Today we have four games on, and the first of these is in...
New Jersey, with the Devils hosting the San Jose Sharks. The goalies were Antti Niemi and Johan Hedberg. New Jersey opened with a Patrik Elias power play goal, his second of the season powered by Ilya Kovalchuk and David Clarkson. The Devils extended the lead early in the second period with Zach Parise netting his third of the year on a penalty shot, coming via a Brent Burns hooking call on a breakaway. San Jose got on the board with a Joe Thornton goal, assisted by Joe Pavelski and Dan Boyle. The Sharks tied it on a Ryane Clowe goal, his second of the season, with helpers provided by Martin Havlat and Logan Couture. New Jersey broke the tie in the third period with a Clarkson goal, his second of the year, made possible by Mattias Tedenby and Andy Greene. San Jose retied it with Pavelski potting his third of the season off of Clowe and Thornton with less than a minute in regulation. The tie lasted into regulation, where the Sharks beat the Devils as Kovalchuk was overpowered by Michal Handzus and Clowe. Pavelski, Hedberg (38 for 41 in saves), and Clarkson were the three stars, and Clowe and Thornton also posted nice stat lines.
To Detroit, with the Red Wings hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets. Steve Mason and Jimmy Howard are in net. Detroit got a pair of early goals by Johan Franzen, both on the power play from Valtteri Filppula, going as his third and fourth of the season. Columbus answered with a Derick Brassard goal, his second of the year fueled by Aaron Johnson and Rick Nash. The Red Wings got a two-goal lead back early in the second period with a Pavel Datsyuk goal, his second of the season coming off of Tomas Holmstrom and Henrik Zetterberg. The Blue Jackets got one back with Johnson on the power play, powered by Vinny Prospal and Antoine Vermette. Detroit replied back with a power play goal by Nicklas Lidstrom, his second of the year, guided in by Filppula and Holmstrom, the former finishing up a sock trick. Filppula added on an empty net goal, his second of the season via Franzen and Lidstrom, to make it a 5-2 final for the Red Wings. The three stars were Franzen, Filppula, and Johnson, although Lidstrom gets an honorable mention here.
Moving along to St. Louis, with the Blues hosting the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Brian Elliott made the starts. Carolina opened with a Jay Harrison goal, assisted by Jiri Tlusty and Brandon Sutter. The Hurricanes extended their lead on Sutter's second of the season, with Pat Dwyer grabbing the lone assist. St. Louis got on the board as Jason Arnott netted his third of the year, courtesy of Jamie Langenbrunner and Barret Jackman. The Blues tied it with a David Backes goal, his second of the season, with help from T.J. Oshie. St. Louis won it in overtime on a Matt D'Agostini goal, his third of the year, powered by Vladimir Sobotka and Alex Pietrangelo. In the 3-2 win, the three stars were Elliott (27 for 29 in saves), Arnott, and Ward (40 for 43 in saves), although Sutter deserves a mention here.
Finally, we wrap up in Anaheim with the Ducks hosting the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Jonas Hiller played between the pipes. Dallas found twine in thirteen seconds, as Loui Eriksson netted his fourth of the season, courtesy of Steve Ott and Jamie Benn. The Stars extended the lead with a Mike Ribeiro goal, fueled by Alex Goligoski and Eriksson. Anaheim got on the board with a second left in the second period, with Corey Perry's third of the year coming on the power play via Cam Fowler and Lubomir Visnovsky. Dallas regained a more stable lead with Eriksson netting his second of the night and fifth of the season, assisted by Benn. They would win 3-1, and the three stars are Eriksson, Perry, and Lehtonen (35 for 36 in saves), with Benn getting the honorable mention.
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