Today, we have only three games going on. We begin in Canada, where we will stay throughout the post, with the Montreal Canadiens playing host to the Philadelphia Flyers. Ilya Bryzgalov and Carey Price made the starts in net. Philadelphia got on the board first with the third of the season by Jaromir Jagr, courtesy of Matt Carle and Scott Hartnell. Montreal tied it late in the first period with a Yannick Weber goal, his second of the year, a power play goal from David Desharnais. The Canadiens took the lead in the second period with an Andrei Kostitsyn goal, his third of the season, made possible by Jaroslav Spacek and Max Pacioretty. Pacioretty soon thereafter added his own goal, the third of the year by him, and he was aided by P.K. Subban and Tomas Plekanec. Pacioretty extended the Montreal lead on his second of the game in the third period, with passes sequencing through Plekanec and Josh Gorges. The Canadiens wrapped it up 5-1 with the third of the season by Michael Cammalleri, and Desharnais and Erik Cole grabbed the helpers. The three stars went to Pacioretty, Price (21 for 22 in saves), and Cole, although Desharnais and Plekanec outplayed Cole.
Moving to Alberta, where the Calgary Flames host the Colorado Avalanche. Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Miikka Kiprusoff are between the irons. Colorado struck first with a Kyle Quincey goal, his second of the season coming on the power play via Paul Stastny and Erik Johnson. Calgary replied with a Roman Horak goal, fueled by Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla. The Flames took the lead in the second period as Lee Stempniak netted the puck, and helping him out were Horak and Niklas Hagman. Calgary extended the lead with Rene Bourque notching his fourth of the year on the power play, courtesy of Anton Babchuk and Jay Bouwmeester. The Avalanche cut the deficit to 3-2 in the third period on a Ryan Wilson goal, thanks to Johnson and Gabriel Landeskog. Bourque put it away for the Flames with his fifth of the season and second of the game, guided in by Olli Jokinen and David Moss. Horak, Bourque, and Johnson earned the three stars, although Kiprusoff had an impressive 34 for 36 night in saves.
Continuing to our final destination, in Vancouver, British Columbia to watch the Canucks host the St. Louis Blues. Brian Elliott and Cory Schneider will put on the masks. St. Louis opened the scoring in the second period on an Alex Steen goal, his fourth of the season made possible by Kevin Shattenkirk and Jason Arnott. The Blues got a third period goal from Steen as well, with the helpers here provided by Matt D'Agostini and David Backes. St. Louis put it away with a Patrik Berglund goal, his third of the season, guided in by Shattenkirk and T.J. Oshie, making it 3-0. This was the final, with Steen, Shattenkirk, and Elliott (32 save shutout) getting the three stars.
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