* According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Elias is just the fifth Czech-born player in NHL history to record 1,000 NHL points, joining teammate Jaromir Jagr (1,780 points), Stan Mikita (1,467), Peter Stastny (1,239) and Marian Hossa (1,022). Overall, Elias is the 82nd player in NHL history to reach the 1,000-point milestone.
* Elias ranks sixth in all-time scoring among active players, behind Jagr, Joe Thornton (1,227 points), Jarome Iginla (1,192), Hossa and Martin St. Louis (1,011).
* Elias is the only player to reach 1,000 points in a Devils uniform. He is the franchise's all-time leader in goals, assists, points, games played, power-play goals (110) and game-winning goals (79).
Ottawa @ Philadelphia 1-2 SO - Ottawa's Mika Zibanejad scored in the first round of the shootout, but Voracek answered with a goal in the bottom half. No one else scored until the fifth round. Mason stopped Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson with his left pad. At the other end Simmonds switched the puck from his backhand to his forehand until he found space between Anderson's pads. The game was scoreless through two periods, but things opened up in the third.Hoffman's goal at 6:36 gave Ottawa the lead, but nine seconds after the Senators' Clarke MacArthur was sent off for hooking, Simmonds scored a power-play goal at 8:59 to tie the game. Simmonds' goal seemed to steal any momentum the Senators had gained from Hoffman's goal and gave the Flyers life.
Tampa Bay @ Montreal 4-2 - J.T. Brown helped Tampa Bay tie the game 1-1 with his second goal at 3:17 of the second period. Price stopped Jonathan Drouin's shot from the right side but left a rebound at his feet for Brown, who scored on a backhand from the goalmouth. P.K. Subban got his second penalty of the game at 10:23 of the second when he was called for slashing while he was on the Montreal bench. The Canadiens defenseman stood and walked over to reach around the partition separating the two benches and poked at Connolly with his stick after the Lightning forward became entangled with Montreal's Andrei Markov in the Tampa Bay doorway. Connolly, who hobbled to the bench after blocking a shot by Markov, was in so much pain at the time he was still unaware after the game about why Montreal had been penalized. Johnson gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 10:42. The Lightning forward had a hard time handling a cross-ice return pass from Kucherov on the right side but managed to put the rebound off his stick out of the air and past Price.
Connolly increased the lead to 3-1 when he finished a 4-on-2 rush at 18:16 for his eighth goal on a pass from Valtteri Filppula, who played his 600th NHL game. Johnson scored the Lightning's second power-play goal of the game with 21.7 seconds left in the period to make it 4-1. Pacioretty drew Montreal within two with his team-leading 17th goal at 5:01 of the third period. Markov drove a slap shot from the left point that struck both posts on Montreal's first power-play after Connolly was sent off for hooking at 1:53. The goal light came on but referee Chris Rooney correctly ruled the puck never entered the net. Filppula had a shorthanded chance on a breakaway later in the same penalty. His backhand between Price's legs struck the Montreal goalie's right pad and caromed wide of the right post. Weise was on the edge of the crease when he redirected Tomas Plekanec's sharp pass from the right faceoff circle past Bishop at 15:07 of the first period.
Carolina @ Nashville 2-3 - Defenseman Roman Josi’s goal with 4:43 remaining gave the Predators a 3-2 win. Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne made a highlight-reel save in the first period to keep the game scoreless on a shot by Hurricanes forward Nathan Gerbe. Rinne's back was to the puck, but he was able to extend a pad to make a big save for his team. Carolina took a 1-0 lead at 17:25 of the first period on a power play goal by forward Eric Staal. It was his 300th career goal and his fourth in the past five games. Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis tied the game 1-1 at 4:43 of the third period from a tough angle on a shot that banked off of Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward and into the net. Justin Faulk gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead on the power play at 8:14 of the third period on a one-timer from the point for his seventh goal. Faulk took a feed from Victor Rask and shot it through traffic past Rinne. Mike Fisher tied the game 2-2 at 10:29 of the third period on the rebound of a shot by Colin Wilson.
Josi scored with 4:43 remaining in the third period on a slap shot from the point that beat Ward high on the glove side to give the Predators a 3-2 lead. Forward Viktor Stalberg brought the puck in the zone and passed to Josi, who was trailing on the play, to set up the goal. Carolina forward Jeff Skinner nearly tied the game when his shot hit the crossbar with less than a minute remaining in regulation.
Colorado @ Chicago 2-0 - Once again Semyon Varlamov stayed true to form for his career against the Blackhawks, whom he won four times against last season. Led by Varlamov's 54 saves, the Avalanche beat Chicago 2-0 for their first win in three games this season. Varlamov's performance was a carbon-copy of last season against the Blackhawks, who lost despite holding a wide advantage in shots (54-24). Last season, the Blackhawks out-shot Colorado by margins of 39-29, 38-21, 48-26 and 37-23 in their four losses. The Avalanche got all the scoring they needed in the first 1:17 of the game. MacKinnon made it 1-0 at 53 seconds and set up a goal by Maxime Talbot 24 seconds later for a two-goal lead. MacKinnon scored high to the short side off a rebound of John Mitchell's shot from the slot before blowing past two Blackhawks defensemen to set up Talbot's goal off a 2-on-0 rush to make it 2-0. The Blackhawks outshot the Avalanche 17-11 in the first period, 21-5 in the second and 16-8 in the third. Varlamov, who is 8-3-0 with a 1.91 goals-against average and .945 save percentage in 12 career appearances against Chicago, simply refused to let a puck go into the net. He also benefited from good fortune. Following a point shot by center Brad Richards, Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell missed a wide opening behind Varlmov with a backhand shot off the rebound during a power play in the second. Forward Brandon Saad hit the left goal post 11 seconds into the third with a backhand Varlamov didn't see, but it was another missed opportunity. They continued to press the rest of the third, but Varlamov didn't crack. Saad appeared to score with 2:37 left after Varlamov trapped a point shot by defenseman David Rundblad between the pads, but the play was blown dead before he poked the puck into the net. It was a continuation of what happened a season ago, when the Blackhawks couldn't solve the Colorado goalie.
Detroit @ Edmonton 4-2 - Pavel Datsyuk scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 34 seconds remaining in regulation as the Red Wings took advantage of Pouliot's double minor for spearing to earn a 4-2 win. Datsyuk broke a 2-2 tie when he centered the puck looking for Justin Abdelkader in front; instead, the pass hit the stick of Edmonton forward Matt Hendricks and went past goaltender Viktor Fasth. It came with Pouliot in the box for spearing speared Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson 1:36 after Jordan Eberle got the Oilers even at 2-2 with his second goal of the game. Luke Glendening hit the empty net at 19:57 with Pouliot still in the penalty box, capping Detroit's seventh consecutive victory against the Oilers. Eberle scored 15:29 into the first period to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead. Eberle gained possession of the puck in the left corner, went to the net and lifted a shot on the short side over Howard. Quincey tied it at 10:44 of the second period with his second goal of the season. The defenseman jumped into the play and had the puck momentarily knocked off his stick in front of the net, but was able to regain possession and beat Fasth with a quick wrist shot. Abdelkader scored a power-play goal at 18:39 of the second period to put Detroit up 2-1, tipping a Niklas Kronwall shot past Fasth. Detroit dominated play in the second period, outshooting Edmonton 14-7. Eberle tied the game with 4:05 remaining in the third period when he took a cross-ice pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and beat Howard for his 10th goal of the season and fourth goal in four games. With 2:29 to play, Pouliot was assessed a double minor for spearing Ericsson behind the Detroit net, setting up the decisive power play.
NY Islanders @ Vancouver 2-3 - Mikhail Grabovski scored his first goal in 11 games with 5:27 left to close the gap for the Islanders. Turnovers led to all three Canucks goals, including Vey's breakaway that made it 3-1 with 2:24 left in the second period. Martin opened the scoring midway through the first period, driving the net to redirect Travis Hamonic's centering pass after the Islanders defenseman made a nice rush around Stanton. But Stanton tied it two-and-a-half minutes later with his first goal since Oct. 17, 2013. Islanders center Brock Nelson tried to make a back pass behind his own net, but it went right to Canucks center Brad Richardson, who walked out front for a shot that went off the shaft of Halak's stick along the ice and right to an open Stanton on the backdoor. Bonino ended a slump of his own to put the Canucks up 2-1 eight minutes into the second period. New York defenseman Thomas Hickey threw the puck to Canucks counterpart Kevin Bieksa at the right point. His shot bounced off Halak to Bonino, who pulled the puck to his forehand and around the right pad before tucking it in for his first goal in nine games. Vey wasn't supposed to play, but was inserted into the lineup when Vrbata, who has 16 goals, became ill. He took Vrbata's new spot on a second line with Bonino and Chris Higgins, who had combined for two goals in 14 games. After intercepting the drop pass, Derek Dorsett chipped the puck up to Vey, who caught up to it inside the right faceoff circle in the Islanders end before slipping a quick shot through the legs of a retreating Halak. Lack made a sliding save on Frans Nielsen on a shorthanded 2-on-1 before Grabovski scored after a Bieksa giveaway created another 2-on-1 down low. Kyle Okposo passed across to Grabovski, who one-timed it from the right hash mark past Lack's glove at 14:33 for his second goal in 22 games. The Canucks lost Richardson, their third-line center, after he blocked a shot with his foot midway through the second period. Defenseman Yannick Weber left with 6:52 remaining in the third period after colliding with Grabner, but returned for one more shift late.
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