Six games on tonight everyone, as I am finally back on track from the past three crazy days. We begin...
Up in Canada, where the Winnipeg Jets host the New York Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist and Ondrej Pavelec are between the pipes. Winnipeg got things started in the second period with the second of the season for Spencer Machacek, assisted by Ben Maxwell and Mark Stuart. The Jets added on with a Bryan Little goal, his twenty-third of the year, courtesy of Blake Wheeler and Andrew Ladd. New York got one back with a Michael Del Zotto shorthanded goal, his eighth of the season, passed from Ryan Callahan. The Rangers tied it up on a Callahan power play goal, his twenty-eighth of the year, powered by Marian Gaborik and Del Zotto. New York gained the lead in the third period as Brian Boyle shelved his ninth of the season, thanks to Ruslan Fedotenko and Ryan McDonagh. The Rangers extended their lead with a Derek Stepan power play goal, his seventeenth of the year, coming off of Gaborik and Brad Richards. Del Zotto, Callahan, and Evander Kane got the three stars in the 4-2 game, while Gaborik earns an honorable mention.
Down to Columbus, where the Blue Jackets welcomed the Detroit Red Wings. Ty Conklin and Allen York played in goal. Columbus opened with a Vinny Prospal goal, his fourteenth of the season, coming off of Rick Nash. The Blue Jackets extended the lead with Derek Dorsett recording his eleventh of the year, with a lone Ryan Johansen assist. Detroit replied on a Henrik Zetterberg power play goal, his twenty-second of the season, powered by Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom. Columbus answered back in the second period with a Derick Brassard goal, his fourteenth of the year, set up by Nikita Nikitin and R.J. Umberger. The Blue Jackets added on with an Umberger goal, his fifteenth of the season, via Cam Atkinson and Nikitin. The Red Wings got one back as Niklas Kronwall potted his fifteenth of the year, a power play goal fueled by Nicklas Lidstrom and Datsyuk. The final stood at 4-2 Columbus, with York (29 for 31 in saves), Umberger, and Nikitin, had the three stars, while Datsyuk gets an honorable mention.
Back in Canada, the Edmonton Oilers host the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Devan Dubnyk played in the blue paint. Dallas struck first with the thirty-fourth of the season for Michael Ryder, made possible by Mike Ribeiro and Stephane Robidas, Ribeiro extended the lead in the second period for the Stars with his eighteenth of the year, courtesy of Loui Eriksson and Ryder. Dallas kept going in the third period on another Ryder goal, his second of the game and thirty-fifth of the season, set up by Ribeiro and Eriksson. Edmonton got on the board with an Ales Hemsky goal, his tenth of the year, guided in by Ryan Smyth and Corey Potter. Ryder, Ribeiro, and Jordan Eberle claimed the three stars, while Lehtonen (31 for 32 in saves) or Eriksson could take the third star.
South but staying in Alberta, the Calgary Flames bring in the Los Angeles Kings for a crucial Sutter Cup battle. Jonathan Quick and Miikka Kiprusoff tend the twines. Los Angeles led off with a Willie Mitchell tally, his fifth of the season, assisted by Anze Kopitar and Slava Voynov. The Kings added on in the second period as Dustin Brown notched his twentieth of the year, courtesy of Kopitar and Drew Doughty. Los Angeles iced it at 3-0 with a Justin Williams empty net goal, his nineteenth of the campaign, going in unassisted. Quick (19 save shutout), Kopitar, and Jay Bouwmeester got the three stars, while any point earner deserves the third slot.
Westward to Vancouver, as the Canucks host the Colorado Avalanche. Semyon Varlamov and Cory Schneider got the starting nods. Vancouver got things going with a Chris Higgins goal, his sixteenth of the season coming shorthanded from Samuel Pahlsson. The Canucks made this stand up for a 1-0 win, with the three stars being Schneider (43 save shutout), Varlamov (21 for 22 in saves), and Higgins.
Finally, we end with another Battle of California game, as the Anaheim Ducks host the San Jose Sharks. Antti Niemi and Jonas Hiller guard the cages. Anaheim was first to score in the second period with a Bobby Ryan goal, his twenty-eighth of the season, assisted by Devante Smith-Pelly and Nick Bonino. San Jose evened with as Ryane Clowe potter his fifteenth of the year, with the help of Logan Couture. The Ducks got the lead back in the third period with Teemu Selanne netting his twenty-fifth of the season, via Luca Sbisa and Saku Koivu. Anaheim extended their lead with the unassisted thirty-sixth of the year by Corey Perry. This held up for a 3-1 final, with the three stars going to Ryan, Hiller (28 for 29 in saves), and Joe Pavelski, while any point-earner deserves the third slot. Another Anaheim rant here, because you guys won and picked this time not to be homers in the three stars, so backwards.
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