NHL Week 25 Recap

Game Recaps

Sunday 3/26

• Philadelphia 6 - Pittsburgh 2
• Philadelphia - Valtteri Filppula 1 (9), Shayne Gostisbehere 1 (7), Radko Gudas 1 (5), Jakub Voracek 1 (19), Jodan Weal 1 (5), Dale Weise 1 (5); W - Steve Mason (22-21-7)
• Pittsburgh - Matt Cullen 1 (12), Patric Hornqvist 1 (19);            L - Matt Murray (28-9-4)
• New York Rangers 3 - Anaheim 6
• New York - Rick Nash 1 (22), Brady Skjei 1 (5), Derek Stepan 1 (15); L - Henrik Lundqvist (30-18-2)
• Anaheim - Andrew Cogliano 1 (16), Patrick Eaves 2 (26,27), Ryan Kesler 1 (21), Josh Manson 1 (5), Nick Ritchie 1 (13); W - Jonathan Bernier (18-7-3)

Monday 3/27

• Nashville 3 - New York Islanders 1
• Nashville - Victor Arvidsson 1 (29), Kevin Fiala 1 (9), Ryan Johansen 1 (13); W - Juuse Saros (8-7-3)
• New York - Josh Bailey 1 (13); L - Thomas Greiss (25-17-5)
• Chicago 4 - Tampa Bay 5 OT
• Chicago - Tomas Jurco 1 (1), Patrick Kane 1 (34), Artemi Panarin 1 (25), Richard Panik 1 (21);                                     OTL - Scott Darling (18-5-3)
• Tampa Bay - Jonathan Drouin 2 (19,20), Yanni Gourde 1 (2), Ondrej Palat 1 (16), Anton Stralman 1 (4);                           W - Andrei Vasilevskiy (18-16-6)

Tuesday 3/28

• Nashville 1 - Boston 4
• Nashville - Colin Smith 1 (10); L - Pekka Rinne (30-16-8)
• Boston - Noel Acciari 1 (1), David Backed 1 (17), Patrice Bergeron 1 (18), David Krejci 1 (22);                                   W - Tuukka Rask (33-20-4)
• Florida 2 - Toronto 3
• Florida - Jaromir Jagr 1 (15), Reilly Smith 1 (14);                  L - Reto Berra (0-1-0)
• Toronto - Zach Hyman 1 (10), Leo Komarov 1 (13), Auston Matthews 1 (35); W - Curtis McElhinney (6-6-2)
• Washington 5 - Minnesota 4 OT
• Washington - T.J. Oshie 2 (31,32), Alex Ovechkin 3 (31,32,33); W - Braden Holtby (39-11-6)
• Minnesota - Martin Hanzal 1 (18), Jason Pominville 1 (12), Jared Spurgeon 1 (9), Eric Staal 1 (27);                             OTL - Devan Dubnyk (37-19-4)
• Los Angeles 1 - Edmonton 2
• Los Angeles - Jarome Iginla 1 (12); L - Jonathan Quick (5-4-1)
• Edmonton - Eric Gryba 1 (2), Connor McDavid 1 (27);             W - Cam Talbot (38-21-8)
• New York Rangers 4 - San Jose 5 OT
• New York - J.T. Miller 2 (21, 22), Jesper Fast 1 (6), Derek Stepan; OTL - Henrik Lundqvist (30-18-3)
• San Jose - Jannik Hansen 1 (7), Melker Karlsson 1 (10), Brent Burns 1 (28), Chris Tierney 2 (8,9);                             W - Martin Jones (33-20-6)

Wednesday 3/29

• Chicago 5 - Pittsburgh 1
• Chicago - Marian Hossa 1 (25), Tanner Kero 1 (6), Marcus Kruger 1 (4), Artemi Panarin 1 (26), Richard Panik 1 (22);     W - Corey Crawford (31-16-3)
• Pittsburgh - Bryan Rust 1 (13); L - Marc-Andre Fleury (18-9-7)
• Los Angeles 4 - Calgary 1
• Los Angeles - Trevor Lewis 1 (10), Jeff Carter 1 (32), Jarome Iginla 1 (13), Anze Kopitar 1 (12); W - Ben Bishop (18-14-5)
• Calgary - Dougie Hamilton 1 (13); L - Brian Elliott (25-15-3)

Thursday 3/30

• Florida 2 - Montreal 6
• Florida - Michael Matheson 1 (6), Reilly Smith 1 (15);             L - Reto Berra (0-2-0)
• Montreal - Paul Byron 2 (21,22), Phillip Danault 1 (12), Brendan Gallagher 1 (10), Max Pacioretty 1 (35), Thomas Plekanec 1 (9); W - Carey Price (35-18-5)
• Toronto 3 - Nashville 1
• Toronto - Connor Brown 1 (19), Auston Matthews 1 (36), James van Riemsdyk 1 (24);                                             W - Frederik Andersen (30-15-14)
• Nashville - Filip Forsberg 1 (30); L - Pekka Rinne (30-17-8)
• Ottawa 1 - Minnesota 5
• Ottawa - Mike Hoffman 1 (23); L - Craig Anderson (22-10-3)
• Minnesota - Matt Dumba 1 (11), Joel Eriksson Ek 1 (3), Nino Niederreiter 2 (21,22), Jason Pominville 1 (13);                       W - Alex Stalock (3-5-2)
• San Jose 2 - Edmonton 3
• San Jose - Jannik Hansen 1 (8), Joe Pavelski 1 (29);             L - Martin Jones (33-20-6)
• Edmonton - Patrick Maroon 2 (26,27), Connor McDavid 1 (28); W - Cam Talbot (38-21-8)

Friday 3/31

• Pittsburgh 4 - New York Rangers 3 SO
• Pittsburgh - Sidney Crosby 1 (43), Jake Guentzel 1 (12), Bryan Rust 1 (14); W - Matt Murray (29-10-4)
• New York - Nick Holden 1 (11), Chris Kreider 1 (27), Rick Nash 1 (23); OTL - Henrik Lundqvist (30-18-4)
• Columbus 1 - Chicago 3
• Columbus - Nick Foligno 1 (25);                                          L - Sergei Bobrovsky (41-14-5)
• Chicago - Marian Hossa 1 (26), Artemi Panarin 2 (27,28);        W - Corey Crawford (32-16-3)
• San Jose 2 - Calgary 5
• San Jose - Marc-Edouard Vlasic 1 (6), Melker Karlsson 1 (11); L - Martin Jones (33-22-6)
• Calgary - Alex Chiasson 1 (11), Johnny Gaudreau 1 (18), Sean Monahan 1 (27), Matt Stajan 1 (6), Sam Bennett 1 (12); W - Brian Elliott (26-15-3)

Saturday 4/1

• Florida 2 - Boston 5
• Florida - Jaromir Jagr 1 (16), Thomas Vanek 1 (17);              L - Reto Berra (0-3-0)
• Boston - Noel Acciari 1 (2), Patrice Bergeron 2 (19,20), David Krejci 1 (23), Brad Marchand 1 (39); W - Tuukka Rask (35-20-4)
• Minnesota 0 - Nashville 3
• Minnesota - None; L - Alex Stalock (1-1-0)
• Nashville - Filip Forsberg 1 (31), Kevin Fiala 1 (10), P.K. Subban 1 (10); W - Pekka Rinne (30-18-8)
• Montreal 2 - Tampa Bay 1 OT
• Montreal - Phillip Danault 1 (13), Alexander Radulov 1 (17); W - Carey Price (37-18-5)
• Tampa Bay - Yanni Gourde 1 (4); OTL - Andrei Vasilevskiy (20-16-7)
• Anaheim - Edmonton
• Anaheim - Ryan Getzlaf 1 (15)
• Edmonton - Connor McDavid 1 (29)

Hat Tricks From the Week

• Tuesday 3/28
• Alex Ovechkin, WSH vs MIN (31,32,33)

Current Standings

Metropolitan Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
X Washington Capitals	2-1-0	51-18-8	110
X Columbus Blue Jackets	1-1-1	49-20-8	106
X Pittsburgh Penguins	1-2-0	27-19-11	105
X New York Rangers	0-1-2	46-26-6	98
New York Islanders	1-2-0	36-29-12	84
Carolina Hurricanes	2-1-2	35-28-14	84
Philadelphia Flyers	4-0-0	38-32-8	84
New Jersey Devils	0-2-0	27-37-14	68

Atlantic Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
X Montreal Canadiens	3-0-0	45-24-9	99
Toronto Maple Leafs	3-0-0	38-24-15	91
Ottawa Senators	0-2-1	41-27-9	91
Boston Bruins	3-0-0	42-30-6	90
Tampa Bay Lightning	2-0-1	38-29-10	86
Florida Panthers	0-4-0	33-34-11	77
Buffalo Sabres	1-1-0	32-33-12	76
Detroit Red Wings	2-3-0	31-35-12	74

Central Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
X Chicago Blackhawks	2-0-1	50-21-7	107
X Minnesota Wild	1-1-2	45-24-8	98
X St. Louis Blues	2-0-1	42-28-7	91
Nashville Predators	2-2-0	40-27-11	91
Winnipeg Jets	4-0-0	37-35-7	81
Dallas Stars	2-2-0	32-35-11	75
Colorado Avalanche	1-2-0	21-53-3	45

Pacific Division

Team	Record This Week	Overall Record	Points
X Edmonton Oilers	3-0-0	44-25-9	97
X Anaheim Ducks	2-0-2	42-23-13	97
X San Jose Sharks	1-2-0	42-28-7	93
X Calgary Flames	2-1-0	44-30-4	92
Los Angeles Kings	2-1-0	37-33-7	81
Vancouver Canucks	1-3-0	30-38-9	69
Arizona Coyotes	1-2-0	28-41-9	65

Stat Leaders

Goals

• Sidney Crosby, PIT - 43
• Brad Marchand, BOS - 39
• Nikita Kucherov, TB - 38
• Auston Matthews, TOR - 38

Assists

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 65
• Nicklas Backstrom, WSH - 60
• Patrick Kane, CHI - 53
• Erik Karlsson, OTT - 53

Points

• Connor McDavid, EDM - 94
• Patrick Kane, CHI - 87
• SIdney Crosby, PIT - 84
• Brad Marchand, BOS - 84

Save Percentage

• Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ - .935
• Craig Anderson, OTT - .925
• 3 players tied with .924

Goals Against Average (GAA)

• Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ - 1.97
• Braden Holtby, WSH - 2.11
• Peter Budaj, TB - 2.16

Wins

• Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ - 41
• Cam Talbot, EDM - 40
• Braden Holtby, WSH - 40

Headlines From the Week

• New York Rangers, Montreal, St. Louis, Anaheim, San Jose, Edmonton, and Calgary all clinched playoff berths

A Look at the Week Ahead

Sunday 4/2

• Boston @ Chicago
• Nashville @ St. Louis
• Washington @ Columbus
• Anaheim @ Calgary

Tuesday 4/4

• Columbus @ Pittsburgh
• Tampa Bay @ Boston
• Washington @ Toronto
• Calgary @ Anaheim

Wednesday 4/5

• New York Rangers @ Washington

Thursday 4/6

• Ottawa @ Boston
• Tampa Bay @ Toronto
• Chicago @ Anaheim
• Edmonton @ San Jose

Friday 4/7

• Tampa Bay @ Montreal

Saturday 4/8

• Pittsburgh @ Toronto
• New York Rangers @ Ottawa
• Washington @ Boston
• Calgary @ San Jose

Sunday 4/9

• Pittsburgh @ New York Rangers
• Columbus @ Toronto

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