NHL summaries
Panthers 7, Blue Jackets 6, OT
Columbus 1 4 1 0 — 6 Florida 1 3 2 1 — 7
First Period: 1, Columbus, Severson 2 (Provorov, Sillinger), 7:40 (pp). 2, Florida, Rodrigues 8 (Samoskevich), 9:47.
Second Period: 3, Columbus, Voronkov 10 (Provorov, Werenski), 5:26. 4, Columbus, Wood 8 (Coyle, Lundestrom), 5:57. 5, Columbus, Marchenko 10 (Fantilli, Voronkov), 10:24. 6, Florida, Verhaeghe 6 (Jones, Marchand), 11:15. 7, Florida, Verhaeghe 7 (Bennett, Marchand), 13:11 (pp). 8, Florida, Jones 4 (Reinhart, Bennett), 16:12 (pp). 9, Columbus, Sillinger 3 (Mateychuk), 18:26.
Third Period: 10, Columbus, Lundestrom 1 (Smith, Wood), 2:27. 11, Florida, Marchand 16 (Bennett, Verhaeghe), 4:21. 12, Florida, Lundell 7 (Luostarinen), 14:18.
Overtime: 13, Florida, Bennett 7 (Forsling, Marchand), 4:56.
Shots on goal: Columbus 8-12-6-5: 31. Florida 9-15-12-4: 40.
Power-play opportunities: Columbus 1 of 4. Florida 2 of 4.
Goalies: Columbus, Merzlikins 6-5-1 (40 shots-33 saves). Florida, Bobrovsky 11-8-1 (31-25).
Bruins 4, Devils 1
New Jersey 1 0 0 — 1 Boston 1 1 2 — 4
First Period: 1, Boston, Minten 4 (Jeannot, Kastelic), 17:42. 2, New Jersey, Meier 11 (Hughes, Hischier), 18:39.
Second Period: 3, Boston, Geekie 22 (E.Lindholm), 1:12.
Third Period: 4, Boston, Mittelstadt 6 (Arvidsson, Zacha), 16:25. 5, Boston, Peeke 1, 17:46 (en).
Shots on goal: New Jersey 12-9-9: 30. Boston 5-4-12: 21.
Power-play opportunities: New Jersey 0 of 1. Boston 0 of 1.
Goalies: New Jersey, Allen 8-6-0 (20 shots-17 saves). Boston, Swayman 12-7-0 (30-29).
Islanders 2, Lightning 0
N.Y. Islanders 0 0 2 — 2 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 — 0
First Period: None.
Second Period: None.
Third Period: 1, N.Y. Islanders, Ritchie 3 (DeAngelo, Lee), 12:46 (pp). 2, N.Y. Islanders, Cizikas 3, 19:58 (en).
Shots on goal: N.Y. Islanders 4-8-7: 19. Tampa Bay 9-12-11: 32.
Power-play opportunities: N.Y. Islanders 1 of 3. Tampa Bay 0 of 2.
Goalies: N.Y. Islanders, Sorokin 10-8-2 (32 shots-32 saves). Tampa Bay, Johansson 5-4-0 (18-17).
Blues 2, Senators 1
St. Louis 0 1 1 — 2 Ottawa 0 0 1 — 1
First Period: None.
Second Period: 1, St. Louis, Neighbours 7 (Schenn, Suter), 17:36.
Third Period: 2, St. Louis, Neighbours 8 (Buchnevich), 0:12. 3, Ottawa, Zetterlund 6 (Giroux, Halliday), 15:39 (pp).
Shots on goal: St. Louis 2-10-8: 20. Ottawa 15-10-16: 41.
Power-play opportunities: St. Louis 0 of 3. Ottawa 1 of 7.
Goalies: St. Louis, Hofer 3-5-2 (41 shots-40 saves). Ottawa, Ullmark 10-6-4 (20-18).
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1, SO
Montreal 0 1 0 1 — 2 Toronto 0 0 1 0 — 1
Montreal won shootout 2-1
First Period: None.
Second Period: 1, Montreal, Caufield 15 (Demidov, Slafkovský), 8:25 (pp).
Third Period: 2, Toronto, Laughton 3 (Roy), 10:28 (sh).
Overtime: None.
Shootout: Montreal 2 (Caufield NG, Hildeby NG), Toronto 1 (Nylander NG, Matthews NG, Tavares NG).
Shots on goal: Montreal 9-14-8-3: 34. Toronto 7-3-10-3: 23.
Power-play opportunities: Montreal 1 of 4. Toronto 0 of 3.
Goalies: Montreal, Dobes 10-3-2 (23 shots-22 saves). Toronto, Hildeby 1-2-2 (34-33).
Hurricanes 6, Predators 3
Nashville 0 0 3 — 3 Carolina 3 1 2 — 6
First Period: 1, Carolina, Hall 6 (Stankoven, Blake), 8:01 (pp). 2, Carolina, Ehlers 6 (Jarvis, Gostisbehere), 9:55 (pp). 3, Carolina, Carrier 2 (Martinook, Staal), 19:44.
Second Period: 4, Carolina, Blake 7 (Miller, Ehlers), 15:46.
Third Period: 5, Carolina, Aho 9, 4:45. 6, Nashville, Bunting 7 (Haula, Evangelista), 6:26 (pp). 7, Carolina, Blake 8 (Ehlers), 8:12. 8, Nashville, Wood 8 (Skjei, Forsberg), 9:09. 9, Nashville, Forsberg 10 (Stastney, Blankenburg), 11:36.
Shots on goal: Nashville 4-7-13: 24. Carolina 19-14-8: 41.
Power-play opportunities: Nashville 1 of 3. Carolina 2 of 6.
Goalies: Nashville, Saros 9-10-3 (38 shots-32 saves), Nashville, Annunen 1-4-1 (3-3). Carolina, Bussi 8-1-0 (24-21).
Flames 2, Mammoth 0
Utah 0 0 0 — 0 Calgary 1 0 1 — 2
First Period: 1, Calgary, Sharangovich 4 (Kadri, Farabee), 0:16.
Second Period: None.
Third Period: 2, Calgary, Zary 4, 17:46 (en).
Shots on goal: Utah 11-9-8: 28. Calgary 8-6-9: 23.
Power-play opportunities: Utah 0 of 2. Calgary 0 of 1.
Goalies: Utah, Vanecek 2-6-1 (22 shots-21 saves). Calgary, Wolf 8-12-2 (28-28).
NHL Leaders
Goal Scoring
Name Team GP G
N. MacKinnon COL 27 22
Morgan Geekie BOS 29 21
Connor Bedard CHI 27 18
Sidney Crosby PIT 26 18
Jason Robertson DAL 29 18
Brandon Hagel TBL 26 17
Bo Horvat NYI 28 17
Kirill Kaprizov MIN 28 17
Tom Wilson WAS 29 17
Leon Draisaitl EDM 28 16
Cutter Gauthier ANA 28 16
Seth Jarvis CAR 26 16
Wyatt Johnston DAL 29 16
Matt Boldy MIN 28 15
Kyle Connor WPG 27 15
Dylan Larkin DET 28 15
Brad Marchand FLA 25 15
Tyler Bertuzzi CHI 24 14
Macklin Celebrini SJS 29 14
Martin Necas COL 27 14
Assists
Name Team GP A
Macklin Celebrini SJS 29 26
Connor McDavid EDM 28 26
Mikko Rantanen DAL 28 25
N. MacKinnon COL 27 24
Cale Makar COL 27 24
Jack Eichel VGK 27 23
Adam Fox NYR 27 23
Nick Suzuki MTL 26 23
Leo Carlsson ANA 28 22
Nikita Kucherov TBL 25 22
Troy Terry ANA 28 22
Connor Bedard CHI 27 21
Evan Bouchard EDM 28 21
Matthew Knies TOR 24 21
Evgeni Malkin PIT 26 21
Martin Necas COL 27 21
William Nylander TOR 23 21
Artemi Panarin NYR 29 21
Lucas Raymond DET 26 21
Mark Scheifele WPG 27 21
Power Play Goals
Name Team GP PPG
Wyatt Johnston DAL 29 12
Leon Draisaitl EDM 28 8
Tyler Bertuzzi CHI 24 7
Sidney Crosby PIT 26 7
Alex DeBrincat DET 28 7
Jake DeBrusk VAN 28 7
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK 27 7
Kirill Kaprizov MIN 28 7
Tomas Hertl VGK 27 6
Chris Kreider ANA 24 6
N. MacKinnon COL 27 6
Jason Robertson DAL 29 6
Juraj Slafkovský MTL 26 6
Tom Wilson WAS 29 6
Mika Zibanejad NYR 29 6
Connor Bedard CHI 27 5
Matt Coronato CGY 28 5
Dylan Cozens OTT 27 5
Morgan Geekie BOS 29 5
David Pastrnak BOS 25 5
Short Handed Goals
Name Team GP SHG
Joel Armia LAK 27 3
Leo Carlsson ANA 28 2
Blake Coleman CGY 29 2
Kyle Connor WPG 27 2
Seth Jarvis CAR 26 2
Ryan McLeod BUF 28 2
Dawson Mercer NJD 28 2
J.G. Pageau NYI 22 2
Sam Reinhart FLA 26 2
Power Play Assists
Name Team GP PPA
Mikko Rantanen DAL 28 15
Jack Eichel VGK 27 14
Connor McDavid EDM 28 12
Macklin Celebrini SJS 29 11
Evgeni Malkin PIT 26 11
Nugent-Hopkins EDM 19 10
Jason Robertson DAL 29 10
Nick Suzuki MTL 26 10
Cole Caufield MTL 26 9
Miro Heiskanen DAL 29 9
Roope Hintz DAL 24 9
Quinn Hughes VAN 23 9
Clayton Keller UTA 29 9
Moritz Seider DET 28 9
Leo Carlsson ANA 28 8
Nazem Kadri CGY 29 8
Cale Makar COL 27 8
David Pastrnak BOS 25 8
Jake Sanderson OTT 27 8
Pavel Zacha BOS 28 8
Short Handed Assists
Name Team GP SHA
Mikael Backlund CGY 29 2
Drew Helleson ANA 28 2
Anton Lundell FLA 26 2
J.G. Pageau NYI 22 2
Owen Power BUF 27 2
Troy Terry ANA 28 2
Josh Anderson MTL 26 1
John Beecher CGY 14 1
Leo Carlsson ANA 28 1
Thomas Chabot OTT 18 1
Ty Dellandrea SJS 29 1
Nick Foligno CHI 15 1
Collin Graf SJS 28 1
S. Holmstrom NYI 27 1
Yan Kuznetsov CGY 15 1
Ryan Lindgren SEA 25 1
Fraser Minten BOS 29 1
Shane Pinto OTT 27 1
Ryan Pulock NYI 28 1
C. Stephenson SEA 25 1
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