Three games on for a calm day, beginning with...
The farewell to Rexall Place, as the Edmonton Oilers host the Vancouver Canucks. Jacob Markstrom and Cam Talbot are the goalies. Edmonton dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Nail Yakupov goal, his eighth of the season, helped along by Mark Fayne. The Oilers added on with a Patrick Maroon goal, his tenth of the year, going in unassisted. Edmonton extended the lead as Connor McDavid scored his sixteenth of the season on the power play, powered by Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall. Vancouver got on the board in the third period with a Matt Bartkowski goal, his sixth of the year, via Alex Biega and Jared McCann. The Oilers shot back with a Maroon goal, his second of the game and eleventh of the season, fueled by Eberle and McDavid. Edmonton padded the lead as Hall scored his twenty-sixth of the year, thanks to Adam Pardy and Iiro Pakarinen. The Canucks answered with a Bo Horvat goal, his fifteenth of the season, guided in by Emerson Etem and Derek Dorsett. The Oilers shot back with a Leon Draisaitl power play goal, his nineteenth of the year, with assists provided by Hall and McDavid. This produced a 6-2 final, with the three stars given to Maroon, McDavid, and Hall, while Eberle gets an honorable mention.
East to Toronto, with the Maple Leafs welcoming the Columbus Blue Jackets. Sergei Bobrovsky and Garret Sparks are in goal. Toronto got going in the second period with a Morgan Rielly shorthanded goal, his ninth of the season, set up by Frederik Gauthier and Brooks Laich. Columbus tied it with a Brandon Saad goal, his twenty-ninth of the year, via Oliver Bjorkstrand. The Blue Jackets took the lead with a Brandon Dubinsky goal, his sixteenth of the campaign, helped along by Cam Atkinson and Matt Calvert. Columbus added on in the third period with a Bjorkstrand goal, his fourth of the season, guided in by Saad and Alexander Wennberg. Columbus extended the lead as Calvert scored his ninth of the year, with the help of Atkinson. The Blue Jackets padded the lead with a Dubinsky goal, his second of the game and seventeenth of the campaign, assisted by Calvert and Ryan Murray. The final was 5-1, with the three stars going to Dubinsky, Calvert, and Bjorkstrand, while Saad and Atkinson get the honorable mentions.
Finally, the Detroit Red Wings bring in the Philadelphia Flyers. Steve Mason and Jimmy Howard are the solid goalies. Detroit drew first blood in the first period with a Darren Helm goal, his thirteenth of the season, going in unassisted. The Red Wings added on in the second period with an Andreas Athanasiou shorthanded and unassisted goal, his eighth of the year. Detroit iced it at 3-0 with an empty net goal by Kyle Quincey, his fourth of the campaign, set up by the goalie Howard. The three stars were Howard (30 save shutout), Athanasiou, and Helm.
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