February 6th NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 21-22-9 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 22-27-4.

Goals:

NJD - Tuomo Ruutu (6) - from Mark Fraser and Jordin Tootoo (9:32 1ST)

NJD - Patrik Elias (7) - from Travis Zajac and Jon Merrill (1:23 2ND) *GWG*

NJD - Steve Bernier (9) - from Adam Larsson and Scott Gomez (13:31 2ND)

TOR - Tyler Bozak PPG (15) - from Phil Kessel and Jake Gardiner (11:51 3RD)

NJD - Jaromir Jagr EN (11) - from Adam Larsson (17:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (33 saves on 34 shots: 19-19-5) LG - James Reimer (13 saves on 17 shots: 6-11-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Adam Larsson (2 assists) - New Jersey

2. Cory Schneider (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - New Jersey

1. Patrik Elias (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

Washington Capitals 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (SO) - (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 28-15-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 34-12-7. 

Goals:

ANA - Ryan Kesler PPG (15) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Hampus Lindholm (18:15 1ST)

WSH - Jason Chimera (5) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Troy Brouwer (4:15 2ND)

WSH - John Carlson (6) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Jason Chimera (10:44 3RD)

ANA - Corey Perry (23) - from Ryan Kesler (13:45 3RD)

Shootout winner - Nicklas Backstrom (WSH)

Goalies:

WG - Philipp Grubauer (23 saves on 25 shots: 1-0-0) LG - Ilya Bryzgalov (32 saves on 34 shots: 1-3-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Philipp Grubauer (23 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Washington

2. Ryan Kesler (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

1. Evgeny Kuznetsov (2 assists) - Washington

Columbus Blue Jackets 7, St. Louis Blues 1 (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 22-25-3 on the season thanks to a 7-1 rout of the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 34-14-4. 

Goals:

CBJ - Nick Foligno (19) - from Brandon Dubinsky and Corey Tropp (10:44 1ST)

CBJ - Cam Atkinson (10) - from Scott Hartnell and Ryan Johansen (18:16 1ST) *GWG*

CBJ - Ryan Johansen SHG (20) - from Artem Anisimov (5:06 2ND)

CBJ - Corey Tropp (1) - from Fedor Tyutin and Nick Foligno (8:26 2ND)

STL - Paul Stastny PPG (10) - from Jay Bouwmeester and Carl Gunnarsson (11:14 2ND)

CBJ - Nick Foligno (20) - from James Wisniewski and Brandon Dubinsky (16:17 2ND)

CBJ - Matt Calvert (7) - from Jack Johnson and Jared Boll (5:59 3RD)

CBJ - Scott Hartnell (11) - from Ryan Johansen (15:21 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Curtis McElhinney (32 saves on 33 shots: 6-8-1) LG - Brian Elliott (10 saves on 14 shots: 16-6-2), Jake Allen (16 saves on 19 shots in relief of Elliott) 

Three Stars:

3. Curtis McElhinney (32 saves on 33 shots for the win) - Columbus

2. Ryan Johansen (1 goal, 2 assists) - Columbus

1. Nick Foligno (2 goals, 1 assist) - Columbus

Chicago Blackhawks 2, Winnipeg Jets 1 (OT) - (from Winnipeg) - The Blackhawks improved to 32-18-2 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 26-18-10.

Goals:

WPG - Mark Scheifele (8) - from Mathieu Perreault (4:17 1ST)

CHI - Patrick Kane (26) - from Brad Richards and Patrick Sharp (2:50 2ND)

CHI - Brandon Saad (16) - from Patrick Kane and Michal Rozsival (3:01 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (20 saves on 21 shots: 20-12-2) LG - Michael Hutchinson (20 saves on 22 shots: 14-7-3)

Three Stars:

3. Mark Scheifele (1 goal) - Winnipeg

2. Brandon Saad (1 goal, OT winner) - Chicago

1. Patrick Kane (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Calgary Flames 0 (from Calgary) -  The Penguins improved to 30-14-8 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 29-21-3.

Goals:

PIT - David Perron (13) - from Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz (5:46 1ST) *GWG*

PIT - Brandon Sutter (11) - from Simon Despres and Rob Scuderi (18:10 1ST)

PIT - Sidney Crosby (16) - from Chris Kunitz and David Perron (11:58 2ND)

PIT - Sidney Crosby (17) - from Chris Kunitz and Kris Letang (5:19 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (21 saves on 21 shots: 25-11-5) LG -  Jonas Hiller (20 saves on 24 shots: 17-15-2), Karri Ramo (6 saves on 6 shots in relief of Hiller)

Three Stars:

3. Chris Kunitz (3 assists) - Pittsburgh

2. Marc-Andre Fleury (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

1. Sidney Crosby (2 goals, 1 assist) - Pittsburgh

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Marc-Andre Fleury - Fleury stopped all 21 shots he faced for the shutout in the Penguins 4-0 win over the Flames.

2. Nick Foligno - Foligno scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Blue Jackets 7-1 win over the Blues.

1. Sidney Crosby - Crosby scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Penguins 4-0 win over the Flames.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Nick Foligno scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season, the 1st time in his career that he has scored at least 20 goals in a season.

-Patrik Elias scored his 400th career goal.

-The Leafs lost their 11th straight game, the longest losing streak in franchise history.

-Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his NHL-leading 8th shutout of the season and 2nd consecutive shutout.

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

Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

New Jersey Devils - 3 game winning streak
Washington Capitals - 3 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 11 game losing streak

Winnipeg Jets - 6 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Saturday February 7th: There are 10 NHL games on tap for Saturday:

1. New York Rangers vs. Nashville Predators at 3:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

2. Los Angeles Kings vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 5:00 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

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

4. Dallas Stars vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

5. Edmonton Oilers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:00 PM ET (In Toronto)

6. New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:00 PM ET (In Montreal)

7. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:00 PM ET (In Ottawa)

8. Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

9. Detroit Red Wings vs. Arizona Coyotes at 8:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

10. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

11. Carolina Hurricanes vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 5th NHL Recap

St. Louis Blues 3, Buffalo Sabres 0 (from Buffalo) - The Blues improved to 34-13-4 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 15-34-3.

Goals:

STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (6) - from Chris Butler and Ty Rattie (18:04 2ND) *GWG*

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (27) - from David Backes and Alex Steen (14:22 3RD)

STL - Jaden Schwartz EN (19) - from Paul Stastny and Jake Allen (18:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jake Allen (23 saves on 23 shots: 15-5-2) LG - Jhonas Enroth (27 saves on 29 shots: 12-20-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jhonas Enroth (27 saves on 29 shots) - Buffalo

2. Dmitrij Jaskin (1 goal, GWG) - St. Louis

1. Jake Allen (23 saves on 23 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

New York Islanders 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO) - (from Philadelphia) - The Islanders improved to 33-17-1 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 22-22-8.

Goals:

PHI - Nick Schultz (2) - from Vincent Lecavalier (5:43 1ST)
PHI - Chris VandeVelde (8) - from Vincent Lecavalier and Andrew MacDonald (11:38 2ND)
NYI - Mikhail Grabovski (8) - unassisted (16:48 2ND)
NYI - Cal Clutterbuck (5) - from Brock Nelson and Thomas Hickey (18:47 2ND)
Shootout winner - Cal Clutterbuck (NYI)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (16 saves on 18 shots: 27-11-0) LG - Steve Mason (28 saves on 30 shots: 11-12-7)

Three Stars:

3. Mikhail Grabovski (1 goal) - New York

2. Vincent Lecavalier (2 assists) - Philadelphia

1. Cal Clutterbuck (1 goal, shootout winner) - New York

Washington Capitals 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Ottawa) - The Capitals improved to 27-15-10 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 20-21-9.

Goals:

OTT - Kyle Turris (10) - from Mark Stone and Mike Hoffman (12:15 2ND)
WSH - Evgeny Kuznetsov (6) - from Brooks Orpik and Tom Wilson (13:28 2ND)
WSH - Alex Ovechkin (32) - from Jay Beagle and Marcus Johansson (14:17 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (25 saves on 26 shots: 25-10-9) LG - Robin Lehner (27 saves on 29 shots: 7-10-2)

Three Stars:

3. Kyle Turris (1 goal ) - Ottawa

2. Alex Ovechkin (1 goal, GWG) - Washington

1. Braden Holtby (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - Washington

Florida Panthers 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from Los Angeles) - The Panthers improved to 23-17-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 21-18-12.

Goals:

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (7) - from Brad Boyes and Jonathan Huberdeau (10:39 1ST)
LAK - Jamie McBain (3) - from Dustin Brown and Marian Gaborik (15:48 1ST)
LAK - Marian Gaborik PPG (16) - from Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown (2:19 3RD)
FLA - Nick Bjugstad (17) - unassisted (7:26 3RD)
FLA - Bradon Pirri (9) - from Tomas Fleischmann and Dmitry Kulikov (16:55 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Roberto Luongo (29 saves on 31 shots: 19-13-8) LG - Jonathan Quick (17 saves on 20 shots: 17-15-10)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Bjugstad (1 goal) - Florida

2. Marian Gaborik (1 goal, 1 assist) - Los Angeles

1. Brandon Pirri (1 goal, GWG) - Florida

Anaheim Ducks 5, Nashville Predators 2 (from Nashville) - The Ducks improved to 34-12-6 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 33-12-6.

Goals:

ANA - Jakob Silfverberg SHG (7) - unassisted (3:08 1ST)
ANA - Sami Vatanen (11) - from Clayton Stoner and Rickard Rakell (13:04 1ST)
ANA - Matt Beleskey (20) - from Rickard Rakell and Francois Beauchemin (3:51 2ND) *GWG*
ANA - Jakob Silfverberg (8) - from Cam Fowler and Eric Brewer (4:34 2ND)
NSH - Colin Wilson (17) - from Victor Bartley and Seth Jones (4:00 3RD)
NSH - James Neal PPG (17) - from Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi (15:53 3RD)
ANA - Corey Perry EN (22) - from Ryan Kesler and Andrew Cogliano (18:41 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (44 saves on 46 shots: 29-7-5) LG - Pekka Rinne (21 saves on 25 shots: 29-7-2)

Three Stars:

3. Rickard Rakell (2 assists) - Anaheim

2. Frederik Andersen (44 saves on 46 shots for the win) - Anaheim

1. Jakob Silfverberg (2 goals) - Anaheim

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Dallas Stars 3 (from Dallas) - The Lightning improved to 33-15-5 on the season thanks to a 5-3 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 23-20-8.

Goals:

TBL - Steven Stamkos (28) - from Ryan Callahan and Mark Barberio (3:11 1ST)
TBL - Victor Hedman (6) - from Steven Stamkos (6:42 1ST)
DAL - John Klingberg (10) - from Tyler Seguin and Alex Goligoski (15:21 2ND)
DAL - Alex Goligoski (2) - from Vernon Fiddler and Shawn Horcoff (15:36 2ND)
TBL - Tyler Johnson PPG (18) - from Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn (12;27 3RD)
DAL - Trevor Daley (13) - from Jamie Benn and Jason Demers (13:41 3RD)
TBL - Tyler Johnson (19) - from Brian Boyle and Ondrej Palat (16:23 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Nikita Kucherov EN (18) - from Ondrej Palat (18:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Andrei Vasilevskiy (33 saves on 36 shots: 4-1-0) LG - Kari Lehtonen (24 saves on 28 shots: 21-12-8)

Three Stars:

3. Trevor Daley (1 goal) - Dallas

2. Steven Stamkos (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

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

Detroit Red Wings 3, Colorado Avalanche 0 (from Colorado) - The Red Wings improved to 30-12-9 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 22-19-11.

Goals:

DET - Justin Abdelkader PPG (12) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Gustav Nyquist (13:25 3RD) *GWG*

DET - Darren Helm EN (10) - from Tomas Tatar and Pavel Datsyuk (17:24 3RD)

DET - Luke Glendening EN (7) - from Kyle Quincey (19:45 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (28 saves on 28 shots: 12-4-1) LG - Semyon Varlamov (26 saves on 27 shots: 14-11-7)

Three Stars:

3. Semyon Varlamov (26 saves on 27 shots) - Colorado

2. Justin Abdelkader (1 goal, GWG0 - Detroit

1. Petr Mrazek (28 saves on 28 shots for the shutout) - Detroit

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (SO) - (from Arizona) - The Hurricanes improved to 18-26-7 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 19-26-7

Goals:

CAR - Victor Rask (7) - from Ron Hainsey and John-Michael Liles (1:03 1ST) 
ARI - David Moss (1) - from Keith Yandle and Kyle Chipchura (6:38 1ST)
Shootout winner - Elias Lindholm (CAR)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (28 saves on 29 shots: 12-18-4) LG - Mike Smith (40 saves on 41 shots: 9-21-5)

Three Stars:

3. Elias Lindholm (shootout winner) - Carolina

2. Cam Ward (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Carolina

1. Mike Smith (40 saves on 41 shots) - Arizona

San Jose Sharks 5, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Vancouver) - The Sharks improved to 28-18-7 on the season thanks to a 5-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 28-19-3

Goals:

SJS - Matt Irwin (4) - from Matt Tennyson and Logan Couture (17:43 1ST)
SJS - Melker Karlsson (9) - from Brent Burns (6:24 2ND) *GWG*
SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (28) - from Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau (19:45 2ND)
SJS - Chris Tierney (1) - from Brent Burns and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (3:55 3RD)
VAN - Radim Vrbata (20) - from Ryan Stanton (18:03 3RD)
SJS - Andrew Desjardins (3) - from Chris Tierney and Daniil Tarasov (19:55 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (33 saves on 34 shots: 22-111-6) LG - Ryan Miller (33 saves on 38 shots: 24-13-1)

Three Stars:

3. Joe Pavelski (1 goal) - San Jose

2. Chris Tierney (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

1. Brent Burns (2 assists) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Jake Allen - Allen stopped all 23 shots he faced for the shutout in the Blues 3-0 win over the Sabres.

2. Petr Mrazek - Mrazek stopped all 28 shots he faced for the shutout in the Red Wings 3-0 win over the Avalanche.

1. Tyler Johnson - Johson scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Lightnings' 5-3 win over the Stars.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-The Panthers were the only home team of 9 teams to win tonight.

-Ty Rattie picked up his 1st NHL point for the Blues.

-Jake Allen picked up his 3rd shutout of the season.

-Frederik Andersen picked up his 29th win of the season, tying Pekka Rinne for 1st in the NHL.

-Matt Beleskey scored his 20th goal of the season, the 1st time he has done so in his career.
-Petr Mrazek picked up his 1st shutout of the season.
-Chris Tierney scored his 1st NHL goal for the Sharks.

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

St. Louis Blues - 7 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 10 game losing streak

Winnipeg Jets - 5 game losing streak

Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Friday February 6th: There are 5 NHL games on tap for Friday night:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Anaheim Ducks vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)

3. St. Louis Blues vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

4. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Winnipeg Jets at 8:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

5. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 4th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 3, Boston Bruins 2 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 30-15-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 27-17-7. 

Goals:

NYR - Rick Nash (32) - from Martin St. Louis and Kevin Klein (5:50 1ST)

BOS - Milan Lucic (11) - from Reilly Smith and David Krejci (13:37 1ST)

BOS - Patrice Bergeron (13) - from Loui Eriksson (15:29 1ST)

NYR - Derick Brassard (13) - from Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello (6:41 2ND)

NYR - Derek Stepan (9) - from Rick Nash and Dan Girardi (16:56 2ND) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Cam Talbot (18 saves on 20 shots: 5-4-1) LG - Tuukka Rask (22 saves on 25 shots: 22-12-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Derek Stepan (1 goal, GWG) - New York

2. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal) - Boston

1. Rick Nash (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Edmonton Oilers 0 (from Edmonton) - The Penguins improved to 29-14-8 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Edmonton Oilers, dropping them to 14-29-9.

Goals:

PIT - Evgeni Malkin (20) - from Mark Arcobello and Patric Hornqvist (0:24 2ND) *GWG*

PIT - David Perron (12) - from Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby (19:59 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (22 saves on 22 shots: 24-11-5) LG - Viktor Fasth (24 saves on 26 shots: 5-12-2) 

Three Stars:

3. David Perron (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

2. Evgeni Malkin (1 goal, GWG) - Pittsburgh

1. Marc-Andre Fleury (22 saves on 22 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

Calgary Flames 3, San Jose Sharks 1 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 29-20-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 27-18-7. 

Goals:

CGY - Kris Russell (1) - from Paul Byron and Josh Jooris (9:28 2ND)

CGY - Jiri Hudler PPG (15) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan (11:55 2ND) *GWG*

CGY - Mason Raymond (8) - from Joe Colborne and T.J. Brodie (18:03 2ND)

SJS - John Scott (2) - from Scott Hannan and Tyler Kennedy (2:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (28 saves on 29 shots: 17-14-2) LG - Alex Stalock (20 saves on 23 shots: 5-6-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Jiri Hudler (1 goal, GWG) - Calgary

2. Kris Russell (1 goal) - Calgary

1. Jonas Hiller (28 saves on 29 shots for the win) - Calgary

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

St. Louis Blues - 6 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak

New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 10 game losing streak

Winnipeg Jets - 5 game losing streak

New York Islanders - 3 game losing streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Thursday February 5th: There are 9 NHL games on tap for Thursday night:

1. St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo Sabres at 7:00 PM ET (In Buffalo)

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

3. Washington Capitals vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:30 PM ET (In Ottawa)

4. Los Angeles Kings vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

5. Anaheim Ducks vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

7. Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche at 9:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

8. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Arizona Coyotes at 9:00 PM ET (In Arizona)

9. San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 3rd NHL Recap

New Jersey Devils 2, Ottawa Senators 1 (from New Jersey) - The Devils improved to 20-22-9 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 20-20-9. 

Goals:

OTT - Curtis Lazar (2) - from Mike Hoffman (10:33 2ND)
NJD - Adam Henrique (11) - from Marek Zidlicky and Andy Greene (12:08 2ND)
NJD - Mike Cammalleri (17) - from Jaromir Jagr (5:03 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (19 saves on 20 shots: 18-19-5) LG - Robin Lehner (17 saves on 19 shots: 7-9-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Curtis Lazar (1 goal) - Ottawa

2. Mike Cammalleri (1 goal, GWG) - New Jersey

1. Cory Schneider (19 saves on 20 shots for the win) - New Jersey

Florida Panthers 4, New York Islanders 2 (from New York) - The Panthers improved to 22-17-10 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 32-17-1.

Goals:

NYI - Anders Lee (14) - from Josh Bailey and John Tavares (1:44 1ST)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes (14) - from Nick Bjugstad and Jussi Jokinen (4:48 1ST)
FLA - Erik Gudbranson (3) - from Tomas Fleischmann (10:15 2ND)
NYI - Anders Lee PPG (15) - from Travis Hamonic and Nick Leddy (12:45 2ND)
FLA - Jimmy Hayes PPG (15) - from Nick Bjugstad and Aaron Ekblad (2:10 3RD) *GWG*
FLA - Brandon Pirri EN (8) - from Jonathan Huberdeau (19:37 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Al Montoya (32 saves on 34 shots: 4-4-2) LG - Jaroslav Halak (26 saves on 29 shots: 26-11-0)

Three Stars:

3. Al Montoya (32 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Florida

2. Anders Lee (2 goals) - New York

1. Jimmy Hayes (2 goals, GWG) - Florida

Washington Capitals 4, Los Angeles Kings 0 (from Washington) - The Capitals improved to 26-15-10 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 21-17-12. 

Goals:

WSH - Troy Brouwer (14) - from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Karl Alzner (17:11 1ST) *GWG*
WSH - Troy Brouwer PPG (15) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (16:36 2ND)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (16) - from Marcus Johansson and Alex Ovechkin (5:50 3RD)
WSH - Eric Fehr (16) - from Joel Ward (6:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Braden Holtby (27 saves on 27 shots: 24-10-9) LG - Jonathan Quick (23 saves on 27 shots: 17-14-10) 

Three Stars:

3. Nicklas Backstrom (1 goal, 1 assist) - Washington

2. Troy Brouwer (2 goals, GWG) - Washington

1. Braden Holtby (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - Washington

Arizona Coyotes 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 (from Columbus) - The Coyotes improved to 19-26-6 on teh season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 21-25-3.

Goals:

ARI - Brendan Shinnimin (1) - from B.J. Crombeen and Lucas Lessio (8:00 1ST)
CBJ - James Wisniewski PPG (6) - from Jack Johnson and Scott Hartnell (0:40 2ND)
ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson PPG (15) - from Keith Yandle and Antoine Vermette (2:32 2ND) *GWG*
ARI - Shane Doan PPG (11) - from Lauri Korpikoski and Keith Yandle (5:19 2ND)
ARI - Tobias Rieder EN (8) - from Antoine Vermette (17:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (30 saves on 31 shots: 9-21-4) LG - Anton Forsberg (25 saves on 28 shots: 0-2-0)

Three Stars:

3. Antoine Vermette (2 assists) - Arizona

2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1 goal, GWG) - Arizona

1. Mike Smith (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - Arizona

Buffalo Sabres 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 (from Montreal) - The Sabres improved to 15-33-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 32-15-3. 

Goals:

BUF - Drew Stafford (8) - from Cody Hodgson and Tyler Myers (5:21 1ST)
MTL - Brandon Prust (4) - from David Desharnais (8:15 1ST)
BUF - Matt Mouslon (8) - from Nikita Zadorov and Torrey Mitchell (14:53 1ST)
BUF - Brian Gionta (5) - unassisted (19:19 1ST) *GWG*
MTL - David Desharnais (8) - from Dale Weise and Max Pacioretty (4:20 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jhonas Enroth (30 saves on 32 shots: 12-19-2) LG - Carey Price (15 saves on 18 shots: 27-11-2)

Three Stars:

3. David Desharnais (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal

2. Brian Gionta (1 goal, GWG) - Buffalo

1. Jhonas Enroth (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Buffalo

St. Louis Blues 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (OT) - (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 33-13-4 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, dropping them to 32-15-5. 

Goals:

TBL - Cedric Paquette (11) - from Alex Killorn and Jonathan Drouin (5:20 1ST)
STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (26) - from Paul Stastny (16:50 3RD)
STL - Jaden Schwartz (18) - from Chris Butler and Brian Elliott (1:16 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (30 saves on 31 shots: 16-5-2) LG - Ben Bishop (16 saves on 18 shots: 26-8-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Ben Bishop (16 saves on 18 shots) - Tampa Bay

2. Jaden Schwartz (1 goal, OT winner) - St. Louis

1. Brian Elliott (30 saves on 31 shots for the win, 1 assist) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (from Nashville) - The Predators improved to 33-11-6 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 22-26-4.

Goals:

NSH - Seth Jones SHG (4) - from (11:52 1ST)
NSH - Shea Weber PPG (11) - from Filip Forsberg and Mike Fisher (15:31 1ST)
TOR - Daniel Winnik (4) - from Mike Santorelli and Joffrey Lupul (7:49 2ND)
TOR - Nazem Kadri (14) - from David Booth and Cody Franson (2:19 3RD)
TOR - Mike Santorelli (10) - from Joffrey Lupul and Morgan Rielly (2:56 3RD)
NSH - Mike Fisher (13) - from Colin Wilson and Roman Josi (6:55 3RD)
NSH - Colin Wilson (16) - from Mike Fisher and James Neal (11:18 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (24 saves on 27 shots: 4-4-4) LG - Jonathan Bernier (24 saves on 28 shots: 16-16-4), James Reimer (4 saves on 4 shots in relief of Bernier)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Santorelli (1 goal, 1 assist) - Toronto

2. Colin Wilson (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

1. Mike Fisher (1 goal, 2 assists) - Nashville

Minnesota Wild 3, Chicago Blackhawks 0 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 24-20-6 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 31-18-2. 

Goals:

MIN - Mikko Koivu (8) - unassisted (7:40 1ST) *GWG*
MIN - Jason Zucker (18) - from Marco Scandella and Mikko Koivu (10:00 1ST)
MIN - Mikael Granlund (5) - from Zach Parise (14:12 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 24 shots: 15-6-2) LG - Corey Crawford (40 saves on 43 shots: 19-12-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Marco Scandella (1 assist) - Minnesota

2. Mikki Koivu (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Minnesota

1. Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 24 shots for the shutout) - Minnesota

Colorado Avalanche 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO) - (from Dallas) - The Avalanche improved to 22-18-11 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 23-19-8.

Goals:

DAL - Patrick Eaves PPG (6) - from Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza (6:47 1ST)
DAL - Erik Cole (13) - from Ales Hensky (19:08 3RD)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly (10) - from Brad Stuart and Nick Holden (6:12 3RD)
COL - Tyson Barrie (5) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Ryan O'Reilly (19:40 3RD)
Shootout winner - Max Talbot (COL)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (30 saves on 32 shots: 14-10-7) LG - Kari Lehtonen (22 saves on 24 shots: 21-11-8)

Three Stars:

3. Tyson Barrie (1 goal) - Colorado

2. Patrick Eaves (1 goal) - Dallas

1. Semyon Varlamov (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Colorado

Vancouver Canucks 3, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT) - (from Vancouver) - The Canucks improved to 28-18-3 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Wininpeg Jets, dropping them to 26-18-9. 

Goals:

WPG - Blake Wheeler (15) - from Ben Chiarot (10:18 1ST)
VAN - Alex Burrows (11) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (13:05 1ST)
WPG - Bryan Little PPG (20) - from Andrew Ladd (2:13 3RD)
VAN - Ronalds Kenins (2) - from Adam Clendening and Ryan Stanton (12:32 3RD)
VAN - Luca Sbisa (3) - from Radim Vrbata and Dan Hamhuis (0:36 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Eddie Lack (26 saves on 28 shots: 4-6-2) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (30 saves on 33 shots: 12-11-7)

Three Stars:

3. Alex Burrows (1 goal) - Vancouver

2. Blake Wheeler (1 goal) - Winnipeg

1. Luca Sbisa (1 goal, OT winner) - Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (OT) - (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 33-12-6 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes, dropping them to 17-26-7.

Goals:

ANA - Corey Perry (20) - from Ryan Getzlaf (0:37 2ND)
CAR - Alex Semin (2) - from Victor Rask and John-Michael Liles (9:24 2ND)
CAR - Jay McClement (2) - from Elias Lindholm and Andrej Sekera (11:41 2ND)
ANA - Ryan Kesler PPG (14) - from Hampus Lindholm and Kyle Palmieri (14:21 2ND)
CAR - Brad Malone (5) - Penalty Shot (4:01 3RD)
CAR - Jordan Staal (2) - from Eric Staal (5:10 3RD)
ANA - Devante Smith-Pelly (5) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Ben Lovejoy (9:31 3RD)
ANA - Corey Perry (21) - from Ryan Kesler and Sami Vatanen (15:52 3RD)
ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (16) - from Corey Perry and Francois Beauchemin (0:45 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (28 saves on 32 shots: 28-7-5) LG - Anton Khudobin (26 saves on 31 shots: 6-8-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Jordan Staal (1 goal) - Carolina

2. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Anaheim

1. Corey Perry (2 goals, 1 assist) - Anaheim

Three Stars of the Night:  

3. Devan Dubnyk - Dubnyk stopped all 24 shots he faced for the shutout in the Wilds' 3-0 win over the Hawks.

2. Braden Holtby - Holtby stoppeda all 27 shots he faced for the shutout in the Capitals 4-0 win over the Kings.

1. Corey Perry - Perry scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Ducks 5-4 win over the Hurricanes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Braden Hotlby picked up his 6th shutout of the season, tying him with Marc-Andre Fleury for most in the NHL.

-Brendan Shinnimin scored his 1st NHL goal for the Coyotes.
-Devan Dubnyk picked up his 4th shutout of the season and 3rd in 8 games for the Wild.
-Corey Perry scored his 20th goal of the season, the 7th time in 8 season he has scored at least 20 goals (had 15 in 44 games during the lockout)

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

St. Louis Blues - 6 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 4 game winning streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 10 game losing streak

Winnipeg Jets - 5 game losing streak

New York Islanders - 3 game losing streak
Columbus Blue Jackets - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Carter Hutton incredible stick save: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syqTOvoVHDw
-Jaden Schwartz OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8dBWhTacAk
-Ryan Getzlaf OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt4y1fh05MM
-Luca Sbisa OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM3O9WhQiQg
-Nathan MacKinnon shootout goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifyt7aMqAO4
-Troy Brouwer goal/Evgeny Kuznetsov pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4XYfoqDVu0
-Curtis Lazar goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4iN2iQiuvc
-Jason Zucker goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO9yOSu08l4
-Seth Jones short-handed goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRw94m0Eros
-Brandon Prust goal/huge hit on Tyler Myers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzWHetW40o
-Brian Elliott pad save on Ryan Callahan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tabrjRD1Os
-Mike Green huge hit on Kyle Clifford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3UfdIhOezM
-Corey Crawford save on Marco Scandella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atPE3pMVsEE
-Vladimir Tarasenko goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGIHsWtMV8
-Tyson Barrie goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx3CS64WoNk
-Blake Wheeler goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Af5RFzeyk
-Brad Malone Penalty Shot goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSxy-Jdg8

What's up next - Wednesday February 4th: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers at 8:00 PM ET (In New York) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Edmonton Oilers at 8:00 PM ET (In Edmonton)

3. San Jose Sharks vs. Calgary Flames at 10:00 PM ET (In Calgary)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 2nd NHL Recap

New York Rangers 6, Florida Panthers 3 (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 29-15-4 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 21-17-10. 

Goals:

FLA - Aleksander Barkov (6) - from Brad Boyes (4:09 1ST)

NYR - Rick Nash SHG (30) - unassisted (8:49 1ST)

NYR - Kevin Hayes PPG (7) - from Mats Zuccarello and Ryan McDonagh (2:51 2ND)

NYR - Marc Staal (3) - from Jesper Fast and Carl Hagelin (9:28 2ND)

FLA - Dave Bolland (2) - from Sean Bergenheim and Jussi Jokinen (12:51 2ND)

FLA - Brandon Pirri PPG (7) - from Dave Bolland and Brad Boyes (15:30 2ND)

NYR - Dan Boyle (6) - unassisted (8:10 3RD) *GWG*

NYR - Mats Zuccarello (8) - from Chris Kreider and Derick Brassard (15:58 3RD)

NYR - Rick Nash EN (31) - from Derek Stepan (18:07 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (33 saves on 36 shots: 25-11-3) LG - Roberto Luongo (32 saves on 37 shots: 18-13-8) 

Three Stars:

3. Kevin Hayes (1 goal) - New York

2. Mats Zuccarello (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

1. Rick Nash (2 goals) - New York

Calgary Flames 5, Winnipeg Jets 2 (from Calgary) - The Flames improved to 28-20-3 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Winnipeg, dropping them to 26-18-8. 

Goals:

WPG - Blake Wheeler (14) - from Bryan Little and Andrew Ladd (1:09 1ST)

CGY - David Jones (8) - from Mark Giordano (4:16 1ST)

CGY - Mason Raymond (7) - from Sven Baertschi (1:59 2ND)

CGY - Raphael Diaz PPG (1) - from Lance Bouma and Joe Colborne (4:24 3RD) *GWG*

CGY - Brandon Bollig (1) - from Joe Colborne and Paul Byron (7:23 3RD)

WPG - Bryan Little (19) - from Andrew Ladd and Ben Chiarot (8:43 3RD)

CGY - Sean Monahan EN (17) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Kris Russell (17:27 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (17 saves on 19 shots: 16-14-2) LG - Michael Hutchinson (19 saves on 23 shots: 14-7-2), Ondrej Pavelec (4 saves on 4 shots in relief of Hutchinson) 

Three Stars:

3. Bryan Little (1 goal, 1 assist) - Winnipeg

2. Joe Colborne (2 assists) - Calgary

1. Mark Giordano (1 assist) - Calgary

Edmonton Oilers 5, San Jose Sharks 4 (SO) - (from San Jose) - The Oilers improved to 14-28-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 27-17-7. 

Goals:

SJS - Joe Pavelski (26) - from Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton (11:50 1ST)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (14) - from Taylor Hall and Oscar Klefbom (18:03 1ST)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (15) - from Justin Schultz and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (0:22 2ND)

EDM - Derek Roy (5) - from Nail Yakupov (9:39 2ND)

SJS - Scott Hannan (1) - from Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski (2:19 3RD)

SJS - Matt Tennyson (2) - from Tyler Kennedy and Matt Nieto (3:49 3RD)

SJS - Joe Pavelski (27) - from Brent Burns and Joe Thornton (9:28 3RD)

EDM - Justin Schultz (4) - from Teddy Purcell and Anton Lander (17:23 3RD)

Shootout winner - Rob Klinkhammer (EDM)

Goalies:

WG - Viktor Fasth (33 saves on 37 shots: 5-11-2) LG - Antti Niemi (36 saves on 40 shots: 21-11-6)

Three Stars:

3. Joe Thornton (3 assists) - San Jose

2. Jordan Eberle (2 goals) - Edmonton

1. Joe Pavelski (2 goals, 1 assist) - San Jose

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

St. Louis Blues - 5 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 14 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 9 game losing streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game losing streak

What's up next - Tuesday February 3rd: There are 11 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. Ottawa Senators vs. New Jersey Devils at 7:00 PM ET (In New Jersey)

2. Florida Panthers vs. New York Islanders at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

3. Los Angeles Kings vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)

4. Arizona Coyotes vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 PM ET (In Columbus)

5. Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

6. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

7. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Nashville Predators at 8:00 PM ET (In Nashville)

8. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

9. Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas)

10. Winnipeg Jets vs. Vancouver Canucks at 10:00 PM ET (In Vancouver)

11. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:30 PM ET (In Anaheim)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

February 1st NHL Recap

Arizona Coyotes 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 (from Montreal) - The Coyotes improved to 18-26-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 32-14-3. 

Goals:

MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (14) - from Brendan Gallagher and Tom Gilbert (1:15 1ST)

MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (15) - from David Desharnais and Jiri Sekac (4:55 1ST)

ARI - Lauri Korpikoski PPG (5) - from Martin Erat and Keith Yandle (17:43 2ND)

ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (14) - unassisted (0:32 3RD)

ARI - Lauri Korpikoski PPG (6) - from Sam Gagner and Keith Yandle (3:17 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Louis Domingue (18 saves on 20 shots: 1-0-0) LG - Dustin Tokarski (29 saves on 32 shots: 5-4-1)

Three Stars:

3. Louis Domingue (18 saves on 20 shots for the win) - Arizona

2. Alex Galchenyuk (2 goals) - Montreal

1. Lauri Korpikoski (2 goals, GWG) - Arizona

St. Louis Blues 4, Washington Capitals 3 (from Washington) - The Blues improved to 32-13-4 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 25-15-10.

Goals:

STL - Alex Steen PPG (16) - from Jaden Schwartz and T.J. Oshie (2:34 1ST)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (30) - from Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom (9:50 1ST)

STL - Alex Steen (17) - from T.J. Oshie and Vladimir Tarasenko (11:45 2ND)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin (31) - from Nicklas Backstrom (14:30 2ND)

STL - Dmitrij Jaskin (5) - from Jaden Schwartz and Paul Stastny (15:57 2ND)

STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (25) - from Alex Steen and T.J. Oshie (6:13 3RD) *GWG*

WSH - Karl Alzner (4) - from Mike Green and Alex Ovechkin (12:28 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (33 saves on 36 shots: 15-5-2) LG - Justin Peters (36 saves on 40 shots: 2-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. T.J. Oshie (3 assists) - St. Louis

2. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals, 1 assist) - Washington

1. Alex Steen (2 goals, 1 assist) - St. Louis

Nashville Predators 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Predators improved to 32-11-6 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 28-14-8.

Goals:

NSH - Roman Josi (9) - from Filip Forsberg and Shea Weber (4:05 1ST) *GWG*

NSH - Gabriel Bourque (3) - unassisted (6:38 1ST)

NSH - Eric Nystrom (6) - from Taylor Beck (19:19 2ND)

NSH - Mike Fisher PPG (12) - from Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi (8:20 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (21 saves on 21 shots: 3-4-4) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (20 saves on 24 shots: 23-11-5)

Three Stars:

3. Filip Forsberg (2 assists) - Nashville

2. Roman Josi (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

1. Carter Hutton (21 saves on 21 shots for the shutout) - Nashville

Minnesota Wild 4, Vancouver Canucks 2 (from Vancouver) - The Wild improved to 23-20-6 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 27-18-3.

Goals:

MIN - Zach Parise (21) - unassisted (7:26 2ND)

MIN - Jared Spurgeon PPG (7) - from Nino Niederreiter and Mikael Granlund (9:26 2ND)

MIN - Thomas Vanek (10) - from Mikael Granlund (7:08 3RD) *GWG*

VAN - Ronalds Kenins (1) - from Bo Horvat and Alex Edler (12:20 3RD)

VAN - Daniel Sedin (10) - from Radim Vrbata and Henrik Sedin (13:21 3RD)

MIN - Jason Zucker EN (17) - from Ryan Suter (19:05 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (35 saves on 37 shots: 14-6-2) LG - Ryan Miller (16 saves on 19 shots: 24-12-1)

Three Stars:

3. Ronald Kenins (1 goal) - Vancouver

2. Zach Parise (1 goal) - Minnesota

1. Devan Dubny (35 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Minnesota

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Lauri Korpikoski - Korpikoski scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Coyotes 3-2 win over the Canadiens.

2. Carter Hutton - Hutton stopped all 21 shots he faced for the shutout in the Predators 4-0 win over the Penguins.

1. Alex Steen - Steen scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Blues 4-3 win over the Capitals.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Alex Ovechkin scored his 30th and 31st goals of the season, the 10th consecutive season in which he has scored at least 30 goals. Ovie becomes only the 5th player in NHL history to score at least 30 goals in 10 consecutive seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Jarri Kurri and Mike Gartner.

-Louis Domingue made his 1st NHL start for the Coyotes making 18 saves on 20 shots for the win. It was extra special for Domingue against Canadiens in Montreal because he is from Quebec.

-Ronald Kenins scored his 1st NHL goal for the Canucks.

-Carter Hutton picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

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

St. Louis Blues - 5 game winning streak
Philadelphia Flyers - 4 game winning streak

San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak
Minnesota Wild - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 14 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 9 game losing streak

Winnipeg Jets - 3 game losing streak

What's up next - Thursday February 2nd: There are 3 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Florida Panthers vs. New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

2. Winnipeg Jets vs. Calgary Flames at 9:00 PM ET (In Calgary) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Edmonton Oilers vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff