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Top-5: Fleury joins Luongo in 2nd place in history for the most games played
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The Canadiens ended their losing streak by winning last night against the Sharks in San Jose.

But the Canadiens’ game wasn’t the only one taking place across the NHL.

There was a lot of action on Tuesday night in the league:

1: Marc-André Fleury ties Luongo

We can agree on one thing.

Marc-André Fleury will quickly enter the Hall of Fame when he retires.

He has quite a decorated career, after all!

Last night, Flower was in net for his team against the Bruins in Boston. It was his 1,044th career game… which allowed him to tie Roberto Luongo for 2nd place in league history:

Fleury will be able to take sole possession of 2nd place by the end of the season, but it will be impossible for him to catch Martin Brodeur in 1st place in history.

Brodeur played 1,266 career games. The gap is too large…

Note that the Bruins spoiled Fleury’s great night by winning the game 3-0.

In their victory, David Pastrnak recorded an assist in an eleventh consecutive game:

2: Nylander’s hat trick

William Nylander plays an important role in the Leafs’ success in Toronto.

We saw it last night: he helped his team win 6-3 in Calgary with a dominant performance.

The star player for the Leafs finished the game with a hat trick:

Nylander’s hat trick was scored exactly eight years to the day after his first career hat trick in the NHL.

What a coincidence!

Note that the captain of the Leafs, Auston Matthews, also stood out in the game with three assists.

Joseph Woll was also solid in net to help his team secure just a fifth win in ten games.

3: A beautiful goal by Kent Johnson

Wow, wow, wow!

That’s the general reaction that fans had after seeing this goal by Kent Johnson.

It’s true that it is magnificent:

Patrick Kane, get out of this body!

No kidding, it takes exceptional skills to score on a backhand after performing a spin-o-rama, and Johnson executed his deke flawlessly.

Let’s just say his shot in the top corner didn’t give veteran James Reimer, who was in net for the Sabres, much of a chance.

However, Johnson’s goal was not enough to help the Blue Jackets win.

The Sabres won the game 3-2 thanks to a two-goal performance from Alex Tuch.

4: Ovi gets even closer to the record

17.

Why 17?

Because that’s the number of goals Alex Ovechkin needs to score before officially breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record.

The captain of the Capitals scored his 878th career goal last night into an empty net.

And he did it in style… with only 0.1 seconds left on the clock in the third period.

You can’t make this stuff up:

Of course, it’s really just a matter of time at this point.

The Capitals have 29 more games to play this season… but Ovi might still run out of time.

Note that the Caps, who have seven wins in their last ten games, managed to beat the Panthers 6-3.

Everything is going well in Washington, where the Capitals sit in 2nd place in the NHL standings this morning.

5: Dylan Guenther plays the hero at the last second

Let’s move to overtime in the game between the Flyers and the Utah team.

And you’ll understand after seeing this sequence:

Dylan Guenther surprised everyone at the end of the overtime period by coming in at full speed into the Flyers’ zone… before firing a perfect shot into the top of the net.

A goal truly worthy of the plays of the week, especially considering it allowed Utah to win 3-2!

Note also that in the game, Matvei Michkov (15:39 of ice time) was held scoreless for a seventh consecutive game.

The young star player of the Flyers is going through a tough time right now.


Overtime

– Big win for the Canucks against the Avalanche.

– A scare for Crosby.

– He was able to return to the game:

– Patrick Kane now holds the record for the most goals scored in shootouts.

– He helped the Wings win a seventh straight game:

– He knows how to make new friends.

– Ugh…

– Well done.

– Too easy!

– He’s good, that one.

– Oh.

– The top scorers of the night:

(Credit: NHL.com)

– Three games tonight in the NHL, including the Habs’ match against the Kings:

(Credit: NHL.com)
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