NHL 2022-23 - Day 148

There's 12 games on today, beginning with...

The Carolina Hurricanes hosting the Winnipeg Jets. David Rittich and Frederik Andersen are the goalies. Carolina began in the first period with a Jaccob Slavin goal, his sixth of the season, going in unassisted. Winnipeg tied it in the second period with a Dylan DeMelo goal, his fourth of the year, an unassisted goal. The Hurricanes took the lead back with a Brady Skjei goal, his thirteenth of the season, passed from Martin Necas and Jesperi Kotkaniemi. Carolina added on with a Kotkaniemi goal, his thirteenth of the year, courtesy of Skjei and Brett Pesce. The Jets got one back in the third period with a Nikolaj Ehlers goal, his seventh of the season, made possible by Blake Wheeler and Brenden Dillon. The Hurricanes replied with a Jack Drury goal, via Stefan Noesen. Winnipeg shot back with a Nino Niederreiter goal, his twenty-second of the year, with helpers from Morgan Barron and Adam Lowry. Carolina iced it at 5-3 with a Kotkaniemi empty net goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the campaign, set up by Seth Jarvis. The three stars were Kotkaniemi, Skjei, and Drury.

In New York, the Rangers welcome the Washington Capitals. Darcy Kuemper and Igor Shesterkin guard the cages. New York opened in the first period with a Mika Zibanejad goal, his thirty-third of the season, passed from Vladimir Tarasenko. Washington tied it on a Nicolas Aube-Kubel goal, his fourth of the year, via Aliaksei Protas and Matt Irwin. The Rangers took the lead back on another Zibanejad goal, his second of the game and thirty-fourth of the season, assisted by Artemi Panarin and the goalie Shesterkin. New York added on with a Patrick Kane power play goal, his nineteenth of the year, powered by Adam Fox and Vincent Trocheck. The Rangers extended the lead in the second period as Jacob Trouba scored his seventh of the season, thanks to Trocheck and Kane. The Capitals got one back with an Irwin goal, his second of the year, courtesy of T.J. Oshie and Rasmus Sandin. Washington pulled closer in the third period with a Nic Dowd goal, his twelfth of the season, made possible by Dylan Strome and Trevor van Riemsdyk. New York iced it at 5-3 with an empty net goal by Jimmy Vesey, his tenth of the year, set up by K'Andre Miller. The three stars were Zibanejad, Kane, and Trocheck, while Irwin gets an honorable mention.

Along to New Jersey, as the Devils bring in the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Vitek Vanecek protect the nets. New Jersey started in the first period with a Damon Severson goal, his sixth of the season, via Timo Meier and Jack Hughes. Tampa Bay tied it on an Anthony Cirelli shorthanded goal, his eleventh of the year, set up by Brandon Hagel and Erik Cernak. The Lightning took the lead in the second period with a Hagel goal, his twenty-fourth of the season, assisted by Mikhail Sergachev. Tampa Bay added on with an Alex Killorn goal, his twenty-first of the year, coming off of Hagel. The Lightning extended the lead as Nikita Kucherov scored his twenty-seventh of the season, thanks to Brayden Point and Ian Cole. The final was 4-1, with the three stars being Hagel, Vasilevskiy (22 for 23 in saves), and Cirelli.

Over in Philadelphia, the Flyers host the Vegas Golden Knights. Jonathan Quick and Felix Sandstrom are set to start in goal. Vegas struck first in the first period with a Pavel Dorofeyev goal, his second of the season, assisted by Reilly Smith. The Golden Knights added on in the second period with an Ivan Barbashev power play goal, his thirteenth of the year, powered by Shea Theodore and Jonathan Marchessault. The Flyers got on the board with a Travis Sanheim goal, his fifth of the season, going in unassisted. Vegas shot back with a Teddy Blueger goal, his third of the year, coming off of Phil Kessel and Paul Cotter. The Golden Knights extended the lead in the third period as Marchessault scored his twenty-second of the season on the power play, thanks to Jack Eichel and Chandler Stephenson. The Flyers got one back with a Nick Seeler goal, his fourth of the year, an unassisted goal. Philadelphia got closer with a Morgan Frost goal, his thirteenth of the season, with helpers from Brendan Lemieux and James van Riemsdyk. Vegas iced it at 5-3 with a Barbashev empty net goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the year, set up by Marchessault. The three stars were Barbashev, Marchessault, and Blueger.

Across Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Penguins welcome the Montreal Canadiens. Sam Montembeault and Tristan Jarry are in the blue paint. Pittsburgh led off in the first period with a Jake Guentzel goal, his twenty-eighth of the season, coming off of Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby. The Penguins added on with an Evgeni Malkin power play goal, his twenty-fourth of the year, powered by Kris Letang and Guentzel. Montreal got on the board with a Mike Hoffman goal, his eleventh of the season, courtesy of Rem Pitlick and Justin Barron. The Canadiens tied it on a Jesse Ylonen goal, his fourth of the year, via Mike Matheson and Rafael Harvey-Pinard. Montreal took the lead with a Denis Gurianov goal, his sixth of the season, passed from Alex Belzile and Jonathan Drouin. The Canadiens extended the lead as Joel Edmundson scored his second of the year, thanks to Johnathan Kovacevic and Drouin. Casey DeSmith replaced Jarry in goal for the second period. Pittsburgh got one back with a Letang goal, his tenth of the season, made possible by Marcus Pettersson and Rickard Rakell. The Penguins tied it on another Guentzel goal, his second of the game and twenty-ninth of the year, assisted by Malkin and Letang on the power play. Montreal took the lead in the third period with an Anthony Richard goal, his second of the season, with helpers from Barron and Edmundson. The Canadiens iced it at 6-4 with an empty net goal by Josh Anderson, his twenty-first of the year, going in unassisted. The three stars were Guentzel, Letang, and Edmundson, while Malkin, Barron, and Drouin get the honorable mentions.

Down in Nashville, the Predators bring in the Detroit Red Wings. Ville Husso and Juuse Saros are the Finnish goalies. Nashville got going in the second period with a Kiefer Sherwood goal, his third of the season, courtesy of Philip Tomasino and Colton Sissons. The Predators added on in the third period with a Thomas Novak goal, his thirteenth of the year, via Cal Foote and Sherwood. Detroit got on the board with an Alex Chiasson power play goal, his third of the season, powered by Andrew Copp and Lucas Raymond. The final held at 2-1, with the three stars going to Sherwood, Saros (28 for 29 in saves), and Novak.

North again to Chicago, where the Blackhawks host the Boston Bruins. Linus Ullmark and Petr Mrazek are the goalies. Chicago was first to score in the first period with a MacKenzie Entwistle goal, his third of the season, going in unassisted. Boston tied it in the second period with a Hampus Lindholm goal, his ninth of the year, via Dmitry Orlov and Brad Marchand. The Blackhawks retook the lead with a Joey Anderson goal, his fourth of the season, passed from Boris Katchouk and Caleb Jones. The Bruins tied it on a Trent Frederic goal, his fourteenth of the year, assisted by Tyler Bertuzzi and Lindholm. Boston pulled ahead in the third period with a Pavel Zacha goal, his seventeenth of the season, coming off of David Krejci and David Pastrnak. Chicago retied it on a Taylor Raddysh goal, his eighteenth of the year, fueled by Jujhar Khaira and Katchouk. The Blackhawks pulled ahead with a Katchouk goal, his fourth of the season, with helpers from Anderson and Ian Mitchell. Chicago added on with a Raddysh power play goal, his second of the game and nineteenth of the year, powered by Tyler Johnson and Mitchell. The Blackhawks extended the lead on a Raddysh empty net goal, completing his hat trick on his twentieth of the campaign, set up by Khaira. The three stars of the 6-3 game were Raddysh, Katchouk, and Anderson, while Khaira, Mitchell, and Lindholm get the honorable mentions.

Out west, the Edmonton Oilers welcome the Ottawa Senators. Mads Sogaard and Stuart Skinner are the young goalies. Edmonton kicked off the scoring in the first period with a Derek Ryan goal, his twelfth of the season, via Ryan McLeod and Devin Shore. Ottawa tied it on a Brady Tkachuk power play goal, his twenty-seventh of the year, powered by Alex DeBrincat and Jake Sanderson. The Oilers took the lead back with a Leon Draisaitl goal, his forty-third of the season, guided in by Warren Foegele and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The Senators tied it again with a Tim Stutzle shorthanded goal, his thirty-third of the year, set up by Dylan Gambrell and Travis Hamonic. Edmonton took the lead back in the second period with a Nugent-Hopkins power play goal, his thirty-first of the season, going in unassisted. The Oilers added on with another Draisaitl goal, his second of the game and forty-fourth of the year, made possible by Connor McDavid and Foegele. Edmonton extended the lead as Nick Bjugstad scored his fifteenth of the season, thanks to Mattias Ekholm and Klim Kostin. Ottawa got one back with a Stutzle goal, his second of the game and thirty-fourth of the year, helped along by Drake Batherson and Patrick Brown. The Oilers finished it at 6-3 with a McDavid empty net goal, his fifty-sixth of the campaign, coming off of Evander Kane and Darnell Nurse. The three stars were Draisaitl, Stutzle, and Nugent-Hopkins, while McDavid and Foegele get the honorable mentions.

South to Arizona, as the Coyotes bring in the Calgary Flames. Jacob Markstrom and Connor Ingram patrol the creases. Calgary cracked the scoresheet in the first period with a Mikael Backlund goal, his sixteenth of the season, via Rasmus Andersson. Arizona tied it on a Clayton Keller goal, his thirtieth of the year, courtesy of Barrett Hayton and Juuso Valimaki. The Coyotes took the lead with a Matias Maccelli goal, his sixth of the season, coming off of Jack McBain and Lawson Crouse. The Flames tied it again on a Walker Duehr goal, his fourth of the year, assisted by Milan Lucic and Noah Hanifin. Arizona took the lead in the third period with a Keller shorthanded goal, his second of the game and thirty-first of the season, set up by Hayton. Calgary tied it on a Jonathan Huberdeau goal, his fourteenth of the year, made possible by Troy Stecher and Dillon Dube. The Coyotes won 4-3 in overtime with a Travis Boyd goal, his twelfth of the campaign, with a helper from Valimaki. The three stars were Keller, Maccelli, and Valimaki, while Hayton gets an honorable mention.

Way up in Vancouver, the Canucks host the Dallas Stars. Matt Murray and Thatcher Demko occupy the creases. Vancouver drew first blood in the first period with a Phillip Di Giuseppe goal, his third of the season, assisted by J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser. The Canucks added on with an Andrei Kuzmenko power play goal, his thirty-third of the year, powered by Conor Garland and Boeser. Dallas got on the board with a Wyatt Johnston goal, his eighteenth of the season, coming off of Jamie Benn and Miro Heiskanen. Vancouver shot back with an Anthony Beauvillier goal, his sixteenth of the year, courtesy of Christian Wolanin and Elias Pettersson. The Stars got one back with a Benn power play goal, his twenty-ninth of the season, with an assist from Heiskanen. The Canucks answered in the third period with a Guillaume Brisebois goal, made possible by Nils Aman and Garland. Vancouver extended the lead as Miller scored his twenty-fifth of the year, thanks to Boeser. This made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars being Boeser, Miller, and Benn, while Garland and Heiskanen get the honorable mentions.

South again to Los Angeles, where the Kings welcome the New York Islanders. Ilya Sorokin and Joonas Korpisalo are the masked men. New York dented the scoreboard in the first period with a Pierre Engvall goal, his fourteenth of the season, via Ryan Pulock. Los Angeles tied it in the second period with a Blake Lizotte goal, his tenth of the year, passed from Sean Walker and Gabriel Vilardi. The Kings took the lead with a power play goal by Drew Doughty, his fourth of the season, powered by Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe. Los Angeles added on with an Alex Iafallo power play goal, his tenth of the year, coming off of Viktor Arvidsson and Arthur Kaliyev. The Kings extended the lead as Trevor Moore scored his eighth of the season, with the help of Phillip Danault and Vladislav Gavrikov. The Islanders got one back with a Jean-Gabriel Pageau goal, his eleventh of the year, assisted by Sebastian Aho and Pulock. Los Angeles finished it at 5-2 with a Quinton Byfield empty net goal in the third period, his third of the campaign, set up by Matt Roy and Gavrikov. The three stars were Gavrikov, Pulock, and Iafallo.

Finally, the San Jose Sharks bring in the Columbus Blue Jackets. Daniil Tarasov and Kaapo Kahkonen draw the starts in goal. San Jose got the first goal in the first period with an Alexander Barabanov power play goal, his fourteenth of the season, powered by Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl. Columbus tied it on a Johnny Gaudreau goal, his sixteenth of the year, fueled by Patrik Laine and Gavin Bayreuther. The Blue Jackets took the lead in the second period with a Kent Johnson power play goal, his fourteenth of the season, assisted by Gaudreau and the goalie Tarasov. Columbus added on with a Boone Jenner goal, his twenty-first of the year, coming off of Gaudreau and Bayreuther. The Sharks got one back with a William Eklund goal, passed from Derrick Pouliot and Hertl. The Blue Jackets fired back with a Jenner goal, his second of the game and twenty-second of the season, guided in by Gaudreau. San Jose got one back with a Couture goal, his twenty-fourth of the year, with helpers from Erik Karlsson and Pouliot. Columbus shot back on a Liam Foudy goal, his fourth of the season, helped along by Mathieu Olivier and Nick Blankenburg. The Sharks answered on a Kevin Labanc goal, his eleventh of the year, made possible by Matt Benning and Fabian Zetterlund. San Jose tied it in the third period with a Nikolai Knyzhov goal, fueled by Couture and Barabanov. The Blue Jackets won 6-5 in overtime with a Gaudreau goal, his second of the game and seventeenth of the campaign, set up by Laine. The three stars were Gaudreau, Jenner, and Couture, while Laine, Bayreuther, Hertl, and Pouliot get the honorable mentions. 

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