Pavel Zacha scored the game-winner with 3:17 left in regulation to punctuate the Boston Bruins’ three-goal third period in a 3-2 win over the visiting Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.
David Pastrnak was the lone Bruin with multiple points (one goal, one assist). His 33rd goal of the season came on the power play and got Boston on the scoreboard with 11:04 left in regulation.
Mason Lohrei also scored and Jeremy Swayman stopped 26 shots for the Bruins, who have won back-to-back games since finalizing a series of deadline transactions that included dealing captain Brad Marchand to Florida. The long-time Bruin didn’t suit up against his former team in this one.
Dmitry Kulikov and Mackie Samoskevich scored for the Atlantic Division-leading Panthers, who had a six-game win streak snapped. Sam Bennett and Seth Jones had one assist each for Florida, while Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves.
Capitals 7, Ducks 4
Nic Dowd scored the winning goal with 6:35 remaining and Aliaksei Protas recorded his first career hat trick for Washington, which pulled away to a victory at Anaheim.
Washington’s Pierre-Luc Dubois posted a goal and two assists. Dylan Strome and Anthony Beauvillier scored goals, and Alex Ovechkin tied a season high with three assists. Tom Wilson and Brandon Duhaime notched two assists each. Logan Thompson made 25 saves as the Capitals won their fifth straight game.
Frank Vatrano, Pavel Mintyukov and Drew Helleson each had a goal and an assist for Anaheim, which has lost three in a row. Jacob Trouba added a goal, and Lukas Dostal finished with 36 saves.
Devils 5, Blue Jackets 3
Jesper Bratt collected a goal and two assists and defenseman Luke Hughes had one of each, fueling New Jersey’s win over Columbus in Newark, N.J.
New Jersey’s Paul Cotter scored his career-high 14th goal and captain Nico Hischier and Timo Meier also tallied to send the Devils to their second straight win. Recent trade acquisition Cody Glass notched two assists and Jacob Markstrom made 17 saves for New Jersey.
Columbus winger Mathieu Olivier scored twice to extend his career-high goal total to 15 on the season. Marchenko added his team-leading 25th goal and Elvis Merzlikins turned aside 23 shots for the Blue Jackets, who fell to 11-19-4 on the road this season.
Jets 2, Rangers 1
Winnipeg secured its NHL-leading 45th victory with a win over visiting New York.
Vladislav Namestnikov and Gabriel Vilardi provided the scoring for the Jets, while Cole Perfetti contributed two assists. Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves.
Mika Zibanejad netted the Rangers’ only goal, assisted by J.T. Miller and Artemi Panarin. Igor Shesterkin stopped 22 shots.
Senators 5, Flyers 2
Michael Amadio continued his hot streak, netting the go-ahead goal for Ottawa in a road win over Philadelphia.
Amadio finished with a goal and an assist while newcomer Dylan Cozens also tallied a key goal for Ottawa, which has won four games in a row and five out of six (5-0-1). Brady Tkachuk, Tyler Kleven and Shane Pinto also scored for the Senators. Jake Sanderson had two assists, and Anton Forsberg made 20 saves to earn the victory.
Jamie Drysdale and Rodrigo Abols scored for Philadelphia, which has lost the first five games of a seven-game homestand. Flyers goalie Ivan Fedotov finished with 19 saves.
Hurricanes 4, Lightning 1
Seth Jarvis began the scoring with a short-handed goal and Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 23 shots as Carolina beat Tampa Bay in Raleigh, N.C.
Jordan Martinook, Jack Roslovic and Sean Walker also scored as the Hurricanes notched their fifth consecutive victory.
Gage Goncalves broke up Kochetkov’s shutout bid 4:38 into the third period. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for the Lightning, who dropped their second game in a row despite an overall stretch with 10 victories in 13 games.
Wild 2, Avalanche 1 (SO)
Filip Gustavsson turned aside 27 of 28 shots and denied Nathan MacKinnon in the shootout to lead Minnesota to a win over Colorado in Saint Paul, Minn.
Mats Zuccarello scored in regulation for Minnesota, which snapped a two-game skid. Zuccarello and Matt Boldy each scored in the shootout after the game remained tied at 1-1 through overtime.
Joel Kiviranta scored the lone goal for Colorado. Gustavsson stopped MacKinnon’s wrist shot in the shootout and Martin Necas missed wide right on his attempt.
Penguins 3, Golden Knights 2 (OT)
After Sidney Crosby recorded two goals, Erik Karlsson scored 49 seconds into overtime, giving Pittsburgh a win over visiting Vegas.
Vegas tied the contest with 6.7 seconds remaining in regulation after a timeout. Noah Hanifin’s drive blew past a screened Tristan Jarry (35 saves). Hanifin and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal with an assist for the Golden Knights, who have dropped two straight after winning seven of the prior eight.
Despite being outshot 37-17, Pittsburgh won for a second straight game following a 1-7-1 rut. Crosby has recorded back-to-back two-goal games while Rickard Rakell had two assists.
Kings 4, Islanders 1
Phillip Danault and Quinton Byfield scored the clinching goals within a span of five minutes for host Los Angeles, which rode a potent penalty kill to a win over New York.
Vladislav Gavrikov opened the scoring in the first and Drew Doughty added a short-handed empty-netter late in the third for the Kings, who were 8-for-8 on the penalty kill. Darcy Kuemper made 33 saves for the Kings.
Anders Lee scored in the second period for the Islanders, who lost their second straight to end a three-game West Coast road trip at 1-2-0. New York remains five points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets in the race for the second and final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Canadiens 4, Canucks 2
Juraj Slafkovsky had a goal and two assists as Montreal held on for a road win over Vancouver.
The Canadiens are 6-1-1 in their last eight games, moving Montreal two points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the final Eastern Conference wild-card slot. Montreal goalie Sam Montembeault stopped 29 of 31 shots to improve to 5-0-1 in his past six starts. Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield each had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens.
A win Tuesday would have elevated the Canucks into the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot, but Vancouver instead lost for the fourth time in six games. Filip Hronek had a goal and an assist and Elias Pettersson scored Vancouver’s other goal.
Predators 3, Sharks 2
Filip Forsberg scored once and added an assist, and Kieffer Bellows broke a third-period tie to give visiting Nashville a victory over San Jose.
Steven Stamkos also scored for the Predators, who have won four straight games. Juuse Saros, who increased his all-time record against San Jose to 13-2-1, made 25 saves.
Patrick Giles and Collin Graf replied for the Sharks, who sit at the bottom of the league standings and have won only two of the past 13 games (2-8-3). Alexandar Georgiev stopped 16 shots.
–Field Level Media
