Only four games on a pretty quiet Wednesday. We lead off with the...
Detroit Red Wings hosting the Edmonton Oilers. Nikolai Khabibulin and Joey MacDonald played in goal. Detroit opened with a Johan Franzen power play goal, his twenty-first of the season, powered by Ian White and Pavel Datsyuk. The Red Wings added on in the second period as Cory Emmerton netted his sixth of the year, thanks to Justin Abdelkader and Danny Cleary. Sam Gagner got one back for Edmonton with his twelfth of the season, and Ryan Jones and Jeff Petry provided the helpers. The Oilers tied it in the third period with another Gagner goal, his second of the game and thirteenth of the year, a power play goal made possible by Magnus Paajarvi. Drew Miller gave Detroit the lead again with his eleventh of the season, guided in by Abdelkader. The Red Wings extended the lead with Henrik Zetterberg sinking his tenth of the year, fueled by Brad Stuart and Niklas Kronwall. This resulted in a 4-2 final, where the three stars were Datsyuk, Gagner, and Abdelkader.
Back east a bit, the Buffalo Sabres welcome the Boston Bruins. Tuukka Rask and Ryan Miller will handle the nets. Buffalo struck first on Christian Ehrhoff's fourth of the season, assisted by Tyler Myers. The Sabres added on with a Jason Pominville goal, his eighteenth of the year, courtesy of Ville Leino and Mike Weber. Buffalo extended the lead with a Tyler Ennis goal in the second period, his fourth of the season, set up by Andrej Sekera, chasing Rask in favor of Tim Thomas. The Sabres piled on another with Patrick Kaleta recording his fifth of the year, with the help of Paul Gaustad. Buffalo kept strong in the third period when Pominville's second of the game and nineteenth of the season, coming off of Leino and Sekera. The Sabres iced it at 6-0 with a Drew Stafford goal, his ninth of the year, guided in by Ennis and Nathan Gerbe. The three stars went to Miller (36 save shutout), Pominville, and Kaleta, while Ennis, Sekera, and Leino earn honorable mentions.
Westward to San Jose, with the Sharks hosting the Calgary Flames. Miikka Kiprusoff and Antti Niemi are the Finnish goaltenders. Calgary led off with an Olli Jokinen goal, his fourteenth of the season, assisted by Chris Butler and Jarome Iginla. The Flames added on in the second period with another Jokinen goal, his second of the game and fifteenth of the year, a power play goal coming off of Alex Tanguay and Michael Cammalleri. San Jose got one back with a Logan Couture goal, his twenty-third of the season, courtesy of Ryane Clowe and Joe Thornton. The Sharks evened the score on a Joe Pavelski goal, his twentieth of the year, made possible by Thornton and Patrick Marleau. Iginla gave Calgary the lead back with his twenty-first of the season, fueled by Jokinen. San Jose retied it on a Michal Handzus power play goal, his sixth of the year, powered by Brent Burns. Jokinen gave the Flames the lead back by completing his hat trick with his sixteenth of the season, thanks to Tanguay. This was it for the scoring, giving Calgary a 4-3 win, and the three stars went to Jokinen, Iginla, and Thornton, while Tanguay gets an honorable mention.
Farther down the California coast, the Anaheim Ducks welcomed the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Jonas Hiller get the starting nods. Carolina opened the scoring with a Tuomo Ruutu goal, his seventeenth of the season, assisted by Jiri Tlusty and Justin Faulk. Anaheim evened it in the second period as Nick Bonino netted his fourth of the year, courtesy of Lubomir Visnovsky and Andrew Cogliano. The Hurricanes regained the lead in the third period as Eric Staal notched his thirteenth of the season, an unassisted goal. The Ducks got another equalizer as Saku Koivu potted his tenth of the year, with Luca Sbisa and Matt Beleskey providing the helpers. Anaheim took the game 3-2 in overtime as Corey Perry recorded his twenty-third of the campaign, via Sheldon Brookbank. The three stars were Perry, Bonino, and Jeff Skinner, while any other point earner could take the third slot.
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