Cody Glass recorded his first career hat trick, and the Nashville Predators extended their season-high winning streak to eight games with a 5-1 home victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
Glass, a light-scoring forward, entered the contest with two goals in 33 games this season but doubled that total by securing his first career multi-goal game through the two periods. He then added an empty-netter for his first hat trick in his five-year career.
Tommy Novak had a goal and an assist, Ryan O’Reilly scored his 22nd of the season and Juuse Saros made 25 saves for the Predators. Nashville has outscored its opponents 37-13 — and tallied at least four goals in every game — while matching the second-longest winning streak in franchise history.
Meanwhile, Colorado was held mostly in check after scoring five goals apiece to win its previous two games. However, star Nathan MacKinnon continued a stellar season by recording his 37th goal and 101st point to extend a point streak that has reached nine games.
Maple Leafs 4, Rangers 3 (SO)
Max Domi scored the decisive goal in a shootout and Toronto defeated visiting New York.
John Tavares, Mitchell Marner and William Nylander scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov made 32 saves. Toronto defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin, acquired Thursday in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks, did not appear in the third period after taking a hard check in the second period.
Vincent Trocheck scored twice and Alexis Lafreniere had a goal and two assists for the Rangers. Artemi Panarin added two assists. Igor Shesterkin stopped 31 shots for the Rangers. He had allowed only one goal in each of his past four starts. He had won his seven previous games.
Lightning 4, Canadiens 3 (SO)
Victor Hedman scored the deciding goal in the top of the sixth round of the shootout as Tampa Bay edged visiting Montreal.
Brayden Point scored to extend his season-long point streak to nine games (seven goals, four assists), and Anthony Cirelli and Tyler Motte each added a goal as the Lightning moved to 7-2-1 when tied after two periods.
Joel Armia, Jake Evans and Josh Anderson scored for the Canadiens. Juraj Slafkovsky, the No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft, skated in his 100th NHL game, posted two shots and was minus-2.
Stars 3, Sharks 2 (SO)
Radek Faksa and Jason Robertson scored in regulation and Dallas won in a shootout against visiting San Jose.
Jake Oettinger made 21 saves in regulation and stopped four of seven attempts in the shootout for the Stars, who had lost six of their previous eight (2-3-3). Matt Duchene and Jamie Benn scored in the shootout for Dallas, which moved two points ahead of the Winnipeg Jets for first place in the Central Division.
William Eklund and Filip Zadina scored, Luke Kunin had two assists and Magnus Chrona made 36 saves in his second NHL start for the Sharks, who have lost six straight.
Oilers 2, Kraken 1
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist as Edmonton defeated host Seattle.
Brett Kulak also tallied and goaltender Stuart Skinner made 24 saves for the Oilers, who won their third in a row. Skinner came up big in the final minute as the Kraken had a power play for the final 53 seconds, with the goalie pulled and a six-on-four advantage.
Eeli Tolvanen scored for Seattle, which went 3-2-1 on its six-game homestand as it chases a Western Conference wild-card berth. Seattle goalie Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 of 24 shots but suffered his first loss in five starts since missing more than two months with a lower-body injury.
Islanders 5, Bruins 1
Kyle Palmieri’s natural hat trick in the first period lifted New York to a lead that it would never relinquish in a win over Boston in Elmont, N.Y.
Palmieri scored all three of his goals in the first 12:19 of the game and added an assist for the third hat trick and second four-point game of his career. His hat trick was the Islanders’ first since April 2022. Anders Lee had a goal and an assist while Brock Nelson also scored for New York, which has won three straight.
Marc McLaughlin lit the lamp in his first NHL game this season and Linus Ullmark made 21 saves for the Bruins, who had a seven-game points streak (3-0-4) snapped. Boston is two points back of the first-place Florida Panthers in the Atlantic Division.
Jets 5, Hurricanes 3
Sean Monahan’s goal with 3:13 remaining was the go-ahead tally in what became a five-goal third-period outburst for Winnipeg as it rallied to beat host Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Nino Niederreiter had two goals, including an empty-netter, and Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele scored in the first six minutes of the third period, which began with Carolina up 3-0. Josh Morrissey provided three assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves.
Martin Necas, Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho had Carolina’s goals, and Andrei Svechnikov supplied two assists. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 27 shots. The Hurricanes, who had won two games in a row, were without a point for just the second time in nine games.
Panthers 4, Red Wings 0
Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves to lead Florida to a resounding road win over Detroit.
Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues and Carter Verhaeghe each scored for the Panthers, who have won four straight and 10 of their last 11 games.
The Red Wings have lost two straight games after winning its previous six.
Flames 4, Penguins 3
Yegor Sharangovich’s second goal of the game with 50 seconds remaining in regulation completed the comeback as host Calgary claimed a victory over Pittsburgh.
Nazem Kadri and Blake Coleman scored goals 32 seconds apart and Mikael Backlund collected two assists as the Flames erased a 3-1 third-period deficit to earn their first five-game winning streak of the season.
Goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves on a night the Flames retired No. 34 in honor of goalie Miikka Kiprusoff, the franchise record holder in nearly every netminding category. For the Penguins, Jonathan Gruden tallied his first NHL goal and Lars Eller and Jeff Carter also scored. Goaltender Tristan Jarry stopped 16 shots.
Flyers 4, Senators 2
Tyson Foerster scored twice in the final minute of the second period to lead host Philadelphia to a victory over Ottawa.
Joel Farabee and Cam York also scored for the Flyers, who hold the third spot in the Metropolitan Division. Goaltender Felix Sandstrom made 24 saves to collect the win in his first NHL action of the season.
Vladimir Tarasenko and Thomas Chabot scored for the Senators, who are on a four-game skid. Goalie Mads Sogaard, recalled from the minors due to issues involving Ottawa’s top two goaltenders, stopped 36 shots.
Blues 3, Wild 1
Torey Krug scored a goal and earned an assist to lead St. Louis past visiting Minnesota.
Alexey Toropchenko and Jake Neighbours also scored for the Blues, who snapped their three-game winless streak. Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for his 138th career win, which moved him into third on the Blues’ all-time list behind Mike Liut and Jake Allen.
Jon Merrill scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for the Wild, who lost their third straight game. Minnesota lost forward Marcus Johansson to a first-period injury after playing just 2:47.
Sabers 7, Golden Knights 2
Dylan Cozens scored two short-handed goals and Jeff Skinner and Owen Power each had a goal and two assists as Buffalo cruised past visiting Vegas.
Casey Mittelstadt had a goal and an assist, Eric Robinson had two assists and Zemgus Girgensons and Kyle Okposo also scored for Buffalo, which won for the fifth time in its last six games.
William Karlsson and Brendan Brisson scored goals and Paul Cotter had two assists for Vegas, which lost for the sixth time in its last nine games (2-6-1). Logan Thompson made 28 saves.
Blue Jackets 5, Blackhawks 2
Mathieu Olivier scored the game-winner as Columbus avoided a third straight loss with a victory over host Chicago.
Alexandre Texier, Boone Jenner, Cole Sillinger and Johnny Gaudreau scored the other Columbus goals.
Elvis Merzlikins made 26 saves for the Blue Jackets, who completed the sweep of the season series against the Blackhawks.
–Field Level Media
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