Only three games going on today. The first is a semi-early game from Ottawa...
As the Senators bring in their hosts from yesterday, the Philadelphia Flyers. Ilya Bryzgalov and Craig Anderson will start again. Ottawa got on the board first with a Daniel Alfredsson goal, his fourteenth of the season, assisted by Kyle Turris and Jared Cowen. Philadelphia replied with an Andrej Meszaros goal, his sixth of the year, thanks to Max Talbot. The Senators regained the lead with a Chris Neil goal, his sixth of the season, coming off of Nick Foligno and Erik Karlsson. The Flyers retied it when Marc-Andre Bourdon potted his second of the year, fueled by Danny Briere. Philadelphia grabbed the lead on a Sean Couturier goal, his sixth of the season, with a lone assist from Matt Read. Read got the Flyers going again in the second period when he made his thirteenth of the year on the power play, powered by James van Riemsdyk and Matt Carle. Ottawa got one back with Colin Greening's goal, his ninth of the season, made possible by Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek. The Senators tied it with Karlsson making his sixth of the year, an unassisted goal. Ottawa took a late 5-4 lead with Filip Kuba recording his fourth of the season, with helpers from Erik Condra and Alfredsson. The Senators cied it at 6-4 with a Foligno empty net goal, his twelfth of the year, guided in by Neil. The three stars went to
To the southwest, the Chicago Blackhawks hosted fierce rivals, the Detroit Red Wings. Ty Conklin and Corey Crawford get the starting nods. Chicago opened with a Dave Bolland power play goal, his ninth of the season, powered by Marian Hossa and Nick Leddy. The Blackhawks added on forty-four seconds later with a Patrick Sharp goal, his twentieth of the year, coming from Michael Frolik and Hossa. Detroit pulled closer with a Valtteri Filppula goal, his fourteenth of the season coming on the power play via Henrik Zetterberg and Jiri Hudler. The Red Wings tied it in the third period on a Zetterberg goal, his ninth of the year, assisted by Danny Cleary and Filppula. Detroit took the game in overtime when Pavel Datsyuk scored shorthanded, his thirteenth of the campaign, fueled by Jonathan Ericsson and Johan Franzen. The three stars went to Filppula, Hossa, and Cleary, while Zetterberg earns the honorable mention.
Finally, out in Anaheim, the Ducks host the equally dismal Columbus Blue Jackets. Steve Mason and Jonas Hiller started in goal, but Curtis Sanford and Iiro Tarkki came on in relief of their starters by the time the second period began. Anaheim opened with an Andrew Cogliano goal, his eighth of the season, assisted by Luca Sbisa and Jason Blake. The Ducks added on when Corey Perry scored his sixteenth of the year, via Bobby Ryan and Francois Beauchemin. Columbus got on the board when Rick Nash scored, netting his thirteenth of the season with the help of Vinny Prospal. Anaheim quickly shot back on the power play as Teemu Selanne deposited his thirteenth of the year, thanks to Ryan Getzlaf and Lubomir Visnovsky. The Ducks extended the lead with Saku Koivu's goal, his sixth of the season, made possible by Ryan. The Blue Jackets got one back in the second period on a Derick Brassard goal, his fifth of the year coming on the power play from Aaron Johnson and Grant Clitsome. Anaheim replied with Perry's second of the game and seventeenth of the season, a power play goal powered by Koivu and Visnovsky. Selanne added on again for the Ducks in the third period with his second of the night and fourteenth of the year, with assists provided by Niklas Hagman and Koivu. Columbus answered with another Nash goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the season, going down unassisted. The Blue Jackets pulled closer with a Derek Dorsett goal, his eighth of the year, guided in by Prospal. Perry iced it by completing his hat trick with his eighteenth of the campaign, an empty net goal, produced by Beauchemin. The final was 7-4, and the three stars were Perry, Selanne, and Nash, while honorable mentions include Prospal, Beauchemin, Koivu, Visnovsky, and Ryan.
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