Four games are on today, spread across the top two leagues in the world. We begin with...
The lone KHL game, as Barys Astana hosts Medvescak Zagreb. Drew MacIntyre and Henrik Karlsson man the nets. Astana got going in the second period with a Roman Savchenko power play goal, powered by Evgeny Rymarev and Roman Starchenko. Barys iced it at 2-0 with a Martin St. Pierre empty net goal in the third period on the power play, going in unassisted. The three stars went to Karlsson (30 save shutout), Savchenko, and St. Pierre.
In the NHL, the Boston Bruins welcome the Buffalo Sabres in the first of three games. Robin Lehner and Tuukka Rask play goal. Boston dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Brad Marchand power play goal, his fifth of the season, powered by David Pastrnak and Matt Beleskey. The Bruins added on with a David Krejci power play goal, coming off of Torey Krug and Ryan Spooner. Boston extended the lead on an unassisted Riley Nash goal. The Bruins padded the lead as Pastrnak scored his eighth of the year on the power play, thanks to Austin Czarnik and John-Michael Liles in the third period. The final was 4-0, with the three stars going to Pastrnak, Rask (32 save shutout), and Krejci.
Down in Brooklyn, the New York Islanders bring in the Vancouver Canucks. Ryan Miller and Jaroslav Halak are the veterans in goal. Vancouver started in the first period with a Daniel Sedin goal, his fourth of the season, going in unassisted. New York tied it with a Jason Chimera goal, passed from Anders Lee and Brock Nelson. The Islanders took the lead in the second period on a Nikolay Kulemin goal, via John Tavares and Thomas Hickey. The Canucks retied it with a power play goal by Markus Granlund, his third of the year, powered by Bo Horvat and Ben Hutton. New York pulled ahead in the third period on a Cal Clutterbuck goal, his second of the season, made possible by Johnny Boychuk and Alan Quine. The Islanders added on with an Andrew Ladd goal, courtesy of Nick Leddy and Adam Pelech. The game ended at 4-2, with the three stars going to Clutterbuck, Ladd, and Kulemin.
Finally, the Battle of Florida ends the day with the Panthers hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ben Bishop and Roberto Luongo tend the twines. Florida opened in the first period with a Jonathan Marchessault goal, his seventh of the season, assisted by Keith Yandle and Aleksander Barkov on the power play. Tampa Bay tied it on an Ondrej Palat goal in the third period, his second of the year, going in unassisted. The Panthers took the lead back on an unassisted Reilly Smith goal, his third of the season. Florida iced it at 3-1 with a Derek MacKenzie empty net goal, set up by Yandle. The three stars were Luongo (34 for 35 in saves), Yandle, and Smith.
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