Phoenix @ NY Islanders 1-5 - Matt Martin and Johnny Boychuk scored 57 seconds apart early in the third that sparked the Islanders to a 5-1 victory. Martin broke a 1-1 tie at 3:18 off a broken play. A good forecheck by New York's fourth line freed the puck. It came into the left circle, and Martin quickly sent a high shot past goaltender Mike Smith for his eighth goal of the season. Boychuk made it 3-1 when he drifted into the high slot, took a pass from John Tavares and beat Smith with a slap shot for his seventh. Kael Mouillierat, a 27-year-old rookie playing in his third NHL game, scored his first goal at 7:16 when he took a passout from Colin McDonald and quickly shot it past Smith from the slot. Brock Nelson capped the outburst when he batted a rebound past Smith at 9:10 for his 17th of the season and New York's fourth goal in a span of 5:52. New York went ahead 37 seconds into the second period. Travis Hamonic raced down the right side and threw a hard pass toward the slot, where Anders Lee was unchecked. He stopped the puck with his skate, turned and sent a backhand shot past Smith for his 20th goal of the season. Phoenix tied the game at 15:52, taking advantage of David Moss' takeaway from Tavares in the Coyotes zone. Moss sent the Coyotes up ice 3-on-2, and Martin Erat set up Arcobello for a one-timer from the top of the left circle that went past Boychuk's attempted block and beat Johnson to the short side.
Calgary @ NY Rangers 0-1 - Kevin Hayes scored three minutes into the third period and Cam Talbot made 21 saves to lift the Rangers to a 1-0 victory at Madison Square Garden. Hayes is normally New York's third-line center but was playing on the first line with Derick Brassard and Mats Zuccarello with Nash out of the lineup because of neck spasms.
Philadelphia @ Carolina 1-4 - The Hurricanes took advantage of their first power play for a 1-0 first-period lead. After peppering goalie Rob Zepp with a handful of shots, Justin Faulk scored on a high, short-side shot from the right circle at 7:29. Faulk later had an assist, giving him a Hurricanes-high 38 points. Philadelphia tied the game 1-1 when Jakub Voracek circled the net, outworked three Carolina defenders and left a backhand pass for Nicklas Grossmann, who scored his fourth of the season on a wrist shot at 17:46. Jeff Skinner made it 2-1 at 2:16 of the second period when Semin threaded a pass through four Philadelphia defenders. Skinner, driving the net, received the pass on the forehand and quickly sent it past Zepp for his fifth goal in seven games. The Hurricanes scored again on the power play after Chris VandeVelde tripped Michal Jordan in the Carolina defensive zone. Faulk hit Semin with a pass at the top of the crease, and after Zepp stopped him point-blank, Jordan Staal scored on the rebound at 15:55 of the second. Malone gathered a loose puck behind the net and fed Jay McClement in front for his fourth goal of the season with 5:23 remaining in the third period.
Buffalo @ Columbus 4-2 - Zemgus Girgensons had a goal and an assist before leaving midway through the game after a slap shot from James Wisniewski hit him on the right ankle. Nolan fears it could be a long-term injury. Hodgson scored his third goal, first in 28 games, with a soft backhander from the left wall. Forsberg had a clean look, but the puck glanced off his glove, then his body before going into the net at 9:30. Shortly thereafter, the Blue Jackets were on the power play when Wisniewski tried to knock a pass down at the blue line with a high stick. The puck traveled to the other end and Cody Goloubef elected not to touch it to avoid a whistle. Girgensons came in and took the puck. Forsberg came out of the net, but Girgensons went around him to score his 15th goal at 14:42. The Blue Jackets cut the deficit in half 1:18 into the second period when Calvert one-timed a blind pass from Brandon Dubinsky for his 10th goal. The Sabres responded 42 seconds later to take a 3-1 lead when Pysyk scored his second of the season with a slap shot from near the blue line that deflected off Calvert. Stewart scored his 10th goal to give Buffalo a 4-1 lead at 4:30 during a 5-on-3 when he beat Forsberg near-side from the left dot. Connauton scored at 7:42 of the second to make it 4-2 but that was it and the Sabres preserved rare advantage.
Colorado @ Nashville 2-5 - Colorado took a 1-0 lead at 3:57 of the first period on a shot by Nathan MacKinnon that went off of Roman Josi's skate and past Rinne. The goal was MacKinnon's 13th of the season and his fourth in the past two games. Calle Jarnkrok tied the game 15 seconds later when he converted on a breakaway past Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov. Jarnkrok made a backhand-to-forehand move and placed the puck past Varlamov for his sixth goal of the season. Smith gave Nashville a 2-1 lead at 4:32 of the second period on a slap shot from the top of the right faceoff circle. Smith took a shot that cleanly beat Varlamov for his 19th goal and fifth in the past six games. Josi gave the Predators a 3-1 lead at 11:06 of the second period on a wrist shot from the point. Josi's shot found its way through traffic and past Varlamov, who never saw the puck. The goal was Josi's 11th of the season. Filip Forsberg gave Nashville a 4-1 lead 54 seconds into the third period on a turnaround slap shot off of an offensive zone faceoff win by Mike Ribeiro. Forsberg kicked the puck on his stick and beat Varlamov on the stick side for his 21st goal. Eric Nystrom made it 5-1 with a shorthanded goal at 8:28 of the third period when he cleared the puck down the ice into an empty net. Colorado pulled goaltender Reto Berra, who came in the game to relieve Varlamov, and Nystrom cleared the puck into the net for his seventh goal of the season. John Mitchell made it 5-2 with 1:19 remaining in the third period on a one-timer from the slot on the power play. Mitchell's shot trickled through Rinne's pads for his seventh goal. Weber spent 17 minutes in the penalty box after jumping to Josi's defense when he was hit by Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog in the corner.
Edmonton @ Minnesota 2-1 - The Oilers went ahead 1-0 at 11:12, taking advantage of a Wild turnover at their blue line. Oscar Klefbom kept the puck in the zone and tipped it to Pouliot in the high slot. Pouliot moved the puck to the right circle to Jordan Eberle, who quickly returned it to Pouliot at the top of the crease for a tap-in past goalie Devan Dubnyk. Minnesota tied the score at 1-1 when Thomas Vanek scored at 15:14 on a shot from the top of the crease after a pass from Jordan Schroeder from behind the net. Edmonton regained the lead less than a minute later when Pouliot and Eberle worked another pretty give-and-go passing play. After a clean zone entry by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the Oilers center passed to Pouliot near the left point. Pouliot moved the puck to Eberle at the left circle and followed Eberle toward the front of the net. Eberle drew coverages from two Wild players before passing back to Pouliot, who snapped a shot past Dubnyk from the left hash at 15:46 to make it 2-1. Before the game, the Wild acquired forward Sean Bergenheim and a seventh-round pick at the 2016 NHL Draft from the Florida Panthers in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016. Bergenheim is expected to meet the Wild in Nashville, and Yeo said he will likely make his debut Thursday. Florida general manager Dale Tallon said the deal was made at Bergenheim's request.
Florida @ Chicago 2-3 SO - Patrick Kane's upper-body injury overshadowed the Blackhawks' hard-earned 3-2 shootout win. Kane, whose 64 points are tied for the NHL lead, was injured at 7:49 of the first period when he was cross-checked by Panthers defenseman Alex Petrovic, lost his balance and fell hard into the boards in the Florida end. Kane's left shoulder and arm appeared to take the brunt of the impact. The Blackhawks called it an upper-body injury. Kane leads the Blackhawks with 27 goals and 37 assists in 61 games. Recently, he's been double-shifting at times to help make up for a lack of production from the bottom two lines. Jussi Jokinen scored at 12:23 of the third to make it 2-1.
Darling had to make a few high-quality saves with time running out in overtime to force the shootout, in which he denied Trocheck and Nick Bjugstad. Chicago got goals from captain Jonathan Toews and left wing Patrick Sharp in the first two rounds of the tiebreaker. Toews opened the scoring at 9:25 of the first period by scoring on the power play that followed Petrovic's cross-checking penalty on Kane. Versteeg's 13th goal made it 2-0 at 14:28 of the second. It was his fourth goal in seven games since returning from a broken left hand. Sharp assisted on Versteeg's goal for his 500th point with the Blackhawks. Kane's injury dominated the talk inside the Blackhawks locker room. Versteeg said it will be disappointing if Kane has to miss extended time. He recalled a conversation the two of them had in which Kane expressed disappointment with the start to his season.
Detroit @ Los Angeles 0-1 - Justin Williams scored his 16th goal 2:24 into the game when he tipped a point shot by Jake Muzzin while Drew Miller was serving a holding penalty. The Kings were 1-for-17 on the power play in their previous seven games, and that one goal was scored on an empty net. Marian Gaborik hit the post in a first period largely controlled by the Kings, who did not allow a shot in the opening six minutes. Former Kings forward Tony Granato was honored before the game.
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