April 11th NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Senators improved to 43-26-13 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 33-31-18.

Goals:

OTT - Mark Stone PPG (25) - from Clarke MacArthur and Kyle Turris (6:06 1ST)
PHI - Matt Read (8) - from Brayden Schenn and Sean Couturier (1:23 2ND)
OTT - Jean-Gabriel Pageau (10) - from Curtis Lazar and Marc Methot (16:18 2ND) *GWG*
OTT - Mark Stone (26) - unassisted (11:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Andrew Hammond (34 saves on 35 shots: 20-1-2) LG - Steve Mason (19 saves on 22 shots: 18-18-11)

Three Stars:

3. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1 goal, GWG) - Ottawa

2. Andrew Hammond (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Ottawa

1. Mark Stone (2 goals) - Ottawa

New York Rangers 4, Washington Capitals 2 (from Washington) - The Rangers improved to 53-22-7 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 45-26-11.

Goals:

NYR - Keyin Hayes (17) - from Ryan McDonagh and Martin St. Louis (12:36 1ST)
NYR - Derick Brassard PPG (19) - from Kevin Hayes and Day Boyle (15:50 1ST)
NYR - Dominic Moore (10) - from Martin St. Louis (2:30 2ND) *GWG*
WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (53) - from John Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom (6:31 2ND)
NYR - Jesper Fast EN (6) - from Dominic Moore and Tanner Glass (18:06 3RD)
WSH - Stanislav Galiev (1) - from Michael Latta and Brooks Orpik (19:31 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (22 saves on 24 shots: 30-13-3) LG - Braden Holtby (30 saves on 33 shots: 42-19-10)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal) - Washington

2. Martin St. Louis (2 assists) - New York

1. Kevin Hayes (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

Winnipeg Jets 5, Calgary Flames 1 (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 43-26-13 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 45-30-7. 

Goals:

CGY - Michael Ferland (2) - from Sam Bennett (0:33 1ST)
WPG - Drew Stafford (18) - from Adam Pardy (0:48 1ST)
WPG - Michael Frolik (19) - from Mark Scheifele (0:47 3RD) *GWG*
WPG - Lee Stempniak (15) - from Andrew Copp (6:48 3RD)
WPG - Adam Lowry (11) - unassisted (7:46 3RD)
WPG - Matt Halischuk (3) - from Lee Stempniak and Keaton Ellerby (18:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (24 saves on 25 shots: 21-10-5) LG - Jonio Ortio (17 saves on 22 shots: 4-2-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Drew Stafford (1 goal) - Winnipeg

2. Michael Frolik (1 goal, GWG) - Winnipeg

1. Lee Stempniak (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

Los Angeles Kings 4, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 40-27-15 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 40-33-9. 

Goals:

SJS - Brent Burns PPG (17) - from Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton (1:38 1ST)
LAK - Tyler Toffoli (23) - from Jarret Stoll and Andy Andreoff (10:47 2ND)
LAK - Brayden McNabb (2) - from Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter (6:03 3RD) *GWG*
LAK - Marian Gaborik (27) - from Jake Muzzin and Justin Williams (9:27 3RD)
LAK - Andy Andreoff EN (2) - from Tyler Toffoli (19:16 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonathan Quick (20 saves on 21 shots: 36-22-13) LG - Alex Stalock (32 saves on 35 shots: 8-9-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Andy Andreoff (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

2. Marian Gaborik (1 goal) - Los Angeles

1. Tyler Toffoli (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

St. Louis Blues 4, Minnesota Wild 2 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 51-24-7 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 46-28-8.

Goals:

STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (13) - from Olli Jokinen and Patrik Berglund (13:27 2ND)
STL - Vladimir Taransenko (37) - from Alex Steen and Chris Butler (18:00 2ND)
MIN - Marco Scandella (11) - from Erik Haula and Matt Cooke (18:51 2ND)
STL - Jori Lehtera (13) - from Alex Steen and Vladimir Tarasenko (19:31 2ND) *GWG*
STL - Jori Lehtera PPG (14) - unassisted (5:03 3RD)
MIN - Zach Parise PPG (33) - from Mikael Granlund and Thomas Vanek (19:22 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (23 saves on 25 shots: 26-14-3) LG - Devan Dubnyk (11 saves on 14 shots: 36-14-4), Darcy Kuemper (8 saves on 9 shots in relief of Dubnyk) 

Three Stars:

3. Alex Steen (2 assists) - St. Louis

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

1. Jori Lehtera (2 goals, GWG) - St. Louis

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Buffalo) - The Penguins improved to 43-27-12 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 23-51-8

Goals:

PIT - Brandon Sutter (20) - from Blake Comeau and Nick Spaling (14:23 2ND) *GWG*
PIT - Brandon Sutter (21) - from Daniel Winnik and Patric Hornqvist (8:26 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (28 saves on 28 shots: 34-20-9) LG - Anders Lindback (36 saves on 38 shots: 6-16-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Andres Lindback (36 saves on 38 shots) - Buffalo

2. Marc-Andre Fleury (28 saves on 28 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

1. Brandon Sutter (2 goals, GWG) - Pittsburgh

Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (SO) - (from Toronto) - The Canadiens improved to 50-22-10 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 30-44-8.

Goals:

TOR - Phil Kessel (25) - from Tyler Bozak and Andrew MacWilliam (3:58 1ST)
MTL - David Desharnais (14) - unassisted (4:14 1ST)
TOR - Casey Bailey (1) - from Dion Phaneuf and Peter Holland (14:04 1ST)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec (26) - from Andrei Markov and Devante Smith-Pelly (0:59 2ND)
TOR - Tyler Bozak (23) - from James van Riemsdyk and Phil Kessel (5:11 2ND)
MTL - Jacon De La Rose (4) - unassisted (19:51 2ND)
Shootout winner - Alex Galchenyuk (MTL)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (19 saves on 22 shots: 44-16-6) LG - Jonathan Bernier (30 saves on 33 shots: 21-28-7)

Three Stars:

3. David Desharnais (1 goal)  -Montreal

2. Tyler Bozak (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

1. Tomas Plekanec (1 goal) - Montreal

Florida Panthers 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 38-29-15 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 32-36-14. 

Goals:

NJD - Jordin Tootoo (10) - from Travis Zajac and Eric Gelinas (1:50 2ND)
FLA - Dave Bolland (6) - from Brad Boyes and Jussi Jokinen (11:08 2ND)
FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (15) - from Jaromir Jagr and Aleksander Barkov (7:59 3RD)
NJD - Damon Severson (5) - from Mike Cammalleri and Peter Harrold (11:01 3RD)
FLA - Jaromir Jagr PPG (17) - from Dmitry Kulikov and Aaron Ekblad (12:23 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Al Montoya (31 saves on 33 shots: 6-7-2) LG - Cory Schneider (24 saves on 27 shots: 26-31-9) 

Three Stars:

3. Jordin Tootoo (1 goal) - New Jersey

2. Al Montoya (31 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Florida

1. Jaromir Jagr (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Florida

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, New York Islanders 4 (SO) - (from New York) - The Blue Jackets improved to 42-35-5 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 47-28-7.

Goals:

CBJ - Cam Atkinson PPG (22) - from Boone Jenner and David Savard (19:50 1ST)
NYI - Kyle Okposo (18) - from Josh Bailey and Nikolay Kulemin (11:02 2ND)
NYI - Eric Boulton (2) - from Tyler Kennedy and Nick Leddy (2:52 3RD)
NYI - John Tavares (38) - from Kyle Okposo and Nick Leddy (3:47 3RD)
CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (13) - from Kevin Connauton and Cody Goloubef (9:37 3RD)
CBJ - Alexander Wennberg (4) - from Marko Dano and Scott Hartnell (11:11 3RD)
NYI - Nikolay Kulemin (15) - from John Tavares and Lubomir Visnovsky (15:36 3RD)
CBJ - Scott Hartnell (28) - from Artem Anisimov and Jack Johnson (18:25 3RD)
Shootout winner - Cam Atkinson (CBJ)

Goalies:

WG - Curtis McElhinney (48 saves on 52 shots: 12-14-2) LG - Jaroslav Halak (33 saves on 37 shots: 38-17-4)

Three Stars:

3. Alexander Wennberg (1 goal) - Columbus

2. John Tavares (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Scott Hartnell (1 goal, 1 assist) - Columbus

Detroit Red Wings 2, Carolina Hurricanes 0 (from Carolina) - The Red Wings improved to 43-25-14 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 30-41-11.

Goals:

DET - Landon Ferraro (1) - from Luke Glendening (0:48 1ST) *GWG*
DET - Joakim Andersson (3) - from Tomas Tatar and Darren Helm (17:40 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (35 saves on 35 shots: 16-9-2) LG - Cam Ward (27 saves on 28 shots: 22-24-5)

Three Stars:

3. Cam Ward (27 saves on 28 shots) - Carolina

2. Landon Ferraro (1 goal, GWG) - Detroit

1. Petr Mrazek (35 saves on 35 shots for the shutout) - Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Boston Bruins 2 (SO) - (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 50-24-8 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 41-27-14. 

Goals:

TBL - Jonathan Marchessault (1) - unassisted (5:08 2ND)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (22) - from Chris Kelly and Dennis Seidenberg (6:00 2ND)
TBL - Nikita Nesterov (3) - from Matt Carle and Jonathan Marchessault (5:12 3RD)
BOS - Brad Marchand (24) - from Torey Krug and David Krejci (18:54 3RD)
Shootout winner - Victor Hedman (TBL)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (36 saves on 38 shots: 40-13-5) LG - Tuukka Rask (23 saves on 25 shots: 34-21-13) 

Three Stars:

3. Brad Marchand (1 goal) - Boston

2. Jonathan Marchessault (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

1. Ben Bishop (36 saves on 38 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay

Dallas Stars 4, Nashville Predators 1 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 41-31-10 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 47-25-10. 

Goals:

DAL - Jamie Benn (33) - from Cody Eakin and Patrick Eaves (7:35 1ST)
NSH - Filip Forsberg (26) - from Ryan Ellis and Mike Ribeiro (11:33 1ST)
DAL - Jamie Benn PPG (34) - from John Klingberg (13:33 1ST) *GWG*
DAL - Jamie Benn EN (35 - Hat Trick) - unassisted (17:55 3RD)
DAL - Cody Eakin (19) - from Trevor Daley and Jamie Benn (19:51 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (24 saves on 25 shots: 18-26-2) LG - Carter Hutton (21 saves on 24 shots: 6-7-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Filip Forsberg (1 goal) - Nashville

2. Jhonas Enroth (24 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Dallas

1. Jamie Benn (3 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 39-31-12 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 48-28-6. 

Goals:

COL - Cody McLeod (7) - from Tyson Barrie and Joey Hishon (10:01 1ST)
CHI - Patrick Sharp (16) - from Bryan Bickell and Andrew Shaw (8:03 2ND)
COL - Jarome Iginla PPG (28) - from Zach Redmond and Matt Duchene (14:21 2ND)
CHI - Brandon Saad (23) - from Marian Hossa and Michal Rozsival (15:20 3RD)
COL - Jarome Iginla PPG (29) - from Alex Tanguay and Gabriel Landeskog (19:26 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (28 saves on 30 shots: 28-20-8) LG - Scott Darling (21 saves on 24 shots: 9-4-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Patrick Sharp (1 goal) - Chicago

2. Semyon Varlamov (28 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Colorado

1. Jarome Iginla (2 goals, GWG) - Colorado

Anaheim Ducks 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Arizona) - The Ducks improved to 51-24-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 24-50-8.

Goals:

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (25) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Corey Perry (5:41 1ST)
ANA - Jakob Silfverberg (13) - from Andrew Cogliano and Ryan Getzlaf (19:23 2ND) *GWG*
ARI - Sam Gagner (15) - from Martin Erat and David Moss (13:59 3RD) 

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (23 saves on 24 shots: 35-12-5) LG - Mike Smith (36 saves on 38 shots: 14-42-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Frederik Andersen (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Anaheim

2. Jakob Silfverberg (1 goal, GWG) - Anaheim

1. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 6, Edmonton Oilers 5 (OT) - (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 48-29-5 on the season thanks to a 6-5 OT win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 24-44-14.

Goals:

EDM - Nail Yakupov (14) - from Derek Roy (9:45 1ST)
EDM - Jordan Eberle (24) - from Benoit Pouliot (9:56 1ST)
VAN - Daniel Sedin (20) - from Alex Edler and Henrik Sedin (13:10 1ST)
VAN - Kevin Bieksa (4) - from Linden Vey and Brandon McMillan (2:15 2ND)
EDM - Taylor Hall (14) - from Benoit Pouliot and Oscar Klefbom (3:44 2ND)
EDM - Benoit Pouliot (19) - from Martin Marincin and Taylor Hall (7:47 2ND)
VAN - Sven Baertschi (1) - from Radim Vrbata (8:01 2ND)
EDM - Teddy Purcell (12) - from David Musil (19:30 2ND)
VAN - Jannik Hansen (16) - from Bo Horvat and Alex Edler (5:56 3RD)
VAN - Sven Baertschi (2) - from Nick Bonino and Radim Vrbata (9:53 3RD)
VAN - Alex Edler (8) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (2:29 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (23 saves on 28 shots: 29-15-1) LG - Ben Scrivens (17 saves on 23 shots: 15-27-10)

Three Stars:

3. Benoit Pouliot (1 goal, 2 assists) - Edmonton

2. Sven Baertschi (2 goals) - Vancouver

1. Alex Edler (1 goal, 2 assists, OT winner) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Mark Stone - Stone scored 2 goals in the Senators 3-1 win over the Flyers, sending the Senators to the playoffs.

2. Brandon Sutter - Sutter scored both goals in the Penguins 2-0 win over the Sabres, sending them to the playoffs.

1. Jamie Benn - Benn scored his 2nd career hat trick and added an assist in the Stars 4-1 win over the Predators.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-The Penguins and Senators clinched the remaining 2 playoff spots while the Boston Bruins were eliminated from playoff contention. The playoff match ups are: New York R.-Pittsburgh, Washington New York I, Montreal-Ottawa, Tampa Bay-Detroit, Anaheim-Winnipeg, Vancouver-Calgary, St. Louis-Minnesota, Nashville-Chicago.
-Jamie Benn picked up 4 points tonight to win the Art Ross Trophy to lead the NHL in points with 87. He scored his 2nd career hat trick and picked up an assist with 9 seconds left to win the Art Ross: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/jamie-benn-wins-nhl-scoring-title-with-8-5-seconds-left-in-season-031351992.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw
-Andrew Hammond improved to 20-1-2 to lead the Senators to the playoffs. What a remarkable run for the young goaltender as the Senators picked up 42 out of a possible 46 points with Hammond in net down the stretch.
-Nicklas Backstrom picked up his 60th assist of the season, the 4th time in his career he has reached 60 assists.
-Stanislav Galiev scored his 1st NHL goal for the Capitals.
-Henrik Lundqvist picked up his 30th win of the season, the 9th time in his career he has reached 30 wins.
-Casey Bailey scored his 1st NHL goal for the Leafs.
-Brandon Sutter scored his 20th goal of the season, the 2nd time in his career he has reached 20 goals.
-Landon Ferraro scored his 1st NHL goal for the Red Wings.
-Jonathan Marchessault scored his 1st NHL goal for the Lightning.

-Petr Mrazek picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.
-Ben Bishop picked up his 40th win of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 40 wins.
-Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his NHL-leading 10th shutout of the season.

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Jamie Benn with an incredible 4-point performance to steal the Art Ross Trophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqyL6zoaVNk

What's up next: The NHL is on break until the Stanley Cup Playoffs start on Wednesday Night. The 1st round match ups are as follows:

Eastern Conferenece:
#1 New York Rangers vs. WC#2 Pittsburgh Penguins
#1 Montreal Canadiens vs. WC#1 Ottawa Senators
#2 Washington Capitals vs. #3 New York Islanders
#2 Tampa Bay Lightning vs. #3 Detroit Red Wings

Western Conference:
#1 Anaheim Ducks vs. WC#2 Winnipeg Jets
#1 St. Louis Blues vs. WC#1 Minnesota Wild
#2 Vancouver Canucks vs. #3 Calgary Flames
#2 Nashville Predators vs. #3 Chicago Blackhawks

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff