Wednesday, April 4, 2018

NHL 2017-18 Day 176

Just three games on in hockey today, beginning with...

The Buffalo Sabres hosting the Ottawa Senators. Craig Anderson faces a lesser foe in Chad Johnson in goal. Buffalo started in the first period with a Ryan O'Reilly goal, his twenty-third of the season, coming off of Scott Wilson and Sam Reinhart. Ottawa tied it on a Max McCormick goal, his third of the year, helped along by Mark Borowiecki and Alexandre Burrows. The Senators took the lead with a Matt Duchene goal, his twenty-seventh of the season, going in unassisted. Ottawa added on in the second period with a Ryan Dzingel goal, his twenty-first of the year, assisted by Filip Chlapik and Christian Wolanin. The Sabres got one back on a Kyle Okposo goal, his fourteenth of the season, made possible by Casey Mittelstadt and Evan Rodrigues. The Senators iced it at 4-2 with a Burrows empty net goal in the third period, his sixth of the year, set up by Dzingel. The three stars were Dzingel, Burrows, and Anderson (32 for 34 in saves).

Southwest to St. Louis, as the Blues welcome the Chicago Blackhawks. Jean-Francois Berube and Jake Allen are in the blue paint. St. Louis opened in the first period with a Robert Bortuzzo goal, his fourth of the season, via Kyle Brodziak. Chicago tied it on an Andreas Martinesen goal, passed from Artem Anisimov and Dylan Sikura. The Blues took the lead back in the second period with a Brayden Schenn goal, his twenty-seventh of the year, guided in by Vince Dunn and Vladimir Tarasenko. St. Louis added on with a Tarasenko goal, his thirty-third of the season, with a lone helper by Brayden Schenn. The Blackhawks got one back on a shorthanded Blake Hillman goal, set up by Nick Schmaltz. Chicago tied it on an unassisted Alex DeBrincat goal in the third period, his twenty-eighth of the year. The Blackhawks won 4-3 with a Duncan Keith power play goal, his second of the campaign, powered by DeBrincat and Brent Seabrook. The three stars went to DeBrincat, Tarasenko, and Hillman.

Finally, the Anaheim Ducks bring in the Minnesota Wild. Devan Dubnyk and Ryan Miller are the masked men. Minnesota got going in the second period with a Matt Dumba power play goal, his thirteenth of the season, powered by Jonas Brodin and Jason Zucker. Anaheim tied it on a Nick Ritchie goal, his tenth of the year, coming off of Francois Beauchemin and Josh Manson. The Ducks took the lead in the third period with an Ondrej Kase goal, his twentieth of the season, fueled by Manson and Adam Henrique. Anaheim iced it at 3-1 with an Andrew Cogliano empty net goal, his eleventh of the year, set up by Jakob Silfverberg and Beauchemin. The three stars were Manson, Beauchemin, and Miller (26 for 27 in saves).

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