Six games go this Wednesday night, beginning with...
The New Jersey Devils hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning. Curtis McElhinney and Cory Schneider are the goalies. New Jersey began in the first period with a Kyle Palmieri power play goal, his fourth of the season, powered by Wayne Simmonds and Taylor Hall. Tampa Bay tied it with an Ondrej Palat goal, his fourth of the year, fueled by Kevin Shattenkirk and Brayden Point. The Lightning took the lead on an Alex Killorn power play goal, his second of the season, with assists provided by Shattenkirk and Tyler Johnson. The Devils tied it again with a Jesper Bratt goal in the second period, his second of the year, passed from Pavel Zacha and Nico Hischier. Tampa Bay retook the lead on a Point goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Johnson and Mikhail Sergachev. New Jersey pulled even again with another Palmieri goal, his second of the game and fifth of the year, guided in by Will Butcher and Hall. The Devils pulled ahead with a Bratt goal, his second of the game and third of the season, courtesy of Andy Greene and Hischier. New Jersey added on with a Sami Vatanen goal, his third of the year, with helpers from Simmonds and Greene in the third period. The Lightning chipped back with an Anthony Cirelli goal, helped along by Jan Rutta and Mathieu Joseph. Tampa Bay tied it as Joseph scored his third of the season, thanks to Cirelli. The Lightning stormed ahead on a Palat goal, his second of the game and fifth of the year, with a lone helper by Point. The Devils forced overtime when Palmieri completed his hat trick on his sixth of the season, with the help of Simmonds and Butcher. Tampa Bay won 7-6 in overtime with a Johnson goal, his fourth of the year, dished from Palat and Ryan McDonagh. The three stars were Johnson, Palat, and Palmieri, while Point, Cirelli, Shattenkirk, Joseph, Bratt, Simmonds, Hall, Hischier, Greene, and Butcher all get honorable mentions.
Along to Columbus, as the Blue Jackets welcome the Edmonton Oilers. Mike Smith and Joonas Korpisalo draw the starts in goal. Edmonton led off in the first period with a James Neal power play goal, his eleventh of the season, powered by Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. The Oilers added on with a Draisaitl goal, his eleventh of the year, assisted by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Alex Chiasson. Edmonton extended the lead in the second period as Jujhar Khaira scored, thanks to Nugent-Hopkins and Sam Gagner. The Oilers padded the lead with another Draisaitl goal, his second of the game and twelfth of the season, made possible by Zack Kassian. Elvis Merzlikins replaced Korpisalo in goal. Columbus got on the board with a Zach Werenski power play goal, his third of the year, with a lone assist by Cam Atkinson. This only made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars being Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, and Smith (23 for 24 in saves).
Next up, the St. Louis Blues bring in the Minnesota Wild. Devan Dubnyk and Jordan Binnington are the masked men. St. Louis got going in the second period with a Sammy Blais goal, his fourth of the season, courtesy of Ryan O'Reilly and Alex Pietrangelo. Minnesota tied it on a Mats Zuccarello goal, coming off of Eric Staal and Jason Zucker. The Blues took the lead in the third period with a Pietrangelo goal, his fifth of the year, via David Perron and Carl Gunnarsson. The final stayed at 2-1, with the three stars given to Pietrangelo, Binnington (35 for 36 in saves), and Blais.
Southwest to Arizona, as the Coyotes host the Montreal Canadiens. Carey Price and Antti Raanta man the nets. Montreal opened in the first period with a Brendan Gallagher goal, his sixth of the season, assisted by Tomas Tatar and Shea Weber. The Canadiens added on in the second period with a Weber goal, his second of the year, passed from Victor Mete and Phillip Danault. Montreal extended the lead in the third period as Nick Cousins scored his second of the season, thanks to Nick Suzuki and Jeff Petry. Arizona got on the board with a Jakob Chychrun goal, his second of the year, via Phil Kessel and Alex Goligoski. The Canadiens replied with an unassisted Jonathan Druin goal, his sixth of the campaign. The final stood at 4-1, with the three stars being Weber, Price (33 for 34 in saves), and Gallagher.
Up in Colorado, the Avalanche welcome the Florida Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky and Philipp Grubauer guard the cages. Colorado started in the first period with a Matt Nieto goal, his third of the season, passed from Matt Calvert and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. Florida tied it on a Colton Sceviour goal, via Aaron Ekblad and MacKenzie Weegar. The Avalanche took the lead back with a Joonas Donskoi goal, his fifth of the year, courtesy of Nathan MacKinnon and Samuel Girard. Colorado added on in the third period with a MacKinnon goal, his seventh of the season, coming off of Ian Cole and Nazem Kadri. The Panthers got one back with an Aleksander Barkov power play goal, powered by Keith Yandle and Mike Hoffman. Florida tied it with a Jonathan Huberdeau goal, his sixth of the year, assisted by Ekblad and Evgenii Dadonov. The Panthers won 4-3 in overtime with another Huberdeau goal, his second of the game and seventh of the campaign, with a lone assist by Barkov.
Finally, the Los Angeles Kings bring in the Vancouver Canucks. Jacob Markstrom and Jonathan Quick play in the blue paint. Los Angeles struck first in the first period with a Jeff Carter goal, his third of the season, made possible by Anze Kopitar and Alec Martinez. Vancouver tied it with a Brock Boeser power play goal, his fifth of the year, powered by Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes. The Canucks took the lead on a Bo Horvat power play goal, his sixth of the season, with assists provided by Hughes and Pettersson.The Kings tied it in the second period on an Adrian Kempe power play goal, with helpers from Kopitar and Drew Doughty. Vancouver regained the lead with a Boeser goal, his second of the game and sixth of the year, with a lone assist by Pettersson. The Canucks added on with a Boeser power play goal in the third period, completing his hat trick on his seventh of the season, fueled by Horvat and J.T. Miller. Vancouver extended the lead as Pettersson scored his fourth of the year on the power play, thanks to Boeser and Hughes. Los Angeles got one back with Carter's second of the game and fourth of the campaign, guided in by Carl Grundstrom and Doughty. This made it 5-3, the final, with the three stars being Boeser, Pettersson, and Hughes, while Horvat, Carter, Kopitar, and Doughty get the honorable mentions.
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