Wednesday Games

Tonight we have a total of five games on, starting off in...

Carolina, with the Hurricanes hosting the Montreal Canadiens. Carey Price and Cam Ward made the starts. Jeff Skinner put Carolina up with a pair of goals in the first period, his 28th and 29th of the campaign, with only Tuomo Ruutu picking up an assist. Montreal replied in the second period with a Michael Cammalleri power play goal, his 17th of the season getting help from James Wisniewski and Tomas Plekanec. Forty-seven seconds later, the Hurricanes got the goal back with Jamie McBain notching his sixth of the year, thanks to Erik Cole and Cory Stillman. Carolina extended the lead with Joni Pitkanen nailing his fourth of the season, off of Ruutu and Skinner. Price was replaced by Alex Auld for the third period. The Canadiens tallied again with a P.K. Subban power play goal, his 12th of the year, guided in by Wisniewski and Plekanec. McBain replied again for the Hurricanes, notching his seventh of the season courtesy of Drayson Bowman. Stillman wrapped the game up 6-2 for Carolina over Montreal with his eleventh of the year on the power play, powered by Joe Corvo and Eric Staal. Skinner, McBain, and Ward (38 for 40 saves) were the three stars.

To New Jersey, where the Devils hosted the New York Islanders. Rick DiPietro and Martin Brodeur collected the starts. The game opened with a fight between Zenon Konopka and David Clarkson. New Jersey was first to score with an Ilya Kovalchuk goal, his 28th of the season, with guidance from Nick Palmieri and Travis Zajac. Another fight with Matt Martin and Jay Leach broke out shortly after the goal. The Devils extended their lead in the second period with a Jacob Josefson tally, his third of the year made possible by Palmieri and Kovalchuk. New York tied it in the third period with Frans Nielsen sending home his 12th and 13th of the season, the first being shorthanded and unassisted and the second finding twine via Martin and Kyle Okposo. New Jersey took a 3-2 lead they would not relinquish with Andy Greene sinking his fourth of the year, with help from Patrik Elias and Dainius Zubrus. The three stars were given to Greene, Nielsen, and Kovalchuk.

Up to Buffalo, where the Sabres hosted the New York Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist and Jhonas Enroth took to the creases. Buffalo opened the scoring in the second period on the power play with Tim Connolly notching his 12th of the campaign, courtesy of Thomas Vanek and Marc-Andre Gragnani. This would be the game's only goal, and the three stars went Enroth (23 save shutout), Lundqvist (34 for 35 saves), and Connolly.

Out west, the Detroit Red Wings hosted the St. Louis Blues. Jaroslav Halak stood 200 feet away from both Joey MacDonald and Thomas McCollum. Detroit opened the scoring on the fourth of the season by Mike Modano, assisted by Tomas Holmstrom. St. Louis replied with Chris Stewart netting his 27th of the year, with helpers by Patrik Berglund and Vladimir Sobotka. The Blues took the lead with Cam Janssen notching his first of the season, with help from Ryan Reaves and Philip McRae. The Red Wings tied it back up with Todd Bertuzzi potting his 16th of the year, courtesy of Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula. Twenty-nine seconds later, St. Louis reclaimed the lead with Chris Porter sending his first of the campaign home, an unassisted goal. The Blues extended their lead with a power play goal by Matt D'Agostini, his 20th of the season powered by Nikita Nikitin and Sobotka. St. Louis rolled on with B.J. Crombeen registering his seventh of the year, fueled by Andy McDonald and Roman Polak. The Blues made it 6-2 with David Backes potting his 28th of the season, a power play goal made possible by Kevin Shattenkirk and D'Agostini. Polak got the goal back for St. Louis with his third of the season, coming off of Porter and Crombeen. Sobotka also tallied for the Blues with his seventh of the year, via Stewart and Nikitin. Berglund added to the St. Louis cause with his 20th of the season, thanks to Stewart and Shattenkirk. Porter wrapped the game up for the Blues with his second of the night and year, with assistance provided by Janssen and Adam Cracknell. The final stood at an astonishing 10-3, with the three stars going to Stewart, Sobotka, and Berglund.

Finally, the games end in Calgary, with the Flames hosting the Anaheim Ducks. Ray Emery and Miikka Kiprusoff got the job between the pipes. Calgary opened the scoring with Jarome Iginla notching his 37th of the season, courtesy of Alex Tanguay and Mark Giordano. Anaheim replied on the power play with a Bobby Ryan goal, his 33rd of the year coming off of Brandon McMillan and Brad Winchester. The Ducks took the lead with Corey Perry notching his 45th of the season, assisted by Cam Fowler and Lubomir Visnovsky on the power play. Anaheim extended their lead with Visnovsky getting his 16th of the year, with assistance by Perry and Toni Lydman. The Flames pulled within a goal early in the third period with a power play goal by Giordano, his eighth of the season powered by Iginla and Tanguay. Perry secured a 4-2 Ducks victory with his second of the game and 46th of the year going into an empty net off of Teemu Selanne. The three stars were awarded to Perry, Giordano, and Iginla.