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NHL Three Stars: Eberle, Vrbata record four-point nights

Sean Leahy
·Contributing writer
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No. 1 Star: Jordan Eberle, Edmonton Oilers

The Oilers chased Chad Johnson after six minutes with three goals en route to a 7-3 win over the Calgary Flames. Eberle had a big night, scoring twice and assisting on two others. Laurent Brossoit stood tall in goal making 38 saves to earn his first career NHL win.

No. 2 Star: Radim Vrbata, Arizona Coyotes

Vrbata tied a career best with a goal and three assists and Martin Hanzal and Tobias Rieder each chipped in three points as the Coyotes downed the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3. Mike Smith stopped 44 saves, the seventh time this season he’s had to make at least 40 saves.

No. 3 Star: Scott Hartnell, Columbus Blue Jackets

Hartnell scored twice during a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. His second was the most important goal of the game when it came 10:25 into the third period and broke the 2-2 deadlock for good.

Honorable Mention: Blue Jackets rookie Markus Hannikainen and Coyotes freshman Christian Fischer scored their first NHL goals … Zach Bogosian fired home the overtime winner 1:48 into the extra period moments after Robin Lehner made a great glove save to help the Buffalo Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 … Anders Lee scored twice on the power play and J.F. Berube stopped 34 shots for his first win of the season as the New York Islanders doubled up the Los Angeles Kings 4-2. Lee now has 16 goals in his last 26 games. The Islanders have now won three straight and their first two games under interim head coach Doug Weight … Mike Hoffman’s goal with 1:11 left in regulation forced overtime and then Tom Pyatt’s goal in the fourth round of the shootout gave the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mike Condon made 31 saves for his fifth win in six starts … David Schlemko was the hero 1:18 into overtime as the San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2.

Two power play goals from Bryan Little and 34 saves from Ondrej Pavelec helped the Winnipeg Jets get by the St. Louis Blues 5-3. Six other Jets had two points as Winnipeg has now won two games to start their four-game homestand. Pavelec, meanwhile, broke his own franchise record with 25 saves in the second period … Keith Kinkaid made 35 saves and Miles Wood scored twice as the New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1. New Jersey has won four of their last five. Wood missed out on a Gordie Howe Hat Trick by an assist after a first period fight with Wayne Simmonds … Erik Haula, Ryan Suter and Jason Zucker scored 1:59 apart late in the third period to power the Minnesota Wild past the Anaheim Ducks 5-3 on “Hockey Day in Minnesota”. Haula and Zucker each scored twice and Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves.

Nineteen seconds of overtime was all Jay Beagle needed to help the Washington Capitals beat the Dallas Stars 4-3. Alex Ovechkin scored his 204th career power play goal and Matt Niskanen assisted on three of Washington’s four tallies as the team extended its point streak to 13 games.

Afterward, the good times of the Capitals’ dad trip continued.

This was some nice robbery of Tyler Seguin by Philipp Grubauer:

Did You Know?

Dishonorable Mention: Pheonix Copley’s first NHL start did not good well as he allowed five goals on 29 shots … Ben Bishop was pulled after allowing five goals on 17 shots … The Flyers have now lost 12 of their last 15 games … Hip checks are now minor penalties:

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