NHL Three Stars: Paquette tricks Red Wings; Lander leads Oilers

No. 1 Star: Cedric Paquette, Tampa Bay Lightning

The Lightning rookie recorded his first career NHL hat trick during a 5-1 rout of the Detroit Red Wings. The win set a franchise record with their ninth straight win at Amalie Arena.

No. 2 Star: Anton Lander, Edmonton Oilers

Lander had a hand in all three Oiler goals in their 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres in the “McDavid Bowl.” After recording a pair of helpers, Landers put home the eventual game-winner 7:52 into the third period:

No. 3 Star: Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild

Behind Zach Parise’s 20th of the year and 30 saves from Dubnyk, the Wild shutout the Calgary Flames 1-0. It was the 11th shutout of Dubnyk’s career and his third straight win.

Honorable Mention: Tuukka Rask made 43 stops and Reilly Smith and Milan Lucic each recorded three points as the Boston Bruins downed the New York Islanders 5-2. Boston has won seven of ten … Five different Philadelphia Flyers scored as they defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5-2. The win was Philly’s fourth in five games. Nick Schultz’s first period goal was his first in 125 games … Jamie Benn scored twice and Trevor Daley added three points as the Dallas Stars beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3. In his return to Ottawa, Jason Spezza was held pointless in 16:17 of ice time. During a stoppage in the first period, the Senators paid tribute to Spezza:

The Arizona Coyotes scored three times in the final period en route to a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s long-range shorthanded goal kicked things off in the third period and Martin Hanzal added what would stand as the game winner three minutes later. Mike Smith made 24 saves for his first win in seven starts … Sean Bergenheim’s third period power play goal broke a 2-2 tie and helped give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots as the Panthers ended a five-game losing streak and six-game home losing streak.

Birthday boy Kevin Shattenkirk scored the winning goal in the shootout as the St. Louis Blues edged the Nashville Predators 5-4:

The San Jose Sharks scored five times in the second period and chased Ilya Bryzgalov en route to a 6-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Barclay Goodrow, Tomas Hertl, Patrick Marleau, James Sheppard, and Joe Thornton all recorded two points apiece.  ... Bravo, Lightning. Bravo ... Carey Price stopped 24 shots and Max Pacioretty scored the only goal as the Montreal Canadiens blanked the New York Rangers 1-0. Via NHL PR, “Price joins Jacques Plante (9), Bill Durnan, George Hainsworth & Charlie Hodge as only Canadiens goalies with six shutouts vs. the Rangers.”

Did You Know? Zdeno Chara, who scored an empty-netter, played possibly his final game at Nassau Coliseum 16 years to the day he tallied his first ever NHL goal there.

Dishonorable Mention: Ottawa allowed Dallas to score twice on three power play chances and let in a pair of shorthanded empty-net goals … Petr Mrazek allowed all five Lightning goal in the first two periods before being pulled … Jonathan Bernier’s going to want this goal back … Toronto is 0-7-1 in their last eight … Bryz allowed six goals on 25 shots and was pulled late in the second period ... Dale Weise came this close to a goal and a review didn't help:

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