The New York Rangers hosting the Florida Panthers. James Reimer and Antti Raanta man the nets. New York opened in the first period with a Mats Zuccarello power play goal, his thirteenth of the season, powered by Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan. The Rangers added on with a J.T. Miller goal, his twentieth of the year, coming off of Brendan Smith and Mika Zibanejad. Florida got on the board in the second period with a Jonathan Huberdeau goal, his sixth of the season, assisted by Jaromir Jagr and Alex Petrovic. The Panthers tied it on a Jussi Jokinen power play goal, his eleventh of the year, guided in by Thomas Vanek and Jason Demers. Florida took the lead in the third period with an Aleksander Barkov goal, his nineteenth of the season, made possible by Jagr and Huberdeau. New York retied it on a Zuccarello goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the year, via Smith and Nick Holden. In the shootout, Barkov had the only tally for a 4-3 Panthers win. The three stars went to Barkov, Huberdeau, and Jagr, while Zuccarllo and Smith get the honorable mentions.
Over in Pittsburgh, the Penguins welcome the New Jersey Devils. Keith Kinkaid and Matt Murray are the alliterative goalies. New Jersey started in the first period with a Kyle Palmieri goal, his twenty-fourth of the season, coming off of Taylor Hall and John Moore. Pittsburgh tied it on a Phil Kessel goal, his twenty-second of the year, assisted by Patric Hornqvist and Matt Cullen. The Penguins took the lead with a Jake Guentzel goal, his eleventh of the season, via Brian Dumoulin and Sidney Crosby. The Devils retied it on a Stefan Noesen goal, his sixth of the year, passed from Pavel Zacha and John Quenneville. Pittsburgh retook the lead with a Sidney Crosby power play goal, his thirty-sixth of the season, powered by Mark Streit and Justin Schultz. The Penguins added on with a Nick Bonino goal in the second period, his fourteenth of the year, made possible by Carter Rowney and Tom Kuhnhackl. New Jersey pulled back with a Beau Bennett goal, his fifth of the season, fueled by Adam Henrique and Jon Merrill. Pittsburgh answered with a Rowney goal, with helpers from Kuhnhackl and Tom Sestito. The Devils countered with a Palmieri power play goal, his second of the game and twenty-fifth of the year, with a lone assist by Joseph Blandisi. The Penguins iced it at 6-4 with a Crosby empty net goal, his second of the game and thirty-seventh of the campaign, set up by Conor Sheary. The three stars belonged to Rowney, Crosby, and Palmieri, while Kuhnhackl gets an honorable mention.
Out in Alberta, the Calgary Flames bring in the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen and Brian Elliott draw the starts in goal. Calgary led off in the first period with a Michael Frolik goal, his sixteenth of the season, guided in by Mikael Backlund and Mark Giordano. The Flames added on in the second period with a Matthew Tkachuk goal, his thirteenth of the year, via Giordano and Dougie Hamilton. Calgary extended the lead as Giordano scored his eleventh of the season, thanks to Tkachuk. Dallas got on the board in the third period with a Brett Ritchie goal, his thirteenth of the year, going in unassisted. This only made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Giordano, Tkachuk, and Frolik.
Finally, the Anaheim Ducks host the Buffalo Sabres. Anders Nilsson and Jonathan Bernier are the backups in goal. Anaheim began in the first period with a Rickard Rakell goal, his thirty-first of the season, passed from Cam Fowler and Brandon Montour. Buffalo tied it on a Ryan O'Reilly goal, his seventeenth of the year, via Jake McCabe and Jack Eichel. The tie went to a shootout, where O'Reilly, Rasmus Ristolainen, and Zemgus Girgensons topped Ryan Getzlaf and Montour for a 2-1 Sabres win. The three stars were O'Reilly, Montour, and Nilsson (39 for 40 in saves).
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