NHL Three Stars: Overtime heroes and Ovechkin breaks camera
No. 1 Star: Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
The Habs goalie made 36 saves in their 2-1 overtime win over the Nashville Predators, on a P.K. Subban power-play goal. That includes 27 saves in the first two periods as Montreal was limited to 13 shots.
No. 2 Star: Carl Hagelin, New York Rangers
Hagelin’s deflection of a Derek Stepan puck directed at Craig Anderson gave the Rangers a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. He also assisted on Kevin Hayes’ second-period goal.
No. 3 Star: Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers
Giroux potted the power-play game-winner for the Flyers at 3:57 of overtime, converting a Jakub Voracek rebounded shot (and strange missing puck moment in Thomas Greiss’s gear) for a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Giroux also led the Flyers with 10 shots.
Honorable Mention: Nice rally from the Edmonton Oilers, who scored two goals in the last 4:11 of the game to send it to a shootout vs. the Washington Capitals. Goals by Derek Roy and Teddy Purcell won it there, 5-4. Alex Ovechkin had two goals. … Pavel Datsyuk and Gustav Nyquist scored in the shootout to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild. Teemu Pulkkinen scored his first NHL goal. Zach Parise had two for the Wild. … Valtteri Flippula scored a goal and assisted on another in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. … Andrew Shaw had two goals and Patrick Kane had a goal (No. 200) and two assists in the Chicago Blackhawks’ 5-1 rout of the Arizona Coyotes. … Loui Eriksson scored against his former mates while Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist in the Boston Bruins’ 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars.
Did You Know? Alex Ovechkin broke a camera.
Dishonorable Mention: Zac Rinaldo was ejected for a hit from behind on Kris Letang. He’ll have an in-person hearing with the NHL. … Zach Sill and Michael Raffl, Jakub Voracek and Rob Scuderi, Steven Downie and Luke Schenn, and Pierre-Edouard Bellmare and Bobby Farnham all dropped the gloves. ... The Red Wings blew a 4-1 lead in the third period. … Vancouver and Tampa Bay were a combined 0-fo-12 on the power play. … Daniel Sedin was a minus-4, and Henrik Sedin was a minus-3. … David Moss, Brandon McMillian and Kyle Chipchura were minus-3. … Tyler Seguin vs. the Bruins: Nine shots, no points and a minus-1.
