Four games on for a Friday night. First up...
The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Pittsburgh Penguins. Casey DeSmith and Erik Kallgren are the backups in goal. Toronto led off in the first period with a Zach Aston-Reese goal, his second of the season, via Denis Malgin and David Kampf. Pittsburgh tied it on an Evgeni Malkin goal, his sixth of the year, coming off of Chad Ruhwedel. The Penguins took the lead in the second period with a Jason Zucker goal, his fourth of the season, passed from Malkin and Marcus Pettersson. The Maple Leafs tied it on a William Nylander power play goal, his sixth of the year, powered by Morgan Rielly and Mitchell Marner. Pittsburgh reclaimed the lead in the third period with a Brock McGinn goal, his third of the season, made possible by Danton Heinen. The Penguins iced it at 4-2 with a Jake Guentzel empty net goal, his eighth of the year, set up by Sidney Crosby. The three stars were Malkin, McGinn, and DeSmith (28 for 30 in saves).
In DC, the Washington Capitals welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Darcy Kuemper tend the twines. Washington began in the first period with an Anthony Mantha goal, his fifth of the season, guided in by Lars Eller. The Capitals added on in the second period with a Sonny Milano goal, coming off of John Carlson. Washington extended the lead as Aliaksei Protas scored his third of the year, thanks to Nick Jensen and Martin Fehervary. The Capitals padded the lead in the third period with a Conor Sheary goal, his fifth of the season, assisted by Mantha and Milano. Tampa Bay got on the board with a Nick Perbix goal, his second of the year, courtesy of Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Ian Cole. Washington finished it at 5-1 with a Milano goal, his second of the game, helped along by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin. The three stars were Milano, Mantha, and Kuemper (28 for 29 in saves).
Down in Dallas, the Stars bring in the San Jose Sharks. James Reimer and Jake Oettinger are the masked men. Dallas opened in the first period with a Jamie Benn goal, his fifth of the season, going in unassisted. San Jose tied it on an Alexander Barabanov power play goal, powered by Tomas Hertl and Logan Couture. The Sharks took the lead with an Evgeny Svechnikov goal, his third of the year, passed from Oskar Lindblom and Steven Lorentz. The Stars retied it on a Benn goal, his second of the game and sixth of the season, via Ty Dellandrea. San Jose retook the lead in the second period with a Timo Meier goal, his seventh of the year, helped along by Kevin Labanc. The Sharks added on with a Couture goal, his sixth of the season, coming off of Barabanov. San Jose extended the lead in the third period as Hertl scored his fourth of the year, thanks to Meier and Jaycob Megna. Dallas got one back on a Roope Hintz goal, his sixth of the season, made possible by Jason Robertson and Joe Pavelski. The Stars got closer with a Pavelski goal, his seventh of the year, fueled by Robertson and Miro Heiskanen. The final held at 5-4, with the three stars going to Benn, Hertl, and Meier, while Couture, Barabanov, Pavelski, and Robertson get the honorable mentions.
Finally, the Seattle Kraken host the Minnesota Wild. Marc-Andre Fleury and Martin Jones are in the creases. Minnesota started in the first period with a Mats Zuccarello goal, his sixth of the season, fueled by Jon Merrill and Kirill Kaprizov. This was it for the scoring in the 1-0 Wild win. The three stars were Fleury (28 save shutout), Zuccarello, and Jones (20 for 21 in saves).
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