Wednesday, March 25, 2015

NHL March 25th, 2015

Three games on tonight, beginning in...

Edmonton, as the Oilers host the Colorado Avalanche. Semyon Varlamov and Ben Scrivens are in goal. Edmonton began in the first period with a Martin Marincin goal, made possible by Andrew Miller and Anton Lander. The Oilers added on with a Jordan Eberle goal, his twenty-first of the season, coming off of Oscar Klefbom and Benoit Pouliot. Edmonton extended the lead as Taylor Hall scored his twelfth of the year, thanks to Lander and Miller. Colorado got on the board in the second period on a Jarome Iginla goal, his twenty-fifth of the season, a power play goal powered by Tyson Barrie and Ryan O'Reilly. The Avalanche pulled closer on an Alex Tanguay goal, his twenty-first of the year, via O'Reilly and Gabriel Landeskog. Colorado tied it in the third period with an O'Reilly goal, his fourteenth of the season, passed from Tanguay. The Oilers retook the lead on a Derek Roy power play goal, his eleventh of the year, with assists provided by Pouliot and Nail Yakupov. This was good for a 4-3 win, with the three stars going to O'Reilly, Tanguay, and Pouliot, while Miller and Lander get the honorable mentions.

Back east, the Philadelphia Flyers welcome the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Steve Mason are the masked men. Philadelphia led off in the first period on a Wayne Simmonds goal, his twenty-eighth of the season, fueled by Matt Read and Nick Schultz. The Flyers added on in the second period with a Ryan White goal, his fifth of the year, made possible by Carlo Colaiacovo and Nicklas Grossmann. Philadelphia extended the lead on a Claude Giroux goal, his twenty-second of the season, assisted by Jakub Voracek and Michael Del Zotto. Chicago got on the board in the third period with an Andrew Shaw power play goal, his thirteenth of the year, powered by Duncan Keith and Antoine Vermette. The Flyers shot back with a Michael Raffl power play goal, his nineteenth of the season, coming off of Read and Del Zotto. This made it 4-1, with the three stars going to Mason (34 for 35 in saves), Read, and Del Zotto.

Finally, the Calgary Flames bring in the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Karri Ramo are called on to start in goal. Dallas got going in the second period on an Ales Hemsky goal, his tenth of the season, courtesy of Patrik Nemeth and Tyler Seguin. The Stars added on with a Jamie Benn goal, his twenty-seventh of the year, a power play goal powered by Jason Spezza and Seguin. Calgary got on the board with a Johnny Gaudreau goal, his twenty-first of the season, assisted by Sean Monahan and Jiri Hudler. The Flames tied it with a Deryk Engelland goal, guided in by Lance Bouma. Dallas retook the lead on another Hemsky goal, his second of the game and eleventh of the year, with a lone assist by Shawn Horcoff. Calgary retied it in the third period with another Engelland goal, his second of the game, via Mason Raymond and Markus Granlund. The Stars won 4-3 in the shootout on a Seguin goal. The three stars were awarded to Hemsky, Engelland, and Seguin.

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