


NHL summaries
Blue Jackets 6, Islanders 1
N.Y. Islanders 0 0 1 — 1 Columbus 0 5 1 — 6
First Period: None.
Second Period: 1, Columbus, Sillinger 11, 2:21. 2, Columbus, Fabbro 9 (Harris), 7:43. 3, Columbus, Voronkov 23 (Sillinger, Werenski), 10:09. 4, Columbus, Kuraly 6 (Danforth, Gudbranson), 15:14. 5, Columbus, Werenski 23 (Monahan, Marchenko), 17:27.
Third Period: 6, N.Y. Islanders, Fasching 2 (Cizikas), 14:48. 7, Columbus, Fantilli 31 (van Riemsdyk), 18:37.
Shots on goal: N.Y. Islanders 10-16-11: 37. Columbus 6-11-9: 26.
Power-play opportunities: N.Y. Islanders 0 of 1. Columbus 0 of 0.
Goalies: N.Y. Islanders, Hogberg 2-5-3 (26 shots-20 saves). Columbus, Greaves 6-2-2 (37-36).
Penguins 5, Capitals 2
Washington 1 1 0 — 2 Pittsburgh 1 2 2 — 5
First Period: 1, Washington, McMichael 26 (Wilson), 4:08. 2, Pittsburgh, Rust 30 (Grzelcyk, Koivunen), 4:54.
Second Period: 3, Pittsburgh, Rust 31 (Koivunen, Crosby), 7:19 (pp). 4, Pittsburgh, Crosby 33 (Dewar, Tomasino), 11:56. 5, Washington, Ovechkin 44 (Dubois, Strome), 16:56 (pp).
Third Period: 6, Pittsburgh, Heinen 9, 8:46. 7, Pittsburgh, Tomasino 11 (Rakell, Grzelcyk), 9:01.
Shots on goal: Washington 5-12-3: 20. Pittsburgh 13-11-14: 38.
Power-play opportunities: Washington 1 of 2. Pittsburgh 1 of 2.
Goalies: Washington, Stevenson 0-1-0 (38 shots-33 saves). Pittsburgh, Nedeljkovic 14-15-5 (20-18).
Senators 7, Hurricanes 5
Carolina 2 3 0 — 5 Ottawa 3 0 4 — 7
First Period: 1, Ottawa, Gaudette 18 (Cousins), 11:55. 2, Ottawa, Cozens 16 (Batherson, Sanderson), 16:35 (pp). 3, Ottawa, Pinto 21 (Amadio, Greig), 17:22. 4, Carolina, Kotkaniemi 12 (Svechnikov, Hall), 17:33. 5, Carolina, Brind’Amour 1 (Morrow, Carrier), 19:18.
Second Period: 6, Carolina, Svechnikov 20 (Stankoven, Gostisbehere), 0:50 (pp). 7, Carolina, Roslovic 22, 4:05. 8, Carolina, Jost 4 (Hall), 6:32.
Third Period: 9, Ottawa, Gaudette 19 (Stutzle), 4:17. 10, Ottawa, Batherson 25 (Cozens, Zetterlund), 10:01. 11, Ottawa, Batherson 26 (Cozens, Stutzle), 13:38 (pp). 12, Ottawa, Stutzle 24 (Sanderson, Kleven), 18:48 (pp).
Shots on goal: Carolina 14-12-7: 33. Ottawa 12-8-12: 32.
Power-play opportunities: Carolina 1 of 3. Ottawa 3 of 9.
Goalies: Carolina, Andersen 13-8-1 (32 shots-25 saves). Ottawa, Ullmark 25-14-3 (33-28).
Maple Leafs 4, Red Wings 3, OT
Detroit 1 2 0 0 — 3 Toronto 1 0 2 1 — 4
First Period: 1, Toronto, Matthews 33 (Knies, Marner), 17:53. 2, Detroit, Watson 3 (Holl), 19:19.
Second Period: 3, Detroit, Holl 2 (Kasper, Tarasenko), 2:16. 4, Detroit, DeBrincat 39 (Seider, Kane), 5:50 (pp).
Third Period: 5, Toronto, Myers 2 (Jarnkrok, Lorentz), 3:43. 6, Toronto, Tanev 3 (Holmberg, Marner), 19:58.
Overtime: 7, Toronto, Laughton 13 (Knies, Mermis), 0:56.
Shots on goal: Detroit 13-15-6-0: 34. Toronto 8-4-7-1: 20.
Power-play opportunities: Detroit 1 of 2. Toronto 0 of 2.
Goalies: Detroit, Talbot 21-19-5 (20 shots-16 saves). Toronto, Woll 27-14-1 (34-31).
Sabres 5, Flyers 4
Philadelphia 1 1 2 — 4 Buffalo 3 1 1 — 5
First Period: 1, Buffalo, Tuch 36 (Bernard-Docker, Zucker), 4:35. 2, Buffalo, Krebs 10 (Tuch, Clifton), 13:49 (sh). 3, Philadelphia, Michkov 25 (Couturier, Foerster), 15:09 (pp). 4, Buffalo, Quinn 15 (Peterka, McLeod), 16:11.
Second Period: 5, Buffalo, Peterka 27 (Quinn, McLeod), 1:24. 6, Philadelphia, Michkov 26 (Konecny, Couturier), 7:11.
Third Period: 7, Philadelphia, Foerster 25 (Cates, Brink), 0:15. 8, Buffalo, McLeod 20 (Benson), 19:12. 9, Philadelphia, Brink 12, 19:41.
Shots on goal: Philadelphia 5-11-9: 25. Buffalo 13-10-8: 31.
Power-play opportunities: Philadelphia 1 of 2. Buffalo 0 of 1.
Goalies: Philadelphia, Kolosov 5-8-1 (31 shots-26 saves). Buffalo, Reimer 9-10-2 (25-21).
Rangers 4, Lightning 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 — 0 N.Y. Rangers 0 1 3 — 4
First Period: None.
Second Period: 1, N.Y. Rangers, Trocheck 26 (J.Miller), 1:02 (sh).
Third Period: 2, N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 22 (Zibanejad, Cuylle), 4:02. 3, N.Y. Rangers, Zibanejad 19 (K.Miller), 12:50. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Zibanejad 20 (Kreider), 16:24.
Shots on goal: Tampa Bay 5-14-8: 27. N.Y. Rangers 2-11-10: 23.
Power-play opportunities: Tampa Bay 0 of 3. N.Y. Rangers 0 of 1.
Goalies: Tampa Bay, Johansson 9-5-3 (23 shots-19 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Shesterkin 26-29-5 (27-27).
NHL Leaders
Through games of Thursday, April 17, 2025
Goal Scoring
Name Team GP G
Leon Draisaitl EDM 71 52
William Nylander TOR 81 45
Tage Thompson BUF 75 44
Alex Ovechkin WAS 64 43
David Pastrnak BOS 82 43
Brayden Point TBL 76 42
Kyle Connor WPG 82 41
Jake Guentzel TBL 79 41
Sam Reinhart FLA 79 39
Mark Scheifele WPG 82 39
Alex DeBrincat DET 81 38
John Tavares TOR 74 38
Cole Caufield MTL 82 37
Nikita Kucherov TBL 77 37
Artemi Panarin NYR 79 37
Jordan Kyrou STL 82 36
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK 82 35
Nico Hischier NJD 75 35
Adrian Kempe LAK 81 35
Rickard Rakell PIT 80 35
Assists
Name Team GP A
Nikita Kucherov TBL 77 84
N. MacKinnon COL 79 84
Connor McDavid EDM 67 74
Mitch Marner TOR 80 73
Jesper Bratt NJD 81 67
Jack Eichel VGK 77 66
David Pastrnak BOS 82 63
Cale Makar COL 80 62
Quinn Hughes VAN 68 60
Lane Hutson MTL 82 60
Clayton Keller Utah 81 60
Robert Thomas STL 70 60
Nick Suzuki MTL 82 59
Zach Werenski CBJ 80 58
Sidney Crosby PIT 79 57
Kyle Connor WPG 82 56
Martin Necas COL 79 56
Mikko Rantanen DAL 82 56
Brandon Hagel TBL 81 55
Leon Draisaitl EDM 71 54
Power Play Goals
Name Team GP PPG
Jake Guentzel TBL 79 17
Leon Draisaitl EDM 71 16
Brayden Point TBL 76 16
Patrik Laine MTL 52 15
Jake DeBrusk VAN 82 14
Kevin Fiala LAK 80 14
Tomas Hertl VGK 73 14
Nico Hischier NJD 75 14
Steven Stamkos NAS 82 14
Brady Tkachuk OTT 71 14
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK 82 13
Dylan Larkin DET 81 13
Alex Ovechkin WAS 64 13