NHL Three Stars: Luongo stops Lightning barrage; Habs erase big Canucks deficit
No. 1 Star: Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers
The netminder came up big in a 39 save effort to pick up a 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was Luongo’s first shutout of the season. He hadn’t allowed fewer than two goals since Oct. 27 against the Colorado Avalanche. The victory tied Luongo with Glenn Hall for eighth on the NHL’s all-time wins list.
No. 2 Star: John Tavares, New York Islanders
The Islanders captain scored two goals and added one assist in a 5-2 beating of the Arizona Coyotes. Tavares has six points in his last three games and the Islanders have won three of four.
No. 3 Star: David Backes, St. Louis Blues
The Blues’ captain was solid in a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. He scored two goals, added one assist and played a team-high 23:47 in the win. The outburst broke a four-game scoreless draught for Backes. The Blues had last two straight before the win.
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Honorable Mention: The Montreal Canadiens erased a 3-0 deficit to beat the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3 in OT on a goal by forward David Desharnais. Teammate Tomas Fleischmann tied the game at the 16:52 mark of the third period. Montreal had lost two in a row before the comeback … Anaheim Ducks forward Carl Hagelin scored one goal and added two assists in a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes … Ducks forward Shawn Horcoff scored a goal and added an assist … Hurricanes defenseman Noah Hanifin scored his first goal of his NHL career … Islanders forward Kyle Okposo notched three assists. Teammate Frans Nielsen scored one goal and added one assist … Detroit Red Wings forward Tomas Tatar fired the game-winner in overtime in a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators … Wings defenseman Mike Green notched two assists … Senators forward Bobby Ryan scored his seventh goal of the season … Aaron Ekblad scored the game-winner for the Florida Panthers with 20.2 seconds left in their victory over Tampa … Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko scored one goal and added one assist in their win over Winnipeg. Teammate Kevin Shattenkirk notched two assists.
Did You Know? Hanifin becames the youngest (18 years, 295 days) Hurricanes defensemen to score a goal in the franchise’s history.
Dishonorable Mention: Arizona Coyotes goaltender Anders Lindback allowed four Islanders goals on 31 shots on goal … Islanders forward Mikhail Grabovski exited the team’s game against the Coyotes with an upper body injury. He played just 7:45 … Carolina goaltender Eddie Lack fell to 1-4-0 on the season. He stopped just 16 of 19 Anaheim Ducks shots on goal. He has a 3.37 goal-against average and .861 save percentage … Carolina defenseman Justin Faulk was a minus-4 and teammate Ron Hainsey was a minus-3 … The Canucks have lost six of their last seven games after blowing a 3-0 lead against the Canadiens … The Jets have lost six games in a row.
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