Only three games on tonight. First off, the...
Carolina Hurricanes host the Buffalo Sabres. Jhonas Enroth and Brian Boucher are in front of the cages. Buffalo opened with a power play goal by Jason Pominville, his eighth of the season, powered by Thomas Vanek and Brad Boyes. This held up in the final two periods to be a final, and Enroth (34 save shutout), Pominville, and Boucher (19 for 20 in saves) were awarded the three stars.
Following that, the Calgary Flames host the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Miikka Kiprusoff tend the twines. Calgary struck first with a Lee Stempniak goal, his fourth of the season, made possible by the tenth assist for Alex Tanguay and a T.J. Brodie helper. Chicago quickly replied with a Viktor Stalberg goal, his fifth of the year, off of Jonathan Toews and Nick Leddy. The Flames jumped back into attack mode early in the second period with Rene Bourque scoring his sixth of the season forty seconds in with the help of Curtis Glencross and Scott Hannan. Calgary extended the lead seventeen seconds later, with the second of the year for Paul Byron, made possible by Roman Horak. The Blackhawks didn't not fade in the face of this adversity, with Marian Hossa pulling them closer on a power play goal, his ninth of the season, via Duncan Keith (assist number 10) and Toews. The Flames took it back as Glencross notched his sixth of the year, guided in by Jay Bouwmeester and Olli Jokinen. Calgary kept rolling in the third period with another Glencross goal, his seventh of the season, set up by Jokinen. The final was 5-2, and the three stars were Glencross, Bourque, and Stempniak, while Jokinen and Toews get honorable mention.
Lastly, in Colorado, the Avalanche welcome the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Jean-Sebastien Giguere get the starting nods. Colorado opened the scoring with a Chuck Kobasew goal, his third of the season, fueled by the tenth assist for Ryan Wilson and a T.J. Galiardi assist. The Avalanche made it 2-0 late in the third period on a power play goal by Paul Stastny, his sixth of the year, powered by Gabriel Landeskog and Shane O'Brien. Colorado wrapped it up 3-0 on a Matt Duchene empty net goal, his eighth of the campaign, assisted by David Jones and Kyle Quincey. The three stars were Giguere, Stastny, and Kobasew.
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