Overview
- Colorado improved to 21-2-6 with a 3-2 road victory in Philadelphia, where Valeri Nichushkin netted the winner and Nathan MacKinnon’s assist pushed his league-leading total to 49 points in the club’s third game in four days.
- Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 shots for the Avalanche, including a third-period penalty-shot save on Trevor Zegras, and made 13 saves in the final frame to secure both ends of a back-to-back.
- Detroit’s Patrick Kane delivered the go-ahead goal with 2:29 remaining in Seattle for a 4-3 win, marking the 497th goal of his career as the Red Wings gained ground in the Atlantic Division race.
- Vegas rallied past the Rangers 3-2 at Madison Square Garden, with Tomas Hertl tying it late in regulation before Jack Eichel’s end-to-end overtime winner with eight seconds left extended the Golden Knights’ streak to four.
- Washington’s Logan Thompson posted a 39-save shutout of the Blue Jackets for his 100th NHL win, bolstering a 10-1-1 run that has the Capitals leading the Eastern Conference.