NHL Week 20 Recap

Game Recaps

Sunday 2/19

• Washington 1 - New York Rangers 2
• Washington - Alexander Ovechkin 1 (27);                                   L - Philipp Grubauer (10-3-2)
• New York - Ryan McDonagh 1 (3), Mats Zuccarello 1 (12);     W - Henrik Lundqvist (26-14-1)
• Nashville 4 - Columbus 3
• Nashville - Mattias Ekholm 1 (3), Ryan Ellis 1 (9), Kevin Fiala 1 (7), Calle Jarnkrok 1 (12); W - Jussi Saros (5-5-2)
• Columbus - Oliver Bjorkstrand 1 (2), Brandon Saad 1 (18), Zach Werenski 1 (9);  L - Sergei Bobrovsky (31-12-3)
• Boston 2 - San Jose 1 OT
• Boston - Brad Marchand 1 (25), Ryan Spooner 1 (9); W - Tuukka Rask (28-13-4)
• San Jose - Patrick Marleau 1 (21); L - Martin Jones (28-15-6)
• Los Angeles 0 - Anaheim 1
• Los Angeles - None; L - Peter Budaj (26-19-3)
• Anaheim - Josh Manson 1 (2); W - John Gibson (23-15-8)

Monday 2/20

• Florida 2 - St. Louis 1
• Florida - Jonathan Marchessault 1 (17), Vincent Trocheck 1 (21); W - James Reimer (12-6-4)
• St. Louis - Kyle Brodziak 1 (7); L - Jake Allen (22-16-3)

Tuesday 2/21

• Montreal 3 - New York Rangers 2 SO
• Montreal - Andrew Shaw 1 (8), Shea Weber 1 (14);                  W - Carey Price (25-15-5)
• New York - Oscar Lindberg 1 (3), Rick Nash 1 (17);                 L - Henrik Lundqvist (27-14-2)
• Calgary 6 - Nashville 5 OT
• Calgary - Mikael Backlund 2 (16,17), Michael Ferland 2 (9,10), Mark Giordano 1 (9), Dougie Hamilton 1 (9);                   W - Brian Elliott (13-13-3)
• Nashville - Filip Forsberg 3 (17,18,19), P.K. Subban 1 (8), Colin Wilson 1 (9);  L - Jusse Saros (6-5-3)
• Chicago 5 - Minnesota 3
• Chicago - Richard Panik 1 (16), Nick Schmaltz 1 (5), Jonathan Toews 3 (13,14,15); W - Corey Crawford (23-13-3)
• Minnesota - Mikael Granlund 2 (18,19), Zach Parise 1 (14);      L - Devan Dubnyk (32-11-3)

Wednesday 2/22

• Edmonton 4 - Florida 3
• Edmonton - Zack Kassian 1 (5), Oscar Klefbom 1 (11), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1 (13), Kris Russell 1 (1); W - Cam Talbot (31-16-7)
• Florida - Aleksander Barkov 1 (15), Jonathan Marchessault 1 (18), Colton Sceviour 1 (8); L - James Reimer (12-7-4)
• Washington 4 - Philadelphia 1
• Washington - Nicklas Backstrom 1 (18), Evgeni Kuznetsov 2 (13,14), T.J. Oshie 1 (24);   W - Braden Holtby (30-8-5)
• Philadelphia - Brayden Schenn 1 (19); L - Michal Neuvirth (10-8-1)
• Boston 3 - Anaheim 5
• Boston - Brandon Carlo 1 (5), Zdeno Chara 1 (6), Frank Vatrano 1 (9); L - Tuukka Rask (28-14-4)
• Anaheim - Andrew Cogliano 1 (13), Ondrej Kase 1 (5), Josh Manson 1 (3), Rickard Rakell 2 (23,24);                              W - Jonathan Bernier (9-5-2)

Thursday 2/23

• New York Rangers 2 - Toronto 1 SO
• New York - J.T. Miller 1 (19); W - Henrik Lundqvist (28-14-2)
• Toronto - Connor Brown 1 (8); L - Frederik Andersen (24-13-11)
• New York Islanders 3 - Montreal 0
• New York - Anthony Beauvillier 1 (6), Anders Lee 1 (23), John Tavares 1 (23); W - Thomas Greiss (20-11-3)
• Montreal - None; L - Carey Price (25-16-5)
• Boston 4 - Los Angeles 1
• Boston - David Krejci 1 (15), Brad Marchand 1 (26), Dominic Moore 1 (9), David Pastrnak 1 (26); W - Anton Khudobin (3-5-1)
• Los Angeles - Kevin Gravel 1 (1); L - Peter Budaj (27-20-3)

Friday 2/24

• Edmonton 1 - Washington 2
• Edmonton - Leon Draisaitl 1 (23); L - Cam Talbot (31-17-7)
• Washington - Justin Williams 1 (10), Tom Wilson 1 (5); W - Braden Holtby (31-8-5)
• Calgary 4 - Florida 2
• Calgary - Mikael Backlund 1 (19), Sam Bennett 1 (11), Troy Brouwer 1 (10),  Deryk Engelland 1 (3); W - Chad Johnson (18-13-1)
• Florida - Aleksander Barkov 1 (16), Nick Bjustad 1 (5); L - Roberto Luongo (16-15-6)

Saturday 2/25

• Philadelphia 2 - Pittsburgh 4
• Philadelphia - Shayne Gostisbehere 1 (5), Jakub Voracek 1 (16);  L - Michal Neuvirth (10-8-1)
• Pittsburgh - Nick Bonino 1 (9), Sidney Crosby 1 (34), Matt Cullen 1 (10), Chad Ruhwedel 1 (2); W - Matt Murray (22-7-3)
• Anaheim 1 - Los Angeles 4
• Anaheim - Andrew Cogliano 1 (14); L - Jonathan Bernier (9-5-2)
• Los Angeles - Dustin Brown 1 (10), Jeff Carter 1 (30), Tyler Toffoli 2 (11,12); W - Jonathan Quick (1-0-0)
• Washington 2 - Nashville 5
• Washington - Evgeny Kuznetsov 1 (15), Tom Wilson 1 (5); L - Philipp Grubauer (10-4-2)
• Nashville - Viktor Arvidsson 1 (20), Mike Fisher 1 (15), Filip Forsberg 1 (23), Roman Josi 2 (10,11); W - Juuse Saros (6-5-3)
• Montreal 3 - Toronto 2 OT
• Montreal - Alex Galchenyuk 1 (13), Max Pacioretty 1 (29), Andrew Shaw 1 (9); W - Carey Price (25-16-5)
• Toronto - Auston Matthews 2 (29,30); L - Frederik Andersen (24-13-11)

Hat Tricks From the Week

• Tuesday 2/21
• Filip Forsberg, NSH vs CGY (17,18,19)
• Jonathan Toews, CHI vs MIN (13,14,15)
• Thursday 2/23
• Filip Forsberg, NSH vs COL (20,21,22)
• Patrick Kane, CHI vs ARI (21,22,23)

Current Standings

Metropolitan Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Washington Capitals	2-2-0	41-13-7	89
Pittsburgh Penguins	2-1-0	38-14-8	84
New York Rangers	3-0-1	40-19-2	82
Columbus Blue Jackets	1-1-0	38-16-5	81
New York Islanders	3-1-0	29-22-10	68
Philadelphia Flyers	1-2-0	28-26-7	63
New Jersey Devils	0-2-1	25-25-11	61
Carolina Hurricanes	1-2-0	25-24-8	58

Atlantic Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Montreal Canadiens	2-1-0	33-21-8	74
Ottawa Senators	1-2-0	31-24-6	70
Toronto Maple Leafs	2-0-1	28-20-13	69
Boston Bruins	2-1-0	31-24-6	68
Florida Panthers	1-2-0	28-22-10	66
Tampa Bay Lightning	2-1-0	27-25-8	62
Buffalo Sabres	0-2-0	26-25-10	62
Detroit Red Wings	1-1-0	24-26-10	58

Central Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Minnesota Wild	0-1-0	39-14-6	84
Chicago Blackhawks	3-0-0	38-18-5	81
Nashville Predators	3-0-1	30-22-9	69
St. Louis Blues	0-1-0	31-24-5	67
Winnipeg Jets	1-0-1	28-29-6	62
Dallas Stars	1-0-0	24-27-10	58
Colorado Avalanche	1-2-1	17-40-3	37

Pacific Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
San Jose Sharks	1-0-1	36-18-7	79
Edmonton Oilers	1-2-0	33-21-8	74
Anaheim Ducks	2-2-0	32-21-10	74
Calgary Flames	3-0-0	32-26-4	68
Los Angeles Kings	2-2-0	30-27-4	64
Vancouver Canucks	0-2-0	26-29-6	58
Arizona Coyotes	1-2-0	21-32-7	49

Headlines From the Week

• Arizona traded defenseman Michael Stone to Calgary for a 2017 3rd round pick and a conditional 5th round pick in 2018
• Dallas traded winger Patrick Eaves to Anaheim for a conditional 2017 2nd round pick
• Carolina traded defenseman Ron Hainsey to Pittsburgh for prospect Danny Kristo and a 2017 2nd round pick
• Detroit traded winger Tomas Jurco to Chicago for a 2017 3rd round pick

Stat Leaders

Goals

• Sidney Crosby, PIT - 34
• Jeff Carter, LA - 30
• Auston Matthews, TOR - 30
• Patrik Laine, WPG - 30

Assists

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 49
• Nicklas Backstrom, WSH - 45
• Erik Karlsson, OTT - 42

Points

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 69
• Sidney Crosby, PIT - 67
• Brent Burns, SJ - 65

Goals Against Average (GAA)

• Braden Holtby, WSH - 1.97
• Devan Dubnyk, MIN - 2.01
• Peter Budaj, LA - 2.12

Save Percentage

• Devan Dubnyk, MIN - .933
• Braden Holtby, WSH - .928
• Scott Darling, CHI - .928

Wins

• Devan Dubnyk, MIN - 32
• Cam Talbot, EDM - 31
• Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ - 31
• Braden Holtby, WSH - 31

A Look at the Week Ahead

Sunday 2/26

• Columbus @ New York Rangers
• Edmonton @ Nashville
• Ottawa @ Florida
• St. Louis @ Chicago

Monday 2/27

• Ottawa @ Tampa Bay
• Los Angeles @ Minnesota

Tuesday 2/28

• Washington @ New York Rangers
• Columbus @ Montreal
• Edmonton @ St. Louis
• Los Angeles @ Calgary
• Toronto @ San Jose

Wednesday 3/1

• Pittsburgh @ Chicago

Thursday 3/2

• New York Rangers @ Boston
• Florida @ Philadelphia
• Minnesota @ Columbus
• Nashville @ Montreal
• Toronto @ Los Angeles

Friday 3/3

• Tampa Bay @ Pittsburgh
• New York Islanders @ Chicago
• Toronto @ Anaheim

Saturday 3/4

• Columbus @ Ottawa
• Montreal @ New York Rangers
• Philadelphia @ Washington
• Chicago @ Nashville

Bye Weeks

• Anaheim: 2/26-3/2

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