NHL summaries
Lightning 4, Bruins 1
Boston 0 0 1 — 1 Tampa Bay 0 2 2 — 4
First Period: None.
Second Period: 1, Tampa Bay, Cirelli 16 (Hagel, McDonagh), 14:07 (sh). 2, Tampa Bay, Eyssimont 4 (McDonagh, Paul), 19:10.
Third Period: 3, Boston, Lohrei 2 (Peeke, Marchand), 2:05. 4, Tampa Bay, Hagel 19 (Cernak, Kucherov), 18:28 (en). 5, Tampa Bay, Point 25 (Hedman, Kucherov), 19:24 (pp).
Shots on goal: Boston 9-7-12: 28. Tampa Bay 11-13-7: 31.
Power-play opportunities: Boston 0 of 1. Tampa Bay 1 of 4.
Goalies: Boston, Swayman 13-14-3 (30 shots-27 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 17-12-1 (28-27).
A: 0 (19,092). T: 2:44.
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Kelly Sutherland; Linesmen: Travis Gawryletz, Trent Knorr.
Rangers 3, Devils 2, OT
New Jersey 0 2 0 0 — 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 1 0 1 — 3
First Period: 1, N.Y. Rangers, Fox 2 (Trocheck), 12:05 (pp).
Second Period: 2, New Jersey, J.Hughes 16 (Palat, Pesce), 4:03. 3, New Jersey, Bratt 15 (J.Hughes), 8:28. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Panarin 17 (Fox, Zibanejad), 17:13 (pp).
Third Period: None.
Overtime: 5, N.Y. Rangers, Carrick 3 (Smith), 2:48.
Shots on goal: New Jersey 11-5-6-1: 23. N.Y. Rangers 8-9-13-3: 33.
Power-play opportunities: New Jersey 0 of 4. N.Y. Rangers 2 of 3.
Goalies: New Jersey, Markstrom 20-8-3 (33 shots-30 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Shesterkin 12-15-1 (23-21).
A: 18,006 (18,006). T: 2:29.
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Corey Syvret; Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Brandon Gawryletz.
Penguins 5, Oilers 3
Edmonton 1 2 0 — 3 Pittsburgh 4 1 0 — 5
First Period: 1, Pittsburgh, Rakell 21 (Pettersson, Rust), 3:19. 2, Pittsburgh, Rust 16 (Crosby, Pettersson), 7:22. 3, Pittsburgh, Hayes 6 (Puljujarvi, O’Connor), 9:46. 4, Edmonton, Draisaitl 30 (Hyman, McDavid), 12:33. 5, Pittsburgh, O’Connor 6 (Rust, Crosby), 13:41.
Second Period: 6, Pittsburgh, Crosby 12 (Bunting, Karlsson), 5:42 (pp). 7, Edmonton, Draisaitl 31 (McDavid, Ekholm), 10:58. 8, Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 11 (Bouchard, McDavid), 19:15 (pp).
Third Period: None.
Shots on goal: Edmonton 7-20-16: 43. Pittsburgh 13-6-7: 26.
Power-play opportunities: Edmonton 1 of 3. Pittsburgh 1 of 1.
Goalies: Edmonton, Skinner 16-9-3 (26 shots-21 saves). Pittsburgh, Nedeljkovic 7-6-4 (43-40).
A: 17,004 (18,387). T: 2:29.
Referees: Justin Kea, Garrett Rank; Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Mark Shewchyk.
Sabres 4, Senators 0
Buffalo 2 2 0 — 4 Ottawa 0 0 0 — 0
First Period: 1, Buffalo, Quinn 6 (McLeod, Benson), 10:17. 2, Buffalo, Quinn 7 (McLeod, Krebs), 13:17.
Second Period: 3, Buffalo, Cozens 9, 4:11. 4, Buffalo, McLeod 7 (Dahlin, Tuch), 10:22.
Third Period: None.
Shots on goal: Buffalo 6-10-5: 21. Ottawa 13-6-16: 35.
Power-play opportunities: Buffalo 0 of 4. Ottawa 0 of 4.
Goalies: Buffalo, Luukkonen 13-12-4 (35 shots-35 saves). Ottawa, Forsberg 4-8-1 (21-17).
A: 16,276 (18,572). T: 2:29.
Referees: Wes McCauley, Michael Sullivan; Linesmen: Michel Cormier, James Tobias.
Stars 4, Flyers 1
Dallas 2 1 1 — 4 Philadelphia 0 0 1 — 1
First Period: 1, Dallas, Bourque 3 (Stankoven, Dumba), 1:45. 2, Dallas, Hintz 19 (Robertson, Dadonov), 9:38.
Second Period: 3, Dallas, Johnston 10 (Lundkvist, Benn), 8:41.
Third Period: 4, Philadelphia, Frost 8 (Konecny, Zamula), 6:47. 5, Dallas, Heiskanen 5 (Lindell, Robertson), 16:47 (en).
Shots on goal: Dallas 9-9-5: 23. Philadelphia 9-8-11: 28.
Power-play opportunities: Dallas 0 of 1. Philadelphia 0 of 2.
Goalies: Dallas, DeSmith 6-4-0 (28 shots-27 saves). Philadelphia, Ersson 9-7-2 (22-19).
A: 17,941 (19,543). T: 2:23.
Referees: Francis Charron, Frederick L’Ecuyer; Linesmen: Steve Barton, Libor Suchanek.
Hurricanes 6, Maple Leafs 3
Toronto 2 1 0 — 3 Carolina 2 2 2 — 6
First Period: 1, Toronto, Robertson 7 (Lorentz, Domi), 1:59. 2, Toronto, Nylander 24, 7:29. 3, Carolina, Robinson 10 (Smith, Necas), 13:58. 4, Carolina, Staal 6 (Martinook, Svechnikov), 14:15.
Second Period: 5, Carolina, Staal 7 (Slavin, Martinook), 0:35 (sh). 6, Toronto, Matthews 14 (Marner, Knies), 1:11 (pp). 7, Carolina, Blake 9 (Orlov, Jaaska), 4:58.
Third Period: 8, Carolina, Staal 8 (Burns, Martinook), 0:20. 9, Carolina, Jarvis 12, 16:23 (en).
Shots on goal: Toronto 13-8-12: 33. Carolina 12-12-10: 34.
Power-play opportunities: Toronto 1 of 2. Carolina 0 of 3.
Goalies: Toronto, Woll 14-7-0 (33 shots-28 saves). Carolina, Kochetkov 16-9-1 (33-30).
A: 18,750 (18,680). T: 2:26.
Referees: Brandon Schrader, Francois St. Laurent; Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, CJ Murray.
Blues 6, Ducks 2
Anaheim 1 1 0 — 2 St. Louis 4 2 0 — 6
First Period: 1, St. Louis, Thomas 10, 2:45. 2, St. Louis, Tucker 1 (Sundqvist, Bolduc), 4:31. 3, St. Louis, Kyrou 19 (Schenn, Fowler), 6:40. 4, St. Louis, Holloway 15 (Kyrou, Schenn), 13:55. 5, Anaheim, Nesterenko 1 (LaCombe), 16:00.
Second Period: 6, St. Louis, Thomas 11 (Buchnevich), 4:45. 7, St. Louis, Buchnevich 11 (Suter, Saad), 8:02. 8, Anaheim, Colangelo 1 (Gudas, Strome), 14:38.
Third Period: None.
Shots on goal: Anaheim 8-8-7: 23. St. Louis 16-10-8: 34.
Power-play opportunities: Anaheim 0 of 2. St. Louis 0 of 1.
Goalies: Anaheim, Dostal 10-12-3 (22 shots-16 saves), Anaheim, Gibson 7-5-2 (12-12). St. Louis, Hofer 9-4-1 (23-21).
A: 17,176 (18,096). T: 2:23.
Referees: Michael Markovic, Brian Pochmara; Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Bryan Pancich.
NHL Leaders
Through games of Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025
Goal Scoring
Name Team GP G
Leon Draisaitl EDM 40 29
Brayden Point TBL 34 24
Mikko Rantanen COL 42 24
Kyle Connor WPG 42 23
Kirill Kaprizov MIN 34 23
William Nylander TOR 42 23
Sam Reinhart FLA 42 23
Mark Scheifele WPG 42 23
Cole Caufield MTL 40 22
Jake Guentzel TBL 37 21
Travis Konecny PHI 41 20
Rickard Rakell PIT 42 20
John Tavares TOR 41 20
Nico Hischier NJD 43 19
Adrian Kempe LAK 38 19
Alex Ovechkin WAS 25 19
Tage Thompson BUF 36 19
Gabriel Vilardi WPG 42 19
Aliaksei Protas WAS 41 18
Tom Wilson WAS 41 18