NHL Three Stars: Blackhawks down Flyers; Habs blank Penguins

No. 1 Star: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks

The 2015-16 Hart Trophy winner had his first big point-producing game of the new season with one goal and three assists in a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. With the score tied 4-4, Kane assisted on Chicago’s last three goals to help his team to the victory. The Blackhawks are now 2-2-0 on the season.

No. 2 Star: Al Montoya, Montreal Canadiens

Montreal’s backup goaltender kept the Pittsburgh Penguins off the scoresheet with a 36-save performance in a 4-0 win. Carey Price has been out with an illness so Montoya has played all Montreal’s games. He has allowed just four goals in that stretch and gone 2-0-1.

No. 3 Star: Artem Anisimov, Chicago Blackhawks

Anisimov scored the game-winner in his team’s victory over the Flyers. He also scored another goal and notched two assists. The center came into the game with just one assist in his prior three contests. His line with Kane and Artemi Panarin had 11 points total.

Honorable Mention: Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal of the season and added an assist in his team’s 3-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Teammate T.J. Oshie scored two goals … Capitals goaltender Philipp Grubauer stopped 18 of 18 shots on goal to pick up a shutout … New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall scored his first goal with his new team and added another in a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks … Devils forwards Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac each picked up assists in their win over the Ducks … Anaheim defenseman Sami Vatanen scored his team’s only goal … Joe Pavelski’s goal at the 17:49 mark of the third period gave the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 win at the New York Islanders … San Jose forward Joe Thornton notched two assists and linemate Tomas Hertl scored a goal … Melker Karlsson also scored for the Sharks … Islanders forward Anders Lee scored his first goal of the season … Canadiens forward David Desharnais scored two goals … Habs forward Alexander Radulov scored his first NHL regular season goal since 2012 … Montreal captain Max Pacioretty scored a goal and added an assist … Montreal defenseman Jeff Petry notched two assists and was a plus-3 … Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos blasted the game-tying goal with 5.5 seconds left in regulation in his team’s 4-3 shootout win over the Florida Panthers … Brayden Point scored the shootout winner for the Lightning. Teammates Ondrej Palat and Alex Killorn both scored goals … Florida forwards Vincent Trocheck and Colton Sceviour each scored their second goals of the season … Defenseman Michael Matheson also scored a goal for Florida … Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson scored a goal, added an assist and was a plus-3 in his team’s 7-4 win over the Arizona Coyotes … Senators forward Mike Hoffman notched three assists. Forwards Kyle Turris, Mark Stone, Tom Pyatt and Chris Kelly each scored a goal and added an assist for the Sens … Jason Spezza fired the game-winner at the 9:15 mark of the third period in the Dallas Stars’ 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators … Dallas forward Adam Cracknell scored a goal … Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen stopped 27 of 28 shots on goal … Nashville captain Mike Fisher picked up his second goal of the season … Minnesota Wild forward Jason Pominville scored a goal and added an assist in his team’s 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Teammate Erik Haula also scored a goal and added an assist … Minnesota defenseman Ryan Suter notched two assists … Kings forward Tanner Pearson scored two goals … Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook notched three assists … Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa scored his 500th NHL goal … Philadelphia forward Claude Giroux notched three assists. Teammate Jakub Voracek notched two assists … Calgary Flames forward Sean Monahan scored the overtime winner in a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres … Flames rookie forward Matthew Tkachuk scored his first NHL goal … Sabres forward Ryan O’Reilly scored his third goal of the season. Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen notched his fifth assist … Edmonton Oilers goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 31 of 33 Carolina Hurricanes shots on goal to pick up the win … Edmonton forward Jordan Eberle scored his third goal of the season … Oilers forward Anton Slepyshev scored the first goal of his NHL career … Lee Stempniak scored twice for the Hurricanes … Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin scored in overtime to beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1. This pushed the Canucks to 3-0-0 on the year. Vancouver forward Bo Horvat scored the game-tying goal at the 17:05 mark of the third period … Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko scored his fourth goal of the season … Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom stopped 23 of 24 shots on goal.

Did You Know? The Canucks are first team in NHL history to win their first three games of a season while never leading in regulation in those contests

Dishonorable Mention: The Colorado Avalanche allowed 40 shots on goal in their loss to Washington … The Ducks dropped to 0-3-1 to start the season … The Kings fell to 0-3-0 … Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin was a minus-3 … Arizona forward Martin Hanzal was a minus-3 … Coyotes goaltender Louis Domingue allowed three goals on 11 shots on goal … Kings goaltender Jeff Zatkoff fell to 0-3-0 this season … He allowed five goals in 11 shots on goal … Los Angeles forwards Nick Shore and Trevor Lewis were each a minus-4 … Kings forward Dustin Brown was a minus-3 … Philadelphia rookie defenseman Ivan Provorov was a minus-5. Teammate Mark Streit was a minus-3.

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