No. 1 Star: Darren Helm, Detroit Red Wings
Helm earned a goal and an assist in the Red Wings shoot-out win over Chicago. Helm scored the go-ahead goal for Detroit with 2:06 remaining in the game; however the most impressive play from Helm came on the game's opening goal by Tomas Tatar. Check out Helm with the no look pass:


No. 2 Star: Andrew Hammond, Ottawa Senators
Who? Exactly. Hammond, starting for the injured Robin Lehner, earned his first ever NHL win with a 44 save performance against the Montreal Canadiens.
No. 3 Star: Ben Scrivens, Edmonton Oilers
Scrivens was activated off the IR and got the start against a struggling Boston team. In regulation and overtime, Scrivens made 41 saves. He put in additional work in the shoot-out stopping all 12 of the Bruins attempts.
Honorable Mention: Despite leaving the ice before the end of the second period after blocking a shot, P.K. Subban still managed to play 30:45. Congrats to Montreal's Nathan Beaulieu for scoring his first NHL goal. Bobby Ryan played in his 500th NHL game on Wednesday. Ottawa's Mark Stone earned a 3-point night with a goal and 2 assists in the Senators 4-2 win over Montreal; Erik Karlsson had 2 assists in his team high 26:59 TOI, including this beauty of a pass to Jean-Gabriel Pageau:


... After Detroit went ahead by a goal at the end of the third, Chicago's Kris Versteeg forced overtime scoring the tying goal 43-seconds later. Jimmy Howard made 34 saves in his first win since returning from a groin injury on February 11th; he can thank Tatar for icing the game in the shoot-out:


... Minnesota's Devan Dubnyk continues to save Mike Yeo's job earning another win for the Wild. Minny went up 2-0 before Calgary completed a comeback midway through the third. It wouldn't be enough as Mikko Koivu scored the game winning goal 1:50 into overtime ... Los Angeles appears to have shaken off whatever was ailing them earlier in the season. The Kings beat the Avalanche 4-1 for their sixth-straight win. Drew Doughty, Jeff Carter, and a mono-less Tyler Toffoli all recorded 2-point nights. Jonathan Quick made 43 saves, including this incredible one on Alex Tanguay:


... Edmonton went up by 2 goals twice against Boston; however, the Bruins managed to tie the game at 3-3 in the second period, and hold on to that tie through the end of regulation and overtime. For those of you who had 12 rounds of goal-less shoot-out hockey and Martin Marincin netting the only score in the pool, you win. Marincin's shoot-out winner snaps a 13-game losing streak by Edmonton:

... Anaheim went up 1-0 early in the first period on a goal by Patrick Maroon. That's all she wrote the for the Ducks as Tampa Bay scored 4 straight goals in the second period to ice the game. Of the goal scorers, Nikita Kucherov and Tyler Johnson each picked up their 22nd goal of the season. Steven Stamkos potted the fourth goal of the game, his 31st of the year. Anaheim recorded 26 hits in the game, 9 came from Maroon and 5 from Devante Smith-Pelley.

Did You Know?
Bruins/Oilers was the second longest shootout (23 attempts) before the first goal was scored. Flyers/Rangers once went 26
— John Buccigross (@Buccigross) February 19, 2015
Dishonorable Mention: Montreal lost defenseman Alexei Emelin 20 seconds into the game to an injury; Jared Tinordi was announced as a call up soon after the game ended ... Jared Spurgeon played only 1:26 before sustaining an upper-body injury; the Wild did not have an update on his status following the game ... Trade rumor target and Oilers defenseman Jeff Petry did not return to the game after taking a shot to the chest and sustaining a rib injury in the second period ... The Ducks really suck right now. In their last 11 games, they're 4-6-1. Hampus Lindholm did not play for Anaheim for unspecified reasons, leaving the defense short on talent. Here is a visual representation of just how badly things are going for the Ducks right now. Nikita Kucherov should not have scored this goal:


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