Saturday, December 6, 2014

NHL December 5th, 2014

Three games to bring us into the weekend, beginning in...

Winnipeg, where the Jets host the Colorado Avalanche. Semyon Varlamov and Michael Hutchinson are in the blue paint. Winnipeg led off in the first period with a Chris Thorburn goal, fueled by Paul Postma and Adam Pardy. Colorado tied it on a Jarome Iginla goal, his fifth of the season, coming off of Gabriel Landeskog. The Jets took the lead on a Bryan Little goal, his ninth of the year, via Blake Wheeler. Winnipeg added on in the second period with an Andrew Ladd goal, his ninth of the season, courtesy of Ben Chiarot and Little. The Jets extended the lead on Little's second of the game and tenth of the year in the third period, assisted by Wheeler. Winnipeg padded the lead when Little finished his hat trick on his eleventh of the season, passed from Ladd and Wheeler, the latter getting a sock trick. The Avalanche got one back with an Iginla power play goal, his second of the game and sixth of the year, powered by Zach Redmond and Landeskog. The Jets finished it at 6-2 with an unassisted Dustin Byfuglien goal, his sixth of the campaign. The three stars went to Little, Iginla, and Wheeler, while Ladd and Landeskog get the honorable mentions.

Down in Minnesota, the Wild welcome the Anaheim Ducks. Frederik Andersen and Darcy Kuemper are the young goalies. Anaheim began in the first period with a Ryan Kesler goal, his seventh of the season, assisted by Kyle Palmieri and Cam Fowler. The Ducks added on as Jakob Silfverberg scored his second of the year, thanks to Andrew Cogliano and Devante Smith-Pelly. Anaheim extended the lead in the second period on Kesler's second of the game and eighth of the season, passed from Hampus Lindholm and Tim Jackman. Minnesota got on the board with a Mikko Koivu power play goal, his fourth of the year, powered by Mikael Granlund and Marco Scandella. The Wild pulled closer with a power play goal by Zach Parise, his tenth of the season, made possible by Granlund and Jonas Brodin. Minnesota tied it on a Brodin goal, guided in by Jason Pominville and Parise. The Wild took the lead in the third period on a Justin Fontaine goal, his second of the year, with helpers from Kyle Brodziak and Nate Prosser. The Ducks retied it on a Jackman goal, his second of the season, fueled by Kesler. Anaheim took the lead again with a Matt Beleskey goal, his thirteenth of the year, helped along by Ryan Getzlaf and Palmieri. This held up for a 5-4 win, with the three stars going to Kesler, Jackman, and Brodin, while Parise, Granlund, and Palmieri got the honorable mentions.

The last game has the Chicago Blackhawks bring in the Montreal Canadiens. Carey Price faces a lesser foe in Antti Raanta in goal. Chicago started in the first period with a Michal Rozsival goal, courtesy of Bryan Bickell and Andrew Shaw. The Blackhawks added on with a Ben Smith goal, his second of the season, passed from Marcus Kruger and Joakim Nordstrom. Montreal got on the board with a Brendan Gallagher goal, his seventh of the year, via Alex Galchenyuk and Tomas Plekanec. The Canadiens tied it on a Sergei Gonchar goal in the second period, made possible by Gallagher and Alexei Emelin. Montreal took the lead on a P.K. Subban power play goal, his seventh of the season, powered by Andrei Markov and David Desharnais. Chicago tied it with a third period goal by Jonathan Toews, his eleventh of the year, coming on the power play with the help of Brad Richards and Kris Versteeg. The Blackhawks took the lead back with a Brandon Saad goal, his fifth of the campaign, set up by Patrick Kane and Toews. This was good for a 4-3 win, with the three stars given to Toews, Gallagher, and Saad.

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