There's four games on this Wednesday slate, beginning with...
The Carolina Hurricanes hosting the Philadelphia Flyers. Carter Hart and Pyotr Kochetkov start in goal. Philadelphia started in the first period with an Owen Tippett goal, his sixth of the season, assisted by Morgan Frost and Louie Belpedio. The Flyers added on with a Travis Konecny goal, his tenth of the year, fueled by Nick Seeler and Sean Couturier. Philadelphia extended the lead as Ryan Poehling scored in the second period, thanks to Sean Walker and Scott Laughton. Carolina got on the board with a Stefan Noesen goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Tony DeAngelo and Jack Drury. The final stood at 3-1, with the three stars given to Hart (31 for 32 in saves), Konecny, and Poehling.
Out west, the Edmonton Oilers welcome the Seattle Kraken. Joey Daccord and Stuart Skinner patrol the creases. Edmonton got going in the second period with a Connor McDavid goal, his fourth of the season, assisted by Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard. Seattle tied it on a Jared McCann goal, his seventh of the year, guided in by Jordan Eberle and Jamie Oleksiak. The Kraken took the lead with a Pierre-Edouard Bellemare goal, his second of the season, coming off of Vince Dunn and Tye Kartye. Seattle added on with an Alexander Wennberg goal, passed from Eeli Tolvanen and Oliver Bjorkstrand. The Oilers got one back in the third period with an Evander Kane goal, his fifth of the year, fueled by Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm. Edmonton tied it on a Kane goal, his second of the game and sixth of the season, helped along by Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The Oilers won 4-3 in overtime with a Kane goal, completing his hat trick on his seventh of the year, set up by Zach Hyman and Bouchard. The three stars were Kane, Bouchard, and Draisaitl.
Down in Colorado, the Avalanche bring in the Anaheim Ducks. Lukas Dostal and Alexandar Georgiev are the masked men. Colorado opened in the first period with a Samuel Girard goal, via Jack Johnson and Tomas Tatar. The Avalanche added on with a Valeri Nichushkin goal, his fourth of the season, passed from Devon Toews and Cale Makar. Anaheim got on the board with a Sam Carrick goal, his fourth of the year, assisted by Radko Gudas and Brock McGinn. Colorado fired back with a Fredrik Olofsson goal, his second of the season, helped along by Logan O'Connor and Joel Kiviranta. The Avalanche extended the lead in the third period as Ross Colton scored his fifth of the year, thanks to O'Connor and Miles Wood. Colorado padded the lead with another Nichushkin power play goal, his second of the game and fifth of the season, powered by Makar and Nathan MacKinnon. The Ducks got one back on a Max Jones goal, guided in by Adam Henrique and Jakob Silfverberg. The Avalanche responded with a Kiviranta goal, with helpers from Girard and the goalie Georgiev. Colorado continued on an Andrew Cogliano goal, made possible by Kiviranta and Johnson. The Avalanche piled on with a Toews goal, his second of the year, courtesy of Makar and MacKinnon. This stood for an 8-2 win, with the three stars going to Nichushkin, Kiviranta, and Makar, while Toews, MacKinnon, Johnson, Girard and O'Connor get the honorable mentions.
Finally, the Vancouver Canucks host the New York Islanders. Ilya Sorokin and Thatcher Demko tend the twines. New York struck first in the first period with a Pierre Engvall power play goal, powered by Oliver Wahlstrom and Sebastian Aho. The Islanders added on with a Brock Nelson power play goal, his seventh of the season, with assists provided by Noah Dobson and Mathew Barzal. Vancouver got on the board in the second period with a J.T. Miller power play goal, his thirteenth of the year, helped along by Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko. New York shot back with a Bo Horvat goal, his fifth of the season, via Barzal. The Canucks pulled one back on a Brock Boeser power play goal, his thirteenth of the year, with helpers from Miller and Quinn Hughes. Vancouver tied it in the third period with a Filip Hronek power play goal, guided in by Hughes and Boeser. The Canucks won 4-3 in overtime with a Hughes goal, his sixth of the campaign, assisted by Miller and Boeser. The three stars were Boeser, Miller, and Hughes, while Barzal gets an honorable mention.
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