No. 1 Star: Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
Down 3-2 late in the third period against the Detroit Red Wings, Weber provided the dramatics with a pair of goals in the final 4:24 to give the Predators a 4-3 win. Weber's first goal, which tied the game, came via Nashville's only power play and helped the Predators to their fourth straight win and snapped Detroit's three-game win streak. His second came thanks to a great bounce on the ice:
No. 2 Star: Michal Neuvirth, Washington Capitals
The Capitals needed just one goal to beat the Winnipeg Jets and improve to 4-4-0 under Coach Dale Hunter. Alex Ovechkin scored his 10th of the year with 1:14 left in the third period to help snap Winnipeg's five-game win streak at MTS Centre. Neuvirth made 26 saves for his fifth career shutout and his second win in three starts.
No. 3 Star: Drayson Bowman, Carolina Hurricanes
In a five-minute span between the second and third periods, Bowman scored his third and fourth career goals as the Hurricanes edged the Vancouver Canucks 4-3. The last time Bowman scored in the NHL was a two-goal night against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Apr. 6, 2010. Cam Ward stopped 33 shots, including this crease rob job on Keith Ballard:
Honorable mention: Davis Drewiske and Dustin Brown scored 3:39 apart early in the third period as the Los Angeles Kings snapped a five-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Jonathan Quick made 24 saves for his 12th win of the year ... Andrej Meszaros' goal 8:08 into the third period broke a 3-3 tie to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens, their seventh in a row. Matt Carle recorded three assists and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots. Louis Leblanc scored his first NHL goal for the Habs ... Down 2-1 in the third period, Brenden Morrow and Jamie Benn scored 3:26 apart to power the Dallas Stars over the New York Islanders 3-2. Rookie netminder Richard Bachman made 25 saves for�his third straight win ... Steven Stamkos needed just 30 seconds of overtime to net his 19th goal of the year and give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 6-5 win over the Calgary Flames:
David Perron netted his second goal of the season and Alex Steen scored and added an assist as the St. Louis Blues downed the New York Rangers 4-1. Brian Elliott made 25 saves and won for the ninth time in 10 games ... Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Ray Whitney and Martin Hanzal each had two points as the Phoenix Coyotes got by the Edmonton Oilers 4-2. Taylor Hall had both Oilers goals ... The San Jose Sharks scored three times in 4:29 in the third period to complete a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche. After Joe Pavelski tied it, Logan Couture tipped home a Patrick Marleau shot to give the Sharks the lead for good:
Did you know? 23 of the 40 players in the Coyotes-Oilers�game were first-round draft picks. 3 others were scratched. [Via Dave Vest of the Coyotes]
Dishonorable mention: The�Flyers announced before their game against the Habs that captain Chris Pronger will miss the rest of the season because of severe post-concussion syndrome ... In more concussion news, Islanders forward Brian Rolston left the game in the first period with one.
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