


NHL summaries
Islanders 4, Capitals 1
Washington 0 1 0 — 1 N.Y. Islanders 2 1 1 — 4
First Period: 1, N.Y. Islanders, Horvat 26 (Lee, Holmstrom), 7:06. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Gatcomb 7 (MacLean, Romanov), 9:00.
Second Period: 3, Washington, Ovechkin 42 (Strome, Wilson), 7:26 (pp). 4, N.Y. Islanders, Gatcomb 8 (MacLean, Martin), 10:26.
Third Period: 5, N.Y. Islanders, Pageau 13, 4:20.
Shots on goal: Washington 8-9-13: 30. N.Y. Islanders 5-8-9: 22.
Power-play opportunities: Washington 1 of 2. N.Y. Islanders 0 of 2.
Goalies: Washington, Lindgren 18-13-3 (22 shots-18 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Sorokin 29-23-6 (30-29).
Wild 3, Stars 2, OT
Dallas 1 0 1 0 — 2 Minnesota 0 0 2 1 — 3
First Period: 1, Dallas, Robertson 34 (Lindell, Rantanen), 5:51.
Second Period: None.
Third Period: 2, Minnesota, Boldy 26 (Spurgeon, Hartman), 3:08. 3, Minnesota, Foligno 13 (Rossi, Boldy), 5:00. 4, Dallas, Harley 16 (Duchene, Marchment), 13:05.
Overtime: 5, Minnesota, Rossi 24 (Boldy, Zuccarello), 0:58 (pp).
Shots on goal: Dallas 7-14-4-0: 25. Minnesota 13-10-17-1: 41.
Power-play opportunities: Dallas 0 of 4. Minnesota 1 of 4.
Goalies: Dallas, Oettinger 36-15-4 (41 shots-38 saves). Minnesota, Gustavsson 30-18-6 (25-23).
Senators 4, Blue Jackets 0
Columbus 0 0 0 — 0 Ottawa 2 0 2 — 4
First Period: 1, Ottawa, Gaudette 17 (Jensen, Chabot), 2:24. 2, Ottawa, Matinpalo 1 (Giroux, Zetterlund), 4:26.
Second Period: None.
Third Period: 3, Ottawa, Perron 9 (Batherson, Chabot), 4:32. 4, Ottawa, Pinto 18 (Greig, Sanderson), 19:19 (en).
Shots on goal: Columbus 9-10-11: 30. Ottawa 14-9-7: 30.
Power-play opportunities: Columbus 0 of 0. Ottawa 0 of 3.
Goalies: Columbus, Tarasov 7-10-2 (6 shots-4 saves), Columbus, Merzlikins 25-21-5 (23-22). Ottawa, Ullmark 23-14-3 (30-30).
Red Wings 2, Panthers 1
Florida 0 0 1 — 1 Detroit 0 2 0 — 2
First Period: None.
Second Period: 1, Detroit, DeBrincat 35 (Raymond, Kane), 4:37 (pp). 2, Detroit, Compher 10 (Kasper, Petry), 11:23.
Third Period: 3, Florida, Samoskevich 1 (Lundell, Verhaeghe), 19:20.
Shots on goal: Florida 10-8-15: 33. Detroit 7-9-8: 24.
Power-play opportunities: Florida 0 of 1. Detroit 1 of 5.
Goalies: Florida, Vanecek 4-13-4 (24 shots-22 saves). Detroit, Talbot 20-17-4 (33-32).
Sabres 6, Bruins 3
Boston 2 1 0 — 3 Buffalo 0 3 3 — 6
First Period: 1, Boston, Lindholm 16 (Pastrnak, Jokiharju), 3:37. 2, Boston, Geekie 29 (Pastrnak), 14:27.
Second Period: 3, Buffalo, Thompson 41 (Byram, Benson), 7:35. 4, Buffalo, Tuch 33 (Dahlin, Peterka), 10:49. 5, Boston, Mittelstadt 14 (Pastrnak, Lohrei), 16:38 (pp). 6, Buffalo, Dahlin 15 (Tuch, Krebs), 18:31.
Third Period: 7, Buffalo, Zucker 21 (Krebs, Byram), 1:59. 8, Buffalo, Thompson 42 (Power, Kulich), 5:51. 9, Buffalo, Thompson 43, 19:14 (en).
Shots on goal: Boston 8-7-6: 21. Buffalo 11-13-13: 37.
Power-play opportunities: Boston 1 of 1. Buffalo 0 of 2.
Goalies: Boston, Korpisalo 10-9-3 (36 shots-31 saves). Buffalo, Luukkonen 23-23-4 (21-18).
Blackhawks 3, Penguins 1
Pittsburgh 0 0 1 — 1 Chicago 0 1 2 — 3
First Period: None.
Second Period: 1, Chicago, Nazar 9 (Teravainen), 18:55 (sh).
Third Period: 2, Chicago, Mikheyev 19 (Bedard, Rinzel), 9:40. 3, Pittsburgh, Rakell 34 (Koivunen, Rust), 14:36 (pp). 4, Chicago, Mikheyev 20 (Foligno, Veleno), 19:04 (en).
Shots on goal: Pittsburgh 8-11-10: 29. Chicago 6-9-16: 31.
Power-play opportunities: Pittsburgh 1 of 3. Chicago 0 of 1.
Goalies: Pittsburgh, Nedeljkovic 13-15-5 (30 shots-28 saves). Chicago, Knight 16-15-2 (29-28).
Canadiens 2, Predators 1
Montreal 0 2 0 — 2 Nashville 1 0 0 — 1
First Period: 1, Nashville, Stamkos 25 (Forsberg), 4:19.
Second Period: 2, Montreal, Caufield 36 (Suzuki), 1:40. 3, Montreal, Laine 20 (Newhook, Hutson), 5:47.
Third Period: None.
Shots on goal: Montreal 4-8-5: 17. Nashville 8-15-14: 37.
Power-play opportunities: Montreal 0 of 1. Nashville 0 of 4.
Goalies: Montreal, Dobes 7-4-2 (37 shots-36 saves). Nashville, Saros 18-30-6 (17-15).
NHL Leaders
Through Saturday
Power Play Points
Name Team GP PPP
Nikita Kucherov TBL 72 40
N. MacKinnon COL 78 37
Martin Necas COL 76 36
Cale Makar COL 78 35
Lucas Raymond DET 75 35
College hockey
NCAA Tournament
MANCHESTER REGIONAL
First Round
Friday, March 28
Boston College 3, Bentley 1
Denver 5, Providence 1
Championship
Sunday, March 30
Denver 3 vs. Boston College 1
FARGO REGIONAL
First Round
Thursday, March 27
W. Michigan 2, Minnesota State 1
UMass 5, Minnesota 4
Championship
Saturday, March 29
W. Michigan 2, UMass 1
ALLENTOWN REGIONAL
First Round
Friday, March 28
Penn St. 5, Maine 1
UConn 4, Quinnipiac 1
Championship
Sunday, March 30
Penn State 3, UConn 2, OT
TOLEDO REGIONAL
First Round
Thursday, March 27
Cornell 4, Michigan St. 3
Boston U. 8, Ohio St. 3
Championship
Saturday, March 29
Boston U. 3, Cornell 2, OT
FROZEN FOUR
At Enterprise Center, St. Louis
National Semifinals
Thursday, April 10
Denver (31-11-1) vs. Western Michigan (32-7-1), 3 p.m.
Penn State (22-13-4) vs. Boston University (23-13-2), 6:30 p.m.
National Championship
Saturday, April 12
Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m.