NHL Three Stars: Wild blank Blues; Ducks spoil Winnipeg’s whiteout party
No. 1 Stars: Zach Parise/Jason Pominville/Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Wild
The Wild went up 2-1 in their series versus the St. Louis Blues with a big 3-0 shutout Monday night. The Parise/Pominville/Granlund line combined for both Minnesota goals in the second period, which were scored in a span of 2:05. Devan Dubnyk earned his first career playoff shutout with 17 saves.
No. 2 Star: Jakob Silfverberg, Anaheim Ducks
The Ducks spoiled the first Stanley Cup playoff game in Winnipeg since 1996 with a 5-4 overtime victory. Silfverberg scored a goal and assisted on two others, while Andrew Cogliano had a trio of assists. Francois Beauchemin recorded two helpers, with his second coming on Rickard Rakell’s overtime winner:
No. 3 Star: Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
King Henrik made 23 saves, including 12 in the final period as the Rangers edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 to take a 2-1 lead in their series. Carl Hagelin opened the scoring in the first and Chris Kreider doubled New York’s lead in the second:
Honorable Mention: Lee Stempniak’s tally midway through the first period was the first Stanley Cup playoff goal scored in Winnipeg since 1996 … Dubnyk, Ilya Bryzgalov and Darcy Kuemper are the only goaltenders to post a playoff shutout in the history of the Wild … Kreider now has five career post-season game-winning goals.
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Dishonorable Mention: Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were held to a combined two shots … Pittsburgh has been outscored 4-0 in first periods through three games … St. Louis has lost nine consecutive playoff road games … Dustin Byfuglien, what are you doing?
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