Feb 4, 2025; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs proper wing William Nylander (88) celebrates his purpose with teammates towards the Calgary Flames in the course of the third interval at Scotiabank Saddledome. Necessary Credit score: Sergei Belski-Imagn Photographs William Nylander netted his second profession hat trick and Matthew Knies collected one purpose and one help because the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs rode a four-goal second interval to a 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.
John Tavares and Bobby McMann additionally scored for the Maple Leafs, who beat each Alberta groups to kick off a four-game street journey. Auston Matthews posted three assists in his 600th recreation and goaltender Joseph Woll made 23 saves.
Matt Coronato, Yegor Sharangovich and Joel Farabee replied for the Flames, who’ve misplaced two of three video games. Goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 24 pictures, whereas MacKenzie Weegar, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri all collected two assists.
Nylander’s empty-net purpose, his fifth tally in a three-game stretch, sealed the victory and accomplished his hat trick, which got here eight years to the day after his first three-goal recreation.
Utah 3, Flyers 2 (OT)
Dylan Guenther had a storybook return to the ice Tuesday for the Utah Hockey Membership, capped by scoring the game-winning purpose with a second left in additional time to raise the hosts to a victory over Philadelphia in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Getting back from a lower-body harm stored him out for 12 video games, Guenther scored twice and had an help to snap Utah’s five-game shedding streak (0-3-2). Mikhail Sergachev had a purpose and two assists, Barrett Hayton additionally notched two assists, and Karel Vejmelka made 18 saves.
Samuel Ersson stopped a career-high 39 pictures for Philadelphia, which misplaced its fourth straight (0-3-1). Philadelphia broke a 182-minute scoring drought due to objectives by Rodrigo Abols, his first NHL tally, and Tyson Foerster.
Capitals 6, Panthers 3
Lars Eller and Nic Dowd every scored a purpose early within the third interval and Alex Ovechkin added profession purpose No. 878, lifting host Washington over Florida.
Ovechkin scored for the third time in as many video games; his team-leading twenty fifth purpose of the season moved him 17 objectives away from breaking Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s NHL file. Dowd had two assists to go together with his purpose, Andrew Mangiapane and Aliaksei Protas every collected considered one of every and Tom Wilson added a short-handed tally. Logan Thompson made 30 saves because the Capitals snapped a two-game skid general and prolonged their dwelling level streak to 14 video games (10-0-4).
Florida’s Sam Bennett recorded a purpose and an help, and Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk additionally scored. Sergei Bobrovsky turned apart 20 pictures for the Atlantic Division-leading Panthers, who noticed their three-game successful streak come to a halt.
Canadiens 4, Sharks 3
Joel Armia’s short-handed purpose late within the third interval lifted Montreal to a win at San Jose.
The victory snapped the Canadiens’ five-game (0-4-1) winless streak. Alex Newhook had a purpose and an help, and Kirby Dach had two assists. Brendan Gallagher and Cole Caufield each scored with the additional attacker as a part of a 2-for-4 evening for Montreal’s energy play. Sam Montembeault stopped 27 of 30 pictures.
Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli every had a purpose and an help on the ability play as San Jose was additionally 2-for-4 with the person benefit. Collin Graf scored the Sharks’ different purpose for his first profession NHL tally. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 16 of 20 pictures for the Sharks, who’re 1-8-0 of their final 9 video games.
Canucks 3, Avalanche 0
Jake DeBrusk had a purpose and an help and Thatcher Demko recorded his first shutout of the season as Vancouver snapped a two-game shedding skid by beating visiting Colorado.
Brock Boeser and Drew O’Connor scored and Filip Hronek had two assists for the new-look Canucks, who had been taking part in with an additional spring of their step after including 4 new gamers in a pair of trades on Friday. Demko stopped 25 pictures for his ninth profession shutout as he performed considered one of his finest video games since coming back from a protracted harm absence in mid-December.
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 28 of 30 pictures for the Avalanche, who had received their earlier two video games. Blackwood had his shutout streak snapped at 146:55 after he recorded shutouts in his earlier two video games.
Oilers 3, Blues 2 (OT)
Connor Brown scored 2:33 into additional time to raise visiting Edmonton previous St. Louis.
Connor McDavid tallied a purpose and two assists and Leon Draisaitl had a purpose and an help for the Oilers, who’re 4-1-1 of their final six video games. Stuart Skinner made 20 saves to earn the victory.
Jordan Kyrou and Colton Parayko scored and Jordan Binnington made 35 saves for the Blues, who’re 1-4-1 of their final six.
Jets 3, Hurricanes 0
Eric Comrie made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season as Winnipeg secured a seventh consecutive victory, blanking visiting Carolina.
Nino Niederreiter had a purpose and an help for the Jets, whereas Neal Pionk and Rasmus Kupari had been the opposite scorers. Winnipeg is one victory away from matching the membership finest, achieved thrice for the reason that franchise started because the Atlanta Thrashers in 1999-2000.
Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 27 pictures for Carolina.
Sabres 3, Blue Jackets 2
Alex Tuch scored two second-period objectives after registering a first-period help and Buffalo recorded their first four-game successful streak in additional than two years by beating Columbus.
Bowen Byram had a purpose with an help, Jason Zucker added two helpers and James Reimer made 27 saves for the Sabres, who notched 4 straight wins — to brush their homestand — for the primary time since a five-game run in January 2023. Reimer improved to 2-4-1 in seven begins since becoming a member of Buffalo.
Ivan Provorov logged a purpose and an help and Kent Johnson additionally scored for Columbus, which dropped two after successful the primary two of a four-game street stretch. Elvis Merzlikins made 18 saves for the Blue Jackets, who’ve misplaced two straight video games in regulation for the primary time since mid-December.
Bruins 3, Wild 0
Jeremy Swayman pitched a 35-save shutout and Charlie McAvoy scored the eventual game-winning purpose as Boston beat visiting Minnesota.
Trent Frederic and Morgan Geekie additionally tallied because the Bruins received their second straight recreation. Matt Poitras assisted on Boston’s first two objectives, and David Pastrnak had one helper to increase his level streak to 11 video games.
The loss was Minnesota’s second straight since a three-game win streak. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 pictures in his 1,044th profession recreation, tied with Roberto Luongo for the second most by a goaltender in NHL historical past.
Lightning 4, Senators 3
Brandon Hagel broke a third-period tie and host Tampa Bay snapped Ottawa’s five-game successful streak.
Luke Glendening, Nikita Kucherov and Ryan McDonagh additionally netted objectives for the Lightning, who’re 3-4-1 prior to now eight video games. Victor Hedman had two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 pictures.
Michael Amadio, Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson tallied for the Senators. Thomas Chabot had two assists, and Linus Ullmark made 34 saves.
Devils 3, Penguins 2 (SO)
Jack Hughes scored each regulation objectives for New Jersey, which earned a shootout victory at Pittsburgh.
Timo Meier scored the deciding purpose within the seventh spherical of the shootout. Jesper Bratt had two assists for the Devils, and Nico Daws stopped 25 pictures to file his first victory of the season.
Rickard Rakell scored within the second interval and Kevin Hayes scored within the third because the Penguins erased a 2-0 deficit. Alex Nedeljkovic made 19 saves.
Islanders 2, Golden Knights 1
Brock Nelson scored the successful purpose simply past the halfway level of the third interval for surging New York, which edged Vegas in Elmont, N.Y.
Bo Horvat scored within the first for the Islanders, who received for the eighth time in 9 video games regardless of being outshot 34-14. Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves.
Brandon Saad scored his first purpose for the Golden Knights since signing with the workforce on Friday. Ilya Samsonov stopped 12 pictures for Vegas, which has misplaced 4 straight (0-2-2) and 11 of 14 (3-8-3).
Geese 2, Stars 1
John Gibson made 26 saves to choose up the win in his five hundredth NHL recreation as host Anaheim edged Dallas.
It was the 202nd profession victory for Gibson, who grew to become the eleventh energetic goaltender and eighty fifth in NHL historical past to hit the 500-game mark. Trevor Zegras and Cutter Gauthier scored for Anaheim, which received for the fifth time in six video games.
Colin Blackwell scored and Jake Oettinger made 26 saves for the Stars, who had a five-game successful streak snapped. It marked the primary lack of Oettinger’s profession in 9 begins towards the Geese.
Purple Wings 5, Kraken 4
Patrick Kane set the NHL file together with his 53rd shootout purpose as visiting Detroit beat Seattle to say its seventh consecutive win.
Kane scored with a backhanded shot off the crossbar and into the online, the lone tally within the expertise competitors. He handed former Chicago teammate Jonathan Toews for the highest spot in shootout objectives. Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Jonatan Berggren and Elmer Soderblom scored in regulation for Detroit. Cam Talbot made 23 saves via additional time, plus all three shootout makes an attempt.
The Purple Wings, who completed an ideal four-game street journey — with three wins coming in further time — are driving a 15-3-1 run. Shane Wright scored twice, whereas Matty Beniers and Chandler Stephenson replied for the Kraken, who’ve one win prior to now 5 video games. Joey Daccord stopped 36 pictures via additional time.
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