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The Montreal Canadiens hosting the Colorado Avalanche. Alexandar Georgiev and Jake Allen man the nets. Colorado opened in the first period with an Artturi Lehkonen goal, his nineteenth of the season, guided in by Logan O'Connor and Devon Toews. The Avalanche added on with a Bowen Byram goal, his sixth of the year, courtesy of Samuel Girard. Colorado extended the lead as Matt Nieto scored his twelfth of the season, thanks to Lars Eller and O'Connor. The Avalanche padded the lead on a Lehkonen power play goal, his second of the game and twentieth of the year, powered by Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar. Montreal got on the board with a Josh Anderson goal, his twentieth of the season, via Johnathan Kovacevic and Nick Suzuki. Colorado shot back in the second period with a Rantanen goal, his forty-third of the year, fueled by Evan Rodrigues and Toews. The Avalanche continued with a J.T. Compher goal, his fourteenth of the season, helped along by Valeri Nichushkin and Lehkonen. The Canadiens got one back with a Denis Gurianov power play goal, his fifth of the year, with assists provided by Suzuki and Jonathan Drouin. Colorado fired back in the third period on a Nathan MacKinnon power play goal, his twenty-ninth of the season, with helpers from Makar and Nichushkin. Montreal responded on a Chris Wideman goal, made possible by Alex Belzile. The Canadiens got closer with a Mike Matheson goal, his sixth of the year, assisted by Anderson and David Savard. The Avalanche finished it at 8-4 with a Nichushkin power play goal, his thirteenth of the campaign, passed from Makar and MacKinnon. The three stars were Nichushkin, Rantanen, and Makar, while Lehkonen, MacKinnon, O'Connor, Toews, Anderson, and Suzuki get the honorable mentions.
Over in Toronto, the Maple Leafs welcome the Buffalo Sabres. Craig Anderson and Matt Murray are in the blue paint. Toronto got going in the second period with an Auston Matthews goal, his thirty-first of the season, coming off of Alexander Kerfoot and Mitch Marner. The Maple Leafs added on with a Calle Jarnkrok goal, his fifteenth of the year, fueled by Marner and Matthews. Buffalo got on the board with a Jack Quinn goal, his thirteenth of the season, courtesy of JJ Peterka and Owen Power. The Sabres tied it in the third period with an Alex Tuch goal, his twenty-ninth of the year, passed from Tage Thompson and Power. Buffalo took the lead with a Dylan Cozens goal, his twenty-sixth of the season, assisted by Riley Stillman and Peterka. The Sabres extended the lead as Tuch scored a power play goal, his second of the game and thirtieth of the year, powered by Jeff Skinner and Cozens. Toronto got one back with a William Nylander goal, his thirty-fifth of the campaign, with a lone assist from Matthews. This only made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars being Tuch, Cozens, and Matthews, while Peterka, Power, and Marner get the honorable mentions.
Finally, the Seattle Kraken bring in the Dallas Stars. Jake Oettinger and Martin Jones are set to start in goal. Dallas started in the first period with an Evgenii Dadonov goal, his seventh of the season, via Wyatt Johnston and Miro Heiskanen. The Stars added on with a Jamie Benn power play goal, his twenty-eighth of the year, powered by Jason Robertson and Joe Pavelski. Seattle got on the board with a Yanni Gourde goal, his eleventh of the season, courtesy of Vince Dunn and Jesper Froden. Dallas answered in the second period with a Pavelski power play goal, his eighteenth of the year, with assists provided by Benn and Heiskanen. The Kraken got one back with an Eeli Tolvanen goal, his fourteenth of the season, made possible by Dunn. The Stars shot back on a Johnston goal, his seventeenth of the year, guided in by Dadonov and Ryan Suter. Dallas extended the lead in the third period as Robertson scored his thirty-ninth of the campaign on the power play, thanks to Heiskanen and Benn. The final held at 5-2, with the three stars given to Benn, Heiskanen, and Pavelski, while Robertson, Johnston, Dadonov, and Dunn get the honorable mentions.
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