Goaltender Tristan Jarry had 39 saves and made Pittsburgh history by scoring a goal as the Penguins won at Tampa Bay for the fourth straight time, beating the Lightning 4-2 on Thursday night.
Sixteen minutes after Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking goal — his first this season — on a give-and-go with Matt Nieto at 2:49 in the third period, Jarry lifted the puck with his goalie stick and lofted a long shot toward the Lightning’s empty net. The puck went in at 18:52 for the first tally by a netminder in franchise history.
Sidney Crosby and Drew O’Connor closed out Pittsburgh’s two-game road trip (1-0-1) with goals, as the Metropolitan Division club scored four unanswered in winning for the fifth straight time overall against Tampa Bay. The Penguins finished November with an 8-4-1 mark.
Steven Stamkos and Tanner Jeannot scored goals for the Lightning. Top-line right winger Nikita Kucherov notched two assists to bring his NHL-leading points total to 39. Backstop Andrei Vasilevskiy had 25 saves in his first home game of the season.
Capitals 5, Ducks 4
Tom Wilson celebrated his 700th NHL game with his first career hat trick to lead visiting Washington over Anaheim.
It was the 12th multi-goal game of Wilson’s career and his first since March 1, 2023, also at Anaheim. Anthony Mantha and Nic Dowd each added a goal for Washington, which won its second straight game and prevailed for the seventh time in nine games. Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson logged two assists apiece for the Capitals, and Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves.
Brett Leason and Tristan Luneau each had a goal and an assist while Brock McGinn and Frank Vatrano also scored for Anaheim, which lost its eighth consecutive game. John Gibson finished with 21 saves in his 447th career game in goal for the Ducks, tying Jean-Sebastien Giguere’s team record.
Wild 6, Predators 1
Connor Dewar recorded his first career hat trick and four-point performance to fuel visiting Minnesota to a victory over Nashville.
Dewar tapped home a loose puck to open the scoring at 6:08 of the first period. He scored with a sharp wrist shot to give Minnesota a 5-0 lead at 11:12 of the second and converted from the doorstep to cap the hat trick at 9:47 of the third.
Jake Middleton and Kirill Kaprizov scored 31 seconds apart to highlight Minnesota’s three-goal first period. Pat Maroon also tallied, Kaprizov added an assist and Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves to help the Wild win their second straight game since John Hynes replaced Dean Evason as the team’s coach. Nashville’s Juuso Parssinen deflected Ryan McDonagh’s shot to spoil Gustavsson’s shutout bid at 2:37 of the third.
Maple Leafs 4, Kraken 3 (SO)
Mitchell Marner scored three goals in regulation and added the decisive goal in a shootout and Toronto defeated visiting Seattle.
It was the second career hat trick for Marner. Auston Matthews added two assists and also scored in the shootout for the Maple Leafs, who have won two in a row and are 6-1-1 in their past eight games. Joseph Woll made 37 saves for the Maple Leafs in the second game of a three-game homestand.
Jared McCann scored two goals and Eeli Tolvanen scored once for the Kraken, who have lost three in a row (0-2-1). Philipp Grubauer stopped 25 shots for the Kraken in the second game of their four-game road trip.
Flames 4, Stars 3 (OT)
Nazem Kadri’s overtime goal gave host Calgary a comeback victory over Dallas.
Defensemen Chris Tanev, Noah Hanifin and MacKenzie Weegar also scored for the Flames, and goalie Jacob Markstrom made 13 saves, including a crucial pair on Matt Duchene with his team down by one goal halfway through the third. Markstrom also collected an assist on the winner. Jonathan Huberdeau posted two assists.
Mason Marchment scored twice, one on a penalty shot, and Thomas Harley added a single for the Stars, who have an 8-1-2 road mark. Dallas goalie Scott Wedgewood stopped 32 shots and forward Joe Pavelski collected one assist to boost his points streak to eight games, in which he has netted five goals and nine points.
Devils 4, Flyers 3 (OT)
Luke Hughes scored 28 seconds into overtime to lift New Jersey past host Philadelphia.
Jack Hughes had one goal and two assists and Tyler Toffoli contributed one goal and one assist. Alexander Holtz also chipped in with one goal for the Devils, who won their third in a row. Nico Hischier was credited with two assists. Devils goaltender Akira Schmid made 44 saves.
Morgan Frost, Sean Walker and Tyson Foerster each scored one goal for the Flyers, who have lost four of their last five games. Travis Konecny had two assists. Carter Hart stopped 31 shots.
Coyotes 4, Avalanche 3 (OT)
Nick Bjugstad scored with 21 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Arizona to a win against Colorado in Tempe, Ariz.
Bjugstad knocked in his own rebound shortly after a Coyotes power play expired. Connor Ingram made 28 saves for Arizona, which has its first three-game winning streak of the season. The Coyotes’ Michael Carcone scored his third goal in his past two games, and Travis Boyd and Nick Schmaltz added a goal apiece.
Cole Makar recorded a goal and an assist for the Avalanche, who had won four straight. Miles Wood and Nathan MacKinnon also scored, Mikko Rantanen had two assists and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 29 shots.
Islanders 5, Hurricanes 4 (OT)
Mathew Barzal scored 2:46 into overtime as New York finally put away host Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom, Pierre Engvall and Kyle Palmieri scored earlier goals for the Islanders. Barzal and Noah Dobson each had three assists.
Sebastian Aho of the Hurricanes sent the game to overtime by scoring with 2.5 seconds left after Carolina pulled its goalie. Jalen Chatfield, Jack Drury and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, who never trailed until the third period. Pyotr Kochetkov made 11 saves.
Golden Knights 4, Canucks 1
Jack Eichel finished with a goal and two assists and Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist as Vegas won the battle for first place in the Pacific Division, routing host Vancouver.
William Karlsson and Brett Howden also scored for the Golden Knights, who snapped a three-game skid (0-1-2). Adin Hill was superb in goal in the first two periods, stopping all 16 shots he faced. He was replaced at the start of the third by Logan Thompson, who finished with five saves. The Golden Knights announced that Hill exited “for precautionary measures” without elaborating.
Andrei Kuzmenko scored and goalie Thatcher Demko stopped 40 of 44 shots for the Canucks, who lost for just the second time in regulation at home this season, where they are 8-2-1.
Oilers 3, Jets 1
Leon Draisaitl scored a tiebreaking, power-play goal with 2:13 remaining and visiting Edmonton rallied for three third-period goals to win its season-high fourth straight, defeating Winnipeg.
After Winnipeg’s Gabriel Vilardi was whistled for holding Connor McDavid’s stick with 3:24 left, the Oilers made the hosts pay. Edmonton pressured, and with 2:13 to play, Draisaitl converted his 10th goal and the team’s eighth power-play tally in the last five games to go ahead. Ryan McLeod added an empty-netter with 20 seconds left for the Oilers, who are playing the best hockey amid a disappointing start by winning for the seventh time in 10 games.
The Oilers also sent the Jets to a season-high fourth consecutive defeat. Cole Perfetti scored the Jets’ only goal with 1:33 remaining before the first intermission on the power play.
Bruins 3, Sharks 0
Jeremy Swayman produced a 26-save shutout and Boston scored twice in the second period as the Bruins beat the Sharks for the 13th straight time.
Boston’s streak against San Jose is tied for the longest active win streak by one team against another franchise. The Minnesota Wild have won 13 in a row against the Anaheim Ducks. Swayman made 11 stops in the third period to finish off his 11th career shutout and his second this season. It was his 100th career NHL game. Pavel Zacha registered a goal and an assist while Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk each scored for the Bruins.
The Sharks, who have now been shut out four times this season, had won back-to-back games and taken points from three straight. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 33 shots in the San Jose net.
Panthers 5, Canadiens 1
Aleksander Barkov, Evan Rodrigues and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist as Florida beat host Montreal.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 of 22 shots to earn his 11th win. The veteran goalie has an impressive .912 save percentage over 18 games. Sam Bennett and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored Florida’s other goals, with Ekman-Larsson’s marker coming with only 11 seconds left in the third period.
Johnathan Kovacevic scored the Canadiens’ only goal, spoiling Bobrovsky’s shutout bid at 9:30 of the third period. Montreal netminder Cayden Primeau stopped 24 of 29 shots.
Red Wings 5, Blackhawks 1
Robby Fabbri and J.T. Compher scored two goals apiece as Detroit defeated visiting Chicago.
Fabbri has scored five goals in the last five games. Ben Chiarot also scored for the Red Wings, who have won four of their last five games. Lucas Raymond and Jake Walman contributed two assists apiece and Alex Lyon made 34 saves.
Lucas Reichel scored Chicago’s lone goal. Petr Mrazek was credited with 24 saves for the Blackhawks, who have lost seven of their last nine games.
Blues 6, Sabres 4
Brayden Schenn had two goals and an assist and Jake Neighbours scored twice to lead St. Louis past visiting Buffalo.
Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist, Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich had two assists, and Brandon Saad also scored for the Blues, who won for the fourth time in six games. The Sabres outshot the Blues 46-20, but St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington made 42 saves.
Rasmus Dahlin, Peyton Krebs and Zach Benson had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who lost for the sixth time in nine games. JJ Peterka also scored, Dylan Cozens had two assists and Ukko-Pekka Lukkonen allowed all six goals.
–Field Level Media
