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Washington extended its winning streak to five games while
sending the Blackhawks to their 12th loss in the past 13 games.
Ovechkin collected his 29th hat trick while moving within one
goal of Gordie Howe for second all-time behind Wayne Gretzky
(894).
Washington's other goals came from Trevor van Riemsdyk, Nic
Dowd, Anthony Mantha and Dmitry Orlov. Tyler Johnson, Jonathan
Toews and Maxi Domi scored for Chicago.
Bruins 4, Islanders 3 (SO)
Jake DeBrusk had two goals and one assist and set the stage for
David Pastrnak's shootout winner as Boston edged visiting New
York.
Derek Forbort also scored, and Pavel Zacha had two assists for
Boston, which is 15-0-1 on home ice this season and 3-1 in its
last four games. Linus Ullmark made 23 saves and stopped the
last two shootout attempts. Josh Bailey had the final try
stopped after Pastrnak snapped in his third-round winner.
Bailey and Noah Dobson led the Islanders with a goal and an
assist apiece, while Brock Nelson dished out two helpers. Casey
Cizikas also scored. Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots, including
nine in the third period and six in overtime.
Sabers 6, Kings 0
Craig Anderson made 40 saves, and Buffalo exploded for six
third-period goals in a shutout of visiting Los Angeles.
The game was scoreless until Tage Thompson's power-play marker
at 1:21 of the third period. That tally opened the floodgates
for the 14th six-goal period in Sabres history, and the second
such outburst within the last week. Thompson had two goals and
an assist and Dylan Cozens recorded three assists.
In other multi-point efforts, Victor Olofsson and Alex Tuch each
collected a goal and an assist and Rasmus Asplund had two
assists. Peyton Krebs and JJ Peterka scored Buffalo's other
goals. Pheonix Copley stopped 25 of 31 shots.
Maple Leafs 7, Ducks 0
Ilya Samsonov made 28 saves to earn his second shutout of the
season and Alexander Kerfoot scored twice as Toronto defeated
visiting Anaheim.
It was the second straight shutout for Samsonov and the eighth
of his career. The Maple Leafs have recorded three shutouts in
their past four games, the other backstopped by Matt Murray.
The Ducks were shut out for the second consecutive game. They've
lost the first two games of a five-game road trip that started
Monday against the Ottawa Senators. Mitchell Marner had two
assists to extend his team-record point streak to 23 games (11
goals, 21 assists).
Lightning 6, Kraken 2
Corey Perry, Brayden Point and Ross Colton scored on three
straight shots in the second period as Tampa Bay blasted
visiting Seattle.
Point and Colton each finished with a goal and an assist, while
Ian Cole, Erik Cernak and Steven Stamkos also scored for Tampa
Bay, which improved to 8-2-0 in its past 10 home contests.
Nikita Kucherov eclipsed the 400-assist plateau with three
helpers. Mikhail Sergachev had two assists to pass 200 points.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 36 shots.
Seattle's Jared McCann and Ryan Donato scored. Philipp Grubauer
allowed four goals on 20 shots before being pulled at 14:12 of
the second. Martin Jones made eight saves in relief.
Panthers 4, Blue Jackets 0
Sam Reinhart had one goal and two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky
made 22 saves to lead Florida to a victory over Columbus in
Sunrise, Fla.
Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk each added one goal and
one assist for Florida. Brandon Montour also scored for the
Panthers, who got two assists from Gustav Forsling. The Panthers
broke their two-game skid.
Bobrovsky, who led the NHL with 39 wins last year but has
struggled this season, improved to 6-8-1. It was his first
shutout of the season and the 38th of his career. He is also
9-2-1 against Columbus, his former team. Elvis Merzlikins made
22 saves for the Blue Jackets, who had their two-game winning
streak snapped.
Stars 4, Devils 1
Scott Wedgewood made 35 saves against his former team and Roope
Hintz scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period as
Dallas beat New Jersey in Newark, N.J.
Wedgewood, who appeared in 23 games over parts of three seasons
for the Devils, made 19 saves in the second before stopping two
Jesper Bratt backhanders early in the third. He also denied Jack
Hughes twice as the New Jersey star saw his career-high
eight-game point streak stopped.
Ty Dellandrea also scored for the Stars, while Esa Lindell and
Mason Marchment added empty-net goals. Miles Wood scored the
tying goal for the Devils, who are on their first three-game
losing streak (0-2-1) after blowing a pair of two-goal leads in
Monday's 4-3 overtime loss to the host New York Rangers.
Hurricanes 1, Red Wings 0
Pyotr Kochetkov became the first rookie in franchise history to
record back-to-back shutouts as Carolina edged host Detroit.
Kochetkov made 27 saves in his third shutout of the season.
Brady Skjei scored the only goal on a power play late in the
first period as the Hurricanes finished a six-game road trip
with a 5-0-1 mark.
Ville Husso stopped 26 shots for Detroit. Red Wings center and
team captain Dylan Larkin missed the third period due to a hand
injury.
Oilers 6, Predators 3
Zach Hyman recorded his first career hat trick and added an
assist, while linemates Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid
combined for nine points, as visiting Edmonton won its eighth
straight over Nashville.
Draisaitl topped the 20-goal mark for a seventh straight season,
with two goals plus three assists Tuesday. McDavid posted a goal
and three assists to extend his point streak to 10 games.
Cody Glass, Ryan Johansen and Dante Fabbro each scored for the
Predators, who are stuck in an 0-3-1 rut. Nashville showed some
offense after totaling four goals in its previous three
contests, but it went 0-for-5 on the power play. Jack Campbell
made 29 saves for the Oilers, while Kevin Lankinen had 31 for
Nashville.
Golden Knights 6, Jets 5
Jonathan Marchessault scored two power-play goals, including the
go-ahead score with 2:16 remaining, and Mark Stone also scored
twice to lead visiting Vegas to a victory over Winnipeg.
It was Stone's 23rd career two-goal game. Defenseman Daniil
Miromanov scored his first career goal and had two assists,
Chandler Stephenson finished with four assists and William
Karlsson had a goal and an assist for Vegas. Reilly Smith added
two assists and Adin Hill made 29 saves as the Western
Conference-leading Golden Knights improved to 13-2-1 on the
road.
Mark Scheifele scored his sixth career hat trick for Winnipeg,
which lost its second straight game. Morgan Barron and Sam
Gagner also scored goals and Brenden Dillon added two assists
while Connor Hellebuyck finished with 27 saves.
Avalanche 3, Flyers 2
Artturi Lehkonen and J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist each,
Devon Toews also scored and Colorado beat Philadelphia in
Denver.
Pavel Francouz had 26 saves for the Avalanche, who kicked off a
five-game homestand with their second straight win.
James van Riemsdyk and Cam York scored, and Felix Sandstrom
turned away 22 shots for Philadelphia, which has lost four in a
row.
Sharks 3, Coyotes 2
Tomas Hertl and Nick Bonino scored in the first five minutes and
San Jose held on for a win against visiting Arizona.
Nico Sturm also scored, Scott Harrington had two assists and
James Reimer made 20 saves in his first game for San Jose since
sustaining an undisclosed injury against the Los Angeles Kings
on Nov. 25.
Lawson Crouse and Nick Bjugstad scored, and Karel Vejmelka made
30 saves for the Coyotes, who were trying to win three in a row.
--Field Level Media
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