The Pittsburgh Penguins hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning. Peter Budaj and Matt Murray draw the starts in goal. Tampa Bay got going in the second period with an Adam Erne goal, via Vladislav Namestnikov and Cedric Paquette. Pittsburgh tied it on an Evgeni Malkin power play goal, his twenty-seventh of the season, powered by Phil Kessel and Justin Schultz. The Penguins took the lead with a Malkin goal, his second of the game and twenty-eighth of the year, assisted by Kessel and Ian Cole. The Lightning retied it in the third period with a Nikita Kucherov goal, his twenty-eighth of the season, helped along by Jonathan Drouin and Victor Hedman. Pittsburgh took the lead back with a Mark Streit goal, his sixth of the year, guided in by Sidney Crosby and Malkin. The Penguins added on with a Schultz power play goal, his tenth of the season, with helpers from Crosby and Streit. Pittsburgh iced it at 5-2 with an empty net goal by Tom Kuhnhackl, his fourth of the year, set up by Nick Bonino. The three stars went to Malkin, Schultz, and Streit, while Crosby and Kessel get the honorable mentions.
Down in Raleigh, the Carolina Hurricanes welcome the Arizona Coyotes. Louis Domingue is mismatched with Cam Ward in goal. Arizona opened in the first period with a Christian Dvorak goal, his eleventh of the season, coming off Shane Doan. The Coyotes added on with an Alex Goligoski goal, his fourth of the year, via Radim Vrbata and Max Domi. Carolina got on the board with a Lee Stempniak goal, his twelfth of the season, fueled by Jaccob Slavin and Jay McClement. The Hurricanes tied it on a Jordan Staal goal, his thirteenth of the year, passed from Teuvo Teravainen and Phillip Di Giuseppe. Arizona took the lead with a third period goal by Jordan Martinook, his eleventh of the season, courtesy of Doan. The Coyotes iced it at 4-2 with an empty net goal by Doan, his sixth of the year, a power play goal set up by Tobias Rieder. The three stars went to Doan, Martinook, and Goligoski.
Up in Canada, the Winnipeg Jets bring in the St. Louis Blues. Carter Hutton and Connor Hellebuyck are set to start in goal. Winnipeg started in the first period with a Blake Wheeler goal, his eighteenth of the season, a power play goal powered by Mathieu Perreault and Dustin Byfuglien. The Jets added on in the third period with a Bryan Little goal, his eighteenth of the year, via Byfuglien and Wheeler. Winnipeg iced it at 3-0 with a Wheeler empty net goal, his second of the game and nineteenth of the campaign, set up by Little and Jacob Trouba. The three stars went to Wheeler, Little, and Hellebuyck (29 save shutout), while Byfuglien gets an honorable mention.
Back stateside, the Chicago Blackhawks host the New York Islanders. Thomas Greiss and Corey Crawford are in the blue paint. New York dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Brock Nelson goal, his fourteenth of the season, set up by Travis Hamonic and Jason Chimera. Chicago tied it on a third period with an Artemi Panarin goal, his twentieth of the year, assisted by Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook. The tie went to a shootout, where Jonathan Toews and Panarin scored for the Blackhawks to win 2-1. The three stars were Panarin, Crawford (31 for 32 in saves), and Greiss (30 for 31 in saves).
In Canada again, the Calgary Flames welcome the Detroit Red Wings. Petr Mrazek and Brian Elliott are the masked men. Detroit led off in the first period with a Darren Helm goal, his seventh of the season, courtesy of Justin Abdelkader and Anthony Mantha. Calgary tied it on a Kris Versteeg power play goal, his eleventh of the year, powered by T.J. Brodie and Sean Monahan. The Flames took the lead with a Matthew Tkachuk goal, his twelfth of the season, going in unassisted. The Red Wings tied it in the third period with a Tomas Tatar goal, his fifteenth of the year, made possible by Henrik Zetterberg and Abdelkader. Calgary won 3-2 in overtime with a Mikael Backlund goal, his twentieth of the campaign, helped along by Michael Frolik and Mark Giordano. The three stars went to Backlund, Abdelkader, and Elliott (35 for 37 in saves).
Finally, the Anaheim Ducks bring in the Toronto Maple Leafs. Curtis McElhinney and Jonathan Bernier are the backups in goal. Anaheim began in the first period with a Rickard Rakell goal, his twenty-fifth of the season, made possible by Chris Wagner and Logan Shaw. Toronto tied it on a Zach Hyman goal, his ninth of the year, passed from Nikita Zaitsev and William Nylander. The Maple Leafs took the lead in the second period with a Nazem Kadri goal, his twenty-sixth of the season, a power play goal powered by Tyler Bozak and Mitchell Marner. The Ducks retied it on a Jakob Silfverberg goal, his eighteenth of the year, assisted by Ryan Kesler. Anaheim took the lead with a Rakell goal, his second of the game and twenty-sixth of the season, via Hampus Lindholm and Nick Ritchie. The Ducks added on with a Sami Vatanen goal, his third of the year, guided in by Ryan Getzlaf and Brandon Montour. Anaheim iced it at 5-2 with a Patrick Eaves empty net goal, his twenty-second of the campaign, set up by Getzlaf and Vatanen. The three stars were Rakell, Vatanen, and Getzlaf.
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