Six games on tonight, and this post is running late thanks to a poetry event I had the utmost pleasure in attending. I will post my contributions and writings at a later date for everyone on here to see. As for the hockey...
The Detroit Red Wings opened things by hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets. Steve Mason and Ty Conklin played in goal. Detroit led off with a Tomas Holmstrom power play goal, his ninth of the season, set up by Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall. The Red Wings added on as Gustav Nyquist scored, with the help of Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi. Holmstrom struck again for Detroit with his second of the game and tenth of the year, another power play goal, powered by Zetterberg and Kronwall. The Red Wings kept going on a Jiri Hudler goal, his twenty-third of the season, via Valtteri Filppula and Bertuzzi. Detroit extended the lead in the second period with a Nicklas Lidstrom goal, his eleventh of the year, coming off of Zetterberg for a sock trick and Ian White. The Red Wings rolled along with a Brad Stuart goal, his sixth of the season, chasing Mason in faovr of Allen York, and with assists provided by Bertuzzi for a sock trick and Filppula. Datsyuk later struck for Detroit in the third period with his eighteenth of the year, guided in by Zetterberg and Bertuzzi. Columbus finally got on the board as Mark Letestu netted his eleventh of the season, thanks to Rick Nash and Nikita Nikitin. The Blue Jackets made it 7-2 with a Nash goal, his twenty-seventh of the year, assisted by Vinny Prospal and Jack Johnson. Zetterberg, Bertuzzi, and Holmstrom had the three stars, while Datsyuk, Filppula, Kronwall, and Nash got the honorable mentions.
Moving eastward, the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning. Dwayne Roloson and Ilya Bryzgalov handled the goaltending duties. Tampa Bay struck first as Ryan Malone put down his fifteenth of the season, a shorthanded goal passed through by Trevor Smith. The Lightning added on as Steven Stamkos notched his fifty-third of the year, a power play goal powered by Martin St. Louis and Teddy Purcell. Philadelphia got on the board in the second period with a Wayne Simmonds goal, coming off of Brayden Schenn and Pavel Kubina as his twenty-third of the season. Matt Read tied it for the Flyers on his twenty-second of the year, guided in by Kimmo Timonen and Jakub Voracek. St. Louis gave Tampa Bay the lead back in the third period with his twenty-fourth of the season, set up by Tim Wallace and Eric Brewer. The Lightning extended the lead with an unassisted J.T. Wyman goal, his second of the year. Philadelphia took one back on a Scott Hartnell tally, his thirty-sixth of the season, a power play goal made possible by Danny Briere and Jakub Voracek. Tampa Bay iced it at 5-3 with an empty net goal off the tape of Tom Pyatt, his twelfth of the year, with a lone Brewer helper. The three stars were given to Roloson (35 for 37 in saves), St. Louis, and Simmonds, while the honorable mentions include Stamkos, Brewer, and Voracek.
Northwest of there, the Winnipeg Jets welcomed their eastern neighbors, the Ottawa Senators. Craig Anderson and Ondrej Pavelec attempted to stop the pucks. Ottawa opened with a Chris Neil goal, via Jason Spezza and Erik Karlsson as his twelfth of the season. The Senators added on in the second period when Kaspars Daugavins netted his fifth of the year, thanks to Erik Condra and Zack Smith. Antti Miettinen got one back for Winnipeg with his third of the season, a power play goal powered by Zach Bogosian and Kyle Wellwood. Wellwood tied it for the Jets with his sixteenth of the year, made possible by Evander Kane and Ron Hainsey. Kyle Turris reclaimed the Ottawa lead on his tenth of the season, fueled by Spezza and Karlsson. Twenty-seconds later, Miettinen recorded his second of the night and fourth of the year, with he help of Jim Slater and Tanner Glass, putting Winnipeg in another tie. Daniel Alfredsson broke it for the Senators in the third period on his twenty-fifth of the season, set up by Karlsson, who got a sock trick. Kane retied it for the Jets with his twenty-ninth of the year, courtesy of Wellwood. Ottawa took the lead again twenty-four seconds later as Alfredsson potted his second of the game and twenty-sixth of the season, assisted by Filip Kuba and Turris. The Senators iced it at 6-4 with an empty net goal by Milan Michalek, his thirty-fourth of the year, helped along by Spezza, who got a sock trick. Karlsson, Miettinen, and Anderson (44 for 48 in saves) got the three stars, while the honorable mentions include Spezza, Wellwood, Alfredsson, Turris, and Kane.
Westward to Calgary, as the Flames host the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Miikka Kiprusoff again tended the twines. Dallas scored twenty-six seconds in with a Jamie Benn goal, his twenty-fifth of the season, assisted by Steve Ott. Calgary tied it on a power play goal by Olli Jokinen, his twenty-second of the year, coming off of Lee Stempniak and Curtis Glencross. Benn answered in the second period for the Stars with his second of the game and twenty-sixth of the campaign, guided in by Adam Burish and Adam Pardy forty-four seconds into the period. The Flames retied it as Blake Comeau netted his fifth of the season, an unassisted goal. Calgary gained the lead with a Michael Cammalleri goal, his seventeenth of the year, fueled by Jarome Iginla and Anton Babchuk. Dallas answered with the seventeenth of the campaign for Mike Ribeiro, pushed through by Michael Ryder and Alex Goligoski. The Flames again went ahead with a Mark Giordano power play goal, his ninth of the season, powered by Iginla and Cammalleri. Calgary extended their lead with an Alex Tanguay power play goal, his thirteenth of the year, thanks to Cammalleri and Giordano. The Stars attempted a comeback in the third period on a Philip Larsen power play goal, his second of the campaign, passed from Sheldon Souray and Ott, but they never got the equalizer, falling 5-4. Cammalleri, Benn, and Giordano earned the three stars, while Iginla and Ott get the honorable mentions.
Into British Columbia, where the Vancouver Canucks bring in the Los Angeles Kings. Jonathan Quick and Roberto Luongo guarded the cages. Vancouver started the scoring with a Manny Malhotra goal, his seventh of the season, assisted by Maxim Lapierre and Alexander Edler. This goal held up throughout the game for a 1-0 Canucks win. The three stars were handed to Luongo (38 save shutout), Quick (24 for 25 in saves), and Malhotra.
We end the day in San Jose, where the Sharks welcomed the Colorado Avalanche. Semyon Varlamov and Antti Niemi went between the pipes. San Jose got things going in the second period with the twenty-eighth of the season by Joe Pavelski, guided in by Justin Braun and Dan Boyle. The Sharks added on with a Andrew Desjardins netting his fourth of the year, via Tommy Wingels and Boyle. Colorado got one back as Shane O'Brien registered his third of the season, thanks to Ryan O'Reilly and Gabriel Landeskog. San Jose answered with a Torrey Mitchell goal, his ninth of the year, made possible by Michal Handzus and Dominic Moore. The Sharks extended the lead in the third period with Pavelski's second of the night and twenty-ninth of the season, a power play goal powered by Logan Couture and Joe Thornton. San Jose iced it at 5-1 with Ryane Clowe putting his fourteenth of the year into the empty net, with the help of Martin Havlat. The three stars of the game were Pavelski, Desjardins, and Boyle.
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