Winnipeg @ NY Islanders 4-3 - Andrew Ladd scored his second goal of the game 3:31 into the third period to snap a tie. Ladd fired home the rebound of Bryan Little's harmless-looking shot off the pads of Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak. Ondrej Pavelec won his second straight start for the Jets by making 18 saves. He stopped Casey Cizikas on a breakaway midway through the third period and denied Mikhail Grabovski's solo rush with over four minutes remaining. The Islanders came out flying, earned a power play 1:04 into the game and required all of 12 seconds to grab the lead. Johnny Boychuk's slap shot from the left point rang off the far post, but Nelson was all alone and backhanded the carom into an open net for his team-high sixth goal of the season. New York had the better of play for most of the rest of the period but was unable to get another puck past Pavelec, who made his best stop after the midpoint of the period when he denied Tavares after the Islanders captain got past the defense. But the Jets got a shot of energy when Islanders forward Nikolay Kulemin was assessed a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct for a center-ice hit on Jets defenseman Mark Stuart 24 seconds into the second period. Ladd knocked home a rebound 50 seconds later for his third of the season, and Postma got his first at 4:06 when he jabbed home a loose puck in the crease after a turnover by New York defenseman Brian Strait. It was Postma's sixth career goal; three have come against the Islanders. It became 3-1 at 11:42. With the teams playing 4-on-4, Trouba whipped a wrist shot from the high slot that sailed past Halak for his first of the season. But a boarding penalty to Winnipeg's Mark Scheifele at 13:29 gave the Islanders their fifth power play, and Tavares made it a one-goal game again when he lifted the rebound of Nelson's shot over Pavelec for his fourth of the season at 14:28.
Grabovski tied the game 93 seconds later with a tremendous individual effort. He burst past Jets defenseman Tobias Enstrom at the Winnipeg blue line, cut from the right wing to the front of the net, got Pavelec to drop and zipped the puck under the crossbar. Grabovski's third of the season sent the teams into the second intermission even at 3-3.
Los Angeles @ Philadelphia 2-3 OT - Brayden Schenn scored on a breakaway with 2:24 left in overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings. Schenn tipped a Jake Muzzin pass at the Philadelphia blue line and won a race for the puck. Schenn got a wrist shot on net that Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stopped, but Schenn banged at the rebound, and the puck and goaltender drifted back across the goal line. Referees initially waved off the goal, but after conferring ruled the goal should count, and replay review upheld the call. The Kings had 19 players in the lineup. Anze Kopitar was unable to play because of an upper-body injury. The Kings also are missing Marian Gaborik (upper body) and Trevor Lewis (upper body) to injuries, as well as defenseman Slava Voynov, who is suspended. The three injured players are not expected to be out long, so with little roster or salary-cap space, the Kings were unable to recall a player from Manchester of the AHL. Key for the Flyers was keeping the crease clear. Though the Kings had 40 shots, most were from the outside, and there were few rebounds off chances in close for the Kings. The Flyers also have been executing defensively without two of their top defenders, Braydon Coburn and Andrew MacDonald, who are out with lower-body injuries. One of the few times the Flyers didn't execute was on Richards' game-tying goal 5:01 into the third period. Kyle Clifford put a shot on net that Emery stopped with his left pad on the post, but the Flyers goalie couldn't cover the puck. It got dug out, and Emery made a stick save on Drew Doughty's spinning shot in close. But Emery directed the puck right to Richards to his right, and the former Philadelphia captain scored into a nearly empty net. The Flyers had several chances to break the tie in regulation; Voracek hit the right post with 11:17 left, and with 6:53 left he split two Kings to create a chance in front, but Quick stopped him. With 5:07 remaining Schenn made a great move with the puck along the right wall in the Los Angeles end and sent a backhand pass through the slot to Claude Giroux, but the Philadelphia captain fell as he shot and missed wide. Schenn went behind the net to collect the rebound and threw it in front, but the pass handcuffed Wayne Simmonds, who couldn't get much on his shot.
The Kings outshot the Flyers 15-14 in the third, and their best chance came when Jeff Carter played a puck that took an odd bounce off the wall behind the Philadelphia net, but Emery made the save with 7:36 remaining. VandeVelde's goal with 43.7 seconds left in the first period gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead after one period. Emery helped preserve the lead with a strong second period. He stopped all 10 shots the Kings sent his way. He snapped the pads shut to deny Tanner Pearson on a breakaway 67 seconds into the period, and after falling he scrambled into a sitting position to get a piece of Jarret Stoll's shot from the right circle with 14:17 left in the period. Raffl opened the scoring with his fifth goal, winning a board battle with the Kings' Dustin Brown and then getting to the net to score after Muzzin partially blocked a Giroux shot. The Kings tied the game on Toffoli's unassisted shorthanded breakaway goal at 13:08 of the first.
Ottawa @ Columbus 5-2 - The Blue Jackets injury woes continue as James Wisniewski broke a finger and will miss 1-2 weeks. That came after center Artem Anisimov left the game about eight minutes into the second period because of an upper-body injury after being checked by Ottawa defenseman Eric Gryba. Matt Calvert (upper-body) against Anaheim, Cam Atkinson (lacerations around his right eye after being cut by the skate of Ryan Kesler) and Nick Foligno (neck) against the Kings have all missed games. During practice, goalie Sergei Bobrovsky fractured a finger and will miss 1-2 weeks. This feisty affair kicked off just 3:22 into the game when Jared Boll and Mark Borowiecki received fighting majors. 13:09 in the first period resident goon Chris Neil fought Boll, each received fighting majors, with Neil also getting an unsportsmanlike conduct call. In the second period with the Senators ahead 2-1, they were forced to kill a major elbowing penalty to Gryba on Anisimov that turned out to be three minutes of being down a man because Columbus left wing Scott Hartnell took a roughing call at the same time for going after Gryba. Gryba received a Match Penalty and Game misconduct. Corey Tropp received a major penalty and game misconduct for checking defenseman Mark Borowiecki from behind in the third period. Senators forward Alex Chiasson scored on the elongated power play for a 4-2 lead after Erik Karlsson earlier completed a 3-on-1 at 3:41 of the third to break the tie. Clarke MacArthur had a power-play goal in the first to match the man-up goal by Columbus defenseman David Savard for a 1-1 tie through 20 minutes. MacArthur also scored Ottawa's fifth goal. Yet, a goal late in the second by Atkinson enabled the Blue Jackets to forge a 2-2 tie after Zack Smith had given the Senators the lead 1:44 into the period. Smith was to the right of the goal for a deflection with the back of his blade of a low drive by Karlsson after the Blue Jackets failed to clear the zone and were scrambling to get back on defense. The goal was Smith's second of the season. Atkinson got his fourth goal with 63 seconds left in the second period off a set play. Ryan Johansen won the draw to Wisniewski at the point. He pushed the puck to Atkinson for the long shot past Lehner.
Buffalo @ Toronto 0-4 - Randy Carlyle moved center Nazem Kadri and left wing Joffrey Lupul up to the top line with right wing Phil Kessel and put center Tyler Bozak and left wing James van Riemsdyk with David Clarkson. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 17-4 in the first period. Bozak finally beat Neuvirth with a power-play goal with 49 seconds left in the second period when he broke in alone and snapped a shot past him on his glove side. The goal was scored with Buffalo's Marcus Foligno in the penalty box for kneeing Kadri. After Kadri was hit by Foligno, he hit teammate Dion Phaneuf. Phaneuf limped off the ice and headed directly to the Maple Leafs dressing room but returned to start the third period. Kessel scored his fifth goal of the season when he took a pass at the side of the net from Mike Santorelli and banked a shot in off Neuvirth's leg at 4:18. Van Riemsdyk made it 3-0 one minute later when he took a pass from defenseman Morgan Rielly and snapped a shot past Neuvirth, who was unable to slide across to make the save. Toronto defenseman Jake Gardiner scored midway through the third when he found himself in alone on Neuvirth. Gardiner deked to his left, but Neuvirth followed him perfectly until Gardiner was behind the net. With Neuvirth so far out of the net, Gardiner scooted behind and tucked it in the other side. The penalties flew about in the encounter with Chris Stewart elbowing Joffrey Lupul, and then at 13:19 of the third period Phaneuf cross-checked Cody McCormick, with the latter slashing Phaneuf. A fight then ensued with both receiving major penalties.
Phoenix @ Tampa Bay 3-7 - Kucherov gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead at 7:46 of the first period when he redirected a long slap shot from defenseman Radko Gudas between Coyotes goalie Mike Smith's pads. The 21-year-old, who was drafted by Tampa Bay in the second round (No. 58) in 2011, lifted a backhand shot over a sprawling Smith to give the Lightning a 3-0 lead 3:20 into the second period. Kucherov completed the hat trick when he took a centering pass from Johnson and sent a one-timer past Smith for a 5-2 Lightning lead at 8:23 of the third period. Eric Brewer had the second assist on the goal, which was Kucherov's fourth of the season. Phoenix, pulled within two goals twice in the second period. Shane Doan scored his first goal of the season when he sent a rebound past Lightning goalie Ben Bishop following a point shot by Michael Stone to close the gap to 3-1 with 5:53 left in the second period. After Boyle's first goal gave the Lightning a 4-1 lead, Martin Erat made it 4-2 with 1:08 left in the second when his wraparound shot deflected off Bishop's skate into the back of the net. B.J. Crombeen scored a third-period goal for the Coyotes. Smith made 27 saves before he was pulled in the third period; backup Devan Dubnyk surrendered Carle's goal on one of the two shots he faced in 10:34. Cedric Paquette and Connor Murphy were assessed fighting majors at 6:33 of the second period.
Anaheim @ Chicago 1-0 - Locked in a scoreless goaltending duel early in the third period, John Gibson of the Anaheim Sucks somehow made a sprawling right pad save to stop a wide open one-timer by Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. Nothing special enough happened for the Blackhawks, despite a strong late push aided by a power play after Anaheim defenseman Sami Vatanen's tripping penalty with 2:35 left in regulation. Gibson stopped everything he faced and his teammates chipped in with 18 blocked shots. The Ducks outhit the Blackhawks 37-16 and used their size advantage to clog up the fast-paced game Chicago likes to play. Devante Smith-Pelly scored the lone goal of the game 11:32 into the third while Anaheim was on a penlty-kill. After Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook fell down at the blue line in the Chicago offensive zone, the puck slid out to the neutral zone. Smith-Pelly and teammate Andrew Cogliano engaged in a footrace to get it, with Smith-Pelly scooping it and heading off for a breakaway against 25-year old Blackhawks rookie goaltender Scott Darling (24 saves). A quick forehand-backhand deke sent a shot aimed between Darling's pads and the puck fluttered past him over the goal line. That was all the Ducks needed. Chicago controlled the puck for most of the game's final eight minutes and tested Anaheim, particularly Gibson. Sucks defenseman Mark Fistric sent Blackhawks defenseman Michal Rozsival flying into the Anaheim bench with a clean, hard hit. The rookie goalies had 20 saves apiece through 40 minutes, which included a big stop by Gibson at 7:33 of the second period. The puck kicked out to Blackhawks forward Brandon Saad in the neutral zone for a breakaway. Saad's initial backhand attempt was stopped, but the best save came on his attempted stuff of the rebound at the right post. Gibson kicked his left pad out just in time to keep it out. Chicago forward Jeremy Morin had a breakaway chance with 1:24 left in the second, but Gibson used his blocker to turn away a hard wrist shot from the slot to keep it scoreless. That set up his best save, against Toews 1:31 into the third. Chicago forward Bryan Bickell carried the puck behind the Sucks net and into the left circle, where he sent a backhand feed to Toews for the shot. Instinctively, Gibson dropped into a butterfly and got his right pad extended far enough.
Montreal @ Calgary 2-1 SO - Carey Price made 37 saves through regulation and overtime, then PA Parenteau scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the Canadiens to a 2-1 win. It was the Canadiens' first victory in Calgary since taking a 4-2 win at Scotiabank Saddledome on Jan. 5, 2002. In the third round of the shootout, Parenteau skated in on Jonas Hiller and beat the Flames goaltender to the blocker side for the win. The goal came after Johnny Gaudreau appeared to give the Flames an edge in the shootout, but his initial attempt on a deke hit Price's pad, nullifying the second-chance opportunity he put in the net. The shootout was necessary thanks to Price, who flashed a quick glove to deny Flames captain Mark Giordano on a 3-on-1 with 1:53 remaining in overtime. TJ Brodie turned over the puck at the Montreal blue line, springing Brendan Gallagher and Max Pacioretty in alone. Gallagher moved the puck ahead to Pacioretty, who lost control before Gallagher poked the loose puck on net, forcing Hiller to make a save with an outstretched pad 1:28 into the third. Calgary failed to capitalize on three power plays in the final 10 minutes of regulation. Canadiens forward Rene Bourque had a prime opportunity to open the scoring against his former team at 13:29 of the first, taking a pass from Tinordi and streaking in alone from center, but Hiller got a piece of it with his outstretched glove for one of six saves in the period. Price stopped nine shots, including a partial breakaway by forward Paul Byron, who gloved down a pass, spun at the blue line and let a shot go that the Montreal goaltender blockered away. Giordano took a pass from Gaudreau off the rush and snapped a shot from the top of the slot that beat Price to the glove side to give Calgary a 1-0 lead at 2:09. The goal came one shift after Gaudreau corralled his own rebound but was stuffed short on a wraparound attempt. Mikael Backlund poked the loose puck over the line, but not before Price had knocked the net off to negate the goal. Gaudreau continued to buzz, feeding a behind-the-back pass by a sprawling Emelin and between Subban's legs before getting to Byron, but Price went post-to-post to make the stop. Moments after a roughing minor to Giordano expired, defenseman Tom Gilbert corralled a clearing attempt by Stajan along the boards and sailed a shot on net that beat Hiller, who was screened, and caught the far post before trickling in for his first goal with the Canadiens to draw Montreal even 1-1 at 12:48.
Carolina @ Vancouver 1-4 - After making 29 saves Ryan Miller became the 30th NHL goalie to reach 300 career wins. Tlusty ended his bid for a 31st career shutout during a scramble with 8:55 left in the third period, but Miller still improved to 6-1-0 in his first season as the Canucks No.1 goaltender. He wasn't overly busy but made his best save four minutes into the third period, sliding left to right to rob Tlusty on a backdoor tap-in off the rush. After relying heavily on its top two lines early this season, Vancouver got two goals Richardson and the third line, one from the fourth line, and a power-play goal from fourth-line center Linden Vey to beat the Hurricanes. Richardson opened the scoring from in tight on a rush 1:32 into the game and rounded out the scoring into an empty net with 16.4 seconds left. Vey doubled the lead on a power play 50 seconds into the second period, and fellow fourth-line forward Jannik Hansen made it 3-0 on a deflection with 1:21 left in the second. Carolina hasn't won in Vancouver since Oct. 15, 1999. Richardson opened the scoring early for the third time in four games when Zack Kassian sent him alone in tight behind the Carolina defense and he lifted a quick shot over Ward's shoulder. Carolina generated a couple chances off the rush but little sustained pressure before Vey, a rookie, took advantage of his role in the high slot on the top power-play unit to score his third goal of the season early in the second period. Vrbata's one-touch centering pass hopped over Daniel Sedin's stick in front and straight to a streaking Vey, who quickly fired past Ward while he was still stuck on his right post. The Hurricanes had a great chance to get back into the game late in the period when a deflected puck bounced to Jeff Skinner inside their blue line for what was shaping up as a breakaway. But it bounced over Skinner's stick to Canucks defenseman Yannick Weber, who fired it on net for Hansen to deflect past a screened Ward. Miller, who made a good left pad save on Staal early in the second period, had his bid for a 31st career shutout snapped after a good shift by Staal, Skinner and Tlusty after first-year coach Bill Peters shook up his top line, dropping Alexander Semin for Skinner. Jay McClement and Brad Richardson received fighting majors.
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