There's four games on today, with the first three being playoff contests. First up...
The Pittsburgh Penguins host the New York Islanders. Ilya Sorokin and Tristan Jarry are in goal. New York opened in the first period with a Kyle Palmieri goal, via Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Noah Dobson. Pittsburgh tied it on a Frederick Gaudreau goal, coming off of Evan Rodrigues. The Penguins took the lead in the second period with a Sidney Crosby goal, fueled by Brian Dumoulin and Jake Guentzel. The Islanders tied it again with a Pageau goal, courtesy of Scott Mayfield. New York took the lead with a Brock Nelson goal, guided in by Anthony Beauvillier and Ryan Pulock. Pittsburgh retied it on a Kasperi Kapanen goal, assisted by Jeff Carter and Cody Ceci. The Islanders won 4-3 in overtime with Palmieri's second goal of the game, with helpers from Pageau and Oliver Wahlstrom. The three stars were Palmieri, Pageau, and Nelson.
Out in Nevada, the Vegas Golden Knights welcome the Minnesota Wild. Cam Talbot and Marc-Andre Fleury man the nets. Minnesota won 1-0 in overtime with a Joel Eriksson Ek goal, courtesy of Marcus Foligno and Jordan Greenway. The three stars were Eriksson Ek, Talbot (42 save shutout), and Fleury (29 for 30 in saves).
To Florida, where the Panthers bring in the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Sergei Bobrovsky are the Russian goalies. Tampa Bay started in the first period with a Blake Coleman shorthanded goal, set up by Yanni Gourde and Ryan McDonagh. Florida tied it on an Aleksander Barkov power play goal, powered by Jonathan Huberdeau and Keith Yandle. The Panthers took the lead with a Carter Verhaeghe goal, coming off of Barkov and Yandle. The Lightning tied it in the second period with a Nikita Kucherov power play goal, with assists provided by Victor Hedman and Steven Stamkos. Tampa Bay pulled ahead with a Kucherov goal, his second of the game, fueled by Hedman. Florida retied it in the third period with a Huberdeau goal, courtesy of Sam Bennett and Owen Tippett. The Panthers gained the lead on a Tippett goal, via Huberdeau and Bennett. The Lightning evened the score again with a Brayden Point power play goal, helped along by Kucherov and Hedman. Tampa Bay went ahead with a Point goal, his second of the game, set up by McDonagh. This made it 5-4, the final, with the three stars going to Kucherov, Point, and Huberdeau, while Hedman, McDonagh, Barkov, Tippett, Bennett, and Yandle get the honorable mentions.
Finally, in regular-season action, the Vancouver Canucks host the Calgary Flames. Jacob Markstrom and Braden Holtby are the masked men. Calgary struck first in the first period with an unassisted Josh Leivo goal, his sixth of the season. The Flames added on in the second period with a Milan Lucic goal, his tenth of the year, via Leivo and Michael Stone. Calgary extended the lead as Matthew Tkachuk scored his thirteenth of the season, thanks to Elias Lindholm and Johnny Gaudreau. The Flames padded the lead with an Andrew Mangiapane goal, his fifteenth of the year, courtesy of Dillon Dube and Mikael Backlund. Vancouver got on the board with a Travis Hamonic goal, his second of the season, assisted by Quinn Hughes. Calgary shot back with a Mangiapane goal, his second of the game and sixteenth of the year, guided in by Connor Mackey and Backlund. The Canucks pulled one back in the third period with a Tyler Graovac power play goal, his third of the season, powered by J.T. Miller and Hughes. Vancouver got closer with a Brock Boeser power play goal, his twenty-first of the year, with a lone helper by Hughes. The Canucks pulled closer on a Miller shorthanded goal, his fourteenth of the season, set up by Jimmy Vesey. Vancouver tied it on a Boeser goal, his twenty-second of the year, fueled by Alexander Edler and Miller. Calgary won 6-5 in overtime with a Lindholm goal, his nineteenth of the campaign, made possible by Juuso Valimaki. The three stars were Mangiapane, Lindholm, and Leivo, while Boeser, Miller, Hughes, and Backlund get the honorable mentions.
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