Overview
- Nikita Kucherov scored twice and Gage Goncalves logged two assists and the deciding shootout goal in Tampa Bay’s 5-4 win over Montreal.
- Montreal erased 3-0 and 4-1 deficits, with Juraj Slafkovsky tying it with 3.8 seconds left and finishing with two goals and an assist.
- Columbus beat the Islanders 4-2 on late third-period goals as Mathew Barzal was ejected for a two-handed stick swing, with potential supplemental discipline pending.
- Pittsburgh routed Chicago 7-3, highlighted by Justin Brazeau’s first NHL hat trick as the Blackhawks’ back-to-back struggles continued.
- Colorado edged Vegas 6-5 in a shootout on Nathan MacKinnon’s winner, while Toronto’s William Nylander left with a lower-body issue and did not return.