We've got seven games on as the NHL ramps back up after the bye weeks. First up...
The Detroit Red Wings host the Calgary Flames. Dan Vladar and Ville Husso are in the blue paint. Calgary got going in the second period with a Blake Coleman goal, his twelfth of the season, coming off of Noah Hanifin and Mikael Backlund. Detroit tied it on a Dylan Larkin power play goal, his sixteenth of the year, powered by David Perron and Moritz Seider. The Red Wings pulled ahead in the third period with a Filip Zadina goal, assisted by Oskar Sundqvist and Robert Hagg. This made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars being Husso (35 for 36 in saves), Zadina, and Larkin.
Over in Philadelphia, the Flyers welcome the Edmonton Oilers. Stuart Skinner and Carter Hart are the masked men. Philadelphia started in the first period with a Kevin Hayes goal, his sixteenth of the season, guided in by Travis Sanheim and Scott Laughton. Edmonton tied it on an Evander Kane goal in the second period, his eighth of the year, coming off of Connor McDavid and Mattias Janmark. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Morgan Frost and James van Riemsdyk lifted the Flyers to a 2-1 win over Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and the Oilers. The three stars were Hart (34 for 35 in saves), Skinner (35 for 36 in saves), and Hayes.
Along to New Jersey, as the Devils bring in the Seattle Kraken. Philipp Grubauer and MacKenzie Blackwood are in the blue paint. Seattle dented the scoreboard in the second period with an Adam Larsson goal, his fifth of the season, assisted by Vince Dunn and Alexander Wennberg. New Jersey tied it on a Dougie Hamilton power play goal, his fourteenth of the year, powered by Ondrej Palat and Tomas Tatar. The Devils pulled ahead in the third period with another Hamilton goal, his second of the game and fifteenth of the season, coming off of Palat and Jesper Bratt. New Jersey iced it at 3-1 with a John Marino empty net goal, his fourth of the year, set up by Erik Haula and Nico Hischier. The three stars went to Hamilton, Blackwood (33 for 34 in saves), and Palat.
Down in Florida, the Panthers host the San Jose Sharks. Kaapo Kahkonen and Sergei Bobrovsky are set to start in goal. San Jose opened in the first period with an Alexander Barabanov goal, his eighth of the season, coming off of Erik Karlsson. Florida tied it in the second period with a Sam Reinhart goal, his eighteenth of the year, fueled by Marc Staal. The Panthers took the lead on another Reinhart goal, his second of the game and nineteenth of the season, guided in by Eetu Luostarinen and Anton Lundell. Florida added on with a shorthanded empty net goal by Eric Staal, his ninth of the year, set up by Luostarinen. The Panthers finished it at 4-1 with Eric Staal's second shorthanded empty net goal, his tenth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars were given to Reinhart, Eric Staal, and Luostarinen.
Staying in the state, the Tampa Bay Lightning welcome the Colorado Avalanche. Alexandar Georgiev and Andrei Vasilevskiy tend the twines. Tampa Bay led off in the first period with a Corey Perry power play goal, his tenth of the season, powered by Anthony Cirelli and Alex Killorn. The Lightning added on in the second period with a Brandon Hagel goal, his twentieth of the year, via Cirelli and Killorn. Tampa Bay extended the lead as Point scored his second of the game and thirty-second of the season on the power play, thanks to Nikita Kucherov and Hagel. The Lightning padded the lead on a Hagel goal, his second of the game and twenty-first of the year, helped along by Killorn. Tampa Bay continued in the third period with a Mikhail Sergachev goal, his seventh of the season, helped along by Point and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. The final held at 5-0, with the three stars being Vasilevskiy (30 save shutout), Hagel, and Killorn, while Point and Cirelli get the honorable mentions.
Back north, the New York Islanders bring in the Vancouver Canucks. Collin Delia is mismatched with Ilya Sorokin in goal. New York began in the first period with a Kyle Palmieri goal, his eighth of the season, assisted by Josh Bailey and Adam Pelech. Vancouver tied it on an Oliver Ekman-Larsson goal, his second of the year, courtesy of Elias Pettersson. The Canucks took the lead on a Brock Boeser goal, his tenth of the season, passed from J.T. Miller and Riley Stillman. The Islanders retied it on a Brock Nelson goal, his twentieth of the year, going in unassisted. New York pulled ahead in the second period with a Mathew Barzal goal, his fourteenth of the season, made possible by Noah Dobson and Anders Lee. The Islanders added on with a Bo Horvat goal, his thirty-third of the year, fueled by Barzal and Ryan Pulock. Vancouver got one back with a Nils Aman goal, his second of the season, guided in by Phillip Di Giuseppe and Dakota Joshua. The Canucks tied it on a Pettersson power play goal, his twenty-third of the year, powered by Quinn Hughes and Miller. Vancouver gained the lead with another Pettersson goal, his second of the game and twenty-fourth of the season, coming off of Boeser and Ethan Bear. The Canucks extended the lead as Anthony Beauvillier scored his tenth of the year on the power play, thanks to Boeser and Hughes. New York got one back with a Dobson power play goal, his eleventh of the campaign, with assists provided by Barzal and Horvat. This only made it 6-5, the final, with the three stars handed to Pettersson, Barzal, and Boeser, while Horvat, Dobson, Miller, and Hughes get the honorable mentions.
Finally, the Minnesota Wild host the Vegas Golden Knights. Logan Thompson and Marc-Andre Fleury guard the cages. Vegas struck first in the first period on a Nicolas Roy goal, his tenth of the season, coming off of Keegan Kolesar and Brett Howden. The Golden Knights added on in the second period with an Alex Pietrangelo goal, his seventh of the year, going in unassisted. Minnesota got on the board with a Kirill Kaprizov power play goal, his twenty-ninth of the season, powered by Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy. Vegas answered on a Paul Cotter goal, his ninth of the year, made possible by Jack Eichel and Jonathan Marchessault. The Golden Knights extended the lead on a Reilly Smith penalty shot goal, his nineteenth of the season. Vegas padded the lead as Eichel scored his sixteenth of the year, thanks to Marchessault and Zach Whitecloud. Filip Gustavsson replaced Fleury in goal. The final remained at 5-1, with the three stars going to Eichel, Marchessault, and Pietrangelo.
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