Tuesday sports

Tuesday brought us nine games of hockey and fourteen games of baseball. We start the hockey in...

Buffalo, where the Sabres host the Tampa Bay Lightning. Dwayne Roloson and Jhonas Enroth got the starts. Tampa Bay got in front first with Ryan Malone scoring his 13th of the season, guided in by Mike Lundin. Buffalo answered with Thomas Vanek notching his 29th of the year on the power play, coming off of Jason Poimville and Tim Connolly. The Sabres extended the lead in the second period with another Vanek goal, his 30th of the season and second of the game, fueled by Pominville and Connolly again. Connolly tacked on his own for Buffalo, with Steve Montador and Drew Stafford helping to produce his 13th of the year. The Lightning pulled back within a goal on the 22nd of the season by Vincent Lecavalier, assisted by Martin St. Louis and Teddy Purcell. Vanek finished his hat trick to secure a 4-2 win for the Sabres, his 31st of the year going unassisted. Vanek, Connolly, and Chris Butler took the three stars.

Up to Toronto, where the Maple Leafs hosted the Washington Capitals. Michal Neuvirth and James Reimer tended the twines. Toronto led off with Nikolai Kulemin recording his 30th of the season on the power play from Clarke MacArthur and Carl Gunnarsson. Washington tied it on the power play, with Alex Ovechkin's 31st of the year, powered by Brooks Laich and Marco Sturm. The Maple Leafs retook the lead with Joffrey Lupul notching his 14th of the season, fueled by Phil Kessel and Luke Schenn. John Erskine provided another equalizer for the Capitals on his fourth of the year, made possible by Matt Hendricks and Matt Bradley. The tie lasted into a shootout, where Washington beat Toronto with Mike Knuble's tally. Reimer (39 for 41 saves), Ovechkin, and Kulemin took the three stars to their name.

Into Pittsburgh, where the Penguins hosted the New Jersey Devils. Johan Hedberg and Marc-Andre Fleury were sent to stop pucks. Pittsburgh got the first lead with Jordan Staal on the power play, his eleventh of the season made possible by James Neal and Alex Kovalev. New Jersey tied it with Dave Steckel potting his sixth of the year, thanks to Rod Pelley and Nick Palmieri. Pascal Dupuis put the Penguins back on top with his 15th of the season, courtesy of Max Talbot and Zbynek Michalek. Chris Kunitz chipped in his 23rd of the year for Pittsburgh in the third period, assisted by Tyler Kennedy and Staal. The Devils pulled back within a goal on Brian Rolston's 14th of the season, guided in by Mattias Tedenby and Patrik Elias. Dupuis tallied again to secure a 4-2 victory for the Penguins with his second of the game and 16th of the year, shorthanded from Craig Adams. Kunitz, Staal, and Roslton earned the three stars.

Onward to Ottawa, with the Senators hosting the Philadelphia Flyers. Sergei Bobrovsky and Craig Anderson took to the nets. Please note that all goals are of the power play variety unless otherwise mentioned in this paragraph only. Mike Richards put Philadelphia out front first with his 22nd of the season, coming off of Kimmo Timonen and Claude Giroux. Nick Foligno answered for Ottawa with his 14th of the year, thanks to Jason Spezza and Filip Kuba. Richards put the Flyers back on top with his second of the game and 23rd of the campaign, fueled by Nikolay Zherdev and Timonen. The Senators retied it with Ryan Shannon's eleventh of the season, courtesy of Spezza and Kuba. Bobby Butler struck at even strength for Ottawa with his eighth of the year, made possible by Zack Smith and the sock trick completing assist for Spezza. Spezza tallied in the third period to extend the Senators lead with his 20th of the season, helped along by Shannon and Butler. Ottawa sealed the deal at 5-2 with an empty netter by Milan Michalek, his 18th of the year, guided in by Jesse Winchester and David Hale. Spezza, Shannon, and Richards got the three stars.

Moving around in east Canada, to Montreal, where the Canadiens hosted the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Carey Price put on the masks. Michael Cammalleri got things going for Montreal in the second period with his 18th of the season, coming off of Andrei Kostitsyn and Paul Mara. Patrick Kane replied for Chicago with his 27th of the year, from Troy Brouwer and Brent Seabrook. The tie lasted into overtime, where P.K. Subban propelled the Canadiens over the Blackhawks with his 14th of the campaign on the power play from Kostitsyn and Cammalleri. Subban, Price (42 for 43 saves), and Cammalleri were the three stars.

Southwesterly to St. Louis, with the Blues welcoming the Colorado Avalanche. Peter Budaj and Jaroslav Halak were the goaltenders. St. Louis opened the scoring with David Backes' 30th of the season, assisted by Kevin Shattenkirk and Andy McDonald. Colorado replied with Kevin Porter registering his 14th of the year, with help from Mark Olver and Matt Duchene. The Blues retook the lead on the power play in the second period, with the ninth of the season by Shattenkirk, powered by Carlo Colaiaocovo and McDonald. McDonald finished things off with a third period empty netter for a 3-1 victory, his 20th of the year made possible by Nikita Nikitin. Shattenkirk, McDonald, and Backes got the three stars honors.

Over to Nashville, where the Predators hosted the Atlanta Thrashers. Chris Mason and Pekka Rinne dominated the creases. Matt Halischuk put Nashville up first with his third of the season, coming off of Jordin Tootoo and Jerred Smithson. Tootoo potted his seventh of the year as well for the Predators, with help from Martin Erat and Jonathon Blum. Thirty-nine seconds later, Nashville extended the lead again with Sergei Kostitsyn notching his 21st of the campaign, thanks to Patric Hornqvist and Cody Franson. Tootoo struck again in the second period for the Predators with his second of the game and eighth of the season, with Halischuk helping out and Ondrej Pavelec coming in to relieve Mason. Kostitsyn added on for Nashville, registering his second of the night and 22nd of the year in the third period, with helpers provided by Franson and Hornqvist. Thirty-eight seconds later, Atlanta woke up with a Blake Wheeler tally, his 17th of the season, with the lone assist by Andrew Ladd. Mike Fisher answered for the Predators with his 19th of the year, a power play goal powered by Kostitsyn and Hornqvist, the latter clinching a sock trick. Wheeler tallied again for the Thrashers with his second of the game and 18th of the season, guided in by Ron Hainsey and Tim Stapleton. Forty five seconds later, the Atlanta tally from Nik Antropov made it 6-3 with his 16th of the year, assisted by Evander Kane and Alex Burmistrov. Tootoo, Kostitsyn and Halischuk took home the three stars.

Down to Dallas, with the Stars hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets. Mathieu Garon and Kari Lehtonen played goal. Dallas opened with a Steve Ott power play goal, his 12th of the season powered by Brad Richards and Alex Goligoski. The Stars added on in the third period with an empty netter by Loui Eriksson, his 25th of the campaign going unassisted. Dallas secured a 3-0 victory with Brenden Morrow's 30th of the year, also going unassisted into empty twine. Lehtonen (23 save shutout), Ott, and Toby Petersen took the three stars.

Lastly, the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Vancouver Canucks. Roberto Luongo and Devan Dubnyk faced off in the creases. Ryan Jones put Edmonton up with a power play goal with only three seconds left in the first period, his 18th of the season, assisted by Jordan Eberle and Jeff Petry. The Oilers secured victory at 2-0 with Magnus Paajarvi, his 14th of the year on the power play, powered by Linus Omark and Petry. Dubnyk (26 save shutout), Jones, Paajarvi earned the three stars.

Baseball:

Due to time constraints, I will supply you readers a link for the scores on Tuesday in the MLB. I am very sorry I couldn't go into detail on these, but there are not enough hours in the day right now. Thank you for understanding.

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