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NHL Three Stars: Kulemin leads first place Isles; Staal fights, scores vs. Maple Leafs
No. 1 Star: Nikolay Kulemin, New York Islanders
In a high-scoring matinee, Kulemin netted a pair and assisted on another as the Islanders took down the Philadelphia Flyers 7-4. Johnny Boychuk, Josh Bailey, John Tavares, Michael Grabner and Nick Leddy each recorded two points. The win moves New York into the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
No. 2 Star: Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
The Hurricanes captain had a very eventful night during their 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. He scored twice and spent the third period in a personal battle with Dion Phaneuf. After the Leafs captain laid a clean hit on Jordan Staal, brother Eric came over and dropped the gloves with Phaneuf:
It didn’t end there. Staal’s second of the night came via an empty net, and was slapped in past Phaneuf, who was playing goaltender:
No. 3 Star: James Wisniewski, Columbus Blue Jackets
The Wiz scored the go-ahead power play goal early in the third period, set up Columbus’ other two goals and even played a little net in the waning moments as the Blue Jackets upended the Minnesota Wild 3-1. Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 stops.
Honorable Mention: Radim Vrbata and Bo Horvat scored 4:38 apart in the first period to help the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers. Ryan Miller made 23 saves as the Canucks won their third in a row … Five different New Jersey Devils scored and Cory Schneider made 34 saves en route to a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Adam Henrique, Scott Gomez and Jacob Josefson each recorded two points … Dennis Wideman's goal with 52.1 seconds left in overtime stood after a review and gave the Calgary Flames a 2-1 win over the LA Kings. Joni Ortio made 33 saves for his fourth straight win.
Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an assist and Brian Elliott needed only 17 saves as the St. Louis Blues downed the Colorado Avalanche 3-1. Alex Steen recorded a pair of assists to extend his points streak to 10 games. He has 18 points over that stretch.
Did You Know? “Ken Hitchcock won his 153rd game with St. Louis, tied with Brian Sutter for second on the franchise list.” (AP)
Dishonorable Mention: Flyers goalie Rob Zepp was pulled after allowing four goals on 20 shots … Philadelphia has lost seven of eight on the road … Florida has dropped four in a row, their longest losing streak of the season.
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