Just five games on for today, beginning with...
The Ottawa Senators hosting the Colorado Avalanche. Semyon Varlamov and Anders Nilsson are set to start in goal. Ottawa got going in the second period with a Brady Tkachuk goal, his eleventh of the season, coming off of Chris Tierney and Ryan Dzingel. The Senators added on with a Mark Stone goal, his twenty-first of the year, fueled by Cody Ceci. Ottawa extended the lead as Dzingel scored his nineteenth of the season, thanks to Thomas Chabot and Matt Duchene. Colorado got on the board with a Nikita Zadorov goal, his fourth of the year, guided in by Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. The Senators answered with a Duchene goal, his nineteenth of the season, via Zack Smith in the third period. The Avalanche got one back with a MacKinnon power play goal, his twenty-seventh of the year, powered by Tyson Barrie and Rantanen. Ottawa iced it at 5-2 with a Duchene empty net goal, his second of the game and twentieth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars were Duchene, Dzingel, and MacKinnon, while Rantanen gets an honorable mention.
Stateside, the Philadelphia Flyers welcome the Boston Bruins. Jaroslav Halak and Carter Hart are the masked men. Boston led off in the first period with a David Pastrnak power play goal, his twenty-seventh of the season, powered by Torey Krug and Brad Marchand. The Bruins added on with a Peter Cehlarik goal, assisted by Jake DeBrusk and David Krejci. Philadelphia got on the board with an Oskar Lindblom goal, his fifth of the year, via Claude Giroux and Ivan Provorov. The Flyers tied it in the second period with a Sean Couturier goal, his seventeenth of the season, made possible by Jakub Voracek and Travis Sanheim. Philadelphia took the lead on a Couturier power play goal, his second of the game and eighteenth of the season, with assists provided by Wayne Simmonds and Giroux. The Flyers extended the lead as Couturier completed his hat trick on his nineteenth of the year, thanks to Lindblom and Provorov. Boston got one back with a Cehlarik goal, his second of the game, passed from Marchand and Krug. This only made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars going to Couturier, Cehlarik, and Lindblom, while Provorov, Giroux, Marchand, and Krug get the honorable mentions.
Out west, the Calgary Flames host the Buffalo Sabres. Linus Ullmark and David Rittich are in the creases. Calgary began in the first period with a Johnny Gaudreau power play goal, his twenty-eighth of the season, powered by Elias Lindholm and Mark Giordano. Buffalo tied it in the second period with an Evan Rodrigues goal, his fourth of the year, via Casey Mittelstadt. The Flames took the lead in the third period with a Matthew Tkachuk power play goal, his twenty-fourth of the season, with assists provided by Lindholm and Gaudreau. The Sabres retied it with a Rasmus Dahlin goal, his fifth of the year, courtesy of Sam Reinhart and Jack Eichel. Buffalo pulled ahead on a Jake McCabe goal, his fourth of the season, going in unassisted. Calgary tied it up with a Noah Hanifin goal, his fourth of the year, passed from Sean Monahan and Rasmus Andersson.
Further west, the Vancouver Canucks bring in the Edmonton Oilers. Mikko Koskinen and Jacob Markstrom are the goalies. Edmonton opened in the first period with a Jujhar Khaira shorthanded goal, his third of the season, set up by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Vancouver tied it on a Brandon Sutter power play goal, his fourth of the year, powered by Ben Hutton and Markus Granlund. The Oilers took the lead back with a Connor McDavid power play goal, his twenty-ninth of the season, with assists provided by Leon Draisaitl and Nugent-Hopkins. The Canucks retied it in the second period with a Markus Granlund goal, his eighth of the year, going in unassisted. The tie went into a shootout, where Alex Chiasson's lone tally gave the Oilers a 3-2 win. The three stars were Nugent-Hopkins, McDavid, and Khaira.
Finally, the Arizona Coyotes host the San Jose Sharks. Aaron Dell and Darcy Kuemper are the backups in goal. Arizona started in the first period with a Lawson Crouse goal, his seventh of the season, with a lone assist by Mario Kempe. The Coyotes added on with a shorthanded and unassisted Richard Panik goal, his tenth of the year. San Jose got on the board with a Kevin Labanc goal, his fifth of the season, courtesy of Brenden Dillon and Justin Braun. Arizona replied in the second period with a Christian Fischer goal, his eleventh of the year, via Ilya Lyubushkin and Jordan Weal. The Coyotes extended the lead as Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored his sixth of the season, thanks to Clayton Keller and Fischer. The Sharks got one back with an Evander Kane goal, his seventeenth of the year, made possible by Labanc. San Jose pulled closer in the third period with a Logan Couture power play goal, his seventeenth of the season, powered by Erik Karlsson and Labanc. Arizona replied with an Alex Galchenyuk power play empty net goal, his eighth of the year, going in unassisted. The Coyotes iced it at 6-3 with a Josh Archibald empty net goal, his fourth of the campaign, set up by Crouse. The three stars belonged to Crouse, Labanc, and Fischer.
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