NHL summaries

Panthers 3, Blue Jackets 0

Columbus 0 0 0 — 0 Florida 1 1 1 — 3

First Period: 1, Florida, Reinhart 32 (Ekblad, Barkov), 5:58 (pp).

Second Period: 2, Florida, Samoskevich 11 (Reinhart, Barkov), 6:34 (pp). .

Third Period: 3, Florida, Barkov 17 (Reinhart, Bennett), 17:48 (en).

Power-play opportunities: Columbus 0 of 4. Florida 2 of 5.

Goalies: Columbus, Merzlikins 22-16-4 (35 shots-33 saves). Florida, Bobrovsky 27-13-2 (16-16).

A: 19,402 (19,250). T: 2:34.

Referees: Justin Kea, Brian Pochmara; Linesmen: Jonathan Deschamps, CJ Murray.

Lightning 6, Sabres 5

Buffalo 3 2 0 — 5 Tampa Bay 2 3 1 — 6

First Period: 1, Tampa Bay, Paul 19 (McDonagh, Hagel), 5:01. 2, Buffalo, Dahlin 11 (Benson, McLeod), 5:17. 3, Tampa Bay, Raddysh 4 (Girgensons), 5:53. 4, Buffalo, Tuch 24, 8:20. 5, Buffalo, Krebs 5 (Benson, McLeod), 17:09.

Second Period: 6, Tampa Bay, Guentzel 30 (Cernak, Kucherov), 0:58. 7, Buffalo, Thompson 31 (Peterka, Dahlin), 9:35 (pp). 8, Buffalo, Peterka 19, 12:40. 9, Tampa Bay, Guentzel 31 (Point, Paul), 17:43. 10, Tampa Bay, Guentzel 32 (Raddysh, Hagel), 18:46 (pp). .

Third Period: 11, Tampa Bay, Bjorkstrand 17 (Kucherov, Gourde), 1:40. .

Shots on goal: Buffalo 12-8-12: 32. Tampa Bay 7-13-6: 26.

Power-play opportunities: Buffalo 1 of 4. Tampa Bay 1 of 3.

Goalies: Buffalo, Luukkonen 20-19-4 (26 shots-20 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 30-16-3 (32-27).

A: 19,092 (19,092). T: 2:39.

Referees: Dan O’Rourke, Garrett Rank; Linesmen: Ryan Jackson, Bryan Pancich.

Hurricanes 3, Bruins 2

Boston 1 0 1 — 2 Carolina 1 1 1 — 3

First Period: 1, Carolina, Aho 24, 6:29 (sh). 2, Boston, Geekie 21 (Zacha, Peeke), 18:55.

Second Period: 3, Carolina, Burns 5 (Kotkaniemi, Hall), 2:06.

Third Period: 4, Boston, Geekie 22 (Pastrnak, Peeke), 1:14. 5, Carolina, Jarvis 24, 19:41.

Shots on goal: Boston 14-9-11: 34. Carolina 9-4-10: 23.

Power-play opportunities: Boston 0 of 2. Carolina 0 of 3.

Goalies: Boston, Korpisalo 10-7-2 (23 shots-20 saves). Carolina, Kochetkov 23-11-3 (34-32).

A: 18,700 (18,680). T: 2:29.

Referees: Frederick L’Ecuyer, Kelly Sutherland; Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Ben O’Quinn.

Jets 4, Flyers 1

Winnipeg 2 2 0 — 4 Philadelphia 0 0 1 — 1

First Period: 1, Winnipeg, Scheifele 35 (Vilardi, Connor), 8:32 (pp). 2, Winnipeg, Ehlers 20 (Scheifele, Vilardi), 15:13 (pp).

Second Period: 3, Winnipeg, Connor 32 (Vilardi, Scheifele), 5:28. 4, Winnipeg, Lowry 12 (Niederreiter, Appleton), 9:03.

Third Period: 5, Philadelphia, Michkov 20, 17:18.

Shots on goal: Winnipeg 10-9-8: 27. Philadelphia 8-6-8: 22.

Power-play opportunities: Winnipeg 2 of 2. Philadelphia 0 of 1.

Goalies: Winnipeg, Comrie 7-8-1 (22 shots-21 saves). Philadelphia, Ersson 18-11-4 (27-23).

A: 18,619 (19,543). T: 2:16.

Referees: Mitch Dunning, Jon Mclsaac; Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Brad Kovachik.

Predators 5, Kraken 3

Seattle 1 0 2 — 3 Nashville 1 3 1 — 5

First Period: 1, Seattle, Larsson 5 (Kakko, Dunn), 0:32. 2, Nashville, Forsberg 23 (Sissons), 7:15.

Second Period: 3, Nashville, Skjei 8 (Stamkos, O’Reilly), 3:33. 4, Nashville, Forsberg 24 (Del Gaizo, Marchessault), 5:48. 5, Nashville, McCarron 4 (Barron, Wiesblatt), 19:51.

Third Period: 6, Seattle, McCann 16 (Schwartz, Burakovsky), 13:31 (pp). 7, Nashville, Evangelista 6 (Stastney, Stamkos), 17:15 (en). 8, Seattle, Eyssimont 6 (Mahura), 18:14.

Shots on goal: Seattle 5-7-13: 25. Nashville 17-11-6: 34.

Power-play opportunities: Seattle 1 of 3. Nashville 0 of 1.

Goalies: Seattle, Daccord 21-17-3 (33 shots-29 saves). Nashville, Saros 15-25-6 (25-22).

NHL Leaders

Through games of Thursday, March 6, 2025

Goal Scoring

Name Team GP G

Leon Draisaitl EDM 61 45

William Nylander TOR 62 35

Mark Scheifele WPG 62 34

Alex Ovechkin WAS 46 32

David Pastrnak BOS 63 32

Brayden Point TBL 56 32

Kyle Connor WPG 62 31

Sam Reinhart FLA 62 31

Cole Caufield MTL 61 30

Brandon Hagel TBL 61 30

Tage Thompson BUF 54 30

Alex DeBrincat DET 61 29

Jake Guentzel TBL 60 29

Rickard Rakell PIT 63 29

Nikita Kucherov TBL 58 28

Tom Wilson WAS 61 28

Jack Hughes NJD 62 27

Mikko Rantanen COL 61 27

Nico Hischier NJD 57 26

Gabriel Vilardi WPG 62 26

Assists

Name Team GP A

N. MacKinnon COL 62 70

Nikita Kucherov TBL 58 62

Mitch Marner TOR 61 58

Jack Eichel VGK 60 54

Connor McDavid EDM 55 54

Jesper Bratt NJD 63 53

Martin Necas COL 62 48

Sidney Crosby PIT 62 47

Leon Draisaitl EDM 61 47

Clayton Keller Utah 60 47

Quinn Hughes VAN 50 46

Cale Makar COL 62 46

Nick Suzuki MTL 61 46

Zach Werenski CBJ 60 46

Kyle Connor WPG 62 45

David Pastrnak BOS 63 45

Lane Hutson MTL 61 44

Tim Stutzle OTT 61 44

Jack Hughes NJD 62 43

Dylan Strome WAS 62 43

Power Play Goals

Name Team GP PPG

Leon Draisaitl EDM 61 14

Jake Guentzel TBL 60 13

Dylan Larkin DET 61 13

Brayden Point TBL 56 13

Brady Tkachuk OTT 59 13

Alex DeBrincat DET 61 11

Tomas Hertl VGK 61 11

Patrik Laine MTL 33 11

Matthew Tkachuk FLA 52 11

Gabriel Vilardi WPG 62 11

Tom Wilson WAS 61 11

Cole Caufield MTL 61 10

Jake DeBrusk VAN 61 10

Pavel Dorofeyev VGK 61 10

Dylan Guenther Utah 49 10

Nico Hischier NJD 57 10

Stefan Noesen NJD 61 10

Kyle Connor WPG 62 9

Connor McDavid EDM 55 9

Mark Scheifele WPG 62 9

Short Handed Goals

Name Team GP SHG

Sam Reinhart FLA 62 5

Anthony Cirelli TBL 59 4

Joel Armia MTL 61 3

Jake Evans MTL 61 3