Wednesday, December 6, 2023

NHL 2023-24 - Day 56

We've got a four-game Wednesday on tap, beginning with...

The Tampa Bay Lightning hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins. Tristan Jarry and Andrei Vasilevskiy tend the twines. Tampa Bay led off in the first period with an Anthony Cirelli power play goal, his sixth of the season, powered by Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov. The Lightning added on in the second period with a Kucherov power play goal, his seventeenth of the year, helped along by Hedman and Steven Stamkos. Tampa Bay extended the lead as Tanner Jeannot scored his sixth of the season, thanks to Mikey Eyssimont. Pittsburgh got on the board in the third period with a Jake Guentzel goal, his tenth of the year, via Sidney Crosby. This only made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Kucherov, Vasilevskiy (23 for 24 in saves), and Hedman.

Also in Florida, the Panthers welcome the Dallas Stars. Jake Oettinger and Sergei Bobrovsky guard the cages. Florida began in the first period with an Evan Rodrigues goal, his fifth of the season, coming off of Niko Mikkola and Sam Reinhart. Dallas tied it on a Radek Faksa goal, his second of the year, via Sam Steel and Thomas Harley. The Panthers retook the lead with a Reinhart goal, his seventeenth of the season, assisted by Aleksander Barkov and Rodrigues. Florida added on in the second period with a Carter Verhaeghe goal, his twelfth of the year, guided in by Sam Bennett and Mikkola. The Stars got one back in the third period with a Mason Marchment power play goal, his eighth of the season, powered by Matt Duchene and Miro Heiskanen. Dallas tied it on an Evgenii Dadonov goal, his fifth of the year, fueled by Jani Hakanpaa and Wyatt Johnston. The Panthers took the lead back with a Barkov goal, his eighth of the season, helped along by Rodrigues and Reinhart. Florida padded the lead on a Rodrigues power play goal, his second of the game and sixth of the year, with assists provided by Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Aaron Ekblad. The Stars got one back on a Harley power play goal, his sixth of the season, passed from Marchment. The final held at 5-4, with the three stars going to Rodrigues, Reinhart, and Barkov, while Harley, Marchment, and Mikkola get the honorable mentions.

Northwest to St. Louis, as the Blues bring in the Vegas Golden Knights. Logan Thompson and Jordan Binnington protect the nets. Vegas opened with a Zach Whitecloud goal, via Nicolas Roy and Keegan Kolesar. St. Louis tied it on a Jake Neighbours goal, his tenth of the season, assisted by Robert Thomas. The Blues took the lead with a Kevin Hayes goal, his sixth of the year, passed from Torey Krug and Jordan Kyrou. St. Louis added on with a Kyrou goal, his fifth of the season, coming off of Brayden Schenn and Justin Faulk. The Golden Knights got one back with a Jack Eichel goal, his twelfth of the year, guided in by Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone. Vegas tied it on a Jonathan Marchessault power play goal, his twelfth of the season, powered by William Karlsson and Eichel. The Golden Knights took the lead on a Kolesar goal, his second of the year, with helpers from Brayden McNabb and Kaedan Korczak. Vegas extended the lead as Michael Amadio scored his fifth of the season, thanks to Chandler Stephenson and Barbashev on the power play. The Golden Knights iced it at 6-3 with a Karlsson empty net goal, his twelfth of the year, set up by Nicolas Hague. The three stars went to Eichel, Kolesar, and Karlsson, while Barbashev gets an honorable mention.

Finally, the Edmonton Oilers host the Carolina Hurricanes. Pyotr Kochetkov and Stuart Skinner are the young goalies. Edmonton started in the first period with a Ryan McLeod goal, his second of the season, courtesy of Warren Foegele. The Oilers added on with a Mattias Ekholm goal, his fourth of the year, guided in by Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard. Edmonton extended the lead as Zach Hyman scored his thirteenth of the season, thanks to Mattias Janmark and Bouchard. Antti Raanta replaced Kochetkov in goal. The Oilers padded the lead on another Hyman goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the year, passed from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid. Edmonton continued in the second period with a Foegele goal, his fourth of the season, coming off of Janmark. Carolina got on the board in the third period with a Jordan Staal goal, his third of the year, helped along by Jaccob Slavin. The Oilers countered on a Hyman goal, completing his hat trick on his fifteenth of the season, assisted by McDavid. This made it 6-1, the final, with the three stars going to Hyman, McDavid, and Janmark, while Foegele and Bouchard get the honorable mentions. 

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