Five games in this hemisphere today, much thinner than the previous post. We begin here in...
Carolina, as the Hurricanes host the Boston Bruins. Anton Khudobin and Cam Ward will play in the blue paint. Boston started with a shorthanded goal by Brad Marchand, his third of the season, assisted by Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron. The Bruins added on as Chara scored his second of the year, a power play goal set up by David Krejci and Tyler Seguin. Carolina got on the board with a Jamie McBain goal, fueled by Eric Staal and Alexander Semin. Boston answered in the second period as Nathan Horton notched his second of the season, courtesy of Chara and Johnny Boychuk. The Hurricanes shot back as Jeff Skinner potted his fifth of the year, via Jordan Staal. Carolina tied it on an Eric Staal goal, his fourth of the season, made possible by Semin. The Bruins took the lead late in the third period on a Krejci goal, coming off of Dougie Hamilton and Horton. Boston iced it at 5-3 as Seguin scored an empty net goal, going in unassisted. The three stars were handed to Chara, Krejci, and Eric Staal, while Horton, Seguin, and Semin get the honorable mentions.
West to Columbus, with the Blue Jackets hosting the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Sergei Bobrovsky receive the starting nods. Dallas led off in the second period with a Philip Larsen goal, fueled by Alex Goligoski and Jamie Benn on the power play. Columbus tied it when Derek Dorsett scored, thanks to Fedor Tyutin and Artem Anisimov. The Blue Jackets took the lead in the third period as Vinny Prospal potted his second of the season, with the help of James Wisniewski and Jack Johnson. This was good for a 2-1 win, and the three stars were Prospal, Dorsett, and Johnson.
Southwest to Phoenix, where the Coyotes host the Nashville Predators. Pekka Rinne faces a lesser foe in Chad Johnson in goal. Phoenix opened with a first period Antoine Vermette goal, his third of the season, assisted by Nick Johnson and Keith Yandle. The Coyotes added on in the second period when Lauri Korpikoski notched his third of the year, with Boyd Gordon getting the only assist. Phoenix struck again in the third period as Johnson scored, with the help of Yandle and Derek Morris. The Coyotes padded the lead with a Yandle power play goal, powered by Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Radim Vrbata. This made it a 4-0 final, with Chad Johnson (22 save shutout), Yandle, and Nick Johnson getting the three stars.
North to Edmonton, where the Oilers host the Colorado Avalanche. Semyon Varlamov and Devan Dubnyk are between the pipes. Edmonton got going with a first period power play goal by Ales Hemsky, set up by Teemu Hartikainen and Sam Gagner as his second of the season. The Oilers extended the lead on a Jordan Eberle power play goal, his third of the year, powered by Taylor Hall and Ryan Whitney. Edmonton padded the lead in the second period on a Shawn Horcoff power play goal, coming off of Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Colorado got on the board in the third period as P.A. Parenteau scored his third of the season, with the help of Matt Duchene and Jamie McGinn. The Oilers iced it at 4-1 with a Nail Yakupov empty net goal, his third of the year, passed from Gagner. Eberle, Hall, and Dubnyk (37 for 38 in saves) got the three stars, while Gagner had an honorable mention.
Finally, we end in Los Angeles, as the Kings bring in the Vancouver Canucks. Roberto Luongo and Jonathan Quick tend the twines. Vancouver began in the first period with a Zack Kassian goal, his fourth of the season, assisted by Alexander Edler and Dan Hamhuis. The Canucks padded the lead in the second period as Alexandre Burrows scored his second of the year, thanks to Chris Higgins and Chris Tanev. Los Angeles got on the board as Jeff Carter potted his third of the season, a power play goal, powered by Mike Richards and Simon Gagne. The Kings tied it with a Slava Voynov goal in the third period, made possible by Anze Kopitar. The game went to a shootout, where Los Angeles won 3-2 on a lone tally by Carter. The three stars belonged to Kopitar, Luongo (26 for 28 in saves), and Voynov, while Carter gets the honorable mention.
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