Overview
- Edmonton edged Washington 6-5 in overtime, with Evan Bouchard posting a hat trick and three assists in his 400th game and Connor McDavid winning it 47 seconds into OT after Zach Hyman tied it late.
- Capitals defenseman Rasmus Sandin exited with a lower-body injury after the first period and did not return.
- Toronto dropped a third straight game, 6-3 to Vegas, to fall to 24-18-9 and three points behind Boston, which beat Montreal 4-3 on Morgan Geekie’s late power-play goal despite Cole Caufield’s hat trick.
- Columbus stopped Tampa Bay’s 15-game point streak with an 8-5 win fueled by Mason Marchment’s hat trick.
- Buffalo blanked the Islanders 5-0 as Alex Lyon made 26 saves to tie the Sabres record with his ninth consecutive victory.