Six games go this Monday, beginning with...
The Toronto Maple Leafs hosting the Vancouver Canucks. Braden Holtby and Frederik Andersen man the nets. Toronto led off in the first period with an unassisted Morgan Rielly goal, his second of the season. Vancouver tied it on an Elias Pettersson power play goal, his fifth of the year, powered by Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser. The Maple Leafs retook the lead with an Auston Matthews goal, his eleventh of the season, assisted by Mitchell Marner and Rasmus Sandin in the third period. Toronto added on with an Alexander Kerfoot goal, his second of the year, via Ilya Mikheyev. This stood for a 3-1 win, with the three stars given to Matthews, Andersen (31 for 32 in saves), and Kerfoot.
In New York, the Rangers welcome the cross-town rival Islanders. Semyon Varlamov and Igor Shesterkin are the Russian goalies. The Islanders dented the scoreboard in the third period with a Casey Cizikas goal, his second of the campaign, made possible by Matt Martin and Adam Pelech. The Islanders added on with a Martin goal, fueled by Cal Clutterbuck and Mathew Barzal. This made it 2-0, the final, with the three stars awarded to Varlamov (30 save shutout), Martin, and Cizikas.
Back in Canada, the Ottawa Senators bring in the Edmonton Oilers. Mike Smith and Matt Murray play in goal. Ottawa got going in the second period with an unassisted Evgenii Dadonov goal, his second of the season. Edmonton tied it on a Leon Draisaitl goal, his eighth of the year, via Dominik Kahun. The Oilers took the lead with a Tyler Ennis goal in the third period, coming off of William Lagesson and Draisaitl. Edmonton iced it at 3-1 with Josh Archibald empty net goal, his third of the campaign, set up by Connor McDavid. The three stars were Draisaitl, Smith (27 for 28 in saves), and Ennis.
Stateside to Columbus, as the Blue Jackets host the Carolina Hurricanes. Alex Nedeljkovic is mismatched with Joonas Korpisalo in goal. Columbus began in the first period with a Scott Harrington goal, guided in by Kevin Stenlund and Alexandre Texier. Carolina tied it on a Nino Niederreiter goal, his fifth of the season, going in unassisted in the second period. The Blue Jackets retook the lead on a shorthanded penalty shot goal by Cam Atkinson, his third of the year. The Hurricanes tied it again with a Brock McGinn goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Warren Foegele and Jordan Martinook. Columbus regained the lead in the third period with a Jack Roslovic goal, his second of the year, helped along by Vladislav Gavrikov and Seth Jones. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Roslovic, Atkinson, and Harrington.
West to St. Louis, as the Blues welcome the Arizona Coyotes. Darcy Kuemper and Jordan Binnington guard the cages. St. Louis started in the first period with a Ryan O'Reilly power play goal, his fourth of the season, powered by David Perron and Justin Faulk. Arizona tied it in the second period with a Conor Garland goal, his fifth of the year, via Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz. The Blues retook the lead on a Perron goal, his fifth of the season, assisted by Ivan Barbashev and O'Reilly. The Coyotes tied it again with a Christian Dvorak power play goal, his seventh of the year, with assists provided by Schmaltz and Jakob Chychrun. St. Louis went ahead in the third period with an O'Reilly goal, his second of the game and fifth of the season, with a lone helper by MacKenzie MacEachern. Arizona tied it in the final second with a Keller power play goal, his fourth of the year, courtesy of Dvorak and Chychrun. This forced a shootout, where Garland and Dvorak topped Perron as the Coyotes won 4-3. The three stars were Keller, Dvorak, and Garland, while O'Reilly, Perron, Chychrun, and Schmaltz get the honorable mentions.
Finally, the Nashville Predators bring in the Tampa Bay Lightning. Curtis McElhinney and Pekka Rinne are in the blue paint. Tampa Bay opened in the first period on an Anthony Cirelli goal, his third of the season, assisted by Alex Killorn and Erik Cernak. The Lightning added on in the second period with a Cirelli power play goal, his second of the game and fourth of the year, powered by Mikhail Sergachev and Pat Maroon. Nashville got on the board with a Dante Fabbro power play goal in the third period, helped along by Matt Duchene. Tampa Bay responded with an unassisted Blake Coleman empty net goal, his third of the season. The Lightning iced it at 4-1 with a Steven Stamkos empty net goal, his fifth of the year, set up by Brayden Point. The three stars went to Cirelli, McElhinney (23 for 24 in saves), and Fabbro.
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