Overview
- Seattle beat Los Angeles 3-2 at Crypto.com Arena, with goals from Jordan Eberle, Frederick Gaudreau and Ben Meyers, while Kevin Fiala and Andrey Kuzmenko replied for the Kings as Kuzmenko logged his seventh of the season.
- The result pushed the Kraken’s winning streak to three games and left the Pacific rivals at 36 points for Seattle and 39 for Los Angeles in the divisional standings.
- One night earlier Columbus defeated the Kings 3-1 on Mason Marchment’s two power-play goals, with Kirill Marchenko adding a late tally and Dmitriy Voronkov recording an assist.
- New York thrashed Washington 7-3 as Artemi Panarin scored and Alexander Ovechkin’s goalless run reached nine games, which followed a heavy hit on Carson Soucy and a minor penalty for a stick push on Brennan Othmann.
- Philadelphia’s Nikita Grebenkin was named the NHL’s third star of the day after a goal and an assist in a 5-2 win over Vancouver, with coach Rick Tocchet praising his net-front work.