Columbus @ Philadelphia 4-3 - The Blue Jackets got the game's first goal on Wisniewski's first of the season, a bouncing shot from the point on the power play. After Giroux's power-play goal tied the game, Foligno scored late in the first to put the Blue Jackets back in front. Voracek's goal early in the second tied the game 2-2, but Foligno showed great patience to finish a give-and-go with Johansen to give Columbus back the lead. Wisniewski's second goal pushed the Blue Jackets' lead to 4-2 entering the third period. Philadelphia made it a one-goal game 1:10 into the third when Del Zotto fired a shot from the left circle past McElhinney's glove, off the right post and in. Giroux nearly tied the game with a hard shot from the right side that beat McElhinney but hit the crossbar at 5:15 of the third. The Flyers pulled Mason with 1:31 left, and had an offensive-zone draw with 36.2 seconds remaining after the Blue Jackets iced the puck. But Johansen beat Giroux on two faceoffs in the Columbus end and also blocked a shot in the final seconds.
Scott Hartnell made his first appearance back in goon town, since leaving for Columbus over the summer.
New Jersey @ Washington 1-0 - Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby left the crease to settle a puck dumped in by Devils defenseman Eric Gelinas. Holtby sent an errant pass right to Cammalleri below the right circle. Starting at an empty net, the 32-year-old scored his seventh goal of the season with 10:22 remaining. Two of New Jersey's better chances actually didn't count as shots; Tuomo Ruutu broke free with a toe-drag deke but missed the net early in the period, and Marek Zidlicky's power-play slap shot hit the crossbar with 5:15 remaining. Schneider stopped three Washington shots in rapid succession after Joel Ward got two whacks at Eric Fehr's rebound four minutes into the game. Washington struggled to create any sustained offense throughout the period and was outshot 16-10; Alex Ovechkin didn't register his first shot on goal until 18:14. He finished with two shots; eight attempts were blocked.
Chicago @ Detroit 1-4 - Chicago turnovers led to Detroit's first three goals, the first two on passes from deep in the Blackhawks zone through the middle of the ice. Franzen scored his fifth goal 4:49 into the second period to give the Red Wings the lead for good. He converted a backhand pass from Zetterberg after a turnover by Kane, who tried to chip a pass up the middle from the left circle. Franzen flipped his backhand shot high into the net when Crawford lunged out and tried to make a pokecheck. Detroit again capitalized on a turnover, this time at center ice, when Tatar put in a rebound of Joakim Andersson's shot for his fifth goal at 5:59 of the second. Smith scored into an empty net with 2:09 left in the third for his second goal of the season. Glendening opened the scoring 6:08 into the game when he capitalized on a turnover by Chicago forward Kris Versteeg. Glendening put a backhand shot just under the crossbar as he skated across the crease and grabbed the rebound of Drew Miller's shot from the slot. Miller intercepted the puck when Versteeg, in the right corner of the Blackhawks zone, attempted to pass it through the middle. Kane's power-play goal tied it with 8:44 left in the first period. He beat Howard with a wrist shot under the crossbar from the bottom of the left circle after taking a cross-crease pass from Toews. It was Kane's fifth goal. Howard made an outstanding save on Kane from the bottom of the right circle off the rush and stopped Kane's rebound attempt with about 9:30 remaining in the first period.
NY Islanders @ Florida 4-3 SO - Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo scored in the first two rounds of the tiebreaker, and the Islanders clinched the victory when Jaroslav Halak stopped Brad Boyes in the second half of the third round. Jonathan Huberdeau had Florida’s only goal in the shootout. Jimmy Hayes’ goal at 12:37 of the first period snapped the Islanders’ streak without allowing a goal at 193:48; the record of 199:24 was set in 1998. The Islanders led 3-1 after Kulemin’s goal at 3:57 of the third period, but Campbell began Florida’s comeback with his first goal of the season at 9:58. He beat Halak with a wrist shot over the left shoulder from the left circle. Ekblad tied the game with 2:25 remaining in the third period when his slap shot from the right point found its way past Halak, who was screened by Hayes. Ekblad, the first player taken in the 2014 NHL Draft, has five points (one goal, four assists) in the past three games. Kulemin made it 3-1 when he put home the rebound of Johnny Boychuk’s wrist shot from the point while getting checked to the ice. Kulemin hit the post with a wrist shot from the slot a few minutes later. Hayes scored for a third consecutive game when he redirected Trocheck’s backhand pass from behind the net. Tavares tied the game at 13:09 of the second after Okposo emerged from a scrum in the left circle with the puck and slid it across the slot to Tavares, who one-timed a shot past Luongo. Strome gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead at 15:08 with a breakaway goal set up by a superb pass from defenseman Thomas Hickey. He hit Strome in stride just across the red line, past diving Florida defenseman Dylan Olsen, with a pass from behind his goal line. Strome then beat Luongo by deking to his forehand and sliding the puck between the goalie's legs. The Panthers almost tied it on the power play later in the second period when Aleksander Barkov's backhand from close range found its way onto Halak's neck, but the goalie was able to pin the against the puck against the crossbar and keep it from crossing the goal line. The ruling on the ice was confirmed after video review. Luongo kept the score at 2-1 early in the third period when he stopped Nielsen on a breakaway with Florida on the power play.
Phoenix @ Vancouver 5-0 - With the Coyotes leading 1-0 despite being outshot 22-10, Hanzal reached out to deflect a rising shot past a stunned Ryan Miller with 4:35 left in the second period. Miller immediately signaled for a high stick, but the referees on the ice called it a goal and a lengthy video review was inconclusive, according to the NHL Situation Room. Hanzal may not have known how that call would go, but he ended any doubt which way the game was headed by completing his second career hat trick on the next shift. After winning the faceoff, Hanzal was sent in on a 2-on-1 by Martin Erat, who had two assists. Hanzal held on to the puck as he cut down the right wing and fired a shot under Miller's blocker on the far side. Shane Doan scored with 2.7 seconds left in the second period, Keith Yandle scored on a power play with 2:23 left in the third, and goalie Devan Dubnyk made 35 saves to help the Coyotes bounce back from a 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames. The Canucks came into the game with a chance to take the top spot in the NHL standings and had top-line forward Radim Vrbata back after he had missed two games to injury. They were facing a Coyotes team that lost its third straight game Thursday and was in last place in the Western Conference. And it looked early like it might be a lopsided game. Phoenix were outshot 12-3 in the opening period, but led 1-0 after Hanzal beat Miller with 4:04 left in the period. Yandle's pass off the rush from the right point hit Hanzal in stride at the left faceoff circle, and he beat Miller short side with a quick shot. Phoenix got a scare when Yandle left late in the first period after he crashed feet-first into the end boards. But Yandle, who had two assists, returned early in the second period, and the Coyotes took over after Hanzal's second goal, which seemed to upset the Canucks even after the video review. Hanzal's two second-period goals were five seconds short of the franchise and NHL record for fastest goals, set by Deron Quint, who scored two goals four seconds apart against the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 15, 1995.
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