No. 1 Star: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals
The* young center scored two goals and added an assist in a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Kuznetsov is now tied for the team lead with 41 points. The NHL leading Caps have lost twice in their last 16 games played. Before the game, the team honored captain Alexander Ovechkin for scoring his 500th goal last weekend.

No. 2 Star: Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks
Crawford stopped 39 of 40 Montreal Canadiens shots on goal to help his team to a 2-1 win. Chicago has won nine straight games, their longest stretch since 2013 when the team posted 11 straight wins. The win was the 783rd of coach Joel Quenneville’s NHL career. He ranks second on the league’s all-time wins list.
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No. 3 Star: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Datsyuk spearheaded Detroit’s comeback in a 3-2 overtime win over the Arizona Coyotes. The forward scored one goal and added two assists to help his team keep pace in the Atlantic Division. Detroit is in second place in the Atlantic with 53 points. The 37-year-old Datsyuk has 21 points in 29 games this year.
Honorable Mention: Danny DeKeyser scored the game-winner for Detroit … Shane Doan and Oliver Ekman-Larsson each scored one goal for the Coyotes … Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Duchene fired a goal in a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils … Avs goaltender Calvin Pickard notched a shutout with 27 saves … Nashville Predators rookie Kevin Fiala scored his first goal of his career in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets … Blake Wheeler scored the OT winner for the Jets … Winnipeg captain Andrew Ladd notched three assists and Dustin Byfuglien scored two goals … Ryan Johansen scored one goal and added two assists for the Preds … Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner notched his 17th goal of the year in a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. The win was Carolina’s fourth in a row … Chicago center Jonathan Toews scored one goal and won 61 percent of his faceoffs in 19:39 of action in a 2-1 win at the Montreal Canadiens … P.K. Subban notched an assist for the Habs … Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby continued his torrid pace with 29 saves on 30 shots on goal. Holtby hasn’t lost in regulation since last Nov. 10 … Washington defenseman Karl Alzner scored one goal and was a plus-3 … New York Islanders defenseman Nick Leddy fired the game-winner in a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers … Islanders forward Kyle Okposo scored one goal and added an assist. Isles goaltender Jaroslav Halak stopped 34 of 35 Rangers shots on goal *… San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones stopped 24 of 25 shots on goal in a 2-1 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers ... The game was the first for Edmonton coach Todd McLellan at SAP Center since he left San Jose as Sharks head coach last offseason ...*Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored for the Sharks and Joe Thornton picked up an assist ... Edmonton's Nail Yakupov scored a goal in his first game since late November. Yakupov had been out with an ankle sprain.*
Did You Know?*Wheeler has seven points in his last five home games against the Predators.

Dishonorable Mention: New Jersey forwards Travis Zajac and Kyle Palmieri were each a minus-3 … Predators forward Filip Forsberg was a minus-3 … Nashville’s Pekka Rinne has allowed 15 goals in his last four games played … Blues center David Backes was a minus-3 … St. Louis goaltender Brian Elliott was pulled after allowing three goals on 24 shots on goal … Vancouver defenseman Matt Bartkowski was a minus-4
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