Wednesday, March 4, 2015

NHL March 4th, 2015

Four games on tonight, beginning with...

The Winnipeg Jets hosting the Ottawa Senators. Andrew Hammond and Michael Hutchinson are the young goalies. Ottawa began on a Kyle Turris goal, his sixteenth of the season, assisted by Cody Ceci and Milan Michalek in the first period. The Senators added on in the second period with a Bobby Ryan power play goal, his seventeenth of the year, powered by Mika Zibanejad and Erik Karlsson. Ottawa extended the lead with an Erik Condra goal, his eighth of the season, coming off of Mark Stone and Turris. Ondrej Pavelec replaced Hutchinson in goal. Winnipeg got on the board in the third period on a Michael Frolik goal, his fourteenth of the year, via Lee Stempniak and Tyler Myers. This produced the 3-1 final, with the three stars going to Turris, Hammond (35 for 36 in saves), and Ryan.

Stateside, the Detroit Red Wings welcome the New York Rangers. Cam Talbot and Jimmy Howard are in the creases. Detroit led off in the first period on a Justin Abdelkader goal, his fourteenth of the season, fueled by Henrik Zetterberg and Jonathan Ericsson. New York tied it on a Dan Girardi goal, his third of the year, a power play goal made possible by Rick Nash and Dan Boyle. The Red Wings won 2-1 in overtime on a Marek Zidlicky power play goal, his fifth of the campaign, powered by Pavel Datsyuk and Zetterberg. The three stars were Howard (39 for 40 in saves), Zidlicky, and Zetterberg.

West to Colorado, as the Avalanche bring in the Pittsburgh Penguins. Marc-Andre Fleury and Semyon Varlamov guard the cages. Colorado got going in the second period on a Jarome Iginla power play goal, his twentieth of the season, powered by Gabriel Landeskog and Tyson Barrie. The Avalanche added on with a Nathan MacKinnon goal, his fourteenth of the year, via Jan Hejda and Landeskog. Pittsburgh got on the board in the third period on an Evgeni Malkin goal, his twenty-seventh of the season, going in unassisted. Colorado finished it at 3-1 on a Landeskog goal, his seventeenth of the year, helped along by Ryan O'Reilly. The three stars were Landeskog, Varlamov (28 for 29 in saves), and MacKinnon.

Finally, the Anaheim Ducks host the Montreal Canadiens. Carey Price and John Gibson are given the starting nods. Anaheim opened in the first period on a Francois Beauchemin goal, his sixth of the season, guided in by Kyle Palmieri and Nate Thompson. The Ducks added on in the second period as Rickard Rakell scored his sixth of the year, with the help of Jiri Sekac and Hampus Lindholm. Anaheim extended the lead with a shorthanded empty net goal by Cam Fowler, his sixth of the season, set up by Ryan Kesler. Montreal got on the board with a power play goal by Alex Galchenyuk, his nineteenth of the year, powered by Andrei Markov and David Desharnais. This made it a 3-1 final, with the three stars given to Gibson (37 for 38 in saves), Rakell, and Fowler.

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