Matthews' NHL-best 39th wins it for Leafs
Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 39th goal at 4:13 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 1-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night in the opener of a home-and-home set.
Matthews took a pass from Morgan Rielly at the lip of the crease and redirected the puck past goalie Laurent Brossoit.
Ilya Samsonov made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season. Brossoit stopped 29 shots as Winnipeg has lost two straight for the first time since late November.
HURRICANES 3, BRUINS 2 >>
Jordan Martinook snapped a tie on a breakaway with 2 1/2 minutes left as Carolina ended Boston's winning streak at six games.
Brad Marchand scored two third-period goals to tie Ray Bourque on the Bruins' career list as Boston rallied from a two-goal deficit. Marchand has 395 goals — all with Boston. Bourque, the Hall of Fame defenseman, scored 395 of his 410 career goals with the Bruins.
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Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and Florida beat Arizona in a game that started with fights off the first two faceoffs.
Players from both sides met at center ice during pre-game warmups prior to the game, with the Panthers
contingent unhappy after Arizona forward Jason Zucker left Florida forward Nick Cousins with a concussion after hitting him from behind in the last meeting between the two teams Jan. 2, and the game kicked off with the two fights in the first seven seconds — first between Ryan Lomberg and Jack McBain, then Gadjovich and Liam O'Brien.
AVALANCHE 6, CAPITALS 2 >>
Nathan MacKinnon scored three of his four goals consecutively in the second period for a natural hat trick and added an assist to help Colorado beat Washington.
MacKinnon, the NHL scoring leader with 82 points, had his second fourgoal game of the season and eighth career hat trick. He ran his home points streak to 24 to break a tie with Joe Sakic for the franchise record.
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and four assists for his first five-point game, Cale Makar set the franchise record for goals by a defenseman with his 76th and Alexandar Georgiev made 23 saves.
BLUES 4, CANUCKS 3, OT >>
Brayden Schenn scored at 1:54 of overtime as St. Louis rallied back after blowing a two-goal third period lead against NHLleading Vancouver.
KRAKEN 6, BLACKHAWKS 2 >>
Tomas Tatar score twice and Seattle beat Chicago to snap a four-game slide.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville St. Louis Arizona Minnesota Chicago
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia New Jersey N.Y. Islanders Washington Pittsburgh Columbus
GP W
48 48 43 44 46 47 47 48
CENTRAL DIVISION
46 48 47 47 46 46 47 47
GP W
47 47 46 48 47 47 47 43 47 46 48 45 47 46 44 46
Today's games
Friday's games
32 28 27 22 19 21 16 13
GP W
30 31 28 25 24 23 21 14 29 29 24 25 24 19 20 18
GP W
29 26 25 24 20 22 21 14
Wednesday's results
L OT Pts GF GA
11 14 15 13 18 21 30 31
L OT Pts GF GA
11 14 13 21 20 20 21 31
L OT Pts GF GA
9 14 14 18 18 21 23 24
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
15 15 17 18 16 18 17 23
Toronto 1, Winnipeg 0, OT Florida 6, Arizona 2 Carolina 3, Boston 2 Colorado 6, Washington 2 St. Louis 4, Vancouver 3, OT Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Kings, late 5 6 1 9 9 5 1 4 5 3 6 1 2 3 5 2 9 4 8 5 5 7 4 1 3 5 6 3 11 6 6 9
Florida at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Vegas at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Kings at Colorado, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Seattle, 7 p.m. 69 181 123 62 156 131 55 153 123 53 141 116 47 127 137 47 146 150 33 120 162 30 101 191 65 146 105 65 185 152 62 174 144 51 144 146 50 133 146 49 139 138 47 145 160 30 103 167 67 164 124 62 152 123 56 162 148 55 163 158 53 166 156 45 130 169 44 136 150 37 147 155
L OT Pts GF GA
61 152 135 57 157 141 56 145 139 51 156 159 51 138 159 50 111 141 48 133 121 37 136 173
Arizona at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Ducks at Dallas, 5 p.m.
Nashville at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Chicago at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Columbus at Calgary, 6 p.m.