Justin Danforth scored the go-ahead goal with 2:17 left and Elvis Merzlikins made 43 saves to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in the Stadium Series on Saturday night at chilly Ohio Stadium in Columbus.
Denton Mateychuk, Dmitri Voronkov, Mathieu Olivier and Adam Fantilli also scored, Zach Werenski and Boone Jenner each had two assists and Danforth added an assist for Columbus, which leapfrogged Detroit into the Eastern Conference’s top wild-card spot with its fourth straight win.
Alex DeBrincat scored twice and Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists for Detroit. Cam Talbot finished with 16 saves for the Red Wings.
Danforth drove past defenseman Simon Edvinsson at the blue line and then put in a rebound of his own shot for the game-winner. Fantilli then sealed the win with an empty-netter with 1:08 to go.
Flyers 2, Jets 1 (SO)
Ivan Fedotov made 29 stops and turned aside all three shots he faced in the shootout as Philadelphia outlasted host Winnipeg.
Jamie Drysdale, assisted by Noah Cates and Nick Seeler, provided the only offense for the Flyers in regulation. Philadelphia has won four of its last five (4-0-1) and are four points out of a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Mark Scheifele scored the only goal for the Jets, with Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Connor picking up helpers. Connor Hellebuyck made 31 stops for Winnipeg, which is 0-1-1 since a franchise-record 11-game winning streak but remain atop the NHL standings.
Kraken 6, Canucks 3
Eeli Tolvanen scored twice and Brandon Montour had a goal and an assist as Seattle defeated visiting Vancouver to boost its flagging playoff hopes.
Andre Burakovsky, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers also scored and Shane Wright and Vince Dunn added two assists apiece for the Kraken, who snapped a two-game skid and pulled within nine points of Vancouver in the chase for the Western Conference’s second and final wild-card berth. Goaltender Joey Daccord made 28 saves.
Pius Suter, Filip Chytil and Dakota Joshua scored for the Canucks, who lost their second straight. Kevin Lankinen stopped 18 of 23 shots.
Lightning 3, Capitals 1
Brandon Hagel reached the 30-goal plateau by scoring in his fourth straight game, and Tampa Bay extended the Eastern Conference’s longest winning streak to eight with a win over host Washington.
In a matchup between the NHL’s two highest-scoring clubs in goals per game, Hagel potted one into an empty net as the Lightning moved to 9-0-1 in their past 10 games. Mitchell Chaffee had a power-play tally and Gage Goncalves also hit the net. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 21 shots to go to 9-0-1 in his past 10 starts.
Washington’s Alex Ovechkin notched his 31st tally late in the match, and goalie Logan Thompson made 16 saves in the team’s third straight regulation loss. Ovechkin has 884 goals, 10 shy of tying Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record.
Oilers 3, Hurricanes 1
Calvin Pickard helped Edmonton end its five-game losing streak by making a season-high 35 saves in a victory over Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Adam Henrique, Corey Perry and Evan Bouchard scored for the Oilers. Leon Draisaitl saw his seven-game goal-scoring streak end, but his two assists extended his points streak to 11 games. Connor McDavid, Brett Kulak and Mattias Janmark also had assists.
Sebastian Aho scored a power-play goal for Carolina. Mikko Rantanen and Shayne Gostisbehere both assisted, with the helper being Gostisbehere’s 400th career point. Frederik Andersen stopped 28 shots for the Hurricanes, who lost for the third time in their last four games.
Panthers 3, Flames 0
Overshadowed throughout most of the game by the spectacular efforts of counterpart Dan Vladar, goalie Sergei Bobrovsky earned his third shutout of the season as Florida defeated Calgary in Sunrise, Fla.
Vladar’s 39 saves were 16 more than the 23 from Bobrovsky. Jonah Gadjovich, Evan Rodrigues and Mackie Samoskevich scored for the Panthers, who were missing star forward Matthew Tkachuk (lower-body injury) for the fourth straight game.
Sam Bennett added two assists for Florida, which outshot Calgary 16-6 in the first period and 19-6 in the second before cruising in the third. Flames forward Ryan Lomberg, who helped the Panthers win the 2024 Stanley Cup, was honored with a video tribute early in Saturday’s game.
Bruins 3, Penguins 2
David Pastrnak extended his NHL-leading point streak to 17 games with a goal and an assist, and Boston held off host Pittsburgh.
Pastrnak scored Boston’s opening goal and assisted on a Mason Lohrei power-play tally that extended the lead to 2-0 after one period. Charlie Coyle’s empty-net goal in the final minute of the third stood as the decider. The Penguins attempted a late-game rally with a man advantage for the final 1:34 following a Cole Koepke double-minor penalty.
Joonas Korpisalo made 31 saves for Boston, which broke a five-game losing streak (0-3-2) and won for just the second time in its last 12 road games (2-8-2). Anthony Beauvillier and Rickard Rakell scored goals and Alex Nedeljkovic made 23 stops for the Penguins, who have lost five of their last six.
Blues 4, Kings 1
Dylan Holloway scored a goal and earned an assist as St. Louis defeated visiting Los Angeles.
Colton Parayko, Pavel Buchnevich and Zack Bolduc also scored for the Blues, who extended their season-best winning streak to four games. Jordan Binnington made 25 saves to run his point streak to six games (5-0-1).
Kevin Fiala scored and David Rittich made 30 saves for the Kings, who lost their third straight game.
Devils 3, Utah Hockey Club 1
Timo Meier scored the eventual game-winner as visiting New Jersey defeated the Utah Hockey Club in Salt Lake City.
Nico Hischier and Curtis Lazar also scored and Nico Daws made 24 saves for his third win of the season for the Devils, who avoided a second consecutive loss and improved to 6-5-0 over its last 11. With the victory, New Jersey moved into a tie with the Carolina Hurricanes for the second seed in the Metropolitan Division.
Mikhail Sergachev scored and Karel Vejmelka stopped 26 shots for Utah, which saw its three-game win streak snapped. The Utah Hockey Club is 6-4-2 over its last 12 games.
Canadiens 4, Sabres 2
Cole Caufield scored his 29th goal of the season and visiting Montreal beat Buffalo.
Josh Anderson, Alex Newhook and Jake Evans also scored for the Canadiens, who have won four straight. Lane Hutson and Christian Dvorak each had two assists, and Jakub Dobes made 23 saves.
Alex Tuch scored in his third straight game for the Sabres, who have lost their last two. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves.
Senators 5, Sharks 3
Ottawa scored four goals in the third period to rally past visiting San Jose.
Tim Stutzle had a goal and an assist and Shane Pinto, Brady Tkachuk, David Perron and Michael Amadio also scored for the Senators, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Ridly Greig had two assists and Linus Ullmark made 34 saves.
Will Smith had a goal and an assist and Tyler Toffoli and defenseman Timothy Liljegren scored for the Sharks, who lost their eighth straight (0-5-3). Macklin Celebrini had two assists and Vitek Vanecek stopped 27 shots.
Islanders 7, Predators 4
Brock Nelson scored twice in the second period and collected an assist during a three-goal opening period as New York started quickly and earned a victory over Nashville in Elmont, N.Y.
Ilya Sorokin was credited with a goalie goal into an empty net with 12 seconds left and made 24 saves as the Islanders improved to 8-2-0 in their past 10 home games. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Kyle Palmieri, Casey Cizikas and Bo Horvat also scored for New York, which is five points out of the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot.
Cole Smith scored twice in the third while Colton Sissons and Marc Del Gaizo tallied for the Predators, who lost for the third time in four games. Nashville goalie Juuse Saros allowed six goals on 36 shots.
Blackhawks 6, Ducks 3
Ryan Donato scored two goals and had an assist and Teuvo Teravainen added a goal and two assists as visiting Chicago snapped a five-game losing streak with a victory over Anaheim.
Lukas Reichel had a goal and an assist, Alec Martinez had two assists and Wyatt Kaiser and Pat Maroon also scored for Chicago, which won for just the seventh time in 31 games (7-20-4) on the road this season. Arvid Soderblom finished with 28 saves.
Leo Carlsson scored two goals, Frank Vatrano had two assists and Jackson LaCombe also scored for Anaheim. John Gibson, back after missing three games with an upper-body injury, stopped 18 of 24 shots for the Ducks.
–Field Level Media
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