Five games on today after the DC-centric blizzard postponed the Capitals game against the Ducks. We begin with...
The Buffalo Sabres hosting the Detroit Red Wings. Petr Mrazek and Robin Lehner are the young goalies. Detroit got going in the third period on a Dylan Larkin goal, his fifteenth of the season, passed from Luke Glendening and Jonathan Ericsson. The Red Wings added on with a Henrik Zetterberg goal, his ninth of the year, courtesy of Larkin and Justin Abdelkader. Detroit extended the lead with a Glendening empty net goal, his third of the campaign, set up by Danny DeKeyser. This made it 3-0, the final, with the three stars being Larkin, Mrazek (19 save shutout), Glendening.
Down in Raleigh, the Carolina Hurricanes welcome the New York Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist and Eddie Lack are in the creases. New York was first to score in the first period on a Ryan McDonagh goal, his sixth of the season, going in unassisted. The Rangers added on with a Keith Yandle goal, his third of the year, via Oscar Lindberg and Kevin Hayes. Carolina got on the board with a Joakim Nordstrom goal in the second period, his third of the season, coming off of Andrej Nestrasil. New York replied with a J.T. Miller goal, his eleventh of the year, passed from Jesper Fast and Derek Stepan. The Rangers extended the lead as Miller scored his second of the game and twelfth of the season, an unassisted goal. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars being Miller, Lundqvist (30 for 31 in saves), and Yandle.
Back north, the Ottawa Senators host the New York Islanders. Jaroslav Halak and Andrew Hammond are between the pipes. New York struck first in the first period with a Nick Leddy power play goal, his third of the season, powered by Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo. Ottawa tied it in the second period with a Bobby Ryan goal, his sixteenth of the year, courtesy of Erik Karlsson and Mika Zibanejad. The Senators took the lead on a Karlsson goal, his tenth of the season, assisted by Curtis Lazar and Matt Puempel. The Islanders retied it with a Cal Clutterbuck goal, his tenth of the year, an unassisted goal. New York took the lead with a third period with a Travis Hamonic goal, his third of the season, made possible by John Tavares and Mikhail Grabovski. The Islanders added on with a Tavares goal, his sixteenth of the year, with a lone assist by Hamonic. New York iced it at 5-2 with a Okposo goal, his twelfth of the campaign, helped along by Nikolay Kulemin and Nielsen. The three stars belonged to Hamonic, Tavares, and Karlsson, while Okposo and Nielsen get the honorable mentions.
South again to Florida, where the Panthers bring in the Chicago Blackhawks. Scott Darling is mismatched with Roberto Luongo in goal. Florida opened in the first period with a Reilly Smith goal, his fourteenth of the season, with a lone assist by Jussi Jokinen. The Panthers added on with a Brian Campbell goal, his third of the year, via Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau. Florida extended the lead with an unassisted Quinton Howden goal, his fifth of the season. The Panthers padded the lead in the second period on an Aaron Ekblad goal, his tenth of the year, going in unassisted. This made it a 4-0 win, with the three stars given to Luongo (27 save shutout), Smith, and Campbell.
Finally, the Colorado Avalanche host the St. Louis Blues. Brian Elliott and Semyon Varlamov are the masked men. St. Louis dented the scoreboard in the second period on an Alexander Steen goal, his fifteenth of the season, via Troy Brouwer. Colorado tied it in the third period with a Nathan MacKinnon goal, his sixteenth of the year, assisted by Matt Duchene and Tyson Barrie. The tie went to a shootout, where Gabriel Landeskog gave the Avalanche a 2-1 win. The three stars went to Elliott (40 for 41 in saves), Varlamov (33 for 34 in saves), and Landeskog.
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