Winnipeg @ New Jersey 1-2 SO - In the tiebreaker, Devils forward Damien Brunner hit the post with the first attempt before Schneider stopped Wheeler on a poke check. Josefson, who is in his fifth season, then skated down the middle of the ice, made a head fake on goalie Ondrej Pavelec to force him to commit to the right post, and ripped a forehand into the top left corner. The Devils, who failed to sustain consistent pressure in the Jets zone all game, received some life late in the third period when Michael Ryder scored off a feed from Jon Merrill off a turnover. The equalizer was made possible by Merrill, who collected the puck along the left-wing half boards and fed Ryder down the middle. Ryder skated past Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba in the left circle and launched a shot into the top right corner past Pavelec with 3:27 remaining. Wheeler gave the Jets a 1-0 lead 6:56 into the first period when he took advantage of a delayed penalty call. Defenseman Toby Enstrom delivered a long pass off his backhand from his blue line to Wheeler just over the red line to begin the charge up ice. Wheeler took the puck in stride down left wing, beat defenseman Marek Zidlicky, and drove to the net before cutting in front of Schneider and snapping a shot inside the right post.
Chicago @ Ottawa 5-4 SO - Marian Hossa became the 80th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 points with a goal and an assist Thursday, helping the Blackhawks to a 5-4 shootout win against the Senators. It looked like Hossa had written a truly memorable story when he got that 1,000th point on his second goal of the season with 6:10 left in the third period to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 lead. But Ottawa center Mika Zibanejad scored his first goal of the season to tie the game 4-4 with 2:08 left in the third. After the Senators killed a penalty in overtime, Patrick Sharp won it for the Blackhawks with the only goal of the shootout, beating Senators goaltender Craig Anderson with a forehand to the glove side. While the ice was being prepared for overtime, it was announced that Hossa had reached 1,000 points. The crowd came to its feet and gave him a warm ovation. The Senators tied the game when Zibanejad took a pass from Alex Chiasson in the slot and his shot went by Chicago defenseman Johnny Oduya, who fell to the ice to try to block it, and through the legs of Chicago goaltender Scott Darling. The goal was scored 4:02 after Hossa gave Chicago a 4-3 lead. His 999th point was an assist on the first of two goals by Chicago captain Jonathan Toews. Toews' second tied the game 3-3 at 7:31 of the third period. He scored each of his goals from the Ottawa crease. His last was scored after a shot by Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook bounced off Anderson and behind the goaltender. Toews beat the check of Ottawa defenseman Jared Cowen to knock in his fourth goal of the season. Bobby Ryan put the Senators ahead 3-2, 30 seconds into the third period on a turnover by Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell in front of his net.
Philadelphia @ Tampa Bay 3-4 - Steven Stamkos, who has eight goals through 11 games, gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal with 46 seconds remaining in the second period when he sent a wrist shot from the slot past Flyers goalie Ray Emery, and Tampa Bay led the rest of the way. Stamkos scored again early in the third period as a result of some nice playmaking by linemate Valtteri Filppula, who faked a shot and skated behind the Philadelphia net to draw two Flyers defenders. Stamkos, who was left open, ripped a one-timer from the left circle to give Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead. The Flyers quickly closed the gap to 3-2 when Jakub Voracek fought off Lightning defensemen Matthew Carle and Radko Gudas for a loose puck, which he was able to slip past Bishop. The Flyers were called for having too many men on the ice with 5:08 remaining in the game, and the Lightning capitalized, extending their lead to 4-2 when Jason Garrison scored his first goal of the season on a slap shot from the point. Philadelphia pulled Emery for an extra skater less than a minute after Garrison's goal, his first with the Lightning, and Michael Raffl scored his sixth goal to pull the Flyers to within a goal with 53.5 seconds remaining. It was Raffl's fourth in the past three games. Vladislav Namestnikov gave the Lightning a 1-0 at 3:29 of the first period when he redirected a slap shot from defenseman Anton Stralman past Emery for his third goal. Wayne Simmonds tied the score at 1-1 with 7:17 remaining in the first period; it was his sixth.
Phoenix @ Florida 1-2 - Scottie Upshall scored on a breakaway with 9:04 left in regulation to give the Panthers a 2-1 victory. Mike Smith made 24 stops for the Coyotes. He came into the game with a 4-0-0 record and a 1.06 goals-against average in his previous four games against Florida. Upshall scored five seconds after he finished serving his second penalty of the third period. After Derek MacKenzie blocked a Phoenix one-timer from the point, he stole a pass and fed Tomas Kopecky just outside the Florida zone. Kopecky spotted Upshall skating behind defenseman Michael Stone after leaving the box and fed him a perfect pass at the Phoenix blue line. Upshall beat Smith after deking to his backhand and sliding the puck between the goalie's legs. Smith stopped Tomas Fleischmann on another breakaway with two minutes left to keep the score 2-1. The Coyotes opened the scoring at 17:37 of the first period the same way they finished things Saturday night, with an Ekman-Larsson wrist shot on the power play. The Swedish defenseman beat Luongo cleanly in Glendale; this time his shot from the right dot went off the stick of Hanzal and into the net. Keith Yandle had the second assist on the goal. Pirri tied it at 5:37 of the second period with one second left in a Panthers power play. With Yandle in the box for roughing, Jussi Jokinen faked a shot from the left wing before sliding the puck to the slot to Pirri, who beat Smith with a one-timer to the stick side. Pirri also hit the post twice, in the first period on a wrist shot and in the second when he tipped defenseman Aaron Ekblad's shot from the point. Panthers center Aleksander Barkov left the game with a lower-body injury with a little under 13 minutes remaining in the third period. After the game, Gallant described Barkov's status as "day-to-day." In what became a bad-tempered affair Keith Yandle received a double-minor for roughing while Derek MacKenzie received just the one. In the third period, Brandon McMillan fought Jussi Jokinen while Kyle Chipchura fought Erik Gudbranson.
Anaheim @ St Louis 0-2 - No David Backes, no T.J. Oshie, no Paul Stastny and no Joakim Lindstrom. No worries for the St. Louis Blues. The Blues found a way to persevere against the Anaheim Sucks despite playing without four of their top nine forwards, players who had accounted for 19 percent of their offensive production through the first eight games. Alexander Steen's first-period goal proved to be the difference, and Jake Allen stopped all 24 shots he faced to earn his second NHL shutout in the Blues' 2-0 win against the Sucks at Scottrade Center. Reaves also scored for the Blues, who have won three in a row. The Blues were missing Backes and Oshie, each of whom was diagnosed with a concussion earlier Thursday after they sustained injuries Tuesday against the Dallas Stars. Stastny (shoulder) missed his fifth consecutive game, and Lindstrom became the latest to fall prey to a bacterial infection the Blues have dealt with over the past two weeks. Those players were replaced up front by Paajarvi and Porter, and Jordan Leopold, a healthy scratch against Dallas, played as the seventh defenseman. John Gibson stopped 27 shots for the Sucks, who fell to 8-3-0 and were shut out for the first time since Feb. 5. The Sucks had a tremendous edge on paper entering the game, with all their key pieces in the lineup, so they tried to stay cautious of the Blues' situation. However Hockey isn't played on paper, it's played on ice, and the Sucks found it a little bit too slippy. Steen's goal, his second, came off a deflection of a left-point shot by Carl Gunnarsson. Despite being tied up by Anaheim defenseman Mark Fistric, Steen got in front of the shot, and the puck got past Gibson off Steen's body 4:29 into the first period to give the Blues a 1-0 lead. The Sucks had a great opportunity to tie it late in the first when the Blues turned over the puck in their zone while on the power play, but Getzlaf fired a wrist shot high from the slot in the waning seconds. The Blues took advantage of a turnover by Sucks defenseman Cam Fowler, who fanned on an attempted outlet pass from his own zone, and Reaves fired a wrist shot from the slot past Gibson 2:02 into the third period for a 2-0 St. Louis lead. The Sucks had 20 seconds of a 5-on-3 power play midway through the third period, and Allen robbed Corey Perry from the slot with 10:55 remaining to preserve the two-goal lead. Lapierre, who got an assist on Reaves' goal, saved the Blues from surrendering the Sucks' first goal by pulling the puck off the goal line after it had trickled past Allen with Anaheim playing with a sixth attacker with less than two minutes remaining. After allowing 13 first-period shots, the Blues limited the Sucks to 11 the rest of the way.
NY Islanders @ Colorado 0-5 - Nathan MacKinnon scored his first goals of the season in the second period, when the Avalanche scored three times to grab a 4-0 lead. His drought ended with a power-play goal at 3:25, and he scored again at 10:14 off a pass from Jarome Iginla. The Avalanche are making it difficult for Varlamov, who has faced 91 shots in the past two games. Colorado surrendered an average of 35.8 shots through the first 10 games. The Avalanche padded their lead at 13:40 of the third period on a goal by Erik Johnson, who scored from the right point on Colorado's first shot of the period. MacKinnon scored his first goal after Gabriel Landeskog drove to the net for a shot. Erik Johnson swept the rebound to MacKinnon to the left of the crease during a scramble in front. MacKinnon waited for Chad Johnson to go down and stack his pads before shooting the puck over him into the net. Marc-Andre Cliche scored his first goal at 8:59 of the second period following some work around the net by Maxime Talbot and Cody McLeod. Cliche was at the left side of the net when he found an opening between the near post and Johnson's right pad. MacKinnon drove to the net to score his second goal. Iginla was along the right-wing boards when he fended off a check by Islanders defenseman Calvin de Haan and passed to MacKinnon for a chip shot. McLeod gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 2:34 of the opening period on the first shot of the game. Matt Duchene was behind the net when he passed to McLeod near the right post for his first goal of the season. The Avalanche's fourth line of McLeod, Cliche and Talbot combined for two goals and three assists, and all three players killed penalties.
Montreal @ Vancouver 2-3 OT - After getting caught on the ice when the Canadiens tied the game with 2:33 left in the third period, Henrik Sedin set up twin brother Daniel for the winning goal on a power play with 2:15 left in overtime to lead the Canucks to a 3-2 win at Rogers Arena. Too many times last season the snowball kept rolling downhill when things started to go bad, and the end result was missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in six seasons. But after letting a couple of games against fast teams get away from them earlier this season, the Canucks stayed calm after blowing the lead late. The Sedins didn't panic despite struggling early during the overtime power play after Montreal defenseman Tom Gilbert was called for interference in the offensive zone. As the penalty wound down, Henrik sent Daniel in alone behind the defense and he beat Carey Price high over the blocker. Brad Richardson put the Canucks ahead by two 2:17 into the third period, but Alex Galchenyuk started Montreal's comeback by deflecting P.K. Subban's point shot past Miller with 7:49 left in regulation. Former Canucks forward Dale Weise set up Max Pacioretty for the tying goal just over five minutes later. Weise, who was traded to the Canadiens last season after struggling to get into Vancouver's lineup, took a pass in the high slot and drew Miller out of his crease with a good fake before feeding across for Pacioretty, who one-timed it past Miller before he could recover. The fast-paced game was not without controversy. The Canucks opened the scoring 8:29 into the second period after Montreal defensemen Alexei Emelin was knocked down and out of the play on a high hit by Alexandre Burrows right after making a bad pass up the middle that was intercepted easily by Nick Bonino. With Emelin lying on the ice, Nick Bonino broke in with Derek Dorsett, got defenseman Jarred Tinordi to commit to the ice on a cross-ice pass, then converted the return feed for a backdoor tap-in. Emelin had to be helped off the ice, leaving the Canadiens furious the play wasn't blown dead and Burrows wasn't penalized after catching an off-balance Emelin in the head with the top of his left arm. Emelin missed the rest of the second period but returned for the third. Burrows was happy to see Emelin come back, but didn't want to talk about the possibility of facing supplemental discipline. Miller kept it 1-0 with a great backdoor save off Rene Bourque late in the second period and got a break two minutes into the third when defenseman Luca Sbisa got his left glove on a fluttering puck during a scramble, knocking it just over the empty net.
Vancouver broke out the other way and Richardson used a retreating Tinordi as a screen off the rush before firing a wrist shot over the Price's glove from the top of the right circle. It was the third goal in two games for Richardson after the third-line left wing failed to score in the first eight games of the season. The Canadiens started their comeback after Vancouver was called for icing. Galchenyuk deflected Subban's point shot past Miller, who was bumped by Gallagher as the puck went by him at 12:11, adding animosity to a game already full of post-whistle scrums.
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