Nashville @ Philadelphia 2-3 SO - Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds scored in the tiebreaker, and goalie Rob Zepp finished with a flourish, making a glove save on Craig Smith and celebrating the win with a fist pump. Cody Franson and Michael Santorelli each made his Predators debut after being acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs in a trade on Sunday. Franson played 17:52 and Santorelli 12:11. Simmonds' goal, at 8:59 of the first period, was his Flyers-best 23rd of the season. He got position on Predators captain Shea Weber in the left circle and tipped Michael Del Zotto's shot down between Weber's skates. The puck bounced on net, past Rinne's glove and inside the right post. The Predators went 13:47 without a shot when Wilson scored his 19th of the season with 1:02 remaining in the first. He intercepted a Del Zotto pass in the neutral zone, skated in and beat Zepp with a wrist shot from the left side. White's second goal of the season gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead. He started the play by forcing Seth Jones into a turnover deep in the Predators zone, and White finished with a wrist shot from above the hashmarks that beat Rinne.
Nashville got even 23 seconds into the third on Smith's goal that finished a 3-on-2 rush.
Winnipeg @ Toronto 3-4 OT - James van Riemsdyk scored with 1:13 remaining in overtime to give the Leafs a 4-3 win. Van Riemsdyk broke in 2-on-1 with center Olli Jokinen, took a pass from his new teammate, and his one-timer beat Winnipeg goaltender Michael Hutchinson. Jokinen was acquired in a trade from the Nashville Predators on Sunday, which could be the first of others by Toronto heading into the NHL Trade Deadline on March 2. Nazem Kadri tied it 3-3 at 3:57 of the third period by scoring on a wraparound. Toronto led 1-0 12:57 into the first period when Leo Komarov scored a shorthanded goal with Korbinian Holzer in the penalty box for goaltender interference. Komarov carried the puck from the Toronto line into the Winnipeg zone and beat Hutchinson with a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle. The Jets tied it 1-1 34 seconds later when Jacob Trouba scored on the power play with Holzer in the penalty box. Trouba's shot from a bad angle tipped off the stick of Morgan Rielly. Mark Scheifele gave the Jets a 2-1 lead at 19:10 with Winnipeg's second straight power-play goal. The puck squirted to him in the shallow slot and he beat Bernier with a quick high snap shot. Daniel Winnik made it 2-2 at 15:07 of the second period when he tipped a Holzer shot from the point past Hutchinson.
Frolik gave Winnipeg a 3-2 lead at 19:05 when he scooped the puck deep in the Toronto zone, circled with it in the slot, and snapped a high shot to the top right corner.
Columbus @ Montreal 1-3 - Pacioretty scored on a power play at 2:29. His second goal of the game put the Canadiens up 2-0 at 13:03. Nick Foligno scored at 14:05 to make it 2-1. Tomas Plekanec scored a shorthanded, empty-net goal with 50 seconds remaining in the third period. Each of Pacioretty's goals came on a one-timer from the right side off a pass from a Canadiens defenseman. Andrei Markov made a clever pass to set up Pacioretty's first goal, a snap shot past McElhinney into the top left corner. Moments earlier, a shot by P.K. Subban got through the Blue Jackets goalie but trickled wide of the left post after Kevin Connauton was penalized for tripping Brendan Gallagher at 1:34. Nathan Beaulieu made a cross-ice pass to Pacioretty on Montreal's second goal, which came five seconds after David Desharnais won a faceoff from the left dot in the Columbus zone. Foligno scored Columbus' goal 1:02 after Pacioretty made it 2-0. Price stopped Artem Anisimov's intial shot, and the rebound deflected off Foligno's skate on its way into the net. The goal was confirmed by a video review. Cam Atkinson's shot from the point struck both posts without crossing the goal line with one second remaining in the second. Jarred Tinordi had a jaw protector added to his helmet after his fight with 3:58 left in the first against Blue Jackets right wing Jared Boll, who was penalized for roughing in addition to his fighting major.
Florida @ Ottawa 1-4 - The Panthers led 1-0 on Barkov's ninth goal of the season at 7:38 of the first period. Brian Campbell, using his strong skating, brought the puck down the right-wing boards and below the goal line. He found Jonathan Huberdeau in front of Hammond, and Huberdeau touched it quickly to Barkov. Barkov's shot went underneath a sprawling Hammond and over the goal line before Hammond reached back and pulled the puck out of the net. The Senators tied the game 1-1 on Turris' goal at 10:16 of the first period. He finished a nice three-way passing play that started when Michalek lifted the stick of Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad in the right-wing corner. Michalek passed the puck to Mark Stone in the circle, and he spotted Turris going to the net at the left post. Shawn Thornton got his stick on the puck, but not enough to stop it from getting to Turris, whose shot found the open side. The Senators took a 2-1 lead with the only goal of the second period on a deflection by Ryan that came as a penalty to Kopecky expired. Working to the right of Luongo and facing Turris out at the top of the left-wing circle, Ryan got his stick on Turris' shot and redirected it over Luongo's shoulder at 8:40 for his 15th of the season. Karlsson's shot went against the grain to the top corner over Luongo's glove to make it 3-1 at 8:03 of the third period. Lazar scored at 12:09.
Carolina @ New Jersey 1-3 - Ruutu redirected a slap shot from the point by Adam Larsson between the pads of Khudobin at 10:32 to give New Jersey a 1-0 lead. Henrique scored his first goal in eight games at 12:05 when he picked up a loose puck along the right-wing boards and broke in 1-on-1 against Khudobin before flicking a shot between his pads. Greene then scored his first goal since March 20, 2014, a span of 70 games, when he finished off a pass from Jordin Tootoo in the slot with 28 seconds remaining in the first to give the Devils a 3-0 lead. Jeff Skinner scored off a slap shot from between the circles with 6:04 remaining in the third for the Hurricanes.
Anaheim @ Edmonton 2-1 - Ryan Getzlaf got some help when he scored with 7:14 left in the third period to lift the Ducks to a 2-1 victory. Justin Schultz inadvertently kicked the puck into the net after Getzlaf poked it from under goaltender Ben Scrivens. Beauchemin scored a power-play goal 45 seconds into the first period on the first shot of the game to give Anaheim the early lead. The Ducks defenseman took a pass at the blue line off a face-off and put a snap shot past Scrivens for his sixth goal. Purcell tied the game 1-1 with his eight goal 28 seconds into the second period. The Oilers left wing took a cross-crease pass from Nail Yakupov and snapped a shot past Gibson. Derek Roy started the play, winning a battle along the boards and spotting Yakupov unattended at the side of the net. It was Purcell's second goal in his past three games. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins came close to giving Edmonton the lead midway through the first period, but his rising shot from the slot hit the crossbar. Getzlaf scored the winner after Scrivens was unable to smother a shot from Kyle Palmieri, allowing the puck to drop under his pad. Getzlaf was first to the puck, poking it toward the net. Schultz knocked it in and Getzlaf was credited with his 19th goal.
Tampa Bay @ Phoenix 4-2 - Lightning captain Steven Stamkos scored the second of Tampa Bay’s two power-play goals, his 32nd, into an empty net with 4.3 seconds remaining. Callahan set up Palat’s first goal. Michael Stone scored in the first period and Mark Arcobello scored to cut a 3-1 Tampa Bay lead in half with 7:18 left to play. Lightning goalie Ben Bishop made 13 of his 22 saves in the third period and had Lauri Korpikoski forced a Brett Connolly turnover and Martin Erat deflected the puck toward Stone at the top of the right circle. Stone had to settle the bouncing puck down before he sent a wrist shot past Bishop inside the far post to give the Coyotes a 1-0 lead at 14:02 of the first period. Stone has four points in the past five games. When David Moss caught Jason Garrison on the side of the face with a high stick to draw a double-minor, the Lightning finally cashed in on the back end. Tyler Johnson hit the post from point-blank range in the first half of the power play before Callahan took a loose puck and found Palat with speed behind Connor Murphy. Palat sent a shot that went past Smith at 6:45 of the first to tie the game 1-1. Callahan ran down a wayward shot behind the net and sent a two-handed shot from a bad angle that caught Smith dropping down and crawled over his right shoulder at 14:31. Palat scored what proved to be the game-winner 3:27 into the third period. Victor Hedman grabbed the puck in the neutral zone and passed to Palat, who made a power move past Andrew Campbell to free himself for a shot that went past Smith. But the Lightning made things tougher on themselves when Arcobello intercepted a Stamkos pass at the Tampa Bay blue line, skated in alone and lifted a wrist shot over Bishop with 7:18 left in the third. Arcobello’s 11th goal was his third since being claimed off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb. 11. Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Yandle both took penalties in the final 3:16 to cripple any chance of a comeback and Stamkos atoned for his error with the empty net goal.
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