Friday, April 17, 2015

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs - April 17th Recap

Montreal Canadiens 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT) - (Canadiens lead series 2-0)
Goals:
OTT - Clarke MacArthur (1) - from Mark Stone and Cody Ceci (18:42 1ST)
MTL - Max Pacioretty PPG (1) - from David Desharnais and Andrei Markov (7:18 2ND)
MTL - P.K. Subban (1) - from Devante Smith-Pelly and David Desharnais (16:30 2ND)
OTT - Patrick Wiercioch PPG (1) - from Mark Stone and Erik Karlsson (13:25 3RD)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (1) - from Brendan Gallagher and Tomas Plekanec (3:40 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Carey Price (29 saves on 31 shots) LG - Andrew Hammond (39 saves on 42 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Andrew Hammond (39 saves on 42 shots) - Ottawa
2. Max Pacioretty (1 goal) - Montreal
1. P.K. Subban (1 goal) - Montreal

Washington Capitals 4, New York Islanders 3 (Series tied 1-1)
Goals:
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck (1) - from Matt Martin (5:14 1ST)
NYI - Ryan Strome (2) - from John Tavares and Lubomir Visnovsky (3:24 2ND)
WSH - Karl Alzner (1) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (11:26 2ND)
NYI - Kyle Okposo (1) - from Josh Bailey and Calvin de Haan (14:09 2ND)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (1) - from Matt Niskanen and Nicklas Backstrom (16:09 2ND)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom PPG (1) - from John Carlson (3:44 3RD)
WSH - Jason Chimera (1) - from Matt Niskanen (7:37 3RD) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Philipp Grubauer (18 saves on 21 shots) LG - Jaroslav Halak (31 saves on 35 shots)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Strome (1 goal) - New York
2. Jason Chimera (1 goal, GWG) - Washington
1. Nicklas Backstrom (1 goal, 2 assists) - Washington

Nashville Predators 6, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Goals:
NSH - Colin Wilson (3) - from Craig Smith (2:47 1ST)
CHI - Patrick Sharp (2) - from Niklas Hjalmarsson and Andrew Shaw (16:13 1ST)
NSH - Roman Josi (1) - from Shea Weber (19:56 1ST)
CHI - Patrick Kane (1) - from Brent Seabrook (10:32 2ND)
NSH - Craig Smith (1) - from Cody Franson and Mike Ribeiro (14:54 2ND) *GWG*
NSH - Filip Forsberg (1) - unassisted (12:41 3RD)
NSH - Craig Smith (2) - from Filip Forsberg and Pekka Rinne (14:28 3RD)
NSH - Mike Santorelli (1) - from Calle Jarnkrok and Viktor Stalberg (15:00 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Pekka Rinne (24 saves on 26 shots) LG - Corey Crawford (29 saves on 35 shots)
Three Stars:
3. 
2. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville
1. Craig Smith (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

Vancouver Canucks 4, Calgary Flames 1 (Series tied 1-1)
Goals:
VAN - Daniel Sedin (1) - from Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows (2:56 1ST)
VAN - Chris Higgins PPG (1) - from Alex Burrows and Chris Tanev (7:06 1ST) *GWG*
VAN - Ronald Kenins (1) - from Bo Horvat and Luca Sbisa (2:17 3RD)
CGY - Kris Russell PPG (2) - from Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau (16:26 3RD)
VAN - Radim Vrbata EN (1) - from Nick Bonino and Chris Tanev (17:59 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Eddie Lack (22 saves on 23 shots) LG - Jonas Hiller (26 saves on 29 shots), Karri Ramo (2 saves on 2 shots in relief of Hiller)
Three Stars:
3. Ronald Kenins (1 goal) - Vancouver
2. Alex Burrows (2 assists) - Vancouver
1. Eddie Lack (22 saves on 23 shots for the win) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Eddie Lack - Lack stopped 22 of 23 shots for his 1st career playoff win in the Canucks 4-1 win over the Flames.
2. Nicklas Backstrom - Backstrom scored his 1st goal of the playoffs and added 2 assists in the Capitals 4-3 win over the Islanders.
1. Craig Smith - Smith scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Predators 6-2 win over the Blackhawks.

Playoff Schedule Central - Saturday April 18th:
Detroit Red Wings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Game #2 at 3:00 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues Game #2 at 3:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Rangers Game #2 at 8:00 PM ET (In New York)
Winnipeg Jets vs. Anaheim Ducks Game #2 at 10:30 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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