There's five games today and they're all early. First up...
The Washington Capitals host the Philadelphia Flyers. Carter Hart and Vitek Vanecek draw the starts in goal. Washington opened in the first period with an Alex Ovechkin power play goal, his fourth of the season, powered by Tom Wilson and Lars Eller. The Capitals added on with a Wilson goal, his fifth of the year, passed from Nicklas Backstrom and Ovechkin. Florida got on the board with a Scott Laughton goal, his second of the season, assisted by Erik Gustafsson and Joel Farabee. The Flyers tied it in the second period with a Laughton goal, his second of the game and third of the year, fueled by Farabee and James van Riemsdyk. Washington retook the lead on an Ovechkin goal, his second of the game and fifth of the season, guided in by Backstrom and Wilson. Philadelphia tied it again with a Robert Hagg goal, via Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Sean Couturier. The Flyers took the lead on a van Riemsdyk goal, his seventh of the year, going in unassisted. The Capitals evened it with a Backstrom goal, his sixth of the season, courtesy of Ovechkin and Wilson. Philadelphia reclaimed the lead in the third period on a Couturier goal, made possible by Michael Raffl and Justin Braun. The Flyers added on with a Laughton goal to complete his hat trick on his fourth of the year, with helpers from Farabee and Raffl. Philadelphia iced it at 7-4 with a Couturier empty net goal, his second of the campaign, set up by Ivan Provorov and Braun. The three stars were Laughton, Ovechkin, and Wilson, while Couturier, Farabee, van Riemsdyk, Raffl, Braun and Backstrom get the honorable mentions.
Down in Dallas, the Stars welcome the Chicago Blackhawks. Malcolm Subban and Jake Oettinger are the backups in goal. Chicago dented the scoreboard in the second period with an Alex DeBrincat power play goal, his fifth of the season, powered by Patrick Kane and Dylan Strome. Dallas tied it in the third period with a Jason Robertson goal, via Miro Heiskanen and Radek Faksa. The Blackhawks won 2-1 in overtime with a DeBrincat goal, his second of the game and sixth of the year, assisted by Kane and Nikita Zadorov. The three stars were awarded to DeBrincat, Kane, and Subban (30 for 31 in saves).
East to Florida, as the Panthers host the Detroit Red Wings. Thomas Greiss and Chris Driedger are the goalies. Detroit got going in the second period with a Marc Staal goal, fueled by Sam Gagner and Troy Stecher. The Red Wings added on with a Givani Smith goal, courtesy of Bobby Ryan. Florida got on the board in the third period with an Alex Wennberg goal, made possible by Anton Stralman and Frank Vatrano. Detroit responded on a Robby Fabbri goal, his second of the season, assisted by Smith and Stecher. The Red Wings iced it at 4-1 with an empty net goal by Vladislav Namestnikov, his third of the year, going in unassisted. The three stars belonged to Smith, Stecher, and Greiss (36 for 37 in saves).
Back north, the Columbus Blue Jackets bring in the Carolina Hurricanes. James Reimer and Joonas Korpisalo man the nets. Columbus started in the first period with a Patrik Laine power play goal, his fourth of the season, powered by Seth Jones and Jack Roslovic. Carolina tied it on a Brock McGinn goal, his third of the year, via Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov. The Blue Jackets took the lead back with a Riley Nash goal, assisted by Nick Foligno and David Savard. The Hurricanes tied it in the second period with a Warren Foegele goal, his second of the season, coming off of Jordan Staal and Ryan Dzingel. Columbus pulled ahead again with a Foligno goal, his fourth of the year, passed from Vladislav Gavrikov and Savard. Carolina tied it on a Brett Pesce goal, helped along by Jordan Martinook. The Hurricanes took the lead with a Vincent Trocheck goal, his sixth of the season, with helpers from Pesce and Brady Skjei. The Blue Jackets tied it again on a Max Domi goal in the third period, his second of the year, guided in by Scott Harrington and Oliver Bjorkstrand. Carolina claimed the lead with a Staal power play goal, his second of the season, with assists provided by Trocheck and Dougie Hamilton. The Hurricanes added on with a Hamilton goal, courtesy of Dzingel and Staal. Columbus pulled one back with a Laine goal, his second of the game and fifth of the year, with helpers from Jones and Roslovic. This only made it 6-5, the final, with the three stars going to Staal, Hamilton, and Laine, while Trocheck, Dzingel, Pesce, Foligno, Roslovic, Jones and Savard receive the honorable mentions.
Finally, the Vegas Golden Knights host the Los Angeles Kings. Calvin Petersen and Robin Lehner are in the creases. Los Angeles struck first in the first period with an Anze Kopitar goal, his second of the season, fueled by Alex Iafallo and Mikey Anderson. Vegas tied it on a Reilly Smith goal, his third of the year, via Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore. The Kings retook the lead on an Adrian Kempe goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Gabriel Vilardi and Kale Clague. The Golden Knights retied it on a Zach Whitecloud goal, passed from Cody Glass and Alex Tuch. Vegas took the lead with a Chandler Stephenson goal, his second of the year, helped along by Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty. Los Angeles tied it again in the second period on a Jaret Anderson-Dolan goal, guided in by Trevor Moore and Austin Wagner. The Golden Knights regained the lead in the third period with a Stephenson power play goal, his second of the game and third of the season, powered by Tuch and Alec Martinez. This held for a 4-3 win, with the three stars given to Stephenson, Tuch, and Anderson-Dolan.
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