Tuesday had a mere pair of games. They get revenge on Wednesday with eleven on the slate, but for yesterday, we started with...
A Pennsylvania battle between the hosting Philadelphia Flyers and the future TV stars from Pittsburgh, the Penguins. Brian Boucher got the start for the Flyers, while Marc-Andre Fleury took care of the Penguins net. Claude Giroux got Philadelphia on the scoresheet first with his 15th of the season, assisted by Danny Briere and Scott Hartnell. In the second period, Evgeni Malkin tied the game with a power play goal from Alex Goligoski and Sidney Crosby. The goal was Malkin's ninth of the year. Philadelphia answered with a Nikolay Zherdev goal, his tenth of the year helped by James van Riemsdyk and Sean O'Donnell. Malkin provided the answer again for Pittsburgh with his tenth of the year and second of the night, another power play goal, coming from Crosby and Kris Letang. The Flyers recorded their own power play goal, Hartnell's eighth score of the season, assisted by Chris Pronger and Kimmo Timmonen. This was the final, with the Flyers toppling the Penguins 3-2. Hartnell's goal and assist earned him the first star, followed by Malkin's two goals in a losing effort, and Pronger's assist.
We finish up Tuesday in Edmonton, with the Oilers hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs. Nikolai Khabibulin got the nod for Edmonton, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere tended the Maple Leafs net. Dion Phaneuf opened with his first goal of the season against his former rivals, with the assists coming from Phil Kessel and Colby Armstrong. Jordan Eberle's seventh of the season evened it up for the Oilers, with the helpers from Sam Gagner and Ryan Whitney. Mikhail Grabovski gave Toronto the lead back with his ninth goal of the season, helped along by Clarke MacArthur and Brett Lebda. Kris Versteeg extended the lead to 3-1, potting his tenth of the year from Luke Schenn and Tim Brent. Kessel poured some more on with his power play goal in the third period, a power play marker from Versteeg and Tyler Bozak. The Maple Leafs ended ahead 4-1 over the Oilers. Kessel earned the first star, for a goal and an assist, followed by Jean-Sebastien Giguere's 23 for 24 saves, and lastly, the third star went to Edmonton's Taylor Hall for any reason not regarding his appearance (I kid the rookie). Also sharing a second period fight were Edmonton's Zack Stortini and Toronto's Colton Orr.
There may be a post containing some of the earlier Wednesday hockey action following this one, and if not, it'll all come out tomorrow when I can find a second to do it. Also, Thursday Night Football is on tomorrow night, and that post should be out tomorrow as well.
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