April 6th NHL Recap

Buffalo Sabres 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (from Buffalo) - The Sabres improved to 23-49-8 on the s3ason thanks to a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 29-39-11. 

Goals:

BUF - Mikhail Grigorenko (2) - from Brian Gionta and Zach Bogosian (5:41 1ST)
BUF - Brian Gionta (12) - unassisted (15:03 1ST)
BUF - Johan Larsson (6) - from Tyler Ennis and Zach Bogosian (1:18 2ND)
BUF - Tyler Ennis (20) - from Johan Larsson and Matt Moulson (16:48 2ND) *GWG*
CAR - Patrick Dwyer (5) - from Jay McClement and John-Michael Liles (18:06 2ND)
CAR - Alex Semin (6) - from Eric Staal and John-Michael Liles (2:31 3RD)
CAR - Eric Staal (23) - unassisted (14:38 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anders Lindback (49 saves on 52 shots: 6-14-2) LG - Cam Ward (21 saves on 25 shots: 21-23-5) 

Three Stars:

3. Eric Staal (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

2. Anders Lindback (49 saves on 52 shots for the win) - Buffalo

1. Tyler Ennis (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Buffalo

New York Rangers 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (OT) - (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 51-21-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 39-35-5. 

Goals:

NYR - Martin St. Louis (21) - from Keyin Hayes (5:38 1ST)
CBJ - Matt Calvert (12) - from Jeremy Morin (17:20 1ST)
NYR - Dan Girardi (4) - from Derek Stepan and Chris Kreider (0:36 2ND)
CBJ - Marko Dano (8) - from Artem Anisimov and Alexander Wennberg (14:42 2ND)
CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (12) - from Nick Foligno and Cody Goloubef (8:14 3RD)
NYR - Derek Stepan (15) - from Chris Kreider and J.T. Miller (19:32 3RD)
NYR - Derek Stepan (16) - from Keith Yandle (4:10 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (29 saves on 32 shots: 29-12-3) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (38 saves on 42 shots: 28-17-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Marko Dano (1 goal) - Columbus

2. Chris Kreider (2 assists) - New York

1. Derek Stepan (2 goals, 1 assist, OT winner) - New York

Winnipeg Jets 2, Minnesota Wild 0 (from Minnesota) - The Jets improved to 41-26-12 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 44-27-8.

Goals:

WPG - Blake Wheeler PPG (26) - from Andrew Ladd and Mathieu Perreault (4:12 1ST) *GWG*
WPG - Drew Stafford (17) - from Tyler Myers and Mark Scheifele (13:10 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (31 saves on 31 shots: 21-16-7) LG - Devan Dubnyk (32 saves on 34 shots: 35-13-4)

Three Stars:

3. Devan Dubnyk (32 saves on 34 shots) - Minnesota

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

1. Ondrej Pavelec (31 saves on 31 shots for the shutout) - Winnipe

Vancouver Canucks 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (SO) - (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 46-29-5 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 39-25-15. 

Goals:

LAK - Dwight King (13) - from Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli (1:13 1ST)
VAN - Daniel Sedin (18) - from Henrik Sedin and Alexander Edler (9:54 3RD)
Shootout winner - Chris Higgins (VAN)

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (36 saves on 37 shots: 17-13-4) LG - Jonathan Quick (37 saves on 38 shots: 35-21-13) 

Three Stars:

3. Henrik Sedin (1 assist) - Vancouver

2. Jonathan Quick (37 saves on 38 shots) - Los Angeles

1. Eddie Lack (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Vancouver

Dallas Stars 5, San Jose Sharks 1 (from San Jose) - The Stars improved to 39-31-10 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 39-32-9.

Goals:

DAL - Colton Sceviour (9) - from Jason Demers and Vernon Fiddler (0:28 1ST)
DAL - Patrick Eaves PPG (12) - from Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza (17:32 1ST) *GWG*
DAL - Jamie Benn PPG (31) - from Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza (7:53 2ND)
SJS - Joe Thornton PPG (16) - from Chris Tierney (13:27 2ND)
DAL - Jamie Benn (32) - from Tyler Seguin (15:08 3RD)
DAL - Ryan Garbutt (8) - from Trevor Daley (18:00 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (23 saves on 24 shots: 16-26-2) LG- Alex Stalock (20 saves on 25 shots: 8-8-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jason Spezza (2 assists) - Dallas

2. Jhonas Enroth (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Dallas

1. Jamie Benn (2 goals, 1 assist) - Dallas

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jamie Benn - Benn scored 2 goals and added 1 assist in the Stars 5-1 win over the Sharks.

2. Derek Stepan - Stepan scored 2 goals (including the OT winner) and added an assist in the Rangers 4-3 win over the Blue Jackets.

1. Ondrej Pavelec - Pavelec stopped all 31 shots he faced for the shutout in the Jets 2-0 win over the Wild.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Ondrej Pavelec picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.

-Henrik Sedin picked up his 700th career assist.
-The Sharks were officially eliminated from playoff contention with a loss tonight, breaking a 10-year playoff streak.
-The Rangers ended the Blue Jackets 9-game winning streak

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

Boston Bruins - 5 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 4 game winning streak

St. Louis Blues - 3 game winning streak

Edmonton Oilers - 3 game losing streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Henrik Sedin records his 700th career assist with this ridiculous no-look pass to brother Daniel for the goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz3nWFTnbLM

What's up next - Tuesday April 7th: There are 9 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. New York Islanders vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:00 PM ET (In Philadelphia)

3. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

4. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)

5. Winnipeg Jets vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis)

6. Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

7. Nashville Predators vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

8. Arizona Coyotes vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

9. Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers at 9:30 PM ET (In Edmonton) 

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff