Kraken stun Panthers, Kings rally for big win, Husso stays hot for Blues
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Top players in the NHL on Sunday
Ville Husso, St. Louis Blues
Husso has been the hot hand for the Blues in goal over the past few weeks and turned aside 38 out of 39 shots in a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. He has now won each of his past five starts, allowing just six goals in the process. Going back to the start of December he has a .946 save percentage in his past eight appearances. The Blues are 6-1-1 in those eight games.
Tristan Jarry, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tristan Jarry entered the season as a major question mark for the Pittsburgh Penguins following his 2020-21 Stanley Cup Playoff performance. They stuck with him, believed in him, and he is rewarding them with a great 2021-22 performance that not only has him going to his second career All-Star game, but has seen him be one of the league’s best performing goalies through the first half of the season. He played one of his best games of the season on Sunday, stopping 27 of 29 shots through regulation and overtime and all three shots he faced in the shootout of a 3-2 Penguins win. It is not the number of saves that stands out. It is that he made highlight reel save after highlight reel save early in the game to keep his team in it while they gave up several odd-man rushes through the first period of the game. The Penguins have now won five games in a row and are just one point out of first place in the Metropolitan Division.
Highlights from around the NHL on Sunday
Goaltending has been a big problem for the Seattle Kraken this season, but Phillip Grubauer is starting to play better recently and he made this game-saving stop late in the third period on Anthony Duclair to help get them a surprising win against the Florida Panthers. For as good as Florida has been this season, and for as much as Seattle has struggled, the Kraken still managed to sweep the season series. Sometimes hockey is a weird game.
The Pittsburgh Penguins scored two goals in nine seconds early in the third period to erase a…
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