Three games on today, leading off with...
The Winter Classic at Fenway Park, where the Boston Bruins host the Pittsburgh Penguins. Tristan Jarry and Linus Ullmark got the starts in goal, but Jarry was injured and replaced by Casey DeSmith in the first period. Pittsburgh got going in the second period with a Kasperi Kapanen goal, his sixth of the season, via Danton Heinen and Jeff Carter. Boston tied it in the third period with a Jake DeBrusk goal, his fifteenth of the year, courtesy of Brad Marchand and Matt Grzelcyk. The Bruins took the lead with a DeBrusk goal, his second of the game and sixteenth of the season, coming off of Taylor Hall and David Krejci. The final stood at 2-1, with the three stars going to DeBrusk, Ullmark (26 for 27 in saves), and Kapanen.
Out west, the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Vegas Golden Knights. Logan Thompson and Alexandar Georgiev guard the cages. Colorado opened in the first period with a Nathan MacKinnon goal, his ninth of the season, passed from Mikko Rantanen and Artturi Lehkonen. Vegas tied it on a Michael Amadio goal, his sixth of the year, guided in by Nicolas Hague and Mark Stone. The Golden Knights took the lead in the second period with a Nicolas Roy goal, his sixth of the season, via Keegan Kolesar and Kaedan Korczak. Vegas added on with another Roy goal, his second of the game and seventh of the year, assisted by William Carrier and Alex Pietrangelo. The Avalanche got one back with a Rantanen goal, his twenty-fifth of the season, fueled by Lehkonen and MacKinnon. The final held at 3-2, with the three stars handed to Roy, MacKinnon, and Rantanen, while Lehkonen gets an honorable mention.
Finally, the Anaheim Ducks bring in the Philadelphia Flyers. Samuel Ersson is mismatched with John Gibson in goal. Philadelphia started in the first period with a Joel Farabee goal, his seventh of the season, coming off of Noah Cates and Travis Konecny. The Flyers added on with a Morgan Frost goal, his eighth of the year, fueled by Cam York and Farabee. Philadelphia extended the lead in the second period as Konecny scored his nineteenth of the season, thanks to Kevin Hayes and Cates. The Flyers padded the lead on a Scott Laughton goal, his ninth of the year, via Hayes in the third period. Anaheim got on the board with a Ryan Strome goal, his ninth of the campaign, courtesy of Trevor Zegras. The final was 4-1, and the three stars were Farabee, Konecny, and Cates, while Hayes gets an honorable mention.
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