Washington @ NY Islanders 3-4 OT - Johnny Boychuk's power-play goal with 2:07 left in overtime gave the Islanders a 4-3 victory. New York was awarded a four-minute power play with 1:04 remaining in the third period when Evgeny Kuznetsov was given a double minor for high-sticking. The man-advantage carried into overtime, and Boychuk received a pass from Ryan Strome and beat Holtby with a slap shot from the edge of the left circle. Lee gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead 8:15 into the game. Thomas Hickey took a cross-ice feed from Ryan Strome and let go a wrist shot from the left point that Lee redirected past Holtby for his eighth goal of the season. The Islanders made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 10:06 of the second period. After Tom Wilson was penalized for holding the stick, Visnovsky's slap shot from the left point hit Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik and got past Holtby to make it 2-0. Visnovsky was credited with his third goal of the season. De Haan scored shorthanded 1:41 into the third period. Moments before an interference penalty on Brock Nelson was set to expire, de Haan took a pass from John Tavares and beat Holtby with a slap shot from inside the left point to make it 3-0. Fehr scored with 15:20 remaining in the third period when he drove to the net and swatted Laich's feed past Halak to make it 3-1. It was Fehr's 10th goal of the season and third in the past two games. Backstrom made it 3-2 1:49 later with his 12th goal of the season. After de Haan was caught pinching near Washington's blue line, Ovechkin sent Backstrom in alone on a breakaway, and he beat Halak with a wrist shot. Ovechkin tied the game with 2:41 left when he collected the puck after Backstrom won a faceoff in the Islanders zone and beat Halak with a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle. It was Ovechkin's 17th goal of the season. Orpik left the game with 7:20 remaining in the third period with what appeared to be an injury to his right leg. He was involved in an awkward collision with Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck behind the Capitals net and needed to be helped to the dressing room. Orpik was given a two-minute roughing penalty on the play that was served by Michael Latta.
Montreal @ Carolina 3-1 - Price stopped the first 19 shots he faced before Hurricanes captain Eric Staal scored a power-play goal early in the third period. Montreal's Max Pacioretty hit the empty net with 22.1 seconds remaining. Ward made a series of great saves, his best stop of the period with seven minutes remaining when he gloved Sekac's slap shot from inside the left circle. The Canadiens appeared to score on Ward at 17:07, only to have referee Gord Dwyer immediately wave it off, ruling that Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher had interfered with Ward in the crease. Jordan Staal nearly put Carolina ahead 5:14 into the second period, but Price made a superb play to stop his deflection on the power play. It was Staal's first game of the season; after breaking his right fibula early in training camp. The Canadiens went ahead 6:45 into the second when Sekac, whose penalty set up Jordan Staal's chance, carried the puck down the left wall, reversed to shake free of a checker, then backhanded a shot through traffic and past Ward as he skated across the slot. It was his seventh goal of the season. Eller gave the Canadiens a two-goal lead at 18:45 with his eighth of the season. Defenseman Sergei Gonchar pinched to keep the puck in at the right point and fed Dale Weise. He slipped a backhand pass to Eller near the right faceoff dot for a quick shot that beat Ward high to the far side. The goal was the 21,000th in franchise history, including the Canadiens’ tenure in the National Hockey Association as well as the NHL. Eric Staal, playing in his 800th regular-season game, cut Montreal's lead in half 2:59 into the third period when he nudged home a rebound for his eighth goal of the season. But the Hurricanes couldn't get the tying goal despite outshooting the Canadiens 13-4 in the third period.
Buffalo @ Ottawa 2-5 - On the suggestion of assistant coach Mark Reeds, Senators coach Dave Cameron put Jean-Gabriel Pageau between Bobby Ryan and Mike Hoffman, and Ryan, on his way to a hat trick, scored his second with 1:19 to go in the period to tie the game 2-2. Ryan completed his fourth NHL hat trick, first with the Senators, at 3:02 of the third period for a 3-2 lead. Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson carried the puck into the Buffalo zone on the right wing and sent a pass to Ryan in the slot. His wrist shot found the top of the net.
Ryan's game started slowly; he missed a great chance when he was alone in front of the Buffalo net seven minutes into the first period. Clarke MacArthur, with his second goal in his past two games after not scoring in 16, made it 4-2 at 11:54 of the third. Ottawa forward Colin Greening was awarded the fifth goal, his first of the season, when he was heading to the empty net and was pulled down by Buffalo defenseman Nikita Zadorov with 2 seconds left. The shakeup of lines saw Mika Zibanejad, who had been skating with Ryan and Hoffman, wind up with Erik Condra and Colin Greening. David Legwand, who had been with Condra and Greening, centered Milan Michalek and Alex Chiasson. The Sabres took a 2-1 lead on Mark Pysyk's first goal of the season at 1:53 of the second period and the 11th of the season by Zemgus Girgensons at 8:37.
Toronto @ Tampa Bay 2-3 - Ryan Callahan's power-play goal in the second period sparked a rally, and Steven Stamkos scored the winning goal at 11:05 of the third period to lift the Lightning to a 3-2 victory. Stamkos, who was left uncovered in front of the crease, redirected defenseman Matthew Carle's shot from the blue line past Toronto goalie James Reimer for his 20th goal, capping Tampa Bay's come-from-behind victory. Callahan scored at 6:37 of the second period to cut the Toronto lead to 2-1 after Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul was sent to the penalty box for slashing. Stamkos' shot from the slot deflected off Reimer's pad, and Callahan slapped the puck out of the air and into the net.
The Lightning entered Monday with three goals on their previous 43 power-play chances. The Maple Leafs stormed out to a 2-0 lead in the first eight minutes of the game on goals from center Mike Santorelli and Lupul. The Lightning, however, controlled the play and held a 15-4 advantage in shots for the period.
Santorelli scored his eighth goal off a cross-ice pass from the odious Nazem Kadri. Santorelli took the pass inside the faceoff circle and flipped a shot past Lightning goalie Ben Bishop at 4:28 of the first period. Lupul gave the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead at 7:47 of the first. He took a beautiful backhand feed from center Tyler Bozak and caught Bishop out of the crease for a shot at the open net. Lightning center Valtteri Filppula tied the game 2-2 at 9:46 of the second period when defenseman Victor Hedman's wrist shot from the right circle went off his skate and past Reimer on the stick side. It was Filppula's seventh goal.
Minnesota @ Winnipeg 3-2 - Minnesota were losing 2-0 on the road, Winnipeg goaltender Michael Hutchinson looked sharp, and a regulation loss would have left the Wild 11 points behind the Jets in the Western Conference standings. But three second-period goals lifted the Wild to a 3-2 win. The Wild were playing without first-line center Mikael Granlund, who fractured his left wrist Saturday. Granlund had surgery Monday, and the Wild announced that he will be out four weeks. The Jets had one shot in the first 12 minutes of the game, but they took a 1-0 lead late in the first period when Frolik's snap shot from the right circle slipped past Kuemper on the man advantage at 16:00. It was Frolik's eighth goal; he has at least a point in four of his past six games (two goals, three assists). Winnipeg closed the first period by killing a Minnesota 5-on-3 power play that lasted 1:53 after Dustin Byfuglien and Jay Harrison took back-to-back minors. Perreault put the Jets ahead 2-0 with a tap-in off a cross-crease pass from Wheeler 20 seconds into the second period. Five of Perreault's nine goals have come in the past five games. Perreault saw his eight-game point streak (five goals, four assists) come to an end Saturday, leaving him one game shy of tying his career-high. After Perreault scored, the Sutter-Brodziak-Carter line began to chip away at Winnipeg's lead. Carter cut Winnipeg's lead in half at 4:12 when Jets defenseman Paul Postma touched the puck inside the defensive zone and negated an imminent Wild high stick. Carter finished the play with a shot high over Hutchinson for his third goal. Fontaine's third goal tied the game 2-2. He took a pass from Sutter and beat Hutchinson from in close with 3:29 left in the second period. Scandella gave the Wild a 3-2 lead with 11.4 seconds left in the second period with a long slap shot from the left point that deflected off Harrison and eluded Hutchinson. Scandella's goal moved his point streak to a career-high four games (three goals, two assists), and his nine goals tie him for fifth in the NHL among defensemen.
Nashville @ Chicago 4-5 SO - The Predators were impressive, but the Blackhawks were relentless at the United Center. After falling behind by three goals in the second period and trailing by one late in regulation, the Blackhawks tied it with 1:13 left in the third period and won 5-4 in a shootout to remain atop the Central Division. Jonathan Toews scored the lone goal of the shootout in the first round, and none of the Predators' three shooters got a puck past goalie Corey Crawford (36 saves in regulation and OT). Providing the opportunity to win was forward Bryan Bickell, whose goal off a rebound tied it 4-4 with the Chicago net empty. The forwards on the ice were scheduled to come off for a line change; they stayed out a little longer and it paid off. Crawford and Pekka Rinne (38 saves) each made great saves in overtime to keep the game tied after facing a combined 82 shots in regulation. Toews beat Rinne with a shot between the pads in the shootout, which ended after a wrist shot by Predators forward Filip Forsberg went wide of the net in the top of third. Crawford made saves against defenseman Ryan Ellis and forward Craig Smith.
It was Chicago's third win in four games against Nashville, who had a chance to replace the Blackhawks atop the division with a win in regulation. It looked like that might happen until three straight Chicago goals in the second erased a 3-0 lead for Nashville and Bickell's goal in made a 4-3 margin disappear. Neal did his part. The goals he scored were his fourth and fifth this season against the Blackhawks, after a hat trick Oct. 23 in Nashville's 3-2 win. Neal has 12 goals and five assists in 18 games against Chicago. Brad Richards, Andrew Shaw and Marian Hossa scored consecutive goals in the second to tie it 3-3 following Neal's first. Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith had three assists, and Bickell assisted on Shaw's goal for a two-point game. Roman Josi and Craig Smith scored in the first period to give the Predators a 2-0 lead, but Chicago's resiliency was enough to drop Nashville's record to 8-2-0 when leading after one period and 14-2-0 when ahead after two. Nashville was left with a bitter taste again in a series that had three one-goal games and two that went past regulation. The Predators appeared in great shape with Rinne protecting a three-goal lead, but the Blackhawks countered with goals by Richards (10:33), Shaw (15:48) and Hossa, who scored at 17:43 on a power play. Neal countered with his second of the game and 13th of the season to cap a power play, but the Blackhawks refused to let it be the game's last goal.
Los Angeles @ Calgary 1-2 - With a step on Los Angeles defenseman Jake Muzzin off the rush, Hudler pulled up and found Glencross trailing, and Glencross beat Kings goalie Jonathan Quick to the blocker side with his eighth goal to put Calgary up 1-0 at 12:13. Hudler helped the Flames strike again 62 seconds later. Rookie Johnny Gaudreau stepped around defenseman Matt Greene at the Los Angeles blue line and fed Hudler, who spotted Granlund trailing in the slot. Granlund slid his fifth goal into a nearly empty net to extend the Calgary lead to 2-0. After Kings forward Dustin Brown and Flames center Sean Monahan each put a shot off the goal post, Toffoli pulled Los Angeles back to within one late in the second. Catching Calgary on a late line change, Brown sprung Toffoli in alone on Flames goalie Jonas Hiller. Toffoli deked and lifted a backhand over Hiller for his 12th goal with 50.1 seconds remaining in the period. Toffoli almost tied it with 14 seconds left in the second. Gaudreau's turnover in the Calgary zone ended up on the stick of the Kings forward, but Hiller denied Toffoli with an outstretched pad. Hiller was equally good in the third in denying Tanner Pearson's wraparound attempt with 8:19 remaining and facing point shots from Drew Doughty and Muzzin the next shift. After killing off a late penalty to Jarret Stoll, Los Angeles pressed with the net empty but couldn't beat Hiller for the tying goal with a scrum in the dying seconds.
Philadelphia @ Phoenix 2-4 - Devan Dubnyk went post-to-post to stop Vincent Lecavalier with 50.1 seconds to preserve the lead, and Vermette scored his second of the night into an empty net with 28 seconds left. Vermette was originally credited with a first-period goal that was later changed back to captain Shane Doan, but wasn't concerned that he lost out on a fourth career hat trick.
Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson had what proved to be the game-winning goal when he scored early in the third period for the Coyotes, who have won three straight at Gila River Arena since setting a franchise record with nine straight losses on home ice. Umberger pulled the Flyers within 3-1 when he scored at 12:11 off a Mark Streit feed, then tipped home a Sean Couturier shot on the power play with 4:47 left to make it 3-2. Vermette raced into the Philadelphia zone, dropped a pass to Doan and kept charging toward to net. Doan's slap shot hit a Flyer defender, not Vermette as originally thought, and went past Mason on the short side at 18:26. The Coyotes took that momentum into a second period, when they controlled the play and doubled their lead.
Mason made a nice save on Tobias Rieder's backhanded scoring bid and another on a chance in tight by Doan, but Vermette got him again at 15:31. Good work along the boards by Sam Gagner led to a shot from the point by defenseman Zbynek Michalek. Mason stopped it, but the rebound popped right to Vermette in the crease; he fought off Streit and had plenty of room to put it away. The Coyotes took a three-goal lead early on the third period after Scott Laughton hooked down Rieder in the slot. Mikkel Boedker set up Ekman-Larson for a shot that beat Mason to the far corner at 2:48 at the Coyotes had a rare and, for a short time, comfortable 3-0 lead.
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