New York R 4 Boston 0 Final
New York R won thanks to Artemi Panarin’s return. Chris Kreider (14) and Pavel Buchnevich (8) each had a goal and assist, Mika Zibanejad had a two assist game, while K’Andre Miller (2) and Ryan Strome (10) also scored for New York. Keith Kinkaid made 18 saves in the shutout, and played in his fourth consecutive game. New York R stoped there three game losing streak with the win. Each team had lineup changes for New York Artem Panarin and Philip Di Giuseppe went into the lineup for Brett Howden and Julien Gauthier while Boston took out Jake Debrusk and Zach Senyshyn and put in Chris Wagner and Anders Bjork. Boston was shutout for the third time this season. Jarsolov Halak made 29 saves in his third consecutive start. Boston has now lost three of five and four of six games.
Boston is 4th in the East 14-7-4 record, 32 points, 3 points above the playoff line, 25 games played.
New York R is 6th in the East 11-12-3 record, 25 points, 7 points back of a playoff spot, 26 games played.
Columbus 4 Dallas 3 Final /OT
Columbus keeps up in the race for a playoff spot with a overtime victory over Dallas. Jack Roslovic had three assists, Max Domi (5) and Zach Wereinski (2) each had a goal and assist, while Cam Atkinson (11) and Nick Foligno (5) scored for Columbus. Elvis Merzlikins made 27 saves in his second straight start. Columbus ended a three game losing streak with the win. Each team had lineup changes for Columbus Vladsilav Gavrikov came in for Gabriel Carlsson as for Dallas Roope Hintz, Mark Pysyk and Ty Dellandrea went out of the lineup and Joel L’Esperance, Joel Hanley and Rhett Gardner went in. Andrew Cogliano had a goal (3) and assist, and Andrej Sekera (1) and Dennis Gurianov (5) scored for Dallas. Jake Oettinger made 22 saves in his first start since Sunday. Dallas has lost two straight and three of their last four games.
Columbus is 5th in the Central 11-12-6 record, 28 points, 5 points back of a playoff spot, 29 games played.
Dallas is 7th in the Central 8-9-6 record, 22 points, 11 points back of a playoff spot, 23 games played.
Calgary 3 Montreal 1 Final
Calgary is catching up to Montreal for the last playoff spot with the win. Sean Monahan scored twice (6 and 7), and Mikael Backlund (5) scored or Calgary. Jacob Markstrom made 24 saves in his fourth consecutive start. Calgary has won back to back games and have a three game point streak. Each team had lineup changes Calgary took out Nikita Nesterov and put in Oliver Kylington and Montreal put in Autturi Lehkonen and took out Jake Evans. Jeff Petry (11) got the lone goal for Montreal. Carey Price made 33 saves in his fourth start in the last five games. Montreal lost two straight and three of their last four games.
Montreal is 4th in the North 12-8-7 record, 31 points, 2 points above the playoff line, 27 games played.
Calgary is 5th in the North 13-12-3 record, 29 points, 2 points back of a playoff spot, 28 games played.
Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 0 Final
Sabres losing streak is now into double digits with the loss to Pittsburgh. Kris Letang had two assists, while Mark Jankowski (2), Sidney Crosby (10), and Jake Guentzel (10) each scored for Pittsburgh. Evgeny Malkin has a seven game point streak (3G-7A-10P), Sidney Crosby has a six game point streak (3G-5A-8P), Brandon Tanev has a five game point streak (1G-5A-6P), and Teddy Blueger has a four game point streak (1G-3A-4P). Casey Desmith made 24 saves in his first shutout of the season. Pittsburgh has a five game winning streak. The only lineup changes were for Buffalo where they took out Dylan Cozens and Matt Irwin and put in Tobias Rieder and Brandon Davidson. Buffalo was shutout for the fourth time this season. Carter Hutton made 31 saves in his first start in exactly one week. Buffalo now has a ten game losing streak.
Pittsburgh is 3rd in the East 17-9-1 record, 35 points, 6 points above the playoff line, 27 games played.
Buffalo is 8th in the East 6-16-4 record, 16 points, 16 points back of a playoff spot, 26 games played.
Winnipeg 5 Toronto 3 Final
Winnipeg is gaining on top spot in the North after beating Toronto. Mason Appleton (8), Mark Scheifele (12), and Adam Lowry (5) had a goal and assist, Andrew Copp had two assists, and Nikolai Ehlers (14) and Paul Stastny (9) each scored for Winnipeg. Neal Pionk has a five game point streak (0G-7A-7P). Lurent Brossoit made 20 saves in his first start since Mar 2. Winnipeg has a three game point streak and have won three of their last five games. The only lineup change was for Toronto and they took out Kenny Agostino and put in Tyler Boyd. Jake Muzzin (2) and William Nylander (12) scored for Toronto. Freddie Anderson made 27 saves in his fourth consecutive start. Toronto has now lost four of their last five games.
Toronto is 1st in the North 19-8-2 record, 40 points, 11 points above the playoff line, 29 games played.
Winnipeg is 2nd in the North 17-8-2 record, 36 points, 7 points above the playoff line, 27 games played.
Florida 4 Chicago 2 Final
Florida reaches the 40 point plateau with the victory over Chicago. Alex Barkov had two goals (10 and 11) and a assist, Carter Verhaeghe had a goal (10) and assist, Mackenzie Weegar and Anthony Duclair each had two assists, and Frank Vatrano (10) also scored for Florida. Mackenzie Weegar has a four game point streak (1G-5A-6P). Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves in his 3rd consecutive start. Florida is on a three game winning streak. Both teams had lineup changes Chicago took out Nicolas Beaudin and put in Ian Mitchell and Florida put in Anthony Duclair and Anton Stralman and took out Ryan Lomberg and Marcus Nutivaara. Brandon Hagel (2) and Adam Boqvist (2) each scored for Chicago. Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves in his third start in four games. Chicago has now lost three of their last four games.
Florida is 2nd in the Central 18-5-4 record, 40 points, 12 points above the playoff line, 27 games played.
Chicago is 4th in the Central 14-10-5 record, 33 points, 5 points above the playoff line, 29 games played.
New York I 3 New Jersey 2 Final
The Islanders are the first East team to 40 points with the win. Kiefer Bellows had two goals (1 and 2), Jordan Eberle had two assists, while Oliver Wahlstrom (5) also scored for New York I. Brock Nelson had his five game point streak come to an end. Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves in his second start in the last three games. The Islanders now have a eight game winning streak and a eleven game point streak. The only lineup change was for the Islanders in witch they took out Anders Lee and put in Keifer Bellows. Pavel Zacha (7) and Janne Kuokkanen (4) each scored for New Jersey. Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves in his second consecutive start. New Jersey extended there losing streak to three games.
New York I is 1st in the East 18-6-4 record, 40 points, 11 points above the playoff line, 28 games played.
New Jersey is 7th in the East 8-13-3 record, 19 points, 13 points back of a playoff spot, 24 games played.
Washington 5 Philadelphia 4 Final
Ovechkin keeps climbing the records with goal number 716 in the Capitals win. Nick Jensen (2) and Carl Hagelin (3) had a goal and assist, Garnett Hathaway and John Carlson each had two assists, and Daniel Sprong (5), Nic Dowd (6), and Alex Ovechkin (10) had goals for Washington. Jacob Vrana has a five game point streak (3G-3A-6P), and John Carlson has a four game point streak (1G-4A-5P). Ilya Samsonov had 28 saves in his third start in four games. Washington has won four straight and eight of the last nine games. Each team lineup changes for Washington Lars Eller went in and Jonas Siegenthaler came out and for Philadelphia Philippe Myers and Nate Prosser came into the lineup for Robert Hagg and Eric Gustafson. Travis Sanheim and Jakub Voracek each had two assists, while Nolan Patrick (3), Claude Giroux (5), James van Riemsdyk (12) and Shayne Gostisbehere (5) each scored for Philadelphia. Sean Couturier has a four game point streak (0G-5A-5P). Brian Elliott let in 3 goals on 10 shots before Carter Hart came on in relief stopping 11 shots. Philadelphia has lost four of their last five games now.
Washington is 2nd in the East 17-6-4 record, 38 points, 9 points above the playoff line, 27 games played.
Philadelphia is 5th in the East 13-9-3 record, 29 points, 3 points back of a playoff spot, 25 games played.
Tampa Bay 6 Nashville 3 Final
Tampa keeps the good play vs Nashville with yet another victory. Tyler Johnson (6) and Blake Coleman (6) had a goal and assist, Ondrej Palat and Erik Cernak had two assists, while Matthieu Joseph (6), Alex Killorn (7), Brayden Point (10), and Anthony Cirelli (8) each scored for Tampa Bay. Brayden Point (3G-3A-6P) and Ondrej Palat (2G-8A-10P) each have five game point streaks while Mikhail Sergachev has a four game point streak (1G-3A-4P). Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves in his third start in the last four games. Tampa Bay has won three of the last four games. Tampa Bay’s lineup changes were Luke Schenn in and Ross Colton out and Nashville took out Rem Pitlick, Michael Mccarron, and Mark Borowiecki and put in Eric Haula, Rocco Grimaldi and Fredric Allard. Yakov Trenin has a goal (2) and assist, and Alex Carrier (1) and Eric Haula (3) each scored for Nashville. Pekka Rinne has 22 saves in his sixth consecutive start. Nashville is on a three game losing streak and have lost six of their last seven.
Tampa Bay is 1st in the Central 19-5-2 record, 40 points, 12 points above the playoff line, 26 games played.
Nashville is 6th in the Central 11-16-1 record, 23 points, 10 points back of a playoff spot, 28 games played.
Vegas 5 St.Louis 1 Final
Vegas sweeps the back to back with St.Louis after today’s win. Max Pacioretty had a goal (13) and two assists, Mark Stone scored twice (8 and 9), Shea Theodore had a goal (4) and assist, Chandler Stephenson had two assists, and Alex Tuch (13) also scored for Vegas. Mark Stone has a seven game point streak (5G-9A-14P). Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves in his nineteenth start of the season. Vegas has won two straight and eight of their last ten games. Vegas has the only lineup change as they took out Cody Glass and put in Patrick Brown. Sammy Blais (3) had the lone goal for St.Louis. Ryan O’Reilly’s four game point streak, Brayden Schenn’s seven game point streak, and David Perron’s eight game point streak all came to an end today. Ville Husso who has started three of the last five games made 21 saves in the loss today. St.Louis had their seven game point streak snapped and have lost four straight games.
Vegas is 1st in the West 18-6-1 record, 37 points, 9 points above the playoff line, 25 games played.
St.Louis is 3rd in the West 14-9-5 record, 33 points, 5 points above the playoff line, 28 games played.
San Jose 3 Anaheim 1 Final
San Jose is able to sweep Anaheim and beat the basement of the West in back to back games. Evander Kane (11), Kevin Labanc (7) and Dylan Gambrell (1) each scored for San Jose. Martin Jones made 26 saves in his first game since being pulled last Friday. San Jose is on a three game winning streak. The only lineup change was for Anaheim where they put in David Backes, Troy Terry, and Danton Heinen and took out Derek Grant, Sam Steel, and Trevor Zegras. Max Jones (4) scored the lone goal for Anaheim. Ryan Miller who started he’s first game since Saturday last week made 30 saves in the loss. Anaheim has lost three games in a row and have lost twelve of fourteen.
San Jose is 7th in the West 11-11-3 record, 25 points, 7 points back of a playoff spot, 25 games played.
Anaheim is 8th in the West, 8-15-6 record, 22 points, 10 points back of a playoff spot, 29 games played.
Vancouver 2 Edmonton 1 Final
Vancouver is close to a playoff spot with the win. Bo Horvat (12) and Tyler Myers (4) each scored for Vancouver. Thatcher Demko made 34 saves in his fifth consecutive start. Vancouver has won four of the last five games. Each team had lineup changes for Edmonton Josh Archibald went in for James Neal, while Vancouver took out Jay Beagle and Antoine Roussel and put in Zach Macewen and Loui Eriksson. Leon Draisaitl (16) was the lone goal scorer for Edmonton. Leon Draisaitl has a six game point streak (6G-5A-11P) and Connor McDavid has a five game point streak (3G-9A-12P). Mikko Koskinen made 26 saves in his first start in three games. Edmonton has their four game winning streak end.
Edmonton is 3rd in the North 18-12-0 record, 36 points, 7 points above the playoff line, 30 games played.
Vancouver is 6th in the North 13-16-2 record, 28 points, 3 points above the playoff line, 31 games played.
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