Only three games on today, and a reminder that there is no hockey over the Christmas weekend in respect of the holiday. Football is primarily on Saturday to avoid the holiday as well, although there will be one regular Sunday night game. With that said, we begin in...
Florida, as the Panthers host the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Jose Theodore play in the blue paint. Sean Bergenheim got Florida on the board first with his seventh of the season, assisted by Shawn Matthias and Ed Jovanovski. Carolina replied with Tim Gleason's goal, coming off of Jamie McBain and Tuomo Ruutu. The Hurricanes took the lead in the second period with an unassisted Chad LaRose goal, his ninth of the year. The Panthers tied it in the third period on a power play goal by Jason Garrison, his tenth of the season, powered by Mikael Samuelsson and Jovanovski. Florida went on to beat Carolina in overtime when the sixteenth of the year for Kris Versteeg crossed the goal line, and helping him earn the 3-2 victory were Stephen Weiss and Brian Campbell. The three stars belong to Versteeg, Garrison, and LaRose, while Jovanovski gets honorable mention.
Over to Chicago, where the Blackhawks hosted the Calgary Flames. Miikka Kiprusoff and Ray Emery played between the pipes. Chicago opened with Steve Montador sinking his fifth of the season, courtesy of Jamal Mayers and Viktor Stalberg. The Blackhawks added on in the second period when Niklas Hjalmarsson scored, via Marian Hossa and Marcus Kruger. Chicago kept going with a Patrick Kane goal, his ninth of the year coming on the power play from Duncan Keith and Jonathan Toews. Calgary got on the board when the eleventh of the campaign by Olli Jokinen found twine, also a power play goal, fueled by Alex Tanguay and Curtis Glencross. The Blackhawks answered back with Hossa's fifteenth of the season, a power play goal powered by Patrick Sharp and Dave Bolland. The Flames got as close as 4-2 before taking the loss when Glencross potted his tenth of the year, yet another power play goal, with the help of Jarome Iginla and Jokinen. Hjalmarsson, Hossa, and Toews earned the official three stars, while Jokinen and Glencross earn honorable mentions.
Finally, the St. Louis Blues host the Columbus Blue Jackets. Steve Mason and Jaroslav Halak were the masked men. Columbus struck first with a Derek MacKenzie goal, his fourth of the season, assisted by Fedor Tyutin. St. Louis quickly replied on a Kevin Shattenkirk goal, his fifth of the year, with the lone assist by Matt D'Agostini. The Blues soon took the lead with T.J. Oshie potting his eleventh of the season, and the lone helper came from David Backes. The Blue Jackets got going again in the second period with the seventh of the year from Derek Dorsett, passed from Tyutin and Nikita Nikitin. Columbus took the lead on a power play goal, Mark Letestu's fifth of the season, powered by R.J. Umberger and Derick Brassard. St. Louis tied it again with Alex Steen putting his eleventh of the year away, thanks to Oshie and Carlo Colaiacovo. The Blues took a lead with Jason Arnott recording his sixth of the season, coming off of David Perron and Jamie Langenbrunner. St. Louis went farther ahead with Alex Pietrangelo notching his fifth of the year, with the help of Backes. The Blue Jackets got one back when Brassard found a home for his third of the season, guided in by Umberger and Tyutin, the latter picking up a sock trick. The Blues iced it 6-4 with an empty net goal from Patrik Berglund, his eighth of the year, set up by Langenbrunner and Perron. The three stars were awarded to Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk, and Tyutin, while Brassard, Oshie, Umberger, Langenbrunner, Backes, and Perron all had nice cases for inclusion.
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