Wednesday, March 8, 2017

NHL 2016/17 - Day 141

Three games on tonight, beginning with...

The Boston Bruins hosting the Detroit Red Wings. Jared Coreau and Tuukka Rask are in the creases. Boston started in the first period with a David Krejci goal, his seventeenth of the season, passed from Drew Stafford and Zdeno Chara. The Bruins added on with a Brad Marchand goal, his thirty-first of the year, assisted by David Pastrnak and Chara. Boston extended the lead as Stafford scored his fifth of the season, going in unassisted. Petr Mrazek replaced Coreau in goal. The Bruins padded the lead on an unassisted Krejci goal, his second of the game and eighteenth of the year. Boston continued in the second period with a Marchand goal, his second of the game and thirty-second of the season, helped along by Colin Miller. Detroit got on the board with a Niklas Kronwall goal, via Mike Green and Dylan Larkin. The Bruins struck again in the third period with a Pastrnak goal, his twenty-seventh of the year, made possible by Krejci. The final stood at 6-1, with the three stars given to Krejci, Marchand, and Pastrnak, while Chara and Stafford get the honorable mentions.

Down in Dallas, the Stars welcome the Ottawa Senators. Craig Anderson and Kari Lehtonen are the masked men. Ottawa opened in the first period with a Chris Wideman power play goal, his fifth of the season, powered by Viktor Stalberg and Cody Ceci. The Senators added on with a Fredrik Claesson goal, coming off of Zack Smith. Ottawa extended the lead in the second period as Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored his eighth of the year, thanks to Tommy Wingels and Claesson. Antti Niemi took over in goal for Lehtonen. Dallas got on the board with a Tyler Seguin goal, his twenty-third of the season, passed from Jason Spezza and Remi Elie. The Senators shot back with a Stalberg power play goal, his eleventh of the year, with the helpers from Dion Phaneuf and Mike Hoffman. The Stars got one back in the third period with a Spezza power play goal, his twelfth of the season, fueled by Ales Hemsky and Esa Lindell. Ottawa shot back with a Ceci goal, his second of the year, guided in by Hoffman and Mark Stone. This made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars given to Stalberg, Ceci, and Claesson, while Spezza and Hoffman get the honorable mentions.

Finally, the Winnipeg Jets bring in the Pittsburgh Penguins. Matt Murray and Connor Hellebuyck are the young goalies. Winnipeg struck first in the first period with a Shawn Matthias goal, his eighth of the season, made possible by Adam Lowry and Ben Chiarot. Pittsburgh tied it on a Nick Bonino goal, his tenth of the year, going in unassisted. The Jets took the lead back with a Nikolaj Ehlers goal, his twenty-second of the season, via Jacob Trouba. The Penguins retied it on an Evgeni Malkin goal, his thirtieth of the year, guided in by Phil Kessel and Brian Dumoulin. Winnipeg retook the lead with a Dustin Byfuglien goal, his tenth of the season, helped along by Mark Scheifele and Chiarot. Pittsburgh retied it in the second period with a Justin Schultz goal, his twelfth of the year, a power play goal powered by Sidney Crosby and Malkin. The Penguins took the lead with a Bonino power play goal, his second of the game and eleventh of the season, with assists provided by Conor Sheary and Mark Streit. Pittsburgh added on with a Malkin goal, his second of the game and thirty-first of the year, fueled by Carl Hagelin and Chad Ruhwedel. The Penguins extended the lead as Bonino finished his hat trick on his twelfth of the season, thanks to Ruhwedel and Streit on the power play. Pittsburgh padded the lead in the third period with a Jake Guentzel goal, his ninth of the year, passed from Ruhwedel and Sheary, the former earning a sock trick. The Jets answered with a Marko Dano goal, his fourth of the campaign, with helpers coming from Andrew Copp and Paul Postma. The three stars of the 7-4 game were Bonino, Malkin, and Ruhwedel, while Streit, Sheary, and Chiarot get the honorable mentions.

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