The Pittsburgh Penguins hosting the New York Islanders. Jaroslav Halak and Marc-Andre Fleury are the veterans in goal. Pittsburgh got going in the second period with a Cameron Gaunce goal, via Matt Cullen and Phil Kessel. New York tied it on a Brock Nelson goal, his seventeenth of the season, coming off of Joshua Ho-Sang and Alan Quine. The Islanders took the lead with an Anders Lee goal, his twenty-eighth of the year, courtesy of Josh Bailey and John Tavares. The Penguins tied it again with a Sidney Crosby goal, his forty-second of the season, passed from Chad Ruhwedel and Conor Sheary. New York regained the lead with a Casey Cizikas goal, his eighth of the year, made possible by Tavares. Pittsburgh tied it in the third period with a Cullen goal, his eleventh of the campaign, assisted by Gaunce and Kessel. The tie went to a shootout, where Anthony Beauvillier and Tavares lifted the Islanders 4-3 over Crosby and Penguins. The three stars were Tavares, Gaunce, and Cullen, while Kessel and Crosby get the honorable mentions.
Over in Detroit, the Red Wings welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Petr Mrazek are the goalies. Detroit dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Henrik Zetterberg goal, his sixteenth of the season, coming off of Gustav Nyquist and Frans Nielsen. Tampa Bay tied it on an Ondrej Palat goal in the third period, his fifteenth of the year, helped along by Nikita Kucherov and Braydon Coburn. The Lightning won 2-1 in overtime with a Kucherov goal, his thirty-eighth of the campaign, with a lone assist by Brayden Point. The three stars were Kucherov, Vasilevskiy (29 for 30 in saves), and Palat.
Down in Dallas, the Stars bring in the San Jose Sharks. Aaron Dell and Kari Lehtonen man the nets. Dallas began in the first period with an Adam Cracknell goal, his eighth of the season, guided in by Jason Spezza and Curtis McKenzie. The Stars added on in the second period with a Brett Ritchie goal, his fourteenth of the year, helped along by Tyler Seguin and Remi Elie. Dallas extended the lead as Jamie Benn scored his twenty-fifth of the season, thanks to Ales Hemsky and Cody Eakin. The Stars padded the lead with a Cracknell goal, his second of the game and ninth of the year, assisted by Spezza and McKenzie. San Jose got on the board with a Joe Thornton power play goal, his seventh of the season, powered by Brent Burns. Dallas answered with a Cracknell shorthanded goal in the third period, completing his hat trick on his tenth of the year, going in unassisted. The Stars iced it at 6-1 with a John Klingberg goal, his twelfth of the campaign, made possible by Spezza, who got a sock trick, and Elie. The three stars belonged to Cracknell, Spezza, and McKenzie, while Elie gets an honorable mention.
Finally, the Anaheim Ducks host the Winnipeg Jets. Michael Hutchinson and Jonathan Bernier are the backups in goal. Anaheim led off in the first period with a Corey Perry goal, his fifteenth of the season, made possible by Nick Ritchie and Brandon Mantour. Winnipeg tied it in the second period with a Josh Morrissey power play goal, his sixth of the year, powered by Blake Wheeler and Mathieu Perreault. The Ducks took the lead with an Andrew Cogliano goal, his fifteenth of the season, via Ryan Kesler and Jakob Silfverberg. Anaheim iced it at 3-1 with an empty net goal by Silfverberg in the third period, his twenty-first of the year, set up by Cam Fowler. The three stars went to Silfverberg, Cogliano, and Bernier (17 for 18 in saves).
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