Overview
- Valeri Nichushkin netted the eventual winner early in the second period and Nathan MacKinnon logged an assist to pad his NHL points lead as Colorado improved to 21-2-6 with 48 points.
- Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves and turned aside Trevor Zegras on a third-period penalty shot to preserve Colorado’s road win.
- Sean Couturier opened the scoring in his 900th NHL game on his 33rd birthday, as Philadelphia navigates injuries to Tyson Foerster (IR for 2–3 months) with Cam York day-to-day after recalling Ty Murchison.
- Washington shut out Columbus 2-0 behind Logan Thompson’s 39 saves, extending a 10-1-1 stretch for the Capitals.
- Elsewhere, Dallas beat Pittsburgh 3-2 in a shootout after Miro Heiskanen tied it late and Mikko Rantanen scored the lone tiebreaker, Vegas topped the Rangers 3-2 on Jack Eichel’s OT winner with eight seconds left, and Florida beat the Islanders 4-1 as Carter Verhaeghe extended his six-in-six scoring run.