February 9, 2013  

Do enforcers nevertheless play a part in today’s NHL? Yes. They do. Fighting is a essential evil in hockey. Tomas Tatar had a hat trick to lead the Red Wings to a 4-1 win against the Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena. Justin Abdelkader also scored, Brad Richards had 3 assists, while Jakub Kindl and Niklas Kronwall had two assists each and every. Petr Mrazek created saves on all 16 shots he faced prior to being relieved by Jared Coreau, who produced 15 saves. Andrew Shaw scored a energy-play aim for the Blackhawks at 14:29 of the second period. Corey Crawford allowed one particular aim on eight shots Michael Leighton produced 14 saves. Chicago was 1-for-six on the energy play Detroit was 1-for-four The Blackhawks scored three objectives against Carey Price tag in a five:07 span of the initial period and defeated the Canadiens 5-1 at Bell Centre. Ryan Garbutt, Garret Ross and Kyle Baun scored to give Chicago a 3- lead 13:48 into the first period. Zack Kassian scored for Montreal 25 secondsinto the second period prior to Baun scored in the second and Jan Hejda into an empty net in the third for Chicago. Price tag created 26 saves playing the entire game. Chicago goalie Scott Darling produced 22 saves. Baun also had an help, and Trevor Daley and Andrew Desjardins every had two assists for the Blackhawks. Jiri Sekac scored twice and Mike Santorelli had two assists for the Ducks. Julius Nattinen and Chris Wagner also scored. Ducks goalie John Gibson played the complete game and created 26 saves. Semyon Varlamov began for the Avalanche and permitted two objectives on 17 shots. Roman Will created nine saves. Colorado was 1-for-five on the energy play Anaheim was -for-three. Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle, Mikael Granlund and Matt Dumba scored in the 1st period to lead the Wild to an eight-1 win against the Jets at Xcel Energy Center. Mikko Koivu and Zach Parise scored in the second period for Minnesota and Dumba scored once more at 14:01 for his second goal of thegame. Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin scored in the third period. Devan Dubnyk produced 18 saves. Mathieu Perreault scored for Winnipeg. Jets goalie Michael Hutchinson allowed six goals on 18 shots. Connor Hellebuyck created 10 saves. In the first three-on-three overtime, Mike Matheson scored at 2:05 to help the Panthers rally past the Predators 3-two in the second game of their doubleheader at Bridgestone Arena. Aleksander Barkov and Shane Harper scored for Florida, which trailed two- less than 4 minutes into the game. Al Montoya made 18 saves for the Panthers ahead of becoming relieved by Sam Brittain, who denied all nine shots he faced. Nashville held an early 2- lead after objectives from Taylor Aronson and Mike Fisher. Pekka Rinne began in purpose and made 11 saves Juuse Saros allowed two goals on 14 shots. Each and every group was -for-three on the power play. Craig Smith scored twice, and Colin Wilson, Roman Josi and Mike Ribeiro every single had two assists in the Predators’ 5-2win against the Lightning at Bridgestone Arena. James Neal, Shea Weber and Colton Sissons had targets for Nashville. Pekka Rinne played the complete game and made 30 saves. Vladislav Namestnikov and J.T. Brown scored for the Lightning. Adam Wilcox allowed four goals on 21 shots Allen York created eight saves. Nashville was 2-for-7 on the energy play Tampa Bay was 1-for-four.