Seven games throughout the day today, beginning with...
The Calgary Flames hosting the New York Islanders. Thomas Greiss and Brian Elliott play goal. Calgary started in the first period with a Michael Frolik goal, his fourteenth of the season, passed from Dougie Hamilton and Mikael Backlund. The Flames added on with a T.J. Brodie goal, his sixth of the year, courtesy of Alex Chiasson and Matt Stajan. Calgary extended the lead as Micheal Ferland scored his thirteenth of the season, thanks to Sean Monahan. The Flames padded the lead with a Monahan goal, his twenty-first of the year, assisted by Johnny Gaudreau and Hamilton. Jean-Francois Berube replaced Greiss to start the second period. New York got on the board in the second period with a John Tavares goal, his twenty-fourth of the season, made possible by Josh Bailey and Scott Mayfield. Calgary answered in the third period with a Kris Versteeg goal, his twelfth of the year, with helpers from Sam Bennett and Matt Bartkowski. The Islanders got one back with a Jason Chimera goal, his sixteenth of the season, coming off of Nick Leddy and Shane Prince. The game ended at 5-2, with the three stars being Monahan, Hamilton, and Ferland.
East to New Jersey, where the Devils welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets. Sergei Bobrovsky and Cory Schneider guard the cages. Columbus got going in the second period with a Boone Jenner goal, his thirteenth of the season, coming off of Cam Atkinson and Brandon Dubinsky. The Blue Jackets added on with an Oliver Bjorkstrand goal, his third of the year, assisted by Sam Gagner and David Savard. Columbus extended the lead in the third period as Gagner scored his sixteenth of the season, thanks to Bjorkstrand and Scott Hartnell. This made it 3-0, the final, with the three stars awarded to Bobrovsky (20 save shutout), Bjorkstrand, and Gagner.
Backtracking to Pittsburgh, where the Penguins bring in the Buffalo Sabres. Anders Nilsson is mismatched with Matt Murray in goal. Buffalo opened in the first period with a Ryan O'Reilly goal, his sixteenth of the season, made possible by Brian Gionta and Evander Kane. The Sabres added on with a Gionta power play goal, his fourteenth of the year, powered by Matt Moulson. Buffalo extended the lead as Jack Eichel scored his sixteenth of the season, thanks to Marcus Foligno and Sam Reinhart. Marc-Andre Fleury replaced Murray to start the second period. Pittsburgh got on the board in the second period with a Justin Schultz goal, his eleventh of the year, via Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin. The Penguins got closer with a Malkin power play goal, his twenty-ninth of the season, helped along by Schultz and Patric Hornqvist. Pittsburgh tied it in the third period with a Jake Guentzel goal in the third period, his eighth of the year, guided in by Conor Sheary and Nick Bonino. The Penguins took the lead with a Sheary goal, his eighteenth of the campaign, fueled by Schultz and Brian Dumoulin. This made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars going to Sheary, Schultz, and Malkin, while Gionta gets an honorable mention.
West to Minnesota, where the Wild host the San Jose Sharks. Martin Jones and Devan Dubnyk tend the twines. Minnesota led off in the first period with a Zach Parise power play goal, his fifteenth of the season, powered by Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter. The Wild added on with an Eric Staal goal, his eighteenth of the year, via Matt Dumba. San Jose got on the board with a Melker Karlsson goal, his ninth of the season, assisted by Micheal Haley and Justin Braun. Minnesota replied with an empty net goal by Staal in the third period, his nineteenth of the year, passed from Martin Hanzal. The three stars went to Staal, Parise, and Dubnyk (20 for 21 in saves).
Down in Colorado, the Avalanche welcome the St. Louis Blues. Jake Allen and Jeremy Smith are in the creases. St. Louis began in the first period with a Paul Stastny power play goal, his seventeenth of the season, powered by Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo. The Blues added on with a Kyle Brodziak goal, his eighth of the year, passed from Ryan Reaves. St. Louis extended the lead as Patrik Berglund scored a power play goal in the second period, his eighteenth of the campaign, thanks to Colton Parayko. The three stars of the 3-0 game went Allen (27 save shutout), Stastny, and Brodziak.
Out in Anaheim, the Ducks bring in the Vancouver Canucks. Richard Bachman and Jonathan Bernier are the backups in goal. Vancouver struck first in the first period with a Bo Horvat goal, his twentieth of the season, made possible by Ben Hutton and Alex Biega. The Canucks added on with a Markus Granlund goal, his seventeenth of the year, going in unassisted in the second period. Anaheim got one back with a Patrick Eaves goal in the third period, his twenty-third of the campaign, assisted by Ryan Getzlaf and Kevin Bieksa. The game ended 2-1, with the three stars going to Bachman (43 for 44 in saves), Granlund, and Horvat.
Finally, the Arizona Coyotes host the Carolina Hurricanes. Eddie Lack and Mike Smith are in the flue paint. Arizona dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Peter Holland goal, his third of the season, coming off of Anthony Duclair and Luke Schenn. Carolina tied it on a Teuvo Teravainen goal, his twelfth of the year, helped along by Jaccob Slavin and Victor Rask. The Hurricanes took the lead in the third period with a Derek Ryan goal, his tenth of the campaign, with a lone assist by Jeff Skinner. The final stood at 2-1, with the three stars being Ryan, Teravainen, and Lack (25 for 26 in saves).
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