MORE STARS SHINE ON FIRST DAY OF FAN BALLOTING
On the same day the NHL All-Star Fan Vote opened to the public, several players had big performances:

* Sidney Crosby (1-1—2) redirected his own rebound out of midair from behind the Dallas net to score the first of four consecutive Pittsburgh goals – that included three in a span of 1:33 – to help the Penguins improve to 9-2-1 at home this season. Crosby leads the NHL with 16 goals in 2016-17 (18 GP).

* Jack Eichel (2-0—2) scored the tying and game-winning goals in a span of 1:43 as the Sabres improved to 4-1-1 in their last six contests. Eichel has collected 3-1—4 in two games since returning to the Sabres lineup on Tuesday and has at least one point in each of his past seven NHL games dating to March 31 vs. TOR (4-6—10).

* Connor McDavid (0-3—3) assisted on three of Edmonton’s six goals – including both by Leon Draisaitl (2-1—3) – to help the Oilers stretch their road point streak to four games (3-0-1). McDavid extended his point streak to seven games (6-9—15) with his 10th multi-point effort of the season to increase his League-leading total to 11-23—34 (25 GP).

DID YOU KNOW?
Connor McDavid has collected 27-55—82 through the first 70 games of his NHL career (1.17 PPG). Elias notes that Wayne Gretzky (41-74—115) and Blair MacDonald (41-42—83) are the only players in franchise history to record more points through their first 70 career NHL games.

OVERTIME HEROICS
The Flyers, Blackhawks and Panthers each secured overtime victories:

* A day after proposing to his long-time girlfriend, Ryanne Breton, Claude Giroux (2-0—2) scored his second goal of the contest 40 seconds into overtime to lead the Flyers over the Senators for their third consecutive victory. Giroux and Breton both grew up in the Ottawa area and celebrated with family on Wednesday night.

* Marian Hossa scored at 1:31 of overtime as the Blackhawks extended their home point streak to 12 games (10-0-2), matching their longest such run since Jan. 22 – March 6, 2013 (11-0-1). Hossa scored his 15th career regular-season overtime goal, third among active players behind Jaromir Jagr (19) and Alex Ovechkin (18).

* Aleksander Barkov scored at 2:04 of overtime to help new coach Tom Rowe earn his first NHL win and power the Panthers to a 4-2-1 record in their last seven outings.

LOOSE PUCKS
Ducks forward Ondrej Kase scored the game-winner – the first goal of his NHL career (8 GP) – to lead Anaheim to their third straight win . . . Devils forward Travis Zajac (3-0—3) registered the second hat trick of his NHL career . . . Forward Jordan Nolan (2-0—2) registered the first multi-goal game of his NHL career to guide the Kings to their sixth victory in their last seven outings . . . Jaroslav Halak turned aside all 38 shots he faced to backstop the Islanders to their third consecutive win . . . Forward David Pastrnak provided the primary assist on the game-tying goal with 31.5 seconds left in regulation and scored the decisive marker in the shootout to lead the Bruins to a 2-1 comeback victory . . . The Blue Jackets improved to 10-2-3 (23 points) since the start of November and moved into third place in the Metropolitan Division . . . Jets rookie Patrik Laine (2-0—2) ranks second in the NHL with 15 goals this season . . . Oilers forward Milan Lucic (0-2—2) extended his point streak to six games (2-8—10) . . . Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr skated in the 1,653rd game of his NHL career, passing Mark Recchi (1,652) for fourth on the all-time list . . . Avalanche forward Samuel Henley scored in his NHL debut, bringing his mother to tears of joy . . . Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne, Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov and Oilers center Connor McDavid were named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the month of November . . . Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski was named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for November . . . The Senators honored the CFL's Ottawa Redblacks, who recently won the 104th Grey Cup.

SNEAK PEEK AT FRIDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Minnesota @ Calgary, 9 p.m., SNW, FS-WI, FS-N+
Montreal @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m., CSN-CA, SNE, RDS

Thanks to the NHL PR department for the information above.