William Nylander netted his second profession hat trick and Matthew Knies collected one aim and one help because the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs rode a four-goal second interval to a 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.
John Tavares and Bobby McMann additionally scored for the Maple Leafs, who beat each Alberta groups to kick off a four-game street journey. Auston Matthews posted three assists in his 600th recreation and goaltender Joseph Woll made 23 saves.
Matt Coronato, Yegor Sharangovich and Joel Farabee replied for the Flames, who’ve misplaced two of three video games. Goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 24 photographs, whereas MacKenzie Weegar, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri all collected two assists.
Nylander’s empty-net aim, his fifth tally in a three-game stretch, sealed the victory and accomplished his hat trick, which got here eight years to the day after his first three-goal recreation.
Utah 3, Flyers 2 (OT)
Dylan Guenther had a storybook return to the ice Tuesday for the Utah Hockey Membership, capped by scoring the game-winning aim with a second left in extra time to carry the hosts to a victory over Philadelphia in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Coming back from a lower-body damage stored him out for 12 video games, Guenther scored twice and had an help to snap Utah’s five-game shedding streak (0-3-2). Mikhail Sergachev had a aim and two assists, Barrett Hayton additionally notched two assists, and Karel Vejmelka made 18 saves.
Samuel Ersson stopped a career-high 39 photographs for Philadelphia, which misplaced its fourth straight (0-3-1). Philadelphia broke a 182-minute scoring drought due to objectives by Rodrigo Abols, his first NHL tally, and Tyson Foerster.
Capitals 6, Panthers 3
Lars Eller and Nic Dowd every scored a aim early within the third interval and Alex Ovechkin added profession aim No. 878, lifting host Washington over Florida.
Ovechkin scored for the third time in as many video games; his team-leading twenty fifth aim of the season moved him 17 objectives away from breaking Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s NHL document. Dowd had two assists to go together with his aim, Andrew Mangiapane and Aliaksei Protas every collected one in every of every and Tom Wilson added a short-handed tally. Logan Thompson made 30 saves because the Capitals snapped a two-game skid general and prolonged their dwelling level streak to 14 video games (10-0-4).
Florida’s Sam Bennett recorded a aim and an help, and Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk additionally scored. Sergei Bobrovsky turned apart 20 photographs for the Atlantic Division-leading Panthers, who noticed their three-game profitable streak come to a halt.
Canadiens 4, Sharks 3
Joel Armia’s short-handed aim late within the third interval lifted Montreal to a win at San Jose.
The victory snapped the Canadiens’ five-game (0-4-1) winless streak. Alex Newhook had a aim and an help, and Kirby Dach had two assists. Brendan Gallagher and Cole Caufield each scored with the additional attacker as a part of a 2-for-4 night time for Montreal’s energy play. Sam Montembeault stopped 27 of 30 photographs.
Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli every had a aim and an help on the ability play as San Jose was additionally 2-for-4 with the person benefit. Collin Graf scored the Sharks’ different aim for his first profession NHL tally. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 16 of 20 photographs for the Sharks, who’re 1-8-0 of their final 9 video games.
Canucks 3, Avalanche 0
Jake DeBrusk had a aim and an help and Thatcher Demko recorded his first shutout of the season as Vancouver snapped a two-game shedding skid by beating visiting Colorado.
Brock Boeser and Drew O’Connor scored and Filip Hronek had two assists for the new-look Canucks, who had been enjoying with an additional spring of their step after including 4 new gamers in a pair of trades on Friday. Demko stopped 25 photographs for his ninth profession shutout as he performed one in every of his finest video games since coming back from a protracted damage absence in mid-December.
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 28 of 30 photographs for the Avalanche, who had gained their earlier two video games. Blackwood had his shutout streak snapped at 146:55 after he recorded shutouts in his earlier two video games.
Oilers 3, Blues 2 (OT)
Connor Brown scored 2:33 into extra time to carry visiting Edmonton previous St. Louis.
Connor McDavid tallied a aim and two assists and Leon Draisaitl had a aim and an help for the Oilers, who’re 4-1-1 of their final six video games. Stuart Skinner made 20 saves to earn the victory.
Jordan Kyrou and Colton Parayko scored and Jordan Binnington made 35 saves for the Blues, who’re 1-4-1 of their final six.
Jets 3, Hurricanes 0
Eric Comrie made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season as Winnipeg secured a seventh consecutive victory, blanking visiting Carolina.
Nino Niederreiter had a aim and an help for the Jets, whereas Neal Pionk and Rasmus Kupari had been the opposite scorers. Winnipeg is one victory away from matching the membership finest, achieved thrice for the reason that franchise started because the Atlanta Thrashers in 1999-2000.
Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 27 photographs for Carolina.
Sabres 3, Blue Jackets 2
Alex Tuch scored two second-period objectives after registering a first-period help and Buffalo recorded their first four-game profitable streak in additional than two years by beating Columbus.
Bowen Byram had a aim with an help, Jason Zucker added two helpers and James Reimer made 27 saves for the Sabres, who notched 4 straight wins — to brush their homestand — for the primary time since a five-game run in January 2023. Reimer improved to 2-4-1 in seven begins since becoming a member of Buffalo.
Ivan Provorov logged a aim and an help and Kent Johnson additionally scored for Columbus, which dropped two after profitable the primary two of a four-game street stretch. Elvis Merzlikins made 18 saves for the Blue Jackets, who’ve misplaced two straight video games in regulation for the primary time since mid-December.
Bruins 3, Wild 0
Jeremy Swayman pitched a 35-save shutout and Charlie McAvoy scored the eventual game-winning aim as Boston beat visiting Minnesota.
Trent Frederic and Morgan Geekie additionally tallied because the Bruins gained their second straight recreation. Matt Poitras assisted on Boston’s first two objectives, and David Pastrnak had one helper to increase his level streak to 11 video games.
The loss was Minnesota’s second straight since a three-game win streak. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 photographs in his 1,044th profession recreation, tied with Roberto Luongo for the second most by a goaltender in NHL historical past.
Lightning 4, Senators 3
Brandon Hagel broke a third-period tie and host Tampa Bay snapped Ottawa’s five-game profitable streak.
Luke Glendening, Nikita Kucherov and Ryan McDonagh additionally netted objectives for the Lightning, who’re 3-4-1 previously eight video games. Victor Hedman had two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 photographs.
Michael Amadio, Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson tallied for the Senators. Thomas Chabot had two assists, and Linus Ullmark made 34 saves.
Devils 3, Penguins 2 (SO)
Jack Hughes scored each regulation objectives for New Jersey, which earned a shootout victory at Pittsburgh.
Timo Meier scored the deciding aim within the seventh spherical of the shootout. Jesper Bratt had two assists for the Devils, and Nico Daws stopped 25 photographs to document his first victory of the season.
Rickard Rakell scored within the second interval and Kevin Hayes scored within the third because the Penguins erased a 2-0 deficit. Alex Nedeljkovic made 19 saves.
Islanders 2, Golden Knights 1
Brock Nelson scored the profitable aim simply past the halfway level of the third interval for surging New York, which edged Vegas in Elmont, N.Y.
Bo Horvat scored within the first for the Islanders, who gained for the eighth time in 9 video games regardless of being outshot 34-14. Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves.
Brandon Saad scored his first aim for the Golden Knights since signing with the group on Friday. Ilya Samsonov stopped 12 photographs for Vegas, which has misplaced 4 straight (0-2-2) and 11 of 14 (3-8-3).
Geese 2, Stars 1
John Gibson made 26 saves to select up the win in his five hundredth NHL recreation as host Anaheim edged Dallas.
It was the 202nd profession victory for Gibson, who grew to become the eleventh lively goaltender and eighty fifth in NHL historical past to hit the 500-game mark. Trevor Zegras and Cutter Gauthier scored for Anaheim, which gained for the fifth time in six video games.
Colin Blackwell scored and Jake Oettinger made 26 saves for the Stars, who had a five-game profitable streak snapped. It marked the primary lack of Oettinger’s profession in 9 begins towards the Geese.
Pink Wings 5, Kraken 4
Patrick Kane set the NHL document along with his 53rd shootout aim as visiting Detroit beat Seattle to assert its seventh consecutive win.
Kane scored with a backhanded shot off the crossbar and into the online, the lone tally within the expertise competitors. He handed former Chicago teammate Jonathan Toews for the highest spot in shootout objectives. Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Jonatan Berggren and Elmer Soderblom scored in regulation for Detroit. Cam Talbot made 23 saves by extra time, plus all three shootout makes an attempt.
The Pink Wings, who completed an ideal four-game street journey — with three wins coming in further time — are using a 15-3-1 run. Shane Wright scored twice, whereas Matty Beniers and Chandler Stephenson replied for the Kraken, who’ve one win previously 5 video games. Joey Daccord stopped 36 photographs by extra time.
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