Four games throughout the day today, beginning with a matinee in...
Raleigh, as the Carolina Hurricanes host the Los Angeles Kings. Jonathan Quick and Cam Ward are the veterans in goal. Carolina was first to score in the first period on a Brett Pesce goal, passed from Brad Malone. The Hurricanes added on in the second period on a Jeff Skniner goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Kris Versteeg and Pesce. Carolina extended the lead as Justin Faulk scored his seventh of the year, a power play goal powered by Elias Lindholm and Versteeg. Los Angeles got on the board with a Dustin Brown penalty shot goal, his second of the season, coming after Noah Hanifin fell on the puck in the crease. The Kings got closer with an Anze Kopitar goal, his sixth of the year, going in unassisted. The Hurricanes fired back on Faulk's second of the game on the power play, his eighth of the season made possible by Hanifin and Victor Rask. Jhonas Enroth played the third period in lieu of Quick. Los Angeles got one back on a Kopitar power play goal in the third period, his second of the game and seventh of the year, helped along by Drew Doughty and Jake Muzzin. This made it 4-3, the eventual final, with the three stars going to Faulk, Kopitar, and Pesce, while Versteeg gets an honorable mention.
Up in Columbus, the Blue Jackets welcome the San Jose Sharks. Alex Stalock is mismatched with Sergei Bobrovsky in goal. San Jose struck first in the first period on a Patrick Marleau goal, his seventh of the season, courtesy of Joonas Donskoi and Joel Ward. Columbus tied it in the second period on a Ryan Johansen goal, his fourth of the year passed from Kerby Rychel and Josh Anderson. The Blue Jackets took the lead on a Boone Jenner goal, his eleventh of the season, assisted by William Karlsson and Brandon Saad. Columbus added on in the third period with a Cam Atkinson goal, his fifth of the year, fueled by Nick Foligno and Scott Hartnell. The Sharks pulled back on a Joe Pavelski goal, his eleventh of the season, coming off of Justin Braun and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. San Jose tied it on a Brent Burns power play goal, his eighth of the year, powered by Ward and Marleau. The Sharks took the lead on a Brenden Dillon goal, via Chris Tierney. San Jose iced it at 5-3 with a Pavelski empty net goal, his second of the game and twelfth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars went to Pavelski, Marleau, and Ward.
North to Montreal, with the Canadiens bringing in the New York Islanders. Thomas Greiss and Carey Price are the goalies with rhyming names. New York dented the scoreboard in the first period on a John Tavares goal, his tenth of the season, made possible by Kyle Okposo and Travis Hamonic. Montreal tied it with a David Desharnais power play goal in the second period, his seventh of the year, powered by Dale Weise and P.K. Subban. The Canadiens took the lead on a Tomas Fleischmann shorthanded goal, his seventh of the season, going in unassisted. The Islanders retied it in the third period on an Anders Lee goal, his fourth of the year, via Josh Bailey and Mikhail Grabovski. Montreal took the lead on an Alex Galchenyuk goal, his third of the season, coming on the power play from Subban and Andrei Markov. The Canadiens iced it at 4-2 with a power play empty net goal by Max Pacioretty, his eleventh of the year, set up by Tomas Plekanec. The three stars went to Subban, Galchenyuk, and Fleischmann.
Finally, the Vancouver Canucks host the New Jersey Devils. Cory Schneider faces his former team and Jacob Markstrom in goal. New Jersey got going in the second period on a Mike Cammalleri goal, his seventh of the season, fueled by Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac. The Devils added on in the third period with an Andy Greene power play goal, his second of the year, powered by Cammalleri and Lee Stempniak. Vancouver got on the board with a Henrik Sedin shorthanded goal, his seventh of the season, set up by Daniel Sedin. New Jersey answered on an Adam Henrique goal, his ninth of the year, courtesy of Cammalleri and Adam Larsson. The Canucks got one back late on a Radim Vrbata power play goal, his fourth of the campaign, with helpers from Alexander Edler and Yannick Weber. The three stars in the 3-2 game were Cammalleri, Henrique, and Greene.
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