Overview
- Columbus beat Toronto 6-3 with three-line punch from Cole Sillinger, Charlie Coyle and Mathieu Olivier, while John Tavares became the 49th NHL player to reach 500 goals.
- Toronto’s rush defense and goaltending faltered again as Cayden Primeau allowed six on 24 shots, Steven Lorentz exited with an upper-body injury, and Joseph Woll continued skating toward a return that could include a conditioning stint.
- Vancouver listed Quinn Hughes day-to-day, placed Derek Forbort on LTIR and Victor Mancini on IR, recalled Tom Willander and Kirill Kudryavtsev, then edged St. Louis with a Kiefer Sherwood hat trick and 36 saves from Kevin Lankinen.
- Carolina rolled past the Islanders 6-2 as Bradly Nadeau scored his first NHL goal and New York sat Mathew Barzal for being late to practice, snapping the Hurricanes’ brief skid.
- Tampa Bay won a fourth straight as Anthony Cirelli scored in overtime to top Dallas 2-1, with Tyler Seguin reaching the 1,000-game milestone for the Stars.