Chicago, where the Blackhawks host the Boston Bruins. Anton Khudobin and Anton Forsberg are the similarly named goalies. Chicago began in the first period with an Artem Anisimov power play goal, his twentieth of the season, powered by Jonathan Toews and Erik Gustafsson. Boston tied it in the third period with a Zdeno Chara goal, his seventh of the year, via David Krejci and Jake DeBrusk. The Blackhawks retook the lead with a Patrick Kane power play goal, his twenty-fifth of the season, with assists provided by Gustafsson and Toews. Chicago iced it at 3-1 with a Brent Seabrook goal, his fourth of the year, passed from Toews, who got a sock trick, and Kane. The three stars were Toews, Kane, and Gustafsson.
Northwest to Calgary, as the Flames welcome the New York Islanders. Christopher Gibson is mismatched with Mike Smith in goal. New York led off in the first period with a Nick Leddy goal, his tenth of the season, courtesy of Casey Cizikas. The Islanders added on with a Johnny Boychuk goal, his fifth of the year, via Cizikas and Ross Johnston. Calgary got on the board with a Johnny Gaudreau goal, his twenty-first of the season, guided in by Sean Monahan. New York answered with a Jordan Eberle goal, his twenty-fourth of the year, fueled by Boychuk and John Tavares. The Islanders extended the lead as Anders Lee scored his thirty-second of the season in the second period, thanks to Boychuk and Leddy. The Flames got one back in the third period with a Mark Giordano goal, his thirteenth of the year, coming off of Dougie Hamilton and Gaudreau. New York iced it at 5-2 with an Anders Lee empty net goal, his second of the game and thirty-third of the campaign, set up by Tavares. The three stars were given to Boychuk, Leddy, and Gibson (50 for 52 in saves), while Lee, Cizikas, Tavares, and Gaudreau get the honorable mentions.
Back east, the Pittsburgh Penguins bring in the Dallas Stars. Kari Lehtonen faces a lesser foe in Casey DeSmith in goal. Pittsburgh opened in the first period with a Patric Hornqvist power play goal, his twentieth of the season, powered by Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby. The Penguins added on with a Jamie Oleksiak goal, his fifth of the year, via Phil Kessel and Riley Sheahan. Dallas got on the board with an Alexander Radulov power play goal in the second period, his twenty-fifth of the season, with assists from Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin. Pittsburgh iced it at 3-1 with a Malkin empty net goal in the third period, his thirty-ninth of the year, set up by Crosby. The three stars were Malkin, DeSmith (17 for 18 in saves), and Crosby.
Finally, the Arizona Coyotes host the Vancouver Canucks. Jacob Markstrom and Darcy Kuemper are in the creases. Arizona got going in the second period with an Oliver Ekman-Larsson power play goal, his tenth of the season, powered by Derek Stepan and Clayton Keller. This made it 1-0, the final, with the three stars awarded to Kuemper (26 save shutout), Ekman-Larsson, and Markstrom (23 for 24 in saves).
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