It's a four-game Friday slate, beginning with...
The New York Rangers hosting the Vegas Golden Knights. Adin Hill and Igor Shesterkin tend the twines. Vegas led off in the first period with a Sheldon Rempal goal, his second of the season, via Paul Cotter and Nicolas Hague. New York tied it on a Blake Wheeler goal, his eighth of the year, courtesy of Erik Gustafsson and Adam Fox. The Golden Knights took the lead back in the second period with a Keegan Kolesar goal, his fourth of the season, going in unassisted. Vegas added on with a Jonathan Marchessault goal, his twenty-third of the year, passed from Ivan Barbashev and Nicolas Roy. The Golden Knights extended the lead in the third period as Marchessault scored his second of the game and twenty-fourth of the season, with the help of Barbashev and Roy. The Rangers got one back with a Kaapo Kakko goal, his fourth of the year, fueled by Jacob Trouba and Wheeler. Vegas iced it at 5-2 with a Marchessault empty net goal to complete his hat trick on his twenty-fifth of the campaign, set up by Barbashev and Brayden McNabb. The three stars were Marchessault, Barbashev, and Roy, while Wheeler gets an honorable mention.
Along to Pittsburgh, as the Penguins welcome the Florida Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky and Alex Nedeljkovic draw the starts in goal. Pittsburgh began in the first period with a Jake Guentzel power play goal, his twenty-first of the season, powered by Bryan Rust and Erik Karlsson. Florida tied it on an Evan Rodrigues power play goal, his eighth of the year, with assists provided by Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Sam Bennett. The Panthers took the lead in the second period with a Sam Reinhart power play goal, his thirty-sixth of the season, set up by Matthew Tkachuk and Ekman-Larsson. The Penguins retied it in the third period with an Evgeni Malkin goal, his sixteenth of the year, guided in by Sidney Crosby and Rust. The tie went to a shootout, where Aleksander Barkov and Reinhart lifted the Panthers to a 3-2 win over Guentzel and the Penguins. The three stars were Ekman-Larsson, Reinhart, and Rust.
Out west, the Colorado Avalanche bring in the Los Angeles Kings. Cam Talbot and Alexandar Georgiev guard the cages. Colorado opened in the first period with a Logan O'Connor goal, his twelfth of the season, via Samuel Girard and the goalie Georgiev. The Avalanche added on with an O'Connor goal, his second of the game and thirteenth of the year, assisted by Miles Wood and Ross Colton. Colorado extended the lead as Nathan MacKinnon scored his thirty-first of the season, thanks to Jonathan Drouin and Mikko Rantanen. David Rittich replaced Talbot in goal. Los Angeles got on the board in the second period with a Kevin Fiala power play goal, his twelfth of the year, powered by Alex Laferriere and Drew Doughty. The Avalanche responded with a Josh Manson goal, his sixth of the season, made possible by Andrew Cogliano. Colorado padded the lead with a Cale Makar power play goal in the third period, his twelfth of the year, with assists provided by MacKinnon and Colton. This stood for a 5-1 win, with the three stars given to O'Connor, MacKinnon, and Colton.
Finally, the Seattle Kraken host the St. Louis Blues. Jordan Binnington and Joey Daccord protect the nets. St. Louis started in the first period with an Oskar Sundqvist power play goal, his sixth of the season, powered by Brayden Schenn and Torey Krug. Seattle tied it on a Brian Dumoulin goal, his fourth of the year, coming off of Adam Larsson and Jaden Schwartz. The Kraken took the lead with an Oliver Bjorkstrand power play goal in the second period, his thirteenth of the season, with assists provided by Alexander Wennberg and Jared McCann. Seattle added on with an Eeli Tolvanen goal, his thirteenth of the year, guided in by Yanni Gourde and Bjorkstrand. The Blues got one back with a Robert Thomas power play goal, his seventeenth of the season, helped along by Scott Perunovich and Pavel Buchnevich. St. Louis tied it in the third period with a Buchnevich goal, his fifteenth of the year, with a lone assist by Thomas. The Blues won 4-3 in overtime with a Buchnevich goal, his sixteenth of the campaign, made possible by Schenn. The three stars were Buchnevich, Thomas, and Schenn, while Bjorkstrand gets an honorable mention.
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