Washington @ NY Islanders 2-3 OT - John Tavares scored a power-play goal with 24 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Islanders a 3-2 win. Tavares took a cross-ice pass from Ryan Strome in the right-wing circle, deked Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner to the ground, skated into the slot and shot past goalie Braden Holtby, who was screened by Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk. The goal came with two seconds remaining on a holding the stick penalty on Washington forward Nicklas Backstrom. Ovechkin scored with 1:13 left in the second period to tie it 2-2. Backstrom sent a diagonal pass from below the goal line to Ovechkin just inside the left circle, where he one-timed it past Halak. Lee was serving a roughing penalty along with a fighting major levied against him and Tom Wilson. Ovechkin has 24 goals in 34 games against the Islanders. The Islanders took a 1-0 lead 5:11 into the game when Strome gathered a forehand clearing attempt by Holtby. Strome passed to Brock Nelson along the right-wing boards, and Nelson sent a give-and-go pass back to Strome. He flubbed the shot, but it acted as a pass to Anders Lee, who tapped it in. Ovechkin tied it 1-1 at 13:46. After an Islanders icing, New York’s Matt Martin was called for holding in the defensive zone. Washington’s Troy Brouwer won the faceoff, and a triangular passing play from Backstrom to Matt Niskanen wound up with Ovechkin scoring on a one-timer from the left faceoff dot. Travis Hamonic gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead at 17:38 of the first. Late in a power play, Casey Cizikas won the faceoff back to Cal Clutterbuck, who passed to Hamonic. He moved to his right and scored on a wrist shot. It was the 12th goal by an Islanders defenseman this season; they had 23 all of last season.
Philadelphia @ Detroit 2-5 - Pavel Datsyuk scored twice in his first game after missing four straight with a groin injury, leading Detroit to a 5-2 win. Stephen Weiss, who played on Datsyuk's line with Darren Helm on Wednesday in a unit made up of three natural centers, had a goal and an assist. Helm had two assists. Giroux tied the game 1-1 at 2:31 of the second period with a wrist shot from above the left circle off Red Wings defenseman Kyle Quincey's skate.
Detroit scored three unanswered goals to take a 4-1 lead. Jurco broke the tie with 9:42 left in the second when he put in a rebound for his second goal of the season. He took a high shot from the bottom of the left circle through the legs of Flyers defenseman Michael Del Zotto past Mason. Datsyuk's first goal of the game, on the power play, came 1:29 later on a wrist shot from the top of the left circle. Berube then pulled Mason. Datsyuk scored his second of the game, seventh of the season, with 1:21 remaining in the second. After Helm's shot hit the right post, the puck bounced off the ice and Datsyuk knocked it out of midair. Voracek scored his eighth goal, on the power play, with 7:35 left in the third period to make it 4-2. Zetterberg scored into an empty net with 1:22 remaining. Weiss opened the scoring with 9:48 left in the first period when he tipped Helm's shot past Mason. It was Weiss' third goal of the season, the 150th of his NHL career. Howard made an outstanding save on Giroux about nine minutes into the game. Giroux cut in front of the crease from Howard's left and tried to slide a backhand shot behind the goaltender. But Howard made the save by dragging his left pad along the ice behind him as he moved the other way with Giroux.
NY Rangers @ Tampa Bay 3-4 - Ryan Callahan, who was traded to the Lightning for St. Louis last season, had two goals and an assist in a 4-3 win. St. Louis was booed whenever he touched the puck but the crowd did applaud when a video tribute was played during a break in the first period. St. Louis didn’t provide much to the Rangers offense and failed to get a clean shot against goalie Ben Bishop on his best scoring chance early in the third period. St. Louis remains two points shy of 1,000 for his NHL career. Callahan’s second goal came at 10:17 of the second period and broke a 2-2 tie. Steven Stamkos took possession of the puck and skated behind the net to draw in the Rangers defense before sending a crisp centering pass between forwards Jesper Fast and Tanner Glass to Callahan, who scored off a one-timer. Nikita Kucherov gave the Lightning a 4-2 lead at 9:38 of the third period when Tyler Johnson’s shot deflected off his skate past Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist. The Rangers made it 4-3 at 12:49 of the third period when Rick Nash skated through the Lightning defense to the slot and pushed a wrist shot past Bishop. Stamkos gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead at 5:25 in the first period on his 15th goal of the season when he sent a wrist shot high above Lundqvist glove on a power play. Mats Zuccarello tied the game at 9:00 in the first when took a pass from Nash and sent a snap shot between Bishop’s pads. Dan Boyle scored his first goal with the Rangers a 2-1 lead at 11:04 in the first period, but the Lightning tied the game 2-2 on a power-play goal from Callahan at 17:34.
Carolina @ Florida 0-1 - Roberto Luongo left the game 10:22 into the second period with an upper-body injury. He did not appear to be injured on a specific play but skated to the Panthers bench during a timeout and spoke with coaches before going into the locker room. Luongo made 11 saves. At 13:53 of the second period, he stretched to make a glove save on Hurricanes center Victor Rask. Gallant said Luongo sustained the injury on a poke check before that play.
Montoya entered the game with the Hurricanes about to start a power play after a slashing call on Panthers left wing Shawn Thornton. Bjugstad started the play battling for the puck with Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk to Ward’s right. Faulk shot the puck behind the net, but Panthers left wing Jonathan Huberdeau put it back in front of Ward, where center Brandon Pirri redirected the puck to Bjugstad.
Los Angeles @ Minnesota 4-0 - Dwight King’s snap shot from the right faceoff circle was tipped on its way to the net by Richards at 4:21. The goal was Richards’ fourth. Less than nine minutes later, Brown capped a 2-on-1 break with a shot that snuck through Wild goaltender Darcy Kuemper’s five-hole for his fourth goal. Minnesota offered up a number of turnovers that Los Angeles was able to exploit in the first period. The Kings lauded their play along their blue line, quickly transitioning from defense to offense and taking advantage of their rush opportunities. Toffoli’s goal also capped a 2-on-1 when the forward worked around an aggressive Kuemper. With the goaltender 3 feet out of his crease to take away the angle, Toffoli used a forehand-backhand move to sneak the puck inside the left post for his ninth of the season. Williams' goal came on a shot from the slot with 10 seconds remaining in the period and was the final shot Kuemper faced; Niklas Backstrom replaced him for the final two periods.
Chicago @ Colorado 3-2 - The Blackhawks, who outshot the Avalanche 45-29, broke a 2-2 tie on a goal by Bryan Bickell with 5:17 remaining in the third period. Bickell knocked the puck behind rookie goalie Calvin Pickard after Kane muscled his way through traffic. Colorado's Ryan O'Reilly tied the game 2-2 at 3:36 of the third period with his first goal in 11 games during a goal-mouth scramble. Alex Tanguay and Nick Holden took whacks at the puck before O'Reilly managed to chip it under the crossbar. Pickard made 42 saves, nine against Marian Hossa. The Blackhawks used power-play goals from Jonathan Toews and Andrew Shaw that came 2:31 apart in the second period to take a 2-1 lead after the Avalanche opened the scoring on Maxime Talbot's goal at 7:35 of the period. The Blackhawks tied the game at 11:50 on Toews' goal with Tomas Vincour in the penalty box for high sticking Kane. Brent Seabrook's shot got through Pickard, and Toews skated behind him to tap the puck inside the left post. Shaw, who missed the three previous games with an upper-body injury, put the Blackhawks in front 2-1 at 14:21 after he drew a holding penalty from Nick Holden. Kane passed to Shaw for a one-timer in the left circle that skimmed inside the left post. Pickard made 13 saves and Crawford nine in a fast-paced, scoreless first period. Crawford, in his 12th consecutive start, made a sliding save against Tanguay on a clean shorthanded breakaway at 15:30.
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