NY Islanders @ Detroit 1-4 - Tatar opened the scoring with a power-play goal 5:29 into the game. He beat Johnson, who was screened, high on the far side from the left circle after carrying the puck there from the high slot. Tatar took a pass from Danny DeKeyser, who made a nice play to keep the puck in at the right point on his backhand. It was Tatar's team-leading 22nd goal and came 12 seconds after New York center Mikhail Grabovski went off for goaltender interference. Pavel Datsyuk also assisted on the goal. It was the 554th of his NHL career, which ties him with Sergei Fedorov for fifth place on Detroit's all-time list. Ahead of them are Steve Yzerman, Gordie Howe, Nicklas Lidstrom and Alex Delvecchio. Smith made it 2-0 with 47 seconds left in the second period. He put in a one-time slap shot from the top part of the left circle off a backhand pass from the side of the net by right wing Tomas Jurco. Visnovsky, who missed nine games with an upper-body injury, scored a power-play goal 5:24 into the third period to make it 2-1. He beat Mrazek from the high slot for his fourth goal 10 seconds after Smith went off for interference. Ericsson restored the Red Wings' two-goal lead 9:21 into the third. His wrist shot from the left point deflected in off the back of New York defenseman Thomas Hickey's leg. It was Ericsson's third goal. Nyquist scored on the power play, his 20th goal, with 6:52 remaining.
Phoenix @ Ottawa 2-7 - Seven players scored for the Senators, including four in a span of 5:26, in a 7-2 win. The Senators took a 3-1 lead on goals by Milan Michalek and Mark Stone off the rush two minutes apart late in the second period. They took a 5-1 lead with goals 20 seconds apart by Bobby Ryan and Jean-Gabriel Pageau early in the third. Marc Methot had a career-high three assists. Domingue, 22, who was selected by the Coyotes in the fifth round (No. 138) of the 2010 NHL Draft, made nine saves and allowed goals to Senators captain Erik Karlsson and Mika Zibanejad. Zbynek Michalek gave the Coyotes a 1-0 lead 40 seconds into the first period. Senators rookie Mike Hoffman tied the game at 1:09 with his 17th goal and is tied with Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators for the rookie lead. The Coyotes took five straight penalties starting at 2:19 of the first period and killed each of them, including a 5-on-3 disadvantage that lasted 1:30. The Senators' scoring burst started when Milan Michalek’s snap shot found the top corner over Smith’s left shoulder at 16:51 of the second period for his seventh goal. He took a pass from David Legwand, who was back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games. Mark Stone scored his 12th goal at 18:54 of the second assisted by Legwand and Methot. Legwand curled inside the Coyotes blue line and fed a pass to Methot. His shot was deflected by Stone. Ryan scored from deep in the slot for his 14th goal at 1:57 of the third period, and Pageau scored his second on a backhand 20 seconds later. After failing to score on those five first-period power plays, Cameron resorted to starting his fourth line of Pageau, Erik Condra and Chris Neil on the last two power plays of the period.
Los Angeles @ Boston 1-3 - Kelly was at the right hash mark when he tipped a Carl Soderberg shot from the right point past Los Angeles goaltender Jonathan Quick 1:33 after the Kings tied the game. Marchand failed to get off a shot on a breakaway with less than five minutes to play in the second period. But a couple minutes later he scored the first goal of the game. His wrist shot from the top of the left circle eluded at least two screens and Quick never reacted to the puck that crossed the goal line at 17:20 to give Boston a 1-0 lead. Marchand warded off several defenders before starting the scoring play. Quick’s shutout streak against Boston ended at 108:27 dating to Jan. 20, 2014. Rask kept the Bruins in the lead with 10 saves in the second period. His best came on a Nick Shore breakaway at 13:23. The Kings solved Rask to tie the game 1-1 when Jordan Nolan's shot from the left half wall tipped off Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton’s stick at 13:00 of the third period. But the Bruins, who defeated the Islanders 5-2 after squandering a 2-0 lead, didn’t let the Kings’ goal deflate them.
Florida @ New Jersey 1-3 - Jaromir Jagr and Mike Cammalleri scored in the first period and Steve Bernier scored an empty-net goal to give the Devils a 3-0 lead before Brandon Pirri spoiled the shutout with 1:29 remaining for the Panthers. Florida goalie Roberto Luongo, who has lost two starts to New Jersey this season, made 11 saves. Kinkaid was strong in the second period when the Panthers outshot the Devils 12-1. His best save came during a Panthers power play when he denied a wrist shot by Jonathan Huberdeau from the slot with less than five minutes remaining. Kinkaid also stopped a Derek MacKenzie slap shot from the left circle with his left pad at 16:37. Lamoriello adjusted the lineup after watching the Devils struggle to generate offense in a 2-1 overtime loss against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday. Bernier was moved alongside left wing Adam Henrique and center Scott Gomez, and Cammalleri centered left wing Dainius Zubrus and right wing Jagr. The Devils opened a 2-0 lead in the first on goals by Jagr and Cammalleri. Jagr scored his 10th of the season and the 715th of his NHL career when he took a feed from Zubrus in the right circle and skated into the slot before shooting into the right corner at 9:40. The goal, Jagr's first point in six games, moved him within two goals of tying Phil Esposito (717 goals) for fifth place in NHL history. Bernier made a highlight-reel pass on Cammalleri's power-play goal at 14:37 to give New Jersey a 2-0 lead. After Florida defenseman Dmitry Kulikov was whistled for holding at 13:10, Bernier set up in the slot before threading a blind, between-the-legs, backhand to Cammalleri, who scored from the right circle.
Carolina @ NY Rangers 1-4 - New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist fell to the ice and fought for oxygen after making a save with his throat early in the second period on Saturday. Lying on his stomach, Lundqvist started kicking out his legs, clutching at his neck as he struggled to breathe. It was a scary scene at Madison Square Garden 3:02 into the second period, one that sent a scare through the Rangers and their fans, and brought back a difficult memory for New York coach Alain Vigneault. But it didn't last long, and the nightmarish scene gave way to a happy ending for Lundqvist, Vigneault, and the Rangers.
Despite feeling lightheaded and having headaches for the remainder of the game, which Lundqvist said were reactions to him losing his breath for a few minutes, the goalie stayed in the game and made 31 saves to help the Rangers end a two-game losing streak with a 4-1 win against the Hurricanes. Rick Nash tied Alex Ovechkin for the League lead in goals with his 29th, Dominic Moore scored a shorthanded goal, and Chris Kreider and Dan Boyle provided the insurance in the third period for New York. Lundqvist's throat was exposed because Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh's stick came up and lifted his mask just as Brad Malone's shot from the right circle was coming up on Lundqvist.
Lundqvist said he lost sight of the puck as his mask came up, so he didn't know it was headed for his throat. Vigneault said he had flashbacks to Jan. 29, 2000, when he was coaching the Montreal Canadiens and watched former Canadiens forward Trent McCleary block a shot from Chris Therien with his throat. The shot broke McCleary's larynx. He was rushed to the hospital for an emergency tracheotomy, which ended his hockey career. Lundqvist's first save after the injury scare was a scissor kick left-pad save on a hard shot from Jeff Skinner at 4:43. Malone scored on a redirection from the slot 55 seconds later to cut the Rangers lead to 2-1. Carolina didn't get any closer. Kreider and Boyle scored 21 seconds apart midway through the third period to give the Rangers a 4-1 lead with 9:23 remaining. It was Kreider's 11th goal and Boyle's fifth. Despite trailing 2-1, the Hurricanes were outshooting the Rangers 24-10 by the midway point of the second period. New York turned things around and not only outscored the Hurricanes 2-0 in the third period, but outshot them 27-8 over the final 28:09 of the game. Carolina trailed 2-0 after the first period despite outshooting the Rangers 15-8 and holding a 25-12 advantage in total shot attempts. Nash scored his first goal in four games at 6:30 of the first with a stick-side wrist shot from the top of the left circle. Nash intercepted defenseman Andrej Sekera's pass at the blue line and brought the puck to the top of the circle, where he had an uncontested shot on Ward (33 saves). Moore gave New York a 2-0 lead at 10:57 of the first with an end-to-end, highlight-reel shorthanded goal. Moore blew past Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk with an inside move and opened Ward up before slipping a backhanded shot through his five-hole.
Toronto @ Philadelphia 0-1 - Michael Del Zotto scored at 4:05 of the first period. Petr Straka entered the Maple Leafs zone and centered to a pinching Del Zotto, who fought off the backchecking Daniel Winnik to lift a shot that beat Reimer to the far side, past his glove. The goal extended Del Zotto's career-long point streak to six games; he has three goals and four assists in that span. Wayne Simmonds drew an assist on the goal to extend his point streak to three games. Simmonds and teammate Jakub Voracek each played in their 500th NHL game Saturday.
Columbus @ Tampa Bay 1-3 - Connolly's ninth goal of the season came with 23.5 seconds left in the first period when Brenden Morrow set him up in front of the net with a touch pass that Connolly chipped past Columbus goalie Curtis McElhinney for a 1-0 lead. Paquette scored at 10:02 of the third period, his 10th goal of the season, after McElhinney made three saves on shots by Alex Killorn and Jonathan Drouin. The loose puck ended up on Drouin's stick and he faked a shot to get McElhinney out of position before passing it to Paquette, who sent it into the open net. Filppula scored his 10th goal of the season at 11:43 of the third period when he sent a wrist shot from the left circle past McElhinney on the stick side. He is the seventh Lightning player to have at least 10 goals this season. Johansen scored his 19th goal of the season at 16:34 in the third period off assists from David Savard and Ryan Murray, who was playing his first game since Nov. 1.
Edmonton @ Calgary 2-4 - The Flames trailed 2-0 after 40 minutes but needed less than half the third period to turn the deficit into a lead. Byron finally solved Oilers goaltender Ben Scrivens at 2:56. Mason Raymond circled the Oilers' net, popped out the other side and sent a shot through a screen that Byron tipped past Scrivens to cut the Oilers' lead to 2-1. It snapped a 28-game goal-scoring drought for Byron and a span of 105:28 without a goal for Calgary. The Flames needed less than 3 1/2 minutes to pull even. After failing to bunt a puck out of midair into an open net behind Scrivens earlier in the shift, Bouma collected a pass from Mikael Backlund that missed David Jones and beat the Oilers goaltender at 6:16 to tie the game at 2-2. Monahan put the Flames ahead at 8:39, skipping a centering pass off Oilers defenseman Keith Aulie and past Scrivens with Edmonton forward Derek Roy in the penalty box for hooking. Bouma added his second of the night with 3:33 remaining. Backlund forced a neutral-zone turnover, broke into the Edmonton zone and fed Bouma, who lifted his eighth of the season over Scrivens' glove to give Calgary a two-goal lead and cap the comeback. Bouma had a chance to complete the hat trick in the final seconds with the Edmonton net empty but couldn't find the handle. It took the Oilers 2:43 from the start of the game to jump ahead. Off the ensuing faceoff following an icing, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins won the draw back to Eberle in the slot; he corralled the puck and fired his 13th of the season past Hiller's blocker to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead. The Oilers made it 2-0 at 11:41 when Eberle picked up the puck to the left of Hiller and circled behind the net before spotting Pouliot on the other side. He caught Hiller out of position and scored his 11th of the season. David Wolf, a late addition for his first NHL game in place of the ill Jiri Hudler, came close to pulling the Flames back within one near the midway point of the second period but hit the crossbar behind the Oilers goaltender.
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