NHL Three Stars: Kane’s four points leads Blackhawks; Palmieri wins it for Devils
No. 1 Star: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
Kane ended Chicago’s 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers tied with Tyler Seguin for the NHL’s scoring lead with 23 points. He had a hand in all four Blackhawks goals, scoring one and assisting on three others. Rookie Artemi Panarin scored twice and added an assist to take over the rookie scoring lead with 15 points.
No. 2 Star: Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins
The Bruins netminder stopped 36 shots for his first win in three starts as Boston edged the New York Islanders 2-1. Goals from Ryan Spooner and Patrice Bergeron were enough to end a three-game skid. Spooner’s opening goal came after some pretty passing while on a 5-on-3:
No. 3 Star: Kyle Palmieri, New Jersey Devils
After blowing a 3-1 second period lead, Palmieri saved the day with 1:37 left in overtime to give the Devils a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks. New Jersey has now won four of five and eight of their last 10 games.
Honorable Mention: Keith Kinkaid made 28 stops for his first win of the year … Devils rookie Sergey Kalinin scored his first NHL goal … Palmieri, Adam Henrique and Lee Stempniak each finished with two points … Boston’s power play scored for the seventh consecutive game … Patrick Sharp scored on the power play, Val Nichushkin put home one at even strength, Tyler Seguin’s goal game via an empty net and Cody Eakin also recorded an ENG, but one of the shorthanded variety as the Dallas Stars downed the Detroit Red Wings 4-1. Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves as the Stars improved to 12-3-0, their best 15-game start since the 1980-81 season, per STATS … According to the NHL, Panarin became the first rookie to score twice in an opening period since Jonathan Toews in Feb. 2008.
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Dishonorable Mention: The Islanders have lost five of six … Will Ales Hemsky receive any discipline for this hit on Jonathan Ericsson? … Vancouver’s power play failed to score on six chances … Adam Larsson was ejected from the game after this hit on Jared McCann:
Jimmy Howard left the game after taking a Jason Spezza knee to the head:
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