NHL Three Stars: Luongo blanks Blackhawks; Larkin fires winner over Sabres
No. 1 Star: Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers
Stopped all 27 shots on goal to best the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0. The shutout was Luongo’s 72nd of his NHL career. He moved ahead of Lorne Chabot and Harry Lumley for 11th in NHL history. With 421 career wins, Luongo is two from tying Tony Esposito for seventh in NHL history. It was the first shutout by the Panthers against the Blackhawks since 1998.
No. 2 Star: Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit rookie scored one goal, added an assist and chipped a tooth in a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Larkin now has 15 goals and 17 assists in 46 games played this season. Larkin leads all rookies with five game-winning goals this season. He’s second in rookie scoring.
No. 3 Star: Petr Mrazek, Detroit Red Wings
Mrazek improved to 17-9-4 by stopping all 19 Buffalo Sabres shots on goal in the victory. The shutout was Mrazek’s third of the season. He has a 2.32 goal-against average and .932 save percentage.
Honorable Mention: Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov stopped 33 of 34 shots on goal in a 2-1 shootout win over the St. Louis Blues … Nathan MacKinnon scored a goal for Colorado … Alexander Steen scored the Blues’ lone goal … St. Louis goaltender Brian Elliott stopped 40 of 41 Avs shots on goal … Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad scored one goal and played 20:32 in his first game since suffering a concussion on Jan. 10 … Brian Campbell also scored goal for the Panthers … New York Islanders center John Tavares scored one goal and added an assist in a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators … Islanders goaltender Jaroslav Halak stopped 28 of 30 shots on goal … Islanders defenseman Travis Hamonic scored one goal and added an assist as did teammate Kyle Okposo … New York Rangers forward J.T. Miller scored two goals in a 4-1 win at the Carolina Hurricanes … Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 of 31 shots on goal … Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein was a plus-3 … Henrik Zetterberg and Luke Glendening each scored for the Red Wings. Glendening also added an assist.
Did You Know? The Ottawa Senators are 1-for-24 on the power play in their last eight home games.
Dishonorable Mention: Blackhawks goaltender Scott Darling gave up four goals on 32 shots on goal … Ottawa defenseman Cody Ceci was a minus-3 … Carolina’s Eddie lack fell to 7-9-3, allowing four goals on 28 Rangers shots on goal … Buffalo defenseman Rasumus Ristolainen was a minus-3.
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