Players of the Night:
Brayden Schenn, St. Louis Blues: Another player who scored twice on Thursday night. Schenn set the tone early, fighting Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog three seconds after puck drop in the first period. He backed that up with his 22nd and 23rd goals of the season.
Sean Monahan, Calgary Flames: Boring Sean Monahan has 27 goals on the season after scoring a brace in the Flames 3-2 win against the New Jersey Devils.
P.K. Subban, Nashville Predators: Subban also score two goals, including the game-tying goal late in the third period to force overtime against the Ottawa Senators. Subban’s second goal was his 15th of the season, matching a career-high.
Nick Cousins, Arizona Coyotes: OK, last one. Cousins scored twice, and his second with 19 seconds left in the third period forced overtime, where Clayton Keller fired home the winner to give the desert dogs a 4-3 come-from-behind win.
Other two-goal scorers: Tyler Seguin, Travis Konecny and Joe Pavelski.
Highlights of the Night:
Mike Hoffman scored his 100th NHL goal in style:
Mike Hoffman's 100th career goal is the @SUBWAYCanada OT winner as the #Sens defeat the #Preds. pic.twitter.com/hgT00Qpm6H
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 9, 2018
Tic-tac-goal:
Definition of tic-tac-toe. 👍 pic.twitter.com/rQmdjGk6qq
— NHL (@NHL) February 9, 2018
Kyle Turris got a nice welcome back to Ottawa:
Thank you Kyle Turris for 7 great years of memories on and off the ice! pic.twitter.com/EU6Iq9Zjnh
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) February 9, 2018
Factoids of the Night:
A reminder of how good John Klingberg has been:
If John Klingberg had zero goals this season, he'd still lead all NHL defensemen in points right now.
— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) February 9, 2018
Boeser doing more things:
Brock Boeser becomes just the 3rd @Canucks player to score 30 goals with rookie status (includes stint last year)- joins Pavel Bure (34 in 1991-92) & Trevor Linden (30 in 1988-89)
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) February 9, 2018
MISC:
- Alex Burrows won’t appeal, accepts 10-game suspension
- Rangers embrace rebuild, dodge questions about Vigneault
- U.S. women’s coach keeping blinders on as he preps for Olympic debut
- PHT on Fantasy: Power play points, ponderings
- Duchene vs. Turris debate is evening out
- What’s wrong with the Blue Jackets?
Scores:
Flames 3, Devils 2
Flyers 5, Canadiens 3
Senators 4, Predators 3 (OT)
Lightning 5, Canucks 2
Blues 6, Avalanche 1
Coyotes 4, Wild 3 (OT)
Stars 4, Blackhawks 2
Golden Knights 5, Sharks 3
Scott Billeck is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @scottbilleck