There's five games on today, beginning with...
The New York Rangers hosting the Nashville Predators. Juuse Saros and Alexandar Georgiev man the nets. Nashville got going in the second period with a Philip Tomasino goal, his fifth of the season, courtesy of Filip Forsberg and Alexandre Carrier. This stood for a 1-0 win, with the three stars going to Saros (32 save shutout), Tomasino, and Georgiev (23 for 24 in saves).
Over in St. Louis, the Blues welcome the Anaheim Ducks. Anthony Stolarz and Jon Gillies are the backups in goal. Anaheim opened in the first period with a Buddy Robinson goal, coming off of Nicolas Deslauriers and Sam Carrick. St. Louis tied it in the second period with an Oskar Sundqvist goal, made possible by Nathan Walker and Brayden Schenn. The Blues took the lead in the third period on a Walker goal, his fourth of the season, courtesy of Schenn. The Ducks retied it with a Troy Terry goal, his sixteenth of the year, fueled by Cam Fowler and Sam Steel. Anaheim won 3-2 in overtime with a Terry penalty shot goal, his second of the game and seventeenth of the campaign. The three stars were Terry, Walker, and Schenn.
Further west, the Colorado Avalanche host the Florida Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky and Darcy Kuemper are the goalies. Colorado dented the scoreboard in the second period with an Andre Burakovsky power play goal, his tenth of the season, powered by Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon. The Avalanche added on in the third period with another Burakovsky goal, his second of the game and eleventh of the year, fueled by Rantanen. Florida got on the board with a Joe Thornton power play goal, his third of the season, with assists provided by Carter Verhaeghe and Frank Vatrano. The Panthers tied it on a Brandon Montour goal, his fourth of the year, guided in by Verhaeghe and Gustav Forsling. Colorado retook the lead on a Burakovsky goal, completing his hat trick on his twelfth of the season, made possible by MacKinnon and Rantanen. This stood for a 3-2 final score, with the three stars awarded to Burakovsky, Rantanen, and MacKinnon, while Verhaeghe gets an honorable mention.
Out in Vegas, the Golden Knights bring in the Minnesota Wild. Cam Talbot and Robin Lehner tend the twines. Vegas started in the first period on a Zach Whitecloud goal, his fourth of the season, assisted by Max Pacioretty and Chandler Stephenson. Minnesota tied it on an Alex Goligoski goal, his third of the year, helped along by Brandon Duhaime and Jared Spurgeon. The Golden Knights retook the lead with an Evgenii Dadonov power play goal, his eighth of the season, powered by Mark Stone and Stephenson. The Wild tied it again with a Mats Zuccarello power play goal, his eighth of the year, with assists provided by Spurgeon and Ryan Hartman. Minnesota pulled ahead in the second period on a Nick Bjugstad goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Matt Dumba and Jon Merrill. Vegas tied it again on a Whitecloud goal, his second of the game and fifth of the year, via Dadonov. The Golden Knights took the lead with a Pacioretty goal, his tenth of the season, courtesy of Stephenson and Stone. The Wild retied it on a Marcus Foligno goal, his thirteenth of the year, with helpers from Spurgeon and Joel Eriksson Ek. Vegas pulled ahead again with a Stone power play goal, his fourth of the season, guided in by Pacioretty and Stephenson. The Golden Knights iced it at 6-4 with an Alex Pietrangelo empty net goal, his fifth of the year, going in unassisted.
Finally, the Vancouver Canucks host the Carolina Hurricanes. Antti Raanta and Thatcher Demko are in the creases. Vancouver kicked off the scoring in the first period with a Brock Boeser goal, his seventh of the season, fueled by J.T. Miller and Tanner Pearson. The Canucks added on with an Elias Pettersson goal, his fifth of the year, coming off of Conor Garland and Tyler Myers. Carolina got on the board with a Martin Necas goal, his seventh of the season, via Seth Jarvis and Jesperi Kotkaniemi in the third period. This made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars being Demko (29 for 30 in saves), Pettersson, and Boeser.
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