There's five games on today, beginning with...
The Ottawa Senators hosting the Calgary Flames. Jacob Markstrom faces a lesser foe in Filip Gustavsson in goal. Calgary got going in the second period with a Mark Giordano goal, his fifth of the season, courtesy of Sean Monahan and Dillon Dube. Ottawa tied it in the third period with a Josh Norris goal, his eighth of the year, via Evgenii Dadonov. The Senators took the lead on a Chris Tierney goal, his fifth of the season, made possible by Thomas Chabot and Mike Reilly. Ottawa iced it at 3-1 with a Nikita Zaitsev empty net goal, set up by Artem Zub and Nick Paul. The three stars were Tierney, Norris, and Gustavsson (28 for 29 in saves).
Stateside, the Minnesota Wild welcome the Anaheim Ducks. Ryan Miller and Cam Talbot are the veterans in goal. Minnesota opened in the first period with a Jared Spurgeon goal, his second of the season, coming off of Ryan Suter and Kirill Kaprizov. Anaheim tied it on a Derek Grant goal, his second of the year, via Josh Manson and Ryan Getzlaf. The Wild retook the lead with a Spurgeon power play goal, his second of the game and third of the season, powered by Suter. The Ducks tied it in the second period with a Max Comtois goal, his tenth of the year, guided in by Isac Lundestrom. Minnesota reclaimed the lead on a Nico Sturm goal, his fourth of the season, helped along by Nick Bjugstad and Carson Soucy. The final remained at 3-2, with the three stars going to Spurgeon, Suter, and Sturm.
Back east, the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Buffalo Sabres. Dustin Tokarski is mismatched with Tristan Jarry in goal. Pittsburgh started in the first period with an Evan Rodrigues goal, his third of the season, passed from Sam Lafferty and Mark Jankowski. The Penguins added on with a Kris Letang goal, his sixth of the year, courtesy of Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust. Buffalo got on the board with a Rasmus Dahlin goal, his second of the season, assisted by Brandon Montour and Taylor Hall. Pittsburgh replied in the second period with a John Marino goal, his second of the year, coming off of Jared McCann and Zach Aston-Reese. The Penguins extended the lead on an Aston-Reese shorthanded goal, his seventh of the season, set up by Frederick Gaudreau. Pittsburgh padded the lead in the third period on a Crosby goal, his thirteenth of the year, thanks to Jake Guentzel and Mike Matheson. The Sabres got one back with a Victor Olofsson penalty shot goal, his ninth of the season. This only made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars given to Crosby, Aston-Reese, and Marino.
Over in Vancouver, the Canucks bring in the Winnipeg Jets. Connor Hellebuyck and Thatcher Demko guard the cages. Winnipeg cracked the scoresheet in the second period with an Andrew Copp power play goal, his seventh of the season, powered by Neal Pionk and Pierre-Luc Dubois. The Jets added on with another Copp power play goal, his second of the game and eighth of the year, with helpers from Nikolaj Ehlers. Winnipeg extended the lead as Mark Scheifele scored his thirteenth of the season, thanks to Blake Wheeler and Paul Stastny. The Jets padded the lead in the third period with a Copp empty net goal to complete his hat trick on his ninth of the year, going in unassisted. Winnipeg continued with another Copp goal, his fourth of the game and tenth of the season, helped along by Mason Appleton and Adam Lowry. Vancouver got on the board with a Nils Hoglander goal, his seventh of the year, made possible by Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser. This only made it 5-1, the final, with the three stars awarded to Copp, Dubois, and Hellebuyck (38 for 39 in saves).
Finally, the San Jose Sharks host the Los Angeles Kings. Calvin Petersen and Martin Jones are the masked men. San Jose dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Rudolfs Balcers goal, his third of the season, via Marcus Sorensen and Dylan Gambrell. The Sharks added on with an Evander Kane goal, his thirteenth of the year, assisted by Brent Burns and Kevin Labanc. Los Angeles got on the board with an Alex Iafallo goal, his eighth of the season, fueled by Dustin Brown and Drew Doughty. San Jose replied in the third period with a Kane goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the year, guided in by Mario Ferraro and Burns. The Sharks extended the lead as Tomas Hertl scored his ninth of the season, thanks to Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Radim Simek. The Kings got one back with an Adrian Kempe goal, his twelfth of the year, passed from Doughty and Gabriel Vilardi. This only made it 4-2, the final, with the three stars being Kane, Burns, and Doughty.
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