NHL Three Stars: Gibson shuts down Canadiens; Sabres win in Eichel's return

No. 1 Star: John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks

The netminder stopped 39 of 40 shots on goal in a 2-1 win over the NHL leading Montreal Canadiens. With the victory, Gibson moved to 7-7-3 on the season. His 39 saves tied a career high set on March 1, 2015 against the Dallas Stars. Tuesday was also Gibson bobblehead night at Honda Center. After losing three games in a row, the Ducks have won their last two.

No. 2 Star: Ryan O’Reilly, Buffalo Sabres

The Sabres’ star center scored two goals and added an assist in a 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators. In his previous six games O’Reilly had just one point. The five goals by the Sabres were their second-highest total of the season. They scored six goals in a win over the Edmonton Oilers on Oct. 16.

No. 3 Star: Mike Hoffman, Ottawa Senators

Hoffman scored his first career NHL hat trick and added an assist in the loss to the Sabres. The defeat broke a four-game winning streak where the Senators had allowed just five goals total. After Tuesday’s game, Hoffman has seven goals and 16 points in 21 games played.

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Honorable Mention: Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils. … Winnipeg forward Patrik Laine scored his 13th goal of the season. It was Laine’s first goal in six games. … Jets forward Blake Wheeler scored his eighth goal of the season. … Devils forward Miles Wood scored his first career NHL goal. Teammate Nick Lappin scored his fourth goal of the season. … Detroit Red Wings goaltender Petr Mrazek stopped 34 of 35 shots on goal in a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars. … Detroit forward Dylan Larkin scored his seventh goal of the season. … Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha scored the game-winner. … Dallas defenseman Esa Lindell scored the Stars’ only goal. … Sabres forward Kyle Okposo scored a goal and added an assist. … In his season debut, Buffalo forward Jack Eichel scored a goal and added an assist. … Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen notched two assists and played 27:54. … Ottawa forward Mark Stone scored a goal and added an assist. … Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson notched two assists and played 29:40. … Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere scored the shootout winner in a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins. … Flyers defenseman Michael Del Zotto and forward Claude Giroux both scored goals in regulation. … Philadelphia goaltender Steve Mason stopped 45 of 47 shots on goal. … Bruins defenseman Torey Krug notched two assists and forward Brad Marchand scored his seventh goal of the season. … Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 of 27 shots on goal in a 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. … Columbus forward Josh Anderson scored his seventh goal of the season and added two assists. … Blue Jackets forward Scott Hartnell scored a goal and added an assist. … New York Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey scored the game-winning goal at the 14:48 mark of the third period to help his team to a 3-2 comeback win over the Carolina Hurricanes. … The Hurricanes were up 2-0 after one period on two goals by Viktor Stalberg. … Rangers forward Rick Nash scored his 10th goal of the season. … Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews scored his 10th goal of the season in a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers. … Leafs forwards Nazem Kadri and James van Riemsdyk also both scored their 10th goals of the season. … Toronto goaltender Frederik Andersen stopped 28 of 30 shots on goal. … Oilers forward Connor McDavid scored a goal and added an assist. … Nashville Predators forward Ryan Johansen scored a goal and added an assist in a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche. … Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped 37 of 40 shots on goal. … Nashville defenseman Roman Josi notched two assists. … Avalanche forward Rene Bourque scored a goal and added an assist in the loss. … Colorado forward Mikko Rantanen scored a goal and added an assist. … Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford stopped 38 of 39 shots on goal in a 2-1 shootout win over the Florida Panthers. …Chicago forward Richard Panik scored his seventh goal of the season. He also scored a goal in the shootout … Florida’s Jaromir Jagr scored a goal. … San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns scored the game-winner at the 19-second mark of overtime in his team’s 2-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. … Sharks goaltender Martin Jones stopped 18 of 19 shots on goal. … Arizona goaltender Mike Smith made 40 saves on 42 shots on goal. … Coyotes forward Max Domi scored his fourth goal of the season. … Anaheim Ducks forward Rickard Rakell scored his ninth goal of the season in the win over the Canadiens. … Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler picked up his seventh goal. … Vancouver Canucks defenseman Ben Hutton scored his third goal of the season and added an assist in a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild. … Vancouver forward Sven Baertschi scored the game-winner at the 17:25 mark of the third period. … Canucks forward Brandon Sutter scored a goal and added an assist. … Vancouver captain Henrik Sedin notched two assists. … Wild forwards Jason Zucker and Erik Haula each scored a goal and added an assist. … Minnesota forward Jason Pominville scored two goals and was a plus-3.

Did you know? The New York Rangers’ 12-game home win streak against Carolina is the longest such run against one opponent in the franchise’s 90-year history.

Dishonorable Mention: New Jersey has won two of eight games since forward Taylor Hall went down with a knee injury. … Dallas allowed just 19 shots on goal and still lost. … Lightning forward Vladislav Namestnikov was a minus-4. … Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 of 38 shots on goal in the loss. … Oilers goaltender Cam Talbot was pulled after allowing four goals on 14 shots on goal through two periods. … Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner left his team’s game in the first period and is considered day-to-day with a hip injury per coach Dan Bylsma. … Senators forward Bobby Ryan left the game against Buffalo in the first period because of a hand injury. … Stars defenseman John Klingberg was a healthy scratch.

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