Three Stars
1. Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues: The Blues forward had a hand in all three of their goals during a 3-1 defeat of the Avalanche. The loss was Colorado’s first regulation defeat of the season, while St. Louis snapped a four-game losing streak. Tarasenko assisted on goals by Brayden Schenn and David Perron before being on the receiving end of this nice bank pass by Jaden Schwartz:
Sometimes it just lands perfectly like it did for Vladimir Tarasenko (@tara9191). pic.twitter.com/1bMJb3QvLx
— NHL (@NHL) October 22, 2019
2. Michael Raffl, Philadelphia Flyers: The Flyers built up a 5-0 lead by the end of the second period en route to a 6-2 win over the Golden Knights, snapping a four-game losing streak in the process. Raffl chipped in a pair of goals and added an assist for his first multi-goal game since March 15, 2016. Oskar Lindblom and Travis Konecny each recorded a goal and an assist, while Brian Elliott turned away 33 shots.
3. Anders Nilsson, Ottawa Senators: The Senators netminder put forth a strong effort during a 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars. Nilsson stopped 41 shots as the Stars won consecutive games for the first time this season. This was the second straight start for the Swedish netminder where he faced at least 43-plus shots.
Highlights of the Night
• Raffl showed off his moves on this one:
Michael won this Raffl. 🎫 pic.twitter.com/Ny55U6fHMH
— NHL (@NHL) October 22, 2019
• Gustav Nyquist’s penalty shot goal in overtime put the Blue Jackets over the Maple Leafs 4-3:
Tyler “Gene Simmons” Seguin. 😝#OTTvsDAL | #GoStars pic.twitter.com/9ZbK7IUNGg
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) October 22, 2019
Factoids
#CBJ Gustav Nyquist: First OT penalty shot goal in franchise history
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) October 22, 2019
Also the first OT penalty shot goal allowed by the #Leafs in franchise history
Nathan MacKinnon became the fifth player in NHL history to record a season-opening point streak of 9+ games in consecutive seasons. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/O0058HEcnp
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 22, 2019
Scores
Flyers 6, Golden Knights 2
Blue Jackets 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)
Blues 3, Avalanche 1
Stars 2, Senators 1
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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.