Matt Grzelcyk’s 5 points leads Bruins to win

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Another day, another postponement. The NHL postponed Tuesday’s Carolina-Philadelphia game due to a COVID outbreak with the Flyers. It is the 104^th game this season to be postponed and while the NHL has replayed one game and rescheduled five others, there are still 98 games to be rescheduled. That is a busy two weeks’ worth of games.

The three stars were announced on Monday and the Avalanche’s Gabriel Landeskog was the number one star. The winger had four goals and seven points in three games including a hat trick against the Winnipeg Jets in a 7-1 win. The award had a damper put on it as Landeskog wound up in COVID protocol Monday.

The second star was Nashville netminder Juuse Saros who was a perfect 3-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .954 save percentage. The surprising Predators are in first place in the Central after most pundits picked them to finish near the bottom of the division with Saros’ play a major reason why Nashville is so good this season.

The third star was Tomas Hertl of the San Jose Sharks. Hertl had four goals and six points in three games including two game winners. The pending UFA has 20 goals and 31 points in 36 games this season and could be dealt to a contender at or before the trade deadline if the two sides cannot come to a new deal agreement.

BOSTON 7 WASHINGTON 3

It was a huge night to have Boston players in your fantasy pool, especially the surprising Matt Grzelcyk as the Bruins defenseman had one goal and four assists to lead the Bruins to a 7-3 win over Washington.

Grzelcyk came into the contest with a goal and seven assists in 31 games and blasted that total to 13 points with the big effort Monday.

He was not the only Bruin to fill the scoresheet as David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand each had a pair of goals and an…