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NHL Three Stars: Capitals, Canucks win in OT; Penguins deflate Red Wings

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No. 1 Star: Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks

Sedin's early goal put the Canucks up 4-2 on a very un-Blackhawks looking Blackhawks team. Chicago managed to battle back and send the game in to OT. The Sedins teamed up for the only shot-on-goal in the overtime session, and they made it count:

No. 2 Star: Marian Hossa, Chicago Blackhawks

Hossa was almost the hero on 'Marian Hossa Scarf Giveaway Night' (natch) as he scored 2 goals. The first came on the power play to bring the Blackhawks within one of Vancouver. The second arrived with 55-seconds left in the game to tie it at 4-4. Here's the goal:

No. 3 Star: Jay Beagle, Washington Capitals

Jay Beagle's 3-point night included 2 goals and an assist against the San Jose Sharks. The assist came on Joel Ward's overtime winner:

Honorable Mention: Marc Andre-Fleury earned his 26th win of the season stopping 23 Red Wings shots in the Penguins 4-1 victory. Blake Comeau and Patric Hornqvist each scored a goal and an assist, and were a plus-2. Hornqvist's goal came after Kris Letang sent a shot off the boards behind the Detroit net and it bounced right to Hornqvist:

... Patrick Kane continues to make his case for MVP as he notched another 3-point night with his 27th goal of the season plus 2 assists. Eddie Lack got the nod for Vancouver making 37 saves in the win. Kris Vertseeg played in this first game since breaking his hand in the Winter Classic ... San Jose's John Scott was credited with 7 hits in 7:51 of ice time (home town scoring?). Brent Burns scored 2 goals, one on the power play and one full strength, in 22-seconds:

Did You Know? Sidney Crosby played in his 600th regular season NHL game on Wednesday night. Not including post season numbers, he's scored 291 goals, 594 assists for 825 points; 1.38 points/game. Not bad considering the amount of time he's missed with injury.

Dishonorable Mention: Vancouver held Chicago to 22 shots combined in the first two periods; in the third period, the 'Hawks threw 19 on net leading to a 2-goal comeback. Radim Vrbata allowed Andrew Shaw to get under his skin in the final 3:35 and took a bad roughing penalty leading to Hossa's power play goal ... Petr Mrazek gave up 4 goals on 15 shots in 2 periods of play; he was replaced in the third by Jimmy Howard, making his first appearance in a month since suffering a groin tear. Howard stopped all 4 shots he faced.

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