The Washington Capitals hosting the Vegas Golden Knights. Marc-Andre Fleury faces a lesser foe in Philipp Grubauer in goal. Washington led off in the first period with a Chandler Stephenson goal, his fifth of the season, helped along by Jay Beagle and Matt Niskanen. Vegas tied it on a Ryan Carpenter goal, via Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Nate Schmidt. The Capitals retook the lead in the second period with a Niskanen goal, his fourth of the year, coming off of Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov. The Golden Knights tied it on a Reilly Smith power play goal, his fifteenth of the season, powered by Alex Tuch and Jonathan Marchessault. Washington pulled ahead in the third period with a Nicklas Backstrom goal, his eleventh of the year, passed from Christian Djoos and Andre Burakovsky. Vegas tied it again with a Smith goal, his second of the game and sixteenth of the season, assisted by Marchessault and William Karlsson. The Golden Knights gained the lead on a Tuch goal, his tenth of the year, guided in by Carpenter and Bellemare. This stood for a 4-3 win, with the three stars given to Smith, Tuch, and Carpenter, while Bellemare, Marchessault, and Niskanen get the honorable mentions.
Down in Raleigh, the Carolina Hurricanes welcome the San Jose Sharks. Aaron Dell and Cam Ward take the creases. San Jose began in the first period with a Timo Meier goal, his twelfth of the season, coming off of Joonas Donskoi and Brent Burns. Carolina tied it on a Sebastian Aho goal, his nineteenth of the year, courtesy of Jordan Staal. The Sharks reclaimed the lead with a Chris Tierney goal, his thirteenth of the season, made possible by Melker Karlsson and Mikkel Boedker. San Jose added on in the second period with a Burns goal, his ninth of the year, fueled by Joel Ward and Joakim Ryan. The final held at 3-1, with the three stars going to Burns, Dell (29 for 30 in saves), and Tierney.
Finally, the Montreal Canadiens bring in the Ottawa Senators. Mike Condon faces former mentor Carey Price in goal. Ottawa got going in the second period with an unassisted Mike Hoffman goal, his thirteenth of the season. Montreal tied it on a Jeff Petry power play goal, his eighth of the year, powered by Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk. The Canadiens took the lead with an Artturi Lehkonen power play goal, his third of the season, with assists provided by Nikita Scherbak and Victor Mete. Montreal added on with another Lehkonen goal, his second of the game and fourth of the year, passed from Tomas Plekanec and Brendan Gallagher. The Canadiens iced it at 4-1 with a Plekanec goal in the third period, his fifth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars were Lehkonen, Plekanec, and Price (25 for 26 in saves).
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