NY Islanders @ Ottawa 2-3 OT
Erik Karlsson scored 3:34 into overtime to help the Senators rally for a 3-2 victory against the Islanders. The Senators trailed 2-0 in the third period after Bailey's goal at 7:02 of the period. Stone scored his seventh of the season at 8:58 to make it 2-1 when he took a pass from Karlsson and shot the puck through a screen set up by Mika Zibanejad. Hoffman tied it with his 10th goal in nine games, a wrist shot to the top corner on the stick side. The Senators handed the Islanders the first goal of the game at 1:49 of the first period.
The play started with Anderson sending the puck up the boards and onto Martin's stick. His shot from the edge of the circle deflected off the stick and then the leg of Mark Borowiecki before going into the net. No goals were scored in the second period despite each team having some good chances. The Senators' best opportunity came four minutes into the period when Hoffman broke down the right wing and found open ice in front of Halak, who denied his shot from the slot. Kyle Turris left the game with 1:50 remaining in the third period, favoring his right leg after getting tangled up with Islanders center Casey Cizikas.
Montreal @ Carolina 2-3
The Hurricanes overcame two one-goal deficits before Jeff Skinner scored a power-play goal at 12:28 of the third period to defeat the Canadiens 3-2.
Skinner, who had two goals, knocked in the rebound of Brett Pesce's shot from mid-air to give Carolina its first lead of the night. The goal came six minutes after the Hurricanes missed several chance to take the lead on a power play.
Montreal struck first when Daniel Carr, who also made his NHL debut, scored on his first shift. Carr gathered the puck at the left post, circled the net and stuffed a shot past Cam Ward's left skate at 2:44 for a 1-0 lead in the first period. Carr, a second-year pro, was recalled from St. John's of the American Hockey League on Nov. 29. Skinner tied the game for Carolina at 13:15. Jordan Staal lugged the puck around the net and passed to Skinner, who deked to the backhand before lifting a forehand over a sprawling Mike Condon. The even-strength goal came just as time expired on a Lars Eller tripping penalty. Sven Andrighetto put Montreal up 2-1 at 11:19 of the second. Alex Galchenyuk won a faceoff back to Jeff Petry, who carried the puck down to the goal line and centered for Andrighetto alone in front of Ward. The Hurricanes quickly made it 2-2 on Joakim Nordstrom's first goal of the season at 13:15. He converted a rebound after Condon stopped Andrej Nestrasil's backhand from the high slot. Carolina appeared to take a 3-2 lead 16 seconds into the third when Eric Staal tumbled over Condon following his own rebound. But after a coach's challenge, the referee determined that Staal interfered with the goaltender before the puck crossed the goal line. But Skinner delivered the go-ahead at the right post, using a bit of hand-eye coordination to give the Hurricanes their first lead. After the Hurricanes took the lead, they withstood a push from the Canadiens. Ward made a strong save on Galchenyuk from the high slot, then turned aside a heavy shot from Tom Gilbert with his left pad. Montreal had a late power-play chance that became a 6-on-4 when they pulled Condon for an extra attacker, but they couldn't get anything past Ward, who finished with 36 saves.
Columbus @ Philadelphia 4-1
Scott More Cow Bell Hartnell had a goal and two assists, and the Blue Jackets ended a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 win. The veteran was a healthy scratch Friday against the Florida Panthers but returned with a strong effort against the Flyers, where he played from 2007-14. Hartnell committed a late third-period penalty that led to a Montreal Canadiens power-play goal in a 2-1 loss Tuesday. His scratch reverberated throughout the Blue Jackets locker room.
Hartnell gave the Blue Jackets a 4-1 lead with a power-play goal at 15:17 of the second period, tipping in a shot by Wennberg. Foligno made it 1-0 with his first goal of the game at 8:55 of the first period, and Johnson made it 2-0 when his floater from the left point went off the stick of Flyers forward Scott Laughton and past Mason at 13:33. Raffl's goal, on a 3-on-2, made it 2-1 at 4:19 of the second period. But Foligno's second goal, at 8:46, stole any momentum the Flyers had gained.
John Tortorella whined that scratching Hartnell wasn't what he wanted, but it elicited the response he was hoping for.
"With Scotty, he was so effective for seven or eight games when I first started. And his game slipped and his discipline slipped. So it was sloppy. I don't care how old, how may games they've played; if I think it needs to happen then it happens. But he's a pro. For us to win, he has to be a big part of this. Sometimes it's not a bad thing to sit and watch for a little bit, and he certainly answered tonight."
Boston @ Vancouver 4-0
Jacob Markstrom didn't have much chance on Marchand's quick early shot and said he didn't see Krug's one-timer from the point. Marchand scored on the first shot 2:54 into the game after Patrice Bergeron stole the puck from Radim Vrbata just inside the Vancouver blue line. Bergeron skated down the left side before passing cross-ice to Marchand, who shot it in one sweeping motion over the shoulder of a sliding Markstrom for his eighth goal in the past nine games.
Kevan Miller returned after missing seven games because of a concussion.
But Adam McQuaid left seven minutes into the game, holding his left arm after getting hit by a Jared McCann shot from in front of the Boston net. The Bruins kept play going the other way and Krug doubled the lead while McQuaid was leaving for the dressing room, one-timing a Miller feed past Markstrom from the right point. Ferraro made it 3-0 with a long wrist shot off the rush that Markstrom missed with his glove eight minutes into the second period. Brandon Prust was given a 10-minute misconduct after spearing Marchand with 1:53 left, dropping the Bruins forward to his knees for several minutes. Prust should get an instant induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame for bringing goodness to the game for that.
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