Columbus, as the Blue Jackets host the New York Islanders. Thomas Greiss and Sergei Bobrovsky are in goal. Columbus opened in the first period with a Sonny Milano goal, via Oliver Bjorkstrand and Nick Foligno. The Blue Jackets added on with a Cam Atkinson goal, helped along by Artemi Panarin. Columbus extended the lead in the second period as Ryan Murray scored, thanks to Panarin and Alexander Wennberg. The Blue Jackets padded the lead on a Zach Werenski power play goal, powered by Wennberg and Panarin, the latter earning a sock trick. Columbus chased Greiss with a Pierre-Luc Dubois goal, coming off of Seth Jones. This stood for a 5-0 win, as Jaroslav Halak went perfect in relief. The three stars were Panarin, Bobrovsky (29 save shutout), and Wennberg.
Down in Tampa Bay, the Lightning welcome the Florida Panthers. Roberto Luongo and Andrei Vasilevskiy make the starts in goal. Tampa Bay started in the first period with an Ondrej Palat goal, assisted by Brayden Point and Victor Hedman. The Lightning added on with a Point goal in the second period, going in unassisted. Florida got on the board with a Connor Brickley goal, helped along by Alex Petrovic. The Panthers tied it on a Mark Pysyk goal, via Radim Vrbata and Vincent Trocheck. Tampa Bay retook the lead in the third period with a Vladislav Namestnikov power play goal, powered by Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn. The Lightning extended the lead as Nikita Kucherov scored an unassisted goal. Florida got one back with a Jonathan Huberdeau goal, passed from Evgenii Dadonov and Keith Yandle. Tampa Bay iced it at 5-3 with a Palat empty net goal, set up by Point. The three stars went to Point, Palat, and Namestnikov.
Finally, the Dallas Stars bring in the Vegas Golden Knights. Marc-Andre Fleury and Ben Bishop are the masked men. Dallas got going in the second period with a Tyler Seguin power play goal, powered by Devin Shore and John Klingberg. Vegas tied it in the third period with a James Neal goal, coming off of Nate Schmidt and Luca Sbisa. The Golden Knights pulled ahead with a Neal goal, his second of the game, made possible by Cody Eakin and Jason Garrison. This made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars being Neal, Fleury (45 for 46 in saves), and Seguin.
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