McDonagh scored to make it 2-1. The Islanders got the two-goal lead back 80 seconds into the second period, when Boychuk scored on a 60-foot slap shot. The lead was gone 2:10 later because Kreider and McDonagh scored 23 seconds apart to make it 3-3 with 16:30 still to play in the second. Strome gave the Islanders a 5-3 lead with a goal at 7:41 of the second and another at 3:43 of the third. His goal in the third came off a 3-on-1 rush created off a turnover by Dan Boyle at the far blue line. But again, the Islanders couldn't get the lead up to three goals. The Rangers came back in the third because they finally were able to control the puck and use their speed to aggressively create offensive chances. Turnovers plagued them early in the game and prevented them from generating offensive zone time. Capuano said he thought the turning point was the non-call on Kreider that led to St. Louis' game-tying goal. The Islanders felt Kreider should have been called for tripping Boychuk in the neutral zone. With Boychuk down, Stepan picked up the loose puck and went in for a 3-on-1 with St. Louis and Kreider trailing against Nick Leddy. Stepan moved the puck to St. Louis, who didn't miss with his one-timer. Although so much happened afterward, the turning point for the Rangers may very have been McDonagh's goal at 14:35 of the first period that cut the deficit to 2-1. The Islanders were faster and way better early in the game, but that goal calmed things down for the Rangers.
Carolina @ Ottawa 6-3 - Lehner and MacArthur did not return to the game after MacArthur ran into Lehner while trying to break up a 3-on-1 by the Hurricanes. The play resulted in a goal by Jay McClement and a 4-3 Carolina lead with 54 seconds left in the second period. When he dived towards the Ottawa goal, MacArthur’s head contacted Lehner’s chest and Lehner’s mask went flying. Both players were motionless on the ice for several seconds and were examined by medical staff. Both players got up and left the ice. Lehner was replaced in goal by Andrew Hammond, who played in his second NHL game. The teams were sent to their dressing rooms after the goal and the last 54 seconds of the second period were played after the second intermission. Jordan took a backdoor pass at 2:33 of the third period to make it 5-3 on the power play and Terry’s one-timer from the right point found the net over Hammond’s right shoulder to make it 6-3 at 9:49. The first three times the Hurricanes took the lead in the second period, the Senators tied the game. Skinner gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead at 8:06 with a 5-on-3 advantage, which was aided by David Legwand being without his stick. Skinner jumped on a loose puck to Lehner’s left and had the open side for his 13th goal. Hoffman scored to tie it 2-2 at 10:52 of the second, finishing off a nice three-way passing play with Mika Zibanejad and Erik Karlsson. Gerbe gave the Hurricanes their third lead of the game 3-2 at 13:26 when his shot from the left wing deflected by Lehner off Karlsson’s stick. The Senators tied it 3-3, 32 seconds later when Zibanejad found Ceci going hard to the net and the puck bounced in off the Ottawa defenseman. Nestrasil opened the scoring at 6:49 of the first period with a weak goal on Lehner. Nestrasil twisted behind the Ottawa net and fought off the check of Mark Stone to bring the puck out to the goal line. He made a nice spin move and his shot along the goal line hit Lehner’s stick and deflected into the net for his fourth goal. Peters shifted the 23-year-old from wing to center against Ottawa on a line with Gerbe and Terry. The Senators tied the game 1-1 at 18:15 of the first period on a sequence started by Shane Prince, who was playing his first NHL game and earned his first NHL point. He carried the puck along the left wing in the Carolina zone and fed a pass to Karlsson in the slot.
Montreal @ Detroit 2-0 - Tomas Plekanec got his 17th goal when he took a pass from Dale Weise and beat Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard with a slap shot from the high slot that was screened by Niklas Kronwall. Max Pacioretty added an empty-net goal in the final minute for Montreal, his 26th of the season. Howard knocked away P.K. Subban's one-time slap shot from the high slot with a little over eight minutes left. Price made a glove save on Darren Helm, who had a breakaway from the high slot area after a give and go play with Nyquist off the rush, with 3:07 remaining. Howard denied David Desharnais's wrap-around attempt with 6:21 left in the second period, and then stopped Brendan Gallagher's tip attempt off Subban's shot with 2:40 remaining. Pacioretty thwarted Luke Glendening's shorthanded breakaway in the final 15 seconds on the second period without taking a penalty.
Edmonton @ Winnipeg 4-5 SO - Andrew Ladd tied the game 4-4 late in the third period. Winnipeg possesses the first wild card in the Western Conference, four points ahead of the San Jose Sharks and seven clear of the Minnesota Wild. Winnipeg finished the game with 10 forwards. Left wing Mathieu Perreault sustained a lower-body injury after taking a first-period hit from Edmonton defenseman Jeff Petry. Perreault did not return, and his status is unknown. Perreault's 18 goals rank him third on the Jets. Winnipeg right wing Drew Stafford, another addition in the trade with Buffalo, left the game because of an upper-body injury in the third period and did not finish the game. Winnipeg jumped out to a 10-2 lead in shots and grabbed a 1-0 lead 7:46 into the game. With Edmonton's Keith Aulie off for tripping, the Jets pressured heavily before Little put Toby Enstrom's rebound past Fasth. Yakupov tied the game at 13:49 when he cut past the defense down the right side and tucked his seventh goal between Hutchinson's pads. Ladd's penalty 33 seconds after Yakupov's goal set up Edmonton's first power play. The Oilers went up 2-1 when Lander slid a rebound past Hutchinson at 15:19. Little's second of the game made it 2-2 after he snapped a high shot from the left circle past Fasth's glove at 8:16 of the second period. Nugent-Hopkins built Edmonton's second lead of the game 1:08 into the third period when he took an outlet pass from Petry and broke in on net before sending a low shot past Hutchinson. The goal tied Nugent-Hopkins with Jordan Eberle for the Oilers' lead with 15 goals. Myers broke another Edmonton lead when he beat Fasth cleanly with a long slap shot for his fourth goal of the season. Maurice has leaned heavily on Myers in a pairing with Enstrom. Myers played 20:03 of even-strength time Monday, second among Winnipeg defensemen. After Yakupov's power-play goal at 15:14 made it 4-3, Ladd's 20th goal 42 seconds later off a scramble erased Edmonton's third lead of the game.
Phoenix @ Colorado 2-5 - Mark Arcobello scored at 2:37 on Phoenix's second shot of the third period against Berra, who finished with 11 saves. The Avalanche outshot the Coyotes 15-5 in the first period and built a 3-1 lead on goals by Duchene, Cody McLeod and Nick Holden, whose power-play goal at 14:58 ended Colorado's 0-for-32 drought with the man advantage. Duchene won a faceoff in the left circle and drew the puck back to Zach Redmond, who passed across to Holden for a shot that beat McKenna to the short side. The Avalanche tied a franchise record for the fastest two goals when McLeod and Duchene opened the scoring nine seconds apart. McLeod backhanded his own rebound past McKenna at 2:54 after Paul Carey took the original shot from the left point. The goal gave McLeod 100 NHL points. Carey's assist was his first point in 17 NHL games. Duchene skated to the net to convert a pass from Iginla at 3:03 to stretch his point streak to four games (two goals, four assists). Iginla has two goals and five assists in his past four games. The Coyotes drew within 2-1 on a goal by Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who scored from the left point at 9:51. He leads NHL defensemen with 17 goals. But Colorado outshot Phoenix 12-0 in the second period and got goals from Tyson Barrie and Gabriel Landeskog for a 5-1 lead. Barrie moved into the lower portion of the right circle after Iginla skated down the opposite side and stopped near the goal line. He passed through the goalmouth to Barrie, who scored at 7:28. Landeskog was outside the crease on the left side when he took Ryan O'Reilly's pass and beat McKenna high to the stick side at 17:18.
Boston @ Calgary 3-4 OT - Jiri Hudler scored twice to help erase a three-goal deficit and TJ Brodie completed the rally with the winner at 4:58 of overtime.
With the clock ticking down, Brodie burst wide and sent a centering pass into the slot that skipped off the stick of Marchand, into the air and off the glove of Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask before skipping off the top of the net, off Rask again and across the goal line with less than three seconds remaining in overtime. Video review supported the referee's call on the ice that Brodie's shot crossed the Boston goal line in a legal fashion with 2.4 seconds left in overtime.
Extra time was needed after yet another Flames rally. Entering the third period down 3-1 after Jones' 11th of the season at 6:52 of the second, Calgary inched closer 3:22 into the third when Sean Monahan spotted Hudler parked to the right of the net. Hudler corralled the pass and lifted his 17th over Rask to trim Boston's lead to 3-2. With 5:09 remaining in the third period and David Pastrnak in the penalty box for high sticking, Hudler added his second of the night after tipping Mark Giordano's point shot by Rask to tie the game 3-3 and force overtime. With Chris Kelly in the penalty box, Patrice Bergeron intercepted Brodie's neutral zone drop pass and broke in with Marchand on Flames starting goalie Karri Ramo. Bergeron fed Marchand, who lifted his 16th of the season over Ramo 6:48 into the game. Another turnover cost the Flames at 11:27. After Johnny Gaudreau couldn't clear the zone, Dougie Hamilton circled behind the net and fed Chara at the point, who one-timed his fourth of the season by Ramo to put Boston up 2-0. Boston extended the lead 50 seconds into the second period and chased Ramo in the process. Reilly Smith fanned on his shot from the slot but Krug picked up the loose puck, circled around Flames defenseman Kris Russell and lifted a backhand over Ramo. It ended his night after 11 shots in favor of Jonas Hiller. Jones got one back for Calgary at 6:52 of the second, paving the way for Hudler's two goals and Brodie's overtime winner.
Minnesota @ Vancouver 2-3 - Rookie Alex Biega scored with 8:06 left to help the Canucks defeat Minnesota 3-2 at Rogers Arena. Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal 1:33 into the third period. Biega, who got into the game only after Christopher Tanev was a late scratch, beat Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk through the legs with a screened one-timer from the point to make it 3-1 with some help from Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin. It became the winning goal when Wild forward Nino Niederreiter scored his second of the game with 6:25 left. Niederreiter chipped a shot from the slot in off his right shoulder to make it 3-2. But with Dubnyk on the bench for an extra attacker, Lack made a trio of huge saves in the final 30 seconds to preserve the win, robbing Matt Dumba, and Jason Pomminville twice from point-blank range.
Tampa Bay @ Los Angeles 2-3 - It seems as though any player wearing a jersey number in the 70s is performing well for the Kings these days. Jordan Nolan scored 3:36 into the third period and Jeff Carter scored the game-winning goal at 13:58 of the third to give the Kings a 3-2 win. Nolan took a pass from Dwight King, moved to the slot and lifted a backhand into the right side of the net 3:36 into the third. Nolan, who scored two goals in his first 31 games, has two in the past three games. He looked as surprised as anybody on the play.
Carter scored his 16th goal on a wrist shot to finish a rush and help sweep the season series against the Lightning. Tyler Johnson pulled Tampa Bay within one with 36 seconds remaining with an extra attacker. The latest version of "That 70s Line" of King, Carter and Tyler Toffoli has combined for 10 goals and 11 assists over the past five games. King extended his point streak to a career-high four games. Nolan wears No. 71 and is a fourth-line checking right wing, so coach Darryl Sutter liked the balance. Kopitar re-energized the Kings with his 12th goal, a wrist shot that rose above Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy's outstretched right leg pad to tie it 1-1 at 7:04 of the second. Trevor Lewis made the pass to trigger the partial breakaway and Kopitar ended a 10-game scoring drought. Nikita Nesterov scored his first NHL goal at 12:11 of the first period. Ondrej Palat drove to the net and put a shot on goal that bounced out to the pinching Nesterov, who scored on a snap shot from the left side. It came in his 13th NHL game.
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