A quieter day with three games on today, beginning with...
The Pittsburgh Penguins hosting the Winnipeg Jets. David Rittich and Dustin Tokarski are the backups in goal. Winnipeg started in the first period with a Blake Wheeler power play goal, his tenth of the season, powered by Cole Perfetti. Pittsburgh tied it on a Drew O'Connor goal, his second of the year, coming off of Kasperi Kapanen. The Jets took the lead back in the second period with a Mark Scheifele goal, his twenty-fifth of the season, via Wheeler and Perfetti. Winnipeg added on with a Nikolaj Ehlers goal, his third of the year, courtesy of Kyle Connor and Dylan DeMelo. The Jets extended the lead in the third period as Scheifele scored his second of the game and twenty-sixth of the campaign, thanks to DeMelo and Perfetti. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars going to Scheifele, Perfetti, and Wheeler, while DeMelo gets an honorable mention.
Out west, the Anaheim Ducks welcome the New Jersey Devils. Vitek Vanecek and John Gibson start in goal. New Jersey opened in the first period with a Dougie Hamilton goal, his tenth of the season, courtesy of Dawson Mercer and Michael McLeod. The Devils added on with a Jesper Bratt goal, his sixteenth of the year, coming off of Ryan Graves and Damon Severson. New Jersey extended the lead as Jack Hughes scored his twenty-seventh of the season on the power play, powered by Hamilton and Tomas Tatar. The Devils padded the lead in the second period on a Bratt goal, his second of the game and seventeenth of the year, passed from Hughes and Severson. Anaheim got on the board with an Adam Henrique goal, his thirteenth of the season, helped along by Troy Terry. New Jersey replied in the third period with a Jesper Boqvist goal, his fifth of the year, made possible by Severson. The Ducks answered with a Trevor Zegras power play goal, his thirteenth of the season, with assists provided by Henrique and Cam Fowler. The Devils countered with a Hughes goal, his second of the game and twenty-eighth of the year, guided in by Yegor Sharangovich. The final held at 6-2, with the three stars given to Hughes, Bratt, and Severson, while Hamilton, Boqvist, and Henrique get the honorable mentions.
Finally, the San Jose Sharks bring in the Edmonton Oilers. Jack Campbell and Kaapo Kahkonen man the nets. Edmonton kicked off the scoring in the first period with a Connor McDavid power play goal, his thirty-sixth of the season, powered by Leon Draisaitl and Tyson Barrie. The Oilers added on with a Klim Kostin goal, his eighth of the year, passed from Zach Hyman and Vincent Desharnais. Edmonton extended the lead in the second period as McDavid scored his second of the game and thirty-seventh of the season, thanks to Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The Oilers padded the lead on a Nugent-Hopkins shorthanded goal, his twenty-first of the year, set up by Mattias Janmark. Edmonton continued with a Draisaitl goal, his twenty-fourth of the season, coming off of McDavid. The Oilers kept going in the third period with a Jesse Puljujarvi goal, his fourth of the year, helped along by Nugent-Hopkins. Edmonton struck again with a Ryan McLeod goal, his fifth of the season, courtesy of Warren Foegele. San Jose got on the board with an Oskar Lindblom goal, his fourth of the year, via Matt Benning and Jonah Gadjovich. The final held at 7-1, with the three stars being McDavid, Draisaitl, and Nugent-Hopkins.
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