New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 1 Final/OT
New Jersey pulls of the upset vs Pittsburgh with the win. Sami Vatanen (2) and Jesper Bratt (2) each scored Jesper Bratt has a four game point streak (1G-3A-4P). Mackenzie Blackwood made 35 saves in his first start since last Tuesday. New Jersey has lost three of their last four games. The only lineup change was for New Jersey as Michael Mcleod replaced Nikita Gusev. Sidney Crosby (12) had the lone goal for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry made 33 saves in his third start in the last five games. Pittsburgh has lost three of their last four games.
Pittsburgh is 3rd in the East 19-11-2 record, 40 points, 7 points above the playoff line, 32 games played.
New Jersey is 7th in the East 11-14-4 record, 26 points, 10 points back of a playoff spot, 29 games played.
Tampa Bay 5 Florida 3 Final
Tampa beats Florida and is now four points clear for first. Yanni Gourde has a goal (11) and assist, Blake Coleman had two assists, while Alex Killorn (9), Matthieu Joseph (8), Tyler Johnson (7), and Brayden Point (13) each scored for Tampa Bay. Steven Stamkos has his six game point streak end. Curtis McElhinney made 29 saves in his third start in the last nine games. Tampa Bay has now won four straight games. Neither team had any lineup changes. Alex Barkov had two assists, while Carter Verhaeghe (12), Gustav Forsling (2), and Patrick Hornqvist (12) each scored for Florida. McKenzie Weegar had his seven game point streak end. Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves in his sixth start in the last seven games. Florida has their second loss in the last three games.
Tampa Bay is 1st in the Central 23-6-2 record, 48 points, 15 points above the playoff line, 31 games played.
Florida is 2nd in the Central 20-7-4 record, 44 points, 11 points above the playoff line, 31 games played.
Los Angeles 3 Vegas 1 Final
Los Angeles moves up in the standings with a rare loss by Vegas. Anze Kopitar had two assists, while Sean Walker (1), Dustin Brown (14), and Jeff Carter (6) each scored for Los Angeles. Alex Iafallo has a five game point streak (2G-3A-5P) and Anze Kopitar has a four game point streak (1G-5A-6P). Cal Peterson made 41 saves in his fifth start in the last seven games. Los Angeles has now won two of their last three games. Each team had one lineup change for Vegas Keegan Kolesar replaced Max Pacioretty and for Los Angeles Austin Wagner replaced Tobias Bjornfot. Thomas Nosek (3) scored the lone goal for Vegas. Mark Stone’s ten game point streak and Shea Theodore’s six game point streak came to an end. Marc Andre Fleury made 28 saves in his eighth start in the last nine games. Vegas has their five game winning streak end with the loss.
Vegas is 1st in the West 21-7-1 record, 43 points, 11 points above the playoff line, 29 games played.
Los Angeles is 5th in the West 13-11-6 record, 32 points, 5 points back of a playoff spot, 30 games played.
Nashville 4 Dallas 3 Final/SO
Nashville won the makeup game vs Dallas. Elli Tolvanen had a goal (7) and two assists, Ryan Johansen had a goal (3) and assist, while Filip Forsberg (11) each scored for Nashville. Pekka Rinne made 27 saves in his eighth start in the last ten games. Nashville has won three of their last four games. Each team had lineup changes for Nashville Rem Pitlick replaced Mikael Granlund and for Dallas Blake Comeau and Andrew Cogliano replaced Nick Caamano and Roope Hintz. Rhett Gardner (1) who scored his 1st NHL goal, Radek Faksa (4), Ty Dellandrea (3) all scored for the Stars. Anton Khudobin made 19 saves in his second consecutive start. Dallas now has a point in five of their last six games.
Nashville is 6th in the Central 14-17-1 record, 29 points, 4 points back of a playoff spot, 32 games played.
Dallas is 7th in the Central 10-10-8 record, 28 points, 5 points back of a playoff spot, 28 games played.
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