Sunday, February 18, 2018

NHL 2017-18 Day 131

Seven games on for this Sunday, beginning with a couple of matinees. The first is in...

New York City, as the Rangers host the Philadelphia Flyers. Michal Neuvirth and Henrik Lundqvist are in the creases. New York led off in the first period with a Kevin Hayes goal, his fourteenth of the season, with a lone assist by Ryan Sproul. Philadelphia tied it on an Andrew MacDonald goal, his fourth of the year, coming off of Valtteri Filppula and Jori Lehtera. The Rangers took the lead back on a Rick Nash goal, his eighteenth of the year, passed from Brady Skjei and Pavel Buchnevich. The Flyers retied it on a Scott Laughton goal, his tenth of the season, courtesy of Ivan Provorov. Philadelphia took the lead with a Brandon Manning goal, his fifth of the year, guided in by Claude Giroux and Travis Konecny. New York evened it again on a Mats Zuccarello goal, his tenth of the season, via Peter Holland. Alex Lyon relieved Neuvirth to start the second period. The Flyers pulled ahead in the second period with a Nolan Patrick goal, his sixth of the season, assisted by Wayne Simmonds and Manning. The Rangers tied it again with a Holland goal, fueled by Nick Holden and Cody McLeod. Philadelphia regained the lead on a Konecny goal, his fifteenth of the year, made possible by Sean Couturier and Giroux. The Flyers added on in the third period with a Giroux goal, his twentieth of the campaign, with a lone assist provided by Konecny. Philadelphia extended the lead as Jori Lehtera scored, thanks to Dale Weise and Filppula. This stood for a 7-4 win, with the three stars given to Konecny, Giroux, and Lehtera, while Filppula, Manning, and Holland get the honorable mentions.

Out west, the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Edmonton Oilers. Cam Talbot and Semyon Varlamov draw the starts in goal. Colorado began in the first period with an unassisted Tyson Jost goal, his sixth of the season. Edmonton tied it in the second period with a Connor McDavid goal, his twenty-fourth of the year, passed from Patrick Maroon and Matt Benning. the Avalanche retook the lead on an Alexander Kerfoot goal, his fifteenth of the season, assisted by Anton Lindholm and Colin Wilson. The Oilers retied it in the third period with a McDavid goal, his second of the game and twenty-fifth of the year, coming off of Leon Draisaitl and Kris Russell. Edmonton took the lead on a Ryan Strome goal, his eighth of the season, helped along by Michael Cammalleri and Adam Larsson. The Oilers added on with a McDavid empty net goal, completing his hat trick on his twenty-sixth of the year, set up by Draisaitl and Oscar Klefbom. The three stars went to McDavid, Draisaitl, and Strome.

Back east, the Carolina Hurricanes bring in the New Jersey Devils. Keith Kinkaid and Cam Ward are in the creases. New Jersey opened in the first period with a Nico Hischier power play goal, his thirteenth of the season, powered by Sami Vatanen and the goalie Kinkaid. Carolina tied it on a Teuvo Teravainen goal in the second period, his fourteenth of the year, fueled by Victor Rask and Trevor van Riemsdyk. The Devils retook the lead with a Pavel Zacha goal, his sixth of the season, guided in by John Moore. The Hurricanes retied it in the third period with a Jeff Skinner goal, his twentieth of the year, via Jaccob Slavin and Brett Pesce. New Jersey won 3-2 in overtime with a Taylor Hall goal, his twenty-fourth of the campaign, helped along by Kyle Palmieri and Vatanen. The three stars were Hall, Vatanen, and Kinkaid (40 for 42 in saves).

Up in Columbus, the Blue Jackets host the Pittsburgh Penguins. Tristan Jarry is mismatched with Sergei Bobrovsky in goal. Pittsburgh started in the first period with a Riley Sheahan goal, his seventh of the season, made possible by Jamie Oleksiak and Jake Guentzel. The Penguins added on with a Brian Dumoulin goal, his fourth of the year, via Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust. Columbus got on the board with an Artemi Panarin goal, his sixteenth of the season, courtesy of Cam Atkinson and Pierre-Luc Dubois. Pittsburgh shot back with another Sheahan goal, his second of the game and eighth of the year, helped along by Guentzel and Oleksiak. The Penguins extended the lead as Zach Aston-Reese scored his fourth of the season in the second period, thanks to Matt Hunwick and Kris Letang. The Blue Jackets got one back in the third period with an Alexander Wennberg goal, his sixth of the year, assisted by Boone Jenner. Pittsburgh replied with a Guentzel goal, his nineteenth of the season, with a lone assist by Olli Maatta. The three stars of the 5-2 game were Guentzel, Sheahan, and Oleksiak.

Along to Detroit, the Red Wings welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs. Curtis McElhinney and Petr Mrazek are the backups in goal. Detroit got going in the second period with an Anthony Mantha power play goal, his twentieth of the season, powered by Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar. Toronto tied it on a James van Riemsdyk goal, his twenty-fourth of the year, via Jake Gardiner and Tyler Bozak. The Maple Leafs took the lead on a Mitchell Marner goal, his fourteenth of the season, coming off of Nazem Kadri. The Red Wings tied it in the third period with a Henrik Zetterberg goal, his eighth of the year, passed from Nyquist and Darren Helm. Toronto retook the lead with an Auston Matthews goal, his twenty-seventh of the campaign, coming off of William Nylander and Zach Hyman. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars given to Matthews, Marner, and Nyquist.

Out in California, the San Jose Sharks bring in the Dallas Stars. Ben Bishop and Martin Jones guard the cages. San Jose struck first in the first period with a Joe Pavelski goal, his fifteenth of the season, assisted by Timo Meier and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. The Sharks added on with a Melker Karlsson goal, his eighth of the year, passed from Meier and Pavelski. San Jose extended the lead as Mikkel Boedker scored his tenth of the season, thanks to Jannik Hansen and Justin Braun. The Sharks padded the lead on another Boedker goal, his second of the game and eleventh of the year, via Chris Tierney and Vlasic. Kari Lehtonen replaced Bishop in goal. San Jose continued in the second period on a Braun goal, his second of the season, with helpers from Pavelski and Karlsson. Dallas got on the board in the third period with a Gemel Smith goal, his fifth of the year, helped along by Brett Ritchie and Stephen Johns. The Stars got closer with a Tyler Pitlick goal, his eleventh of the campaign, fueled by John Klnigberg and Antoine Roussel. This only made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars being Boedker, Pavelski, and Braun, while Meier, Vlasic, and Karlsson get the honorable mentions.

Finally, the Winnipeg Jets host the Florida Panthers. James Reimer and Connor Hellebuyck are between the pipes. Florida kicked off the scoring in the first period with a Denis Malgin power play goal, his tenth of the season, powered by Mike Matheson and Nick Bjugstad. Winnipeg tied it on a Kyle Connor power play goal, his twentieth of the year, with assists provided by Blake Wheeler and Patrik Laine. The Jets took the lead in the second period on a Nikolaj Ehlers goal, his twenty-third of the season, courtesy of Tyler Myers and Josh Morrissey. The Panthers retied it on an Aleksander Barkov power play goal, his twentieth of the year, passed from Evgenii Dadonov and Keith Yandle. Winnipeg regained the lead on a Mark Scheifele goal, his eighteenth of the season, assisted by Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien. The Jets added on in the third period with a Connor goal, his second of the game and twenty-first of the year, guided in by Wheeler, who got a sock trick, and Myers. Winnipeg extended the lead as Bryan Little scored his thirteenth of the season, thanks to Myers, who got a sock trick, and Mathieu Perreault. The Jets padded the lead on a Perreault goal, his sixteenth of the year, with a lone helper from Jack Roslovic. Winnipeg finished it at 7-2 with a Laine goal, his twenty-seventh of the campaign, helped along by Little and Perreault. The three stars were Connor, Wheeler, and Myers, while Laine, Little, and Perreault get the honorable mentions.

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