Shane Wright made a strong return to the lineup with a goal and an assist, helping the Seattle Kraken beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Monday night in the first game of a home-and-home series between the two teams.
Andre Burakovsky and Brandon Montour also scored, and Ryker Evans contributed two assists for Seattle, which had lost five consecutive road games since late October. Goaltender Joey Daccord made 21 saves to earn his sixth win in the last seven games.
For Anaheim, Trevor Zegras and Frank Vatrano scored. Troy Terry provided two assists, and Lukas Dostal made 24 saves on 27 shots. The Ducks are now on a two-game losing streak (0-1-1).
The Kraken were down 2-1 going into the third period but quickly turned the game around by scoring twice within the first 1:10.
Burakovsky tied the game just 46 seconds into the third, redirecting a pass from Jared McCann at the left post. Wright then won a faceoff in the offensive zone, sending the puck to Montour, who fired a slapshot from the right point into the upper left corner of the net just 24 seconds later, giving Seattle the lead.
Seattle Kraken and Columbus Blue
Seattle had scored the first goal at 7:12 of the first period. Wright battled a defender in front of the net and redirected Oliver Bjorkstrand’s shot past Dostal. Wright, who was a healthy scratch in the last three games, hadn’t scored a point since October 17.
Anaheim equalized at 15:59 of the first when they had an extra attacker on the ice. Terry passed to Zegras, who fired a shot from the left faceoff circle over Daccord’s shoulder to make it 1-1.
In the second period, the Ducks took the lead when Vatrano scored a rebound goal at 6:17 after Daccord made a save on Olen Zellweger.
Late in the second period, Ducks forward Leo Carlsson, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 draft, suffered an upper-body injury after crashing into his own net following a hit by Seattle’s Tye Kartye, who was penalized for interference. Carlsson did not return to the game.
Alex Iafallo scored two goals as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Nino Niederreiter and Adam Lowry also scored for Winnipeg, which kept the best record in the NHL with their 18th win in 22 games this season. Neal Pionk added two assists.
Jake Middleton scored the only goal for Minnesota.
Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 43 saves to improve his record to 15-2-0 this season.
Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 28 shots but dropped to 9-4-3.
Minnesota took the lead with 11:23 left in the first period. Marcus Johansson took a shot that Hellebuyck stopped, but the rebound went to Middleton, who scored to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.
Iafallo tied the game at 1-1 with 9:57 remaining in the first period, scoring on a backhand shot with an assist from Rasmus Kupari.
Filip Gustavsson defends against St. Louis Blues’ Jake Neighbours during the second period of an NHL hockey game
Winnipeg took a 2-1 lead with 7:55 left in the second period when Niederreiter scored against his former team. He made a move in front of the net and scored his ninth goal of the season.
Iafallo added his second goal of the game and fourth of the season, giving the Jets a 3-1 lead with 6:40 left in the third period. He redirected a shot from Pionk on the power play for his 100th career goal, achieved in the same state where he played college hockey at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Lowry sealed the win for Winnipeg with an empty-net goal with 1:03 left, his fifth goal of the season.
The Jets were 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Wild went 0-for-2.
Martin Necas scored the game-winning goal on a power play with 2:07 left, and Sebastian Aho had a goal and three assists as the Carolina Hurricanes came back in the third period to beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Monday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Necas passed the puck from the left circle to the low slot, where it deflected off Dallas defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s skate and past goalie Jake Oettinger. This goal gave Carolina the lead, which they held onto. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-net goal with just 14.5 seconds remaining to seal the win.
Seth Jarvis scored a shorthanded goal and had two assists, while Necas and Shayne Gostisbehere each had a goal and an assist. Brent Burns also scored for the Hurricanes, who extended their home win streak to eight games. Spencer Martin made 15 saves on 19 shots to earn his second win.
Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin, and Miro Heiskanen each scored a goal and had an assist for Dallas, with Matt Duchene adding two assists and Thomas Harley also scoring. Oettinger stopped 28 shots but could not prevent the loss, snapping Dallas’ two-game win streak.
Dallas Stars defense man Esa Lindell skates with the puck against the Vegas Golden Knights during the game
Seguin gave the Stars a 1-0 lead just 18 seconds into the game by tapping in a pass from Marchment, which was the second-fastest opening goal of the season, only behind Nathan Walker’s 11-second goal for St. Louis.
Jarvis tied the game with a shorthanded goal at 6:36, but Harley put Dallas back in front midway through the first period with his second goal. Marchment made it 3-1 with his seventh goal early in the second period.
Carolina responded in the third period with three straight goals from Aho, Burns, and Gostisbehere, taking a 4-3 lead. Heiskanen tied the game with 5:16 left, scoring a wrist shot past Martin’s blocker side.
With 2:25 left in the game, Wyatt Johnston was called for high-sticking, giving Carolina a power play that led to Necas’ game-winning goal.
Jack Eichel scored the only goal in a shootout on Monday, leading the Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-4 comeback win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Eichel and Ivan Barbashev each recorded a goal and an assist in regular time as Vegas fought back from a 3-0 deficit to improve to 3-1-0 on their five-game road trip. Goaltender Ilya Samsonov made 32 saves in regulation and stopped all three Flyers’ shootout attempts.
Philadelphia ended its homestand with a 2-2-1 record, with Morgan Frost contributing a goal and an assist, and rookie defenseman Emil Andrae scoring his first NHL goal. Sean Couturier and Matvei Michkov also scored for the Flyers, while Ivan Fedotov made 26 saves.
Eichel scored the game-winning goal in the shootout, shooting a wrist shot past Fedotov. Samsonov then stopped Owen Tippett’s attempt to secure the win.
The Flyers were ahead 4-3 until Tanner Pearson tied the game with 8:05 remaining in the third period. Pearson stole the puck on the forecheck and fired a one-timer from the slot after receiving a pass from Noah Hanifin.
Vegas Golden Knights and Utah Hockey Club
Philadelphia had a power play in overtime but couldn’t convert. Samsonov made a big save on Travis Sanheim, and Sanheim later hit the post during the man advantage.
The Flyers led 2-0 after the first period thanks to goals from Frost and Couturier. Frost tipped in a shot from Rasmus Ristolainen to give Philadelphia the lead, and Couturier scored after getting past the defense to beat Samsonov inside the right post.
Andrae’s goal on a rebound made it 3-0 early in the second period, but the Golden Knights quickly answered. Eichel scored to put Vegas on the board, then assisted Barbashev to make it 3-2 about four minutes later.
Michkov scored to give the Flyers a two-goal lead again, but the Golden Knights responded. Pavel Dorofeyev scored a power-play goal with a one-timer past Fedotov with 1:50 remaining in the second period.
Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond scored in a quick sequence in the third period on Monday night, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 comeback win over the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y. Larkin tied the game, and Raymond scored the game-winning goal just minutes later.
Simon Edvinsson added an empty-net goal with 2.4 seconds left, securing the Red Wings’ victory. This was only Detroit’s third win in their last nine games (3-5-1), but it completed a three-game season sweep of the Islanders, who they beat three times despite only scoring seven goals on 63 shots in those games.
This win marked the second time in five days the Red Wings came back in the third period to defeat the Islanders. They had also scored twice in the final 4:46 to win 2-1 last Thursday in Detroit.
Moritz Seider had scored earlier in the first period for Detroit, and goaltender Alex Lyon made 27 saves to help secure the win.
Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
For the Islanders, Anders Lee scored in the first period, and Kyle Palmieri added another goal in the second. New York has now lost four of their last five games (1-3-1), blowing third-period leads in all four losses. Goalie Semyon Varlamov made 17 saves in the loss.
Lee scored early in the game after a scramble in front of the net. Lyon lost his stick during a save attempt, and Lee was able to score under his arm. Seider then tied the game with a shot from the point, assisted by Andrew Copp. Palmieri gave the Islanders the lead again in the second after a deflection from teammate Brock Nelson.
The Red Wings came back in the third when Larkin turned and shot a puck past Varlamov to tie the game. Raymond then redirected a shot from Edvinsson into the net for the go-ahead goal. Varlamov was pulled with just under three minutes left, but the Islanders couldn’t capitalize, and Edvinsson sealed the win with an empty-netter.
Nico Hischier’s natural hat trick in the second period helped the New Jersey Devils defeat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Monday in Newark, N.J.
This was Hischier’s first-ever hat trick in his eight NHL seasons, and he ended his 10-game goal drought in a big way. Despite the recent slump, Hischier leads New Jersey with 13 goals this season.
Erik Haula and Justin Dowling also scored for the Devils, and Johnathan Kovacevic had two assists. Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves on 21 shots to earn the win.
The Devils have now won three straight games and are 8-2-0 in their last 10 games.
This victory marked New Jersey’s first home win against Nashville since March 3, 2015, breaking an eight-game losing streak against the Predators at home.
Filip Forsberg and Zachary L’Heureux scored for Nashville, who has a 2-3-2 record in their last seven games.
Dylan Cozen challenges Nico Hischier in the game
Juuse Saros stopped 26 of 30 shots before being replaced by Scott Wedgewood at the start of the third period. Wedgewood made 15 saves in relief.
Forsberg gave Nashville the lead with their first shot of the game at 5:06 of the first period. Haula tied it for the Devils at 11:29 after a nice passing play.
New Jersey took the lead 3:52 into the second period after Timo Meier passed to Hischier, who raced down the right side and scored, getting past Nashville defender Marc Del Gaizo.
The Devils were 1-for-2 on the power play, while Nashville was 0-for-5. Hischier scored New Jersey’s power-play goal at 10:01 of the second period.
Hischier completed his hat trick with a breakaway goal at 16:57 of the second period, after Stefan Noesen stole the puck at the blue line and passed to him.
L’Heureux scored for Nashville at 7:39 of the third period, but despite having a five-minute power play later in the game, Nashville could not score again after Meier’s major penalty for cross-checking L’Heureux.
Dowling sealed the win for the Devils with an empty-net goal at 17:25 of the third period.
Defenseman Jakob Chychrun, who grew up near the area, scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and added two assists, helping the Washington Capitals secure a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.
Lars Eller scored twice for Washington, while he and Ivan Miroshnichenko each added an empty-net goal.
Logan Thompson made 20 saves in goal, improving his record to 9-1-1 in his first season with the Capitals.
Chychrun, who is from Boca Raton, a short drive from Sunrise, shared the spotlight with Eller and Thompson. The Panthers, the reigning Stanley Cup champions, have now lost six of their last seven games. Niko Mikkola scored for Florida, and backup goalie Spencer Knight made 27 saves.
Sam Reinhart’s 13-game points streak was snapped in this game. During that streak, Reinhart had 11 goals and eight assists, tying the longest points streak in the NHL this season.
Washington Capitals (NHL)
The first period ended in a 1-1 tie.
Florida scored first, seven minutes into the game. Sam Bennett held the puck in the center, drawing two defenders before passing to Mikkola on the left wing. Mikkola then scored his first goal of the season with a shot off the crossbar.
Washington responded with a goal at 17:49. Chychrun stopped just inside the blue line and made a perfect pass to Eller, who scored from close range, lifting the puck over Knight’s blocker.
After a scoreless second period, Washington took a 2-1 lead early in the third with a five-on-three power-play goal. Just 78 seconds into the period, Chychrun scored from the point, using Pierre-Luc Dubois as a screen to beat Knight on the glove side.
The two penalties that set up the five-on-three were for tripping against Uvis Balinskis and slashing against Aaron Ekblad.
With 2:24 left in the game, Florida pulled Knight for an extra attacker, but Washington capitalized with two empty-net goals.
Anthony Cirelli scored for the sixth game in a row, and Brandon Hagel had four of his career-high five assists during Tampa Bay’s big five-goal first period as the Lightning defeated the Colorado Avalanche 8-2 on Monday night.
Cirelli’s quick goal with just 14 seconds left in the first period extended his goal streak to six games, the longest in the NHL this season. His ninth goal of the season put the Lightning ahead 5-1. He is now two games away from tying the Tampa Bay record for the most consecutive games with a goal, a record held by Nikita Kucherov and Brian Bradley.
Hagel set a franchise record with four assists in the first period and added another assist in the second.
Jake Guentzel scored twice, Kucherov had a goal and two assists, and Nick Perbix, Luke Glendening, Brayden Point, and Michael Eyssimont also scored for Tampa Bay. The Lightning improved their home record to 7-2-1. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves in goal, and Zemgus Girgensons earned his 100th career assist.
The Lightning won both games in the season series, outscoring Colorado 13-4.
For the Avalanche, Ivan Ivan scored both of their goals in the loss. Colorado’s goaltender, Justus Annunen, was replaced in the first period after allowing three goals but later returned to play. He ended up allowing five goals on 16 shots. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 14 shots in relief.
Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche
Josh Manson played in his 600th NHL game, while Jonathan Drouin was scratched from the lineup due to an upper-body injury after scoring two goals in Saturday’s game.
In the first period, Perbix scored the game’s first goal at 5:41 with help from Eyssimont. Guentzel added another on the power play just over two minutes later, but Ivan quickly scored for Colorado on a rebound. Kucherov’s goal at the 10-minute mark chased Annunen from the game. Hagel then stripped Nathan MacKinnon of the puck during a Colorado power play and helped lead a 2-on-1 rush, which ended with Glendening scoring a short-handed goal. Cirelli then scored with just 14 seconds left in the period.
In the second period, Point scored on the power play, with an assist from Hagel, to make it 6-1.
Annunen returned to the net for the third period, and Ivan scored again for Colorado. Guentzel added another goal for the Lightning before Eyssimont scored to finish the game at 8-2.
Jim Montgomery looks on the game from the sidelines
New St. Louis Blues coach Jim Montgomery spoke to reporters on Monday at Madison Square Garden, wearing a dark blue sweatshirt with the team’s famous blue note logo. He was clearly excited about his new role.
Montgomery, who was an assistant coach with the Blues from 2020 to 2022, expressed his happiness about returning to St. Louis.
“Crazy — there’s no other word for it,” the 55-year-old said just a few days after being fired by the Boston Bruins and hired by St. Louis to replace Drew Bannister. “I have worked with over half this lineup already, and I know how committed they are. For me, this was a no-brainer for me to come back home.”
The Blues, who missed the playoffs last season after Bannister took over for the 2019 Stanley Cup-winning coach Craig Berube in December, have a lot to improve. They started this season with a 9-12-1 record. Only two teams have scored fewer goals than their 2.36 goals per game, and they are near the bottom of the league in both power play and penalty kill.
On Monday night, the Blues defeated the Rangers 5-2, playing hard from start to finish in Montgomery’s first game as coach. The team fired more than 40 shots at Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin. Forward Zack Bolduc scored his first two goals of the season.
Brayden Schenn skates in the 3rd period
“I loved our effort,” Montgomery said. “We could have had eight tonight. Shesterkin played well … For 60 minutes we stuck with how we needed to play.”
Montgomery previously led the Bruins to a record-breaking 65-win, 135-point season in 2022-23 and was named Coach of the Year. When he became available, Blues president and general manager Doug Armstrong moved quickly to bring him in.
“When you get a phone call and you hear Doug Armstrong’s plan and how you’re a big part of it, that makes you feel it is the right place to go,” Montgomery said. “The best line that put his hooks into me is, ‘When something delicious falls on my plate, I eat.’ I don’t know. I guess I was a T-bone that day.”
Every NHL team Montgomery has coached for a full season has made the playoffs, and his .659 points percentage is among the best in league history.
“I believe in this group,” Montgomery said. “It’s not easy to make the playoffs in this league. Half the teams miss it. But I do think that in time this is a caliber playoff team.”
Blues players have had positive reactions to the coaching change.
Zack Bolduc and Joel Hofer celebrates after the win
“He’s detailed and structured, but at the same time he lets guys play hockey,” said captain Brayden Schenn after the Blues’ morning skate. “He’s a guy you want to play hard for, who has had success in this league.”
Schenn scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period against the Rangers and said after the win that he felt a boost with Montgomery now behind the Blues bench.
“There’s always life and energy when any team makes a midseason coaching change,” Schenn said. “Tonight it showed. Now it’s our job to keep building on that.”
Robert Thomas, a first-round draft pick by St. Louis in 2017 who is now in his seventh season with the Blues, said he was sorry to see Bannister go but was happy to have Montgomery back as head coach.
“He was a huge help for me and someone I really relied on a couple of years ago,” Thomas said. “He’s someone a lot of us have a ton of respect for. He’s got a big personality.”
The Bruins fired Montgomery last Tuesday after losing 12 of their first 20 games. Boston won 120 of 184 regular-season games with Montgomery as coach, though their playoff success was limited to a first-round win over Toronto last spring.
Montgomery’s first NHL coaching job, with the Dallas Stars, ended when he was fired in December 2019 for unprofessional conduct.
St. Louis Blues players celebrate in the 3rd period
Armstrong hired Montgomery in September 2020 to join Berube’s staff. Now, Armstrong has given Montgomery a fresh, five-year contract with the goal of helping the Blues return to being one of the league’s best teams.
“He’s one of those coaches that I really do believe can be with this team now and as it grows,” Armstrong said on Sunday. “The proof of that is the five-year commitment. One of the things I think is the next part for Jim’s career is to get that longevity in one spot.”
Leaving the Bruins after his success in Boston wasn’t easy, but Montgomery said he immediately chose to stay positive.
“I’m a firm believer that when one door closes, another one opens if you do the right thing,” he said. “It’s about your relationships in life… The five-year deal shows the commitment of Tom Stillman and the ownership group, that we are in this together.”
After the game, Montgomery said the team’s excitement was clear from the morning skate all the way to the final buzzer.
“It was very evident guys were excited to get out and play some hockey,” he said.
Nashville Predators center Philip Tomasino, left, skates with the puck as Florida Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola, right, defends during the first period
The Pittsburgh Penguins traded for center Philip Tomasino from the Nashville Predators on Monday, sending a fourth-round pick in the 2027 draft in return.
This move adds another young player to the Penguins’ roster as the team tries to improve after a difficult start to the season, its worst in almost 20 years.
Tomasino, 23, has one point in 11 games so far this season with Nashville. He was a first-round pick in the 2019 draft and has played 159 games for the Predators since making his NHL debut in the 2021-22 season, recording 23 goals and 48 assists.
The Penguins gave up a fourth-round draft pick they had received from the New York Rangers to acquire Tomasino.
Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby (NHL)
Pittsburgh is struggling with its worst start in nearly two decades. The Penguins are currently last in the Metropolitan Division, and their minus-34 goal difference is the worst in the NHL.
Despite some highlights — like star captain Sidney Crosby joining the 600-goal club over the weekend — general manager Kyle Dubas is focusing more on bringing in younger players to refresh a team that is one of the oldest in the league. Earlier this month, he traded veteran center Lars Eller to Washington for multiple draft picks.
Dylan Guenther scored two goals and had one assist, leading the Utah Hockey Club to a 6-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.
Jack McBain, Mikhail Sergachev, Nick Bjugstad, and Alexander Kerfoot also scored for Utah, ending a three-game losing streak. Clayton Keller provided three assists, while Nick Schmaltz, Michael Carcone, and Logan Cooley each added two assists.
Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves, earning his first career win against Pittsburgh.
Sidney Crosby scored his 600th career goal for the Penguins. Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves for Pittsburgh, who lost their third straight game and eight of their last ten (2-5-3).
Flames 4, Wild 3 (SO)
Rasmus Andersson scored the game-winning goal in the fifth round of a shootout, and Calgary completed a perfect four-game homestand with a win over Minnesota.
Kevin Rooney, Martin Pospisil, and Yegor Sharangovich scored in regulation for the Flames, who blew a two-goal lead in the third but bounced back.
Marco Rossi scored and had an assist, while Matt Boldy extended his point streak to six games with two assists for Minnesota. The Wild were missing their top scorer, Kirill Kaprizov, due to a knee injury. Minnesota is 9-1-3 on the road this season.
Golden Knights 6, Canadiens 2
Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev each had a goal and two assists, and visiting Vegas matched a franchise record by scoring five goals in the second period in a big win over Montreal.
Callahan Burke scored his first NHL goal, and Tomas Hertl, Tanner Pearson, and Keegan Kolesar also scored for the Golden Knights.
Emil Heineman and Jayden Struble scored for Montreal, and Brendan Gallagher had two assists. Samuel Montembeault made 20 saves before being replaced by Cayden Primeau, who stopped two shots. Montreal has lost seven straight games against Vegas.
New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues
Flyers 3, Blackhawks 2 (OT)
Matvei Michkov scored in overtime to help Philadelphia come back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period to defeat Chicago.
Sean Couturier and Noah Cates also scored, sending the game into overtime, and goalie Aleksei Kolosov made 19 saves for his first NHL win, helping the Flyers snap a two-game losing streak.
Lukas Reichel and Pat Maroon each had a goal and an assist for Chicago, and Petr Mrazek made 34 saves in the loss.
Kings 2, Kraken 1
Adrian Kempe scored his team-leading 10th goal of the season, and Los Angeles held off Seattle’s late pressure to win in their first meeting of the year.
Quinton Byfield also scored, and Anze Kopitar added two assists. Goalie David Rittich made 19 saves for the Kings, who won their second game in the past five.
Brandon Montour scored for Seattle, and Joey Daccord stopped 19 of 21 shots. The Kraken lost their fifth straight road game, being outscored 17-5 in that stretch.
Avalanche 7, Panthers 4
Jonathan Drouin scored his first two goals of the season, leading Colorado to a win over Florida.
Mikko Rantanen scored for Colorado, bringing his total to 10 goals in his last nine games, adding three assists. Goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 27 saves for his fifth straight win as the Avalanche improved to 6-1-0 in their last seven games.
Sam Reinhart, who entered the game leading the NHL in goals, scored his 16th in the loss as Florida fell to 1-5-0 in their last six games.
Sabres and Sharks
Canucks 4, Senators 3
Jake DeBrusk scored twice and added an assist, and visiting Vancouver overcame the ejection of star Quinn Hughes to win its seventh straight road game against Ottawa.
Kiefer Sherwood recorded a goal and an assist for the Canucks, who won despite Hughes being ejected for boarding Josh Norris. DeBrusk broke a six-game goal drought as the Canucks improved to a franchise-best 7-1-0 on the road.
Brady Tkachuk scored his 10th goal of the season for Ottawa, which has lost five straight games. Claude Giroux and Tim Stutzle scored late goals to make it close.
Bruins 2, Red Wings 1
Brad Marchand scored the go-ahead goal with 8:30 remaining to help Boston defeat Detroit, handing the Red Wings their fourth loss in five games.
Justin Brazeau scored a power-play goal, and Jeremy Swayman made 19 saves for the Bruins. Lucas Raymond scored for Detroit, and Cam Talbot made 27 saves for the Red Wings.
Dylan Larkin assisted on Raymond’s goal, marking his 300th career assist, making him the 15th Red Wings player to reach that milestone.
Stars 4, Lightning 2
Matt Duchene and Roope Hintz scored third-period goals less than a minute apart, and Dallas rallied twice to beat Tampa Bay.
The Stars were tied 2-2 in the third after coming back from two one-goal deficits, using their speed to exploit Tampa Bay’s defense to secure the win, their fifth in the last six games.
Anthony Cirelli scored both Lightning goals, extending his scoring streak to five games. Brandon Hagel had two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves.
Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning
Devils 3, Capitals 2
Tomas Tatar and Dougie Hamilton each scored power-play goals to lift New Jersey over Washington.
Tatar also assisted on Brenden Dillon’s goal in the second period. Jake Allen made 24 saves as the Devils earned their ninth win in their last 12 games and their second win this season over the Capitals.
Washington’s Connor McMichael scored a power-play goal, and Matt Roy also scored. Charlie Lindgren made 30 saves, but the Capitals have lost two in a row without injured Alex Ovechkin.
Blue Jackets 5, Hurricanes 4 (SO)
Elvis Merzlikins made 32 saves and stopped three more in a shootout as Columbus beat Carolina.
Kirill Marchenko scored twice for the Blue Jackets, including the game-tying goal with 66 seconds left after Columbus pulled Merzlikins for an extra attacker.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 27 saves for the Hurricanes but left the game after a collision with a teammate in overtime.
Predators 4, Jets 1
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist, and Roman Josi scored twice to lead Nashville over Winnipeg.
Juuse Saros made 23 saves for the Predators, who had lost four of their last five games.
Adam Lowry scored for Winnipeg, and Eric Comrie made 32 saves in the loss. The Jets have lost three of their past five after a hot 15-1-0 start.
Islanders 3, Blues 1
Kyle Palmieri scored twice to help New York preserve a third-period lead and defeat St. Louis.
Palmieri scored once late in the first and again with an empty-net goal in the third. Goaltender Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves for his 100th career win.
Jake Neighbours scored for the Blues, who have lost seven of their last nine games.
Sabres and Sharks
Sabres 4, Sharks 2
Alex Tuch scored a short-handed goal in the third period to give Buffalo the lead, and James Reimer made 31 saves in his Sabres debut to defeat San Jose.
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who completed a perfect road trip in California.
Fabian Zetterlund and Luke Kunin scored for the Sharks, who have lost three straight games.
Oilers 6, Rangers 2
Connor McDavid scored two goals and added an assist as Edmonton beat New York.
Darnell Nurse added a short-handed goal, while Leon Draisaitl also had a goal and an assist. Connor Brown and Mattias Janmark each had two assists.
Artemi Panarin scored twice for the Rangers, but Jonathan Quick allowed six goals on 40 shots in the loss.
Jake DeBrusk scored two goals and had an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Saturday, despite the ejection of star Quinn Hughes. This win gave the Canucks their seventh straight road victory.
Kiefer Sherwood also had a goal and an assist for the Canucks, who won despite Hughes being given a game misconduct for boarding Josh Norris with 7:31 left in the first period. DeBrusk, who had only three goals before this game, broke a six-game goal drought as Vancouver improved to 7-1-0 on the road, a franchise best.
Ottawa’s Brady Tkachuk scored his 10th goal of the season and also received a misconduct penalty with less than seven minutes left in the game. However, late goals from Claude Giroux and Tim Stutzle made the game closer for Ottawa, which is on a five-game losing streak (0-4-1).
The Senators couldn’t take advantage of Hughes’ early exit. Hughes, who leads the Canucks with 19 points, was given a major penalty for his hit on Norris, which caused Norris’ head to hit the boards. The Canucks were already without other key players: Thatcher Demko (knee), Brock Boeser (upper-body injury), and J.T. Miller (personal reasons).
Vancouver Canucks vs Nashville Predators
Despite being short-handed, the Canucks killed off the five-minute power play that followed. They then took the lead when DeBrusk deflected a shot from Conor Garland into the net with 1:24 left in the first period.
Ottawa tied the game early in the second period. At 3:41, Tkachuk used his quick stick to push the puck past Vancouver goalie Kevin Lankinen (26 saves), who has won all seven of his road starts.
But the Canucks responded with three straight goals. At 10:37 of the second period, Max Sasson, in his first NHL game, passed to Teddy Blueger, who scored to make it 2-1. Less than four minutes later, DeBrusk and Sherwood worked a two-on-one play, with DeBrusk faking out goalie Linus Ullmark (17 saves) to give Vancouver a 3-1 lead.
DeBrusk then assisted on Sherwood’s goal at 11:19 in the third period, pushing the lead to 4-1 after Sherwood won a scramble in front of the net.
Ottawa’s Giroux scored a power-play goal with 3:31 left, and Stutzle scored the 100th goal of his career with 44 seconds left, after Ullmark was pulled for an extra attacker.
