Week 18 NHL Recap

Game Recaps

Sunday 2/5

• Los Angeles 0 - Washington 5
• Los Angeles - None; L - Peter Budaj (25-15-3)
• Washington - Lars Eller 1 (9), Marcus Johansson 1 (16), Brett Connolly 1 (10),               T.J. Oshie 1 (20), Justin Williams 1 (18); W - Philipp Grubauer (10-3-2)
• Edmonton 1 - Montreal 0 SO
• Edmonton - None; W - Cam Talbot (27-15-7)
• Montreal - None: L - Al Montoya (7-4-3)
• Calgary 3 - New York Rangers 4
• Calgary - Dougie Hamilton 1 (8), Troy Brouwer 1 (9), Matthew Tkachuk 1 (10);                 L - Brian Elliott (11-13-2)
• New York - Rick Nash 1 (15), Michael Grabner 1 (23), Chris Kreider 1 (21),               Jesper Fast 1 (4); W - Henrik Lundqvist (23-13-1)

Monday 2/6

• St. Louis 2 - Philadelphia 0 
• St. Louis - Paul Stastny 1 (15), Kenny Agostino 1 (1); W - Carter Hutton (8-7-1)
• Philadelphia - None; L - Michal Neuvirth (8-5-1)

Tuesday 2/7

• Anaheim 1 - New York Rangers 4
• Anaheim - Jakob Silfverberg 1 (16); L - John Gibson (20-13-8)
• New York - Oscar Lindberg 1 (2), Mats Zuccarello1 (11), Michael Grabner 2 (24,25);      W - Henrik Lundqvist (24-13-1)
• Calgary 3 - Pittsburgh 2 SO
• Calgary - Michael Ferland 1 (8), Michael Frolik 1 (13); W - Chad Johnson (17-12-1)
• Pittsburgh - Chris Kunitz 1 (7), Jake Guentzel 1 (5); L - Matt Murray (19-6-2)
• Carolina 0 - Washington 5
• Carolina - None; L - Eddie Lack (1-3-1)
• Washington - Alex Ovechkin 1 (26), Brett Connolly 1 (11), Lars Eller 1 (10),            Evegni Kuznetsov 1 (12), Marcus Johansson 1 (17); W - Braden Holtby (27-8-4)
• St. Louis 6 - Ottawa 0
• St. Louis - Magnus Paajarvi 1 (2), Vladimir Tarasenko 2 (24,25), Patrik Berglund 1 (13), Alexander Steen 1 (11), Ivan Barbashev 1 (1); W - Jake Allen (19-14-3)
• Ottawa - None; L - Andrew Hammond (0-2-0)

Wednesday 2/8

• Chicago 4 - Minnesota 3 OT
• Chicago - Ryan Hartman 1 (13), Nick Schmaltz 1 (4), Richard Panik 1 (12),           Jonathan Toews 1 (11); W - Corey Crawford (21-12-3)
• Minnesota - Jared Spurgeon 1 (7), Zach Parise 1 (11), Erik Haula 1 (11);                              L - Darcy Kuemper (6-3-3)

Thursday 2/9

• San Jose 3 - Boston 6
• San Jose - Joe Thornton 1 (4), Justin Braun 1 (3), Timo Meier 1 (3); L - Aaron Dell (6-3-0)
• Boston - David Backes 1 (12), Patrice Bergeron 1 (14), David Pastrnak 2 (23,24),           Tim Schaller 1 (7), Brad Marchand 1 (24); W - Tuukka Rask (26-13-4)
• Nashville 3 - New York Rangers 4
• Nashville - Cody McLeod 1 (4), Calle Jarnkrok 1 (10), Roman Josi 1 (6);                            L - Juuse Saros (5-4-2)
• New York - Michael Grabner 1 (26), J.T. Miller 2 (17,18), Chris Kreider 1 (22);                 W - Henrik Lundqvist (25-13-1)
• New York Islanders 3 - Philadelphia 1
• New York - Anders Lee 1 (19), Jason Chimera 1 (12), Casey Cizikas 1 (6);                         W - Thomas Greiss (17-8-3)
• Philadelphia - Wayne Simmonds 1 (22); L - Steve Mason (16-17-6)
• St. Louis 2 - Toronto 1 OT
• St. Louis - Patrik Berglund 1 (14), Vladimir Tarasenko 1 (26); W - Jake Allen (20-14-3)
• Toronto - Morgan Reilly 1 (2); L - Frederik Andersen (22-11-10)
• Los Angeles 6 - Florida 3
• Los Angeles - Dustin Brown 1 (8), Jeff Carter 2 (28,29), Tyler Toffoli 1 (9),               Tanner Pearson 1 (16), Dwight King 1 (7); W - Peter Budaj (26-16-3)
• Florida - Jussi Jokinen 1 (6), Jonathan Marchessault 1 (16), Aleksander Barkov 1 (10);       L - Roberto Luongo (14-14-6)

Saturday 2/11

• New York Islanders 0 - Ottawa 3
• New York - None; L - Thomas Greiss (17-8-3)
• Ottawa - Mark Stone 1 (20), Zack Smith 1 (13), Jean-Gabriel Pageau 1 (6);                       W - Craig Anderson (12-6-1)
• San Jose 1 - Philadelphia 2 OT
• San Jose - Patrick Marleau 1 (20); L - Aaron Dell (6-3-0)
• Philadelphia - Ivan Provorov 1 (5), Wayne Simmonds 1 (23); W - Michal Neuvirth (8-5-1)
• Florida 7 - Nashville 4
• Florida - Jaromir Jagr 1 (10), Jussi Jokinen 1 (7), Nick Bjustad 1 (2),                         Vincent Trocheck 2 (19,20), Aleksander Barkov 1 (11), Jonathan Huberdeau 1 (2);               W - Roberto Luongo (14-14-6)
• Nashville - Roman Josi 1 (7), Viktor Arvidsson 3 (16,17,18); L - Jusse Saros (5-4-2)
• St. Louis 4 - Montreal 2
• St. Louis - Patrik Berglund 3 (15,16,17), David Perron 1 (12); W - Jake Allen (20-14-3)
• Montreal - Shea Weber 1 (13), Max Pacioretty 1 (28); L - Al Montoya (7-4-3)
• Anaheim 4 - Washington 6
• Anaheim - Jakub Silfverberg 1 (17), Hampus Lindholm 1 (5), Ryan Kesler 1 (19),         Ryan Getzlaf 1 (9); L - John Gibson (21-13-8)
• Washington - T.J. Oshie 1 (23), Nicklas Backstrom 1 (17), Tom Wilson 1 (4),             Daniel Winnik 1 (7), Zach Sanford 1 (1), Marcus Johansson 1 (19);                                     W - Braden Holtby (28-8-4)
• Chicago 5 - Edmonton 1
• Chicago - Richard Panik 2 (14), Patrick Kane 1 (19), Trevor van Riemsdyk 1 (3),           Artem Anisimov 1 (20); W - Scott Darling (12-5-2)
• Edmonton - Patrick Maroon 1 (19); L - Cam Talbot (27-15-7)

Hat Tricks From the Week

• Tuesday 2/7
• Mikko Rantanen, COL vs MTL - 9,10,11
• Saturday 2/11
• Viktor Arvidsson, NSH vs FLA - 16,17,18
• Patrik Berglund, STL vs MTL - 15,16,17

Current Standings

Metropolitan Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Washington Capitals	4-0-0	39-11-6	84
Columbus Blue Jackets	2-1-0	35-24-5	75
Pittsburgh Penguins	1-0-2	34-13-7	75
New York Rangers	4-0-0	36-18-1	73
Philadelphia Flyers	1-2-0	27-22-7	61
New York Islanders	2-1-0	24-19-10	58
New Jersey Devils	1-0-0	23-21-10	56
Carolina Hurricanes	0-2-0	24-22-7	55

Atlantic Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Montreal Canadiens	1-2-1	31-18-8	70
Ottawa Senators	2-1-0	29-18-6	64
Boston Bruins	2-0-0	28-23-6	62
Toronto Maple Leafs	1-1-2	25-18-11	61
Florida Panthers	1-1-0	24-20-10	58
Tampa Bay Lightning	2-0-1	25-24-7	57
Buffalo Sabres	2-2-0	23-22-10	56
Detroit Red Wings	0-2-1	22-23-10	54

Central Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
Minnesota Wild	2-0-1	36-12-6	78
Chicago Blackhawks	3-0-0	35-17-5	75
St. Louis Blues	4-0-0	29-22-5	63
Nashville Predators	1-2-0	26-21-8	60
Dallas Stars	1-2-0	22-24-10	54
Dallas Stars	0-3-0	25-29-4	54
Colorado Avalanche	1-2-0	15-35-2	32

Pacific Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
San Jose Sharks	0-1-2	33-18-5	71
Anaheim Ducks	1-2-0	29-18-10	68
Edmonton Oilers	1-1-0	29-19-8	66
Los Angeles Kings	1-2-0	28-23-4	60
Calgary Flames	1-1-0	28-25-3	59
Vancouver Canucks	1-2-0	24-25-6	54
Arizona Coyotes	1-0-2	18-28-7	43

Headlines From the Week

• Boston Bruins fired head coach Claude Julien
• Penguins' Sidney Crosby is still sitting at 998 points

Stat Leaders

Goals

• Sidney Crosby, PIT - 30
• Jeff Carter, LA - 29
• Max Pacioretty, MTL - 28

Assists

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 43
• Nicklas Backstrom, WSH - 43
• Patrick Kane, CHI - 39

Points

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 61
• Nicklas Backstrom, WSH - 60
• Sidney Crosby, WSH - 60

Goals Against Average (GAA)

• Devan Dubnyk, MIN - 1.96
• Braden Holtby, WSH - 2.02
• Peter Budaj, LA - 2.11

Save Percentage

• Devan Dubnyk, MIN - .934
• Craig Anderson, OTT - .927
• Scott Darling, CHI - .927

Wins

• Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ - 30
• Devan Dubnyk, MIN - 30
• Braden Holtby, WSH - 29

A Look at the Week Ahead

Sunday 2/12

• Montreal @ Boston

Monday 2/13

• New York Rangers @ Columbus

Tuesday 2/14

• Anaheim @ Minnesota

Wednesday 2/15

• Toronto @ Columbus
• Philadelphia @ Calgary
• Florida @ San Jose

Thursday 2/16

• New York Rangers @ New York Islanders
• Philadelphia @ Edmonton

Friday 2/16

• Florida @ Anaheim

Saturday 2/17

• Ottawa @ Toronto
• Edmonton @ Chicago
• Tampa Bay @ Dallas
• Nashville @ Minnesota
• Florida @ Los Angles

Bye Weeks

• Los Angeles: 2/10-2/14
• Chicago: 2/13-2/17
• Nashville: 2/13-2/17
• Boston: 2/13-2/17
• Montreal: 2/13-2/17
• Tampa Bay: 2/12-2/16
• Carolina: 2/12-2/16
• Philadelphia: 2/16-2/20
• Washington: 2/12-2/16

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