Sunday would put a wrap on the NHL regular season with the final five games, beginning with the...
Chicago Blackhawks hosting the Detroit Red Wings. Jimmy Howard and Corey Crawford played in goal. Chicago led off with a Michael Frolik tally, his eleventh of the season coming from Patrick Kane. Detroit answered with a Tomas Holmstrom goal, his 18th of the year going down unassisted. Pavel Datsyuk put the Red Wings in front with his 23rd of the season, with help from Danny Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi. Detroit extended their lead with Drew Miller sinking his tenth of the campaign, assisted by Valtteri Filppula and Jiri Hudler. The Blackhawks replied on a Brent Seabrook marker, his ninth of the year, fueled by Niklas Hjalmarsson and Viktor Stalberg. Cleary got the goal back for the Red Wings with his 26th of the season, guided in by Bertuzzi and Brian Rafalski. Chicago made it 4-3 with a Duncan Keith goal, his seventh of the year, helped in by Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa, but the lack of further offense stuck them with a loss. Datsyuk, Seabrook, and Cleary were the three stars.
Next up, the New Jersey Devils hosted the Boston Bruins. Tuukka Rask and Johan Hedberg took to the blue paint. New Jersey took the early lead with Patrik Elias sinking his 21st of the season, courtesy of Brian Rolston and Henrik Tallinder. Boston tied it with Rich Peverley recording his 18th of the campaign, assisted by Michael Ryder and Andrew Ference. The Devils retook the lead in the third period with Vladimir Zharkov recording his second of the year, with help from Anssi Salmela. New Jersey extended the lead with Alexander Urbom netting his first of the season, helped along by Jacob Josefson and David Clarkson. The Bruins made it 3-2 with a Chris Kelly goal from Dennis Seidenberg and Johnny Boychuk, but they only had four seconds left in the game, thus they lost. Zharkov, Urbom, and Hedberg (24 for 26 saves) were the three stars.
Out to Colorado, with the Avalanche hosting the Edmonton Oilers. Nikolai Khabibulin and Peter Budaj took to the nets. Edmonton opened up with Teemu Hartikainen netting his third of the season on the power play from Linus Omark and Kurtis Foster. Colorado answered with Ryan O'Reilly sinking his 13th of the year, thanks to David Jones and Daniel Winnik. Fifty seconds later, the Avalanche took the lead with the unassisted sixth of the season by Philippe Dupuis. The Oilers retied the game in the second period with Foster's eighth of the year, a power play goal powered by Magnus Paajarvi and Omark. Edmonton got in front with Lian Reddox sinking his first of the season, assisted by Ryan O'Marra. Milan Hejduk retied it for Colorado in the third period on his 22nd of the year, a power play goal made possible by Matt Duchene and Jones. The tie lasted into overtime, where the Avalanche took the 4-3 win over the Oilers with a power play goal by Jones, his 27th of the campaign getting help from Duchene and Hejduk. Longtime Av Adam Foote, Hejduk, and Jones were the three stars. Congratulations to Foote on a good career and may he enjoy retirement.
South and east to Atlanta, where the Thrashers hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins. Brent Johnson and Chris Mason went out and blocked pucks. Atlanta opened with Andrew Ladd's 29th of the season on the power play, with assists by Bryan Little and Nik Antropov. Pittsburgh tied it with a second period power play goal by Tyler Kennedy, his 21st of the year powered by Matt Niskanen and Ben Lovejoy. The Penguins got the lead on the 17th of the season, thanks to Max Talbot and Lovejoy. Michael Rupp kept Pittsburgh going with his ninth of the year, assisted by Eric Godard and Lovejoy, the latter wrapping up a sock trick. Mark Letestu also scored for the Penguins, with his 14th of the season gathering steam off Eric Tangradi and Alex Kovalev. The Thrashers got a goal back with Tim Stapleton sinking his fifth of the campaign on the power play via Antropov and Ron Hainsey. Pittsburgh wrapped it up 5-2 with Mike Comrie scoring his first of the year into the empty twine, helped in by Pascal Dupuis and Niskanen. The three stars went to Lovejoy, Dupuis, and Ladd.
The last game of the regular season was in Minnesota, with the Wild hosting the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Jose Theodore played in the creases. Minnesota opened on a Brad Staubitz goal, his fourth of the season made possible by Brent Burns and Carson McMillan. Dallas answered with Brad Richards' 28th of the year, with help from Loui Eriksson and Jamie Benn. The Stars took the lead with a Brenden Morrow power play goal, his 33rd of the season powered by Eriksson and Alex Goligoski. The Wild retied it with Jared Spurgeon on the power play, his fourth of the year guided in by Andrew Brunette and Mikko Koivu. Minnesota took the lead with the first of the season by Colton Gillies, thanks to Kyle Brodziak and Chuck Kobasew. Dallas tied it yet again with another power play goal, Goligoski's 14th of the year, assisted by Eriksson and Richards. The Wild gained the lead again with Antti Miettinen netting his 16th of the season, helped along by Brunette and Koivu. Pierre-Marc Bouchard netted the last goal of the year, his 12, into an empty net, with assistance from Cal Clutterbuck and Greg Zanon. With the 5-3 final for Minnesota, Gillies, Spurgeon, and Eriksson took home the three stars.
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