NHL Three Stars: Keith assists Chicago’s comeback; Ryan’s first hat trick with Ottawa
No. 1. Star: Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks
The blueliner’s three assists helped Chicago to a come-from-behind 5-4 shootout win against Central Division rival Nashville. Keith had an assist on Bryan Bickell’s game-tying goal in the final minute of regulation. He played 32:56.
No. 2 Star: Bobby Ryan, Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa sniper scored his first hat trick with the Senators and the fourth of his career. Ottawa’s 5-2 victory over Buffalo broke a three game Senators losing skid.
No. 3 Star: Antoine Vermette, Arizona Coyotes
The forward’s two goal and one assist effort helped the Coyotes to their third straight win, a 4-2 victory, over Philadelphia. Initially, it appeared Vermette had a hat trick, but his first goal was given to captain Shane Doan, after review following the game.
Honorable Mention: Washington’s Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal and added an assist in an OT loss to the Islanders … New York defenseman Johnny Boychuk got the OT winner for the Isles … Tampa’s Ryan Callahan and Steven Stamkos each scored a goal and added an assist in a win over Toronto … The Lightning fired 41 shots on goal on the Maple Leafs … Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson notched two assists in 26:25 of action … Carolina’s Jordan Staal picked up an assist in his first game of the season … Montreal’s Carey Price made 28 saves on 29 Carolina shots on goal … New Jersey’s Cory Schneider made 27 save on 28 Pittsburgh shots on goal in a win over the Penguins … Devils forward Travis Zajac scored a goal and added an assist … Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby scored is second goal in 13 games … St. Louis goaltender Martin Brodeur picked up his 125th shutout of his career in a 3-0 blanking of Colorado … Boston’s Loui Eriksson notched two assists in a win over Detroit. Teammate Carl Soderberg scored a goal and added two assists. Bruins center Chris Kelly scored one goal and added one assist. He was a plus-3 … The Wild’s Marco Scandella scored a goal and was a plus-3 … Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen made 28 saves on 30 Rangers shots on goal to break New York’s eight-game winning streak … Nashville’s James Neal scored two goals. Teammate Colin Wilson notched two assists and was a plus-3 … Calgary’s Jiri Hudler picked up two assists in a 2-1 win over Los Angeles … Arizona defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored a goal and was a plus-3 … Coyotes Goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 30 of 32 shots on goal
Did You Know?: Jordin Tootoo was named the third star of New Jersey’s win over Pittsburgh by “attending media.” He played 2:37 and fought Robert Bortuzzo twice. But Jaromir Jagr thought Tootoo should have been the first star according to his quotes in The Bergen Record.
Dishonorable Mention: Buffalo’s Brian Flynn, Nicolas Deslauriers and Josh Gorges were each a minus-3 … Carolina’s Jeff Skinner was a minus-3 … The Red Wings allowed 45 shots on goal to the Bruins, who were without Patrice Bergeron and Milan Lucic … Winnipeg defenseman Adam Pardy was a minus-3 … Philadelphia forwards Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek were each a minus-3. Teammates Nicklas Grossman and Michael Raffl were each a minus-2
