As the title would imply, this post would have two purposes. Before we hit the games, there were 4 trades today. Anaheim and Tampa bay exchanged goalies, with Curtis McElhinney going east for Dan Ellis. The big trade had Alex Kovalev of Ottawa heading to Pittsburgh for a conditional late round pick in 2011. Atlanta and Montreal also did business, with the Thrashers sending Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes north for Ben Maxwell and a fourth round pick in 2011. Lastly, Carolina and Florida traded as well, with Cory Stillman going to Carolina for Ryan Carter and a fifth round pick in 2011. The games started in...
The City of Brotherly Love, where the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the New York Islanders. Al Montoya and Sergei Bobrovsky took control of the nets. New York opened the scoring with a Frans Nielsen goal, his eighth of the season coming from Jack Hillen and the goalie Al Montoya. Philadelphia replied in the second period on the 19th of the year for Mike Richards, with help from Scott Hartnell. James van Riemsdyk put the Flyers in front with his 15th of the season, courtesy of Claude Giroux and Jeff Carter. Philadelphia extended the lead to 3-1 with Carter's 28th of the year, assisted by Giroux and Sean O'Donnell. The Islanders cut the deficit back down to one goal with the third of the season by Matt Martin, with the lone assist by Micheal Haley. Martin tallied again with his second of the game and fourth of the year to tie the game at three, helped along by Travis Hamonic and Andrew MacDonald. The Flyers came out on top in overtime with Andrej Meszaros notching his fifth of the season with the help of Ville Leino and Matt Carle to defeat the Islanders 4-3. Meszaros, Martin, and Giroux earned the three stars.
North to Quebec, where the Montreal Canadiens host the Toronto Maple Leafs. James Reimer and Alex Auld got the starting nods. Montreal got on the board first with a Jeff Halpern goal, his tenth of the season made possible by Roman Hamrlik and Tomas Plekanec. Toronto claimed the lead with two Phil Kessel power play goals in a row, his 24th and 25th of the year, with the first coming off of Dion Phaneuf and Tyler Bozak, and the second was unassisted. The Maple Leafs extended the lead with Brett Lebda notching his first of the season, with the help of Colby Armstrong and Luke Schenn, prompting Carey Price to relieve Alex Auld. The Canadiens got a goal back on the power play as Michael Cammalleri notched his 14th of the year, thanks to Andrei Kostitsyn and P.K. Subban. Montreal tied it twenty seconds later with the sixth of the season by James Wisniewski, also on the power play, with guidance provided by Brian Gionta and Hamrlik. Toronto retook the lead 4-3 with a Bozak goal made possible by Kessel and Tim Brent on the power play as his ninth of the year. Bozak repeated in the third period with his second of the game and tenth of the season, helped along by Kessel and Lebda. The Canadiens tried to claw back with a Max Pacioretty goal, his eleventh of the year coming from Halpern and Cammalleri, but it wouldn't be enough to beat the Maple Leafs. The three stars went to Kessel, Bozak, and Cammalleri.
Down just a bit to Detroit, where the Red Wings host the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Jimmy Howard are in the creases. Mike Ribeiro opened the scoring for Dallas with his 12th of the season, courtesy of Brenden Morrow and Jamie Benn. The Stars extended the lead with a shorthanded goal by Loui Eriksson, his 20th tally of the year going in thanks to Mark Fistric. Dallas kept going when Krys Barch notched his second of the season, helped along by Jason Williams. Detroit scored late in the third period with Tomas Holmstrom on the power play thanks to Pavel Datsyuk for his 13th of the campaign. The Stars iced the game off with an empty netter from Jamie Langenbrunner, his seventh tally of the year made possible by Steve Ott and newcomer Alex Goligoski. Lehtonen (38 for 39 saves), Ribeiro, and Eriksson picked up the three stars.
Southward to Nashville, with the Predators hosting the Chicago Blackhawks. In front of the cages are Corey Crawford and Pekka Rinne. Chicago opened the scoring with the eleventh of the season for Tomas Kopecky, via Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews. The Blackhawks extended the lead in the third period with a Marian Hossa goal, his 14th of the year coming unassisted. Sharp wrapped the game up with his unassisted 32nd of the campaign into the empty net. The three stars were Crawford (31 save shutout), Hossa, and Kopecky.
To the Northwest, with the Vancouver Canucks hosting the St. Louis Blues. Ty Conklin and Cory Schneider are facing the rubber. Vancouver struck first with a Mikael Samuelsson tally, his 18th of the season assisted by Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin. The Canucks extended the lead to 2-0 with a Sami Salo goal, his first of the year, with assists credited to Tanner Glass and Victor Oreskovich. St. Louis got on the board with an Alex Pietrangelo goal, his eighth of the season coming on the power play via Andy McDonald and Vladimir Sobotka. The Blues tied it with a David Backes tally, his 23rd of the year, with helpers provided by Chris Stewart and Kevin Shattenkirk. Vancouver ended up winning 3-2 with a Manny Malhotra goal from Jannik Hansen, his eighth of the campaign being the winner. Schneider (28 for 30 saves), Backes, and Glass.
Down south in California, the games wrap up with the Los Angeles Kings hosting the Minnesota Wild. Niklas Backstrom and Jonathan Bernier are between the posts. Los Angeles opened the scoring with Wayne Simmonds scoring his tenth of the season on the power play courtesy of Jack Johnson and Dustin Brown. Eric Nystrom tied it for Minnesota with his third of the year in the second period, helped along by Martin Havlat and Brent Burns. Simmonds put the Kings back in front with his second of the game and eleventh of the season, with Anze Kopitar and Marco Sturm providing the assists. Burns tied it again for the Wild with his 15th of the year, a power play goal made possible by Matt Cullen. Los Angeles took the lead back with a Drew Doughty goal, his ninth of the season, with help from Brown and Ryan Smyth. Kopitar secured the Kings victory, making it 4-2 with his 19th of the year into the empty net thanks to Michal Handzus. The three stars went to Simmonds, Havlat, and Doughty.
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