Four games on today to wrap up the holiday weekend. The first is a matinee in...
Arizona, as the Coyotes host the Calgary Flames. Mike Smith faces his former team and Antti Raanta in goal. Calgary started in the first period with a Sean Monahan goal, his thirteenth of the season, coming off of Johnny Gaudreau and Mark Giordano. The Flames added on with a shorthanded Noah Hanifin goal, going in unassisted. Calgary extended the lead on a Hanifin power play goal in the second period, his second of the game, powered by James Neal and Derek Ryan. The Flames padded the lead as Mark Jankowski scored his third of the year, thanks to T.J. Brodie and Dillon Dube. Calgary kept going in the third period with a shorthanded Brodie goal, his second of the season, set up by Mikael Backlund. The Flames continued with a Jankowski shorthanded goal, his second of the game and fourth of the year, an unassisted goal. Arizona got on the board with an unassisted Clayton Keller goal, his sixth of the campaign. The final remained at 6-1, with the three stars belonging to Hanifin, Jankowski, and Brodie, while Smith (28 for 29 in saves) gets an honorable mention.
Back east, the Tampa Bay Lightning welcome the New Jersey Devils. Cory Schneider and Louis Domingue get the starts in goal. Tampa Bay opened in the first period with an Alex Killorn goal, his third of the season, with a lone assist by Mathieu Joseph. The Lightning added on with a Brayden Point power play goal, his sixteenth of the year, powered by Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman. Tampa Bay extended the lead as Tyler Johnson scored his tenth of the season, thanks to Point and Kucherov. New Jersey got on the board with a Stefan Noesen goal, his second of the year, via Brett Seney. The Lightning shot back on a Cedric Paquette goal, his fourth of the season, made possible by Ryan Callahan and Dan Girardi. Tampa Bay padded the lead in the second period with a Point goal, his second of the game and seventeenth of the year, going in unassisted. The Devils got one back in the third period on an unassisted Jesper Bratt goal. This only made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars going to Point, Kucherov, and Domingue (33 for 35 in saves).
Northwest to Nashville, as the Predators bring in the Anaheim Ducks. John Gibson and Pekka Rinne tend the twines. Nashville led off in the first period with an Austin Watson goal, his second of the season, passed from Nick Bonino and Colton Sissons. Anaheim tied it in the second period with an Adam Henrique power play goal, his sixth of the year, powered by Rickard Rakell and Brandon Montour. The Predators took the lead back with a Bonino goal, his fourth of the season, assisted by Sissons. Nashville added on with a Watson power play goal, his second of the game and third of the year, with helpers from Roman Josi and Kevin Fiala. The Ducks got one back with an Ondrej Kase goal, his third of the season, courtesy of Marcus Pettersson. The Predators replied in the third period with a Craig Smith power play goal, his sixth of the year, with assists provided by Filip Forsberg and Mattias Ekholm. Nashville iced it at 5-2 with a Watson empty net goal, his fourth of the campaign to complete his hat trick, set up by Ryan Ellis and Josi. The three stars belonged to Watson, Bonino, and Sissons, while Josi gets an honorable mention.
Finally, the Los Angeles Kings host the Edmonton Oilers. Cam Talbot and Calvin Petersen are in the blue paint. Los Angeles began in the first period with a Dustin Brown goal, his fourth of the season, guided in by Anze Kopitar and Derek Forbort. Edmonton tied it on an Alex Chiasson power play goal, his ninth of the year, powered by Connor McDavid and Oscar Klefbom. The Oilers took the lead with a Chiasson goal in the second period, his second of the game and tenth of the season, assisted by Klefbom and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The Kings retied it on Brown's second goal of the game, his fifth of the year, a power play goal with a lone assist by Kopitar. Los Angeles took the lead in the third period with a Kopitar goal, his seventh of the season, fueled by Forbort and Nate Thompson. The Kings added on with a power play empty net goal by Brown, completing his hat trick with his sixth of the year, with helpers from Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty. Los Angeles iced it at 5-2 on an unassisted Matt Luff empty net goal, his fourth of the campaign. The three stars went to Brown, Kopitar, and Chiasson, while Forbort and Klefbom get the honorable mentions.
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