Monday Games

There were only three games on Monday. They started off in...

Tampa Bay, where the Lightning hosted the Washington Capitals. Michal Neuvirth and Dwayne Roloson. Sean Bergenheim opened the scoring with his 13th of the season, a power play goal for Tampa Bay coming off of Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos. Neuvirth did not come on to play the second period, being replaced by Braden Holtby. Washington tied it in the third period with an Alexander Semin goal, his 24th of the year, with the help of Dennis Wideman and Alex Ovechkin. The tie lasted into a shootout, where the Capitals toppled the Lightning on the lone tally by Ovechkin. The three stars went to Holtby (21 saves in relief), Semin, and Roloson (29 for 30 saves).

Heading west to Missouri, where the St. Louis Blues hosted the Columbus Blue Jackets. Steve Mason and Ty Conklin get the starting nods. St. Louis got on the board first with a Patrik Berglund goal, his 18th of the season going in unassisted. Two fights five second apart broke out shortly thereafter, with Chris Stewart and Derek Dorsett going at it, followed by a dust-up between Jared Boll and Cam Janssen. Columbus tied it with Jakub Voracek netting his 13th of the year, with Rick Nash collecting the lone assist. The Blue Jackets took the lead with Matt Calvert sinking his eleventh of the season, thanks to R.J. Umberger and Kris Russell. Columbus made it 3-1 with Fedor Tyutin registering his sixth of the year, a power play goal made possible by Grant Clitsome and Antoine Vermette, giving ample reason to put Ben Bishop in and pull Conklin out. The Blues replied with their own power play goal, Andy McDonald's 15th of the season, with helpers credited to Stewart and Berglund. T.J. Oshie tied it for St. Louis on the power play with his seventh of the year, fueled by Matt D'Agostini and David Backes. the Blues took the lead with McDonald notching his second of the game and 16th of the season, courtesy of Backes and Kevin Shattenkirk in the second period. The Blue Jackets replied to tie the game at 4 with Derek MacKenzie netting his fifth of the year, helped along by Nash and Voracek. The tie lasted through the third period and overtime into a shootout, where there were two pairs of offsetting goals from Oshie and Nash and McDonald and Tyutin. St. Louis sealed a 5-4 victory over Columbus with the Alex Steen tally in the fourth round, and the three stars went to McDonald, Berglund, and Nash.

Finally, the Los Angeles Kings hosted the Dallas Stars. Kari Lethonen and Jonathan Bernier were sent out to stop pucks. Los Angeles opened the scoring with a Willie Mitchell goal, his third of the season, assisted by Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams. Dallas answered back in the second period with Mike Ribeiro netting his 13th of the year, coming off of Adam Burish and Alex Goligoski. Shortly after, the Kings' Williams potted his 21st of the season, thanks to Dustin Penner and Kopitar. The Stars tied it again in the third period with Trevor Daley getting his sixth of the year, powered by Ribeiro and Jamie Langenbrunner. Los Angeles had another quick answer, with Kyle Clifford notching his fifth of the campaign, guided in by Trevor Lewis. Jamie Benn found another equalizer for Dallas with his 17th of the year coming shorthanded and unassisted. This tie lasted into overtime, where it was shortlived as Brenden Morrow gave the Stars the deciding goal over the Kings with his 26th of the season, courtesy of Ribeiro and Goligoski. Morrow, Williams, and Benn got the three stars, although I feel Ribeiro was overlooked.

Tuesday has a lot more games, and I have a lot more work, so I will get that post whenever I can.