Florida scored six unanswered goals inside the match’s first 22 minutes, and the Panthers — the NHL’s road warriors — humbled the Tampa Bay Lightning 9-2 on Saturday to stretch their road winning streak to 11 games.
Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett totaled two goals and two assists apiece, while Brandon Montour recorded a tally and two helpers.
Carter Verhaeghe hit the net twice and added an assist, and Gustav Forsling (assist) and Kevin Stenlund scored. The nine goals were the Panthers’ most in a road game. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots for his 27th win as the Panthers improved to 18-3-2 in the past 23 contests.
Brandon Hagel scored his 20th goal and Brayden Point tallied, but Tampa Bay’s eight-game home winning streak was broken.
Kings 5, Bruins 4 (OT)
Brandt Clarke came out of the penalty box and scored on a breakaway with 26.9 seconds left in overtime as Los Angeles came from behind for a win over host Boston
The win was the Kings’ second straight on a four-game road trip. Clarke also added an assist and was one of five Los Angeles goal scorers. Matt Roy, Vladislav Gavrikov, Alex Laferriere and Anze Kopitar also tallied, while Pierre-Luc Dubois had two assists. David Rittich made 28 saves in the victory.
James van Riemsdyk registered his second multi-goal game of the season and added an assist, while Trent Frederic had a goal and a helper to lead Boston.
Oilers 4, Stars 3 (OT)
Evan Bouchard scored his second goal of the game on the power play 30 seconds into overtime to lift Edmonton over host Dallas.
Corey Perry had a goal and an assist, Leon Draisaitl had two assists and Calvin Pickard made 24 saves for the Oilers.
Matt Duchene had a goal and two assists, and Mason Marchment and Thomas Harley each had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Oettinger made 20 saves.
Blackhawks 3, Senators 2
Jason Dickinson scored the game-winning goal with 1:52 left, Connor Bedard had a goal and assist and Petr Mrazek made 40 saves as host Chicago defeated Ottawa.
Chicago snapped an eight-game losing streak while withstanding the Senators’ 42-22 advantage in shots on goal.
Tim Stutzle and Jakob Chychrun scored for the Senators, who have lost two in a row.
Red Wings 5, Flames 0
Patrick Kane and Lucas Raymond both collected one goal and one assist, and goaltender James Reimer posted his second shutout of the season as visiting Detroit beat Calgary.
Reimer, who is third on Detroit’s depth chart, stopped 38 shots to post his 30th career shutout.
Flames starting goalie Jacob Markstrom was pulled after surrendering four goals on 12 shots en route to Calgary’s third consecutive loss. Dan Vladar made eight saves in relief.
Sabres 3, Wild 2 (OT)
Dylan Cozens scored with 35.8 seconds left in regulation and Henri Jokiharju scored 1:29 into overtime to lift visiting Buffalo over Minnesota in St. Paul, Minn.
Casey Mittelstadt also scored for Buffalo, which won its first overtime game since Dec. 30 against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Sabres have won two of their past three games.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Declan Chisholm scored one goal apiece for Minnesota. The Wild collected one point by reaching overtime but their four-game winning streak ended.
Predators 5, Blues 2
Juuse Saros made 35 saves as visiting Nashville defeated St. Louis.
Colton Sissons, Luke Evangelista, Filip Forsberg, Luke Schenn and Ryan O’Reilly scored for the Predators, who had lost five of their previous six games.
Jordan Kyrou and Nathan Walker scored, and Jordan Binnington made 28 saves for the Blues.
Hurricanes 3, Golden Knights 1
Spencer Martin made 29 saves and Seth Jarvis scored a short-handed, go-ahead goal to go along with an assist as Carolina earned a victory over Vegas in Las Vegas.
Andrei Svechnikov and Stefan Noesen also scored for Carolina, which completed a sweep of a road back-to-back that began with a 5-1 win at Arizona on Friday. The Hurricanes, who are 15-4-1 in their past 20 games, also improved to 9-1-1 in their past 11 road contests.
Jonathan Marchessault scored a goal for the third straight game and Adin Hill finished with 25 saves for Vegas. The Golden Knights, who lost 5-3 to Minnesota on Monday, have dropped back-to-back home games for the first time since doing so on Jan. 16 and Jan. 19 of 2023.
Capitals 4, Canadiens 3
Aliaksei Protas and Anthony Mantha each had a goal and an assist for visiting Washington in a win against Montreal.
T.J. Oshie and Sonny Milano also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves for the Capitals, who had lost eight of nine.
Arber Xhekaj, Alex Newhook and Nick Suzuki scored, Joel Armia had two assists and Jake Allen made 30 saves for the Canadiens, who have lost four of five.
Maple Leafs 9, Ducks 2
Auston Matthews had his second consecutive hat trick — and first five-point game of his career — as Toronto defeated visiting Anaheim.
Matthews, who also had two assists, has six hat tricks this season and 13 in his career. He leads the league with 48 goals. Bobby McMann added two goals and an assist, William Nylander had a goal and two assists and Jake McCabe and Nicholas Robertson each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have won three straight.
Ryan Strome had a goal and an assist for the Ducks and Frank Vatrano scored a goal.
Jets 4, Canucks 2
Gabriel Vilardi scored twice and added an assist and Mark Scheifele had a goal and three assists as visiting Winnipeg rediscovered its scoring touch with a win over league-leading Vancouver.
Scheifele and Vilardi scored goals just under two minutes apart to break the game open and give the Jets a 4-2 lead in the third period.
Connor Hellebuyck and Thatcher Demko kept the game scoreless through the first 20 minutes as both goalies showed why they will be strong candidates to make Team USA for the 2026 Olympics in Italy. Demko finished with 24 saves for the Canucks and Hellebuyck stopped 35 shots for the Jets.
Devils 6, Flyers 3
Nico Hischier scored on a breakaway 32 seconds into the game, netted his second goal early in the third period and notched three points as New Jersey never trailed in a victory over Philadelphia in the “Stadium Series” at East Rutherford, N.J.
In front of 70,328 fans sitting in frigid temperatures at MetLife Stadium, the Devils won the NHL’s 40th outdoor regular-season game thanks to Hischier’s 13th career multi-goal game.
Owen Tippett scored twice in the second and got his seventh career multi-goal game for the Flyers, who saw a modest five-game points streak stopped. Nick Seeler also scored and Travis Konecny collected two assists.
Blue Jackets 4, Sharks 3
Boone Jenner scored the game-winning goal with 12.9 seconds remaining in regulation as Columbus edged host San Jose.
Jenner put a backhanded shot between the pads of Kaapo Kahkonen for his team-leading 17th goal of the season. The Blue Jackets captain now has four goals in his past three games.
Zach Werenski, Kirill Marchenko, and Dmitri Voronkov had the other goals for Columbus, which avoided a third straight loss. Anthony Duclair scored a pair of goals, while Fabian Zetterlund added a goal and an assist for the Sharks. Calen Addison had two helpers, and Kahkonen stopped 37 shots.
–Field Level Media
