Sunday’s Three Stars: Perry tricks Jackets; more Datsyuk magic in OT

No. 1 Star: Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks

The Ducks won by three goals, and Corey Perry had a hat trick. Coincidence!? Probably, since Anaheim was playing the moribund Columbus Blue Jackets, but Perry's fourth career 3-goal game was a catalyst in their 7-4 win. He scored the Ducks' second goal of the game, a key power-play goal in the second period to re-established a 3-goal lead and then an empty netter to ice it.

No. 2 Star: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings

He was kept in check by the Chicago Blackhawks all game, but Datsyuk sprung loose when it counted: At 3:08 of overtime, when he shook a Patrick Kane check, collected a rebound and then sent home the winning goal from a tough angle for his 13th of the season. Detroit won in OT, 3-2.

No. 3 Star: Filip Kuba, Ottawa Senators

Kuba's blast through a Daniel Alfredsson screen gave the Ottawa Senators the lead with 1:11 left in their game with the Philadelphia Flyers, eventually winning, 6-4. He finished the game at a plus-4.

Honorable mention: Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist and finished at a plus-5 for the Sens. Daniel Alfredsson, Nick Foligno and Chris Neil also had a goal and an assist. … Teemu Selanne had two goals in the Ducks' win, while Saku Koivu had a goal and two assists. … Iiro Tarkki, an undrafted rookie from Finland, won his first NHL game in relief of Jonas Hiller, who left with an undisclosed lower body injury. … Rick Nash scored two goals for the Jackets. … Valtteri Filppula had a goal and an assist. Patrick Sharp scored goal No. 20. … Matt Read had a goal and an assist for the Flyers. … Save of the night right here from Craig Anderson on Brayden Schenn:

Did you know? Blackhawks D Sean O'Donnell played in his 1,200th NHL game.

Fight of the Night: This was a thorough beatdown by Jared Boll on Sheldon Brookbank:

Dishonorable mention: Among the significant injuries on Sunday night were Hiller, Patrick Sharp (undisclosed but sounding ominous) and Jeff Carter (separated shoulder on a Francois Beuchamin hit at center ice). … Matt Carle was a minus-4 for the Flyers. … Replays on NBC showed the Red Wings got away with a too many men on the ice violation just before they scored the game-winning goal. But the game had its share of missed calls overall. ... Another first period meltdown from Steve Mason, who gave up four goals on 16 shots, including one 2:14 into the game. … The Blue Jackets got into it with some Ducks fans behind the penalty box.