NHL Three Stars: Hartnell tricks Ducks; Dubnyk wins again for Wild

No. 1 Star: Scott Hartnell, Columbus Blue Jackets 

Hartnell tallied his eighth career NHL hat trick as the Blue Jackets dispatched the Anaheim Ducks 5-3. Hartnell’s goals came at even strength, on the power play and finally, into an empty net to give the Blue Jackets their fourth win in a row.

No. 2 Star: Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild

In his 32nd consecutive start, Dubnyk made 37 saves in regulation and overtime and another two in the shootout as the Wild edged the New York Islanders 2-1. The win was Minnesota’s 10th straight away from Xcel Energy Center. Zach Parise tied the game in the second period with his 29th of the season and scored his 39th career shootout goal to earn the bonus point.

No. 3 Star: Mark Arcobello, Arizona Coyotes

David Moss scored twice and Mike Smith made 33 saves as the Arizona Coyotes beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4. Arcobello was the hero, potting his second goal of the night 3:08 into overtime. The win snapped an eight-game losing streak and gave the Coyotes their first non-shootout victory since Feb. 3.

Honorable Mention: Alex Steen’s goal 35 seconds into overtime completed a St. Louis Blues comeback for a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Former Penguins Robert Bortuzzo and Marcel Goc scored second period goals 2:32 apart as St. Louis fought back from a 2-0 deficit. Another ex-Penguin, Zbynek Michalek, assisted on Steen’s winner as the Blues snapped a three-game losing streak:

Jonathan Quick made 34 saves and Marian Gaborik broke a 1-1 deadlock in the second period as the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 4-2. Anze Kopitar recorded a pair of assists and now has seven points in four games. The playoff hungry Kings have now taken 16 points out of a possible 22 in their last 11 games … One of Sergei Bobrovsky’s 36 stops was this lovely save:

After allowing the Florida Panthers to score three times in a span of 1:58 in the second period, the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied in the third period with two of their own for a 4-3 victory. Tampa has now won four in a row and eight of their last 10. The Lightning also improved to 18-3-3 against Atlantic Division opponents … A three-goal second period helped power the Vancouver Canucks over the Winnipeg Jets 5-2. Radim Vrbata had a pair of goals and an assist, while the Sedins combined for five points. Eddie Lack made 25 saves for his sixth win in eight starts.   ... Filip Forsberg’s power play goal 1:54 into overtime gave the Nashville Predators a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Pekka Rinne stopped 37 shots for his 39th win of the season. Mattias Ekholm opened the scoring with this pretty goal from his knees in the first period:

Then Forsberg, who drew the tripping penalty in OT on P.K. Subban, put home the winner later in the game:

The Habs, meanwhile, became the first NHL team to reach 100 points this season. And Carey Price was Carey Price with this nice skate save to rob rookie Kevin Fiala of his first NHL goal:

Andrew Cogliano scored this nifty goal during Anaheim’s loss to Columbus:

Did You Know? Via the AP: “It was the first hat trick by a Blue Jackets player since Cam Atkinson had three goals at Colorado on April 5, 2012. It had been three years and one day since the last Columbus player - R.J. Umberger - did it at home against Carolina.”

Dishonorable Mention: The loss was the first time in 10 appearances that Cam Talbot had allowed more than two goals … Detroit has now lost seven of their last 10 games … Christian Ehrhoff exited the game after this hit by Vladimir Tarasenko early in the first period:

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