Monday, January 2, 2017

NHL 2016/17 - Day 79

It's another day with just three games, beginning with another marquee event for the league, the...

Winter Classic as Busch Stadium in St. Louis, where the Blues host the Chicago Blackhawks outdoors. Corey Crawford and Jake Allen tend the twines. Chicago opened in the first period with a Michal Kempny goal, his second of the season, via Artemi Panarin and Duncan Keith. St. Louis tied it on a Patrik Berglund goal, his sixth of the year, courtesy of Jay Bouwmeester and Alexander Steen. The Blues took the lead with a Vladimir Tarasenko goal, his seventeenth of the season, assisted by Robby Fabbri. St. Louis added on with another Tarasenko goal, his second of the game and eighteenth of the year, helped along by Jori Lehtera and Fabbri. The Blues iced it at 4-1 with a Steen empty net goal, his fourth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars were Tarasenko, Steen, and Fabbri.

At the usual time, the New Jersey Devils welcome the Boston Bruins. Tuukka Rask and Cory Schneider guard the cages. New Jersey started in the first period with a P.A. Parenteau goal, his eleventh of the season, made possible by Taylor Hall and Steven Santini. The Devils added on in the third period with a Sergey Kalinin goal, his second of the year, coming off of Miles Wood and Jon Merrill. New Jersey iced it at 3-0 with a Hall empty net goal, his ninth of the campaign, set up by Kalinin. The three stars were Kalinin, Hall, and Schneider (22 save shutout).

Finally, the Vancouver Canucks bring in the Colorado Avalanche. Calvin Pickard is mismatched with Ryan Miller in goal. Vancouver got going in the second period with a Bo Horvat goal, his eleventh of the season, passed from Ben Hutton and Anton Rodin. Colorado tied it on a Mikko Rantanen power play goal, his sixth of the year, powered by Nikita Zadorov. The Canucks retook the lead with a Sven Baertschi goal, his ninth of the season, guided in by Brandon Sutter and Henrik Sedin. The Avalanche retied it on a Tyson Barrie goal in the third period, his third of the year, via Francois Beauchemin and Gabriel Landeskog. Vancouver took the lead again on a Baertschi power play goal, his second of the game and tenth of the season, helped along by Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin. The game ended at 3-2, with the three stars belonging to Baertschi, Henrik Sedin, and Horvat.

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