After scoring his first of the season in the first period, Ceci looked destined to pick up his second of the contest when Bobby Ryan fed him a pass with an empty net.
It was 20 years ago that the Detroit Red Wings finally put an end to their 42-year Stanley Cup drought.
It was such an iconic moment for the franchise, and that 1997 Stanley Cup championship team was honored at Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday night ahead of the Red Wings' clash with the Buffalo Sabres.
Markov, 38, has missed the past three games with a lower-body injury.
Therrien confirmed that Markov will not join the team on its current six-game road swing, with the next three matches against Tampa Bay, Florida, and Pittsburgh.
Markov has appeared in 31 games this season and has recorded two goals and 19 assists.
If the voting holds, those players will be the captains for the 2017 All-Star Game.
Here are the top five vote-getters from each division:
Atlantic: 1. Price, Montreal 2. Jaromir Jagr, Florida 3. Shea Weber, Montreal 4. Patrice Bergeron, Boston 5. Jack Eichel, Buffalo
Central: 1. Subban, Nashville 2. Patrick Kane, Chicago 3. Jonathan Toews, Chicago 4. Patrik Laine, Winnipeg 5. Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis
Metropolitan: 1. Crosby, Pittsburgh 2. Alex Ovechkin, Washington 3. Phil Kessel, Pittsburgh 4. Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia 5. John Tavares, NY Islanders
Pacific: 1. McDavid, Edmonton 2. Brent Burns, San Jose 3. Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary 4. Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles 5. Joe Thornton, San Jose
Voting at NHL.com/vote will remain open until 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 2.
Howe's skill, toughness, and unrivaled longevity were all part of his enduring legacy, and his remarkable character ensured he'll never be forgotten.
Ed Snider
The Philadelphia Flyers lost their patriarch when co-founder and longtime chairman Ed Snider died at the age of 83 in April following a two-year battle with cancer.
Snider owned the Flyers for nearly 50 years and was credited with turning Philadelphia into a hockey town. He was inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame in 1988.
The successful businessman formerly owned the Philadelphia 76ers and was a part-owner of the NFL's Eagles.
Marek Svatos
The former Colorado Avalanche winger left the world tragically, and far too young.
Svatos was pronounced dead at the age of 34 in early November, and the cause was later determined to be a drug overdose due to a combination of substances including codeine, morphine, and anti-anxiety medication.
He played six seasons with the Avalanche, scoring a career-high 32 goals in 2005-06, before concluding his NHL tenure with the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators. Svatos finished his hockey career with stints in the KHL and his native Slovakia, playing his final season in 2013-14.
Andy Bathgate
A Hockey Hall of Famer whose No. 9 hangs from the rafters at Madison Square Garden, Bathgate died in February at the age of 83.
He was a talented scorer who notched at least 25 goals every season from 1956-57 to 1962-63, winning the Hart Trophy in 1959 following a 40-goal campaign.
Bathgate was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1964, and he immediately helped them win the Stanley Cup, scoring the eventual game-winning goal in Game 7.
Bill Dineen
While Snider was the figurative patriarch of the Flyers franchise, Dineen was the literal father figure in one of hockey's most well known coaching families.
Dineen, who died earlier this month at the age of 84, won two Stanley Cups as a player before becoming an accomplished head coach.
He guided the WHA's Houston Aeros to back-to-back championships in the 1970s and won the AHL's Calder Cup twice in the '80s. His sons Kevin, Gord, and Jerry all followed in his coaching footsteps, occupying instructional roles in the NHL and AHL.
The Carolina Hurricanes will be without their highest-scoring defenseman for the foreseeable future.
Justin Faulk suffered a lower-body injury against Boston on Dec. 23 and is considered week-to-week, head coach Bill Peters announced Wednesday.
In 30 games this season, Faulk had recorded seven goals and nine assists while averaging 23:06 of ice time, six seconds below team leader Jaccob Slavin.
The Hurricanes emerge from the holiday break seven points behind Philadelphia, which holds the Eastern Conference's second wild-card playoff spot. Bridging that gap will be much more difficult without Faulk.
