NHL Three Stars: Carter busts loose; Lundqvist rules Coyotes; Ellis downs Ducks

No. 1 Star: Jeff Carter, Los Angeles Kings

Carter was a big part of the Kings’ offensive outbreak with two goals and two assists in a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks. The four-goal output doubled LA’s previous high  for the 2015-16 season. Also, did Carter call 'bank' on this goal?

No. 2 Star: Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers

King Henrik ruled over the Arizona Coyotes with a sterling performance, stopping 34 of 35 shots on goal. Lundqvist has allowed just five goals in his last three games played. The win broke a three-game winless skid for Lundqvist.

No. 3 Star: Ryan Ellis, Nashville Predators

The Predators defenseman scored a goal and added two assists to bury the Anaheim Ducks. Ellis missed one game after blocking a shot Saturday against the Ottawa Senators. Check out this rip shortly after Nashville’s power play expired. 

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Honorable Mention: Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg scored one goal and added one assist. Fellow Dallas blueliner Johnny Oduya notched his first point with the Stars – a goal … Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr scored a goal in a 3-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks … Chicago forward Patrick Kane scored a goal and added two assists as did teammate Brent Seabrook … Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored a goal in  3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Teammate Jay Beagle scored a goal and added an assist … Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise scored a goal in a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets … Preds forward Colin Wilson scored a goal and added two assists … Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped 27 of 28 shots on goal … New Jersey Devils forward Mike Cammalleri notched three assists in a 5-4 shootout win over the Ottawa Senators … Devils forward Adam Henrique scored a goal and added an assist … Ottawa forward Mika Zibanejad scored a goal and added an assist. Teammate Chris Neil had a ‘Gordie Howe Hat Trick’  … New York Rangers defenseman Keith Yandle fired a goal against his former team … Rangers forward Rick Nash scored a goal – his 700th career point. It was also Nash’s first goal of the season … Kings forward Tyler Toffoli scored a beautiful goal … Los Angeles forward Milan Lucic scored his first goal with the Kings

Did You Know? Ovechkin scored his 81st game-winning goal of his career. Only Jaromir Jagr (129), Jarome Iginla (94) and Patrick Marleau (88) have more amongst active players. Ovechkin is 30, Marleau is 36, Iginla is 38 and Jagr is 43. 

Dishonorable Mention: Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fluery stopped 19 of 23 Stars shots on goal in the loss … Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovksy allowed fewer than four goals for the first time this season. He allowed three goals to the Wild in a 20 save performance … Ducks defenseman Kevin Bieksa was a minus-4 … Anaheim forwards Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf have two points combined in 12 games … Coyotes forward Mikkel Boeddker was a minus-3 … Arizona has lost four straight games .. San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones stopped 25 of 29 shots on goal ... The Blue Jackets are the first NHL team to start a year 0-8-0 since the 1943-44 New York Rangers. 

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