NHL All-Star Game – East Beats West!
January 27, 2008 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under All-Star Game, Events, Fan Fare, Scores
ARGH!!! Talk about a close game! Even though Rick Nash opened the scoring for the west during the NHL All-Star Game 12 seconds in to the first, it was an up and down roller coaster that led to the Eastern Conference taking the win (they won 8-7).
The East were leading heading in to the third and it was all tied-up until Marc Savard scored the game-winning goal with 21 seconds remaining! The Eastern Conference won the 56th NHL All-Star Game Sunday in Atlanta.
“It felt great,” Savard told Hockey Night in Canada. “I played hard here and I love the fans here, they were great to me. It’s always tough when you come back, but I had a lot of fun.”
Staal added two goals Sunday for the East to skate away with MVP honours.
“It got intense toward the last couple minutes,” Staal, a 23-year-old playing in his second all-star game, told HNIC. “It was a tight game, and I think that’s just the inner competitiveness of the guys. We were fortunate to get out on top.”
Alex Ovechkin also netted a pair for the East, while Rick Nash notched a hat trick for the West, including the game’s opening goal a record 12 seconds in.
“It’s fun playing in these things with these type of players,” Nash told HNIC.
Still, it’s not like they won by a landslide. The Western Conference team dominated the second period with goalie Evgeni Nabokov stopping all eight shots he faced – including a couple incredible saves against Ilya Kovalchuk.
It was so much fun. I would have liked to see both Sedin twins and Sidney Crosby there but it was good anyway!
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