Washington 4 New Jersey 0 Final
Washington shutouts the Devils and ties for first place. Alex Ovechkin had two goals (16 and 17), Connor Sheary had a goal (7) and assists, Tom Wilson and Evgeny Kuznetsov each had two assists, while Niklas Backstrom (13) also scored for Washington. John Carlson’s four game point streak came to an end. Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves in his first shutout of the season. Washington has won nine of their last ten games. The only lineup change was for New Jersey where Jesper Boqvist took out Nick Merkley. New Jersey was shutout for the first time this year. Jesper Bratt had his six game point streak end. Scott Wedgewood made 27 saves in his first start in just under a week. New Jersey has now lost back to back games.
Washington is T1st in the East 22-7-4 record, 48 points, 14 points above the playoff line, 33 games played.
New Jersey is 7th in the East 12-16-4 record, 28 points, 9 points back of a playoff spot, 32 games played.
Anaheim 4 St.Louis 1 Final
Anaheim upended the slumping Blues last night. Sam Steel (4), Max Jones (5), Derek Grant (3), and Rickard Rakell (7) each scored for the Ducks. John Gibson made 33 saves in his first start in two weeks. Anaheim ended a three game losing streak. Each team had lineup changes for Anaheim Ben Hutton came in for Nicolas Deslauriers and for St.Louis Nikko Mikkola, Jacob Del La Rose, and Tyler Bozak replaced Jake Walman, Dakota Joshua, and Sammy Blais. Ryan O’Reilly (11) had the lone goal for St.Louis. Jordan Binnington made 20 saves in his fifth start in the last six games. St.Louis is on a four game losing streak and has lost eight of their last ten games.
St.Louis is 4th in the West 16-13-5 record, 37 points, 2 points above the playoff line, 34 games played.
Anaheim is 8th in the West 10-19-6 record, 26 points, 11 points back of a playoff spot, 35 games played.
Montreal VS Edmonton PPD rescheduled for a later date.
Winnipeg 3 Calgary 2 Final
Calgary’s playoff hopes grow even farther away with the loss. Kyle Connor (17), Blake Wheeler (10), and Paul Stastny (11) each had a goal and assist for Winnipeg. Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves in his sixth start in the last seven games. Winnipeg is on a three game winning streak. The only lineup change was for Calgary as Joachim Nordstrom took out Zac Rinaldo. Noah Hanafin had two assists, while Matthew Tkachuk (9) and Milan Lucic (7) each scored for Calgary. Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves in his tenth start in the last eleven games. Calgary is on a four game losing streak.
Winnipeg is T1st in the North 21-11-2 record, 44 points, 9 points above the playoff line, 34 games played.
Calgary is 6th in the North 15-17-3 record, 33 points, 4 points back of a playoff spot, 35 games played.
Arizona 5 San Jose 2 Final
Arizona is close to the last playoff spot after beating San Jose. Christian Dvorak scores twice (10 and 11), Oliver Ekman-Larsson had two assists, while Dryden Hunt (2), Phil Kessel (11), and Nick Schmaltz (8) all scored for Arizona. Adin Hill made 20 saves in his fourth start in the last six games. Arizona has won back to back games. The only lineup change was for Arizona where Drake Caggula replaced Tyler Pitlick. Patrick Marleau (2) and Tomas Hertl (10) each scored for San Jose. Martin Jones made 23 saves in his fourth start in the last five games. San Jose has lost five of their last seven games.
Arizona is 5th in the West 15-14-5 record, 35 points, 2 points back of a playoff spot, 34 games played.
San Jose is 7th in the West 13-15-4 record, 30 points, 7 points back of a playoff spot, 32 games played.
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