No. 1 Star: Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
Marchand scored a hat trick and added an assist to lead his team to a 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks. With the three goals, Marchand tied Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby for the NHL lead with 35. He also tied Crosby for second in points with 74. The Bruins have won 11 of their last 14 games to move within four points of the Ottawa Senators for second place in the Atlantic Division.
No. 2 Star: Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes
The 22-year-old defenseman fired a hat trick in his team’s 8-4 win over the New York Islanders. Slavin also notched an assist for a four-point night. Before Monday, Slavin had two goals in his previous 65 games on the season. He became the first Carolina defenseman to record a hat trick since Joe Corvo on March 16, 2008.
No. 3 Star: Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning
The rookie scored two goals on his 21st birthday to help Tampa to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers. With the victory, the Lightning have now won four of their last five games and are now one point back of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final Eastern Conference Wild Card spot. The two teams will play each other on March 16.
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Honorable Mention: Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg scored a goal and added an assist in a 5-4 win overtime victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Teammate Ryan Johansen also scored a goal and added an assist. … Nashville forward James Neal scored the game-winner. … Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson and Nashville defenseman Roman Josi each notched two assists. … Winnipeg forward Patrik Laine scored his 33rd goal of the season. … Jets forward Blake Wheeler scored his 21st goal of the year. … Winnipeg forwards Bryan Little and Nikolaj Ehlers each notched two assists. … Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien scored his 11th goal of the season. … Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner and defenseman Justin Faulk each scored two goals. Skinner’s goal was on a penalty shot. … Carolina forwards Jordan Staal and Elias Lindholm along with defenseman Noah Hanifin each notched two assists. … Hurricanes forward Joakim Nordstrom scored a goal. … Islanders forward Josh Ho-Sang scored a goal and added an assist. … Islanders forwards Ryan Strome and Stephen Gionta each picked up one goal. … Islanders defenseman Thomas Hickey notched two assist. … Columbus Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson scored two goals in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. … Columbus defenseman Seth Jones and forward Brandon Saad each notched two assists. … Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski scored a goal and added an assist. … Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov notched two assists in the win over the Rangers. … Tampa goaltender Peter Budaj picked up his first win with the team since the trade deadline deal that sent him to the Lightning from the Los Angeles Kings. Budaj stopped 26 of 28 shots on goal. … Rangers forward Michael Grabner scored his 27th goal of the season. … Calgary Flames forward Kris Versteeg scored the shootout winner in his team’s 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. He also notched two assists. … The win by the flames was their 10th straight and matched a franchise record for victories in a season set by the 1978-79 Atlanta Flames. … Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau scored a gorgeous goal. … Calgary defensemen Dennis Wideman and Deryk Engelland each scored their fourth goals of the season. … Pittsburgh forward Sidney Crosby scored his 35th goal of the season. He also added an assist. … Penguins forward Conor Sheary scored a goal and notched an assist. … Pittsburgh forward Evgeni Malkin scored his 33rd goal of the season. … St. Louis Blues goaltender Jake Allen stopped 38 of 39 shots on goal in a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings. … Blues forward Alexander Steen scored a goal and added an assist. … St. Louis forwards David Perron and Magnus Paajarvi each scored a goal. … Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo notched two assists. … St. Louis forward Patrik Berglund notched an assist. … Kings forward Dustin Brown scored a goal. … Los Angeles defenseman Drew Doughty notched an assist. … Arizona Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith made 22 saves in a 1-0 shutout of the Colorado Avalanche. … Coyotes forward Brendan Perlini scored his team’s only goal. … Arizona forwards Peter Holland and Tobias Rieder each picked up the assists on Perlini’s goal. … Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron notched two assists. … Boston forward David Backes scored a goal and added an assist. … Bruins forward David Krejci scored his 19th goal of the season. … Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara scored his seventh goal of the year. … Canucks forward Markus Granlund scored two goals. … Vancouver forwards Henrik and Daniel Sedin each notched two assists.
Did you know? This is the first season in NHL history to feature 4 teams with win streaks of 10 or more games
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Dishonorable Mention: Rangers goaltender Antti Raanta allowed three goals on 16 shots on goal. … Islanders forward Brock Nelson was a minus-4. … Islanders defenseman Travis Hamonic was a minus-3. … Islanders goaltender J-F Berube allowed four goals on 13 shots on goal. Teammate Thomas Greiss allowed four goals on 20 shots on goal. … Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck allowed five goals on 42 shots on goal. … Vancouver goaltender Ryan Miller also allowed five goals on 42 shots on goal.
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