Four games on tonight, beginning with...
The Boston Bruins hosting the Florida Panthers. Roberto Luongo and Tuukka Rask guard the cages. Boston led off in the first period with a Tim Schaller goal, his fourth of the season, courtesy of David Krejci. Florida tied it in the second period on a Jaromir Jagr goal, his fifth of the year, passed from Aaron Ekblad and Mark Pysyk. The Bruins regained the lead on a David Pastrnak goal, his fourteenth of the season, assisted by Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron. The Panthers tied it again in the third period with an Aleksander Barkov goal, his fourth of the year, with a lone assist by Reilly Smith. Boston retook the lead with a David Backes goal, his seventh of the season, guided in by Ryan Spooner. Florida tied it once more with a Jason Demers goal, his fourth of the year, via Michael Matheson and Vincent Trocheck. The Bruins won 4-3 in overtime with a Pastrnak goal, his second of the game and fifteenth of the campaign, helped along by Krejci and Brandon Carlo. The three stars were Pastrnak, Krejci, and Backes.
Over in Pittsburgh, the Penguins welcome the Ottawa Senators. Craig Anderson and Marc-Andre Fleury are the veteran goalies. Pittsburgh began in the first period with a Bryan Rust goal, his fourth of the season, made possible by Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. Ottawa tied it on a Kyle Turris goal, his eleventh of the year, coming off of Ryan Dzingel and Chris Wideman. The Penguins retook the lead with a Sidney Crosby goal, his seventeenth of the season, via Conor Sheary and Ian Cole. The Senators tied it again with an Erik Karlsson goal, his sixth of the year, courtesy of Mark Stone. Ottawa took the lead on a Stone power play goal in the second period, his eighth of the season, powered by Dion Phaneuf and Karlsson. The Senators added on with a Mike Hoffman power play goal, his ninth of the year, with assists provided by Karlsson and Stone. Matt Murray replaced Fleury in goal. Pittsburgh got one back with a shorthanded Matt Cullen goal, his sixth of the season, set up by Rust. The Penguins tied it on a Phil Kessel goal, his ninth of the year, helped along by Justin Schultz and Cole. Pittsburgh took the lead with a Schultz goal, his third of the season, fueled by Malkin and Kessel. The Penguins extended the lead in the third period as Malkin scored his tenth of the year, thanks to Kessel. Ottawa countered with a Phaneuf power play goal, his third of the season, with helpers from Turris and Karlsson. Pittsburgh answered on a Rust penalty shot goal, his second of the game and fifth of the year, coming after Wideman got caught for hooking. The Penguins closed it at 8-5 with a Rust empty net goal to complete his hat trick on his sixth of the campaign, guided in by Chris Kunitz and Brian Dumoulin. The three stars were Rust, Stone, and Malkin, while Kessel, Schultz, Cole, Karlsson, and Phaneuf get the honorable mentions.
Down in DC, the Washington Capitals bring in the Buffalo Sabres. Robin Lehner and Braden Holtby are the masked men. Buffalo struck first in the first period with a Zemgus Girgensons goal, his second of the season, passed from Derek Grant and Rasmus Ristolainen. Washington tied it on a Jay Beagle goal in the second period, his fifth of the year, via Brooks Orpik and Daniel Winnik. The Sabres took the lead back with a Kyle Okposo goal, his eighth of the season, coming off of Ryan O'Reilly and William Carrier. The Capitals retied it in the third period with a Marcus Johansson power play goal, his tenth of the year, powered by John Carlson and Justin Williams. Washington won 3-2 in overtime with a Johansson goal, his second of the game and eleventh of the campaign, assisted by Dmitry Orlov and Evgeny Kuznetsov. The three stars were handed to Johansson, Beagle, and Holtby (31 for 33 in saves).
Finally, the Columbus Blue Jackets host the Arizona Coyotes. Louis Domingue and Sergei Bobrovsky are in the blue paint. Arizona was first to score in the first period with a Tobias Rieder power play goal, his seventh of the season, powered by Alex Goligoski and Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Columbus tied it with a Sam Gagner power play goal, his ninth of the year, helped along by Alexander Wennberg and Cam Atkinson. The Blue Jackets took the lead in the second period on a Nick Foligno power play goal, his tenth of the season, with helpers from Atkinson and Gagner. Columbus added on in the third period with a Gagner goal, his second of the game and tenth of the year, via Brandon Saad and Scott Hartnell. The Blue Jackets extended the lead as Zach Werenski scored his sixth of the campaign, with the help of Gagner. The three stars of the 4-1 game were Gagner, Atkinson, and Bobrovsky (17 for 18 in saves).
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