NHL Three Stars: Hellebuyck blanks Predators; Anderson shuts out Rangers

No. 1 Star: Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets

The young goaltender stopped all 42 Nashville Predators shots on goal in a 3-0 win. In Hellebuyck’s last start, he stopped just 25 of 30 Nashville shots on goal in 5-1 loss. Hellebuyck is the third goaltender in Jets/Atlanta Thrashers franchise history to make at least 40 saves in a shutout. The victory by the Jets broke a five-game losing streak.

No. 2 Star: Craig Anderson, Ottawa Senators

Anderson made 33 saves to lead the Senators in a 2-0 win at the New York Rangers. The netminder has stopped 84 of the last 86 shots on goal he has faced. He has won his last four starts and holds a 2.03 goal-against average and .936 save percentage on the season. The win for Ottawa was their fourth in a row.

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No. 3 Star: Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers

Voracek scored a goal and added an assist in a 5-3 victory over the Calgary Flames. So far this year, Voracek has eight goals in 23 games. In 73 games last season, Voracek scored just 11 goals. The victory was Philadelphia’s second in their last five games.

Honorable Mention: Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mark Stone each scored goals for the Senators. … Philadelphia Flyers forwards Roman Lyubimov and Wayne Simmonds each scored a goal and added an assist. … Flyers goaltender Anthony Stolarz stopped 29 of 32 shots in his NHL debut. … Flames defenseman TJ Brodie scored a goal and added an assist in the loss. … Calgary blue liner Dougie Hamilton notched two assists. … Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-2 comeback win over the Florida Panthers. … Hurricanes forward Viktor Stalberg scored his fourth goal of the season. … Carolina goaltender Michael Leighton picked up his first win since 2010 in stopping 31 of 33 shots on goal. … Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov notched two assists and teammate Jonathan Marchessault scored his 10th goal of the season. … Arizona Coyotes forward Jamie McGinn scored the game-winner in his team’s 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. …Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson notched an assist. … Arizona goaltender Mike Smith stopped 41 of 42 shots on goal. … Edmonton forward Connor McDavid notched an assist for his league-leading 29th point. … Oilers forward Milan Lucic scored his seventh goal of the season. … The Coyotes have picked up points in 25 straight games against the Oilers. … Boston Bruins forward Jimmy Hayes broke a 35-game pointless stretch with a goal in his team’s 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. … Bruins forward David Pastrnak scored his 13th goal of the season. He has scored a goal in four of his last five games and nine of his last 11. … Bruins defenseman Torey Krug notched two assists and was a plus-2. … Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask stopped 30 of 31 shots on goal. Rask has a 1.63 goal-against average and .940 save percentage in 16 games this season. … Winnipeg forward Mark Scheifele scored his 12th goal of the season. … Jets forward Blake Wheeler notched an assist and was a plus-3. … Winnipeg defenseman Jacob Trouba notched two assists and played 27:07.

Did you know? On Sunday, Claude Julien coached his 726th game for the Bruins, tying Milt Schmidt for second on franchise’s all-time list. Art Ross ranks first at 772 games.

Dishonorable Mention: Flames forwards Garnet Hathaway, Micheal Ferland and Freddie Hamilton were each minus-3. … Tampa defensemen Slater Koekkoek and Braydon Coburn were each a minus-3. …Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop allowed four goals on 30 shots on goal. … Nashville forwards Filip Forsberg and Ryan Johansen were each a minus-3.

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