NHL Three Stars: Hoffman and Karlsson outpace streaking Kane
No. 1 Star: Mike Hoffman, Ottawa Senators
The young forward showed off his scoring touch in a 4-3 overtime win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Hoffman netted his 12th and 13th scores of the season, and also added an assist. He fired the game winner to help Ottawa break a two-game losing skid.
No. 2 Star: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators
The defenseman continued his superb offensive play, notching three assists in the win over the Blackhawks. Karlsson has been an offensive dynamo this year, leading defensemen with 29 points in 25 games played.
No. 3 Star: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
Kane built on his torrid start to the season by extending his point streak to 21 games. He scored one goal and added two assists against the Senators. The 21-game stretch equaled Bobby Hull for the most consecutive games with a point by a Chicago Blackhawks player in the regular season.
Honorable Mention: Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 28 of 28 Toronto Maple Leafs shots on goal in a 1-0 win. Defenseman Matt Dumba scored the Wild’s only goal … Florida Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau scored one goal in a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators … Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo stopped 32 of 33 Nashville shots on goal … Defenseman Roman Josi fired Nashville’s only goal … Detroit Red Wings rookie Dylan Larkin notched an assist and was a plus-3 in a 5-1 drubbing of the Arizona Coyotes … Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk notched two assists and won 71 percent of his face offs in 21:36 of action … Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan scored one goal and added two assists … Chicago rookie Artemi Panarin scored one goal and added two assists. Linemate Artem Anisimov scored one goal and added an assist … Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie scored two goals in a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens … Caps captain Alex Ovechkin notched his 11th assist of the season … New Jersey Devils forward Mike Cammalleri scored two goals and added one assist in a 5-1 drubbing of the Carolina Hurricanes … Devils defenseman John Moore notched two assists and was a plus-2 … Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 of 25 New York Rangers shots on goal in a 2-1 win. Avs forward Matt Duchene scored a goal and defenseman Tyson Barrie notched an assist. Barrie was a plus-2 … Dallas Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski notched two assists in a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks … Patrick Sharp showed nice wheels on the game-winning goal over Vancouver.
Did You Know? Dubnyk has nine shutouts in 61 games played with the Wild. He had nine shutouts in his previous 192 games.
Dishonorable Mention: Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith was yanked after allowing three goals on 16 shots on goal … The Coyotes have been outscored 10-3 in the first two games of their road trip … Canadiens goaltender Mike Condon allowed three goals on 19 shots on goal … Hurricanes goaltender Eddie Lack fell to 1-5-1 after allowing five Devils goals on 27 shots on goal. Lack has a 3.54 goal-against average and .865 save percentage on the year … Carolina defenseman Brett Pesce was a minus-3 … The Rangers fell to 1-4-1 in their last six games … Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller lost his third straight game. He’s allowed seven goals his last two contests.
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