Sunday, January 1, 2017

NHL 2016/17 - Day 78

Three games on today, headlined by the outdoor spectacle in...

Toronto, as the Maple Leafs host the Detroit Red Wings at BMO Field. Jared Coreau and Frederik Andersen are the goalies. Detroit got going in the second period with an Anthony Mantha goal, his eighth of the season, assisted by Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Tatar. Toronto tied it on a Leo Komarov goal, his sixth of the year, passed from Jake Gardiner and William Nylander. The Maple Leafs took the lead with a power play goal by Mitchell Marner, his ninth of the season, powered by Morgan Rielly and James van Riemsdyk. Toronto added on with a Connor Brown power play goal, his seventh of the year, with assists provided by Zach Hyman and Connor Carrick. The Maple Leafs extended the lead as Auston Matthews scored his nineteenth of the season, with the help of Brown and Hyman. The Red Wings got one back with a Jonathan Ericsson goal, helped along by Mantha and Xavier Ouellet. Detroit pulled closer on a Tatar goal, his ninth of the year, made possible by Zetterberg. The Red Wings tied it on Mantha's second of the game and ninth of the season, via Zetterberg, who got a sock trick, and Thomas Vanek. Toronto won 5-4 in overtime with Matthews' second of the game and twentieth of the year, guided in by Gardiner and Brown. The three stars went to Matthews, Mantha, and Brown, while Gardiner, Hyman, Zetterberg, and Tatar get the honorable mentions.

Down in DC, the Washington Capitals welcome the Ottawa Senators. Mike Condon and Braden Holtby man the nets. Ottawa dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Kyle Turris goal, his thirteenth of the season, coming off of Ryan Dzingel and Marc Methot. Washington tied it with a Karl Alzner goal, his third of the year, via T.J. Oshie and Justin Williams. The Capitals took the lead in the third period on a Taylor Chorney goal, passed from Brooks Orpik and Tom Wilson. The three stars were Holtby (23 for 24 in saves), Chorney, and Alzner.

West to California, where the Anaheim Ducks bring in the Philadelphia Flyers. Steve Mason and John Gibson are the masked men. Anaheim struck first in the first period with a Ryan Kesler goal, his thirteenth of the season, fueled by Korbinian Holzer and Ryan Getzlaf. Philadelphia tied it on a Travis Konecny goal, his fifth of the year, courtesy of Wayne Simmonds. The Ducks took the lead back with a Kesler goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the season, helped along by Jakob Silfverberg. Anaheim added on in the second period when Kesler finished his hat trick on his fifteenth of the year, passed from Andrew Cogliano and Sami Vatanen. The Flyers got one back with a Sean Couturier goal, his sixth of the season, going in unassisted. Philadelphia tied it on a Brayden Schenn power play goal, his eleventh of the year, powered by Claude Giroux and Shayne Gostisbehere. In the shootout, Rickard Rakell and Corey Perry tallied to top Jakub Voracek, giving the Ducks a 4-3 win. The three stars were Kesler, Gibson (51 for 54 in saves), and Rakell.

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