Nikolaj Ehlers scored overtime when Winnipeg Jets defeated the visiting capitals 3-2 on Tuesday evening in a battle where Washington’s Alex Ovechkin scored his 889th career goal.
Ovechkins Tally climbed him within six goals to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL disc all the time. Josh Morrissey and Mason Appleton were the other goaliers for Winnipeg (49-19-4, 102 points), which dressed a playoffs with 10 matches left.
Mark Scheifele, Dylan Demelo, Nino Niederreites, Cole Perfetti, Dylan Samberg and Adam Lowry gave Jets’ Assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 27 stops.
Andrew Mangiapane also scored for Washington (47-15-9, 103 points), which was the first team to dress a playoffs. Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Trevor van Riemsdyk picked up assists. Logan Thompson saved 22 pucks for the capitals.
Golden Knights 5, Wild 1
Jack Eichel netted a hat trick to help lift Vegas over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Brett Howden and Tanner Pearson scored a goal for Vegas, who won their fourth match in a row. Adin Hill turned to 23 out of 24 shots to serve the victory.
Marcus Johansson scored the lone goal for Minnesota, who lost his second match in as many nights. Marc-Andre Fleury allowed four goals on 37 shots.
Kings 3, Rangers 1
Kevin Fiala and Phillip Daneault scored Power-Play goals 6:54 from each other during the second period when Los Angeles extended its home-winning line to seven matches and its storage record home points streak to 15 by beating New York.
Los Angeles is 12-0-3 since the last home regulation on January 20 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Fiala also scored a goal from the third period when Kings won its fourth straight and its ninth in 10 matches (9-1-0). Darcy Kuemper made 22 rescues.
JT Miller did for Rangers, who lost for the fifth time in six matches. Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots.
Avalanche 5, Red Wings 2
Nathan Mackinnon had a goal and an assist to add his NHL point leader, and Colorado beat Detroit in Denver.
Mackinnon has 107 points (29 goals, 78 assists) in the race for Art Ross Trophy. Devon Toews had a goal and two assists for Colorado, which is 11-1-1 since February 23. Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin and Logan O’Connor also did and Martin Necas and Jonathan Drouin had two assists each.
JT Compher had a goal and an assist, Austin Watson also did and Alex Lyon made 23 rescues for Detroit. The red wings were without goalkeeper Petr Mrazek, who was injured 1:38 in the victory in Utah on Monday night.
Sabers 3, Senators 2
Tage Thompson scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and James Reimer made 30 rescues when Buffalo continued his success to visit Ottawa.
Jack Quinn and Jacob Bernard dock also did for the sabers, who are the last in the Eastern Conference but have won all three meetings against the wild card leading senators so far this season.
Brady Tkachuk and David Perron made each one for Ottawa, who may be on their way to their first playoffs since 2017 but has lost three out of four after a six-match winning line.
Flames 4, Kraken 3 (OT)
Nazem Kadri scored its second goal in the game in overtime to lead the host Calgary over Seattle.
Adam Klapka and Rasmus Andersson also scored for Flames, who have won four games in a row – all with comebacks. Matt Coronato collected two assists and Dustin Wolf made 26 rescues.
Jaden Schwartz gathered a goal and an assist while Tye Kartye and Jordan Eberle once did for the Kraken, who has dropped three games in a row. Joey Daccord stopped 33 shots for Seattle, who for the first time this season failed to win a game that it led for two periods (16-0-1).
Maple Leafs 7, Flyers 2
William Nylander and John Tavares each had two goals and two assists and Toronto defeated to visit Philadelphia.
Bobby Mcmann added a goal and an assist for Maple Leafs, which has won four out of five. David Kampf and Max Domi also scored and Matthew Knies added two assists. Anthony Stolarz made 17 rescues.
Ryan Poehling and Sean Couturier scored for Flyers, who have lost six straight and finished a 0-4-1 road trip. Samuel Ersson stopped 23 shots.
Flash 6, Penguins 1
Anthony Cirlli made twice in his 500th NHL game and Nikita Kucherov exceeded 100 points in a three-point view that hosts Tampa Bay swept the season series with three games from Pittsburgh.
The lightning blew away the penguins with a four-goal attack during the first period to climb to 25-8-2 at home and 13-2-5 against the Metropolitan Division opponent.
Kucherov produced a power-play goal and two assists to hit 101 points and tie Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl for others in the league in points.
Blues 6, Canadiens 1
Philip Broberg and Robert Thomas each scored one goal and got three assists when St. Louis defeated to visit Montreal for his seventh straight victory.
Dylan Holloway had a goal and an assist for Blues, who has moved into the thick of the Western Conference Playoff Chase with a 14-2-2 power. Jordan Kyrou and Zack Bolduc also scored for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington made 24 rescues.
Nick Suzuki scored on Canadiens, who was only hit by his second loss of regulation in his last 14 games. They are 8-2-4 during that span.
Predators 3, Hurricanes 1
Luke Evangelista scored two goals and Juuse Saros made 34 rescues to record his 200th career victory in Nashville’s victory over Carolina in Raleigh, NC
Nashville’s Michael Bunting scored a power-play goal and defender Marc del Gaizo noted two assists. Former Hurricanes defender Brady Skjei created a goal for Predators, which has won two of his last three matches after a four-game losing line.
Carolina’s Taylor Hall followed up her sixth career hat trick by scoring a goal during the second period. Seth Jarvis got an assist to record his 200th career point and Pyotr Kchetkov turned aside 13 shots for Hurricanes, who has dropped two out of three after an eight-game victory.
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