NHL Three Stars: Toews clutch again; Jagr and Panthers roar over Red Wings
No. 1 Star: Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks
In his first game back since the All-Star break, Toews scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, to give his Blackhawks a 5-4 win over the Arizona Coyotes. The goal was Toews’ fifth OT winner of the season, which tied him with Steve Stamkos for most overtime goals in a season. That record was set in 2011-12.
No. 2 Star: Jaromir Jagr, Florida Panthers
The 43-year-old Jagr scored one goal and added two assists in a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Jagr became the sixth player in NHL history to notch at least 1,100 assists in his career. Jagr is three goals shy of tying Brett Hull (741) for third-most in an NHL career. He's also 11 points away from tying Gordie Howe (1,850) for third-most in a career.
No. 3 Star: Jordan Eberle, Edmonton Oilers
The young forward scored two goals and added an assist in a 7-2 win over the Ottawa Senators. Playing on a line with Connor McDavid, Eberle has five points in his last two games. They’re the first two games McDavid has played since suffering a fractured clavicle in early November. Edmonton has won both contests.
Honorable Mention: Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored one goal and added two assists in the loss to the Blackhawks … Chicago forward Marian Hossa scored one goal and added an assist … Blackhawks forward Artemi Panarin notched three assists … Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg scored the overtime winner to give his team a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche … Jason Spezza also scored a goal for Dallas … Stars defenseman Patrik Nemuth notched two assists in 15:23 of action … Philadelphia Flyers forwards Claude Giroux and Wayne Simmonds each scored two goals and added an assist in a 6-3 win over the Nashville Predators … Flyers forward Jakub Voracek notched two assists … San Jose Sharks forward Joe Thornton scored a goal in a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. Linemate Joe Pavelski notched two assists … Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester scored for the Blues … Florida forward Vincent Trochek scored one goal and added two assists in the win. Teammate Brandon Pirri scored his 10th goal of the season and added an assist … Goaltender Roberto Luongo picked up his 23rd win of the season. He surpassed Tony Esposito for seventh-most career wins in NHL history. Luongo now has 424 career victories … Dylan Larkin scored two goals for Detroit … Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid notched two assists in the win over the Senators. He has five points in his first two games back from a fractured clavicle … Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl scored one goal and added an assist … Edmonton defenseman Mark Fayne scored his second goal of the year … Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson notched two assists … Toronto Maple Leafs forward Tyler Bozak scored one goal and added an assist in a 3-2 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils … P.A. Parenteau fired the shootout winner … New Jersey defenseman David Schlemko scored one goal and added one assist in the loss … Devils goaltender Keith Kincaid stopped 37 of 39 shots on goal … Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin fired the game-winning goal with 2:40 left in the third period of his team’s 3-2 win over the New York Islanders. Teammate Andre Burakovsky scored a goal to pick up his 11th point in his last eight games … Caps goaltender Braden Holtby stopped 24 of 26 Islanders shots on goal … Islanders forward Mikhail Grabovski scored his ninth goal of the season and teammate Josh Bailey scored his eighth … New York Rangers forward Derick Brassard scored the game-winner at the 5:46 mark of the third period in his team’s 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild. He finished with the goal and an assist … New York forward J.T. Miller scored one goal and added an assist in the win. Forward Chris Kreider also scored for the Rangers … Wild defenseman Ryan Suter notched an assist in 29:15 of action … Boston Bruins forward Ryan Spooner scored a goal and the shootout winner in a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres … Brad Marchand also scored for the Bruins … Evander Kane and Sam Reinhart each picked up goals for the Sabres … Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf scored one goal, added an assist and was a plus-3 in a 4-2 beating of the Los Angeles Kings. Linemate David Perron scored one goal and added two assists … Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm scored a goal in 19:13 of action … Kings forward Tyler Toffoli fired his 23rd goal of the season in a losing effort … Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo stopped 37 of 38 Vancouver Canucks shots on goal in a 2-1 shootout win … Scott Hartnell scored Columbus’ goal and Alexander Wennberg fired the shootout winner … Linden Vey scored for the Canucks.
Did You Know? Alexander Ovechkin leads the NHL with 86 game-winning goals since entering the NHL in 2005-06 – 18 more than the next closest player, Daniel Sedin with 68.
Dishonorable Mention: Coyotes forwards Anthony Duclair and Martin Hanzal were each a minus-3 … Nashville forwards Filip Forsberg and Mike Ribeiro were each a minus-3. Preds defenseman Barret Jackman was also a minus-3 … Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne allowed six goals on 19 shots on goal … Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard dropped to 7-8-4 on the year. He has a 2.89 goal-against average and .904 save percentage and hasn’t won since Dec. 3 … Ottawa goaltenders Andrew Hammond and Craig Anderson stopped 21 of 28 shots on goal in their loss to the Oilers … The Wild blew a 2-0 lead … Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick was yanked after allowing three goals on nine Ducks shots on goal … Ottawa’s Mika Zibanejad was a minus-3.
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