canadiens improved to 42-18-6 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 21-38-7.

Goals:

MTL - Lars Eller (10) - from Devante Smith-Pelly (14:48 2ND) *GWG*
MTL - Brendan Gallagher EN (19) - from Tomas Plekanec and Max Pacioretty (19:58 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (28 saves on 28 shots: 37-13-3) LG - Mike Smith (33 saves on 34 shots: 11-32-5)

Three Stars:

3. Lars Eller (1 goal, GWG) - Montreal

2. Mike Smith (33 saves on 34 shots) - Arizona

1. Carey Price (28 saves on 28 shots for the shutout) - Montreal

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Los Angeles Kings 0 (from Los Angeles) - The Penguins improved to 38-18-9 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 31-21-13.

Goals:

PIT - Patric Hornqvist (22) - unassisted (1:44 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves on 31 shots: 30-14-6) LG - Jonathan Quick (17 saves on 18 shots: 27-17-11)

Three Stars:

3. Patric Hornqvist (1 goal, OT winner) - Pittsburgh

2. Jonathan Quick (17 saves on 18 shots) - Los Angeles)

1. Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

Vancouver Canucks 3, San Jose Sharks 2 (from San Jose) - The Canucks improved to 37-24-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 32-26-8.

Goals:

SJS - Melker Karlsson (11) - from Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Joe Thornton (7:58 1ST)
SJS - Joe Thornton PPG (13) - from Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski (11:51 1ST)
VAN - Radim Vrbata (24) - from Nick Bonino and Daniel Sedin (19:21 1ST)
VAN - Bo Horvat (10) - unassisted (16:24 2ND)
VAN - Radim Vrbata (25) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (5:21 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (38 saves on 40 shots: 9-8-3) LG - Antti Niemi (31 saves on 34 shots: 25-18-7)

Three Stars:

3. Eddie Lack (38 saves on 40 shots for the win) - Vancouver

2. Joe Thornton (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

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

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Carey Price - Price stopped all 28 shots he faced for the shutout in the Canadiens 2-0 win over the Coyotes.

2. Marc-Andre Fleury - Fleury stopped all 31 shots he faced for the shutout in the Penguins 1-0 win over the Kings.

1. Semyon Varlamov - Varlamov stopped all 44 shots he faced for the shutout in the Avs 4-0 win over the Blue Jackets.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 44th goal of the season. He also scored his NHL-leading 20th powerplay goal.
-Tyler Seguin returned after missing 10 games with a knee injury, he scored his 30th and 31st goals of the season.
-Semyon Varlamov picked up his 6th shutout of the season.
-Carey Price picked up his 7th shutout of the season.
-Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his NHL-leading 9th shutout of the season, which is also a career high. He also picked up win #30, the 7th time in his career he has won at least 30 games.

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

Minnesota Wild - 5 game winning streak
Calgary Flames - 4 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak

Nashville Predators - 6 game losing streak

Buffalo Sabres - 4 game losing streak
Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-John Tavares gets it tonight with this great breakaway goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0_D8oZS7A

What's up next - Sunday March 8th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Sunday night:

1. Detroit Red Wings vs. Boston Bruins at 12:30 PM ET (In Boston)

2. Edmonton Oilers vs. Carolina Hurricanes at 3:00 PM ET (In Carolina)

3. Philadelphia Flyers vs. New Jersey Devils at 5:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

4. Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild at 6:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

5. Calgary Flames vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:00 PM ET (In Ottawa)

6. New York Rangers vs, Chicago Blackhawks at 7:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff