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NHL Three Stars: Barrie jumpstarts Avs offense; Bishop blanks Kane-less Hawks

DALLAS, TX - FEBRUARY 27: Tyson Barrie #4 of the Colorado Avalanche skates against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center on February 27, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images)

No. 1 Star: Tyson Barrie, Colorado Avalanche

Scored a goal and added two assists in a 5-4 shootout win over Dallas. Barrie was also a plus-3. Barrie has seven points in his last four games (three goals, four assists). Colorado leaped past Dallas in the playoff chase, though the Avs are still seven points behind Minnesota for the final Wild Card spot.

No. 2 Star: Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning

Made 28 saves in a 4-0 shutout of the Blackhawks. It was just Bishop’s second blanking of the season. The victory was his fourth in a row and pushed his record to 31-10-3. In his last four games he has allowed just four goals. 

No. 3. Star: Anton Khudobin, Carolina Hurricanes

Stopped 28 of 28 Washington Capitals shots on goal. It was his first shutout of the season. The Hurricanes now rest a comfortable 10 points clear of Buffalo in the race for the worst record in the NHL.

Honorable Mention: Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog scored a goal and added one assist and teammate Nate Guenin scored a goal and added two assists … Dallas forward Cody Eakin scored two goals and added one assist … Tampa center Steven Stamkos scored two goals … Lightning defenseman Jason Garrison notched two assists … Islanders goaltender Jaroslav Halak beat the Calgary Flames, allowing one score on 27 Flames shots on goal in a 2-1 win. Halak set an Islanders season record with 33 wins  … Islanders forward John Tavares picked up an assist … Calgary’s Karri Ramo allowed one goal on 38 Islanders shots on goal … Bruins forward David Pastrnak scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-2 win over New Jersey … Devils forward Jordin Tootoo scored a goal … Carolina forward Andrej Nestrasil notched two assists  … Hurricanes forward Nathan Gerbe scored a goal … Corey Perry scored the game-winner in Anaheim’s two-goal comeback win over Los Angeles. Perry also had two goals … Ryan Kesler and Emerson Etem also scored for the Ducks … Los Angeles forward Trevor Lewis scored a goal.

Did You Know?: Ryan Spooner became the first Bruins player to score the first goal of his NHL career in overtime since Steve Heinze on March 28, 1992.

Dishonorable Mention: Washington’s Alex Ovechkin was held pointless and was a minus-2. He has one point in his last four games … Devils forward Martin Havlat was a minus-3 … Dallas goaltender Kari Lehtonen allowed four goals to Colorado. He hasn’t allowed fewer than three scores in his last three starts … Chicago fell to 1-1-0 in the post Patrick Kane injury era … Washington forward Nicklas Backstrom was held pointless in his third straight game … Blackhawks goaltender Scott Darling allowed four goals on 29 shots on goal … Los Angeles allowed four unanswered third period goals to lose 4-2 to the Ducks.

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