Three games tonight, beginning with...
The New York Rangers hosting the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Crawford and Henrik Lundqvist tend the twines. Chicago led off in the first period with an Andrew Desjardins goal, his seventh of the season, passed from Teuvo Teravainen and Niklas Hjalmarsson. The Blackhawks added on in the second period with an Artemi Panarin power play goal, his twentieth of the year, powered by Erik Gustafsson and Michal Rozsival. New York got on the board with a Kevin Hayes goal, his tenth of the season, with a lone assist by Oscar Lindberg. The Rangers tied it in the third period with a Derick Brassard power play goal, his twentieth of the year, courtesy of Keith Yandle and Chris Kreider. New York took the lead with a Dan Boyle power play goal, his sixth of the season, made possible by Hayes and J.T. Miller. Chicago retied it as Andrew Shaw scored a power play goal, his eleventh of the year, coming off of Teravainen and Jonathan Toews. The Blackhawks took the lead with a Panarin power play goal, his second of the game and twenty-first of the season, with assists provided by Patrick Kane and Brent Seabrook. Chicago iced it at 5-3 with a Panarin empty net goal, his twenty-second of the year, set up by Duncan Keith. The three stars went to Panarin, Hayes, and Teravainen.
Out in Colorado, the Avalanche welcome the Montreal Canadiens. Ben Scrivens is mismatched with Semyon Varlamov. Montreal began in the first period with an Andrei Markov goal, his fourth of the season, assisted by Tomas Plekanec and Brendan Gallagher. Colorado tied it in the second period with a shorthanded Erik Johnson, his ninth of the year, set up by Gabriel Landeskog. The Canadiens retook the lead with a Lars Eller goal, his tenth of the season, passed from Max Pacioretty and Sven Andrighetto. The Avalanche tied it again with a Jarome Iginla power play goal, his sixteenth of the year, powered by Tyson Barrie and Matt Duchene. Colorado took the lead with another Iginla goal, his second of the game and seventeenth of the campaign, with assists provided by Mikhail Grigorenko and Duchene. This made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars belonging to Iginla, Duchene, and Varlamov (32 for 34 in saves).
Finally, the Calgary Flames bring in the Minnesota Wild. Devan Dubnyk and Jonas Hiller are the struggling goalies. Minnesota drew first blood in the first period with an Erik Haula goal, his sixth of the season, guided in by Jason Pominville and Nino Niederreiter. The Wild added on with a Jason Zucker shorthanded goal, his twelfth of the year, set up by Nate Prosser. Minnesota extended the lead in the second period as Ryan Suter scored a power play goal, his eighth of the season, powered by Zach Parise and Mikael Granlund. Calgary got on the board with a Deryk Engelland goal, helped along by Johnny Gaudreau and T.J. Brodie. The Flames got closer with a David Jones goal, his ninth of the year, coming off of Matt Stajan and Micheal Ferland. The Wild answered with a Pominville goal, his seventh of the season, fueled by Haula and Niederreiter. Calgary pulled back with a Mikael Backlund goal in the third period, his ninth of the year, a power play goal helped along by Brodie and Sam Bennett. Minnesota iced it at 5-3 with an empty net goal by Charlie Coyle, his seventeenth of the campaign, assisted by Parise and Mikko Koivu. The three stars went to Pominville, Haula, and Parise, while Niederreiter and Brodie get the honorable mentions.
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