Defenseman Josh Morrissey capped a two-goal efficiency by scoring 1:57 into time beyond regulation, lifting the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-4 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday in a battle of the NHL’s two prime groups.
Winnipeg’s Cole Perfetti and defenseman Dylan Samberg every collected a aim and an help and Alex Iaffalo additionally scored. Vladislav Namestnikov and defenseman Neal Pionk every notched two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for the Western Convention-leading Jets, who’ve gained six in a row and 9 of their final 11 video games.
Celebrity Washington captain Alex Ovechkin scored with a blast from the purpose to forge a 4-4 tie with 7:39 remaining within the third interval. It was his team-leading twenty fourth aim of the season and 877th profession, transferring him 18 targets shy of breaking Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s NHL file.
Former Jet Pierre-Luc Dubois, Tom Wilson and Taylor Raddysh additionally scored targets for Washington. Defenseman Matt Roy notched three assists and Thompson turned apart 25 pictures for the Jap Convention-leading Capitals, who additionally dropped a 5-4 time beyond regulation choice in Ottawa on Thursday.
Islanders 3, Lightning 2 (OT)
Defenseman Tony DeAngelo scored on a breakaway 33 seconds into time beyond regulation as New York prolonged the NHL’s longest successful streak to seven video games, edging host Tampa Bay.
One other newcomer, defenseman Adam Boqvist, scored in his Islanders debut, and Kyle Palmieri notched a aim in his second consecutive match. Goalie Ilya Sorokin stopped 28 pictures because the membership secured its fifth straight highway win.
Jake Guentzel and Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning, who acquired 33 saves from Andrei Vasilevskiy however dropped to 2-4-1 of their previous seven outings.
Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 3
Mitch Marner and Matthew Knies every had a aim and an help and Toronto ended its three-game shedding streak by holding on for a victory over host Edmonton.
William Nylander and Bobby McMann additionally scored for Toronto, whereas Auston Matthews picked up a pair of assists. Goaltender Joseph Woll made 45 saves within the victory. Marner tallied what ended up being the game-winning aim 18 seconds into the third interval, zipping by a crowd of Oilers for his sixteenth tally of the season.
That put the Leafs up 4-1, however Edmonton then rallied. Zach Hyman discovered the again of the online at 6:04 of the third. Corey Perry then fooled Toronto’s goalie with a snap shot from the blue line that lower the deficit to 4-3 at 11:33. Evan Bouchard additionally scored for the Oilers and Stuart Skinner completed with 24 saves.
Senators 6, Wild 0
Defenseman Jake Sanderson collected a aim and three assists and rookie Leevi Merilainen confronted simply 16 pictures for his third shutout this season, lifting Ottawa to a 6-0 victory over visiting Minnesota.
Tim Stutzle and Drake Batherson every recorded a aim and two assists and captain Brady Tkachuk had considered one of every to ship Ottawa to its fourth straight win. Josh Norris registered his second straight short-handed tally and Michael Amadio additionally scored for the Senators, who recorded a season-high 52 pictures.
Filip Gustavsson made 46 saves for the Wild, who entered with an NHL-best 20-5-3 highway mark. They had been totally outplayed, nonetheless, after permitting three mixed targets to win the primary three contests of a present five-game away stretch.
Bruins 6, Rangers 3
David Pastrnak registered his first hat trick of the season and an help to steer Boston to a 6-3 win over visiting New York.
The Bruins by no means appeared again after Pastrnak scored a go-ahead aim within the first interval. The star winger is driving a 10-game level streak (10 targets, 13 assists). Pavel Zacha had a aim and an help, Charlie McAvoy and Charlie Coyle scored and Brad Marchand and Matt Poitras every dished out two assists for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game skid. Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves.
J.T. Miller scored two targets for New York lower than 24 hours after being reacquired in Friday’s blockbuster commerce with the Vancouver Canucks. Jonny Brodzinski netted the opposite. Igor Shesterkin stopped 19 pictures for New York, which has misplaced three straight.
Penguins 3, Predators 0
Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season and ninth of his profession as Pittsburgh blanked visiting Nashville.
Sidney Crosby scored and added an help, Philip Tomasino and Bryan Rust added targets and Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell every picked up two assists. Pittsburgh has gained back-to-back video games after snapping a three-game skid in Utah on Wednesday. The Penguins have factors in 13 of their final 15 video games towards the Predators (11-2-2).
Juuse Saros, who was scratched as a result of sickness on Friday in Buffalo, made the beginning Saturday and stopped 33 pictures. Nashville has dropped 4 straight video games.
Panthers 5, Blackhawks 1
Sam Reinhart scored his thirtieth aim of the season and contributed two assists for Florida in a win towards visiting Chicago in Dawn, Fla.
Carter Verhaeghe contributed a aim and an help, whereas Jonah Gadjovich, Matthew Tkachuk and Evan Rodrigues additionally scored. Aleksander Barkov had two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 saves for the Panthers, who’ve gained three of their final 4.
Landon Slaggert scored the quickest aim in Chicago franchise historical past to begin a sport – seven seconds in – and Petr Mrazek made 39 saves for the Blackhawks, who’ve dropped 5 of six (1-3-2). Chicago’s earlier mark for its quickest aim was by Brent Sutter in eight seconds in a win over Vancouver on Feb. 5, 1995, in response to the NHL.
Kings 4, Hurricanes 2
Kevin Fiala scored twice as Los Angeles doubled up Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Phillip Danault had a aim and an help and Trevor Moore additionally scored for the Kings, who broke a four-game shedding streak. Quinton Byfield had two assists and Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 pictures.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Eric Robinson scored for the Hurricanes, who had their seven-game level streak snapped. Frederik Andersen made 22 saves. Defenseman Brent Burns tallied his 900th profession level, an help, within the loss.
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