Friday, December 22, 2017

NHL 2017-18 Day 79

Four games today, beginning in...

Buffalo, as the Sabres host the Philadelphia Flyers. Brian Elliott and Robin Lehner draw the starts in goal. Buffalo dented the scoreboard in the third period with a Ryan O'Reilly goal, his ninth of the season, with a lone assist by Evander Kane. The Sabres added on with a Kane goal, his fifteenth of the year, made possible by Josh Gorges and Kyle Okposo. Philadelphia got on the board with a Michael Raffl power play goal, his sixth of the season, powered by Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek. Buffalo answered on an empty net goal by Jack Eichel, his twelfth of the year, set up by Marco Scandella and O'Reilly. The Flyers got one back with a Shayne Gostisbehere goal, his seventh of the season, courtesy of Giroux and Voracek. The Sabres iced it at 4-2 with another Eichel empty net goal, his second of the game and thirteenth of the year, fueled by Scandella. The three stars were Eichel, O'Reilly, and Kane, while Giroux, Voracek, and Scandella get the honorable mentions.

Down in Florida, the Panthers welcome the Minnesota Wild. Alex Stalock and James Reimer are the backups filling in for injured starters. Minnesota opened in the first period with a Ryan Suter power play goal, his fifth of the season, powered by Matt Dumba and Mikael Granlund. Florida tied it on a Vincent Trocheck goal, his fourteenth of the year, guided in by Alexander Petrovic and Denis Malgin. The Wild retook the lead in the second period with a Daniel Winnik goal, his third of the season, going in unassisted. The Panthers tied it on a Jonathan Huberdeau goal, his tenth of the year, coming off of Aleksander Barkov in the third period. Florida took the lead with a Connor Brickley goal, his third of the season, made possible by Keith Yandle. The Panthers iced it at 4-2 with a Huberdeau empty net goal, his second of the game and eleventh of the year, set up by Barkov. The three stars were Huberdeau, Barkov, and Brickley.

West to Calgary, as the Flames bring in the Montreal Canadiens. Carey Price and Mike Smith are the masked men. Montreal started in the first period with a Byron Froese goal, made possible by Jordie Benn and Alex Galchenyuk. The Canadiens added on in the second period with a Nicolas Deslauriers goal, his fourth of the season, assisted by Froese and Daniel Carr. Montreal extended the lead in the third period as Brendan Gallagher scored his fourteenth of the year, thanks to Artturi Lehkonen abd Tomas Plekanec. Calgary got on the board with a Micheal Ferland goal, his fourteenth of the season, passed from Michael Frolik and Sean Monahan. The Flames got closer with a Matthew Tkachuk power play goal, his eighth of the year, powered by Mikael Backlund and Johnny Gaudreau. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars being Froese, Gallagher, and Deslauriers.

Finally, the Arizona Coyotes host the Washington Capitals. Philipp Grubauer and Scott Wedgewood are the backups in goal. Washington got going in the second period with a T.J. Oshie goal, his eleventh of the season, fueled by Jakub Vrana and Evgeny Kuznetsov. Arizona tied it in the third period with a Christian Dvorak power play goal, his fifth of the year, powered by Alex Goligoski and Jakob Chychrun. The Capitals retook the lead with a Kuznetsov goal, his twelfth of the season, guided in by Christian Djoos and John Carlson. The Coyotes tied it on a Christian Fischer goal, his ninth of the year, assisted by Clayton Keller and Jason Demers. Arizona won 3-2 in overtime with a Keller goal, his thirteenth of the campaign, made possible by Max Domi and Goligoski. The three stars were Keller, Kuznetsov, and Goligoski.

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