Columbus @ Carolina 4-3 SO - Ryan Johansen scored the only goal of the shootout for a 4-3 win. After Eric Staal gave the Hurricanes a 3-1 lead with a power-play goal in the final seconds of the first period, Bobrovsky's frustration was clear, glaring at teammate Daulton Prout and leaving his stick on the ice. The goaltender's view was obstructed on all three Carolina goals. Carolina scored 36 seconds into the game on its first shot. With an open lane through the right faceoff circle, Justin Faulk skated in and sent a wrist shot past Bobrovsky, who finished with 29 saves. The Hurricanes took a 2-0 lead with another quick goal, seven seconds into a power play at 12:47 of the first period. With Fedor Tyutin off for cross checking, the Hurricanes won the ensuing faceoff, and Faulk set up Victor Rask for his first goal in 11 games, a high one-timer. Rene Bourque, playing his second game with Columbus, cut the lead to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 18:05 of the first. He screened Cam Ward and redirected Cam Atkinson's shot over the goaltender's glove. With 10 seconds remaining in the period, Carolina took a 3-1 lead with another power-play goal. Ryan Murphy's slap shot through traffic was tipped by Staal and past Bobrovsky.Scott Hartnell helped tie the game 3-3 with a power-play goal in the second period and another in the third. First, he located the rebound of Kevin Connauton's shot under Ward and pushed it in at 2:21 of the second. Hartnell tied the game at 6:10 of the third, scoring on the rebound after Artem Anisimov battled for the puck in front of the net. The Hurricanes had the best chance in overtime when Staal came in on a short breakaway, but his wrist shot sailed wide of the far post. In the shootout, Johansen led off the third round with a slow approach against Cam Ward before making a quick, wide move to the forehand to tuck the puck in.
Tampa Bay @ Montreal 1-0 OT - Tyler Johnson extended his point streak to seven games when his pass from the right side went into the net off Canadiens defensman Tom Gilbert's skate.
Boston @ Ottawa 3-1 - Spooner opened the scoring on a power play 62 seconds into the second period, and the Bruins took control with goals by Eriksson and Spooner 92 seconds apart later in the period. Eriksson scored his 17th of the season at 15:21. With the teams playing 4-on-4, Eriksson chased down a puck in the Ottawa zone. Senators defenseman Cody Ceci came off the bench and tried to play the puck instead of taking the man and was unsuccessful. Eriksson jumped around Ceci and went wide around Anderson, tucking the puck into the open net. Spooner scored his second at 16:53 when Bruins forward Milan Lucic put the puck toward the net and the puck went in off Spooner at the edge of the crease. The play was reviewed, but it was judged there was no distinct kicking motion by Spooner. Puempel made it 3-1 at 8:30 of the third period when he picked up a rebound of a Patrick Wiercioch shot off the end boards and scored into the open side. It was the seventh NHL game for the 24th pick in the 2011 NHL Draft. Spooner's first goal was a shot from the right-wing circle that found its way through a crowd and deflected into the net off the far post.
New Jersey @ Minnesota 2-6 - Bergenheim had been held without a point, and coach Mike Yeo dropped him to the fourth line with center Kyle Brodziak and right wing Erik Haula on Tuesday in an effort to spark him. The move worked; Bergenheim not only scored, he hounded the puck all night. He score his first goal for the Wild at 18:57. Stewart scored his 13th goal, second with Minnesota, on a rebound 13 seconds into the second period for a 2-0 Wild lead. Jared Spurgeon one-timed a perfect set-up by Mikael Granlund from the right face-off circle at 4:23. New Jersey closed within 3-1 at 10:03 when Dainius Zubrus scored his first goal since opening night, ending a 49-game goal drought. Thomas Vanek scored his first goal of the night when he cleaned up a rebound in front of goaltender Cory Schneider at 13:01. Minnesota went ahead 5-1 at 1:18 of the third period when Jason Pominville capped a pretty tic-tac-toe passing play with a blast from the slot that eluded Schneider's blocker. Schneider was lifted 12 seconds later for Keith Kinkaid, having allowed five goals on 30 shots. It was the first time since Dec. 13 Schneider had allowed more than three goals in an appearance, a span of 28 games. Vanek scored his second of the game on a tip-in at 8:18, and Gomez answered 22 seconds later on a tap-in from the side of the net.
Los Angeles @ Colorado 5-2 - The Kings took a 3-1 lead in the first period while chasing rookie goalie Calvin Pickard, who was replaced by Reto Berra at 14:15 after allowing three goals on eight shots. Pickard was recalled Monday from the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League because Semyon Varlamov is out with a groin injury. The Avalanche drew within 4-2 at 8:27 of the third period when Alex Tanguay scored into an open net off Marc-Andre Cliche's pass, but Jake Muzzin answered for the Kings at 9:56. Muzzin beat Berra from the top of the left circle for his seventh goal, first in 18 games. The Kings grabbed an early 2-0 lead on goals by Marian Gaborik and Jeff Carter. Gaborik tipped in McNabb's shot on a power play at 7:47 of the first period to open the scoring and end the Avalanche's penalty-killing streak at 19 in a row. Carter beat Pickard to the glove side at 11:58 off a feed from Jordan Nolan after Trevor Lewis intercepted a pass from Tanguay in the neutral zone. The Avalanche cut the deficit to 2-1 at 12:53 on a goal by Tyson Barrie, his 11th. Gabriel Landeskog passed to Barrie, who skated down the left wing and cut to the near hash marks for a shot past a screened Quick. Clifford got that one back for the Kings at 14:15 when he scored from the point for his second goal of the season. Clifford increased the Kings' lead to 4-1 at 15:03 of the second period during a scramble in front of Berra, who finished with 20 saves. It was his fifth goal.
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