Mason Marchment scored a hat trick and also had an assist as the host Columbus Blue Jackets brought an end to Tampa Bay’s 15-game point streak with an 8-5 victory on Saturday night.
It was the third hat trick of Marchment’s career. Charlie Coyle and Adam Fantilli each had a goal and two assists, and Zach Werenski and Kirill Marchenko had two assists apiece. Jet Greaves finished with 25 saves. Cole Sillinger, Dmitri Voronkov and Sean Monahan also scored goals for the Blue Jackets, who won for the sixth time in their last seven games.
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists for the Lightning, while Jake Guentzel collected two goals and an assist, Anthony Cirelli had a goal and two assists and Darren Raddysh also scored. Tampa Bay, which had a three-game win streak snapped, suffered its first regulation loss since Dec. 18 against the Los Angeles Kings.
Brandon Hagel had two assists and Jonas Johansson stopped 23 of 29 shots for the Lightning. The 15-game point streak ranked as the third-longest in team history, three off the record of 18 games set in 2003-04.
Oilers 6, Capitals 5 (OT)
Zach Hyman tied the game with 32 seconds left in regulation and Connor McDavid scored 47 seconds into overtime to lift Edmonton to a win against visiting Washington.
In his 400th NHL game, Evan Bouchard had a hat trick and three assists and McDavid had two goals and three assists for the Oilers. Leon Draisaitl (three assists) had missed four games to attend to a family illness in his native Germany. Edmonton starting goalie Connor Ingram was lifted after allowing three goals on 12 shots. Tristan Jarry made 13 saves on 15 shots.
Connor McMichael and Justin Sourdif each had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who won Friday night in Calgary and were looking to win consecutive games for the first time since early December. Lindgren made 34 saves on 40 shots.
Panthers 4, Wild 3 (OT)
Brad Marchand tallied two goals — including the game-winner in overtime – and added an assist as Florida topped Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Matt Boldy put the Wild ahead 3-2 on a short-handed wrist shot at 12:09 of the third period, but Sam Bennett responded with his own wrister to tie the game n a power play at 13:11. Marchand ended the stalemate at the three-minute mark of overtime when Carter Verhaeghe set him up for a snap shot past Filip Gustavsson.
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist and Matthew Tkachuk and Verhaeghe tallied two assists apiece for the Panthers, who got 18 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky. For the Wild, Kirill Kaprizov and Boldy each had a goal and an assist, and Joel Eriksson Ek also scored and Gustavsson made 30 saves.
Kings 5, Blues 4 (SO)
Trevor Moore returned to action with a goal plus the shootout winner as visiting Los Angeles edged St. Louis.
Moore missed the previous 11 games with an upper-body injury. Alex Laferriere had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who earned just their second victory in six games (2-1-3). Taylor Ward and Brian Dumoulin also scored for the Kings and Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves.
Jordan Kyrou scored twice for the Blues, who are winless (0-3-1) in their last four games. Dalibor Dvorsky and Brayden Schenn scored for St. Louis and Joel Hofer made 24 saves.
Bruins 4, Canadiens 3
Morgan Geekie scored two of Boston’s three power-play goals, including the game-winner with 5:53 left in regulation, as the hosts edged Montreal.
Just 12 seconds after Fraser Minten’s tying goal, Geekie gave Boston its first and only lead when he teed up a shot from just above the left circle. Viktor Arvidsson also lit the lamp, Minten added an assist for a multi-point game, and Charlie McAvoy had three helpers for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman backstopped the win with 22 saves, including all nine he faced in the third period.
Cole Caufield recorded his second career hat trick in defeat for the Canadiens. Nick Suzuki assisted on two of Caufield’s goals. Sam Montembeault made 17 saves in his second straight loss.
Sabres 5, Islanders 0
Jason Zucker scored twice and Alex Lyon stopped all 26 shots he faced for Buffalo, which continued surging with a shutout of New York in Elmont, N.Y.
The two-goal game was the second of the season for Zucker, and the shutout was also the second of the campaign for Lyon. Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch also scored for the Sabres, who have vaulted into playoff contention by going 18-3-1 since Dec. 9.
Goalie David Rittich recorded 16 saves for the Islanders, who have lost consecutive games for the first time since a three-game skid from Dec. 16-20.
Mammoth 5, Predators 2
Kailer Yamamoto and Barrett Hayton each had a goal and an assist as Utah earned a win over host Nashville.
Clayton Keller, Michael Carcone and JJ Peterka also scored goals for the Mammoth, who have points in nine straight (8-0-1) and took control with three goals in a span of just over five minutes in the second period. Defenseman Mikhail Sergachev had three assists, Sean Durzi and Dylan Guenther each had two assists and Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 shots.
Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault scored goals for the Predators, who lost for the third time in four games. Juuse Saros made 26 saves.
Hurricanes 4, Senators 1
Brandon Bussi made 35 saves for his 19th win in 23 starts to begin his NHL career as Carolina topped host Ottawa.
Seth Jarvis tallied a goal and an assist while Jalen Chatfield posted a pair of assists. William Carrier, Taylor Hall and Andrei Svechnikov also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won four out of five (4-0-1).
Tim Stutzle was the Senators’ lone goal scorer and James Reimer made 15 saves in a subpar start. Ottawa has dropped four of its last five (1-2-2).
Red Wings 5, Jets 1
J.T. Compher scored twice and Andrew Copp recorded two assists as Detroit rode a four-goal third period to down host Winnipeg.
John Gibson made 26 saves to win his eighth straight start — and 17 of his last 19 — for the Red Wings, who are 19-5-4 after Nov. 29, and have earned at least one point in nine of the last 10 contests. With the game tied 1-1 after two second-period goals, Compher, Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat and Marco Kasper scored for Detroit.
Cole Koepke scored for the Jets and Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves. Winnipeg, which is 1-2-2 on the heels of winning four straight, also saw a six-game home point streak (4-0-2) come to an end.
–Field Level Media
