Only three games on tonight, a very low amount. We begin with the Ottawa Senators hosting the Washington Capitals. Tomas Vokoun and Craig Anderson are playing in between the pipes. In the first period, there was a fight between the Senators' Jesse Winchester and the Capitals' Troy Brouwer. Washington got the scoring going in the second period with the second of the season by Jeff Halpern, made possible by Dennis Wideman and Brouwer. Ottawa tied it on an Erik Condra goal, his fourth of the year, thanks to Erik Karlsson and Zack Smith. The Senators took the lead with the ninth of the season from Nick Foligno, and Sergei Gonchar had the lone assist. The Capitals tied it in the third period on a Nicklas Backstrom power play goal, his tenth of the year, powered by Brooks Laich and John Carlson. Washington stole the lead with Alex Ovechkin potting his ninth of the season, guided in by Backstrom and Dmitry Orlov. Brouwer extended the lead for the Capitals with his eighth of the year, earning him a Gordie Howe hat trick, and the assists came from Marcus Johansson and Carlson, all just fifteen seconds after the previous tally. Ottawa got one back with a Milan Michalek power play goal, his seventeenth of the season, assisted by Colin Greening. Washington iced it 5-3 with Carlson scoring his fifth of the year into the empty net with no assistance. The three stars were Carlson, Ovechkin, and Foligno, while Backstrom and Brouwer also performed well.
Over to Buffalo, with the Sabres hosting the Philadelphia Flyers. Ilya Bryzgalov and Ryan Miller are tending the twines. Ville Leino got Buffalo going with a power play goal, his third of the season, coming off of Zack Kassian and Luke Adam. Kassian added on for the Sabres with his third of the year, and the lone assist was Andrej Sekera. Forty-two seconds later, Buffalo struck again with Thomas Vanek netting his thirteenth of the season, a power play goal powered by Jason Pominville and Derek Roy. Just twenty-two seconds after that, and with just a tick left on the clock for the first period, Philadelphia got on the board as Max Talbot registered his seventh of the year, assisted by Jakub Voracek. The Flyers pulled closer in the second period on the eleventh of the season for Matt Read, fueled by Kimmo Timonen and Claude Giroux. Philadelphia tied it when Scott Hartnell deposited his twelfth of the year, and Giroux recorded the lone helper. The Flyers grabbed the lead with Jaromir Jagr notching his ninth of the season, via Giroux, who gets a sock trick. The Sabres tied it in the third period on a Drew Stafford goal, his fifth of the year, courtesy of Pominville and Marc-Andre Gragnani. Philadelphia took the game 5-4 in overtime with Giroux putting his sixteenth of the campaign away unassisted. Giroux, Kassian, and Stafford got the three stars. Pominville gets an honorable mention.
Finally, way to the west the Edmonton Oilers host the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Devan Dubnyk received the green light to start in goal. Edmonton struck first with an Eric Belanger goal, set up by Magnus Paajarvi and Andy Sutton. Carolina tied it on a Jeff Skinner power play goal, his twelfth of the season, an unassisted goal. The Hurricanes took the lead in the second period with Jamie McBain's third of the year, a power play goal powered by Tomas Kaberle and Justin Faulk. Carolina extended the lead with Patrick Dwyer scoring his fourth of the season, thanks to Eric Staal and Kaberle. The Hurricanes rolled on with a shorthanded Chad LaRose goal, his eighth of the year, coming off of Bryan Allen. The Oilers finally got one back with a Ben Eager goal, courtesy of Lennart Petrell and Anton Lander. Carolina struck back in the third period when Tuomo Ruutu scored his ninth of the season, with the help of Jussi Jokinen and Tim Gleason. Edmonton cut it down to 5-3 with the thirteenth of the year by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, guided in by Sam Gagner and Jordan Eberle. This was a final, and the three stars were Skinner, LaRose, and Sutton, while Kaberle also performed well.
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