Just three games on as we march closer to the end of the regular season. First up...
The St. Louis Blues host the Minnesota Wild. Kaapo Kahkonen and Jordan Binnington protect the nets. Minnesota opened in the first period with a Nico Sturm goal, his eleventh of the season, made possible by Nick Bonino and Nick Bjugstad. The Wild added on with a Ryan Suter goal, his third of the year, guided in by Marcus Foligno. Minnesota extended the lead as Foligno scored his eleventh of the season, thanks to Ian Cole and Jordan Greenway. St. Louis got on the board with a Zach Sanford goal, his tenth of the year, fueled by Kyle Clifford and Niko Mikkola. The Blues got closer with a Brayden Schenn power play goal, his fifteenth of the season, powered by Ryan O'Reilly and Mike Hoffman. St. Louis tied it on a David Perron goal, his eighteenth of the year, via Ivan Barbashev and Justin Faulk. The Blues pulled ahead with another Schenn power play goal, his second of the game and sixteenth of the season, with assists provided by Perron and Hoffman. St. Louis padded the lead in the third period with another Perron power play goal, his second of the game and nineteenth of the year, helped along by Hoffman and Torey Krug. The Blues continued with a Jordan Kyrou goal, his thirteenth of the season, assisted by Klim Kostin and Marco Scandella. St. Louis kept going with a Kyrou goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the year, coming off of Robert Bortuzzo and Steven Santini. This made it 7-3, the final, with the three stars going to Perron, Schenn, and Kyrou, while Hoffman and Foligno get the honorable mentions.
Over in Colorado, the Avalanche welcome the Los Angeles Kings. Troy Grosenick and Jonas Johansson draw the starts in goal. Los Angeles kicked off the scoring in the first period with a Sean Walker goal, his fifth of the season, going in unassisted. Colorado tied it in the second period on a Tyson Jost goal, his sixth of the year, courtesy of Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog. The Avalanche took the lead with a Jost goal, his second of the game and seventh of the season, via Conor Timmins and Rantanen. Colorado added on with a Pierre-Edouard Bellemare goal, his ninth of the year, coming off of Jayson Megna and Andre Burakovsky. The Avalanche extended the lead as Joonas Donskoi scored his seventeenth of the season, thanks to Nazem Kadri and Timmins. Colorado padded the lead with a Burakovsky power play goal, his nineteenth of the year, powered by Devon Toews and Cale Makar. The final stood at 5-1 with the three stars being Jost, Burakovsky, and Rantanen, while Timmins gets an honorable mention.
Finally, the Calgary Flames bring in the Vancouver Canucks. Thatcher Demko and Jacob Markstrom guard the cages. Vancouver started in the first period with a Matthew Highmore goal, assisted by Travis Hamonic and Brock Boeser. Calgary tied it with a Rasmus Andersson goal, his fifth of the season, passed from Johnny Gaudreau and Elias Lindholm. The Flames pulled ahead with an Andrew Mangiapane goal, his fourteenth of the year, courtesy of Nikita Nesterov and Joakim Nordstrom. Calgary added on in the third period with a Lindholm goal, his eighteenth of the season, coming off of Matthew Tkachuk and Christopher Tanev. The Flames extended the lead as Tkachuk scored his twelfth of the year on the power play, thanks to Gaudreua and Mikael Backlund. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars going to Lindholm, Gaudreau, and Tkachuk.
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