NHL Three Stars: Age and youth served with Panthers; Price hits and saves
No. 1 Star: Jaromir Jagr, Florida Panthers
The 43-year-old ageless wonder scored two goals and added an assist in a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres.. He’s finding excellent chemistry with center Aleksander Barkov – who is less than half Jagr’s age. Jagr has 726 goals and 1,808 points in his career. Check out this feed from Barkov.
No. 2 Star: Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers
The No. 2 overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft scored a goal and added the above assist in Florida’s win. Barkov has five points in four games for the Panthers, who have outscored their opponents 14-5.
No. 3 Star: Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Price made all the saves (25 total) for the Habs in their 3-0 win over the New York Rangers. He also showed a bit of a physical side with a bodycheck of Rangers forward Chris Kreider.
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Honorable Mention: Washington forward T.J. Oshie scored a goal and added an assist – his first two points with the Caps … Washington goaltender Braden Holtby stopped 24 of 25 Chicago Blackhawks shots on goal in a 4-1 win … Islanders captain John Tavares scored a goal and added an assist in a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators. Teammate Anders Lee also scored a goal and added an assist … Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fluery stopped 22 of 22 Ottawa shots on goal to pick up his first shutout of 2015-16, a 2-0 win … Penguins rookie forward Daniel Sprong scored a goal. The victory for the Penguins was their first of the season … Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn scored a goal and added an assist in a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning … Stars teammates Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza each notched a goal and an assist …Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos scored two goals and added an assist … Super sophomore Jonathan Drouin notched two assists … Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg scored a goal and added an assist in the loss at the Islanders … Minnesota forward Jason Pominville notched two assists in a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes … Yotes forward Max Domi continued his strong pace with one goal and one assist. He has six points in his first four NHL games … St. Louis Blues forward Jori Lehtera scored a goal and added an assist as did teammate Alexander Steen in a 4-2 win at Edmonton … Forward Vladimir Tarasenko scored a nice one-timer goal.
Did You Know? The Montreal Canadiens are 5-0-0 for the first time in their illustrious franchise history.
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Dishonorable Mention: Chicago’s Scott Darling stopped just 18 of 22 Washington shots on goal in his second start of the year … The Predators allowed four goals to lose to the Islanders after going up 2-0 … Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop allowed four goals … Edmonton rookie Connor McDavid was a minus-3 in 20:17 of action … Nashville forward Mike Ribeiro was a minus-2 and won just 33 percent of his face offs … Arizona goaltender Mike Smith allowed four goals on 17 shots on goal before getting yanked.
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