New Jersey @ Toronto 5-3 - New Jersey scored first on a power-play goal by defenseman Eric Gelinas, his third of the season. With Toronto defenseman Cody Franson in the penalty box for interference, Gelinas took a shot from the left point that went through a crowd of players and seemed to dip before beating Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier at 4:53 of the first period.
Toronto right wing Mike Santorelli tied it 1-1 at 5:37 of the second period. Left wing Joffrey Lupul carried the puck around the New Jersey net and passed to defenseman Jake Gardiner at the left point. Gardiner slid toward the middle of the ice and passed back to Lupul, who had moved out to the blue line. Lupul took a long shot that Santorelli tipped past Schneider for his fourth goal of the season. Stephen Gionta restored New Jersey's lead 2:23 later when he got the puck in the slot and slipped a shot between Bernier's legs for his first goal of the season. Gionta injured his foot Tuesday in Pittsburgh and was a game-time decision. With Franson in the penalty box again, Toronto's Nazem Kadri scored the first shorthanded goal of his NHL career to make it 2-2 at 11:14. Kadri broke in on the right wing and took a shot that Schneider stopped. The rebound went to New Jersey defenseman Seth Helgeson, but Kadri lifted his stick, took the puck and scored his seventh of the season. The Devils possessed the puck off the draw, and after Gelinas shot wide, Mike Cammalleri got the carom off the end boards and snapped it past Bernier at 16:48. Steve Bernier increased the lead to 4-2 at 6:12 of the third period when he jammed home a rebound for his second of the season. Adam Henrique made it 5-2 with his seventh at 11:58.
Cammalleri and Henrique each tied Jagr at 15 points. Toronto's Phil Kessel scored a power-play goal at 19:26 with New Jersey's Tuomo Ruutu in the penalty box and Bernier on the bench for an extra attacker.
NY Islanders @ Ottawa 2-1 - Casey Cizikas scored the game-winning goal at 13:33 of the third period off a play he helped create by forcing a turnover in the Senators' zone. He then went to the net and took a Thomas Hickey pass that cut through the teeth of the Ottawa defense to score his fourth goal and give New York a 2-1 lead. Daniel Alfredsson kicked things off with an emotional goodbye to his Ottawa fans, but the Senators were unable to provide their former captain with a fairy-tale ending. Karlsson and forward Mika Zibanejad, exchanged the puck a few times at the points before Zibanejad blasted a one-timer through Halak's legs to tie the game 1-1 at 15:07. Karlsson came within an inch and perhaps a few tenths of a second of tying the game, taking a pass in the slot and ringing a shot off the goal post at the final buzzer. Karlsson then turned and threw his stick toward center ice in frustration. While Alfredsson said goodbye to the Ottawa fans, Marc Methot reacquainted himself with them. The defenseman made his season debut after missing the first 24 games with an injury to his back area. The Islanders opened the scoring on the power play at 11:45 of the second period on Brock Nelson's team-best 12th goal. Nielsen stickhandled the puck behind the net before sending a pass out in front that bounced right to Nelson, who caught Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson out of position for his fifth goal in his past 10 games.
Buffalo @ Tampa Bay 0-5 - Stamkos’ goal at 4:28 of the second period gave the Lightning a 2-0 lead and was the first of three goals in the period. Alex Killorn sent a pass to Ryan Callahan in the slot that drew in Buffalo defenseman Mike Weber and goalie Jhonas Enroth. Callahan passed back to Stamkos, who fought off Tyson Strachan for the puck and scored into the open net. It was his 16th goal of the season. Morrow‘s second goal of the season came at 5:39 of the second when he collected a rebound off a shot by Jonathan Drouin and slid the puck under Enroth’s pad. Garrison scored at 13:40 of the second off a slap shot from the point that hit the top of the post and deflected off of the back of Enroth’s pad to give the Lightning a 4-0 lead. Connolly scored at 18:55 of the third period on a 5-on-3 power play. It was his fifth goal of the season. The Sabres and Lightning combined for 106 penalty minutes in the third period. Six players were given misconducts, with Victor Hedman, Brian Boyle and Morrow going off for the Lightning, and Nikita Zadorov, Cody McCormick and Patrick Kaleta for the Sabres.
Columbus @ Florida 4-3 SO - Bobrovsky made a franchise-record 52 saves in regulation and overtime, then stopped all four Florida players in the shootout to help the Blue Jackets make it 10 in a row against the Panthers. Ryan Johansen ended the game when he scored in the bottom of the fourth round, beating Roberto Luongo with a wrist shot high on the blocker side. Bobrovsky stopped Jonathan Huberdeau, Jussi Jokinen, Brad Boyes and Nick Bjugstad in the shootout after breaking the franchise record of 48 saves set by Pascal Leclaire against the Panthers, and Marc Denis against the San Jose Sharks, each in the 2003-04 season. Bjugstad had two goals when the Panthers scored three times in a span of 4:37 in the second period after trailing 3-0. Columbus led 2-0 before Jenner made it a three-goal lead 51 seconds into the second period. Jenner, who scored the game-winning goal Monday, put home a rebound after Luongo stopped a shot from Rychel. Fleischmann began the Florida comeback at 2:54 of the second period with his second goal of the season. He took a feed from Huberdeau on a 2-on-1 and beat Bobrovsky with a shot high on the glove side. Bjugstad made it 3-2 at 5:04 when his soft backhand from the slot area seemed to fool Bobrovsky and slid between his legs. Bjugstad tied the game at 7:31 on the power play when his shot from the side of the net went off Columbus defenseman Jack Johnson. The Blue Jackets had a 2-0 lead before the halfway mark of the first period. Foligno scored at 1:07 with a wraparound, and Atkinson made it 2-0 at 9:51 when he beat Luongo on a breakaway with a wrist shot high to the glove side.
Colorado @ Calgary 3-4 OT - Sean Monahan scored the game-winner 1:47 into overtime and Karri Ramo made 26 saves. Monahan's 10th goal ended the game. The 20-year-old corralled his own rebound on the doorstep near Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov and lifted it into the virtually empty net to win it. The Flames trailed 2-1 entering the third period, but Curtis Glencross scored at 1:14 to tie the game. Monahan forced a turnover by Tyson Barrie before David Jones jumped on the loose puck and spotted Glencross, who fired his fifth goal past Varlamov from the slot. Alex Tanguay, who played for Hartley in Calgary and Colorado, put the Avalanche back on top at 14:14. He took a pass off his skate in the neutral zone, stepped around Flames defenseman Kris Russell and outwaited Ramo before lifting the puck into an empty net. But defenseman Dennis Wideman's second goal of the game, his 10th of the season, tied the game with 1:17 remaining to force overtime before Monahan's game-winner. Wideman put the Flames up 1-0 with his ninth goal 2:20 into the second period. Daniel Briere thought he tied the game 1:29 later, but video review determined that the Colorado forward used his left hand to bat the puck into the Calgary net. The Avalanche did tie it at 13:23 when Matt Duchene knocked Wideman's centering pass to Ryan O'Reilly, springing the pair on a 2-on-1 on which O'Reilly returned the puck to Duchene, who beat Ramo for his ninth goal.
Colorado went ahead for the first time 58 seconds later. On the ensuing faceoff after an icing, Zach Redmond worked the puck out of the corner and threw the puck into a crowd; it hit Nick Holden in front of Ramo and rolled over the goal line. With an assist on the play, Michael Sgarbossa earned his first career NHL point.
Los Angeles @ Phoenix 4-0 - Captain Dustin Brown had two goals and an assist and Jones made 26 saves for his second straight shutout and the sixth in his first 26 NHL games. After both Joe Vitale and Brandon McMillan had good chances in close, the Kings turned the puck up ice and Brown put a shot between the legs of defenseman David Schlemko and over Smith's shoulder at 9:57. With Chipchura off for high-sticking Jordan Nolan, Brown set up defenseman Alec Martinez for a shot that Stoll got just enough of to roll over the pad of Smith and into the net at 15:41. Smith got the hook and the Coyotes were in a deep hole. With B.J. Crombeen off for hooking in the third period, Martinez used a screen by Brown to rip a Justin Williams setup past Dubnyk's glove hand at 9:36. Dubnyk finished with 21 saves.
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