January 2, 2012

Besides the Winter Classic there were four games going on in the NHL. New Jersey played Ottawa, the Sharks played the Canucks, the Edmonton Oilers played the Chicago Blackhawks, and Colorado played the Kings. Three out of the four games went into either overtime or a shootout. The Devils and the Senators ended up with a tie of two after sixty minutes, but Daniel Alfredsson scored in overtime and won the game for the Senators. The Sharks and Canucks settled their game in a shootout. San Jose came out on top with a three, two victory. In the Avalanche, Kings game the score was tied one, one after sixty minutes. The Avalanche beat the Kings in a shootout. The only game that did not go into extra time was the Oilers, Blackhawks game; the score ended four, three, with the Oilers beating the number one team in the league, (in sixty minutes).