Four games on this Wednesday night, beginning with...
The Buffalo Sabres hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs. Garret Sparks and Carter Hutton man the nets. Buffalo began in the first period with a Casey Mittelstadt power play goal, his eleventh of the season, powered by Rasmus Dahlin and Jack Eichel. Toronto tied it on an Auston Matthews goal, his thirty-fifth of the year, passed from Andreas Johnsson and Jake Muzzin. The Maple Leafs took the lead on a John Tavares goal, his forty-first of the season, assisted by William Nylander and Matthews. Toronto added on in the third period with a Mitchell Marner goal, his twenty-fifth of the year, with a lone assist by Tavares. The Sabres got one back with an Alexander Nylander goal, courtesy of Vladimir Sobotka and Zach Bogosian. The Maple Leafs iced it at 4-2 with an empty net goal by Zach Hyman, his eighteenth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars were Matthews, Tavares, and Marner.
In DC, the Washington Capitals welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Braden Holtby tend the twines. Washington led off in the first period with a Lars Eller goal, his twelfth of the season, with a lone assist by Carl Hagelin. Tampa Bay tied it in the second period with a Nikita Kucherov power play goal, his thirty-sixth of the year, powered by Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman. The Lightning took the lead on a Stamkos power play goal, his thirty-seventh of the season, with a lone helper from J.T. Miller. Tampa Bay added on with an Anthony Cirelli goal, his sixteenth of the year, fueled by Mathieu Joseph. The Capitals got one back on a Hagelin goal, his fifth of the season, helped along by Eller. Washington tied it on a T.J. Oshie power play goal, his twenty-second of the year, with assists provided by Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson. The Lightning regained the lead on another Kucherov power play goal, his second of the game and thirty-seventh of the season, assisted by Stamkos and Ondrej Palat. The Capitals evened it in the third period on an Evgeny Kuznetsov goal, his twentieth of the year, coming off of Nicklas Backstrom and Oshie. Tampa Bay won 5-4 in overtime with a Hedman goal, his eleventh of the campaign, set up by Yanni Gourde. The three stars belonged to Kucherov, Stamkos, and Hedman, while Eller, Hagelin, and Oshie get the honorable mentions.
Out west, the Vancouver Canucks bring in the Ottawa Senators. Anders Nilsson faces his former team and Jacob Markstrom in goal. Vancouver started in the first period with a Bo Horvat power play goal, his twenty-sixth of the season, powered by Alexander Edler and Elias Pettersson. The Canucks added on with a Tanner Pearson goal in the second period, his twelfth of the year, via Alex Biega and Loui Eriksson. Vancouver extended the lead as Jake Virtanen scored his fourteenth of the season, thanks to Jay Beagle. The Canucks padded the lead on a Brock Boeser power play goal, his twenty-fourth of the year, with assists provided by Edler and Pettersson. Vancouver kept going in the third period with a Pearson goal, his second of the game and thirteenth of the season, helped along by Horvat and Eriksson. Ottawa got on the board with a Max Veronneau goal, coming off of Dylan DeMelo and Jean-Gabriel Pageau. The Senators got closer with a Brady Tkachuk goal, his seventeenth of the year, passed from Pageau and Rudolfs Balcers. Ottawa chipped closer with an Oscar Lindberg goal, his ninth of the season, made possible by Bobby Ryan and DeMelo. The Senators got within one on an Anthony Duclair power play goal, his fifteenth of the year, fueled by DeMelo, who got a sock trick, and Chris Tierney. The Canucks answered on a Horvat goal, his second of the game and twenty-seventh of the season, guided in by Edler and Eriksson, both of whom earned sock tricks. Vancouver iced it at 7-4 with an Eriksson empty net goal, his eleventh of the year, set up by Pearson. The three stars went to Horvat, Pearson, and Eriksson, while Edler, Pettersson, DeMelo, and Pageau get the honorable mentions.
Down in Anaheim, the Ducks host the Winnipeg Jets. Connor Hellebuyck and John Gibson guard the cages. Winnipeg opened in the first period with a Mark Scheifele power play goal, his thirty-fifth of the season, powered by Kyle Connor and Jacob Trouba. The Jets added on in the third period with a Connor goal, his twenty-ninth of the year, via Tyler Myers and Andrew Copp. Winnipeg extended the lead as Nikolaj Ehlers scored his nineteenth of the campaign, with the help of Joe Morrow and Trouba. This made it 3-0, the eventual final, with the three stars given to Hellebuyck (29 save shutout), Connor, and Trouba.
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