Shea Theodore logged two assists and scored the game-winner in the fourth round of a shootout and Carter Hart made 27 saves in his return to the NHL as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
Ivan Barbashev and Braeden Bowman each had a goal and an assist and Ben Hutton also scored for Vegas, which won its second straight game and prevailed for just the second time in 10 contests that went beyond regulation.
Hart was making his first NHL start in 22 months and 12 days following his acquittal in a sexual assault trial in July at London, Ontario. The 27-year-old stopped two shootout tries, including Frank Nazar’s backhand attempt to begin the fourth round. Theodore then lofted a backhand shot past Spencer Knight’s glove side for the game-winner.
Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist and Connor Bedard and Oliver Moore also scored for Chicago, which took its sixth loss in seven games (1-4-2). Knight finished with 25 saves.
Wild 1, Oilers 0
Jesper Wallstedt stopped all 33 shots he faced en route to his fourth shutout over his past six starts as Minnesota earned a road win over Edmonton.
The NHL’s hottest goaltender earned his seventh straight win while extending the Wild’s point streak to 12 games (10-0-2). Three days after the Oilers shut out the Seattle Kraken, Wallstedt and the Wild gave Edmonton a taste of their own medicine as they were unable to find the scoresheet for the first time all season.
Jonas Brodin tallied the game’s lone goal at 13:11 of the first period. The Minnesota defenseman blasted a slap shot past Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner (23 saves).
Avalanche 3, Canucks 1
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice to maintain his NHL lead, Brock Nelson also scored, and Colorado beat Vancouver in Denver.
Gabriel Landeskog contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away all 10 shots he faced in relief of Scott Wedgewood for the Avalanche, who have won nine straight at home. Wedgewood left midway through the second period with an upper-body injury after making 10 saves.
Linus Karlsson had a goal and Kevin Lankinen made 28 saves for the Canucks, who have lost six of their past seven.
Rangers 3, Stars 2 (OT)
Vladislav Gavrikov scored on a rebound 69 seconds into overtime as New York recorded a rare home win by beating Dallas.
Gavrikov scored his fourth career overtime goal as the Rangers played their first game without top defenseman Adam Fox (shoulder). The Rangers forced overtime when Will Cuylle netted the tying goal with 2:13 remaining in regulation.
Kyle Capobianco produced a tying goal midway through the first period for the Stars, who lost Tyler Seguin to an apparent leg injury in the opening minutes. Seguin got hurt when he collided with Gavrikov along the boards in the second minute of the contest. Dallas saw a four-game winning streak stopped and lost for only the third time in its past 13 contests (10-1-2).
Islanders 2, Lightning 1
Bo Horvat and Anthony Duclair each scored a goal and Ilya Sorokin carried a shutout deep into the third period as New York prevailed in Elmont, N.Y., to snap Tampa Bay’s seven-game winning streak.
Sorokin finished with 29 saves for the Islanders, who ended a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) and improved to 2-3-1 on their seven-game homestand e.
Dominic James had the goal for the Lightning, who outscored opponents 30-10 during their winning streak. Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded 21 saves.
Red Wings 5, Bruins 4
Moritz Seider produced a goal and two assists to lead host Detroit to a victory over Boston.
Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat each contributed a goal and an assist. James van Riemsdyk and Ben Chiarot also scored for Detroit to snap a four-game winless streak. John Gibson made 34 saves as the Red Wings avenged a 3-2 shootout loss to the Bruins on Saturday. Detroit had gone 0-3-1 in its previous four games.
Boston defenseman Jonathan Aspirot scored his first career goal during the second period. Alex Steeves supplied two goals and Marat Khusnutdinov also scored for the Bruins.
Senators 5, Canadiens 2
Brady Tkachuk scored his first goal of the season and also recorded an assist as visiting Ottawa won over rival Montreal.
Tkachuk was playing just his sixth game and third since missing 20 with a thumb injury. He assisted on Artem Zub’s tiebreaking goal in the first period. Fabian Zetterlund also had a goal with an assist, while Jake Sanderson and Drake Batherson scored 1:10 apart in the second period for the Senators, who got 19 saves from Linus Ullmark.
Juraj Slafkovsky and Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal, which has lost seven of 10.
Maple Leafs 4, Panthers 1
Toronto topped injury-riddled Florida at Sunrise, Fla., in the teams’ first encounter since the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Troy Stecher scored his first goal as a Leaf before adding an assist. Dakota Joshua, Scott Laughton and John Tavares were Toronto’s other goal scorers, and Joseph Woll turned away 26 shots.
Sam Reinhart netted the Panthers’ only goal, and Sergei Bobrovsky saved 26 of the 29 shots he faced.
Capitals 3, Kings 1
Tom Wilson scored in his third straight game as visiting Washington beat Los Angeles.
Anthony Beauvillier and Aliaksei Protas also scored for the Capitals, who have won five straight and eight of their past nine. Alex Ovechkin had two assists, and Logan Thompson made 24 saves.
Adrian Kempe scored in his second straight game for the Kings, who had collected points in five straight (2-0-3). Darcy Kuemper made 22 saves.
Predators 5, Flames 1
Steven Stamkos tallied to collect his 1,200th career point while both Reid Schaefer and Ozzy Wiesblatt scored their first career goals as host Nashville trounced Calgary.
Michael Bunting netted one goal and one assist and Jonathan Marchessault added a goal for the Predators, who have won three of four games. Goaltender Juuse Saros made 27 saves and Nicolas Hague posted a pair of assists.
Morgan Frost replied with a late goal for Calgary. Starting goalie Devin Cooley stopped 12 of 16 shots for Calgary before being pulled after two periods. Dustin Wolf made 11 saves in mop-up duty.
–Field Level Media
