Before they stepped on the ice Wednesday night – and before they fired their coach – the Ducks had won only six games. Nearly every player on the team was struggling. Ryan Getzlaf took charge against the Canadiens helped Anaheim win number seven.
1 Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks – Getzlaf helped will the Ducks to a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, tallying a goal and assisting on two more (in addition to firing a game-high six shots and playing 20:50) to lead Anaheim. Also scoring for the Ducks were Devante Smith-Pelly, Correy Perry and Niklas Hagman. Jonas Hiller stopped 19 of 20 shots.
2 Kyle Brodziak, Minnesota Wild – Talk about clutch. Brodziak scored the game-tying tally late in the second period and tallied the game-winning shootout goal in the sixth round. Devin Setoguchi also scored for the Wild and Niklas Backstrom stopped 28 of 30 shots outside of the skills competition in the 3-2 win over the Oilers.
3 David Krejci, Boston Bruins – Krejci scored once and added two more assists as the Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3. Milan Lucic scored twice for the Bruins and Zdeno Chara, Benoit Pouliot and Brad Marchand each scored once. Tim Thomas stopped 34 of 37 shots for the win.
Play of the Night
Steven Stamkos buries the puck off of this gorgeous give-and-go with Matt Gilroy:
Hit of the Night
This isn’t a hit by one particular person, but the collision between Matt Frattin and Adam McQuaid is still pretty explosive:
Fight of the Night
Everyone in the building knew this one was coming, but it didn’t make the fight any less impressive when Darcy Hordichuk and Brad Staubitz got together:
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