Overview
- Ottawa edged Washington 4–3 after trailing 0–2, with an early incident involving Artem Zub’s trip on Alexey Protas that drew medical attention and sparked confrontations with Alexander Ovechkin.
- Ovechkin finished without a point and at minus-2 in Ottawa, extending a three-game goal drought following Washington’s 6–3 win over the Rangers the previous night.
- In that Rangers game, Ovechkin logged a power-play assist to reach 612 career power-play points, tying Phil Housley for ninth all-time, and a shot of his dislodged Jonathan Quick’s helmet.
- Valeri Nichushkin recorded a hat-trick in Colorado’s 6–1 rout of St. Louis and was named the NHL’s second star of the day as the Avalanche ran their winning streak to nine.
- San Jose rookie Igor Chernyshov scored for a third straight game and earned two points in a shootout win over Minnesota, continuing an early-season surge alongside Macklin Celebrini.