Three Stars
1. Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Blues
The Blues captain picked a great time to record his 400th career point. With 12:09 left in the third period and the game tied at two, Pietrangelo wired a shot by Frederik Andersen to give the Blues the lead for good over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The goal was the 23rd game-winning tally of his career, putting him past Al MacInnis for the franchise record among defensemen. The win capped off a pretty good sports Monday for the city St. Louis.
Alex Pietrangelo's 400th career point came at a pretty darn good time. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/vns2eI1fY1
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) October 8, 2019
2. Alexandre Texier, Columbus Blue Jackets
Monday’s win over the Buffalo Sabres was a wild one. The Blue Jackets went up 2-0 in the first, then proceeded to blow that lead in the second period. In the third, the teams exchanged power play goals, which included Victor Olofsson’s third of the season with 1:14 to play. Overtime was all Columbus, with the young forward netting the winner after 128 seconds.
THE GAME-WINNER FROM @ATEXIER99!!!!#CBJ pic.twitter.com/UEZ2BbpSpg
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) October 8, 2019
3. Nick Foligno, Columbus Blue Jackets
The Blue Jackets captain scored his first of the season and later assisted on Texier’s overtime winner. He was also 67% in the face-off circle
Highlights of the Night
• It may been a losing effort, but this was a pretty sequence by the Maple Leafs that ended in a William Nylander goal, their second in 24 seconds:
• Neat assist here from Jason Spezza:
• Jeff Skinner had this robbery of Ryan Murray:
.@JeffSkinner picking pockets and potting goals. #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/lNavCIhL5M
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) October 8, 2019
Factoids
Vladimir Tarasenko is skating in 500th career game tonight in Toronto.
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 7, 2019
Brett Hull (359) is the only player to score more goals through his first 500 games with @StLouisBlues than @tara9191 (211). #NHLStats #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/9PojCqrxZ1
With 42 goals in just over a year, Jeff Skinner is already tied for 81st in #Sabres history, ahead of guys like Clarke MacArthur (187 games), Brian Gionta (230 games), and Rob Ray (889 games).
— Buffalo Sabres Stats (@SabresStats) October 8, 2019
Scores
Blues 3, Maple Leafs 2
Blue Jackets 4, Sabres 3 (OT)
MORE:
• Your 2019-20 NHL on NBC TV schedule
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Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy.