NHL summaries

Sabres 3, Blue Jackets 2

Columbus 0 1 1 — 2 Buffalo 1 2 0 — 3

First Period: 1, Buffalo, Byram 6 (Zucker, Tuch), 10:07.

Second Period: 2, Columbus, K.Johnson 16 (van Riemsdyk, Provorov), 1:47. 3, Buffalo, Tuch 17 (Byram, Gilbert), 12:17. 4, Buffalo, Tuch 18 (Zucker, Dahlin), 18:56.

Third Period: 5, Columbus, Provorov 5 (Severson, Del Bel Belluz), 12:38.

Shots on goal: Columbus 12-9-9: 30. Buffalo 6-14-1: 21.

Power-play opportunities: Columbus 0 of 1. Buffalo 0 of 1.

Goalies: Columbus, Merzlikins 19-13-3 (21 shots-18 saves). Buffalo, Reimer 2-6-1 (30-28).

Capitals 6, Panthers 3

Florida 1 1 1 — 3 Washington 1 1 4 — 6

First Period: 1, Washington, Mangiapane 11 (Sandin, Dowd), 14:08. 2, Florida, Bennett 17 (Boqvist), 19:30.

Second Period: 3, Washington, Wilson 22 (Protas), 1:15 (sh). 4, Florida, Barkov 13 (Verhaeghe, Reinhart), 4:14.

Third Period: 5, Washington, Eller 9, 2:19. 6, Washington, Dowd 11 (Mangiapane, Strome), 6:10. 7, Florida, Tkachuk 19 (Bennett, Schmidt), 7:46. 8, Washington, Protas 22, 18:21 (en). 9, Washington, Ovechkin 25 (Fehervary, Dowd), 19:59 (en).

Shots on goal: Florida 13-6-15: 34. Washington 9-9-8: 26.

Power-play opportunities: Florida 0 of 1. Washington 0 of 3.

Goalies: Florida, Bobrovsky 22-12-2 (25 shots-21 saves). Washington, Thompson 24-2-4 (33-30).

Bruins 3, Wild 0

Minnesota 0 0 0 — 0 Boston 0 2 1 — 3

Second Period: 1, Boston, McAvoy 7 (Pastrnak, Poitras), 5:46. 2, Boston, Frederic 8 (Carlo, Poitras), 14:14.

Third Period: 3, Boston, Geekie 16, 19:14.

Shots on goal: Minnesota 7-14-14: 35. Boston 14-14-7: 35.

Power-play opportunities: Minnesota 0 of 4. Boston 0 of 3.

Goalies: Minnesota, Fleury 11-6-1 (35 shots-32 saves). Boston, Swayman 18-17-4 (35-35).

Lightning 4, Senators 3

Ottawa 1 1 1 — 3 Tampa Bay 0 2 2 — 4

First Period: 1, Ottawa, Amadio 4 (Greig, Perron), 14:09 (pp).

Second Period: 2, Tampa Bay, Glendening 3 (Perbix, Lilleberg), 1:44. 3, Tampa Bay, Kucherov 25 (Hedman), 7:38 (pp). 4, Ottawa, Giroux 11 (Chabot, Stutzle), 9:30.

Third Period: 5, Tampa Bay, Hagel 23, 1:56. 6, Tampa Bay, McDonagh 2 (Hedman), 18:25 (en). 7, Ottawa, Batherson 16 (Sanderson, Chabot), 18:40.

Shots on goal: Ottawa 8-11-10: 29. Tampa Bay 14-10-14: 38.

Power-play opportunities: Ottawa 1 of 2. Tampa Bay 1 of 4.

Goalies: Ottawa, Ullmark 12-8-2 (37 shots-34 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 22-15-3 (29-26).

Islanders 2, Golden Knights 1

Vegas 0 0 1 — 1 N.Y. Islanders 1 0 1 — 2

First Period: 1, N.Y. Islanders, Horvat 19 (Pelech, Tsyplakov), 18:21.

Third Period: 2, Vegas, Saad 8 (Hague, Roy), 7:40. 3, N.Y. Islanders, Nelson 16 (Romanov, DeAngelo), 10:43.

Shots on goal: Vegas 5-14-16: 35. N.Y. Islanders 4-4-6: 14.

Power-play opportunities: Vegas 0 of 1. N.Y. Islanders 0 of 1.

Goalies: Vegas, Samsonov 12-7-2 (14 shots-12 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Sorokin 20-14-4 (35-34).

Jets 3, Hurricanes 0

Carolina 0 0 0 — 0 Winnipeg 1 1 1 — 3

First Period: 1, Winnipeg, Niederreiter 14 (Iafallo, Namestnikov), 19:18 (pp).

Second Period: 2, Winnipeg, Pionk 8 (Niederreiter, Perfetti), 3:13 (pp).

Third Period: 3, Winnipeg, Kupari 5 (Appleton, Gustafsson), 16:17.

Shots on goal: Carolina 8-12-9: 29. Winnipeg 12-6-12: 30.

Power-play opportunities: Carolina 0 of 2. Winnipeg 2 of 4.

Goalies: Carolina, Kochetkov 19-10-3 (30 shots-27 saves). Winnipeg, Comrie 5-7-1 (29-29).

Oilers 3, Blues 2, OT

Edmonton 0 1 1 1 — 3 St. Louis 0 0 2 0 — 2

Second Period: 1, Edmonton, McDavid 22 (Bouchard, Draisaitl), 5:50 (pp).

Third Period: 2, St. Louis, Kyrou 23 (Schenn, Holloway), 5:12 (pp). 3, St. Louis, Parayko 12 (Buchnevich, Thomas), 8:58. 4, Edmonton, Draisaitl 37 (McDavid, Ekholm), 17:46.

Overtime: 5, Edmonton, Brown 7 (McDavid, Bouchard), 2:33.

Shots on goal: Edmonton 13-14-10-1: 38. St. Louis 3-13-5-1: 22.

Power-play opportunities: Edmonton 1 of 3. St. Louis 1 of 1.

Goalies: Edmonton, Skinner 20-12-4 (22 shots-20 saves). St. Louis, Binnington 14-19-4 (38-35).

Devils 3, Penguins 2, SO

New Jersey 1 1 0 1 — 3 Pittsburgh 0 1 1 0 — 2

New Jersey won shootout 3-2

First Period: 1, New Jersey, J.Hughes 22 (Palat, Bratt), 19:43.

Second Period: 2, New Jersey, J.Hughes 23 (Bratt), 9:14. 3, Pittsburgh, Rakell 24 (Karlsson, Crosby), 14:56.

Third Period: 4, Pittsburgh, Hayes 9 (Joseph, Beauvillier), 7:53.

Shootout: New Jersey 3 (Cotter G, J.Hughes NG, Bratt NG, Hamilton G, Tatar NG, L.Hughes NG, Meier G), Pittsburgh 2 (Rakell G, Crosby NG, Rust NG, Beauvillier G, Hayes NG, Letang NG, Glass NG).

Shots on goal: New Jersey 6-9-4-2: 21. Pittsburgh 9-8-8-2: 27.

Power-play opportunities: New Jersey 0 of 3. Pittsburgh 0 of 3.

Goalies: New Jersey, Daws 1-0-0 (27 shots-25 saves). Pittsburgh, Nedeljkovic 11-9-5 (21-19).

NHL Leaders

Goal Scoring

Name Team GP G

Leon Draisaitl EDM 52 36

Sam Reinhart FLA 54 31

Mark Scheifele WPG 54 31

Kyle Connor WPG 54 30

William Nylander TOR 52 30

Brayden Point TBL 46 28

David Pastrnak BOS 54 27

Jake Guentzel TBL 50 26

Mikko Rantanen COL 53 26

Tage Thompson BUF 47 26

Cole Caufield MTL 52 25

Nico Hischier NJD 51 24

Adrian Kempe LAK 50 24

Nikita Kucherov TBL 49 24

Alex Ovechkin WAS 36 24

Assists

Name Team GP A

N. MacKinnon COL 54 60

Mitch Marner TOR 52 54

Nikita Kucherov TBL 49 52

Jack Eichel VGK 52 48

Connor McDavid EDM 46 46

Quinn Hughes VAN 47 45

Jesper Bratt NJD 54 43

Martin Necas COL 54 43

Leon Draisaitl EDM 52 41

Sidney Crosby PIT 54 40

Jack Hughes NJD 54 40

Mikko Rantanen COL 53 40

Zach Werenski CBJ 53 40

Cale Makar COL 54 39

Josh Morrissey WPG 54 39

Shea Theodore VGK 52 39

Adam Fox NYR 52 38

Clayton Keller Utah 51 38

David Pastrnak BOS 54 38

Kyle Connor WPG 54 37