Saturday, April 4, 2015

April 4th NHL Recap

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO) - (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 29-38-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 31-29-18. 
Goals:
CAR - Elias Lindholm (17) - from Jordan Staal and Eric Staal (11:00 1ST)
CAR - Jordan Staal (5) - unassisted (3:27 2ND)
PHI -  Michael Raffl PPG (21) - from Sean Couturier and Michael Del Zotto (9:46 2ND)
PHI - Sean Couturier (14) - from Brayden Schenn and Michael Del Zotto (18:10 3RD)
Shootout winner - Chris Terry (CAR)
Goalies:
WG - Cam Ward (21 saves on 23 shots: 21-22-5) LG - Ray Emery (24 saves on 26 shots: 10-10-7) 
Three Stars:
3. Elias Lindholm (1 goal) - Carolina
2. Sean Couturier (1 goal, 1 assist) - Philadelphia
1. Jordan Staal (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (from Columbus)38-35-4 42-24-11 
Goals:
PIT - Sidney Crosby (27) - from Patric Hornqvist and Ian Cole (8:21 1ST)
PIT - Brandon Sutter (18) - from Ian Cole and Nick Spaling (11:07 2ND)
CBJ - Nick Foligno (28) - from Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov (16:25 2ND)
CBJ - Matt Calvert (11) - from Marko Dano and Mark Letestu (18:28 2ND)
CBJ - Nick Foligno (29) - from Brandon Dubinsky (6:46 3RD)
CBJ - Scott Hartnell (26) - from Marko Dano and Alexander Wennberg (9:29 3RD) *GWG*
PIT - Ben Lovejoy (2) - from Blake Comeau and Daniel Winnik (10:10 3RD)
CBJ - Nick Foligno EN (30 - Hat Trick) - from David Savard and Brandon Dubinsky (19:03 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (31 saves on 34 shots: 28-17-2) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (30 saves on 34 shots: 33-19-8) 
Three Stars:
3. Marko Dano (2 assists) - Columbus
2. Brandon Dubinsky (3 assists) - Columbus
1. Nick Foligno (3 goals) - Columbus

Winnipeg Jets 5, Vancouver Canucks 4 (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 40-26-12 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 45-29-5. 
Goals:
WPG - Jim Slater (5) - from Jiri Tlusty and Toby Enstrom (4:34 1ST)
WPG - Michael Frolik (18) - from Bryan Little and Michael Frolik (5:24 1ST)
VAN - Henrik Sedin PPG (18) - from Alex Edler and Daniel Sedin (9:37 1ST)
VAN - Daniel Sedin (17) - from Radim Vrbata and Dan Hamhuis (17:37 1ST)
WPG - Lee Stempniak (13) - from Mathieu Perreault and Tyler Myers (18:13 1ST)
WPG - Mark Scheifele (15) - from Blake Wheeler and Jacob Trouba (19:04 2ND)
VAN - Alex Burrows (17) - from Kevin Bieksa and Luca Sbisa (19:12 2ND) 
WPG - Lee Stempniak (14) - from Mathieu Perreault (9:36 3RD) *GWG*
VAN - Alex Burrows (18) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (17:55 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ondrej Pavelec (26 saves on 30 shots: 20-16-7) LG - Eddie Lack (31 saves on 36 shots: 16-13-4) 
Three Stars:
3. Mathieu Perreault (3 assists) - Winnipeg
2. Daniel Sedin (1 goal, 2 assists) - Vancouver
1. Lee Stempniak (2 goals, GWG) - Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (SO) - (from Boston) - The Bruins improved to 41-25-13 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, droppin them to 29-43-7.
Goals:
BOS - Patrice Bergeron (22) - from Brad Marchand and David Krejci (0:19 2ND)
TOR - James van Riemsdyk (26) - from Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner (14:31 2ND)
Shootout winner - Patrice Bergeron (BOS)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (27 saves on 28 shot: 34-19-12) LG - James Reimer (49 saves on 50 shots: 9-15-1)
Three Stars:
3. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, shootout winner) - Boston
2. James Reimer (49 saves on 50 shots) - Toronto
1. Tuukka Rask (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Boston

Ottawa Senators 4, Washington Capitals 3 (OT) - (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 40-26-12 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 43-25-11. 
Goals:
OTT - Mark Stone (21) - from Clarke MacArthur and Eric Gryba (3:21 1ST)
OTT - Clarke MacArthur PPG (15) - from Erik Karlsson and Mika Zibanejad (9:03 1ST)
OTT - Mike Zibanejad PPG (20) - from Bobby Ryan and Erik Karlsson (9:56 1ST)
WSH - Marcus Johansson (19) - from Brooks Orpik and John Carlson (6:26 2ND)
WSH - Mike Green (9) - from Nicklas Backstrom and Troy Brouwer (7:18 3RD)
WSH - Troy Brouwer (21) - from John Carlson and Eric Fehr (15:50 3RD)
OTT - Kyle Turris (23) - unassisted (3:14 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Andrew Hammond (29 saves on 32 shots: 17-1-1) LG - Braden Holtby (24 saves on 28 shots: 39-19-10)
Three Stars:
3. Kyle Turris (1 goal, OT winner) - Ottawa
2. Troy Brouwer (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington
1. Mika Zibanejad (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Florida Panthers 0 (from Florida) - The Lightning improved to 48-24-8 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 36-28-15.
Goals:
TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG (41) - from Tyler Johnson and Nikita Nesterov (6:10 2ND) *GWG*
TBL - Steven Stamkos (42) - from Ryan Callahan (11:19 2ND)
TBL - Ryan Callahan (24) - from Steven Stamkos (1:03 3RD)
TBL - Tyler Johnson (27) - from Jonathan Drouin (18:13 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Ben Bishop (34 saves on 34 shots: 38-13-4) LG - Roberto Luongo (18 saves on 22 shots: 27-19-12)
Three Stars:
3. Ryan Callahan (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay
2. Steven Stamkos (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Tampa Bay
1. Ben Bishop (34 saves on 34 shots for the shutout) - Tampa Bay

New York Islanders 3, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 46-27-6 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 22-49-8. 
Goals:
NYI - Kyle Okposo PPG (17) - from John Tavares and Frans Nielsen (6:37 1ST) *GWG*
NYI - Brock Nelson (20) - unassisted (9:32 3RD)
NYI - Nikolay Kulemin (14) - from Travis Hamonic and Lubomir Visnovsky (13:13 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jaroslav Halak (21 saves on 21 shots: 37-16-3) LG - Andrey Makarov (33 saves on 36 shots: 0-1-0)
Three Stars:
3. Andrey Makarov (33 saves on 36 shots) - Buffalo
2. Kyle Okposo (1 goal, GWG) - New York
1. Jaroslav Halak (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - New York

New York Rangers 6, New Jersey Devils 1 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 50-21-7 on the season thanks to a 6-1 win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 32-34-13. 
Goals:
NYR - Rick Nash (42) - from Mats Zuccarello and Keith Yandle (5:10 1ST)
NYR - Keith Yandle (6) - from Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan (11:59 1ST) *GWG*
NYR - Dominic Moore (8) - from Tanner Glass and Jesper Fast (12:24 1ST)
NYR - Derek Stepan SHG (14) - from Rick Nash and Ryan McDonagh (19:57 2ND)
NYR - Derick Brassard (18) - from Martin St. Louis and Marc Staal (1:55 3RD)
NYR - Dominic Moore (9) - from Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi (12:00 3RD)
NJD - Jacob Josefson (6) - from Tuomo Ruutu and Mark Fraser (16:30 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Henrik Lundqvist (35 save on 36 shots: 28-12-3) LG - Cory Schneider (3 saves on 6 shots: 26-29-9), Keith Kinkaid (23 saves on 26 shots in relief of Schneider)
Three Stars:
3. Keith Yandle (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New York
2. Henrik Lundqvist (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - New York
1. Dominic Moore (2 goals) - New York

Detroit Red Wings 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO) - (from Minnesota) - The Red Wings improved to 41-24-13 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 44-26-8.
Goals:
MIN - Zach Parise (31) - from Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville (14:07 1ST)
DET - Riley Sheahan (13) - from Stephen Weiss and Danny DeKeyser (15:59 1ST)
DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (26) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (17:13 2ND)
MIN - Zach Parise PPG (32) - from Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter (6:33 3RD)
Shootout winner - Darren Helm (DET)
Goalies:
WG - Jimmy Howard (22 saves on 24 shots: 22-13-10) LG - Devan Dubnyk (20 saves on 22 shots: 35-12-4)
Three Stars:
3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal) - Detroit
2. Zach Parise (2 goals) - Minnesota
1. Darren Helm (shootout winner) - Detroit

Dallas Stars 4, Nashville Predators 3 (OT) - (from Nashville) - The Stars improved to 38-31-10 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 47-22-10.
Goals:
NSH - Filip Forsberg (24) - from Mattias Ekholm and Seth Jones (9:59 1ST)
DAL - Travis Moen (3) - from Colton Sceviour (4:09 2ND)
DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (37) - from John Klingberg and Patrick Eaves (3:23 3RD)
DAL - Colton Sceviour (8) - from Travis Moen and Alex Goligoski (7:28 3RD)
NSH - Ryan Ellis (8) - from Filip Forsberg and James Neal (10:46 3RD)
NSH - James Neal (22) - from Mike Ribeiro and Gabriel Bourque (18:05 3RD)
DAL - Cody Eakin (18) - Penalty Shot (4:04 OT) *GWG*
Goalies:
WG - Jhonas Enroth (33 saves on 36 shots: 15-26-2) LG - Pekka Rinne (20 saves on 24 shots: 41-15-6)
Three Stars:
3. Colton Sceviour (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas
2. Filip Forsberg (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville
1. Cody Eakin (1 goal, OT winnner) - Dallas

Arizona Coyotes 5, San Jose Sharks 3 (from Arizona) - The Coyotes improved to 24-47-8 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 39-31-9. 
Goals:
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson PPG (22) - from Mark Arcobello and John Moore (11:53 1ST)
SJS - Tomas Hertl PPG (13) - from Taylor Fedun and Chris Tierney (16:36 1ST)
ARI - Shane Doan PPG (14) - from Michael Stone and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (18:57 1ST)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (23) - from Sam Gagner and Shane Doan (17:46 2ND)
SJS - Joe Thornton (15) - from Brent Burns and Melker Karlsson (18:05 2ND)
ARI - Mark Arcobello (17) - from Shane Doan and Tobias Rieder (5:30 3RD) *GWG*
SJS - Chris Tierney PPG (6) - from Matt Irwin and Taylor Fedun (6:48 3RD)
ARI - Sam Gagner EN (14) - from Martin Erat and David Moss (19:49 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Mike Smith (42 saves on 45 shots: 14-39-5) LG - Antti Niemi (30 saves on 34 shots: 30-23-7) 
Three Stars:
3. Mike Smith (42 saves on 45 shots for the win) - Arizona
2. Shane Doan (1 goal, 2 assists) - Arizona
1. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2 goals, 1 assist) - Arizona

Calgary Flames 4, Edmonton Oilers 0 (from Edmonton) - The Flames improved to 43-29-7 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 23-43-13.
Goals:
CGY - Joe Colborne (8) - from Mason Raymond and Dennis Wideman (1:59 1ST) *GWG*
CGY - Markus Granlund (7) - from Josh Jooris and Dennis Wideman (17:56 2ND)
CGY - Dennis Wideman PPG (15) - from Kris Russell and Sean Monahan (2:16 3RD)
CGY - Markus Granlund (8) - from Josh Jooris ( 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonas Hiller (27 saves on 27 shots: 24-19-4) LG - Ben Scrivens (25 saves on 29 shots: 15-26-10)
Three Stars:
3. Markus Granlund (2 goals) - Calgary
2. Dennis Wideman (1 goal, 2 assists) - Calgary
1. Jonas Hiller (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - Calgary

Los Angeles Kings 3, Colorado Avalanche 1 (from Los Angeles) - The Kings improved to 39-25-14 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 36-31-12. 
Goals:
LAK - Dwight King (12) - from Jeff Carter and Robyn Regehr (13:56 1ST)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly (16) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Alex Tanguay (1:12 2ND)
LAK - Alec Martinez (6) - from Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Carter (10:09 2ND) *GWG*
LAK - Marian Gaborik (26) - from Anze Kopitar and Robyn Regehr (18:04 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Jonathan Quick (9 saves on 10 shots: 35-21-12) LG - Semyon Varlamov (23 saves on 26 shots: 26-20-8)
Three Stars:
3. Robyn Regehr (2 assists) - Los Angeles
2. Alec Martinez (1 goal, GWG) - Los Angeles
1. Jeff Carter (2 assists) - Los Angeles

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Lee Stempniak - Stempniak scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Jets 5-4 win over the Canucks.
2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Ekman-Larsson scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Coyotes 5-3 win over the Sharks.
1. Nick Foligno - Foligno scored a hat trick in the Blue Jackets 5-3 win over the Penguins, their 9th straight win.

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Nick Foligno scored his 1st career hat trick.
-Mika Zibanejad scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 20 goals.
-Ben Bishop picked up his 4th shutout of the season.
-Jaroslav Halak picked up his 6th shutout of the season.
-Brock Nelson scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 20 goals.
-Jonas Hiller picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.
-Cody Eakin scored a rare penalty shot overtime winner for the Stars.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Columbus Blue Jackets - 9 game winning streak
Boston Bruins - 5 game winning streak
Chicago Blackhawks - 4 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak
Ottawa Senators - 3 game winning streak

Montreal Canadiens - 3 game losing streak
Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Nick Folingo with his 1st career hat trick gets it tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQHWMsT8h00

What's up next - Sunday April 5th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Sunday:
1. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 12:30 PM ET (In Philadelphia)
2. Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red Wings at 5:00 PM ET (In Detroit)
3. Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers at 5:00 PM ET (In Florida)
4. Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)
5. St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 7:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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