Ottawa @ Boston 3-7
A fortuitous bounce helped Hayes open the scoring. Kevan Miller pinched down the right wall and tried to shoot the puck around the boards, but it hit something after leaving the corner and squirted out to Hayes in front of the net. Hayes tucked it between Anderson's left pad and the post at 8:01 of the first period. The Senators tied it 1-1 on Neil's first goal in 30 games at 12:31. But Bergeron got the Bruins back in the lead at 2-1 during a power play before the period was through. Boston started the second period on a power play, but it almost turned into a disaster. Rask had to stop Dave Dziurzynski on a 2-on-1 at 00:59. After the big save, the Bruins cashed in when Beleskey beat Anderson with a one-timer at 1:21 for a 3-1 lead. Anderson made his own big save on a Brad Marchand breakaway at 10:32, and that set the stage for the Senators to get back within one goal. Zibanejad beat Rask from the slot to cut the Bruins lead to 3-2 at 17:51. Bergeron's second goal was a tip of a Krug shot at 2:38 of the third period to put the Bruins ahead 4-2. Ottawa answered back to cut the lead to 4-3 when Hoffman took a sharp-angled shot that deflected off Dennis Seidenberg's skate out wide and eluded Rask at 4:22. Hayes scored his second goal on a 2-on-1 with Max Talbot at 15:49. Beleskey scored his second goal 51 seconds later on a one-timer from the left circle for a 6-3 lead. Hayes scored with 0.2 seconds left to complete his hat trick.
Chris Neil in Familiar pose.
NY Islanders @ Toronto 6-3
The Islanders took the lead two minutes into the game when Nelson beat Peter Holland to a loose puck in the Maple Leafs zone and then with only Joffrey Lupul back, headed to the net and beat Bernier with a low shot. It was Nelson's 13th goal of the season. The Maple Leafs tied it 39 seconds later. Greiss denied Jake Gardiner's shot from the point, but Boyes scooped the rebound and put home his third goal of the season. The assist for Gardiner was the 100th point of his NHL career. The Islanders regained the lead at 11:51 when Tavares redirected Josh Bailey's pass to the slot past Bernier. Nielsen split the Maple Leafs' defensive pair of Gardiner and Dion Phaneuf and then slipped a backhand shot between Bernier's legs to make it 3-1 at 17:45. It was Nielsen's 13th goal of the season. Parenteau made it 3-2 at 10:57 of the second period for his ninth of the season. But Kulemin, a former Maple Leafs forward, restored New York's two-goal lead when he caught Bernier down and out for his fourth of the season and second in as many games at 11:25. Martin extended the Islanders lead when he scored his fifth goal of the season at 18:06 to make it 5-2. The Islanders scored again 1:14 later when Lee tipped Calvin de Haan's shot for his fifth goal of the season. The Maple Leafs challenged the goal hoping for a goalie interference call, but the goal stood. Matthias made it 6-3 at 16:00 of the third period when he one-timed Boyes' pass from behind the net past Greiss.
Carolina @ New Jersey 2-3
David Schlemko scored the go-ahead goal with 3:05 remaining in the third period to give the Devils a 3-2 victory. Schlemko took a pass from Travis Zajac, skated into the left circle and lost his edge along the left wing half-wall before driving a wide-angled shot that banked off Justin Faulk and past goaltender Cam Ward with 3:05 remaining to break a 2-2 tie. Kyle Palmieri pulled the Devils into a 2-2 tie when a shot from the point by Jon Merrill deflected off his right skate and went past Ward 7:14 into the third period. The goal was challenged by Hurricanes coach Bill Peters, who claimed goalie interference. The goal was upheld following a review and the Hurricanes lost their timeout. Staal scored two goals on two shots in the second to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead. He scored for the first time in 10 games at 2:51 when his slap shot from low in the right circle beat Kinkaid just inside the right post for a 1-0 lead. The Devils tied the game at 6:06 when Farnham, who had missed the previous eight games with a shoulder strain, scored on a wraparound. Staal put Carolina back in front when he scored his seventh of the season at 9:46 by jamming the puck past Kinkaid after gaining possession from behind the goal line. Kris Versteeg assisted on each goal.
Montreal @ Florida 1-3
The line of Aleksander Barkov, Jaromir Jagr and Jonathan Huberdeau combined for six points against Montreal. Jagr broke a 1-1 tie at 1:16 of the second period with the 733rd goal of his NHL career, moving him within eight of Brett Hull for third place on the League's all-time list. Huberdeau, whose 15-year-old sister Josiane sang Canada's national anthem before the game, had two assists. Barkov tied the score at 1-1 at 16:28 of the first period with one second left on a Florida power play. He beat Scrivens with a one-timer inside the red dot with Jagr screening the Montreal goalie. Barkov scored at 8:53 of the third period to make it 3-1. He got the puck next to the net after Erik Gudbranson's pass to Huberdeau went just beyond his reach, and then deked Scrivens to his backhand. Pacioretty opened the scoring at 12:39 of the first period with a power-play goal. After P.K. Subban's cross-ice pass was deflected by a Florida player, Pacioretty picked up the loose puck in the slot, made a quick move to his forehand and took a wrist shot high to the glove side. Jagr broke the tie after taking a cross-ice pass from Huberdeau, making a quick deke to his forehand and then flipping a short shot over Scrivens' left shoulder.
Anaheim @ Calgary 1-0
Shawn Horcoff scored at 12:36 of the second period to put Anaheim up 1-0. From below the goal line, Rickard Rakell passed the puck to Horcoff, who one-timed a sharp-angled shot over Ramo's glove. The Flames went 13:01 between Russell's 62-foot slap shot at 11:13 of the second and TJ Brodie's 54-foot wrist shot 4:14 into the third, and Sam Bennett hit the crossbar at 11:47 after going inside-out around Kevin Bieksa. The Flames had two shots on a power play that started with 5:54 remaining, but they couldn't beat Gibson, and with Ramo on the bench for the extra attacker in the final 1:30 and a power play for the last 17.2 seconds, they couldn't generate a shot. On his second shift of the game, Johnny Gaudreau faked a drop pass when crossing with Sean Monahan in the slot and sent a shot that Gibson got a shoulder on at 2:52. Ryan Kesler intercepted a Giordano outlet pass in front of Ramo less than two minutes later, but the Flames goaltender stopped him from nine feet out.
Los Angeles @ Edmonton 5-2
King gave Los Angeles the lead at 4:22 of the second, winning a puck battle behind the net against Justin Schultz and beating Talbot from a sharp angle at the near post. King broke his foot in training camp blocking a shot and missed the first 35 games. Mersch scored at 5:42 of the second period, coming out of the corner to the front of the net and jamming the puck past Talbot. Toffoli extended the Kings' lead to 3-0 at 5:58, taking a pass from Anze Kopitar on an odd-man rush and putting a shot over Talbot's shoulder just under the crossbar.
Talbot was pulled and replaced by Nilsson following Toffoli's goal. The Oilers cut the lead to 3-1 at 9:56 on an odd-man rush after Pouliot took a pass from Nugent-Hopkins on the left wing and put a shot between Quick's pads. But Lewis restored the Kings' three-goal lead at 14:18, taking a cross-crease pass from Brown and beating Nilsson. Letestu scored at 1:59 of the third period to cut the lead to 4-2, getting positioning in front on Drew Doughty and converting a centering feed from Lauri Korpikoski. Brown scored on the power play at 11:58 to give the Kings a 5-2 lead, getting to the puck on a scramble in front and lifting a shot over Nilsson.
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