Sunday, January 21, 2024

NHL 2023-24 - Day 99

There's six games on this Sunday, beginning with...

The Philadelphia Flyers hosting the Ottawa Senators. Mads Sogaard and Samuel Ersson handle the goaltending duties. Philadelphia started in the first period with an Egor Zamula power play goal, his fourth of the season, powered by Joel Farabee and Cam York. The Flyers added on with another Zamula goal, his second of the game and fifth of the year, guided in by Farabee and Cam Atkinson. Ottawa got on the board in the second period with a Zack MacEwen goal, his second of the season, going in unassisted. Philadelphia shot back with a Farabee power play goal, his seventeenth of the year, with assists provided by Zamula and Travis Konecny. The Senators got one back with a Tim Stutzle goal, his ninth of the season, made possible by Shane Pinto and Thomas Chabot. Ottawa tied it in the third period with a Claude Giroux goal, his fourteenth of the year, fueled by Brady Tkachuk and Jacob Bernard-Docker. The Senators pulled ahead with a Vladimir Tarasenko goal, his twelfth of the season, with a lone assist from Mathieu Joseph. Ottawa iced it at 5-3 with a Stutzle empty net goal, his second of the game and tenth of the year, set up by Jakob Chychrun. The three stars were Zamula, Stutzle, and Farabee. 

Down in Raleigh, the Carolina Hurricanes welcome the Minnesota Wild. Filip Gustavsson and Antti Raanta are the masked men. Carolina opened in the first period with a Martin Necas goal, his eleventh of the season, via Stefan Noesen and Jack Drury. Minnesota tied it on a Kirill Kaprizov goal, his sixteenth of the year, coming off of Alex Goligoski and Marco Rossi. The Wild took the lead in the second period with a Kaprizov goal, his second of the game and seventeenth of the season, assisted by Matt Boldy and Joel Eriksson Ek. The Hurricanes retied it in the third period with a Michael Bunting goal, his tenth of the year, courtesy of Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho. Minnesota retook the lead with an Eriksson Ek goal, his nineteenth of the season, fueled by Jonas Brodin and Brock Faber. The Wild added on with a Kaprizov empty net goal, completing his hat trick on his eighteenth of the year, going in unassisted. Minnesota iced it at 5-2 with a Jake Middleton empty net goal, his seventh of the campaign, set up by Zach Bogosian and Eriksson Ek. The three stars were Kaprizov, Eriksson Ek, and Gustavsson (40 for 42 in saves). 

Up in Detroit, the Red Wings bring in the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Alex Lyon man the nets. Tampa Bay led off in the first period with a Victor Hedman goal, his ninth of the season, assisted by Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point. Detroit tied it on a Lucas Raymond goal, his thirteenth of the year, via Dylan Larkin and David Perron. The Red Wings took the lead with a Daniel Sprong goal in the second period, his twelfth of the season, coming off of J.T. Compher. The final held from here at 2-1, with the three stars being Sprong, Raymond, and Lyon (27 for 28 in saves).

East to New York, as the Islanders host the Dallas Stars. Scott Wedgewood and Ilya Sorokin patrol the creases. New York began in the first period with an Alexander Romanov goal, his fifth of the season, made possible by Mathew Barzal and Noah Dobson. Dallas tied it in the second period with a Jason Robertson goal, his sixteenth of the year, via Joe Pavelski and Radek Faksa. The Stars took the lead with a Nils Lundkvist goal, his second of the season, assisted by Sam Steel and Pavelski. The Islanders retied it in the third period with a Hudson Fasching goal, his third of the year, passed from Dobson and Brock Nelson. New York won 3-2 in overtime with a Bo Horvat goal, his nineteenth of the campaign, guided in by Barzal. The three stars went to Barzal, Dobson, and Pavelski.

Out west, the Anaheim Ducks welcome the New York Rangers. Igor Shesterkin and Lukas Dostal are in the blue paint. Anaheim kicked off the scoring in the first period with an Adam Henrique goal, his thirteenth of the season, fueled by Leo Carlsson and Troy Terry. The Ducks added on with another Henrique goal, his second of the game and fourteenth of the year, guided in by Terry and Carlsson. New York got on the board in the second period with a Vincent Trocheck power play goal, his fifteenth of the season, powered by Chris Kreider and Adam Fox. The Rangers tied it in the third period with a Will Cuylle goal, his eighth of the year, passed from Jacob Trouba and K'Andre Miller. New York took the lead with an Artemi Panarin power play goal, his twenty-eighth of the season, with assists provided by Fox and Trocheck. The Rangers extended the lead as Kreider scored his twenty-second of the year, thanks to Mika Zibanejad. New York iced it at 5-2 on a Jimmy Vesey empty net goal, his ninth of the campaign, going in unassisted. The three stars were Trocheck, Kreider, and Henrique, while Fox, Terry, and Carlsson get the honorable mentions. 

Finally, the Seattle Kraken bring in the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ilya Samsonov and Joey Daccord are between the pipes. Toronto drew first blood in the first period with an Auston Matthews goal, his thirty-eighth of the season, assisted by Mitchell Marner. The Maple Leafs added on in the second period with a Nicholas Robertson goal, his seventh of the year, coming off of Max Domi and Tyler Bertuzzi. Seattle got on the board with a Jordan Eberle goal, his seventh of the season, made possible by Jared McCann and Tomas Tatar. Toronto finished it at 3-1 with a Jake McCabe empty net goal in the third period, his fourth of the year, going in unassisted. The three stars were Samsonov (16 for 17 in saves), Robertson, and Matthews. 

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