There are four games on this Monday. First up...
The Washington Capitals host the Ottawa Senators. Anton Forsberg and Darcy Kuemper man the nets. Washington led off in the first period with an Aliaksei Protas goal, his fifth of the season, coming off of Anthony Mantha and Connor McMichael. The Capitals added on with a John Carlson power play goal, his fourth of the year, powered by Dylan Strome. Ottawa got on the board with a Drake Batherson goal, his nineteenth of the season, via Brady Tkachuk and Shane Pinto. The Senators tied it with a Pinto goal, his fifth of the year, guided in by Travis Hamonic and Tkachuk. Washington got on the board with a Max Pacioretty power play goal, his second of the season, with assists provided by Michael Sgarbossa and McMichael. The Capitals extended the lead as Beck Malenstyn scored his sixth of the year, thanks to Protas and Nicolas Aube-Kubel. Ottawa got one back in the second period with a Tkachuk goal, his twenty-sixth of the season, helped along by Vladimir Tarasenko and Pinto. Washington replied with a Hendrix Lapierre goal, his third of the year, courtesy of Malenstyn and Ethan Bear. The Capitals padded the lead on another Lapierre goal, his second of the game and fourth of the campaign, with helpers from Mantha and Protas. This held as the eventual 6-3 final score, with the three stars going to Protas, Lapierre, and Malenstyn, while Tkachuk, Pinto, McMichael, and Mantha get the honorable mentions.
Down in Dallas, the Stars welcome the New York Islanders. Ilya Sorokin and Scott Wedgewood receive the starts in goal. New York began in the first period with a Ryan Pulock goal, his fourth of the season, via Simon Holmstrom and Casey Cizikas. Dallas tied it in the second period with a Matt Duchene power play goal, his twenty-third of the year, powered by Thomas Harley and Logan Stankoven. The Islanders took the lead back with a Kyle MacLean goal, his second of the season, assisted by Pierre Engvall and Pulock. The Stars retied it on a Stankoven goal, made possible by Wyatt Johnston. New York won 3-2 in overtime with a Bo Horvat goal, his twenty-third of the year, passed from Mathew Barzal and Mike Reilly. The three stars were Pulock, Stankoven, and Horvat.
Up north, the Edmonton Oilers bring in the Los Angeles Kings. David Rittich and Stuart Skinner patrol the creases. Los Angeles opened in the first period with a Trevor Moore goal, his twenty-second of the season, coming off of Quinton Byfield and Andreas Englund. Edmonton tied it on a Zach Hyman goal, his thirty-eighth of the year, assisted by Connor McDavid. The Kings took the lead back in the second period with an Alex Laferriere goal, his eighth of the season, via Anze Kopitar and Matt Roy. The Oilers tied it on a Leon Draisaitl power play goal, his twenty-ninth of the year, powered by Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Edmonton pulled ahead in the third period with a Bouchard goal, his fifteenth of the season, courtesy of Draisaitl and McDavid. The Oilers added on with a Nugent-Hopkins goal, his sixteenth of the year, passed from Connor Brown and Mattias Janmark. The final held at 4-2, with the three stars given to Bouchard, Nugent-Hopkins, and Draisaitl, while McDavid gets an honorable mention.
Finally, the Seattle Kraken host the Boston Bruins. Linus Ullmark and Philipp Grubauer are in the blue paint. Boston started in the first period with a David Pastrnak goal, his thirty-seventh of the season, assisted by Kevin Shattenkirk and Jesper Boqvist. Seattle tied it in the second period on a Jordan Eberle power play goal, his fourteenth of the year, going in unassisted. The Bruins retook the lead with a Pastrnak goal, his second of the game and thirty-eighth of the season, fueled by Pavel Zacha and Charlie McAvoy. The Kraken tied it in the third period with a Vince Dunn goal, his eleventh of the year, guided in by Andre Burakovsky and Yanni Gourde. Seattle took the lead with an Oliver Bjorkstrand goal, his fourteenth of the season, coming off of Will Borgen and Alexander Wennberg. Boston retied it with a Charlie Coyle power play goal, his twenty-first of the year, with assists provided by Pastrnak and Brad Marchand. The tie went to a shootout, where Kailer Yamamoto had the lone tally for a 4-3 Kraken win. The three stars were Pastrnak, Bjorkstrand, and Dunn.
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