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Top 4: A battle of goalies did not take place
Raphael Simard
Top 4: A battle of goalies did not take place
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Last night in the NHL, only four games were played.

Three of the four games ended in a goal.

Here are the results and highlights:

1. Flames goalie waited in the middle of the ice for a fight

In Calgary, the Red Wings were the visitors, and it didn't start well for the home side.

The visitors took a four-goal lead at one point.

The Flames never gave up, however, and scored three goals to cut the deficit to one.

They may never have been able to tie the game, but they showed great resilience.

We were almost treated to a goalie brawl.

After a skirmish in Detroit territory, Flames goalie Devin Cooley showed up in the middle of the ice.

He and John Gibson never threw down the gloves, however.

2. A duel of uniforms in Chicago

Rangers-Blackhawks, in Chicago: both teams wore their dark jerseys.

It made for a nice visual spectacle, anyway.

Nothing will beat the Nordiques-Canadiens duel in January, however.

But yesterday in Chicago, the Blackhawks dominated. They won 3-0 and Spencer Knight recorded a 21-save shutout.

Louis Crevier scored the first goal of the game and the game-winning shorthanded goal.

And Tyler Bertuzzi scored his team's third goal later in the duel.

Connor Bedard did it all on the sequence.

3. Panthers win in the last minute

Things aren't going well for the Mammoth, which isn't winning anymore.

Yesterday they lost again, this time to the Panthers, and are now 2-7-0 in their last nine games.

Anton Lundell gave his team the win in the last minute of the game.

It can't be said that Karel Vejmelka didn't do everything he could to keep his team in the game.

He made a series of fine saves.

His opponent Sergei Bobrovsky was good, too.

He stopped 27 of the 30 pucks directed at him.

And he made one of the finest saves of the year.

4. Kraken forces overtime in final moments and wins

I don't know what's going on in the NHL this week, but it seems like every game that goes to overtime has seen a team create a tie in the final moments.

Just yesterday, the Kraken tied it with 24.8 seconds to force overtime.

And in overtime, Vince Dunn gave his team the win with a slap shot from the point.

Seattle won 3-2.

The defenseman, who finished the game with a goal and two assists, became the second player from the young franchise to reach the 200-point plateau.

Still.

Eeli Tolvanen also stood out with two assists.

And in net, Joey Daccord turned aside 24 of the 26 shots he faced.


Overtime

– This set the tone for the Flames.

– Players with two or more points.

(Credit: NHL.com)

– Big Thursday action.

(Credit: Google)
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