Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of November 4th through 10th.
First Star – Anders Nilsson (G, Ottawa Senators)
- In three games played for the Senators, Nilsson would stop 96 of 101 shots faced as he would go a perfect 3-0-0 with a 1.64 goals against average, and a .950 save percentage. Nilsson would make 32 saves against the New York Rangers on November 4th, then 26 saves against Los Angeles on November 7th, and 38 saves on November 9th against Carolina.
Second Star – Auston Matthews (C, Toronto Maple Leafs)
- Matthews would compile 2 goals and 7 assists for 9 points in four games played to lead all skaters for the week. On November 5th against Los Angeles Matthews would tally an assist and the game winning goal, then on November 7th score the game tying goal against Vegas. On November 9th Matthews would tally a pair of assist against Philadelphia, and then on November 10th would tally a career high 4 assists against Chicago.
Third Star – Cale Makar (D, Colorado Avalanche)
- Makar would be tied for first in the League for defensemen as he would tally 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 points in three games played. Makar would start off with an assist on November 5th against Dallas, then on November 7th Makar would score a goal and two assists for three points against Nashville, and would follow up with his second multi point game on November 9th against Columbus for his first career two goal game.
*All Graphics courtesy of the NHL.
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