Buffalo @ Washington 2-5
Down by a goal and two centers, the Capitals scored four times in the third period to defeat the Sabres for their ninth consecutive win. Nicklas Backstrom and Jay Beagle each sustained an upper-body injury in the second period and did not play in the third. With Beagle and Backstrom out, coach Barry Trotz called on Evgeny Kuznetsov to play a bigger role. Back on a line with Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie, where he started the season, Kuznetsov adjusted seamlessly and assisted on two goals. Gionta scored his fourth of the season at 5:48 of the first period for a 1-0 Sabres lead. Center Jack Eichel fed Gionta with a toe-drag pass, and the Buffalo captain scored on Holtby's glove side. The Capitals dominated play for most of the second period, but Johnson made saves on 13 of 14 shots to allow the Sabres to take a 2-1 lead into the third. Williams tied it 1-1 at 14:08. Johnson went behind the net to play the puck, saw Kuznetsov approaching and inadvertently backhanded the puck to Williams, who scored his 11th goal into an open net. Girgensons put the Sabres back ahead with 1:07 left in the second. Holtby played Eichel's weak backhand from his knees from the top of the left faceoff circle into the air, and Girgensons, who was crashing the net, scored his third of the season from the top of the crease. Ovechkin tied it 2-2 with his goal at 1:24 of the third period. Kuznetsov's backhand pass from behind the net found Ovechkin in the goal mouth, and his backhand shot beat Johnson. Johansson gave Washington its first lead of the game with a power-play goal at 8:32 of the third. He tipped in Kuznetsov's shot from in front of Johnson for his eighth goal. Burakovsky scored 1:24 later to make it 4-2. It was his third goal of the season and first in 25 games, dating to Oct. 23. Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal with 1:13 remaining to make it 5-2. He has 20 goals this season and is five shy of 500 in his NHL career.
New Jersey @ Ottawa 3-0
Cammalleri scored his 13th and 14th goals of the season in the first period. His first came at 9:11 with the Devils on a power play and coming off a faceoff in their own zone. The puck went back to Erik Karlsson at the right point, but he mishandled the puck under pressure from Kyle Palmieri and Cammalleri broke away on a 2-on-1 with Palmieri. Skating down the left wing, Cammalleri held the puck and then scored on a shot to Hammond's short side. Cammalleri put the Devils up 2-0 at 18:08 when he received a rolling puck from Travis Zajac at the top of the left-wing circle and his shot went in over Hammond's right shoulder.
NY Rangers @ Tampa Bay 5-2
Dominic Moore scored his fourth goal at 3:16 of the third period off a turnover by Victor Hedman. The Lightning were playing the puck back in their zone and it bounced off Hedman's stick to Moore, who was open in the slot and slipped a backhand past Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop (21 saves) for a 3-2 New York lead. Boyle started the scoring at 1:53 of the first period after Keith Yandle made a beautiful pass into the slot after controlling the puck off the face off. Boyle easily flipped the puck past Bishop. The Lightning responded at 16:35 of the first with a power-play goal from Marchessault, who redirected a slap shot from Stralman past Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (20 saves). New York took a 2-1 lead 56 seconds into the second period when Zuccarello scored on a wrist shot from outside of the left faceoff circle. J.T. Miller set up the play with a drop pass that gave Zuccarello a clear shot. Tampa Bay scored its second power-play goal when Stralman pushed the puck past Lundqvist on a rebound. The goal initially was waved off, but the officials huddled and changed their call, which was confirmed by video review.
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