Nashville 4 Tampa Bay 1 Final
Nashville beat Tampa Bay for the first time this season. Calle Jarnkrok had a goal and three assists, Mattias Ekholm has a goal and assist, while Elli Tolvanen (6) and Victor Arvidsson (4) each scored for Nashville. Pekka Rinne made 38 saves in his seventh consecutive game. Nashville’s win ended their 3 game losing streak. Each team had one lineup change for Nashville Dante Fabbro came in for Fredric Allard and Luke Schenn came out for Tampa and they put in Alex Volkov. Steven Stamkos scored (13) the lone goal for the Lightning. Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat’s five game point streaks and Mikhail Sergachev’s four game games point streak came to an end. Curtis McElhinney made 22 saves in his second start in the last three games. Tampa Bay has lost two of their last three games since a nine game point streak.
Tampa Bay is 3rd in the Central 19-6-2 record, 40 points, 11 points above the playoff line, 27 games played.
Nashville is 6th in the Central 12-16-1 record, 25 points, 8 points back of a playoff spot, 29 games played.
Washington 6 Buffalo 0 Final
Alex Ovechkin tied Phil Esposito for 6th in the all time NHL goals list at 717 goals and Buffalo keeps dropping games like hotcakes. Justin Schultz, Nick Jensen, and Connor Sheary each had a two assists game, while Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), Nicolas Backstrom (11), Richard Panik (3), Daniel Sprong (6), Garnet Hathaway (4), and Alex Ovechkin (11) each scored for Washington. Jacob Vrana five games and John Carlson four games each had their point streaks end while Evgeny Kuznetsov (1G-4A-5P) and Daniel Sprong (3G-1A-4P) each has a four game point streak. Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves for his first NHL shutout. Washington has a five game winning streak. Each team had one lineup change for Buffalo Cody Eakin came out for Rasmus Asplund and for Washington Trevor Van Riemsdyk replaced Lars Eller in the lineup. Buffalo has been shutout in consecutive games and have not scored a goal in 151:14. Carter Hutton made 24 saves in his second straight start. Buffalo has now lost eleven straight games.
Washington is 2nd in the East 18-6-4, 40 points, 9 points above the playoff line, 28 games played.
Buffalo is 8th in the East 6-17-4 record 16 points, 16 points back of a playoff spot, 27 games played.
Pittsburgh 4 Boston 1 Final
Pittsburgh puts distance between them and Boston with the win. Sidney Crosby had a goal (11) and two assists, Jake Guentzel (11) and Evgeny Malkin (8) each had a goal and assist, while Evan Rodrigues (2) also scored for Pittsburgh. Brandon Tanev five games and Teddy Blueger four games each had their point streak end but Evgeny Malkin has a eight game point streak (4G-8A-12P), Sidney Crosby has a seven game point streak (4G-7A-11P), and Jake Guentzel has a four game point streak (4G-1A-5P). Tristan Jarry made 42 saves in his third start in four games. Pittsburgh has won six consecutive games. Boston had the only lineup change as they put in Karson Kuhlman, Jake Debrusk, and Steven Kampfer a stool out Jack Studnicka, Chris Wagner, and Urho Vaakanninen. Matt Grzelyck (1) was the lone goal scorer for Boston. Jarslov Halak made 22 saves in his fourth consecutive start. Boston has lost four of their last five games.
Pittsburgh is 3rd in the East 18-9-1 record, 37 points, 6 points above the playoff line, 28 games played.
Boston is 4th in the East 14-8-4 record, 32 points, 1 point above the playoff line, 26 games played.
Philadelphia 5 New York R 4 Final/OT
Philadelphia closes in on the last playoff spot with the victory. Jacob Voracek has a goal (4) and two assists, Claude Giroux (6), Joel Farabee (12), and Ivan Provorov (4) each had a goal and assist, while James Van Riemsdyk (13) also scored for Philadelphia. Sean Couturier has a five game point streak (0G-6A-6P). Carter Hart stoped 16 shots in his first start in the last three games. The win ended back to back losses. Each team had lineup changes for Philadelphia Michael Raffl replaced Andy Andreoff, while for the Rangers Pavel Buchnevich, Philip Di Giuseppe, and Adam Fox came out for Julien Gauthier, Brett Howden, And Tarmo Reunanen who made his NHL debut all came in. Artemi Panarin had a goal and two assists, Tarmo Reunanen got his first NHL assist and point while Colin Blackwell (6), Julien Gauthier (2), and Kevin Rooney (5) each scored for the Rangers. Keith Kinkaid made 25 saves in his fifth straight game played. The Rangers have lost four of their last five games.
Philadelphia is 5th in the East 14-9-3 record, 31 points, 1 point back of a playoff spot, 26 games played.
New York R is 6th in the East 11-12-4 record, 26 points, 6 points back of a playoff spot, 27 games played.
Florida 6 Chicago 3 Final
Florida scored five unanswered goals and went from down 3-1 to beat Chicago. Alex Barkov (12) had a goal and two assists, Gustav Forsling (1), Carter Verhaeghe (11), and Alex Wenneberg (6) each had a goal and assist, Owen Tippett (4) and Aaron Ekblad (10) each scored for Florida. Mackenzie Weegar has a five game point streak (1G-6A-7P), and Owen Tippett (3G-1A-4P) and Carter Verhaeghe (3G-3A-6P) each have a four game point streak. Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves in his fourth consecutive start. Florida is currently on a four game winning streak. Neither team had any lineup changes. Patrick Kane (12), Philip Kurashev (7), and Brandon Hagel (3) each scored for Chicago. Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves in his third consecutive start. Chicago has lost five of their last seven games.
Florida is 1st in the Central 19-5-4 record, 42 points, 13 points above the playoff line, 28 games played.
Chicago is 4th in the Central 14-11-5 record, 33 points, 4 points above the playoff line, 30 games played.
Vancouver 3 Ottawa 2 Final/OT
Vancouver keeps up with the other teams fighting for a playoff spot with the win. Jace Hawryluk (1), Tanner Pearson (6), and J.T.Miller (8) each had a goal for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko made 44 saves in his sixth consecutive start. Vancouver has won five of their last six games. Neither team had any lineup changes. Josh Norris (6) and Colin White (8) each scored for Ottawa. Joey Daccord made 25 saves in his third consecutive start. Ottawa has lost six of their last eight games.
Vancouver is 6th in the North 14-16-2 record, 30 points, 3 points back of a playoff spot, 32 games played.
Ottawa is 7th in the North 10-20-2 record, 22 points, 11 points back of a playoff spot, 32 games played.
Montreal 4 Winnipeg 2 Final
Montreal keeps ahead of the Flames and Canucks with the win over Winnipeg. Tyler Toffoli had a two goals (16 and 17) and a assist, Josh Anderson had a goal (11) and a assist, Jesper Kotkaniemi (4) also scored a goal for Montreal. Carey Price made 34 saves in his fifth start in the last six games. Montreal ended their back to back losses. Montreal had the only lineup change taking out Autturi Lehkonen and Victor Mete and putting in Jake Evans and Xavier Ouellet. Kyle Connor scored both goals (13 and 14) while Josh Morrissey had two assists for Winnipeg. Neal Pionk had his five game point streak snapped. Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves in his fifth start in the last six games. Winnipeg has lost three of their last five games.
Winnipeg is 2nd in the North 17-9-2 record, 36 points, 5 points above the playoff line, 28 games played.
Montreal is 4th in the North 13-8-7 record, 33 points, 2 points above the playoff line, 28 games played.
Calgary 4 Edmonton 3 Final
Calgary keeps pace with Montreal for the last playoff spot. Elias Lindholm (7), Dillion Dube (7), and Andrew Mangiapane (9) each had a goal and assist, Mikhail Backlund had two assists, and Noah Hanafin (3) also scored for Calgary. Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves in his fifth consecutive start. Calgary is on a three game winning streak and a four game point streak. The only lineup change was for Edmonton where James Neal replaced Patrick Russell. Josh Archibald (5), Adam Larsson (3), and Leon Draisaitl (17) each scored for Edmonton. Leon Draisaitl has a seven game point streak (7G-5A-12P) and Connor McDavid has a six game point streak (3G-10A-13P). Mike Smith who has started three of the last four games made 23 saves in the loss. Edmonton has lost back to back games since a four game winning streak.
Edmonton is 3rd in the North 18-13-0 record, 36 points, 5 points above the playoff line, 31 games played.
Calgary is 5th in the North 14-12-3 record, 31 points, 2 points back of a playoff spot, 29 games played.
Los Angeles St.Louis postponed: game will be moved to a later date
Vegas 2 San Jose 1 Final
Vegas keeps ahead of the pack in the West with the victory. Max Pacioretty (14) and Mark Stone (10) each had a goal and assist for Vegas. Mark Stone has a eight game point streak (3G-10A-13P), and Shea Theodore has a four game point streak (1G-4A-5P). Marc Andre Fleury who has started 16 of the last 17 games made made 23 saves in the win. Vegas has now won nine of the last eleven games. Each team had lineup changes for San Jose Rudolf Balcers replaced John Leonard and for Vegas Cody Glass replaced Chandler Stephenson. Timo Meier (6) was the lone goal scorer for San Jose. Deven Dubnyk made 34 saves for San Jose. San Jose had their three game winning streak snapped.
Vegas is 1st in the West 19-6-1 record, 39 points, 11 points above the playoff line. 26 games played.
San Jose is 7th in the West 11-12-3 record, 25 points, 8 points back of a playoff spot, 26 games played.
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