Last week, it seemed like Niklas Backstrom was in danger of losing his job to Josh Harding. This week, Backstrom has seen Harding’s bet and raised him 43 saves.
1 Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild – Backstrom was spectacular for the Wild in their 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, stopping 43 of 45 shots – including 16 in the first period and 17 in the third. Matt Cullen, Nick Johnson, Cal Clutterbuck and Devin Setoguchi scored for the Wild.
2 Stephen Weiss, Florida Panthers – Weiss tallied a goal and two assists and was a staggering plus-6 as the Florida Panthers downed the Dallas Stars with a commanding 6-0 win. Dmitry Kulikov, Jason Garrison, Tomas Fleischmann, Kris Versteeg and Evgenii Dadonov all scored for Florida while Scott Clemmensen stopped 25 shots for the shutout.
3 James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins – Neal continued his blistering start to the season, tallying a goal and two assists for the Penguins, who downed the struggling Colorado Avalanche 6-3. Jordan Staal, Pascal Dupuis, Brooks Orpik, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang also added goals for Pittsburgh and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 shots for the win.
Play of the Night
Matt Duchene scores the goal of the year so far. That is all:
Save of the Night
Johan Hedberg makes this beautiful save on Brad Marchand with the Devils up a man:
Fight of the Night
Aaron Asham and Cody McLeod throw some bombs in this fight:
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