Nathan MacKinnon scored his league-leading thirty first objective to go along with two assists and in addition scored the game-winner within the fourth spherical of the shootout because the Colorado Avalanche edged the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Saturday evening in Las Vegas.
MacKinnon skated down the slot and ripped a wrist shot previous the glove facet of Carter Hart for the winner because the Avalanche prolonged their successful streak to seven video games and their level streak to 10 video games (9-0-1). It was Colorado’s first win in 5 shootouts this season, and it needed to twice rally from two-goal deficits in regulation to get there.
Martin Necas scored two targets, Samuel Girard had a objective and an help, Sam Malinski had three assists and Artturi Lehkonen scored a 6-on-5 objective with 1:57 to go to drive extra time for the Avalanche. Scott Wedgewood completed with 20 saves.
Alexander Holtz had a objective and an help, Noah Hanifin had two assists and Ivan Barbashev, Ben Hutton, Brett Howden and Colton Sissons additionally scored for Vegas, which fell to 4-11 in video games past regulation and 1-5 in shootouts. Hart made 33 saves.
Capitals 4, Devils 3 (OT)
Jakob Chychrun scored the game-winner with 54 seconds left in extra time to raise Washington previous New Jersey in Newark, N.J., and finish a three-game skid (0-2-1).
Chychrun, who entered the day tied with Columbus’ Zach Werenski for the league lead in targets by defensemen, notched his fifteenth. Aliaksei Protas scored a objective and assisted on two for Washington. Alex Ovechkin ended a nine-game goalless drought along with his game-tying, third-period rating that pressured extra time and assisted on Protas’ first-period objective. Anthony Beauvillier discovered the web for the primary time since Dec. 2 and Logan Thompson stopped 35 pictures.
Jesper Bratt scored twice for the Devils, with Cody Glass getting his seventh of the season. Jake Allen made 29 saves, however New Jersey recorded its third straight defeat.
Sabres 4, Bruins 1
Peyton Krebs scored the eventual game-winner and Mattias Samuelsson factored into all three of Buffalo’s unanswered targets within the second interval, main the host workforce to a win over visiting Boston.
Ryan McLeod and Krebs scored inside a span of 1:33 to show Buffalo’s 1-0 deficit right into a 2-1 lead and by no means regarded again on the way in which to the Sabres’ eighth consecutive victory. Samuelsson completed with a objective and two assists, notching the defenseman’s first profession three-point recreation.
Krebs had a objective and an help, Josh Norris additionally scored, Jack Quinn and Tage Thompson every had two helpers, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 21 pictures for Buffalo. David Pastrnak scored the lone objective and Joonas Korpisalo made 30 stops for the Bruins, who at the moment are winless in 5 straight (0-4-1).
Islanders 2, Rangers 0
Backup goalie David Rittich stopped all 27 pictures he confronted for the host New York Islanders, who outlasted the New York Rangers in Elmont.
Rittich has allowed simply three targets over three straight begins rather than Ilya Sorokin, who’s sidelined with an unspecified damage. The shutout was the second of the season for the 33-year-old, who turned again a penalty shot by Carson Soucy the third interval.
Anders Lee scored within the opening minute of the sport and Simon Holmstrom added an empty-netter with 16.1 seconds left for the Islanders, who’ve outscored the Rangers 7-0 in two video games this season. The Islanders went 0-4 final season in opposition to the Rangers, who outscored them 23-5.
Wild 4, Jets 3 (OT)
Matt Boldy scored his second objective of the evening in extra time as Minnesota outlasted host Winnipeg.
Kirill Kaprizov had a objective and two assists whereas Mats Zuccarello scored and picked up an help. Quinn Hughes had three helpers within the win in help of Wild netminder Jesper Wallstedt, who saved 23 pucks. Zuccarello transformed on a 6-on-4 alternative to tie the sport up at 3-3 with 22 seconds remaining and Boldy completed off the sport with a snapshot on a feed from Hughes 39 seconds into extra time.
Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele every had a objective and an help within the loss. Josh Morrissey was the opposite objective scorer for the Jets whereas Gabriel Vilardi chipped in two assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 15 stops for Winnipeg.
Maple Leafs 7, Senators 5
Matthew Knies had two targets and an help and Toronto held on to defeat visiting Ottawa.
Auston Matthews added a objective and two assists for the Maple Leafs, who’ve received two in a row. Nicholas Robertson contributed a objective and an help whereas William Nylander, Bobby McMann and John Tavares (empty web) additionally scored. Max Domi had three assists, Matias Maccelli had two assists and Joseph Woll made 26 saves.
Jordan Spence had a objective and an help for the Senators, who’ve misplaced two straight. Nick Cousins, Ridly Greig, Drake Batherson and Tim Stutzle additionally scored. Claude Giroux and Stephen Halliday every had two assists. Linus Ullmark allowed 4 targets on 14 pictures for Ottawa earlier than Leevi Merilaine changed him within the second interval and yielded two targets on 18 pictures.
Sharks 6, Canucks 3
Igor Chernyshov scored his first NHL objective, Macklin Celebrini had a objective and an help and visiting San Jose lastly beat Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko.
Chernyshov and William Eklund recorded a objective and an help. Ryan Reaves, John Klingberg and Collin Graf had markers for San Jose, which snapped a three-game skid. Celebrini’s outing stretched the 19-year-old North Vancouver native’s level streak to seven video games (5 targets, 9 assists). Goaltender Yaroslav Askarov stopped 24 pictures.
Linus Karlsson, Marco Rossi and Drew O’Connor scored for the Canucks, who misplaced at house to the Sharks for the primary time since 2019. Conor Garland and Filip Hronek had two assists apiece. Ahead Elias Pettersson returned to the lineup and skated in his five hundredth profession recreation. Demko made 32 saves however misplaced for the primary time to San Jose in 14 profession choices.
Kings 6, Geese 1
Alex Laferriere notched his first profession hat trick for Los Angeles in a win in opposition to visiting Anaheim.
Quinton Byfield had a objective and an help, Anze Kopitar had the secondary help on every of Laferriere’s targets and Anton Forsberg made 24 saves for the Kings, who had been 1-4-2 within the seven video games earlier than the Christmas break.
Mason McTavish scored and Lukas Dostal made 24 saves for the Geese, who’ve dropped 4 of 5 (1-3-1).
Hurricanes 5, Crimson Wings 2
Shayne Gostisbehere’s objective and first of two assists got here in a three-goal second interval for Carolina in its victory in opposition to Detroit at Raleigh, N.C.
Andrei Svechnikov additionally had a objective and two assists, whereas Jackson Blake, Eric Robinson and Jordan Martinook had targets for the Hurricanes, who dominated segments of the sport with out a lot to indicate for till the center interval. Brandon Bussi stopped 18 pictures to enhance to 12-1-1 in his rookie season. The end result snapped Carolina’s season-long three-game shedding streak and got here in a conflict between divisional leaders.
Michael Rasmussen and Andrew Copp scored for Detroit. Goalie John Gibson made 33 saves however misplaced for the primary time in 9 December outings.
Blackhawks 4, Stars 3 (SO)
Nick Lardis and Ryan Donato scored within the shootout to offer Chicago a win over host Dallas. Matt Duchene scored within the shootout for the Stars to knot the rating at 1-1, earlier than Lardis received it within the backside of the fourth.
Tyler Bertuzzi had two targets and Jason Dickinson scored for the Blackhawks, who snapped their six-game shedding streak. Defenseman Alex Vlasic had two assists and Arvid Soderblom made 28 saves.
Mikko Rantanen had a objective and two assists whereas defenseman Nils Lundkvist and Justin Hryckowian had targets for the Stars, who misplaced in extra time for the second straight recreation. Wyatt Johnston contributed three assists and Jake Oettinger stopped 30 pictures.
Blues 3, Predators 2
Pavel Buchnevich scored two targets and Joel Hofer made 30 saves to steer host St. Louis to a victory over Nashville.
It was the twenty second multi-goal recreation of Buchnevich’s profession and the primary since Oct. 11, 2024. Robert Thomas had two assists and Brayden Schenn additionally scored for St. Louis, which moved into fifth place within the Central Division with the win.
Tyson Jost and Fedor Svechkov scored targets and Nicolas Hague had two assists for Nashville, which had a three-game successful streak snapped. Juuse Saros completed with 17 saves for the Predators.
Lightning 4, Panthers 2
Nikita Kucherov scored twice, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves as Tampa Bay defeated host Florida in a fight-filled recreation. The Lightning additionally bought targets from Jake Guentzel and Pontus Holmberg and have received three straight video games general.
There have been 45 penalties referred to as, together with 9 in a large brawl towards the tip of the second interval. The Lightning totaled a season-high 87 minutes, the Panthers a season-high 49. Florida went 1 for 9 on its energy play whereas additionally permitting a short-handed objective. Tampa Bay went 0-for-6 on its energy play.
Eetu Luostarinen and Brad Marchand scored for the Panthers. Marchand has a team-high 21 targets, and he additionally has a seven-game level streak. Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves.
Flames 3, Oilers 2
Blake Coleman scored the eventual game-winner as host Calgary edged Edmonton to enhance to 8-1-1 in its final 10 on house ice.
Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg additionally scored for the Flames, who cut up the home-and-home with the Oilers. Edmonton thumped Calgary 5-1 on Tuesday. Dustin Wolf made 29 saves to enhance to 8-4-2 at house this season.
Evan Bouchard scored and added an help and Connor McDavid additionally tallied for the Oilers, who misplaced for simply the third time in regulation of their final 12 (8-3-1). Connor Ingram stopped 29 pictures.
–Area Degree Media
