NHL Three Stars: Kings crush Bruins in Lucic’s return; Habs on a win streak
No. 1 Star: Milan Lucic, Los Angeles Kings
The former Boston Bruins bruiser scored one goal, added an assist and was a plus-2 in return to the place he called home for eight years. The Kings drubbed the Bruins 9-2, firing 57 shots on goal. The last time the Bruins allowed that many shots on goal was March 18, 1965 against the Detroit Red Wings.
No. 2 Star: Ben Scrivens, Montreal Canadiens
The goaltender Stopped 37 of 39 shots on goal to deliver a crucial 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Habs have won three straight games – all victories by Scrivens. During shat stretch, Scrivens has allowed four goals on 98 shots on goal. Montreal is three points out of the final Eastern Conference Wild Card spot.
No. 3 Star: Alex Petrovic, Florida Panthers
The defenseman scored a goal, added an assist and got into three fights with Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane in a 7-4 victory. The win gave Florida points in 10 straight road games against Buffalo, dating back to Oct. 29, 2011. They’re 8-0-2 in hat stretch. The first place Panthers improved to 32-16-6.
Honorable Mention: Calgary Flames defenseman Dougie Hamilton scored one goal and added one assist in a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs … Flames forward Markus Granlund scored a goal and added an assist … Toronto defenseman Jake Gardiner scored a goal … Maple Leafs defenseman Frank Corrado notched two assists … Vancouver Canucks forward Bo Horvat scored one goal and added an assist in a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Teammate Ben Hutton notched two assists … Defenseman Francois Beauchemin scored a goal for Colorado … San Jose Sharks forward Joe Thornton scored a goal and added an assist in a 2-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks … Patrick Marleau scored the game-winner for the Sharks … San Jose goaltender Martin Jones stopped all 33 Chicago shots on goal … New Jersey Devils forward Reid Boucher scored one goal and added an assist in a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Martin Brodeur night in Newark. Teammate Adam Henrique also scored a goal and added an assist … Edmonton’s Connor McDavid notched his seventh point in five games since his return from a fractured clavicle … Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg scored his second overtime goal against the Minnesota Wild this season. He is the first Stars defenseman to score four OT goals in his career. The Stars won 4-3 … Dallas captain Jamie Benn notched two assists as did teammate Tyler Seguin … Wild defenseman Ryan Suter notched an assist in 33:15 of ice-time … Minnesota forward Thomas Vanek notched two assists one game after being benched … Washington Capitals forward Justin Williams scored one goal and added an assist in a 5-3 win at the Nashville Predators. Teammate Tom Wilson also scored a goal and added an assist … Caps forward Marcus Johansson scored a goal and added two assists in his first game since Jan. 27. Johansson had been out with an upper body injury … Nashville defenseman Roman Josi scored a goal … Preds center Ryan Johansen notched an assist … Winnipeg Jets forward Bryan Little scored his 16th goal of the season in a 2-1 shootout win over the St. Louis Blues … Mark Scheifele fired the shootout winner … St. Louis defenseman Colton Parayko scored his first goal since Dec. 19 … Montreal Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec scored two goals and added an assist in a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning … Habs forward Brendan Gallagher scored one goal and added an assist in the win. Teammate P.K. Subban also notched an assist … Tampa forward Valtteri Filppula scored one goal and added an assist. Teammate Victor Hedman scored a goal and added an assist … New York Islanders forward Anders Lee scored a goal in a 3-2 shootout win over the Columbus Blue Jackets … Forward Ryan Strome also scored a goal for the Islanders … Blue Jackets forwards Cam Atkinson and Brandon Dubinsky each scored a goal and added an assist … Columbus goaltender Joonas Korpisalo stopped 44 of 46 shots on goal … Anaheim Ducks forward Rickard Rakell scored two goals in a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers … Ducks forwards Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry each notched two assists in the win … Anaheim goaltender Frederik Andersen stopped 28 of 29 Flyers shots on goal … Wayne Simmonds scored for Philly … Florida Panthers forward Jussi Jokinen scored one goal and added two assists … Panthers forward Reilly Smith scored two goals and added an assists. Teammate Jonathan Huberdeau notched an assist and was a plus-3 and Panthers center Nick Bjugstad notched two assists and was a plus-3 … Florida defenseman Brian Campbell scored one goal, added an assist and was a plus-4 … Nine Los Angeles Kings players scored a goal in their win over the Bruins … Kings forwards Marian Gaborik, Dustin Brown and Jeff Carter each scored a goal and added an assist … Defensemen Drew Doughty and Luke Schenn both scored a goal and added an assist … Los Angeles blueliners Jake Muzzin and Christian Ehrhoff both notched two assists.
Did You Know? Florida’s Roberto Luongo played in his 906th career game, tied with Glenn Hall for sixth all-time amongst goaltenders.
Dishonorable Mention: Toronto goaltender James Reimer stopped 18 of 22 Calgary shots on goal … Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne allowed four goals on 22 shots on goal. He’s won just one of his last four starts … Tampa defenseman Anton Stralman was a minus-3 … Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop allowed four goals on 27 shots on goal … Buffalo Sabres forwards Ryan O’Reilly and Jamie McGinn were each a minus-4 … Buffalo forwards Nicolas Deslauriers and Sam Reinhart were each a minus-3 … Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen was a minus-4. Fellow blueliner Zach Bogosian was a minus-3 … Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask allowed five goals on 32 Kings shots on goal. Backup Jonas Gustavsson allowed four goals on 25 Kings shots on goal … Boston forwards Jimmy Hayes and Ryan Spooner were each minus-3 … Bruins defenseman Torey Krug was a minus-4.
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