Wednesday, March 1, 2017

NHL 2016/17 - Day 134

Two games on tonight, beginning with the...

Tampa Bay Lightning welcoming the Carolina Hurricanes. Eddie Lack and Andrei Vasilevskiy are in goal. Tampa Bay struck first in the first period with a Victor Hedman power play goal, his eleventh of the season, powered by Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat. Carolina tied it on a Noah Hanifin goal, his third of the year, guided in by Elias Lindholm and Sebastian Aho. The Hurricanes took the lead on a Derek Ryan power play goal, his ninth of the season, with assists provided by Hanifin and Victor Rask. The Lightning tied it in the third period with a Tyler Johnson goal, his eighteenth of the year, passed from Jake Dotchin and Palat. Tampa Bay took the lead with a Kucherov goal, his twenty-seventh of the season, fueled by Johnson and Jason Garrison. Carolina retied it on a Jay McClement shorthanded goal, his fifth of the year, set up by Jaccob Slavin and Lindholm. The Lightning won 4-3 in overtime with a Hedman goal, his second of the game and twelfth of the campaign, helped along by Kucherov and Johnson. The three stars went to Kucherov, Hedman, and Johnson, while Hanifin, Lindholm, and Palat get the honorable mentions.

The other game has the Chicago Blackhawks bringing in the Pittsburgh Penguins. Marc-Andre Fleury and Scott Darling play goal. Chicago got going in the second period with a Patrick Kane goal, his twenty-fifth of the season, coming off of Nick Schmaltz. Pittsburgh tied it on a Scott Wilson goal, his seventh of the year, courtesy of Ron Hainsey. The Blackhawks retook the lead with a Richard Panik goal, his seventeenth of the season, assisted by Duncan Keith. Chicago added on with another Kane goal in the third period, his second of the game and twenty-sixth of the year, made possible by Schmaltz and Artemi Panarin. The Blackhawks iced it at 4-1 with a Kane empty net goal, completing his hat trick on his unassisted twenty-seventh of the campaign. The three stars were Kane, Schmaltz, and Darling (36 for 37 in saves).

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