It was an eventful Monday, starting with the induction of the six new members into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Congratulations go out to Hayley Wickenheiser, Sergei Zubov, Guy Charbonneau, Vaclav Nedomansky, Jim Rutherford and Jerry York.
The three stars of the week were announced and Connor McDavid was the first star based on his three goals and 10 points in three games.
Nathan MacKinnon was the second star as he had four goals and seven points in three games while Keith Yandle had a big week for the Florida Panthers with a goal and seven assists as the defenseman was named the third star of the week.
The New Jersey Devils placed goaltender Cory Schneider on waivers and if he passes through as should be expected, he will be sent to the minors. Schneider is 0-4-1 this season and has lost his starting gig in New Jersey to Mackenzie Blackwood.
The Montreal Canadiens received bad news as Jonathan Drouin required wrist surgery Monday and will be out indefinitely. As well, Paul Byron will need knee surgery Tuesday and there is no timetable for his return at this time.
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WASHINGTON 5 ANAHEIM 2
Five different Washington skaters scored as the Capitals went to 16-3-4 this season with a big 5-2 win over Anaheim.
Richard Panik with his first, Alex Ovechkin on the power play, Chandler Stephenson, Jakub Vrana and Tom Wilson into the empty net, scored for Washington.
Sam Steel and Nicolas Deslauriers, each with their first of the season, late in the third, were the Ducks only goal scorers.
Brayden Holtby was stellar in net as he stopped 32 shots for his seventh straight win. He is 11-1-3 this season with a 2.91 GAA and a .906 save percentage. While his peripherals are nothing special, the great record is.
John Gibson was in net for Anaheim as they began a four-game road trip. He stopped 26-of-30 shots and is 7-10-0 this season with a 2.91 GAA and a .913 save percentage.
John Carlson had a couple of assists in the contest to run his points streak to seven games.
There was quite the to-do late in the second period as Garnet Hathaway and Erik Gudbranson went at it. Garnet had 15 minutes in penalties including a match penalty for spitting on Gudbranson. Nick Ritchie picked up a game misconduct for being the third man in while Gudbranson also picked up a misconduct in addition to a roughing minor.
Nick Jensen led both teams with five shots on goal.
ARIZONA 3 LOS ANGELES 0
The bad night continued for the Los Angeles based teams as the Kings lost to Arizona.
Antti Raanta got a rare start and made the most of it as he shut out Los Angeles 3-0, making 31 saves. He improved his record to 4-2-2.
Conor Garland led the offensive show for the Coyotes with a goal and an assist to give him 10 goals and 14 points this season.
Derek Stepan and defenseman Jakob Chychrun also scored for Arizona, both on the power play as the Coyotes were two-of-four with the man-advantage.
Christian Dvorak and Nick Schmaltz each had two assists for Arizona who are 13-7-2 thus far.
Jack Campbell got the start for the Kings and turned aside 24-of-27 shots in the loss.
Dustin Brown led both teams with seven hits.
Chychrun, Alex Goligoski and Jordan Oesterle each blocked four shots for the Coyotes.[[ad:athena]]
NIGHTLY LEADERS
Goals
1 by many
Assists
John Carlson - 2
Christian Dvorak – 2
Nick Schmaltz - 2
Shots on Goal
Nick Jensen – 5
Hits
Dustin Brown - 7
Tom Wilson – 5
Penalty Minutes
Garnet Hathaway – 15
Erik Gudbranson - 12
Nick Ritchie – 10
