Every player who reaches a milestone in a loss tends to brush it off, saying he would have rather won. Every once in a while, it's nice to have a player reach a milestone in victory so he doesn’t have to be so darn modest.
1 Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators – Spezza broke an 11-game scoreless streak and tallied two goals to hit his 200th career goal in Ottawa’s 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes “It’s nice to get my 200th out of the way, and it’s obviously a big accomplishment and something to be proud of,” Spezza told reporters afterwards. David Rundblad tallied his first career goal and Zack Smith tallied the game-winner for the Sens, who won despite being outshot 37-25.
2 Brian Elliott, St. Louis Blues – The more I watch, the more it seems like Brian Elliott may have found a home in St. Louis. Stopping 23 of 24 shots for a 2-1 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Elliott won his sixth straight game and increased his record to 10-1-0. Kris Russell scored his third goal since being traded from the Blue Jackets and David Backes scored the game-winner.
3 Tyler Bozak, Toronto Maple Leafs – Bozak scored twice for the Leafs, giving him four goals and five points in his last three games as Toronto downed the Anaheim Ducks 5-2. Clarke MacArthur, Joey Crabb and Luke Schenn also scored for the Leafs and Jonas Gustavsson stopped 26 of 28 shots for the win.
Play of the Night
This is just one heck of a shot by Corey Perry:
Fight of the Night
This fight ended far too soon, but Cody Bass still landed a couple solid blows on Ryan Reaves:
Tribute to Derek Boogaard
The Minnesota Wild hosted this touching tribute to Derek Boogaard, the late Wild and Rangers enforcer, before their game with the Calgary Flames:
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