2015-16 NHL Season - Day 150

Three games spread out quite a bit today, beginning with two matinees, the first in...

New York City, as the Rangers host the Pittsburgh Penguins. Marc-Andre Fleury and Henrik Lundqvist guard the cages. Pittsburgh began in the first period with a Patric Hornqvist goal, his eighteenth of the season, a power play goal from Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang. New York tied it on a Chris Kreider goal, his sixteenth of the year, coming off of Derek Stepan and Kevin Klein. The Penguins retook the lead with a Conor Sheary goal in the second period, his fourth of the season, via Justin Schultz. The Rangers tied it again on a Derick Brassard power play goal, his twenty-fifth of the year, powered by Keith Yandle and Stepan. Pittsburgh pulled ahead with a Sheary goal, his second of the game and fifth of the season, helped along by Tom Kuhnhackl and Eric Fehr. New York tied it again as Ryan McDonagh scored his ninth of the year, guided in by Jesper Fast and J.T. Miller. The Penguins gained the lead with a Matt Cullen goal, his eleventh of the season, courtesy of Dominik Simon and Brian Dumoulin. Pittsburgh iced it at 5-3 with a Crosby empty net goal, his twenty-ninth of the year, set up by Kuhnhackl and Bryan Rust. The three stars went to Sheary, Crosby, and Kuhnhackl, while Stepan gets an honorable mention.

West to Columbus, where the Blue Jackets welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ben Bishop and Sergei Bobrovsky are the masked men. Tampa Bay got going in the second period with a Steven Stamkos goal, his thirtieth of the season, passed from Nikita Kucherov. The Lightning added on with a Vladislav Namestnikov goal in the third period, his twelfth of the year, coming off of Tyler Johnson. Tampa Bay extended the lead as Stamkos scored his second of the game and thirty-first of the season, a shorthanded goal set up by Ondrej Palat. The Lightning padded the lead as Palat scored a shorthanded goal, his twelfth of the year, thanks to Stamkos. This made it 4-0, the final, with the three stars going to Stamkos, Palat, and Bishop (37 save shutout).

Finally, the Detroit Red Wings bring in the Toronto Maple Leafs. Jonathan Bernier and Petr Mrazek are in the blue paint. Toronto dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Michael Grabner goal, his seventh of the season, fueled by P.A. Parenteau. This stood for a 1-0 win, with the three stars awarded to Bernier (38 save shutout), Grabner, and Mrazek (26 for 27 in saves).

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