No. 1 Star: Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
No Sidney Crosby and no Evgeni Malkin, but another Penguin
voted into the NHL All-Star Game came through when they needed him. Fleury
stopped 29 shots and Craig Adams had the lone goal in the Pens’ 1-0 win
against the New York Islanders. It was Fleury’s second whitewash of the season.
No. 2 Star: Taylor
Hall, Edmonton Oilers
The rookie tied the game with the Phoenix Coyotes with a
power-play goal in the third period — the Oilers’ second in their last 54
chances. Later, after the teams traded goals, Hall’s pass set up Dustin Penner
in the slot for the game-winner with 22 seconds left in regulation. Edmonton topped the
Coyotes, 4-3, to end a 5-game losing streak. The game-winner:
No. 3 Star: Dwayne
Roloson, Tampa Bay Lightning
The Bolts keeper made 26 saves for his third shutout in 10
games, as the Lightning blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs., 2-0.
Simon Gagne and Teddy Purcell scored during a 17-shot barrage in the first
period against the Leafs, who have lost three in a row.
Honorable mention: Mike Weaver’s
second of the season (41 games apart) at 11:41 of the third period gave the Florida
Panthers and Tomas Vokoun (32 saves) a 4-3 victory
over the New York Rangers. Rostislav Olesz had a goal and an assist;
Keaton Ellerby scored his first NHL goal for the Panthers. … Chris Pronger had
four assists while Danny Briere scored his 26th and Jeff Carter scored his 23rd of the season, as the
Philadelphia Flyers rolled the Montreal Canadiens, 5-2, in Philly. Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves. … Niklas Backstrom made 31 saves while Pierre-Marc
Bouchard and Chuck Kobasew had a goal and an assist in the Minnesota Wild’s 4-2 win over the
Chicago Blackhawks. Patrick Sharp had his 26th goal in defeat. … More Jonas Hiller magic: His 35 saves
and Teemu Selanne’s goal and an assist led Anaheim to a 3-2 win over the
Columbus Blue Jackets. Jason Blake had the game-winner in the third. … Finally,
check out the Paul Coffey act from Shaonne Morrison last night for the Buffalo
Sabres in overtime, rushing to the net and surprising the Ottawa Senators with
the game-winner, his first goal as a Sabre and in 60 games. Buffalo won, 3-2,
as Paul Byron had his first NHL goal.
Did you know? Pronger last had four assists Dec. 31, 2005, for Edmonton at
Calgary. (AP)
Dishonorable mention:
A couple of refereeing blunders around the crease. In Ottawa, Nick Foligno
collided with Ryan Miller as Sergei Gonchar scored on the power play. Said
Miller: "They said the puck was in before I was interfered with. … I obviously
strongly disagree with that version of what happened on the ice, and I let them
know that." … In Chicago, Jonathan Toews had a goal kept off the board in the
third period after the
officials ruled the play was whistled dead. … Brent Seabrook was a minus-3
for Chicago. … Anaheim scored two power play goals early on a Derek Dorsett
boarding call on Corey Perry (no video of the hit yet). Said
Dorsett after the game to Puck-Rakers:
"Perry’s a 215-, 220-pound guy. He plays a physical game,
a power-forward game," Dorsett said. "I think he went down pretty
easy. Maybe I should have let up. I haven’t seen the replay. Perry went down
the tunnel for 20-30 seconds, and he was back on the power play. He played
about a minute and a half on that power play, so how hurt was he?"
Said Perry, on a potential suspension for Dorsett: "I
didn’t turn or anything. … I had no idea he was coming. We’ll see what
happens."
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