Thanks to the five games all being scheduled at 4 or 4:30 PM Pacific time, this post is made possible to be a same day post. We start off in Georgia with...
The Atlanta Thrashers hosting the Nashville Predators. Ondrej Pavelec was in the paint for the Thrashers, while Anders Lindback filled in for the injured Pekka Rinne in the Nashville crease. Colin Wilson's fifth of the year got the Preds out to a 1-0 lead early, with assists by Sergei Kostitsyn and Kevin Klein. Nashville's lead was extended with the eighth of the year for Steve Sullivan, who got assisted by Wilson and Cal O'Reilly. Atlanta finally answered in the second period with Jim Slater's fourth of the year, off of Tobias Enstrom. Andrew Ladd tied the game at two with his tenth of the season for Atlanta, and he was assisted by Dustin Byfuglien and Bryan Little on the power play. Overtime was needed, and it was there where Zach Bogosian won it, with his second of the year coming from Ben Eager and Alex Burmistrov. Bogosian earned the first star with his game winning goal, followed up by Slater, who had a goal. Colin Wilson of the Predators was the third star with a goal and an assist.
Moving right along, to Washington, D.C., where the Capitals hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs. Michal Neuvirth was in between the pipes for Washington, while Jonas Gustavsson got the nod for Toronto. The Capitals opened up with Mathieu Perreault's first of the year, courtesy of Tom Poti and Alexander Semin. Clarke MacArthur evened it up with his eighth of the season, a power play goal from Nikolai Kulemin. Mike Knuble restored the lead for Washington with his fifth of the season, also a power play goal, with assists by Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Poti. Perreault scored his second of the year and night in the second period, with the lone assist going to Brooks Laich. Alex Ovechkin made it 4-1 for the Capitals with his 12th of the year, getting assistance by Poti and Backstrom. Toronto kicked it back into gear in the third period, with Mikhail Grabovski's sixth of the season, assisted by Tomas Kaberle and Nikolai Kulemin. They shaved the lead down to one with Tim Brent's third of the year, with helpers going to Kaberle and Nazem Kadri. MacArthur then tied it up 59 seconds later with his second of the night and ninth of the year, from Grabovski and Phil Kessel. After a scoreless overtime, Grabovski netted the only goal in the shootout to complete the Maple Leafs come from behind victory, 5-4. MacArthur earned the first star for his two goals, followed by Perreault, who had two goals as well, and lastly, Grabovski, who had a goal and an assist, plus the winner in the shootout. One fight was fought, with D.J. King (the next big video game title) fighting against Colton Orr.
To the other hub of NHL spotlight, Pittsburgh, where the Penguins hosted rivals in the New Jersey Devils. The Devils started Johan Hedberg once again, while the Penguins rolled with Marc-Andre Fleury. Brian Rolston drew first blood for New Jersey, with his second of the year in the first period, assisted by Jason Arnott and Mattias Tedenby on the power play. Chris Kunitz would have none of that, tying the game with his eighth of the season, thanks to assists by Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis. Crosby added his 24th of the year in the second period, thanks to Alex Goligoski and Kunitz. After only a fight in the third period between Deryk Engelland of the Penguins and David Clarkson of the Devils, Pittsburgh rolled to a 2-1 victory. Crosby was the first star with his goal and assist, followed by Kunitz who had the same, and Johan Hedberg, the losing goalie, who went 32 for 34 in saves.
Going along to Columbus, where the Dallas Stars paid a visit to the Blue Jackets. Columbus rolled with Mathieu Garon, while the Stars deployed Kari Lethonen to handle the shots. Kris Russell got the Blue Jackets on the board first with his second goal of the year, assisted on by Jakub Voracek and Rick Nash. Brad Richards tied it for the Stars in the second period with his 12th of the season, thanks to James Neal and Aaron Gagnon. Steve Ott gave Dallas a 2-1 lead with his seventh of the year, assisted by Trevor Daley and Brandon Segal. Rick Nash tied it late in the third period with his 14th of the season, a power play goal from Anton Stralman and Derick Brassard. After an uneventful overtime, Nash potted a shootout goal, which was answered by Richards, before Kyle Wilson scored what would be the last goal. The Blue Jackets took the game 3-2 in the shootout. Nash was the first star with a goal and an assist, followed by the shootout hero Wilson, and lastly, losing goalie Kari Lehtonen, who was 27 for 29 in saves.
Finally, to the Joe Louis Arena in Hockeytown, where the Detroit Red Wings hosted the traveling San Jose Sharks. Antti Niemi got the start for the Sharks, while the Red Wings rolled with Jimmy Howard. Detroit struck first with a power play goal by Tomas Holmstrom, his eighth tally of the season, assisted by Nicklas Lidstrom and Brian Rafalski. Joe Thornton tied it with his seventh of the year, a shorthanded goal from Dany Heatley. Johan Franzen restored the lead at 2-1, with his 12th of the season, a power play goal assisted by Holmstrom and Rafalski. Niclas Wallin helped San Jose re-tie the game with his second of the year, assisted by Justin Braun and Jamal Mayers. Logan Couture gave San Jose a 3-2 lead with his eleventh of the season, with the helper going to Ryan Clowe. Dany Heatley added a late second period goal, his 13th of the year, from Douglas Murray. Couture added another goal in the third period, to make it 5-2, his second goal of the night and 12th of the season, with assists by Clowe and Derek Joslin. This proved to be all for the game, and the Sharks cruised to a 5-2 victory over Detroit. Couture was the first star with his two goals, followed by Heatley, who had a goal and an assist, and Thornton, who had one goal.
There's another five games, albeit more spread out throughout the viewing time, tomorrow, and since this post is going out tonight, there will be NO POSTS about hockey tomorrow. There will be a Fantasy Football All-Stars post for week 13, and tonight will have a post about the Monday Night Football game following this post rather quickly.
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