Tonight there are four games on. We begin with the Carolina Hurricanes hosting the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Cam Ward were given the starts. Carolina opened on a Tim Brent goal, his second of the season, made possible by Tim Gleason. The Hurricanes extended the lead on Brandon Sutter's third of the year, via Jussi Jokinen. Carolina pretty much put the game away with Jiri Tlusty netting his second of the season, thanks to Bryan Allen and Chad LaRose. This made the final 3-0, with Ward (30 save shutout), Sutter, and Gleason getting the three stars, with obvious honorable mention to all other point getters.
Moving west to Detroit, where the Red Wings host the San Jose Sharks. Antti Niemi and Jimmy Howard got the green light to play goal. Detroit opened with a Henrik Zetterberg goal, his second of the season, courtesy of Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk. San Jose answered in the second period with a power play goal by Ryane Clowe, his third of the year powered by Martin Havlat and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. The Sharks took the lead as Patrick Marleau put away his second of the season, with help from Douglas Murray. The Red Wings retied it with a Tomas Holmstrom power play goal, coming off of Datsyuk and Lidstrom. San Jose regained the lead on a Joe Thornton goal, his second of the year, assisted by Joe Pavelski and Marleau. Thornton put the game away, making it 4-2 with his second of the game and third of the season, an empty netter set up by Havlat and Clowe. The three stars were awarded to Niemi (30 for 32 in saves), Lidstrom, and Havlat, and honorable mentions to Thornton, Marleau, Clowe, and Datsyuk.
Westward again, with the Calgary Flames welcoming the St. Louis Blues. Briant Elliott and Miikka Kiprusoff tend the twines. Calgary took the first goal in the second period as Tom Kostopoulos scored via Tim Jackman and Roman Horak. The Flames made it 2-0 on a Horak goal, his second of the season, courtesy of Curtis Glencross and Jackman. Twelve seconds later, St. Louis was on the board with an Alex Steen goal, his sixth of the year, with helpers provided by Jamie Langenbrunner and Kevin Shattenkirk. Calgary wrapped it up on an empty net goal by Olli Jokinen, his second of the season helped in by Glencross and David Moss, making it 3-1. The three stars went to Kiprusoff (28 for 29 in saves), Horak, and Kostopoulos, with honorable mention for Steen, Glencross, and Jackman.
Finishing off the day's games in Colorado, where the Avalanche host the Edmonton Oilers. Devan Dubnyk and Semyon Varlamov will be in the blue paint. Edmonton got on the board in the second period to lead the scoring off, with a Cam Barker power play goal powered by Sam Gagner and Ryan Smyth. The Oilers extended the lead with an Andy Sutton goal, and sharing advantages of his expertise were Lennart Petrell and Smith. Colorado got on the board with a Ryan O'Reilly goal, coming on the power play through Matt Duchene and Kyle Quincey. Edmonton replied to make it 3-1 with a Smyth goal, his third of the season, courtesy of Shawn Horcoff and Ryan Jones. This was the final, with Dubnyk (40 for 41 in saves), Smyth, and O'Reilly getting the three stars.
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