So … hockey. No. 1 Star: Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks The veteran defenseman sent the Sharks into the No. 7 seed with a goal 3:58 into overtime, as San Jose defeated the Los Angeles Kings, 3-2 . Earlier in the game, he gave the Sharks new life when he scored 35 seconds into the third period to cut their deficit to 2-1. Justin Williams had a goal and an assist in a losing effort. No. 2 Star: Teddy Purcell, Tampa Bay Lightning While his teammate Steven Stamkos got all the attention for scoring his 60th goal , Purcell's hat trick sent the Lightning home winners in their 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Purcell scored the OT game-winner at 1:08 of the extra session, and was a plus-4. Jim Slater had two goals in a losing effort.

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No. 1 Star: Cam Atkinson, Columbus Blue Jackets Atkinson registered his 1st career hat trick in his 26th NHL game, scoring once in each period as the Blue Jackets ended the Avalanche's slim playoffs hopes with a 5-2 win. Rick Nash scored twice as well. Steve Mason made 35 saves in the win and picked up the only assist on Atkinson's empty-netter to ice the hat trick. No. 2 Star: Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators With the Dallas Stars desperate for a win to keep their playoff hopes alive, Rinne was an emotionless and uncaring beast, refusing to allow even a single goal over 28 shots against. Rinne picked up his 5th shutout of the season in the Predators' 2-0 win, eliminating the Stars and leapfrogging the Detroit Red Wings for 4th place in the West.

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No. 1 Star: Cam Atkinson, Columbus Blue Jackets Atkinson registered his 1st career hat trick in his 26th NHL game, scoring once in each period as the Blue Jackets ended the Avalanche's slim playoffs hopes with a 5-2 win. Rick … Continue reading ?

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No. 1 Star: Mike Smith, Phoenix Coyotes The Columbus Blue Jackets set a franchise record with 54 shots but none found their way past Smith. Stopping all 54 he faced, Smith earned his third straight shutout as the Coyotes blanked the Blue Jackets 2-0. The shutout was Smith's eighth of the season and 19th of his career. He's not allowed a goal in 219:59, the second-best streak in franchise history. No. 2 Star: Derek Roy, Buffalo Sabres The Sabres rebounded from a 3-0 deficit in the first period to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 thanks to Roy's second goal of the game coming with 1:31 left in overtime. Alex Sulzer scored twice and added an assist as the Sabres tied the Washington Capitals at 80 points for eighth in the East with two games to go for both clubs. No. 3 Star: Andrew Ladd, Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg fell behind 3-0 early in the second period, but clawed back and eventually took the extra point 3:13 into overtime when Andrew Ladd potted his second goal of the night for the 5-4 win over the Florida Panthers:

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No. 1 Star: Mike Smith, Phoenix Coyotes The Columbus Blue Jackets set a franchise record with 54 shots but none found their way past Smith. Stopping all 54 he faced, Smith earned his third straight shutout as the Coyotes blanked … Continue reading ?

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No. 1 Star: Kyle Turris, Ottawa Senators Turris had his best game as a member of the Senators Sunday, registering 4 points in a 5-1 win over the half-hearted New York Islanders. With the victory, the Senators officially punched their ticket to the playoffs. Turris scored twice and assisted on two others, including this Sergei Gonchar goal off a sweet feed from Milan Michalek: Gonchar and Michalek had multi-point nights as well. Gonchar registered 1 goal and 1 assist, and Michalek chipped in a goal (his 35th) and 2 assists. No. 2 Star: Devin Setoguchi, Minnesota Wild Setoguchi had a big game for the Wild in their 5-4 shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks. He scored a goal and assisted on two more -- Dany Heatley's 22nd of the season and Clayton Stoner's 1st of the campaign -- before scoring the shootout winner as well.

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No. 1 Star: Kyle Turris, Ottawa Senators Turris had his best game as a member of the Senators Sunday, registering 4 points in a 5-1 win over the half-hearted New York Islanders. With the victory, the Senators officially punched their … Continue reading ?

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It was fan appreciation night in Phoenix, so this lucky fan just got Ray Whitney's signed stick on the night he scored his 1000th NHL point, no big deal. No. 1 Star: Mike Smith, Phoenix Coyotes Smith was unbeatable through … Continue reading ?

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No. 1 Star: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh rebounded from two straight losses to the New York Islanders with a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Crosby continued racking up points with a goal and three assists to bring his season total to 29 points in 18 games. In the process, Crosby became the seventh youngest player in NHL history to surpass the 600-point mark. Steve Sullivan chipped in three points and Evgeni Malkin recorded two, bringing his goal total to 48 and points total to 102 on the season. Pascal Dupuis had two helpers to increase his NHL-best points streak to 13 games. No. 2 Star: Nikita Nikitin, Columbus Blue Jackets The Blue Jackets played spoiler on Friday denying the Florida Panthers a chance to move closer to the Southeast Division title with a 4-1 win. Nikitin scored twice and assisted on another and R.J.Umberger tallied two goals to send the Panthers to their sixth loss in their last eight road games. Allen York made 30 shots for his second straight win. No. 3 Star: Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche Making his seventh straight start, Varlamov snapped a four-game losing streak by with 38 saves backstopping the Avs to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames. Four different Avs scored to keep them in the mix for one of the bottom playoff spots in the Western Conference.

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No. 1 Star: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh rebounded from two straight losses to the New York Islanders with a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Crosby continued racking up points with a goal and three assists to bring his … Continue reading ?

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