NHL Three Stars: Tampa dominates Toronto; Elliott wins in St. Louis return

No. 1 Star: Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning

Stamkos scored two goals and added two assists in a 7-3 drubbing of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Lightning were efficient in their attack, scoring on just 24 shots on goal. The 26-year-old Stamkos is off to a hot start with five goals and four assists in his first six games.

No. 2 Star: Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning

The scoring winger fired one goal and added three assists as his line with Stamkos and Vladislav Namestnikov combined for 10 points on the night. Kucherov hasn’t shown any rust after missing training camp as he waited to sign a new contract. He has seven points on the season to rank second on the Lightning.

No. 3 Star: Brian Elliott, Calgary Flames

Elliott stopped 23 of 24 shots on goal to help the Flames to a big 4-1 road win over his former team, the St. Louis Blues. The Flames acquired Elliott last summer from the Blues and over the last two games he has allowed just three goals. Elliott has a 3.37 goal-against average and .882 save percentage on the season.

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Honorable Mention: Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Andrej Sustr notched two assists in his team’s win over the Maple Leafs … Tampa forward Vladislav Namestnikov scored a goal, added an assist and was a plus-4 … Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin scored a goal … Toronto forward Auston Matthews scored a goal and added an assist. He has 10 points in his first six NHL games … Calgary forward Johnny Gaudreau scored a goal and added an assist in the win over the Blues … Flames forward Sam Bennett scored a goal and added an assist … Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk scored St. Louis’ only goal … Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin scored his first two goals of the season in a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes … Detroit forward Thomas Vanek scored his fourth goal of the season … Wings netminder Petr Mrazek stopped 29 of 31 shots on goal in the victory … The Philadelphia Flyers erased a three-goal deficit to beat the Buffalo Sabres in a shootout, 4-3 … Philly defenseman Mark Streit scored a goal at the 18:09 mark of the third period to tie the game. Forward Brayden Schenn scored at the 17:04 mark to pull the Flyers to within one … Streit ended the evening with a goal and two assists … Sabres forward Matt Moulson scored two goals … New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall scored two goals and added an assist in a 5-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes … Devils forward Travis Zajac scored two goals, including the game-winner that came at the 17:59 mark of the third … New Jersey rookie forward Pavel Zacha notched two assists … Arizona defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored two goals in the loss … Ottawa Senators forward Ryan Dzingel scored two goals in his team’s 3-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks … Senators forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a goal … Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson stopped all 22 Canucks shots on goal in the win … San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski scored a goal and added an assist in a 2-1 overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks … Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored the OT winner for San Jose … Anaheim Ducks forward Chris Wagner scored his second goal of the season … Ducks goaltender John Gibson stopped 24 of 25 shots on goal in the loss. He entered the game after Jonathan Bernier was hurt in the first period … San Jose goaltender Martin Jones stopped 19 of 20 shots on goal … Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin scored his third goal of the season in a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets … Dallas goaltender Antti Niemi stopped 28 of 30 shots on goal … Stars forward Devin Shore notched two assists … Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez scored his second goal of the season in a 3-2 overtime win over the Columbus Blue Jackets … Defenseman Drew Doughty tied the game at the 14:03 mark of the third for LA … Los Angeles forward Tyler Toffoli notched two assists … Columbus forward Brandon Saad scored his first goal of the year … Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno notched an assist – his fifth point in five games tis season … Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter scored a goal and added an assist in his team’s 5-0 win over the Boston Bruins … Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek notched three assists … Minnesota forward Eric Staal notched an assist. He now has five points in seven games this season … Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby scored his first goal of the season after missing the first six games with a concussion. The Penguins won 3-2 … Eric Fehr scored the game-winner for the Penguins at the 9:42 mark of the third period … Carl Hagelin scored his first goal of the season.

Did You Know? Matthews is the first Maple Leafs player to score six goals in eight or fewer games to start a career since Nikolai Borschevsky in 1992.

Dishonorable Mention: Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen allowed seven goals on 24 shots on goal. His goal-against average is 4.29 and his save percentage is .851 … Toronto defenseman Matt Hunwick was a minus-3 … Carolina goaltender Cam Ward remained winless after the loss to Detroit where he stopped 21 of 25 shots on goal. He holds a 4.02 goal-against average and .848 save percentage on the season … Flyers goaltender Michal Neuvirth was pulled after allowing three goals … After winning their season opener at home, the Coyotes have dropped five straight games on the road … The Canucks have lost three straight after starting the year 4-0-0 … Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid was a minus-3 … Boston goaltender Malcolm Subban was pulled after allowing three goals on 16 shots on goal. Fellow netminder Zane McIntyre also struggled allowing two goals on 17 shots on goal.

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