January 21st NHL Recap

Ottawa Senators 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (from Ottawa) - The Senators improved to 19-18-9 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 22-23-3.

Goals:

OTT - Mike Hoffman (16) - from Mark Stone and Cody Ceci (2:02 1ST)

OTT - Erik Karlsson (10) - from Mike Hoffman and Bobby Ryan (11:53 1ST)

OTT - Mika Zibanejad (11) - from Bobby Ryan and Marc Methot (19:40 1ST)

TOR - David Clarkson (10) - from Cody Franson and Daniel Winnik (13:55 2ND)

TOR - David Clarkson PPG (11) - from Nazem Kadri and Jake Gardiner (2:36 3RD)

OTT - Erik Karlsson (11) - from Milan Michalek and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (15:20 3RD) *GWG*

TOR - James van Riemsdyk (20) - from Phil Kessel and Jake Gardiner (18:37 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Craig Anderson (37 saves on 40 shots: 13-11-7) LG - James Reimer (22 saves on 26 shots: 6-9-0)

Three Stars:

3. Mike Hoffman (1 goal, 1 assist) - Ottawa

2. David Clarkson (2 goals) - Toronto

1. Erik Karlsson (2 goals, GWG) - Ottawa

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (SO) - (from Pittsburgh) - The Blackhawks improved to 30-15-2 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 26-12-8.

Goals:

CHI - David Runblad (3) - from Marian Hossa and Jonathan Toews (6:56 1ST)

CHI - Marian Hossa PPG (10) - from Brent Seabrook and Brandon Saad (2:41 2ND)

PIT - Zach Sill (1) - from Andrew Ebbett (5:21 2ND)

PIT - Steve Downie (8) - from Marcel Goc and Mark Arcobello (12:22 2ND)

Shootout winner - Patrick Kane (CHI)

Goalies:

WG - Corey Crawford (33 saves on 35 shots: 18-10-2) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (24 saves on 26 shots: 22-9-5)

Three Stars:

3. Jonathan Toews (1 assist) - Chicago

2. Zach Sill (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

1. Marian Hossa (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 0 (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 26-14-8 on the season thanks to a 4-0 shutout of the Columbus Blue Jackets, dropping them to 20-22-3. 

Goals:

WPG - Blake Wheeler (13) - from Andrew Ladd and Bryan Little (1:08 1ST) *GWG*

WPG - Evander Kane (10) - from Mark Scheifele (6:06 1ST)

WPG - Jay Harrison (4) - from Jacob Trouba and Anthony Peluso (4:45 2ND)

WPG - Chris Thorburn (4) - from Adam Lowry and Matt Halischuk (14:10 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Michael Hutchinson (29 saves on 29 shots: 14-4-2) LG - Sergei Bobrovsky (9 saves on 12 shots: 16-15-2), Curtis McElhinney (16 saves on 17 shots in relief of the injured Bobrovsky) 

Three Stars:

3. Chris Thorburn (1 goal) - Winnipeg

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

1. Michael Hutchinson (29 saves on 29 shots for the shutout) - Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 3, Boston Bruins 2 (SO) - (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 20-18-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 25-16-7. 

Goals:

COL - Jarome Iginla (14) - from Alex Tanguay and Matt Duchene (19:59 1ST)

BOS - Torey Krug (9) - from Milan Lucic and David Pastrnak (6:18 2ND)

BOS - Brad Marchand (13) - from David Krejci and Reilly Smith (4:47 3RD)

COL - Ryan O'Reilly (9) - from Dennis Everberg and John Mitchell (18:15 3RD)

Shootout winner - Nathan MacKinnon (COL)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (22 saves on 24 shots: 12-10-6) LG - Tuukka Rask (34 saves on 36 shots: 20-11-6) 

Three Stars:

3. Jarome Iginla (1 goal) - Colorado

2. Tuukka Rask (34 saves on 36 shots) - Boston

1. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal) - Colorado

Anaheim Ducks 6, Calgary Flames 3 (from Anaheim) - The Ducks improved to 31-10-6 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Calgary Flames, dropping them to 25-19-3. 

Goals:

ANA - Kyle Palmieri (9) - from Matt Beleskey (4:41 1ST)

ANA - Pat Maroon (4) - from Ben Lovejoy and Cam Fowler (14:59 1ST)

ANA - Ben Lovejoy (1) - from Nate Thompson (17:04 1ST)

ANA - Tim Jackman (4) - from Rene Bourque and Nate Thompson (9:37 2ND) *GWG*

CGY - Mikael Backlund (6) - from Lance Bouma (11:13 2ND)

CGY - Sean Monahan (15) - from Johnny Gaudreau and Mark Giordano (19:12 2ND)

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (15) - from Corey Perry and Colby Robak (9:44 3RD)

CGY - Joe Colborne (5) - from Lance Bouma and Dennis Wideman (10:42 3RD)

ANA - Ryan Kesler EN (13) - from Corey Perry (19:41 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (30 saves on 33 shots: 26-6-5) LG - Joni Ortio (7 saves on 11 shots: 4-1-0), Jonas Hiller (14 saves on 15 shots in relief of Ortio) 

Three Stars:

3. Ben Lovejoy (1 goal, 1 assist) - Anaheim

2. Corey Perry (2 assists) - Anaheim

1. Ryan Getzlaf (1 goal) - Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 4, Los Angeles Kings 2 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 25-17-6 on the season thanks to a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 20-15-12. 

Goals:

SJS - Logan Couture (17) - from Matt Irwin and Antti Niemi (10:44 1ST)

LAK - Dustin Brown (8) - from Marian Gaborik (11:39 2ND)

SJS - Patrick Marleau PPG (9) - from Logan Couture and Joe Thornton (16:39 2ND)

SJS - Joe Pavelski PPG (24) - from Patrick Marleau and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (8:27 3RD) *GWG*

LAK - Jeff Carter PPG (12) - from Anze Kopitar and Nick Shore (19:37 3RD)

SJS - Logan Couture EN (18) - unassisted (19:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (26 saves on 28 shots: 19-11-5) LG - Jonathan Quick (21 saves on 24 shots: 16-12-10) 

Three Stars:

3. Antti Niemi (26 saves on 28 shots for the win) - San Jose

2. Patrick Marleau (1 goal, 1 assist) - San Jose

1. Logan Couture (2 goals, 1 assist) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Erik Karlsson - Karlsson scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Senators 4-3 win over the Leafs

2. Logan Couture - Couture scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Sharks 4-2 win over the Kings.

1. Michael Hutchinson - Hutchinson stopped all 29 shots he faced for the shutout in the Jets 4-0 win over the Blue Jackets

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Zach Sill scored his 1st NHL goal for the Penguins.

-Jarome Iginla scored his 574th career goal, passing Mike Bossy for 20th place on the all-time goals list.

-Michael Hutchinson picked up his 2nd shutout of the season.

-The Leafs are 1-9 in January and 3-14 in their last 17 games.

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

Detroit Red Wings - 5 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 5 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 5 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 11 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 6 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 6 game losing streak

Los Angeles Kings - 4 game losing streak

***The NHL is on break for the All-Star Weekend in Columbus. Games resume on Tuesday January 27th***

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

January 20th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT) - (from New York) - The Rangers improved to 27-13-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 18-18-9. 

Goals:

NYR - Kevin Hayes (6) - from Dan Girardi and Carl Hagelin (9:29 2ND)

OTT - Erik Karlsson (9) - from Kyle Turris and Mark Stone (13:38 2ND)

OTT - Milan Michalek PPG (6) - from Alex Chiasson and Mika Zibanejad (14:41 2ND)
NYR - Chris Kreider (10) - from Marc Staal and Martin St. Louis (2:42 3RD)
NYR - Carl Hagelin (9) - from Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh (2:55 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (33 saves on 35 shots: 23-9-3) LG - Craig Anderson (32 saves on 35 shots: 12-11-7) 

Three Stars:

3. Chris Kreider (1 goal) - New York

2. Erik Karlsson (1 goal) - Ottawa

1. Carl Hagelin (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - New York

Edmonton Oilers 5, Washington Capitals 4 (SO) - (from Washington) - The Oilers improved to 12-26-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 24-13-9. 

Goals:

WSH - Alex Ovechkin (26) - from Andre Burakovsky and Mike Green (1:48 1ST)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin PPG (27) - from Mike Green and Marcus Johansson (13:58 1ST)

EDM - Derek Roy (4) - from Nail Yakupov and Oscar Klefbom (14:51 1ST)

WSH - Jay Beagle (7) - from John Carlson and Tom Wilson (17:34 1ST)

EDM - Nikita Nikitin PPG (3) - from Justin Schultz and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (19:56 2ND)
WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (15) - from John Carlson and Andre Burakovsky (6:38 3RD)
EDM - Teddy Purcell (6) - from Anton Lander and Matt Fraser (15:49 3RD)
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (12) - from Benoit Pouliot and Jordan Eberle (18:53 3RD)
Shootout winner - Teddy Purcell (EDM)

Goalies:

WG - Viktor Fasth (20 saves on 24 shots: 4-10-2) LG - Braden Holtby (27 saves on 31 shots: 22-9-8)

Three Stars:

3. Teddy Purcell (1 goal, shootout winner) - Edmonton

2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1 goal, 1 assist) - Edmonton

1. Alex Ovechkin (2 goals) - Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (OT) - (from Philadelphia) - The Flyers improved to 19-22-7 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 26-12-7. 

Goals:

PHI - Luke Schenn (2) - unassisted (13:11 1ST)
PIT - Chris Kunitz SHG (14) - unassisted (2:59 2ND)
PIT - Beau Bennett (3) - from Evgeni Malkin and Nick Spaling (2:01 3RD)
PHI - Chris VandeVelde (6) - from Michael Del Zotto and Vincent Lecavalier (4:02 3RD)
PHI - Claude Giroux PPG (16) - from Jakub Voracek and Mark Streit (3:57 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Ray Emery (33 saves on 35 shots: 8-9-1) LG - Thomas Greiss (37 saves on 40 shots: 4-2-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Chris Kunitz (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

2. Claude Giroux (1 goal, OT winner) - Philadelphia

1. Ray Emery (33 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Philadelphia

Montreal Canadiens 2, Nashville Predators 1 (OT) - (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 29-13-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 30-10-5. 

Goals:

NSH - Mike Ribeiro (10) - from Seth Jones and Filip Forsberg (12:10 2ND)
MTL - Alex Galchenyuk PPG (12) - from P.K. Subban and David Desharnais (2:02 3RD)
MTL - P.K. Subban PPG (11) - from Andrei Markov and Alex Galchenyuk (4:08 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (36 saves on 37 shots: 24-10-2) LG - Carter Hutton (25 saves on 27 shots: 1-4-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Carter Hutton (25 saves on 27 shots) - Nashville

2. Carey Price (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Montreal

1. P.K. Subban (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 5, Minnesota Wild 4 (SO) - (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 27-11-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 20-20-6. 

Goals:

DET - Teemu Pulkkinen (1) - from Stephen Weiss and Brendan Smith (9:09 1ST)
MIN - Mikko Koivu PPG (7) - from Ryan Suter (13:22 1ST)
DET - Jonathan Ericsson (2) - from Gustav Nyquist and Henrik Zetterberg (14:30 1ST)
DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (19) - from Niklas Kronwall and Henrik Zetterberg (3:41 2ND)
DET - Xavier Ouellet (2) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader (7:25 2ND)
MIN - Zach Parise PPG (18) - from Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek (6:01 3RD)
MIN - Thomas Vanek (9) - from Ryan Suter and Ryan Carter (10:01 3RD)
MIN - Zach Parise (19) - unassisted (13:21 3RD)
Shootout winner - Pavel Datsyuk (DET)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (34 saves on 38 shots: 9-3-1) LG - Darcy Kuemper (14 saves on 14 shots: 13-12-2) in relief of Devan Dubnyk (6 saves on 10 shots)

Three Stars:

3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

2. Zach Parise (2 goals) - Minnesota

1. Henrik Zetterberg (3 assists) - Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Vancouver Canucks 1 (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 30-14-4 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, dropping them to 26-16-3. 

Goals:

TBL - Valtteri Filppula (9) - from Steven Stamkos and Ryan Callahan (13:32 2ND)
TBL - Alex Killorn (10) - from Victor Hedman and Valtteri Filppula (0:11 3RD) *GWG*
TBL - Brian Boyle (9) - from Brett Connolly and Brenden Morrow (4:16 3RD)
VAN - Frank Corrado (1) - from Alex Burrows and Chris Higgins (8:09 3RD)
TBL - Alex Killorn EN (11) - from Cedric Paquette and Victor Hedman (17:34 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (27 saves on 28 shots: 24-7-2) LG - Ryan Miller (22 saves on 25 shots: 23-10-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Ben Bishop (27 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay

2. Alex Killorn (2 goals) - Tampa Bay

1. Valtteri Filppula (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

Chicago Blackhawks 6, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Chicago) - The Blackhawks improved to 29-15-2 on the season thanks to a 6-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 16-25-5.

Goals:

CHI - Jonathan Toews PPG (14) - from Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp (6:53 1ST)
CHI - Andrew Shaw (7) - from Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell (12:48 1ST) *GWG*
CHI - Patrick Kane (22) - from Brad Richards and Patrick Sharp (3:51 2ND)
CHI - Teuvo Teravainen (2) - from Bryan Bickell and Niklas Hjalmarsson (9:42 2ND)
ARI - Lucas Lessio (1) - from Sam Gagner and Keith Yandle (17:54 2ND)
CHI - Andrew Shaw (8) - from Duncan Keith (19:19 2ND)
CHI - David Runblad (2) - from Patrick Kane and Brad Richards (14:11 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Raanta (35 saves on 36 shots: 7-3-0) LG - Mike Smith (45 saves on 51 shots: 7-20-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Teuvo Teravainen (1 goal, 1 assist) - Chicago

2. Patrick Kane (1 goal, 2 assists) - Chicago

1. Andrew Shaw (2 goals, GWG) - Chicago

Boston Bruins 3, Dallas Stars 1 (from Dallas) - The Bruins improved to 25-16-6 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars, dropping them to 21-18-7.

Goals:

DAL - Vernon Fiddler (6) - from Jason Spezza and Jason Demers (6:46 2ND)
BOS - Loui Eriksson (11) - from Carl Soderberg and Chris Kelly (14:17 2ND)
BOS - Gregory Campbell (5) - from Craig Cunningham and Dougie Hamilton (18:27 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Dougie Hamilton PPG (8) - from Reilly Smith (7:41 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tuukka Rask (36 saves on 37 shots: 20-11-6) LG - Kari Lehtonen (24 saves on 27 shots: 19-10-7)

Three Stars:

3. Loui Eriksson (1 goal) - Boston

2. Dougie Hamilton (1 goal, 1 assist) - Boston

1. Tuukka Rask (36 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Boston

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Henrik Zetterberg - Zetterberg picked up 3 assists in the Red Wings 5-4 shootout win over the Wild.

2. P.K. Subban - Subban scored the OT winner and added an assist in the Canadiens 2-1 win over the Predators.

1. Andrew Shaw - Shaw scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Hawks 6-1 rout of the Coyotes.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Teemu Pulkkinen scored his 1st NHL goal for the Red Wings.
-Patrick Kane scored his 200th career goal.
-Lucas Lessio scored his 1st NHL goal for the Coyotes.

-Mike Smith has lost 20 games in a season for the 2nd straight year.
-5 of the 8 games tonight went to OT.
-Alex Ovechkin has 10 goals in 10 games in January.

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

Detroit Red Wings - 5 game winning streak
Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 4 game winning streak
Tampa Bay Lightning - 3 game winning streak
New York Rangers - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 11 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 6 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 5 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Alex Ovechkin shatters goal-cam on goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hw678yjj7s
-Teemu Pulkkinen 1st NHL goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS2M_dvgQ-M
-Carter Hutton pad save on Brendan Gallagher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZELiAj4QU
-Carl Hagelin OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akh0OfFvzAc
-Thomas Vanek goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6uJfJLvdiE
-P.K. Subban OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGu3GSzq7k
-Loui Eriksson goal/Carl Soderberg no-look pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uA9zMhkJnU
-Claude Giroux OT goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it0C3vcielU

What's up next - Wednesday January 21st: There are 6 NHL games on tap for Wednesday night:

1. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Ottawa Senators at 7:00 PM ET (In Ottawa)

2. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 8:00 PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

3. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Winnipeg Jets at 9:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

4. Boston Bruins vs. Colorado Avalanche at 10:00 PM ET (In Colorado)

5. Calgary Flames vs. Anaheim Ducks at 10:00 PM ET (In Anaheim)

6. Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

January 19th NHL Recap

New York Islanders 7, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (from New York) - The Islanders improved to 31-14-1 on the season thanks to a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 18-22-7.

Goals:

NYI - Michael Grabner (4) - from Nikolay Kulemin and Johnny Boychuk (1:32 1ST)

NYI - Nikolay Kulemin (10) - from Johnny Boychuk and Michael Grabner (8:06 1ST)

NYI - Nikolay Kulemin SHG (11) - unassisted (4:53 2ND)

PHI - Mark Streit PPG (7) - from Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek (9:07 2ND)

NYI - Josh Bailey (8) - from Nick Leddy and Ryan Strome (11:49 2ND)

PHI - Michael Del Zotto (3) - from Jakub Voracek and Brayden Schenn (15:12 2ND)

NYI - John Tavares PPG (21) - from Frans Nielsen (19:52 2ND) *GWG*

PHI - Claude Giroux (15) - unassisted (0:49 3RD)

NYI - Nick Leddy (7) - from John Tavares and Josh Bailey (5:45 3RD)

PHI - Chris VandeVelde (5) - from Luke Schenn (17:36 3RD)

NYI - Anders Lee EN (13) - unassisted (18:57 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Jaroslav Halak (25 saves on 29 shots: 25-9-0) LG - Ray Emery (18 saves on 20 shots: 7-9-1) in relief of Rob Zepp (16 saves on 20 shots) 

Three Stars:

3. Michael Grabner (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

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

1. Nikolay Kulemin (2 goals, 1 assist) - New York

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (from Toronto) - The Hurricanes improved to 16-25-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 22-22-3.

Goals:

CAR - Brad Malone (3) - from Patrick Dwyer and Jay McClement (7:06 1ST)

CAR - Elias Lindholm (9) - from Andrej Sekera (7:47 1ST) *GWG*

CAR - Eric Staal (14) - from Jordan Staal and Jiri Tlusty (0:48 2ND)

TOR - Nazem Kadri PPG (12) - from Morgan Rielly and Cody Franson (14:49 3RD)

CAR - Eric Staal EN (15) - from Jordan Staal and Victor Rask (18:26 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (34 saves on 35 shots: 5-8-2) LG - Jonathan Bernier (10 saves on 13 shots: 16-14-3), James Reimer (18 saves on 18 shots in relief of Bernier)

Three Stars:

3. Jordan Staal (2 assists) - Carolina

2. Anton Khudobin (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Carolina

1. Eric Staal (2 goals) - Carolina

Vancouver Canucks 2, Florida Panthers 1 (from Florida) - The Canucks improved to 26-15-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 20-14-10.

Goals:

VAN - Radim Vrbata (18) - from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin (3:25 1ST)

VAN - Bo Horvat (3) - from Jannik Hansen and Dan Hamhuis (8:03 1ST) *GWG*

FLA - Brandon Pirri (4) - from Dave Bolland (17:28 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Ryan Miller (23 saves on 24 shots: 23-9-1) LG - Roberto Luongo (21 saves on 23 shots: 17-10-8)

Three Stars:

3. Roberto Luongo (21 saves on 23 shots) - Florida

2. Radim Vrbata (1 goal) - Vancouver

1. Ryan Miller (23 saves on 24 shots for the win) - Vancouver

St. Louis Blues 3, Colorado Avalanche 1 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 29-13-4 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 19-18-10. 

Goals:

STL - Carl Gunnarsson (2) - from Jaden Schwartz and Paul Stastny (8:06 1ST)

COL - Matt Duchene (13) - unassisted (13:02 1ST)

STL - Jaden Schwartz PPG (16) - from Alex Steen (0:32 2ND) *GWG*

STL - T.J. Oshie (13) - from David Backes and Alex Steen (10:40 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (17 saves on 18 shots: 13-5-2) LG - Semyon Varlamov (27 saves on 30 shots: 11-10-6)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Duchene (1 goal) - Colorado

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

1. Jaden Schwartz (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - St. Louis

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Minnesota Wild 1 (from Minnesota) - The Blue Jackets improved to 20-21-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 20-20-5.

Goals:

CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (3) - from James Wisniewski and Kevin Connauton (7:57 1ST)

MIN - Zach Parise PPG (17) - from Mikko Koivu and Jason Pominville (18:43 1ST)

CBJ - James Wisniewski PPG (5) - from Nick Foligno and Scott Hartnell (5:35 3RD) *GWG*

CBJ - Scott Hartnell (10) - from James Wisniewski (16:57 3RD) 

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (25 saves on 26 shots: 16-14-2) LG - Devan Dubnyk (20 saves on 23 shots: 11-6-2)

Three Stars:

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

2. Sergei Bobrovsky (25 saves on 26 shots for the win) - Columbus

1. James Wisniewski (1 goal, 2 assists, GWG) - Columbus

Calgary Flames 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (OT) - (from Los Angeles) - The Flames improved to 25-18-3 on the season thanks to a 2-1 OT win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 20-15-11.

Goals:

LAK - Matt Greene (3) - from Dustin Brown and Trevor Lewis (10:23 3RD)

CGY - Sean Monahan (14) - unassisted (13:55 3RD)

CGY - Dennis Wideman (12) - from Kris Russell and Johnny Gaudreau (4:08 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Joni Ortio (33 saves on 34 shots: 4-0-0) LG - Jonathan Quick (21 saves on 23 shots: 16-11-10)

Three Stars:

3. Matt Greene (1 goal) - Los Angeles

2. Dennis Wideman (1 goal, OT winner) - Calgary

1. Joni Ortio (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Calgary

New Jersey Devils 5, San Jose Sharks 2 (from San Jose) - The Devils improved to 17-22-8 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 24-17-6.

Goals:

SJS - Joe Pavelski (23) - from Joe Thornton (3:59 1ST)

NJD - Jordin Tootoo (4) - from Tim Sestito and Jacob Josefson (15:29 1ST)

NJD - Steve Bernier (6) - from Scott Gomez (16:04 1ST)

SJS - Matt Nieto (4) - from Tyler Kennedy and Tomas Hertl (4:00 2ND)

NJD - Mike Cammalleri PPG (15) - from Adam Henrique and Scott Gomez (14:45 2ND) *GWG*

NJD - Travis Zajac (8) - from Adam Larsson and Martin Havlat (11:10 3RD)

NJD - Jacob Josefson SHG (2) - from Adam Henrique and Jon Merrill (14:32 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cory Schneider (34 saves on 36 shots: 16-19-4) LG - Alex Stalock (29 saves on 34 shots: 5-5-1)

Three Stars:

3. Adam Henrique (2 assists) - New Jersey

2. Jacob Josefson (1 goal, 1 assist) - New Jersey

1. Cory Schneider (34 saves on 36 shots for the win) - New Jersey

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Eric Staal - Staal scored 2 goals and fought Leafs Captain Dion Phaneuf in the Hurricanes 4-1 win over the Leafs.

2. James Wisniewski - Wisniewski scored the game-winning goal and added 2 assists in the Blue Jackets 3-1 win over the Wild.

1. Nikolay Kulemin - Kulemin scored 2 goals and added an assist in the Islanders 7-4 win over the Flyers.

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

Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game winning streak

Detroit Red Wings - 4 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 4 game winning streak

Vancouver Canucks - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 11 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 5 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 5 game losing streak

What's up next - Tuesday January 20th: There are 8 NHL games on tap for Tuesday night:

1. Ottawa Senators vs. New York Rangers at 7:00 PM ET (In New York)

2. Edmonton Oilers vs. Washington Capitals at 7:00 PM ET (In Washington)

3. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers at 7:30 PM ET (In Philadelphia) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. Nashville Predators vs. Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 PM ET (In Montreal)

5. Minnesota Wild vs. Detroit Red Wings at 7:30 PM ET (In Detroit)

6. Vancouver Canucks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 PM ET (In Tampa Bay)

7. Arizona Coyotes vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET (In Chicago)

8. Boston Bruins vs. Dallas Stars at 8:30 PM ET (In Dallas) 

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

January 18th NHL Recap

New York Rangers 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (from Pittsburgh) - The Rangers improved to 26-13-4 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropping them to 26-12-6.

Goals:

NYR - Rick Nash (27) - unassisted (0:26 1ST)

NYR - Derick Brassard (12) - from Kevin Klein and Mats Zuccarello (6:08 1ST)

PIT - Sidney Crosby PPG (15) - from David Perron and Kris Letang (15:08 1ST)

NYR - Rick Nash (28) - from Derick Brassard (2:39 2ND) *GWG*

NYR - Derek Stepan PPG (7) - from Martin St. Louis and Chris Kreider (5:34 2ND)

PIT - David Perron (10) - from Robert Bortuzzo and Kris Letang (4:16 3RD)

NYR - Derek Stepan (8) - from Chris Kreider and Martin St. Louis (6:15 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Henrik Lundqvist (32 saves on 34 shots: 22-9-3) LG - Marc-Andre Fleury (13 saves on 17 shots: 22-9-4), Thomas Greiss (13 saves on 14 shots in relief of Fleury)

Three Stars:

3. Derick Brassard (1 goal, 1 assist) - New York

2. Derek Stepan (2 goals) - New York

1. Rick Nash (2 goals, GWG) - New York

Dallas Stars 6, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (from Chicago) - The Stars improved to 21-17-7 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 28-15-2.

Goals:

DAL - Tyler Seguin (28) - from Colton Sceviour and Jamie Benn (6:33 1ST)

DAL - Cody Eakin SHG (8) - from Jamie Benn and Alex Goligoski (10:49 1ST)

CHI - Patrick Kane (21) - from Brent Seabrook and Bryan Bickell (12:22 1ST)

CHI - Brandon Saad PPG (14) - from Patrick Sharp and Brent Seabrook (17:00 1ST)

DAL - Vernon Fiddler (5) - from John Klingberg and Travis Moen (19:11 1ST)

CHI - Brandon Saad (15) - from Jonathan Toews and Niklas Hjalmarsson (7:13 2ND)

DAL - Cody Eakin PPG (9) - from Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn (2:58 3RD) *GWG*

DAL - Erik Cole (12) - from Jason Spezza and John Klingberg (10:59 3RD)

DAL - Shawn Horcoff EN (6) - from Alex Goligoski and Cody Eakin (19:00 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (38 saves on 41 shots: 19-9-7) LG - Corey Crawford (28 saves on 33 shots: 17-10-2)

Three Stars:

3. Jamie Benn (3 assists) - Dallas

2. Brandon Saad (2 goals) - Chicago

1. Cody Eakin (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Dallas

Winnipeg Jets 4, Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 25-14-8 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 16-24-5. 

Goals:

WPG - Bryan Little (18) - from Andrew Ladd (4:08 1ST)

ARI - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (12) - from Shane Doan and Martin Hanzal (7:36 1ST)

WPG - Michael Frolik (10) - unassisted(1:39 2ND)

WPG - Dustin Byfuglien (12) - from Mark Scheifele (9:36 3RD)

ARI - Lauri Korpikoski PPG (4) - from Michael Stone and Keith Yandle (13:21 3RD)

ARI - Tobias Rieder (6) - from Antoine Vermette and Shane Doan (16:10 3RD)

Shootout winner - Bryan Little (WPG)

Goalies:

WG - Ondrej Pavelec (28 saves on 31 shots: 12-10-6) LG - Mike Smith (27 saves on 30 shots: 7-19-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Dustin Byfuglien (1 goal) - Winnipeg

2. Shane Doan (2 assists) - Arizona

1. Bryan Little (1 goal, shootout winner) - Winnipeg

Detroit Red Wings 6, Buffalo Sabres 4 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 26-11-9 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-29-3 

Goals:

BUF - Drew Stafford (7) - from Cody Hodgson and Andrej Meszaros (1:46 1ST)

BUF - Tyler Ennis (11) - from Nikita Zadorov (10:21 1ST)

BUF - Chris Stewart PPG (6) - from Tyler Ennis and Nikita Zadorov (13:37 1ST)

DET - Gustav Nyquist PPG (18) - from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall (1:00 2ND) 

DET - Drew Miller (2) - from Joakim Andersson and Danny DeKeyser (4:07 2ND)

DET - Tomas Tatar (21) - unassisted (10:08 2ND)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg (12) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Tatar (1:59 3RD)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg PPG (13) - from Gustav Nyquist and Justin Abdelkader (5:05 3RD) *GWG*

BUF - Tyler Ennis (12) - from Matt Moulson (8:31 3RD)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg (14 - Hat Trick) - from Kyle Quincey and Danny DeKeyser (11:59 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Tom McCollum (7 saves on 8 shots: 1-0-0) in relief of Petr Mrazek (4 saves on 7 shots) LG - Jhonas Enroth (20 saves on 26 shots: 11-17-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

2. Tyler Ennis (2 goals, 1 assist) - Buffalo

1. Henrik Zetterberg (3 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Rick Nash - Nash scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) in the Rangers 5-2 win over the Penguins.

2. Cody Eakin - Eakin scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Stars 6-3 win over the Hawks.

1. Henrik Zetterberg - The Wings Captain scored his 1st hat trick of the season and added an assist in the Red Wings 6-4 win over the Sabres.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Rick Nash and Tyler Seguin both scored their NHL-leading 28th goal of the season.

-David Perron continued his hot start to his Penguins career with a goal and an assist. He now has 5 goals, 2 assists for 7 points in 6 games with the Penguins.

-Henrik Zetterberg scored his 6th career hat trick.

-Tom McCollum picked up his 1st NHL win for the Red Wings.

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

Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 4 game winning streak

Detroit Red Wings - 4 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 11 game losing streak

Arizona Coyotes - 5 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 4 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlights of the Night:

-Henrik Zetterberg hat trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnqeNTJe8PA

-Sidney Crosby goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFvd0G7T6VE

-Rick Nash goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tEBSrRTFoc

-David Perron goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCL8EzD32GY

-Tyler Seguin goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF7tAHX0T8s

-Brandon Saad goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_334suOIzlQ

-Bryan Little goal/Andrew Ladd pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntcwtdVg6ak

-Shawn Horcoff hit on Patrick Sharp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRaPKpaAZw

-Kari Lehtonen glove save on Marian Hossa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV3L5T5Bu9k

-Mike Smith pad save on Bryan Little: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sCYUklM92k

What's up next - Monday January 19th: There are 7 NHL games on tap for Monday night:

1. Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York Islanders at 1:00 PM ET (In New York)

2. Carolina Hurricanes vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at 7:30 PM ET (In Toronto)

3. Vancouver Canucks vs. Florida Panthers at 7:30 PM ET (In Florida)

4. Colorado Avalanche vs. St. Louis Blues at 8:00 PM ET (In St. Louis) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

5. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM ET (In Minnesota)

6. Calgary Flames vs. Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 PM ET (In Los Angeles)

7. New Jersey Devils vs. San Jose Sharks at 10:30 PM ET (In San Jose)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

January 17th NHL Recap

Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Boston Bruins 1 (from Boston) - The Blue Jackets improved to 19-21-3 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins, dropping them to 24-16-6.

Goals:

CBJ - Ryan Johansen PPG (17) - from Jack Johnson and Scott Hartnell (7:57 1ST)

BOS - Carl Soderberg (10) - from Loui Eriksson and Chris Kelly (11:34 1ST)

CBJ - Matt Calvert (5) - from Cam Atkinson and Brandon Dubinsky (16:57 3RD) *GWG*

CBJ - Matt Calvert EN (6) - from Ryan Johansen and James Wisniewski (19:22 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Curtis McElhinney (34 saves on 35 shots: 4-6-1) LG - Tuukka Rask (28 saves on 30 shots: 19-11-6)

Three Stars:

3. Tuukka Rask (28 saves on 30 shots) - Boston

2. Curtis McElhinney (34 saves on 35 shots for the win) - Columbus

1. Matt Calvert (2 goals, GWG) - Columbus

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (from Buffalo) - The Flyers improved to 18-21-7 on the season thanks to a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 14-29-3.

Goals:

BUF - Zemgus Girgensons (12) - from Chris Stewart and Brian Flynn (18:51 1ST)

PHI - R.J. Umberger PPG (8) - from Matt Read and Michael Del Zotto (3:51 2ND)

PHI - Mark Streit PPG (6) - from Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek (7:49 2ND)

BUF - Tyler Ennis (10) - from Matt Moulson and Rasmus Ristolainen (19:05 2ND)

PHI - Chris VandeVelde (4) - from Vincent Lecavalier and Carlo Colaiacovo (5:54 3RD)

PHI - Michael Raffl (12) - from Michael Del Zotto and Luke Schenn (8:39 3RD) *GWG*

BUF - Zemgus Girgensons PPG (13) - from Matt Moulson and Chris Stewart (18:51 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Rob Zepp (24 saves on 27 shots: 3-1-0) LG - Michal Neuvirth (28 saves on 32 shots: 3-13-1)

Three Stars:

3. Michael Del Zotto (2 assists) - Philadelphia

2. Michael Raffl (1 goal, GWG) - Philadelphia

1. Zemgus Girgensons (2 goals) - Buffalo

Montreal Canadiens 6, New York Islanders 4 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 28-13-3 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the New York Islanders, dropping them to 30-14-1. 

Goals:

MTL - P.K. Subban PPG (10) - from Andrei Markov and Tomas Plekanec (1:56 1ST)

MTL - Dale Weise (6) - from Tomas Plekanec and Max Pacioretty (0:10 2ND)

NYI - Kyle Okposo (14) - from John Tavares and Josh Bailey (10:52 2ND)

MTL - Tomas Plekanec PPG (12) - from Andrei Markov (14:16 2ND)

NYI - Nikolay Kulemin (9) - from Brock Nelson and Josh Bailey (16:19 2ND)

MTL - Alex Galchenyuk (11) - from Brendan Gallagher and David Desharnais (0:52 3RD)

MTL - David Desharnais (7) - unassisted (11:16 3RD) *GWG*

MTL - Tomas Plekanec (13) - from Andrei Markov (13:43 3RD)

NYI - Anders Lee (12) - from Ryan Strome (14:50 3RD)

NYI - John Tavares PPG (20) - from Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo (17:26 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Dustin Tokarski (27 saves on 31 shots: 5-3-1) LG - Jaroslav Halak (27 saves on 33 shots: 24-9-0), Chad Johnson (2 saves on shots in relief of Halak) 

Three Stars:

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

2. Andrei Markov (3 assists) - Montreal

1. Tomas Plekanec (2 goals, 2 assists) - Montreal

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (from Ottawa) - The Hurricanes improved to 15-25-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 18-18-8.

Goals:

CAR - Brad Malone (2) - from Patrick Dwyer and Jay McClement (19:28 1ST)

OTT - Cody Ceci (3) - from Erik Condra and David Legwand (4:19 2ND)

OTT - Mark Stone (11) - unassisted (1:00 3RD)

CAR - Justin Faulk (8) - from Nathan Gerbe and Victor Rask (2:21 3RD)

CAR - Nathan Gerbe (4) - from Justin Faulk and Tim Gleason (14:19 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Anton Khudobin (30 saves on 32 shots: 4-8-2) LG - Craig Anderson (25 saves on 28 shots: 12-11-6) 

Three Stars:

3. Anton Khudobin (30 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Carolina

2. Justin Faulk (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolia

1. Nathan Gerbe (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Carolina

Detroit Red Wings 5, Nashville Predators 2 (from Detroit) - The Red Wings improved to 25-11-9 on the season thanks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 30-10-4.

Goals:

DET - Gustav Nyquist (17) - from Riley Sheahan and Tomas Tatar (0:57 1ST)

DET - Kyle Quincey (3) - from Pavel Datsyuk (11:22 1ST)

DET - Tomas Tatar (19) - from Gustav Nyquist and Niklas Kronwall (12:32 1ST) *GWG*

NSH - Mattias Ekholm (5) - from Colin Wilson (18:38 1ST)

DET - Henrik Zetterberg PPG (11) - from Pavel Datsyuk and Niklas Kronwall (2:14 2ND)

DET - Tomas Tatar PPG (20) - from Riley Sheahan and Stephen Weiss (19:21 2ND)

NSH - Mike Fisher PPG (9) - from Roman Josi and Shea Weber (0:49 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Petr Mrazek (34 saves on 36 shots: 8-3-1) LG - Carter Hutton (1 save on 4 shots: 1-4-2), Marek Mazanec (18 saves on 20 shots in relief of Hutton) 

Three Stars:

3. Gustav Nyquist (1 goal, 1 assist) - Detroit

2. Pavel Datsyuk (2 assists) - Detroit

1. Tonas Tatar (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG) - Detroit

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (SO) - (from Tampa Bay) - The Lightning improved to 29-14-4 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 19-17-10. 

Goals:

TBL - Ryan Callahan PPG (15) - from Alex Killorn and Anton Stralman (1:58 1ST)

COL - Ryan O'Reilly (8) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Jan Hejda (0:51 2ND)

TBL - Anton Stralman (3) - from Valtteri Filppula (4:08 3RD)

COL - Nathan MacKinnon (9) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Erik Johnson (19:53 3RD)

Shootout winner - Ryan Callahan (TBL)

Goalies:

WG - Ben Bishop (40 saves on 42 shots: 23-7-2) LG - Semyon Varlamov (29 saves on 31 shots: 11-9-6) 

Three Stars:

3. Anton Stralman (1 goal, 1 assist) - Tampa Bay

2. Nathan MacKinnon (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

1. Ben Bishop (40 saves on 42 shots for the win) - Tampa Bay

Edmonton Oilers 3, Florida Panthers 2 (SO) - (from Florida) - The Oilers improved to 11-26-9 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 20-13-10.

Goals:

EDM - Jordan Eberle (12) - from Matt Fraser (3:35 2ND)

FLA - Erik Gudbranson (2) - from Jussi Jokinen and Nick Bjugstad (5:41 2ND)

FLA - Jonathan Huberdeau (8) - from Aleksander Barkov and Dmitry Kulikov (14:29 2ND)

EDM - Matt Hendricks SHG (6) - from Boyd Gordon and Mark Fayne (6:32 3RD)

Shootout winner - Nail Yakupov (EDM)

Goalies:

WG - Viktor Fasth (35 saves on 37 shots: 3-10-2) LG - Roberto Luongo (32 saves on 34 shots: 17-9-8)

Three Stars:

3. Jordan Eberle (1 goal) - Edmonton

2. Jonathan Huberdeau (1 goal) - Florida

1. Viktor Fasth (35 saves on 37 shots for the win) - Edmonton

St. Louis Blues 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 0 (from St. Louis) - The Blues improved to 28-13-4 on the season thanks to a 3-0 shutout of the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 22-21-3.

Goals:

STL - Kevin Shattenkirk (8) - from Ryan Reaves and Maxim Lapierre (16:40 1ST) *GWG*

STL - Alex Steen (15) - from David Backes and Alex Pietrangelo (1:38 3RD)

STL - T.J. Oshie (12) - from Alex Steen and David Backes (15:00 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Brian Elliott (27 saves on 27 shots: 12-5-2) LG - Jonathan Bernier (30 saves on 33 shots: 16-12-3)

Three Stars:

3. David Backes (2 assists) - St. Louis

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

1. Brian Elliott (27 saves on 27 shots for the shutout) - St. Louis

Dallas Stars 5, Washington Capitals 4 (from Dallas) - The Stars improved to 20-17-7 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 24-13-8 

Goals:

DAL - Tyler Seguin PPG (27) - from Jason Spezza and Cody Eakin (2:26 1ST)

DAL - Erik Cole (11) - from Jyrki Jokipakka and Ales Hemsky (18:18 1ST)

DAL - Jason Spezza (8) - from Erik Cole and Jyrki Jokipakka (4:13 2ND)

WSH - Eric Fehr (14) - from Joel Ward and Brooks Laich (5:30 2ND)

WSH - Andre Burakovsky (6) - from Matt Niskanen and John Carlson (16:06 2ND)

WSH - Alex Ovechkin (25) - from Nicklas Backstrom (0:21 3RD)

DAL - Antoine Roussel (11) - from Ryan Garbutt and John Klingberg (3:14 3RD)

DAL - Jamie Benn (13) - from Tyler Seguin and Colton Sceviour (3:30 3RD) *GWG*

WSH - Nicklas Backstrom (14) - from Alex Ovechkin and Karl Alzner (16:34 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Kari Lehtonen (28 saves on 32 shots: 18-9-7) LG - Justin Peters (21 saves on 26 shots: 2-4-1) 

Three Stars:

3. Jason Spezza (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

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

1. Erik Cole (1 goal, 1 assist) - Dallas

Minnesota Wild 3, Arizona Coyotes 1 (from Minnesota) - The Wild improved to 20-19-5 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes, dropping them to 16-24-4 

Goals:

MIN - Charlie Coyle (5) - from Nino Niederreiter and Christian Folin (13:35 1ST)

MIN - Jason Zucker (16) - from Justin Fontaine and Devan Dubnyk (8:41 2ND) *GWG*

ARI - Antoine Vermette PPG (11) - from David Moss and Keith Yandle (13:47 2ND)

MIN - Zach Parise EN (16) - from Mikko Koivu (19:06 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Devan Dubnyk (25 saves on 26 shots: 11-5-2) LG - Mike Smith (30 saves on 32 shots: 7-19-2) 

Three Stars:

3. Jason Zucker (1 goal, GWG) - Minnesota

2. Charlie Coyle (1 goal) - Minnesota

1. Devan Dubnyk (25 saves on 26 shots for the win, 1 assist) - Minnesota

Anaheim Ducks 3, Los Angeles Kings 2 (SO) - (from Los Angeles) - The Ducks improved to 30-10-6 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings, dropping them to 20-14-11.

Goals:

LAK - Alec Martinez (5) - from Jeff Schultz and Kyle Clifford (8:54 2ND)

ANA - Ryan Getzlaf (14) - from Pat Maroon and Corey Perry (14:19 2ND)

LAK - Anze Kopitar PPG (11) - from Marian Gaborik and Jake Muzzin (18:27 2ND)

ANA - Sami Vatanen PPG (10) - from Cam Fowler and Pat Maroon (12:52 3RD)

Shootout winner - Jakob Silfverberg (ANA)

Goalies:

WG - Frederik Andersen (26 saves on 28 shots: 25-6-5) LG - Jonathan Quick (29 saves on 31 shots: 16-11-9)

Three Stars:

3. Pat Maroon (2 assists) - Anaheim

2. Alec Martinez (1 goal) - Los Angeles

1. Frederik Andersen (26 saves on 28 shots for the win) - Anaheim

Calgary Flames 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT) - (from San Jose) - The Flames improved to 24-18-3 on the season thanks to a 4-3 OT win over the San Jose Sharks, dropping them to 24-16-6.

Goals:

CGY - Dennis Wideman (11) - from Joe Colborne and Mason Raymond (0:40 1ST) 

CGY - Joe Colborne SHG (4) - from Matt Stajan (5:59 1ST)

SJS - Logan Couture (16) - from Patrick Marleau and Justin Braun (0:12 2ND)

SJS - Joe Thornton PPG (10) - from Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau (2:40 2ND)

SJS - Melker Karlsson (7) - from Joe Pavelski and Justin Braun (9:00 2ND)

CGY - Jiri Hudler (14) - from Mikael Backlund and Mark Giordano (11:32 2ND)

CGY - Sean Monahan (13) - from Mark Giordano and Paul Byron (0:24 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Jono Ortio (19 saves on 22 shots: 3-0-0) LG - Antti Niemi (19 saves on 23 shots: 18-11-5)

Three Stars:

3. Mark Giordano (2 assists) - Calgary

2. Logan Couture (1 goal) - San Jose

1. Joe Colborne (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Brian Elliott - Elliott stopped all 27 shots he faced for the shutout in the Blues 3-0 win over the Leafs.

2. Tomas Tatar - Tatar scored 2 goals (including the game-winner) and added an assist in the Red Wings 5-2 win over the Predators.

1. Tomas Plekanec - Plekanec scored 2 goals and added 2 assists in the Canadiens 6-4 win over the Islanderes.

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

Anaheim Ducks - 4 game winning streak

Winnipeg Jets - 3 game winning streak

Detroit Red Wings - 3 game winning streak

Calgary Flames - 3 game winning streak

Buffalo Sabres - 10 game losing streak

Toronto Maple Leafs - 4 game losing streak
Arizona Coyotes - 4 game losing streak

What's up next - Sunday January 18th: There are 4 NHL games on tap for Sunday:

1. New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at 12:30 PM ET (In Pittsburgh) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

2. Dallas Stars vs. Chicago Blackhawks at 6:00 PM ET (In Chicago)

3. Arizona Coyotes vs. Winnipeg Jets at 7:00 PM ET (In Winnipeg)

4. Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red Wings at 8:00 PM ET (In Detroit)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff