Four games of hockey to prelude your sporting events before the Super Bowl. First off...
The Washington Capitals host the Boston Bruins. Tim Thomas and Tomas Vokoun guard the cages. Milan Lucic opened the scoring on his nineteenth of the season, with a lone assist by Rich Peverley. The Bruins added on with the nineteenth of the year by Brad Marchand, courtesy of Patrice Bergeron and Adam McQuaid. Boston extended the lead again in the third period as Tyler Seguin sank his twentieth of the season, thanks to Marchand and Bergeron. Washington got one back as Marcus Johansson netted his eleventh of the year, with assists from Mathieu Perreault and Joel Ward. The Bruins iced it at 4-1 with a Peverley empty netter, his ninth of the campaign, made possible by Chris Kelly and Zdeno Chara. Thomas (35 for 36 in saves), Marchand, and Alex Ovechkin had the three stars, while Bergeron or Peverley could fill the third slot well.
Up to New York, where the Rangers welcome the Philadelphia Flyers. Ilya Bryzgalov and Henrik Lundqvist get the starting nods. Artem Anisimov put New York ahead first with his eighth of the season, assisted by Dan Girardi and Derek Stepan. Philadelphia tied it in the second period as Brayden Schenn scored his fifth of the year, thanks to Jakub Voracek and Max Talbot. The Rangers retook the lead with Marian Gaborik recording his twenty-sixth of the season, with the help of Stepan and Anisimov. The Flyers tied it in the third period with Wayne Simmonds goal, his seventeenth of the year, set up by Scott Hartnell and Claude Giroux on the power play. New York wasted no time in retaking the lead with a Michael Del Zotto, his seventh of the season, made possible by Gaborik and Anisimov. The Rangers extended their lead with a Brandon Dubinsky goal, his sixth of the year, courtesy of Brian Boyle and Brandon Prust. New York iced it off at 5-2 with a Ruslan Fedotenko empty net goal, his seventh of the campaign, guided in by Carl Hagelin and Brad Richards. The three stars belonged to Gaborik, Lundqvist (21 for 23 in saves), and Dubinsky, while Anisimov and Stepan also played well.
In the same region, the New Jersey Devils hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins. Marc-Andre Fleury and Martin Brodeur started between the pipes, but Fleury was replaced by Brent Johnson early in the second period. New Jersey started the scoring with a Ilya Kovalchuk goal, his twenty-second of the season, via Patrik Elias and Zach Parise. The Devils added on when Anton Volchenkov scored, with helpers provided by Kovalchuk and Alexei Ponikarovsky. New Jersey rolled on in the second period as Dainius Zubrus struck shorthanded with his fifteenth of the year, coming off of Kovalchuk. Pittsburgh got one back as Matt Niskanen made his third of the season, a power play goal powered by Cal O'Reilly and Matt Cooke. The Devils replied on a Parise goal, his twentieth of the year, made possible by Steve Bernier and Andy Greene. The Penguins got one back in the third period as Evgeni Malkin scored his twenty-ninth of the season on the power play, pushed through by Steve Sullivan. New Jersey iced it at 5-2 with David Clarkson registering his twentieth of the year, an empty net goal with a lone helper by the goalie Brodeur. Kovalchuk, Parise, and Volchenkov earned the three stars.
Finally, we end early with the Montreal Canadiens hosting the Winnipeg Jets. Ondrej Pavelec and Carey Price collected the starts in goal. Montreal opened with a David Desharnais goal, his eleventh of the season, set up by Yannick Weber and Aaron Palushaj. The Canadiens added on with an Alexei Emelin shorthanded goal in the second period, his second of the year, via Tomas Plekanec and Mathieu Darche. Montreal made it 3-0 on Plekanec's eleventh of the campaign, a power play goal powered by Tomas Kaberle and P.K. Subban. They held this lead to the end, and the three stars were Price (23 save shutout), Plekanec, and Emelin.
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