Just four games are on tonight, beginning with...
The Carolina Hurricanes hosting the Nashville Predators. Juuse Saros and Frederik Andersen guard the cages. Carolina led off in the first period with a Brady Skjei goal, his seventh of the season, fueled by Martin Necas and Vincent Trocheck. The Hurricanes added on with a Jesperi Kotkaniemi goal, his tenth of the year, via Necas and Skjei in the second period. Nashville got on the board with a Luke Kunin goal, his eleventh of the season, assisted by Ryan Johansen and Roman Josi. Carolina shot back with a Jaccob Slavin goal, his third of the year, passed from Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho. The Hurricanes extended the lead on a Svechnikov power play goal in the third period, his twenty-first of the season, powered by Teuvo Teravainen and Aho. The Predators got one back with a Filip Forsberg goal, his twenty-fifth of the year, guided in by Josi and Matt Duchene. Nashville pulled closer on a Tanner Jeannot goal, his fifteenth of the season, with a lone assist by Josi. Carolina iced it at 5-3 with a Svechnikov empty net goal on the power play, his second of the game and twenty-second of the year, set up by Slavin. The three stars were Svechnikov, Skjei, and Slavin, while Josi, Necas, and Aho get the honorable mentions.
Up in Minnesota, the Wild welcome the Florida Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky and Cam Talbot are the masked men. Minnesota began in the first period with a Kirill Kaprizov power play goal, his twenty-third of the season, powered by Jared Spurgeon and Mats Zuccarello. Florida tied it on a Mason Marchment goal, his ninth of the year, going in unassisted. The Panthers took the lead on another Marchment goal, his second of the game and tenth of the season, coming off of Anton Lundell and Sam Reinhart. Florida added on in the second period with an Anthony Duclair goal, his twentieth of the year, passed from Jonathan Huberdeau and Aaron Ekblad. The Panthers extended the lead in the third period with an Ekblad power play goal, his twelfth of the season, with assists provided by Duclair and Huberdeau. The Wild got one back on a Zuccarello power play goal, his sixteenth of the year, courtesy of Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek. Florida shot back with a Carter Verhaeghe empty net goal, his sixteenth of the season, set up by MacKenzie Weegar. The Panthers iced it at 6-2 with a Marchment empty net goal to complete his hat trick on his eleventh of the year, with a lone assist by Lundell. The three stars were Marchment, Ekblad, and Duclair, while Huberdeau, Lundell, Kaprizov, and Zuccarello receive the honorable mentions.
Backtracking to Chicago, as the Blackhawks bring in the Dallas Stars. Jake Oettinger and Marc-Andre Fleury protect the nets. There was no scoring until the shootout, where Jason Robertson and Jacob Peterson lifted the Stars to a 1-0 win over Alex DeBrincat and the Blackhawks. The three stars were awarded to Oettinger (34 save shutout), Fleury (29 save "shutout"), and Peterson.
Finally, the Vegas Golden Knights host the Los Angeles Kings. Jonathan Quick and Laurent Brossoit are in the creases. Vegas struck first in the first period with a Max Pacioretty power play goal, his thirteenth of the season, powered by Jonathan Marchessault. The Golden Knights added on with a Reilly Smith goal, his fourteenth of the year, assisted by Marchessault and William Karlsson. Los Angeles got on the board with an Andreas Athanasiou goal, his fifth of the season, going in unassisted. The Kings tied it on an Adrian Kempe power play goal, his twentieth of the year, with assists provided by Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar in the second period. Vegas retook the lead on another Pacioretty goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the season, fueled by Jack Eichel and Ben Hutton. Los Angeles tied it again with a Phillip Danault goal, his fourteenth of the year, via Viktor Arvidsson and Matt Roy. The Kings won 4-3 in overtime with a Kempe goal, his second of the game and twenty-first of the campaign, guided in by Sean Durzi and Kopitar. The three stars were Kempe, Pacioretty, and Kopitar, while Marchessault gets an honorable mention.
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