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NHL Three Stars: Bobrovsky blanks Wild; Islanders down Stars

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COLUMBUS, OH - MARCH 2: Seth Jones #3 of the Columbus Blue Jackets watches as Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Columbus Blue Jackets makes a save while being screened by Ryan White #21 of the Minnesota Wild during the third period on March 2, 2017 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus defeated Minnesota 1-0. (Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)
Seth Jones of the Columbus Blue Jackets watches as Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Columbus Blue Jackets makes a save while being screened by Ryan White #21 of the Minnesota Wild during the third period on March 2, 2017 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus defeated Minnesota 1-0. (Getty Images)

No. 1 Star: Sergei Bobrovksy, Columbus Blue Jackets

The goaltender stopped all 38 Minnesota Wild shots on goal in a 1-0 win. The victory was Bobrovsky’s 33rd of the season, which matched a career-high. It also tied Steve Mason for most in a single season by a Blue Jackets goaltender. Bobrovksy now has a 2.13 goal-against average and .928 save percentage to go along with four shutouts. The Blue Jackets have won three of their last four games and five of seven.

No. 2 Star: Ryan Strome, New York Islanders

Strome scored a goal and added two assists in a 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars. It was his second three-point game in last eight contests. With the victory the Islanders tied the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. Both teams have 70 points with the Islanders having played one more game than Toronto.

No. 3 Star: Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres

Eichel scored a goal and added two assists in a 6-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes to help his team break a four-game losing streak. Eichel now has picked up a point in eight straight games and in that stretch he has scored two goals and added nine assists. The second-year forward has 40 points in 43 games and leads the Sabres with 0.93 points per-game.

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Honorable Mention: Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron scored the game-winner against the Nashville Predators with 8.3 seconds left in a 2-1 victory.. … Habs forward Brendan Gallagher scored a goal. … Montreal goaltender Carey Price stopped 24 of 25 shots on goal. … Nashville defenseman P.K. Subban notched an assist in his first game against the Canadiens. … Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis scored a goal. … Sabres forward Ryan O’Reilly scored a goal and added two assists. … Buffalo forward Marcus Foligno scored two goals. … Sabres forward Sam Reinhart scored a goal and added an assist. … Buffalo forward Kyle Okposo notched two assists. … Sabres forward Evander Kane scored a goal. … Arizona forward Tobias Rieder scored a goal and added an assist. … Coyotes forward Teemu Pulkkinen scored a goal. … Arizona defenseman Alex Goligoski scored his third goal of the season. … Blue Jackets forward Brandon Saad scored his 19th goal of the season. Teammate Nick Foligno picked up an assist. … Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 39 of 40 shots on goal. … Philadelphia Flyers forward Valtteri Filppula scored a goal in his first game with his new team. The Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 in a shootout. … Philadelphia forward Jakub Voracek notched an assist. … Flyers goaltender Steve Mason stopped 39 of 40 shots on goal. … New York Rangers forwards Oscar Lindberg and Pavel Buchnevich each scored a goal in their team’s 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins. … Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32 of 33 shots on goal. Thursday was his 35th birthday. … Bruins forward Brad Marchand scored his 29th goal of the season. … Washington Capitals forward Jakub Vrana scored a goal in a 1-0 win over the New Jersey Devils. … Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby stopped all 15 Devils shots on goal. He has recorded a point in 20 straight decisions, going 18-0-2 in that stretch. … The Capitals won their 14th straight game at home. … Islanders defenseman Nick Leddy scored a goal and added an assist. … Islanders forwards Andrew Ladd and Nikolay Kulemin each scored a goal. … Islanders defenseman Dennis Seidenberg scored his fifth goal of the season. … Stars forward Jamie Benn scored two goals. … Dallas forward Jason Spezza scored a goal and added an assist. … Stars forward Radek Faksa scored a goal. … Ottawa Senators forward Alex Burrows scored two goals in a 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche. The game was Burrows’ first since a Monday trade to the Sens. … Ottawa forward Mike Hoffman notched two assists. … Senators goaltender Craig Anderson stopped 22 of 23 shots on goal. … Forward Rene Bourque scored Colorado’s only goal. … Colorado forward Nathan MacKinnon and defenseman Tyson Barrie each notched one assist. … San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. … San Jose defenseman Brent Burns notched an assist. He now has five goals and five assists in his last seven games. … Sharks forwards Marcus Sorensen and Mikkel Boedker each scored a goal. … San Jose forwards Joel Ward, Patrick Marleau and Tomas Hertl each notched one assist. … Vancouver Canucks forward Bo Horvat scored his team’s only goal. It was his 40th point of the season, which tied a career high. … Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar scored a goal and notched the shootout winner in a 3-2 comeback victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. … Kings forward Tanner Pearson scored a goal. … The Kings were down 2-0 at the start of the third period before mounting a comeback. It was the first time since March 17, 2016 that the Kings overcame a multi-goal deficit in the third period to win a game. … Los Angeles defenseman Drew Doughty notched an assist. … Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick stopped 29 of 31 shots on goal along with all the Maple Leafs shooters in the shootout. … Maple Leafs forward Tyler Bozak and defenseman Nikita Zaitsev each scored a goal. … Toronto forward Brian Boyle notched an assist in his first game with his new team. … Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen stopped 33 of 35 shots on goal.

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Did you know? Burrows became the fourth player in franchise history to score twice in his team debut, joining Doug Smail (Oct. 8, 1992 vs. Montreal), Brian Glynn (Oct. 6, 1993 vs. Quebec) and Dan Quinn (March 17, 1994 at San Jose).

Dishonorable Mention: Coyotes forward Brendan Perlini was a minus-4. … Arizona goaltender Mike Smith allowed four goals on 39 shots on goal. … The New Jersey Devils took just 15 shots on goal in their loss to the Capitals. … Dallas forward Tyler Seguin was a minus-3. … Stars goaltender Antti Niemi allowed five goals on 33 shots on goal. … The Maple Leafs blew a two-goal lead entering the third period of their Thursday game at Los Angeles. … They have now lost an NHL-worst nine games this season when holding a two-goal lead in the third.

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