NHL Week 24 Recap

Game Recaps

Sunday 3/19

• Ottawa 1 - Montreal 4
• Ottawa - Tom Pyatt 1 (7); L - Craig Anderson (21-8-2)
• Montreal - Nathan Beaulieu 1 (3), Jordie Benn 1 (4), Paul Byron 1 (20), Thomas Plekanec 1 (8);                                   W - Carey Price (32-17-5)
• Los Angeles 2 - Calgary 5
• Los Angeles - Nic Dowd 1 (5), Anze Kopitar 1 (10);               L - Ben Bishop (16-14-5)
• Calgary - Johnny Gaudreau 1 (16), Mark Giordano 1 (12), Sean Monahan 1 (23), Michael Stone 1 (3), Kris Versteeg 1 (13); W - Brian Elliott (23-13-3)

Monday 3/20

• Boston 2 - Toronto 4
• Boston - David Backes 1 (16), Dominic Moore 1 (11);              L - Tuukka Rask (33-18-4)
• Toronto - Tyler Bozak 1 (17), Nazem Kadri 1 (29), William Nylander 1 (19), Morgan Rielly 1 (6);                                     W - Frederik Andersen (29-15-14)
• Los Angeles 0 - Edmonton 2
• Los Angeles - None; L - Jonathan Quick (5-2-1)
• Edmonton - Milan Lucic 1 (17), Patrick Maroon 1 (25);           W - Cam Talbot (37-20-8)

Tuesday 3/21

• Ottawa 3 - Boston 2
• Ottawa - Tom Pyatt 1 (8), Kyle Turris 2 (24,25); W - Craig Anderson (22-9-2)
• Boston - David Krejci 1 (21), Torey Krug 1 (7); L - Tuukka Rask (33-19-4)
• Calgary 2 - Washington 4
• Calgary - Troy Brouwer 1 (11), Sean Monahan 1 (24); L - Brian Elliott (23-14-3)
• Washington - Evgeni Kuznetsov 1 (17), T.J. Oshie 1 (30), Alex Ovechkin 1 (29), Kevin Shattenkirk 1 (12); W - Braden Holtby (37-11-6)
• San Jose 2 - Minnesota 3
• San Jose - Patrick Marleau 1 (25), David Schlemko 1 (3); L - Martin Jones (32-19-6)
• Minnesota - Charlie Coyle 1 (17), Matt Dumba 1 (10), Martin Hanzal 1 (17); W - Devan Dubnyk (37-18-3)

Wednesday 3/22

• Toronto 5 - Columbus 2
• Toronto - Nazem Kadri 1 (30), Leo Komarov 1 (12), Auston Matthews 1 (33), William Nylander 1 (20), Nikita Zaitsev 1 (4); W - Frederik Andersen (29-15-14)
• Columbus - Brandon Saad 1 (21), David Savard 1 (6);           L - Joonas Korpisalo (6-3-0)
• New York Islanders 3 - New York Rangers 2
• Islanders - Nikolai Kulemin 1 (12), Andrew Ladd 1 (20), Anders Lee 1 (27); W - Thomas Greiss (24-16-5)
• Rangers - Rick Nash 1 (20), Mats Zuccarello 1 (15);              L - Antti Raanta (15-7-2)
• Edmonton 3 - Anaheim 4
• Edmonton - Leon Draisaitl 1 (25), Connor McDavid 1 (26), Mark Letestu 1 (15); L - Cam Talbot (37-21-8)
• Anaheim - Patrick Eaves 1 (25), Hampus Lindholm 1 (6), Josh Manson 1 (4), Rickard Rakell 1 (32);                           W - Jonathan Bernier (16-7-3)

Thursday 3/23

• Pittsburgh 1 - Ottawa 2 SO
• Pittsburgh - Nick Bonino 1 (16); OTL - Matt Murray (28-9-3)
• Ottawa - Mike Hoffman 1 (22); W - Mike Condon (18-12-6)
• Tampa Bay 6 - Boston 3
• Tampa Bay - Jonathan Drouin 1 (18), Nikita Kucherov 3 (35,36,37), Braydon Point 1 (13), Anton Stralman 1 (3);            W - Peter Budaj (28-21-3)
• Boston - Zdeno Chara 1 (8), Riley Nash 1 (5), David Pastrnak 1 (32); L - Tuukka Rask (33-19-4)
• Columbus 1 - Washington 2 SO
• Columbus - Seth Jones 1 (11);                                            OTL - Sergei Bobrovsky (39-13-4)
• Washington - Dmitry Orlov 1 (6); W - Braden Holtby (37-11-6)
• Calgary 1 - Nashville 3
• Calgary - Dougie Hamilton 1 (12); L - Chad Johnson (18-15-1)
• Nashville - Ryan Ellis 1 (15), Calle Jarnkrok 1 (15), Colton Sissons 1 (6); W - Pekka Rinne (29-16-8)

Friday 3/24

• New York Islanders 4 - Pittsburgh 3 SO
• New York - Casey Cizikas 1 (8), Anders Lee 1 (28), Brock Nelson 1 (17); W - Jaroslav Halak (7-8-5)
• Pittsburgh - Sidney Crosby 1 (42), Matt Cullen 1 (11), Cameron Gaunce 1 (1); OTL - Marc-Andre Fleury (18-8-7)

Saturday 3/25

• Ottawa 1 - Montreal 3
• Ottawa - Jean-Gabriel Pageau 1 (10);                                    L - Craig Anderson (22-9-2)
• Montreal - Andrei Markov 2 (5,6), Shea Weber 1 (17);             W - Carey Price (33-18-5)
• Boston 2 - New York Islanders 1
• Boston - Riley Nash 2 (6,7); W - Anton Khudobin (5-5-1)
• New York - John Tavares 1 (28); L - Thomas Greiss (25-16-5)
• Calgary 3 - St. Louis 2 OT
• Calgary - Matt Bartkowski 1 (1), Troy Brouwer 1 (12), Sean Monahan 1 (25); Brian Elliott (23-14-3)
• St. Louis - Ivan Barbashev 1 (4), Jaden Schwartz 1 (18);       OTL - Jake Allen (29-19-3)
• San Jose 2 - Nashville 7
• San Jose - Justin Braun 1 (4), Patrick Marleau 1 (26);             L - Martin Jones (32-19-6)
• Nashville - Viktor Arvidsson 1 (28), Cody McLeod 1 (5), James Neal 2 (22,23), Colton Sissons 2 (7,8), P.K. Subban 1 (9); W - Pekka Rinne (29-16-8)
• New York Rangers 3 - Los Angeles 0
• New York - Ryan McDonagh 1 (6), Derek Stepan 1 (14), Rick Nash 1 (21); W - Antti Raanta (16-8-2)
• Los Angeles - None; L - Jonathan Quick (5-3-1)

Hat Tricks from the Week

• Sunday 3/19
• Sidney Crosby, PIT vs FLA (38,39,40)
• Thursday 3/23
• Nikita Kucherov, TB vs BOS (35,36,37)
• Friday 3/24
• Adam Cracknell, DAL vs SJ (8,9,10)
• Saturday 3/25
• Jonathan Marchessault, FLA vs CHI (26,27,28)

Current Standings

Metropolitan Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
X Washington Capitals	3-0-0	49-17-8	106
X Columbus Blue Jackets	2-1-1	48-19-7	103
X Pittsburgh Penguins	2-0-2	46-17-11	103
New York Rangers	1-1-1	46-25-4	96
New York Islanders	2-1-0	35-27-12	82
Carolina Hurricanes	3-0-1	33-27-12	79
Philadelphia Flyers	2-2-0	34-32-8	76
New Jersey Devils	1-3-0	27-35-12	66

Atlantic Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Montreal Canadiens	2-1-1	42-24-9	93
Ottawa Senators	2-2-0	41-25-8	90
Toronto Maple Leafs	3-1-0	35-24-15	85
Boston Bruins	1-3-0	39-30-6	84
Tampa Bay Lightning	2-1-0	36-29-9	81
Florida Panthers	2-2-0	33-30-11	77
Buffalo Sabres	2-1-0	31-32-12	74
Detroit Red Wings	1-1-1	29-32-12	70

Central Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
X Chicago Blackhawks	2-1-1	48-21-6	102
X Minnesota Wild	1-2-0	44-23-6	94
Nashville Predators	3-0-0	38-25-11	87
St. Louis Blues	2-0-1	40-28-6	86
Winnipeg Jets	2-2-0	33-35-7	73
Dallas Stars	2-0-1	30-33-11	71
Colorado Avalanche	0-3-1	20-51-3	43

Pacific Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Anaheim Ducks	2-0-0	40-23-11	91
San Jose Sharks	0-4-0	42-26-7	91
Edmonton Oilers	3-1-0	41-25-9	91
Calgary Flames	2-2-0	42-29-4	88
Los Angeles Kings	1-3-0	35-32-7	77
Vancouver Canucks	1-1-0	29-35-9	67
Arizona Coyotes	1-3-0	27-39-9	63

Stat Leaders

Goals

• Sidney Crosby, PIT - 42
• Nikita Kucherov, TB - 38
• Brad Marchand, BOS - 37

Assists

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 62
• Niklas Backstrom, WSH - 57
• Erik Karlsson, OTT - 53

Points

• Connor McDavid, EDM- 88
• Sidney Crosby, PIT - 82
• Patrick Kane, CHI - 81

Save Percentage

• Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ - .934
• 4 goaltenders tied with .927

Goals Against Average (GAA)

• Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ - 1.99
• Braden Holtby, WSH - 2.01
• Peter Budaj, TB - 2.17
• Devan Dubnyk, MIN - 2.17

Wins

• Sergei Bobrovsky, CJB - 40
• Braden Holtby, WSH - 39
• Cam Talbot, EDM - 37
• Devan Dubnyk, MIN - 37

Headlines from the Week

• Chicago, Washington, Columbus, Minnesota, and Pittsburgh all clinched playoff berths
• Flames' forward Matthew Tkachuk was suspended 2 games for elbowing Los Angeles' Drew Doughty
• Sabres' defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen was suspended 3 games for interfering against Pittsburgh's Jake Guentzel
• Maple Leafs' defenseman Roman Polak was suspended 3 games for boarding Columbus' Oliver Bjorkstrand

A Look at the Week Ahead

Sunday 3/26

• Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh
• New York Rangers @ Anaheim

Monday 3/27

• Nashville @ New York Islanders
• Chicago @ Tampa Bay

Tuesday 3/28

• Nashville @ Boston
• Florida @ Toronto
• Washington @ Minnesota
• Los Angeles @ Edmonton
• New York Rangers @ San Jose

Wednesday 3/29

• Chicago @ Pittsburgh
• Los Angeles @ Calgary

Thursday 3/30

• Florida @ Montreal
• Toronto @ Nashville
• Ottawa @ Minnesota
• San Jose @ Edmonton

Friday 3/31

• Pittsburgh @ New York Rangers
• Columbus @ Chicago
• San Jose @ Calgary

Saturday 4/1

• Florida @ Boston
• Minnesota @ Nashville
• Montreal @ Tampa Bay
• Anaheim @ Edmonton

*All stats and information came from NHL.com, TSN.ca, and ESPN.com