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Monahan scored his team leading 26th goal and added three assists in a 4-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche. With the victory, the Flames now have 90 points – one back of the Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks for one of the top three spots in the Pacific Division. Monahan has 10 points in his last five games.*
No. 2 Star: Alexander Steen, St. Louis Blues
Steen notched a career-high four assists to help St. Louis to a 4-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes. The Blues have gone 10-1-1 in their last 12 games and now have 88 points – 11 ahead of the Los Angeles Kings for the Western Conference’s final Wild Card spot. The victory was also the Blues’ 10th straight over the Coyotes.
No. 3 Star:*Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
Hedman notched three assists in a big 5-4 overtime comeback win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Midway through the second period, the Lightning were down 4-1 before scoring four unanswered goals. With the victory, Tampa has 83 points, one behind the Boston Bruins for the final Eastern Conference Wild Card spot.*
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Honorable Mention: Nashville Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson scored his 29th goal of the season in a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders. … Predators forward Ryan Johansen scored his 13th goal of the season. … Nashville forward Filip Forsberg picked up an assist on Arvidsson’s goal. … Predators goaltender Juuse Saros stopped 24 of 25 shots on goal. … New York forward Josh Bailey scored his team’s only goal. … Blues forward Jaden Schwartz scored two goals and added an assist. … St. Louis forward Vladimir Tarasenko scored a goal and notched two assists. … Blues goaltender Jake Allen stopped 21 of 22 shots on goal. … Coyotes defenseman Anthony DeAngelo scored his team’s only goal. … Lightning forward Yanni Gourde scored the overtime winner in his team’s victory. … Tampa forward Nikita Kucherov notched two assists. … Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin scored two goals. … Chicago forwards Patrick Kane, Artemi Panarin and Richard Panik each scored one goal. … Buffalo Sabres forwards Jack Eichel and Matt Moulson each notched two assists in a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers. … Sabres forwards Marcus Foligno, Ryan O’Reilly and Brian Gionta each scored one goal. Monday was Gionta’s 1,000th game and his goal proved to be the game-winner. … Florida forward Jonathan Huberdeau scored a goal and added an assist. … Panthers forward Jonathan Marchessault scored his 29th goal of the season. … Detroit Red Wings forward Andreas Athanasiou scored the game-winner and added an assist in a 4-3 overtime victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. … Detroit forward Anthony Mantha scored two goals. … Red Wings forward Gustav Nyquist notched two assists. … Detroit forward Tomas Tatar scored a goal. … Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk scored two goals including a last-minute tally to send the game into overtime. … Carolina forward Jeff Skinner scored a goal. … Calgary forwards Johnny Gaudreau and Micheal Ferland each scored a goal and added an assist. … Flames forward Troy Brouwer scored a goal. … Calgary goaltender Brian Elliott stopped 24 of 26 shots on goal. … Avalanche forward Sven Andrighetto scored two goals.
Did you know?*The Sabres are now 8-1-1 in their last nine games against Atlantic Division opponents. It is the team’s best 10-game stretch against divisional opponents since the 2010-11 season.
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Dishonorable Mention: Coyotes forwards Lawson Crouse and Jamie McGinn were each a minus-3. … Arizona goaltender Mike Smith stopped 24 of 28 shots on goal. … Blackhawks goaltender Scott Darling allowed five goals on 30 shots on goal. … Panthers goaltender James Reimer allowed four goals on 22 shots on goal.
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