NHL Three Stars: Mrazek stops Ovechkin's shot barrage; Eichel heats up Sabres
No. 1 Star: Petr Mrazek, Detroit Red Wings
The young Red Wings netminder stopped 38 of 38 Washington Capitals shots on goal in a 1-0 win. This included 15 shots on goal from Washington sniper Alexander Ovechkin. The Red Wings have won four of their last five games. Mrazek and Jimmy Howard have alternated all those starts.
No. 2 Star: Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres
The rookie was electric for the Sabres in a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Eichel scored a goal and added an assist to help the Sabres pick up their fourth victory in five games. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft has five points in his last three games.
No. 3 Star: Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
The Canucks star scored one goal and added three assists in a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Columbus coach John Tortorella called Vancouver’s goals “freebies” in the loss. The game was Tortorella’s first against his former team since he was fired by Vancouver in the summer of 2014. Sedin has 15 points in 16 games this season.
Honorable Mention: Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Gardiner scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars … Jason Demers notched two assists for Dallas … Toronto goaltender James Reimer stopped 36 of 38 Stars shots on goal … Minnesota Wild forward Thomas Vanek fired two highlight-reel goals (his fifth and sixth of the season) in a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets … Minnesota defenseman Jared Spurgeon notched two assists … Winnipeg forward Bryan Little scored two goals and added an assist in the loss … Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson scored a goal and added two assists in a 7-5 win over the Ottawa Senators … Predators defenseman Shea Weber fired his 150th goal of his NHL career, which was also his 400th point … Nashville blueliner Seth Jones notched two assists … Senators forward Zack Smith scored two goals. Teammate Bobby Ryan notched two assists … Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr scored a goal and added an assist to help the team break a five-game losing streak in a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames … Defenseman Aaron Ekblad scored a goal … Flames forward David Jones scored two goals … Lightning forward Steven Stamkos scored a goal … Sabres defenseman Cody Franson scored a goal and added an assist … Red Wings forward Andreas Athanasiou scored his first goal of his NHL career … Canucks forward Jannik Hansen scored one goal and added three assists in the win over the Blue Jackets. He was also a plus-5 … Henrik Sedin scored two goals and added an assist for Vancouver … Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Duchene scored one goal and added two assists in a 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. He was also a plus-2 … Avs forward Carl Soderberg notched two assists … New York Rangers forward Rick Nash scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes … Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped 33 of 33 Carolina shots on goal … New York Islanders defenseman Calvin deHaan notched one assist and was a plus-3 in a 4-2 win at the San Jose Sharks. Teammate John Tavares scored two goals ... Sharks forward Tomas Hertl notched two assists ... Arizona Coyotes forward Martin Hanzal scored two goals in a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings ... Arizona goaltender Mike Smith stopped 33 of 35 Los Angeles shots on goal ... Kings forward Tyler Toffoli scored his 10th goal of the season ... St. Louis Blues goaltender Jake Allen picked up his sixth win in seven games in a 2-0 shutout over the New Jersey Devils. It was Allen’s second-straight shutout and third of the year … Martin Havlat and Scott Gomez hooked up for a goal – scored by Havlat.
Did You Know? Jagr has more game-winning goals (130) than 835 active NHL players have in their careers.
Dishonorable Mention: Winnipeg Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec was yanked after allowing four goals on 12 shots on goal … Ottawa defensemen Mark Borowiecki and Patrick Wiercioch were each a minus-3 … Sens goaltender Craig Anderson allowed all seven Nashville goals … Blue Jackets forwards Nick Foligno, Brandon Saad and Boone Jenner were each a minus-3. Columbus defenseman Jack Johnson was also a minus-3 … Philly goaltender Michal Neuvirth stopped 36 of 40 shots on goal … Ovechkin did not score on any of his 15 shots on goal.
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