Monday's two Western games

Another short schedule to start off the week, with only two games. The first of these pitted...

The Detroit Red Wings against the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena. Corey Crawford and Joey MacDonald took control of the nets. Chicago opened the scoring with a Jonathan Toews goal, his 31st of the season, from Troy Brouwer and Chris Campoli. Nicklas Lidstrom tied it for Detroit with his 15th of the year, assisted by Valtteri Filppula and Brian Rafalski. The Blackhawks retook the lead with a Brent Seabrook goal, his sixth of the campaign coming on the power play from Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa. The Red Wings got another equalizer from Henrik Zetterberg, his 23rd of the season, also a power play goal with assists provided by Jiri Hudler and Rafalski. Chicago defeated Detroit in the overtime period that was required with the 23rd of the year by Hossa, a power play goal powered by Kane and Duncan Keith to create a 3-2 final score. The three stars went to Hossa, MacDonald (38 for 41), and Toews.

Wrapping up the day's games were the Anaheim Ducks hosting the Colorado Avalanche. Brian Elliott and Ray Emery made the starts. Colorado opened up with Ryan O'Reilly on the power play, notching his eleventh of the season from Milan Hejduk and Ryan Stoa. Matt Duchene extended the Avalanche lead with his 27th of the year, with help from Hejduk and Matt Hunwick. Anaheim got on the board with a penalty shot conversion by Teemu Selanne, his 26th goal of the season. The Ducks tied it with a Jason Blake goal, his 15th of the year, with assistance from Selanne and Saku Koivu. Selanne notched another goal to put Anaheim on front, his second of the game and 27th of the campaign, guided in by Cam Fowler and Koivu. Colorado retied the game with David Jones' 25th of the season, helped along by Daniel Winnik and Ryan O'Byrne. Fowler put the Ducks back in front with his ninth of the year, a power play goal powered by Selanne and Lubomir Visnovsky. Selanne completed his hat trick on the 28th of the season, a power play goal made possible by Ryan Getzlaf and Visnovsky. The Avalanche got back within a goal on Paul Stastny's 21st of the year, assisted by a sock trick completing Hejduk and Duchene. This would not lead to further offense, and Colorado lost 5-4 to the Ducks. The three stars went to Selanne, Koivu, and O'Reilly.