NY Islanders @ Florida 3-4 - Huberdeau scored the only goal in the shootout and Ellis, making his second start because of the injuries to Roberto Luongo and Al Montoya, stopped Frans Nielsen, John Tavares and Josh Bailey to help the Panthers to a 4-3 win. Tavares scored against Ellis on a breakaway in the second period. Before his shootout goal, Huberdeau had a spectacular goal in the third period, his second in two games after an 18-game drought. Huberdeau broke a 2-2 tie at 9:26 of the third period with a spectacular goal. He took a pass from Aleksander Barkov down the left wing, skated toward the middle of the ice, then did a 360-degree turn before sending a shot along the ice off the left post. Bailey made it 3-3 at 12:48 of the third with a one-timer off Tavares' backhand feed that beat Ellis high to the glove side. Gudbranson ended his drought Saturday with the only goal in the first period. His low wrist shot from the point appeared to bounce off the skate of Islanders forward Casey Cizikas and trickled through Neuvirth's pads. Tavares tied the game on a breakaway at 4:39 of the second period after Anders Lee tipped a cross-ice pass in the neutral zone. Tavares beat Ellis with a backhand after a series of quick dekes. Lee extended his point streak to four games (two goals, two assists). Bjugstad, whose errant pass led to Tavares' goal, gave Florida the lead again at 8:20 with a high backhand from close range after taking a slick pass from Jussi Jokinen.
Buffalo @ Washington 1-6 - The Sabres took an early 1-0 lead on Larsson's second goal of the season. After the Sabres won an offensive-zone faceoff, Larsson slipped into the slot, where Marcus Foligno found him for a wide-open wrist shot at 2:35. Glencross tied the game on a similar play at 5:15, establishing position in the slot and beating Hackett with a wrist shot set up by a Mike Green pass from below the goal line. The Capitals took control of the game in the second period, scoring three times on a season-high 23 shots to take a 4-1 lead, beginning with Beagle's career-high 10th goal at 5:27. Beagle set up Troy Brouwer for a shot, curling around the net to score on the rebound. With Washington on the power play, Ovechkin took a wrist shot from the left circle which eluded Hackett for his 20th power-play goal of the season at 9:31. Laich broke a 26-game goalless drought at 13:53, scoring for the first time in two months when Tom Wilson intercepted a Buffalo clearing attempt and fed him in the high slot. Lindback, who replaced Hackett in the second period after he allowed four goals on 23 shots following Laich's goal, prevented the Sabres from falling further behind, stopping Ovechkin on a penalty shot and a Washington flurry within the final minute of the period. In the third period, Ward scored on the power play at 3:41, stuffing in a pass from Glencross in the crease. Johansson scored from in tight at 17:01 for Washington.
Colorado @ Columbus 4-0 - Nathan MacKinnon has 14 goals and 38 points this season. He is one of eight Colorado players who is injured. Colorado took a 2-0 lead on two power-play goals in the opening 3:51 by Jarome Iginla and Gabriel Landeskog. Matt Duchesne later scored on a breakaway to make it 3-0. Alex Tanguay scored in the third period and had an assist on the first goal. Iginla scored 21st goal at 2:05 from a pass from Barrie with the Avalanche on a 5-on-3 power play. The goal was his 1,211th NHL point, breaking a tie with Bobby Clarke for 43rd on the all-time scoring list. Barrie had the secondary assist on the second goal, getting the pass to Ryan O'Reilly before he fed Landeskog at the side of the net. Landeskog wrapped the puck around Blue Jackets goalie Curtis McElhinney. Landeskog, who has 18 goals, has eight of them and five assists in the past 11 games. The Blue Jackets settled down and were winning the possession game when Scott Hartnell made a turnover after being pressured by Iginla and Duchene converted for his 17th goal at 9:14.
Tanguay made it 4-0 at 9:23 of the third period after taking a long pass from Barrie. Tanguay has 17 goals.
Winnipeg @ Nashville 3-1 - Winnipeg took the lead at 10:52 of the second period on a goal by Blake Wheeler, and Hutchinson made several key saves to help the Jets hold on for the win. The Jets played without Dustin Byfuglien and Bryan Little after each sustained an injury on Wednesday. Michael Frolik scored his 15th goal to give the Jets a 1-0 lead at 14:54 of the first period on a one-timer next to the crease that beat Rinne. Andrew Ladd made a move to get around Nashville Seth Jones and passed it to Frolik. Ryan Ellis tied the game 1-1 at 10:17 of the second period on a wrist shot from the point. Ellis' shot hit a Winnipeg player in front, changed directions and went past Hutchinson for his sixth goal. Wheeler put the Jets back in front 35 seconds after Ellis' had tied it. He scored on a rebound given up by Rinne, who made 23 saves. Tyler Myers took the original shot, and the rebound went straight to Wheeler, who shot it in the wide-open net for his 18th goal. Drew Stafford's empty-net goal with 49.9 seconds remaining made it 3-1. Nashville initially pulled Rinne with 3:12 remaining in regulation, but Winnipeg was able to prevent them from sustaining pressure in the offensive zone. Cody Franson left the game with an apparent injury at 15:04 of the second period but returned for the start of the third. Hutchinson lost his helmet when he took a hard hit in the first period from Predators forward Gabriel Bourque, who was shoved into the Nashville goalie by Winnipeg forward Adam Lowry.
Montreal @ Phoenix 2-0 - Lars Eller scored the only goal Price needed 14:48 into the second period, on a nice drop pass from Devante Smith-Pelly. Brendan Gallagher scored his 19th of the season, into an empty net, with 1.5 seconds left. It was the 24th time this season that Price has held a team to two goals or fewer, also tops in the League. The shutout was the 32nd of his career. The Coyotes had several chances in the third period, but Tobias Rieder sailed one over the net, Shane Doan - Price's cousin - clanged a shot off the short-side post and Price made 13 other saves to turn away the offensively challenged Coyotes. But while the Coyotes played better in the second period, the Canadiens kept up the offensive pressure and finally broke through. Smith-Pelly left a drop pass to Eller, who whirled toward the net with traffic in front of him and swept a hard shot that slipped between Smith's pads at 14:48. The Coyotes pressured hard to tie the game in the third period. With 17:25 left, Price made an excellent pad save on David Moss. The puck popped up on Price's pad, and replays showed Price and the pad were pushed across the goal line by Craig Cunningham.
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