Seeing as today is a holiday, the NHL has six games on, three in the matinee time slot. The first of these has...
The Boston Bruins hosting the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Tim Thomas were sent out to block pucks. Boston opened with a Mark Stuart goal, his first of the season getting help from Nathan Horton and Adam McQuaid. Chara added two in a row for the Bruins to make it 3-0 with his eighth and ninth of the year, assisted by McQuaid first and David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron on the latter power play marker. Justin Peters came in to replace Cam Ward after the first Chara goal. Boston continued to score in the second period, with Gregory Campbell putting away his sixth of the season thanks to Shawn Thornton and Blake Wheeler, thirteen seconds before Bergeron stashed his 15th of the campaign in the mesh to make it 5-0 Bruins. Bergeron's goal was unassisted. Michael Ryder added on his 14th of the season in the third period, making it 6-0 with the assistance of Dennis Seidenberg and Steve Kampfer. Chara completed his hat trick on the power play with his tenth of the year, courtesy of Krejci and Milan Lucic, bringing the score to the 7-0 final. Chara, Tim Thomas (31 save shutout), and McQuaid got the three stars.
The other in the pair of early games was the New York Islanders hosting the New Jersey Devils. Martin Brodeur and Kevin Poulin were the starters. New Jersey opened the scoring with Vladimir Zharkov notching his first of the season, thanks to Mattias Tedenby and Jason Arnott. Fifty-seven seconds later, the Devils owned a 2-0 lead because of a power play goal by Ilya Kovalchuk, his 13th tally of the year, from Andy Greene and Travis Zajac. Tedenby made it 3-0 New Jersey in the second period with his fifth of the year, from Mark Fraser and Rod Pelley. New York got on the board with P.A. Parenteau potting his eleventh of the season, helped along by Blake Comeau and Radek Martinek. Fifty-four seconds later, the Islanders deficit was down to one goal with Michael Grabner scoring his eleventh of the campaign, courtesy of Josh Bailey and Travis Hamonic. Pelley got the Devils going again, his third of the year making it 4-2 with help from Fraser and Arnott. Again, fifty-four seconds later, the full lead was restored at a 5-2 margin, with Dainius Zubrus notching his seventh of the season, assisted by Patrik Elias and Brian Rolston. This would be the final after a scoreless third period, with Tedenby, Pelley, and Parenteau grabbing the three stars.
Out west to conclude the first half of the day's games, with the Phoenix Coyotes hosting the San Jose Sharks. Antti Niemi and Ilya Bryzgalov got the starting nods. San Jose struck first on a Patrick Marleau goal, his 18th of the season getting assisted on by Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Joe Pavelski. Phoenix tied it on a Derek Morris goal, his fourth of the year, with help from Keith Yandle and Eric Belanger. Dany Heatley made it 2-1 Sharks in the second period with his 18th of the season, thanks to Logan Couture and Joe Thornton. Couture added a power play goal for his 20th tally of the year, putting San Jose up 3-1 with the help of Dan Boyle and Heatley. The Coyotes cut the score to 3-2 with an Oliver Ekman-Larsson goal, his first of the season going after touches by Lauri Korpikoski and Lee Stempniak. Thornton put the game away 4-2 for the Sharks with his empty net goal, good for his 13th of the year as an unassisted goal. Heatley, Niemi (34 for 36 saves), and Ray Whitney got the three stars.
Following that at a normal time was the Florida Panthers hosting the Atlanta Thrashers. Ondrej Pavelec and Scott Clemmensen were in front of the cages. Florida got on the board first in the third period with a power play goal by Dennis Wideman, his sixth of the year assisted by Mike Santorelli and Stephen Weiss. Dmitry Kulikov made it 2-0 with his fifth of the season, also a power play goal, helped along by Cory Stillman and Weiss. Bryan Little got Atlanta on the board with his 13th of the season, thanks to Nik Antropov and Rich Peverley. Forty-four seconds later, the Thrashers tied the game on a Chris Thorburn goal, his sixth of the year getting help from Evander Kane and Little. The tie at 2 lasted into a shootout, with Santorelli and Little exchanging goals before Alex Burmistrov won the game for Atlanta. Burmistrov, Little, and Weiss earned the three stars.
Up to Montreal, where the Canadiens hosted the Calgary Flames for their last game on the road trip. Miikka Kiprusoff and Alex Auld got the starts. Lars Eller opened the scoring for Montreal with his third of the season, helped along by Michael Cammalleri and Tomas Plekanec. Cammalleri made it 2-0 in the same period with his 13th of the season, from Jeff Halpern and P.K. Subban. Andrei Kostitsyn made it 3-0 for Montreal with his 12th of the year in the second period, assisted on by Yannick Weber and Jaroslav Spacek. Halpern acked on his seventh of the year for the Canadiens, making it 4-0 with the helpers from Travis Moen and Spacek. This put Miikka Kiprusoff in the doghouse of Brent Sutter once more, with Henrik Karlsson coming on in relief. This ignited something for Calgary, with Rene Bourque notching his 15th of the season, courtesy of Olli Jokinen and Cory Sarich. Jarome Iginla cut the score to 4-2 for the Flames with his 19th of the season, made possible by Jay Bouwmeester. Calgary continued to roll in the third period with an Ales Kotalik goal, his third of the year coming off of Jokinen. Alex Tanguay tied the game at 4 with his eleventh of the year, assisted on by Iginla and Brendan Morrison. The tie lasted into overtime, where the Flames comeback hopes were squashed by Montreal's rookie defenseman Subban, who netted his fourth of the season thanks to Scott Gomez and Hal Gill to secure a 5-4 Canadiens victory. Subban, Cammalleri, and Kostitsyn picked up the three stars.
Lastly, the Dallas Stars hosted the Los Angeles Kings. Jonathan Bernier and Kari Lethonen played in net. Los Angeles got the early lead on a Justin Williams goal, his 17th of the season coming from Anze Kopitar. Dallas tied the game at 1 with the 17th of the year by Loui Eriksson in the second period, a power play goal made possible by Brad Richards and Mike Ribeiro. Jamie Langenbrunner gave the Stars a 2-1 lead with his fifth of the season, a power play goal as well, with help from Richards and Jamie Benn. This would be the eventual final, with Langenbrunner, Richards, and Benn earning the three stars.
That's all. I'll try to put a post out tonight for Tuesday hockey, but no promises.
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