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NHL Three Stars: Quick quiets Wings; Neuvirth saves Sabres

NHL Three Stars: Quick quiets Wings; Neuvirth saves Sabres

No. 1 Star: Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings 

Quick stopped all 20 shots he faced in the Los Angeles Kings’ 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings, on Justin Williams’ first-period power-play goal.

No. 2 Star: Benoit Pouliot, Edmonton Oilers

Corsi darling Pouliot gave the Oilers both goals in their 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, while Ben Scrivens stopped 33 shots.

No. 3 Star: Michal Neuvirth, Buffalo Sabres

The Sabres goalie made 45 saves in their 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, including 18 saves in the third period alone.

Honorable Mention: Jonathan Toews scored a goal and got another in the shootout in the Chicago Blackhawks’ 3-2 win over the Florida Panthers. Scott Darling made 36 saves. … Bryan Little scored his 24th and Michael Hutchinson made 26 saves in the Winnipeg Jets’ 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars. … Nashville scored five straight goals in their 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Filip Forsberg scored No. 21. … Alex Galchenyuk scored the first two goals of the game and set up Michael Bournival’s second-period goal in the Habs’ 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Brendan Gallagher also had two goals. … Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. … Cam Talbot pitched a shutout while Kevin Hayes had the lone goal in the New York Rangers’ 1-0 win over the Calgary Flames. … Kael Mouillierat scored his fist NHL goal and assist in the New York Islanders’ 5-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes. Anders Lee scored goal No. 20. … Zack Kassian scored in the third period, and that was the difference in the Vancouver Canucks’ 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins. Eddie Lack made 40 saves. … Karri Ramo made a highlight-reel glove save against the Rangers.

Did You Know? Blake Wheeler had his consecutive-game streak stopped at 227.

Dishonorable Mention: Patrick Kane was injured after a crash into the boards. … Detroit was 0-for-5 on the power play. … Tyson Barrie was a minus-3. … Carl Gunnarsson was a minus-3. … Shea Weber earned an instigator and a misconduct penalty along with a fighting major against Gabriel Landeskog.