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NHL Three Stars: Hats off to Corey Perry

No. 1 Star: Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks

Recorded his second hat trick of the year to propel the Ducks to a 4-1 win over the Sabres. Perry is now tied for the NHL lead in goal scoring with the Rangers’ Rick Nash.

No. 2 Star: Sean Couturier, Philadelphia Flyers

One goal and two assists for the Flyers forward in a tough, rivalry game, a 5-3 win over Pittsburgh. Couturier also won 56 percent of his face offs.

No. 3 Star: Ben Scrivens, Edmonton Oilers

Made 32 saves on 34 shots on goal by the powerful Capitals attack to help the Oilers to their second straight win. Scrivens had to be on his guard all night as Edmonton was also out-Corsi’d by the Caps 66-36.

Honorable mention: Edmonton’s Nikita Nikitin ripped a point blast past Caps netminder Braden Holtby for the Oilers game-winner … Philly’s R.J. Umberger notched a ‘Gordie Howe Hat Trick’ with a goal, an assist and a fight …  Ducks forward Ryan Kesler scored a goal and won 67 percent of his face offs… Anaheim Goaltender Frederik Andersen improved to 26-5-0 to start his NHL career with a win over the Sabres.

Did you know?: Philadelphia’s Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored his first NHL goal in the Flyers win over Pittsburgh. Bellemare is 29. View pure joy in the below video.

Dishonorable mention: A multitude of Penguins were minus-3 or worse – they included Olli Maata (minus-3), Evgeni Malkin (minus-3), Kris Letang (minus-4) and Brandon Sutter (minus-4) … Holtby made just 17 saves on 20 Oilers shots to pick up the loss at Edmonton … Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby was held point-less for the first time this season … Buffalo forward Sam Reinhart played under 10 minutes for the third straight game – playing 9:51 in the Sabres loss to Anaheim. Reinhart has 0 points in six games this season.