Panthers top Devils, ruin Green's debut
Nick Cousins had two goals and the Florida Panthers beat New Jersey 5-3 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight win, spoiling the debut of interim Devils coach Travis Green.
Eetu Luostarinen, Evan Rodrigues and Sam Reinhart also scored as the Panthers won for the 12th time in 13 games. Florida leads the NHL with 43 wins and 90 points, and it is 25-4-2 since Dec. 23.
“It's been a lot of fun coming to the rink,” said Cousins, who posted his first multigoal game since he also scored two on Jan. 18, 2020. “Everybody's pulling on the same rope and we got four lines that are contributing each and every night. It's different guys every night. I mean, when you do that you have success so it's been a lot of fun right now.”
Jack Hughes, Timo Meier and Colin Miller scored for the Devils in their first game since GM Tom Fitzgerald relieved Lindy Ruff of his coaching duties Monday. OILERS 2, BRUINS 1, OT » Leon Draisaitl scored at 2:18 of overtime as Edmonton rallied to defeat Boston.
Pavel Zacha scored early in the third for Boston, only to have Draisaitl tie the score with 1:20 left in regulation and force OT.
Stuart Skinner made 25 saves for the Oilers, and Evan Bouchard had two assists. Connor McDavid also had two assists, extending his point streak to 12 straight. PENGUINS 5, BLUE JACKETS 3 » Jeff Carter and Reilly Smith scored just over a minute apart midway through the third period and Pittsburgh beat Columbus to snap a threegame losing streak.
Evgeni Malkin, Rickard
Rakell and Jesse Puljujarvi also scored for Pittsburgh, which is 10-0-1 in its last 11 games against Columbus.
ISLANDERS 4, BLUES 2 » Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and New York won its fourth straight game.
Kyle Palmieri, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mathew Barzal also scored for the Islanders, who moved within four points of Philadelphia for the third spot in the Metropolitan Division.
KRAKEN 4, JETS 3 » Andre Burakovsky scored a powerplay goal with 2:39 remaining in the third period to lift Seattle over Winnipeg.
Jared McCann had a goal and two assists and Justin Schultz and Tomas Tatar also scored for the Kraken.
CANADIENS 4, PREDATORS 3, OT » Nick Suzuki scored at 17 seconds of overtime and lead Montreal ended Nashville's eight-game winning streak.
Brendan Gallagher, David Savard and Joshua Roy also scored for the Canadiens, who snapped a twogame losing streak.
BLACKHAWKS 5, COYOTES 2 » Nick Foligno and Jason Dickinson each had a goal and an assists to lead Chicago over Arizona.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS DEAL FOR MANTHA » Vegas acquired veteran forward Anthony Mantha from Washington. The defending Stanley Cup champions sent a 2024 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-rounder to Washington for the pending freeagent winger. The Capitals are retaining half of Mantha's salary. Mantha just reached 20 goals in a season for the first time since 2019, and gives Vegas a valuable depth player as it tries to become the first repeat title winner since Pittsburgh in 2016 and 2017.