Wednesday, November 29, 2017

NHL 2017-18 Day 56

Four games on tonight, beginning with...

The Boston Bruins hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Tuukka Rask protect the nets. Boston led off in the first period with a Charlie McAvoy goal, his third of the season, coming off of David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand. The Bruins added on with a Riley Nash goal, his second of the year, via Danton Heinen and Marchand. Boston extended the lead as Torey Krug scored his fourth of the season in the second period, thanks to Ryan Spooner and McAvoy. Tampa Bay got on the board with an Andrej Sustr goal, passed from Braydon Coburn and Chris Kunitz. The Lightning got closer in the third period with a Steven Stamkos power play goal, his eleventh of the year, powered by Nikita Kucherov and Mikhail Sergachev. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars given to McAvoy, Krug, and Marchand.

Up in Quebec, the Montreal Canadiens welcome the Ottawa Senators. Mike Condon is mismatched with former mentor Carey Price in goal. Ottawa began in the first period with a shorthanded and unassisted Mark Stone goal, his fourteenth of the season. Montreal tied it on a Jonathan Drouin penalty shot goal in the second period, his fifth of the year. The Canadiens took the lead with a Phillip Danault goal, his fourth of the season, guided in by Andrew Shaw and Max Pacioretty. This stood for a 2-1 win eventually, with the three stars going to Price (27 for 28 in saves), Danault, and Drouin.

Back stateside, the St. Louis Blues bring in the Anaheim Ducks. John Gibson and Jake Allen guard the cages. Anaheim opened in the first period with an Antoine Vermette goal, his fourth of the season, assisted by Kevin Roy and Francois Beauchemin. The Ducks added on with a Roy power play goal, his second of the year, powered by Cam Fowler and Sami Vatanen in the second period. Anaheim extended the lead as Vermette scored his second of the game and fifth of the season, thanks to Chris Wagner and Kevin Bieksa on the power play. St. Louis got on the board with a Kyle Brodziak goal in the third period, his fourth of the year, via Dmitrij Jaskin and Joel Edmundson. The Blues got closer with a Brodziak goal, his second of the game and fifth of the campaign, helped along by Vladimir Sobotka and Colton Parayko. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars given to Vermette, Brodziak, and Roy.

Finally, the Colorado Avalanche host the Winnipeg Jets. Connor Hellebuyck and Semyon Varlamov draw the starts in goal. Winnipeg started in the first period with a Josh Morrissey goal, his third of the season, fueled by Mark Scheifele and Brandon Tanev. Colorado tied it on an Alexander Kerfoot power play goal, his eighth of the year, powered by J.T. Compher and Nathan MacKinnon. Winnipeg retook the lead in the third period on a Bryan Little goal, his fifth of the season, coming off of Nikolaj Ehlers and Dustin Byfuglien. The Avalanche tied it again with a Nikita Zadorov goal, his third of the year, via Blake Comeau and Gabriel Bourque. Colorado won 3-2 in overtime with a MacKinnon power play goal, with assists provided by Kerfoot and Tyson Barrie. The three stars went to MacKinnon, Kerfoot, and Varlamov (31 for 33 in saves).

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