Carolina Hurricanes v Ottawa Senators
4-1
After trailing by a goal to nothing for much of the first two periods, the Carolina Hurricanes turned it around and netted four in the third.
The victory sees them move within a point of the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second wild card place in the Eastern Conference.
Micheal Ferland had a goal and two assists, Justin Williams had a goal and one assist and Teuvo Teravainen scored twice for the visitors. Curtis McElhinney made 25 saves for Carolina, who completed their road trip with a 4-1-0 record.
Mark Stone opened the scoring early for the Senators and Anders Nilsson made 22 saves. It was Stone‘s fifth goal in the past three games as he extended his point streak to four.
Up Next:
Oilers v Canes – Friday, February 15th (7:30pm)
Senators v Red Wings – Thursday, February 14th (7:30pm)
Chicago Blackhawks v Boston Bruins
3-6
The Boston Bruins ended the Chicago Blackhawks’ seven-game win streak with a 6-3 victory on Tuesday night.
David Krejci had two goals and an assist, Brad Marchand had a goal and three assists and Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk both recorded a goal and two assists. Peter Cehlarik scored on the power play and Tuukka Rask made 23 saves for the Bruins, who have won three consecutively and have a point in eight straight games (5-0-3).
Patrick Kane had an assist to extend his point streak to 15 games, Duncan Keith had a goal and an assist, Alex DeBrincat and Erik Gustafsson also scored and Collin Delia made 31 saves for Chicago.
Kane‘s assist on Gustafsson‘s goal takes his points total to 32 (11g, 21a) during his point streak, he also extended his assists streak to 14 games, tying Stan Mikita for the longest in franchise history.
Up Next:
Devils v Blackhawks – Thursday, February 14th (8:30pm)
Bruins v Ducks – Friday, February 15th (10pm – ESPN+)
New York Islanders v Buffalo Sabres
1-3
Jack Eichel extended his point streak to six games with two assists in Buffalo’s 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders.
Jeff Skinner, Jason Pominville and Johan Larsson scored for the hosts, who are 3-1-1 in their last five games. Linus Ullmark made 24 saves.
On the other side of the puck Casey Cizikas scored and Robin Lehner made 19 saves for the Isles, who saw their three-game win steak end.
Up Next:
Islanders v Blue Jackets – Thursday, February 14th (7pm)
Rangers v Sabres – Friday, February 15th (7pm)
Dallas Stars v Florida Panthers
3-0
Anton Khudobin made 30 saves to record his second shutout of the season as the Dallas Stars defeated the Florida Panthers 3-0.
Tyler Seguin scored a double and assisted Esa Lindell‘s goal for the Stars, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight.
Roberto Luongo made 16 saves but didn’t get his 484th victory, which would have tied him with Ed Belfour for third place on the NHL’s all-time list.
The Panthers had been the only team in the league without a shutout loss this season.
Up Next:
Stars v Lightning – Thursday, February 14th (7:30pm – ESPN+)
Flames v Panthers – Thursday, February 14th (7pm)
Washington Capitals v Columbus Blue Jackets
0-3
Sergi Bobrovsky stayed strong despite rumors of Columbus trading the goaltender by shutting out the reigning champions. He made 13 of his 20 saves in the third period alone as the Columbus Blue Jackets won their fourth in a row.
The shutout is the Russian’s third of the season and 27th of his NHL career. It was however his first shutout against the Capitals in 25 games.
Anthony Duclair, Nick Foligno and Artemi Panarin scored for the hosts.
Braden Holtby made 29 saves for Washington, who began a six-game road trip after a 4-1-1 homestead and have lost two of their last three.
Up Next:
Capitals v Sharks – Thursday, February 14th (10:30pm)
Islanders v Blue Jackets – Thursday, February 14th (7pm)
Calgary Flames v Tampa Bay Lightning
3-6
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists to aid Tampa Bay’s 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames.
Stevn Stamkos scored his 30th goal of the season, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists and Cedric Paquette, Anthony Cirelli and Yanni Gourde also scored for the Bolts, who have won three in a row and are 5-0-2 in their last seven. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves for his 23rd win.
Sean Monahan scored twice, Mark Giordano scored his 12th goal of the season and Elias Lindholm registered three assists for the Flames, who are 1-3-1 in their last five games. They now sit second in the Pacific Division with 74pts, one behind the San Jose Sharks.
Up Next:
Flames v Panthers – Thursday, February 14th (7pm)
Stars v Lightning – Thursday, February 14th (7:30pm – ESPN+)
New Jersey Devils v St Louis Blues
3-8
The St Louis Blues extended their season-high winning streak to seven games with an 8-3 demolition of the New Jersey Devils.
Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for his sixth straight victory to become the second goalie in Blues history with a winning streak of at least six – Brent Johnson won seven in a row on two occasions (Oct.6-Nov.8 2000 and Nov. 29, 2000 – Jan 1, 2001).
Alex Pietrangelo and Ivan Barbashev each scored two and assisted another, Ryan O’Reilly and Tyler Bozak each scored one and assisted one for St Louis, who are 11-2-1 in their last 14.
Jaden Schwartz scored his first goal since December 18th and Mackenzie MacEachern also found the back of the net for the Blues. Meanwhile, Vladimir Tarasenko registered two assists to give him and NHL career-high nine-game point streak (7g, 7a).
Pavel Zacha, Kyle Palmieri and Mirco Mueller scored for the Devils, with Keith Kinkaid making 31 saves and allowing eight goals for the first time in his Devils career (21-27-8).
Up Next:
Devils v Blackhawks – Thursday, February 14th (8:30pm)
Blues v Coyotes – Thursday, February 14th (9pm)
Detroit Red Wings v Nashville Predators
3-2
Jimmy Howard made 32 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings defeat the Nashville Predators 3-2 at Bridgestone Arena.
Luke Glendening had a goal and an assist, Andreas Athanasiou and Dylan Larkin also scored, whilst Nick Jensen recorded two assists for the Red Wings, to end their three-game losing streak.
Viktor Arvidsson and P.K. Subban scored and Pekka Rinne made 24 saves for the Preds who lost their third game in a row.
Up Next:
Senators v Red Wings – Thursday, February 14th (7:30pm)
Canadiens v Predators – Thursday, February 14th (8pm)
Philadelphia Flyers v Minnesota Wild
5-4
James van Riemsdyk scored a double, including the game-winner with 4:29 remaining as the Philadelphia Flyers won for the 10th time in 12 games with a 5-4 comeback victory over the Minnesota Wild.
Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier each had a goal and an assist, Ivan Provorov opened the scoring and Anthony Stolarz made 35 saves for Philly.
Luke Kunin scored twice, Jared Spurgeon had a goal and two assists, Zach Parise also scored and Devan Dubnyk made 21 saves for Minnesota, who are 1-4-2 in their last seven games.
The Wild have conceded the first goal 38 times this season, the most in the NHL.
Up Next:
Red Wings v Flyers – Saturday, February 16th (1pm)
Devils v Wild – Friday, February 15th (8:30pm)
New York Rangers v Winnipeg Jets
3-4
Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist and Connor Hellebuyck made 34 saves to help the Winnipeg Jets defeat the New York Rangers 4-3.
Joe Morrow scored his first goal of the season and registered an assist for the hosts, who are 12-0-0 when tied after two periods and 8-0-1 in their last nine home games. Andrew Copp also got himself on the scoresheet.
Mika Zibanejad scored twice, Pavel Buchnevich also scored and Mats Zuccarello had two assist for New York. Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves.
Up Next:
Rangers v Sabres – Friday, February 15th (7pm)
Avalanche v Jets – Thursday, February 14th (8pm)
Toronto Maple Leafs v Colorado Avalanche
5-2
The Toronto Maple Leafs scored three power play goals in the span of 1:49 in the second period of their 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
Kasperi Kapanen and Nazem Kadri each had two goals, Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists and Frederik Andersen made 34 saves for the Leafs, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight.
Alexander Kerfoot and Ryan Graves scored for the Avs, who have lost eight in succession, allowing at least four goals in seven of them.
Semyon Varlamov allowed four goals on 17 shots before being pulled, Philipp Grubauer made 10 saves in relief.
Up Next:
Leafs v Knights – Thursday, February 14th (10pm – ESPN+)
Avalanche v Jets – Thursday, February 14th (8pm)
Arizona Coyotes v Vegas Golden Knights
5-2
Darcy Kuemper made 41 saves for the Arizona Coyotes in their 5-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.
Nick Cousins and Richard Panik each had a goal and an assist, Jordan Oesterle, Alex Galchenyuk and Josh Archibald also scored for Arizona, and Vinnie Hinostorza, Derek Stepan and Niklas Hjalmarsson each recorded two assists.
The Coyotes are four points out of the second wild card spot into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
Brandon Pirri and Nate Schmidt scored for Vegas and Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves and was denied his 30th win of the season for the Knights, who have lost a team record four in a row at home and six of eight overall.
Up Next:
Blues v Coyotes – Thursday, February 14th (9pm)
Leafs v Knights – Thursday, February 14th (10pm – ESPN+)
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