Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Ellis, Lundqvist, Stepan named our 'Three Stars of the Night'

NEW YORK -- UNB! Network NHL/hockey blog "The Neutral Zone" has named Ryan Ellis, Henrik LUndqvist and Derek Stepan as their 'Three Stars of the Night' for all NHL Playoff games that took place on May 2, 2017.

FIRST STAR  RYAN ELLIS, F, NASHVILLE PREDATORS

Ellis scored for the third straight contest to extend his point streak to seven games (4-5—9). Ellis tied the Preds' record for longest point streak in the playoffs, set by Colin Wilson in 2016 (4-5—9). Ellis is the first defenseman with a seven-game point streak in the playoffs since Chris Pronger and Jason Woolley in 1998.

SECOND STAR - HENRIK LUNDQVIST, G, NEW YORK RANGERS

Lundqvist earned his 60th career playoff win to tie Turk Broda for 14th place all-time.

THIRD STAR - DEREK STEPAN, F, NEW YORK RANGERS

By playing in last night's game, Derek Stepan has now played more playoff games with the Rangers than any other forward in franchise history (94).

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