Just four games on, after one of the day's games was pushed back to tomorrow. We will start now in...
Buffalo, as the Sabres host the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Ryan Miller tend the twines. Dallas opened with a Michael Ryder power play goal, his twentieth of the season, powered by Alex Goligoski and Loui Eriksson. The Stars added on in the third period when Tomas Vincour notched his second of the year, thanks to Jamie Benn and Steve Ott. Buffalo got on the board with a Thomas Vanek goal, his twentieth of the season, a power play goal made possible by Jason Pominville and Christian Ehrhoff. The Sabres tied it as Derek Roy recorded his eleventh of the year, guided in by Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers. The game went to a shootout, where Brad Boyes scored, was answered by Benn, and then Buffalo went up for good as Nathan Gerbe scored, for a 3-2 win over Dallas. The three stars were Gerbe, Pominville, and Goligoski.
Westward to Detroit, as the Red Wings host the Anaheim Ducks. Jonas Hiller and Joey MacDonald are in the creases. Anaheim led off with a George Parros goal, assisted by Rod Pelley. Detroit tied it with a Jakub Kindl goal, his second of the season, courtesy of Drew Miller and Justin Abdelkader. The game was decided in the shootout, as the Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi overpowered the Ducks' Teemu Selanne for a 2-1 win. The three stars were awarded to Bertuzzi, MacDonald (29 for 30 in saves), and Hiller (23 for 24 in saves).
West again, as we land in Colorado, where the Avalanche welcome the Carolina Hurricanes. Cam Ward and Jean-Sebastien Giguere will be between the pipes. Carolina started off with a Tim Brent goal, his eighth of the season, coming off of Anthony Stewart and Chad LaRose. Colorado evened it late with a Gabriel Landeskog goal, his thirteenth of the year, via Peter Mueller. The Hurricanes regained the lead thirty-one seconds later as Jiri Tlusty notched his twelfth of the season, with the help of Eric Staal and Tuomo Ruutu. The Avalanche retied it again in the second period when the thirteenth of the year by Milan Hejduk found twine, guided in by Paul Stastny and David Jones. Carolina retook the lead again with a Staal goal, his fourteenth of the season, assisted by Ruutu and Jay Harrison. Stastny tied it back up for Colorado on his fourteenth of the year, set up by Jones and Jan Hejda. The Avalanche took the game 4-3 in overtime as Ryan O'Reilly scored his fifteenth of the campaign, an unassisted goal. The three stars went to O'Reilly, Stastny, and Landeskog, while Staal, Ruutu, and Jones earn the honorable mentions.
Finally, in San Jose, the Sharks bring in the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Antti Niemi are guarding the goals. San Jose led off with a Justin Braun goal, his second of the season, a power play goal made possible by Logan Couture and Brent Burns. The Sharks added on with a Dan Boyle power play goal, his fifth of the year, powered by Couture and Braun. Chicago got one back as Marcus Kruger notched his fourth of the season, via Nick Leddy and Patrick Sharp. The Blackhawks tied it with Kruger's second of the game and fifth of the year, assisted by Brent Seabrook and Sharp. San Jose retook the lead with a Joe Thornton goal, his twelfth of the season, fueled by Joe Pavelski. Chicago got another equalizer in the third period with Bryan Bickell putting his fifth of the year away, helped along by Dave Bolland and Sami Lepisto. The Sharks got it back when Benn Ferriero deposited his seventh of the season, pushed through by Brad Winchester and Burns. San Jose iced it at 5-3 with a power play goal off the tape of Jamie McGinn, his twelfth of the year, set up by Ryane Clowe and Burns, the latter getting a sock trick. McGinn, Burns, and Braun had the three stars, while Kruger, Sharp, and Couture had the honorable mentions.
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