The Pittsburgh Penguins hosting the Philadelphia Flyers in a battle of Pennsylvania. Alex Lyon is mismatched with Matt Murray in goal. Philadelphia began in the first period with a Travis Sanheim goal, his second of the season, made possible by Jordan Weal and Wayne Simmonds. Pittsburgh tied it on a Derick Brassard goal, his twenty-first of the year, courtesy of Conor Sheary and Phil Kessel. The Flyers took the lead with a Brandon Manning goal, his seventh of the season, via Weal and Valtteri Filppula. The Penguins retied it in the second period with a Patric Hornqvist power play goal, his twenty-fourth of the year, powered by Kessel and Justin Schultz. Pittsburgh took the lead on an Evgeni Malkin goal, his forty-second of the season, assisted by Schultz and Brian Dumoulin. Petr Mrazek replaced Lyon in goal. Philadelphia retied it on a Weal power play goal, his eighth of the year, with helpers from Shayne Gostisbehere and Oskar Lindblom. The Penguins regained the lead in the third period with a Sidney Crosby goal, his twenty-sixth of the season, passed from Schultz, who got a sock trick, and Jake Guentzel. The Flyers pulled even on a Sean Couturier goal, his thirty-first of the year, coming off of Gostisbehere and Claude Giroux. Pittsburgh won 5-4 in overtime with a Bryan Rust goal, his thirteenth of the campaign, guided in by Crosby and Kris Letang. The three stars were Crosby, Weal, and Schultz, while Kessel and Gostisbehere get the honorable mentions.
At the regular time, the Dallas Stars welcome the Vancouver Canucks. Jacob Markstrom and Kari Lehtonen are in the creases. Dallas led off in the first period with a shorthanded and unassisted Mattias Janmark goal, his nineteenth of the season. Vancouver tied it on a Reid Boucher power play goal, his third of the year, powered by Jussi Jokinen and Derrick Pouliot. The Canucks took the lead in the second period with a Nic Dowd power play goal, his third of the season, with assists provided by Troy Stecher and Jokinen. Vancouver added on in the third period with a Jake Virtanen goal, his ninth of the year, passed from Michael Del Zotto and Boucher. The Canucks iced it at 4-1 with a Tyler Motte empty net goal, his fourth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars belonged to Boucher, Markstrom (30 for 31 in saves), and Jokinen.
Up in Winnipeg, the Jets host the Nashville Predators. Juuse Saros and Connor Hellebuyck are set to start in goal. Nashville opened in first period with a Roman Josi goal, his eleventh of the season, coming off of Ryan Ellis and Viktor Arvidsson. The Predators added on with a Kyle Turris power play goal, his fourteenth of the year, powered by Mattias Ekholm and P.K. Subban. Winnipeg got on the board in the second period with a Kyle Connor power play goal, his twenty-ninth of the season, with assists provided by Mathieu Perreault and Bryan Little. Nashville answered with an Ellis goal, his eighth of the year, courtesy of Kevin Fiala and Turris. The Jets got one back with a Dustin Byfuglien power play goal, his sixth of the season, assisted by Blake Wheeler and Joel Armia. Winnipeg tied it on a Little goal, his fifteenth of the year, guided in by Connor and Ben Chiarot. The Predators regained the lead with an Arvidsson goal, his twenty-eighth of the season, fueled by Ryan Johansen and Filip Forsberg. The Jets evened it again in the third period on a Wheeler goal, his twentieth of the year, helped along by Joe Morrow and Connor. The tie went to a shootout, where Mark Scheifele had the lone tally for a 5-4 Jets win. The three stars were Connor, Wheeler, and Little, while Arvidsson, Turris, and Ellis get the honorable mentions.
Back stateside, the Minnesota Wild bring in the Boston Bruins. Tuukka Rask and Alex Stalock man the nets. Boston got going in the second period with a David Pastrnak goal, his thirtieth of the season, assisted by Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand. Minnesota tied it on a Mikko Koivu goal, his fourteenth of the year, helped along by Matt Dumba and Zach Parise in the third period. The Bruins won 2-1 in overtime with a Marchand goal, his thirty-third of the campaign, with a lone assist by Torey Krug. The three stars were Marchand, Rask (24 for 25 in saves), and Pastrnak.
Finally, the Edmonton Oilers host the Anaheim Ducks. John Gibson and Cam Talbot guard the cages. Edmonton dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Connor McDavid goal, his thirty-ninth of the season, made possible by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Anaheim tied it on a Josh Manson goal, his sixth of the year, passed from Andrew Cogliano and Ryan Kesler. The Oilers took the lead with a Ty Rattie goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Matt Benning and McDavid. Edmonton added on with a Leon Draisaitl goal, his twenty-fourth of the year, courtesy of Ethan Bear and Jujhar Khaira. The Ducks got one back with an Adam Henrique goal, his twenty-first of the season, assisted by Marcus Pettersson and Corey Perry. Anaheim tied it on a Perry goal, his seventeenth of the year, fueled by Cam Fowler and Rickard Rakell. The Oilers took the lead with a Bear power play goal, powered by McDavid and Andrej Sekera. The Ducks retied it on a Henrique goal, his second of the game and twenty-second of the season, guided in by Brandon Montour and Fowler. Anaheim won 5-4 in overtime with a Hampus Lindholm goal, his twelfth of the year, with helpers from Rakell and Ryan Getzlaf. The three stars went to Henrique, Perry, and McDavid, while Fowler, Rakell, and Bear get the honorable mentions.
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