The Buffalo Sabres hosting the Montreal Canadiens. Antti Niemi and Linus Ullmark are the backups in goal. Montreal got going in the second period with an Artturi Lehkonen goal, his tenth of the season, made possible by Jacob De La Rose and Alex Galchenyuk. The Canadiens added on with a Paul Byron empty net goal in the third period, his eighteenth of the year, set up by Jonathan Drouin and Charles Hudon. Montreal iced it at 3-0 with a Brendan Gallagher empty net goal, his twenty-seventh of the campaign, coming off of Logan Shaw. The three stars were Niemi (35 save shutout), Lehkonen, and Ullmark (21 for 22 in saves).
Along to Pittsburgh, where the Penguins welcome the New Jersey Devils. Keith Kinkaid and Matt Murray are the alliterative goalies. Pittsburgh began in the first period with a Sidney Crosby goal, his twenty-fifth of the season, courtesy of Jamie Oleksiak and Jake Guentzel. New Jersey tied it in the second period with a Will Butcher power play goal, his third of the year, powered by Damon Severson and Taylor Hall. The Devils took the lead with a Blake Coleman goal, his eleventh of the season, via Drew Stafford and Pavel Zacha. New Jersey added on with a Nico Hischier goal, his seventeenth of the year, passed from John Moore and Hall. The Penguins got one back in the third period with a Brian Dumoulin goal, his fifth of the season, assisted by Crosby. Pittsburgh tied it on a Phil Kessel goal, his thirtieth of the year, guided in by Derick Brassard and Conor Sheary. The Devils won 4-3 in overtime with a Hall goal, his thirty-third of the campaign, with a lone assist by Hischier. The three stars were Hall, Hischier, and Crosby.
West to St. Louis, as the Blues host the Vancouver Canucks. Anders Nilsson and Jake Allen are in the creases. St. Louis led off in the first period with a Patrik Berglund goal, his eleventh of the season, fueled by Alex Pietrangelo and Alexander Steen. The Blues added on with a Berglund shorthanded goal, his second of the game and twelfth of the year, set up by Kyle Brodziak in the second period. Vancouver got on the board with a Sam Gagner goal, his eighth of the season, via Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin. St. Louis replied in the third period with a Vladimir Tarasenko goal, his twenty-eighth of the year, helped along by Jaden Schwartz. The Blues extended the lead as Dmitrij Jaskin scored his sixth of the campaign, thanks to Vladimir Sobotka and Tage Thompson. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars given to Berglund, Allen (19 for 20 in saves), and Tarasenko.
Up in Winnipeg, the Jets bring in the Anaheim Ducks. John Gibson and Connor Hellebuyck tend the twines. Anaheim started in the first period with a Derek Grant power play goal, his eleventh of the season, powered by Hampus Lindholm and Marcus Pettersson. Winnipeg tied it on a Nikolaj Ehlers goal, his twenty-eighth of the year, coming off of Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler. The Jets took the lead in the second period with a Scheifele goal, his twenty-second of the season, assisted by Wheeler and Josh Morrissey. The Ducks retied it in the third period with an unassisted Nick Ritchie goal, his eighth of the year. Winnipeg won 3-2 in overtime on a Kyle Connor goal, his twenty-eighth of the campaign, with a lone assist by Scheifele. The three stars were Scheifele, Wheeler, and Connor.
Finally, the Dallas Stars host the Boston Bruins. Tuukka Rask and Kari Lehtonen are the Finnish goalies. Dallas opened in the first period with an Esa Lindell goal, his seventh of the season, made possible by Curtis McKenzie and Jason Dickinson. The Stars added on with a second period shorthanded goal by Jamie Benn, his twenty-eighth of the year, set up by Tyler Seguin and Stephen Johns. Boston got on the board in the third period with a Brad Marchand goal, his thirty-second of the season, assisted by David Pastrnak and Riley Nash. The Bruins tied it as Tim Schaller scored a shorthanded goal, his eleventh of the year, with the help of Marchand and Kevan Miller. Boston won 3-2 with a Pastrnak goal, his twenty-ninth of the campaign, via Marchand and David Krejci. The three stars were Pastrnak, Marchand, and Rask (40 for 42 in saves).
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