Connor McDavid scored his 400th and 401st career goals, the first of which gave the Edmonton Oilers the lead for good in a 5-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.
Eight seconds after Utah’s Lawson Crouse tied the game 2-2 at 11:59 of the second period, McDavid caught a break on a 2-on-1 and put the puck off the crossbar and in to put the Oilers back on top.
Jack Roslovic also scored twice and Evan Bouchard had three assists for the Oilers (35-28-9, 79 points), who had lost two consecutive games but passed the Vegas Golden Knights for second place in the Pacific Division. Matt Savoie added a goal, and Tristan Jarry made 16 saves.
Alexander Kerfoot scored for the Mammoth (37-29-6, 80 points), who had won three of their previous four games. They still hold the first Western Conference wild-card spot. Vitek Vanecek stopped all 10 shots he faced in relief of Karel Vejmelka, who allowed four goals on 15 shots over the first two periods.
Panthers 5, Kraken 4 (SO)
Vinnie Hinostroza scored the only goal in the shootout, and Paul Maurice coached his 2,000th game as host Florida defeated Seattle. Maurice, 59, ranks second in the NHL for most games as a head coach, behind only Hall of Famer Scotty Bowman (2,141).
Seattle trailed 4-1 with less than six minutes remaining before tying the game on goals by Matty Beniers, Jordan Eberle and Bobby McMann.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves and had three stops in the shootout to earn the win for the Panthers. Nolan Foote, Eetu Luostarinen, Carter Verhaeghe and Noah Gregor scored Florida’s goals. Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad also reached a milestone as he played his 800th game.
Avalanche 6, Penguins 2
Martin Necas scored twice and Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves in Colorado’s road victory over Pittsburgh.
Sam Malinski had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche, who are on a three-game winning streak and a four-game points streak (3-0-1). Nathan MacKinnon, Parker Kelly and Ross Colton scored Colorado’s other goals.
Egor Chinakhov and Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, who fell into third place in the Metropolitan Division after going 1-2-1 with 21 goals allowed over the past four games. Arturs Silovs stopped 24 of 29 shots.
Canadiens 5, Hurricanes 2
Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky scored 3 1/2 minutes apart in the second period and Jakub Dobes made 41 saves, helping host Montreal rally past Carolina.
Oliver Kapanen, Ivan Demidov and Jake Evans also scored for the Canadiens, who posted their sixth win in nine games. Montreal’s 24th comeback win of the season tied a franchise record.
Nikolaj Ehlers and Jordan Staal tallied in the first period for the Hurricanes, whose three-game winning streak ended. Frederik Andersen turned aside 14 shots.
Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 2
Matthew Knies scored twice, while William Nylander had the eventual game-winner and added an assist to lead visiting Toronto to a win over Boston.
Max Domi also scored, John Tavares dished out three assists and Anthony Stolarz made 18 saves for the Maple Leafs, who erased an early 1-0 deficit with two goals in both the second and third periods. The win was just the third since the Olympic break for Toronto (3-8-4).
Elias Lindholm and Charlie McAvoy scored and Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves for Boston, which was on a five-game point streak (3-0-2). Toronto held a 35-20 edge in shots on goal and went 2-for-4 on the power play, while Boston was 1-for-5.
Lightning 6, Wild 3
Erik Cernak scored a quirky tiebreaking goal with less than three minutes left and Tampa Bay opened a season-high seven-game homestand with five unanswered tallies in a win over Minnesota.
Tampa Bay’s Darren Raddysh scored and recorded two assists. Brandon Hagel and Jake Guentzel each posted a goal and an assist. Pontus Holmberg was awarded the final goal while being fouled on a breakaway with 24 seconds remaining, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves.
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist for the Wild. Mats Zuccarello and Brock Faber each scored, and Filip Gustavsson stopped 19 shots.
Blues 3, Capitals 0
Joel Hofer made 21 saves and the Blues defeated Washington in St. Louis.
It was Hofer’s sixth shutout of the season and the eighth of his career. Jimmy Snuggerud, Ott Stenberg and Jordan Kyrou scored for the Blues, who have points in 10 of 11 (8-1-2). St. Louis, opening a three-game homestand, remains on the fringe of the Western Conference wild-card race.
Washington opened a three-game road trip and entered the game on a five-game point streak (3-0-2). The Capitals ended the night six points behind the Ottawa Senators for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Logan Thompson made 24 saves.
Ducks 5, Canucks 3
Mikael Granlund scored twice and John Carlson had three assists for visiting Anaheim in a win against Vancouver.
Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist, Leo Carlsson logged two assists and Lukas Dostal made 27 saves for the Ducks, who stretched their point streak to five games (4-0-1). Mason McTavish and Troy Terry also scored for Anaheim, which earned its 24th come-from-behind win, tied for the league lead.
Jake DeBrusk, Brock Boeser and Drew O’Connor scored, Filip Hronek and Elias Pettersson had two assists each for the Canucks, who have lost three in a row. Kevin Lankinen turned aside 29 shots.
Predators 6, Sharks 3
Jonathan Marchessault had three assists and Nashville scored five goals in the first period and cruised to a win over visiting San Jose.
Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists, Brady Skjei a goal and an assist and Matthew Wood, Roman Josi, Luke Evangelista and Steven Stamkos tallied for the Predators, who won their fifth straight. Ryan O’Reilly notched two assists and Juuse Saros made 27 saves.
Will Smith scored twice and Adam Gaudette chipped in a goal for the Sharks, who have lost five in a row. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 13 shots.
Jets 4, Golden Knights 1
Mark Scheifele scored a goal, recorded two assists and got in a fight for a “Gordie Howe hat trick” as host Winnipeg downed Vegas.
Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist and Alex Iafallo and Cole Perfetti also scored goals for the Jets, who are 2-0-1 in the past three games. Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves.
Rasmus Andersson scored a goal and Adin Hill finished with 17 saves for the Golden Knights, who lost for the fourth time in the past five games.
Devils 6, Stars 4
Visiting New Jersey scored four times in its first five shots and then held off Dallas’ rally.
Jack Hughes’ hot streak continued as the Olympic hero scored twice. Jesper Bratt added a goal and an assist, while Connor Brown, Tino Meier and Dougie Hamilton also scored for the Devils. Jake Allen made 23 saves to secure his second win in his last seven starts.
Wyatt Johnston scored two goals to reach 40 for the season and assisted on Jason Robertson’s 39th. Mavrik Bourque finished with a goal. Robertson added two assists, as did Thomas Harley.
Blue Jackets 3, Flyers 2
Zach Werenski and Mason Marchment each delivered a goal and an assist as Columbus rebounded from a rare regulation defeat to post a road win over host Philadelphia.
Columbus had been 8-0-4 in its previous 12 games before falling to the New York Islanders 1-0 on Sunday. With Tuesday’s bounce-back victory, the Blue Jackets jumped over the Pittsburgh Penguins for second place in the Metropolitan Division while the Flyers missed a key opportunity to gain ground in the wild-card race.
Mathieu Olivier also scored for Columbus while Jet Greaves turned aside 24 shots. Sean Couturier and Jamie Drysdale tallied for the Flyers, while Dan Vladar finished with 16 saves.
Flames 3, Kings 2 (SO)
Yegor Sharangovich scored the winner in the fourth round of a shootout as host Calgary topped Los Angeles and ran its winning streak to a season-best four games.
Olli Maatta and Zayne Parekh tallied during regulation for the Flames. Dustin Wolf made 23 saves through regulation and overtime.
Quinton Byfield netted both regulation-time goals for the Kings, who are 0-1-3 in the past four games. Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 shots through regulation and overtime.
Senators 3, Red Wings 2
Carter Yakemchuk scored a second-period goal and added an assist in his NHL debut as streaking Ottawa edged host Detroit.
Brady Tkachuk scored his 20th goal of the season for the Senators, who have won four straight and nine of their last 11 games. Lars Eller scored the other goal for the Senators, who vaulted ahead of the Red Wings in the playoff chase with the win. Linus Ullmark made 32 saves for the Senators, who currently occupy the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Detroit captain Dylan Larkin scored in his return to action on a third-period power play. Larkin had missed the previous seven games due to a lower body injury. Dominik Shine also scored for the Red Wings, while John Gibson stopped 18 shots.
Blackhawks 4, Islanders 3
Nick Lardis, Ilya Mikheyev, Tyler Bertuzzi and Frank Nazar scored consecutive goals in a 13-minute span bridging the first and second periods for Chicago, which held off a furious rally to edge New York in Elmont, N.Y.
Arvid Soderblom made 44 saves — including 21 in the third period — for the Blackhawks, who won for the second time in six games (2-2-2). Anders Lee scored in the opening minute of the first before Simon Holmstrom and Calum Ritchie collected goals in the third for New York.
The Islanders took their third loss in four games (1-3-0) as they fell level with the Ottawa Senators for the second and final Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Islanders starting goalie David Rittich was pulled after giving up three goals on 12 first-period shots. Ilya Sorokin took the loss after stopping 11 of the 12 shots he faced.
