We're ready for a three-game day, beginning with...
The Philadelphia Flyers hosting the Washington Capitals. Braden Holtby and Carter Hart protect the nets. Philadelphia led off in the first period with a Travis Konecny goal, his fourteenth of the season, courtesy of Sean Couturier. Washington tied it on a Nicklas Backstrom goal, his ninth of the year, via Tom Wilson. The Capitals pulled ahead on a Jakub Vrana goal, his nineteenth of the season, assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Michal Kempny. The Flyers evened it on a Robert Hagg goal, fueled by Michael Raffl and Philippe Myers. Philadelphia pulled ahead in the second period with a Kevin Hayes shorthanded goal, his thirteenth of the year, going in unassisted. The final held from here at 3-2, with the three stars being Hayes, Hagg, and Konecny.
Up in Toronto, the Maple Leafs welcome the Winnipeg Jets. Connor Hellebuyck and Frederik Andersen tend the twines. Winnipeg began in the first period with a Nikolaj Ehlers goal, his eighteenth of the season, coming off of Blake Wheeler and Neal Pionk. Toronto tied it on an Auston Matthews goal, his thirtieth of the year, passed from Mitchell Marner. The Jets retook the lead with a Mason Appleton shorthanded goal, going in unassisted. The Maple Leafs tied it in the second period again on a Dmytro Timashov goal, his fourth of the season, via Adam Brooks and Kasperi Kapanen. Winnipeg pulled ahead with a Mark Scheifele goal, his twenty-first of the year, with helpers by Kyle Connor and Tucker Poolman. Toronto tied it in the third period with another Matthews goal, his second of the game and thirty-first of the season, helped along by Morgan Rielly. In the shootout, Patrik Laine, Scheifele, and Wheeler lifted the Jets 4-3 over Jason Spezza and Matthews. The three stars belonged to Scheifele, Wheeler, and Matthews.
Finally, the Los Angeles Kings bring in the Dallas Stars. Anton Khudobin and Jonathan Quick make the starts in goal. Los Angeles struck first in the first period with an Anze Kopitar goal, his sixteenth of the season, assisted by Tyler Toffoli and Alex Iafallo. Dallas tied it in the second period with a Jamie Benn power play goal, his tenth of the year, powered by Tyler Seguin and Esa Lindell. The Stars took the lead with a Blake Comeau goal, his sixth of the season, via Lindell and Andrew Cogliano. The final remained at 2-1, with the three stars awarded to Khudobin (30 for 31 in saves), Comeau, and Lindell.
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