There's just three games on this Monday, beginning with...
The New Jersey Devils hosting the Vancouver Canucks. Jaroslav Halak and Nico Daws are the goalies. New Jersey opened with a Jack Hughes goal, his sixteenth of the season, going in unassisted. The Devils added on with a Yegor Sharangovich goal, his thirteenth of the year, via Dawson Mercer and Hughes. New Jersey extended the lead on a Mercer power play goal, his thirteenth of the season, powered by Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier. Vancouver got on the board in the second period with a Vasily Podkolzin goal, his ninth of the year, fueled by Bo Horvat and Travis Hamonic. The Devils replied with a Jesper Boqvist goal, his fifth of the season, guided in by Andreas Johnsson and Ryan Graves. New Jersey padded the lead as Graves scored his fourth of the year, thanks to Sharangovich. The Devils chased Halak with a Bratt goal, his nineteenth of the season, helped along by Pavel Zacha and Hischier. Thatcher Demko relieved Halak in goal. The Canucks got one back with a Tanner Pearson goal, his eleventh of the year, assisted by Brad Hunt and J.T. Miller. New Jersey shot back in the third period with a Dougie Hamilton goal, his eighth of the season, with helpers from Boqvist and Tomas Tatar. This stood for a 7-2 win, with the three stars given to Mercer, Sharangovich, and Bratt, while Hughes, Graves, Boqvist and Hischier get the honorable mentions.
In DC, the Washington Capitals welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs. Petr Mrazek and Ilya Samsonov are set to start in goal. Toronto started in the first period with a Michael Bunting goal, his nineteenth of the season, passed from Mitchell Marner and Rasmus Sandin. Washington tied it on a Conor Sheary goal, his twelfth of the year, coming off of Nicklas Backstrom and John Carlson. The Maple Leafs retook the lead on a William Nylander goal, his twenty-first of the season, made possible by John Tavares and Alexander Kerfoot. Toronto added on with a Justin Holl goal, his second of the year, guided in by Marner and Morgan Rielly. Vitek Vanecek replaced Samsonov in the second period. The Capitals got one back in the second period with a Tom Wilson power play goal, his sixteenth of the season, powered by Alex Ovechkin and Carlson. Washington tied it in the third period with a Wilson shorthanded goal, his seventeenth of the year, set up by Martin Fehervary. The Maple Leafs retook the lead with a Sandin goal, his third of the season, helped along by Holl and Tavares. Toronto iced it at 5-3 with a Pierre Engvall empty net goal, his ninth of the year, with a lone assist by Ilya Mikheyev.
Finally, the Los Angeles Kings bring in the Boston Bruins. Jeremy Swayman and Jonathan Quick are the masked men. Boston struck first in the first period with a Jake DeBrusk goal, his twelfth of the season, courtesy of Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron. The Bruins added on with another DeBrusk goal, his second of the game and thirteenth of the year, going in unassisted. Boston extended the lead as DeBrusk completed his hat trick on his fourteenth of the season in the second period, thanks to Bergeron and Charlie McAvoy. The Bruins padded the lead on a Bergeron power play goal, his fifteenth of the year, powered by David Pastrnak and Marchand. Boston continued with a Taylor Hall, goal, his twelfth of the season, guided in by Pastrnak and McAvoy. The Bruins struck again in the third period with an Erik Haula power play goal, his sixth of the year, with assists provided by Charlie Coyle and Craig Smith. Boston kept going on a Haula goal, his second of the game and seventh of the season, passed from Hall and DeBrusk. This made it 7-0, with the three stars awarded to DeBrusk, Haula, and Bergeron, while Swayman (34 save shutout), Hall, Marchand, Pastrnak, and McAvoy get the honorable mentions.
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