Sunday, March 8, 2015

March 8th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 5, Detroit Red Wings 3 (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 33-22-10 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 36-17-11 
Goals:
BOS - Brad Marchand SHG (22) - unassisted (4:15 1ST)
DET - Gustav Nyquist (22) - from Kyle Quincey (7:01 1ST)
BOS - David Pastrnak PPG (8) - from Milan Lucic and Reilly Smith (9:12 1ST)
BOS - Dan Paille SHG (4) - unassisted (11:44 2ND)
BOS - Dan Paille (5) - from Max Talbot and Gregory Campbell (18:39 2ND) *GWG*
DET - Luke Glendening (9) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Tatar (1:24 3RD)
BOS - Loui Eriksson PPG (16) - from Patrice Bergeron and Ryan Spooner (4:03 3RD)
DET - Marek Zidlicky PPG (6) - from Tomas Tatar and Pavel Datsyuk (6:02 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Niklas Svedberg (36 saves on 39 shots: 7-5-0) LG - Jonas Gustavsson (19 saves on 23 shots: 3-3-1), Jimmy Howard (6 saves on 7 shots in relief of Gustavsson)
Three Stars:
3. Brad Marchand (1 goal) - Boston
2. Pavel Datsyuk (2 assists) - Detroit
1. Dan Paille (2 goals, GWG) - Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 7, Edmonton Oilers 4 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 25-32-7 on the season thanks to a 7-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 18-37-11. 
Goals:
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (17) - from Jordan Eberle (10:19 1ST)
EDM - Jordan Eberle PPG (16) - from Matt Hendricks and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (6:45 2ND)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins PPG (18) - from Jordan Eberle (7:59 2ND)
CAR - Alex Semin (4) - from Riley Nash and Michal Jordan (9:22 2ND)
CAR - Elias Lindholm (12) - from Ron Hainsey and Eric Staal (13:00 2ND)
CAR - Jeff Skinner PPG (17) - from Eric Staal and Elias Lindholm (15:23 2ND)
CAR - Andrej Nestrasil PPG (5) - from Elias Lindholm and Victor Rask (1:40 3RD)
CAR - Jeff Skinner PPG (18) - from Ryan Murphy and John-Michael Liles (6:18 3RD) *GWG*
CAR - Elias Lindholm (13) - from Victor Rask and Eric Staal (6:49 3RD)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (19 - Hat Trick) - unassisted (9:31 3RD)
CAR - Elias Lindholm EN (14 - Hat Trick) - from Eric Staal and Justin Faulk (18:40 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Cam Ward (16 saves on 20 shots: 18-20-4) LG - Richard Bachman (18 saves on 34 shots: 0-1-0) 
Three Stars:
3. Eric Staal (4 assists) - Carolina
2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3 goals, 1 assist) - Edmonton
1. Elias Lindholm (3 goals, 2 assists) - Carolina

New Jersey Devils 5, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 28-28-10 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 28-25-13 
Goals:
NJD - Adam Henrique (13) - from Scott Gomez and Steve Bernier (4:49 1ST)
PHI - Ryan White (3) - from Luke Schenn (7:45 1ST)
NJD - Jacob Josefson SHG (4) - from Stephen Gionta and Andy Greene (3:32 2ND)
NJD - Eric Gelinas PPG (6) - from Scott Gomez and Steve Bernier (18:09 2ND) *GWG*
NJD - Adam Henrique (14) - from Steve Bernier (5:31 3RD)
PHI - Michael Raffl SHG (16) - from Ryan White and Steve Mason (11:44 3RD)
NJD - Stephen Gionta (4) - from Patrik Elias and Andy Greene (13:31 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Keith Kinkaid (25 saves on 27 shots: 4-4-3) LG - Steve Mason (16 saves on 21 shots: 13-14-9) 
Three Stars:
3. Stephen Gionta (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey
2. Steve Bernier (3 assists) - New Jersey
1. Adam Henrique (2 goals) - New Jersey

Colorado Avalanche 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (from Minnesota) - The Avalanche improved to 30-25-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 36-23-7.
Goals:
COL - Cody McLeod (6) - from Jarome Iginla and Zach Redmond (18:05 1ST)
COL - Zach Redmond (5) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Jan Hejda (18:09 2ND)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog PPG (19) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Jarome Iginla (1:19 3RD) *GWG*
MIN - Chris Stewart (12) - unassisted (14:04 3RD)
MIN - Thomas Vanek (14) - from Nino Niederreiter and Jonas Brodin (19:41 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (29 saves on 30 shots: 22-17-7), Reto Berra (3 saves on 4 shots in relief of the injured Varlamov) LG - Devan Dubnyk (18 saves on 21 shots: 27-9-3)
Three Stars:
3. Zach Redmond (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado
2. Semyon Varlamov (29 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Colorado
1. Gabriel Landeskog (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado

Ottawa Senators 5, Calgary Flames 4 (SO) - (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 30-23-11 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 36-25-5. 
Goals:
OTT - Alex Chiasson (10) - from David Legwand (12:14 1ST)
OTT - Milan Michalek (12) - from Mark Stone and Eric Gryba (19:52 1ST)
OTT - Mark Borowiecki (1) - from Erik Condra (2:34 2ND)
OTT - Mike Hoffman (24) - from Mika Zibanejad and Cody Ceci (7:10 2ND)
CGY - Joe Colborne (7) - from Matt Stajan (6:56 3RD)
CGY - Kris Russell PPG (2) - from Jiri Hudler and Sean Monahan (11:28 3RD)
CGY - Mikael Backlund (8) - from Mason Raymond and Deryk Engelland (12:27 3RD)
CGY - Kris Russell (3) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Jiri Hudler (17:42 3RD)
Shootout winner - Erik Karlsson (OTT)
Goalies:
WG - Craig Anderson (42 saves on 46 shots: 14-11-7) LG - Jonas Hiller (19 saves on 19 shots: 20-17-4) in relief of Karri Ramo (19 saves on 23 shots) 
Three Stars:
3. Mike Hoffman (1 goal) - Ottawa
2. Kris Russell (2 goals) - Calgary
1. Erik Karlsson (shootout winner) - Ottawa

New York Rangers 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (OT) - (from Chicago) - The Rangers improved to 40-17-7 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 39-21-6.
Goals:
NYR - Derick Brassard (17) - from Mats Zuccarello and Ryan McDonagh (0:32 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Cam Talbot (29 saves on 29 shots: 14-6-4) LG - Corey Crawford (35 saves on 36 shots: 26-14-5)
Three Stars:
3. Derick Brassard (1 goal, OT winner) - New York
2. Corey Crawford (35 saves on 36 shots) - Chicago
1. Cam Talbot (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - New York

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Cam Talbot - Talbot stopped all 29 shots he faced for the shutout in the Rangers 1-0 win over the Hawks.
2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - "Nuge" scored 3 goals and added an assist in the Oilers 7-4 loss to the Hurricanes.
1. Elias Lindholm - Lindholm scored his 1st career hat trick and added 2 assists for a career-high 5 points in the Hurricanes 7-4 win over the Oilers.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Elias Lindholm scored his 1st career hat trick for the Hurricanes. He also had career-high 5 points.
-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins picked up his 2nd career hat trick in the same game.
-There were 2 separate games tonight with 2 short-handed goals.
-Semyon Varlamov stopped 73 of 74 shots in back-to-back wins for the Avs on consecutive nights.
-The Flames scored 4 3rd period goals after being down 4-0 to the Senators after the 2nd period.
-Cam Talbot picked up his 5th shutout of the season.
-The Rangers shutout the Blackhawks for the 1st time since 1969.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak
Colorado Avalanche - 3 game winning streak
Ottawa Senators - 3 game winning streak

Nashville Predators - 6 game losing streak
Buffalo Sabres - 4 game losing streak
Edmonton Oilers - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:
-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uz6XGbGjWk
-Elias Lindholm hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiPk4qOLLIc
-Alex Semin no-look goal from his stomach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98SqcuG5qjs
-Brad Marchand short-handed goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG-HtEltymk

What's up next - Monday March 9th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Monday night:
1. New York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)
2. Edmonton Oilers vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)
3. Anaheim Ducks vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)
4. Nashville Predators vs. Arizona Coyotes at 10:00 PM ET (In Arizona)
5. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:00 PM ET (In San Jose) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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