The Toronto Maple Leafs hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets. Joonas Korpisalo and Frederik Andersen are in the creases. Toronto opened in the first period with a Dominic Moore goal, his fifth of the season, passed from Roman Polak and Travis Dermott. The Maple Leafs added on with a Nazem Kadri goal, his nineteenth of the year, going in unassisted. Columbus got on the board with a Nick Foligno goal, his twelfth of the season, via Alexander Wennberg and Dean Kukan. The Blue Jackets tied it in the second period with a Foligno goal, his second of the game and thirteenth of the year, guided in by Wennberg and Oliver Bjorkstrand. Toronto retook the lead on a Kadri goal, his second of the game and twentieth of the season, assisted by Morgan Rielly and Dermott. The Maple Leafs extended the lead as Mitchell Marner scored his thirteenth of the year, thanks to Kadri and Patrick Marleau. Columbus got one back with a Jack Johnson goal, his third of the season, helped along by Foligno and Markus Nutivaara. Toronto answered in the third period with a Kadri goal, completing his hat trick on his twenty-first of the year, with helpers from Marner and Marleau. The Maple Leafs iced it at 6-3 with a Marleau empty net goal, his nineteenth of the campaign, set up by Leo Komarov and Kadri. The three stars belonged to Kadri, Marner, and Foligno, while Marleau, Dermott, and Wennberg get the honorable mentions.
West to Colorado, as the Avalanche welcome the Montreal Canadiens. Antti Niemi and Semyon Varlamov are set to start in goal. Colorado got going in the second period on a Carl Soderberg goal, his eleventh of the season, coming off of Gabriel Bourque and A.J. Greer. The Avalanche added on in the third period with an unassisted Alexander Kerfoot goal, his fourteenth of the year. The final held at 2-0, with the three stars awarded to Varlamov (44 save shutout), Soderberg, and Kerfoot.
Finally, the Vancouver Canucks bring in the Florida Panthers. James Reimer and Jacob Markstrom are the solid goalies. Vancouver started in the first period with a Michael Del Zotto goal, his fifth of the season, coming off of Bo Horvat and Sven Baertschi. Florida tied it on an Evgenii Dadonov goal, his fourteenth of the year, courtesy of Nick Bjugstad and Aleksander Barkov. The Canucks took the lead back with a Horvat goal, his fourteenth of the season, with a lone assist by Baertschi. The Panthers tied it on a Jamie McGinn power play goal, his eighth of the year, powered by Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin. Florida took the lead on an Alexander Petrovic goal, with a lone helper from Jared McCann. The Panthers added on with a Bjugstad goal, his tenth of the season, via Barkov. Vancouver got one back in the second period with a Brock Boeser power play goal, his twenty-seventh of the year, with assists provided by Daniel Sedin and Horvat. This led to the eventual 4-3 final, with the three stars given to Bjugstad, Horvat, and Barkov, while Baertschi gets an honorable mention.
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