Jonathan Toews scored his second goal of the game in overtime of the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 win over the Arizona Coyotes, after going 1-0 and then 3-2 down throughout the game, while the Dallas Stars also required overtime in their 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
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“You can see when we are rolling, we are attacking the net”, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “We needed the break”. We always talk about when teams come in to Tampa, we want them to be ready to have a good game.
Detroit (25-17-8) got only one goal past Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, who finished with 24 saves after playing in the All-Star Game in Nashville on Sunday.
Two goals within 18 seconds saw the game tied 1-1 midway through the first period, before the Flames scored twice in the second period through Mark Giordano and Johnny Gaudreau to give them a 3-1 lead.
Florida has scored five or more goals in each of its past four games, the first time in franchise history the team has done it four consecutive times.
The last game the Wings played was last Monday.
The goal was Jagr’s first since January 10, ending an eight-game drought. “I think, if you look overall in the season, we’re a lot better now than we were at the start of the season, regardless if we’re home or away”.
Detroit came out flying and took the game’s first seven shots, but it was Florida that wound up scoring the first three goals. “At the start of the season, teams were taking some liberties here”.
The Senators have now conceded 16 goals in three-straight losses and their defence made for easy beating as the Oilers line of Connor McDavid (two assists), Jordan Eberle (two goals, two assists) and Benoit Pouliot (two assists) made light work of them.
Kucherov tied Steven Stamkos, who has one goal over the last seven games, for the team lead in goals.
“Now, we’re kind of hesitating because it’s not been clicking”.
If the Lightning can get Johnson back to the form he had last season before being limited by injuries in the playoffs, it will help their chances of making another deep postseason run. “We’ve said many times, it’s so much easier to play with the lead than not”. “I knew it was probably going to be a good goal. He’s a small guy but plays heavy on the puck, makes plays and has a good shot”.
After a scoreless first period, J.T. Brown put the Lightning on the scoreboard but Gustav Nyquist hit back for the Red Wings shortly afterwards. Tampa Bay is 8-2 with the over in its last 10 vs. the Eastern Conference. The Wings’ power play was 0-for-2 without a single shot on net during four minutes.
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Florida Panthers center Derek MacKenzie (17) celebrates after scoring against the Detroit Red Wings during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, Sunrise, Fla.
