April 9th NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 3, New York Rangers 0 (from New York) - The Senators improved to 42-26-13 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the New York Rangers, dropping them to 52-22-7.

Goals:

OTT - Clarke MacArthur (16) - from Mark Stone and Kyle Turris (17:31 2ND) *GWG*
OTT - Kyle Turris (24) - from Clarke MacArthur and Eric Gryba (18:35 2ND)
OTT - Jean-Gabriel Pageau EN (9) - from Curtis Lazar and Mark Borowiecki (18:21 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Andrew Hammond (26 saves on 26 shots: 19-1-2) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (24 saves on 26 shots: 29-13-3)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Turris (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

2. Clarke MacArthur (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Ottawa

1. Andrew Hammond (26 saves on 26 shots for the shutout) - Ottawa

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Hurricanes improved to 30-40-11 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 33-30-18.

Goals:

CAR - Brett Bellemore (2) - from Eric Staal and Jordan Staal (12:48 1ST)
CAR - Ryan Murphy PPG (4) - from John-Michae Liles and Nathan Gerbe (12:51 3RD) *GWG*
PHI - Sean Couturier (15) - from Mark Streit and Claude Giroux (16:19 3RD)
CAR - Jordan Staal EN (6) - from Ron Hainsey (19:21 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (27 saves on 28 shots: 22-23-5) LG - Ray Emery (24 saves on 26 shots: 10-11-7)

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Murphy (1 goal, GWG) - Carolina

2. Jordan Staal (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

1. Cam Ward (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Carolina

Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 49-22-10 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 42-35-14, 

Goals:

DET - Tomas Tatar (29) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg (10:19 1ST)
MTL - Andrei Markov (10) - from P.K. Subban and David Desharnais (17:36 1ST)
MTL - Jeff Petry (7) - from Torrey Mitchell and Brandon Prust (6:24 2ND)
DET - Pavel Datsyuk (26) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (8:07 2ND)
DET - Darren Helm SHG (15) - unassisted (3:34 3RD)
MTL - Tomas Plekanec PPG (25) - from Andrei Markov and P.K. Subban (11:39 3RD)
MTL - Lars Eller (15) - from Jeff Petry (1:21 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (24 saves on 27 shots: 43-16-6) LG - Jimmy Howard (22 saves on 26 shots: 23-13-11) 

Three Stars:

3. Lars Eller (1 goal, OT winner) - Montreal

2. Pavel Datsyuk (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

1. Carey Price (24 saves on 27 shots for the win) - Montreal

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (OT) - (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 49-24-8 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 32-35-14. 

Goals:

NJD - Steve Bernier PPG (15) - from Adam Henrique and Scott Gomez (5:06 1ST)
TBL - Tyler Johnson (28) - from Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat (6:26 1ST)
TBL - Nikita Nesterov PPG (2) - from Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov (9:13 1ST)
NJD - Patrik Elias (13) - from Stephen Gionta (10:17 2ND)
TBL - Steven Stamkos PPG (43) - from Ondrej Palat and Victor Hedman (17:42 2ND)
NJD - Steve Bernier (16) - from Adam Henrique and Scott Gomez (17:58 2ND)
TBL - Tyler Johnson PPG (29) - from Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat (1:22 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (21 saves on 24 shots: 39-13-5) LG - Keith Kinkaid (27 saves on 31 shots: 6-5-4) 

Three Stars:

3. Nikita Kucherov (3 assists) - Tampa Bay

2. Steve Bernie (2 goals) - New Jersey

1. Tyler Johnson (2 goals, OT winner) - Tampa Bay

Florida Panthers 4, Boston Bruins 2 (from Florida) - The Panthers improved to 37-29-15 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 41-27-13. 

Goals:

BOS - Patrice Bergeron PPG (23) - from Loui Eriksson and Torey Krug (15:02 2ND)
FLA - Aleksander Barkov PPG (16) - from Jaromir Jagr and Aaron Ekblad (18:40 2ND)
FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (14) - from Jaromir Jagr and Brian Campbell (4:02 3RD)
FLA - Brad Boyes (14) - from Dave Bolland and Willie Mitchell (8:03 3RD) *GWG*
BOS - Brad Marchand (23) - from Dennis Seidenberg and David Krejci (13:15 3RD)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes (19) - from Jussi Jokinen (15:14 3RD) 

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (34 saves on 36 shots: 28-19-12) LG - Tuukka Rask (26 saves on 30 shots: 34-21-12)

Three Stars:

3. Brad Boyes (1 goal, GWG) - Florida

2. Roberto Luongo (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Florida

1. Jaromir Jagr (2 assists) - Florida

St. Louis Blues 2, Chicago Blackhawks 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 50-24-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 48-27-6. 

Goals:

STL - Dmitrij Jaskin PPG (12) - from David Backes and Alex Pietrangelo (17:10 2ND)
STL - Paul Stastny (16) - from Jaden Schwartz and Kevin Shattenkirk (14:05 3RD) *GWG*
CHI - Andrew Shaw (15) - from Teuvo Teravainen and Michal Rozsival (17:21 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (21 saves on 22 shots: 22-7-4) LG - Corey Crawford (23 saves on 25 shots: 32-20-5)

Three Stars:

3. Dmitrij Jaskin (1 goal) - St. Louis

2. Paul Stastny (1 goal, GWG) - St. Louis

1. Jake Allen (21 saves on 22 shots for the win) - St. Louis

Minnesota Wild 4, Nashville Predators 2 (from Nashville) - The Wild improved to 46-27-8 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 47-24-10.

Goals:

NSH - Filip Forsberg (25) - unassisted (2:58 1ST)
NSH - Seth Jones (8) - from Mike Santorelli and Craig Smith (10:29 1ST)
MIN - Jason Zucker PPG (20) - from Justin Fontaine and Matt Dumba (17:12 2ND)
MIN - Marco Scandella (10) - from Matt Cooke and Jordan Schroeder (17:43 2ND)
MIN - Jason Pominville (18) - from Jared Spurgeon and Mikael Granlund (17:57 3RD) *GWG*
MIN - Jason Zucker EN (21) - from Chris Stewart and Mikko Koivu (19:00 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Darcy Kuemper (32 saves on 34 shots: 14-12-2) LG - Pekka Rinne (23 saves on 26 shots: 41-17-6)

Three Stars:

3. Filip Forsberg (1 goal) - Nashville

2. Darcy Kuemper (32 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Minnesota

1. Jason Zucker (2 goals) - Minnesota

Colorado Avalanche 1, Winnipeg Jets 0 (SO) - (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 38-31-12 on the season thanks to a 1-0 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 42-26-13. 

Goals:

Shootout winner - Ryan O'Reilly (COL)

Goalies:

WG - Reto Berra (41 saves on 41 shots: 5-4-1) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (21 saves on 21 shots: 22-16-8) 

Three Stars:

3. Ryan O'Reilly (shootout winner) - Colorado

2. Ondrej Pavelec (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - Winnipeg

1. Reto Berra (41 saves on 41 shot for the shutout) - Colorado

Calgary Flames 3, Los Angeles Kings 1 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 40-26-15 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 44-30-7.

Goals:

CGY - Johnny Gaudreau (24) - from Jiri Hudler and Dennis Wideman (12:15 1ST)
CGY - Jiri Hudler (30) - from Mason Raymond and Dennis Wideman (14:28 1ST) *GWG*
LAK - Jordan Nolan (6) - from Alec Martinez and Mike Richards (5:00 3RD)
CGY - Jiri Hudler EN (31) - from Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau (19:10 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (33 saves on 34 shots: 26-19-4) LG - Jonathan Quick (22 saves on 24 shots: 35-22-13) 

Three Stars:

3. Johnny Gaudreau (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

2. Jonas Hiller (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Calgary

1. Jiri Hudler (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Calgary

San Jose Sharks 3, Edmonton Oilers 1 (from Edmonton) - The Sharks improved to 40-32-9 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 24-44-13.

Goals:

EDM - Nail Yakupov (13) - unassisted (12:30 2ND)
SJS - Patrick Marleau (19) - unassisted (10:32 3RD)
SJS - Bryan Lerg (1) - from Logan Couture and Taylor Fedun (17:08 3RD) *GWG*
SJS - Matt Nieto EN (10) - from Tommy Wingels and Chris Tierney (19:31 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (26 saves on 27 shots: 31-23-7) LG - Laurent Brossoit (49 saves on 51 shots: 0-1-0)

Three Stars:

3. Patrick Marleau (1 goal) - San Jose

2. Bryan Lerg (1 goal, GWG) - San Jose

1. Laurent Brossoit (49 saves on 51 shots) - Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 5, Arizona Coyotes 0 (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 47-29-5 on the season thanks to a 5-0 shutout of the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 24-49-8.

Goals:

VAN - Daniel Sedin (19) - from Henrik Sedin and Alex Edler (16:22 1ST) *GWG*
VAN - Ronald Kenins (4) - from Jannik Hansen and Bo Horvat (6:51 2ND)
VAN - Yannick Weber PPG (10) - from Alex Edler and Henrik Sedin (15:42 2ND)
VAN - Yannick Weber PPG (11) - from Daniel Sedin and Alex Edler (17:10 2ND)
VAN - Dan Hamhuis PPG (1) - from Chris Higgins and Nick Bonino (16:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (28 saves on 28 shots: 18-13-4) LG - Mike Smith (20 saves on 24 shots: 14-41-5), Louis Domingue (7 saves on 8 shots in relief of Smith) 

Three Stars:

3. Yannick Weber (2 goals) - Vancouver

2. Alex Edler (3 assists) - Vancouver

1. Eddie Lack (28 saves on 28 shots for the shutout) - Vancouver

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Reto Berra - Berra stopped all 41 shots he faced for the shutout in the Avs 1-0 shootout win over the Jets.

2. Andrew Hammond - Hammond stopped all 26 shots he faced for the shutout in the Senators 3-0 win over the Rangers.

1. Jiri Hudler - Hudler scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Flames 3-1 win over the Kings.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Carey Price picked up his 43rd win of the season, the most wins in a season by a Canadiens goaltender in franchise history. Considering the Hall-of-Fame goalies that played in Montreal this is extremely impressive by Price.
-Andrew Hammond picked up his 3rd shutout of the season. He is now 19-1-2 since being called up.
-The Detroit Red Wings clinched a playoff spot for the 24th consecutive season.
-The St. Louis Blues clinched the Central Division with a 2-1 win over the Hawks.
-Jiri Hudler scored his 30th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 30 goals. He also has a career-high 76 points.
-Jaromir Jagr became just the 4th player in NHL history to record 1800 points, joining Wayne Gretzky (2857), Mark Messier (1887) and Gordie Howe (1850).

-The Flames are going back to the playoffs for the first time since 2009.
-The Jets are going back to the playoffs for the 1st time since 2007 when they were the Atlanta Thrashers.
-Laurent Brossoit made 49 saves on 51 shots in his NHL debut, a 3-1 loss to the Sharks.
-Bryan Lerg scored his 1st NHL goal for the Sharks.
-Eddie Lack picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.
-Ondrej Pavelec picked up his 3rd consecutive shutout and 5th of the season.
-Reto Berra picked up his 1st career shutout.
-Jason Zucker scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time in his career he has reached 20 goals.

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

Dallas Stars - 3 game winning streak
Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 4 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-The Hamburglar with a ridiculous desperation save on Kevin Hayes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NagqQhrEGwg

What's up next - Friday April 10th: There are 2 NHL games on tap for Friday night:

1. New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 7:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff