NHL Three Stars: Fleury stifles Caps; Rinne and Preds get defensive
No. 1 Star: Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins netminder withstood a barrage of shots by the Washington Capitals and kept his team in the game long enough for them to strike in a 3-1 win. Fleury stopped 33 of 34 Capitals shots on goal.
No. 2 Star: Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators
Stopped 20 of 21 San Jose Sharks shots on goal to open a four-game roadtrip with a win. The victory moved Rinne to 6-1-1 on the season and pushed the Predators to 4-0-1 in their last five games. The Predators have allowed just four goals in the last three games. The Nashville netminder has a 1.74 goal-against average and .934 save percentage on the season.
No. 3 Star: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators
The defenseman notched an assist, was a plus-3 and played a whopping 30:28 in the Senators’ 5-4 shootout win over the Calgary Flames. The victory was Ottawa’s first at home this season. Karlsson has nine points in nine games this season – all assists.
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Honorable Mention: Pittsburgh forward Phil Kessel scored a goal in the Pens’ win over the Caps … Penguins forward Nick Bonino scored a goal and added an assist … Washington forward Evgeny Kuznetsov scored a goal for his 10th point in his last four games … Senators goaltender Craig Anderson stopped 34 of 38 Flames shots on goal in a 5-4 shootout win … Ottawa forward Kyle Turris scored a goal and added an assist … Senators defenseman Mark Methot notched an assist and was a plus-3 … Flames forward Sam Bennett scored a goal and added an assist … Calgary forward Jiri Hudler notched two assists and blueliner Dougie Hamilton scored his second goal with the team … Predators forward Eric Nystrom scored a goal in the team’s win over San Jose … Calle Jarnkrok fired the game-winner for Nashville … Joe Pavelski scored San Jose’s goal.
Did You Know? Bennett’s score was his first regular season tally of his career. He scored three in the playoffs last year.
Dishonorable Mention: Before his injury, Jonas Hiller wasn’t having a great game for Calgary, stopping just 14 of 18 Senators shots on goal … Pittsburgh’s league-worst power play failed to score on a 5-on-3 and finished their game 0-for-3. They’re connecting at a 6.5 percent clip … After winning their first four games, the San Jose Sharks have won once in their last five.
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