Tkachuk scores in his return to lift Panthers
Matthew Tkachuk scored a goal and had an assist in his return from injury and the Florida Panthers defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Tkachuk gave Florida a 2-1 lead at home with a power-play goal with 4:24 to go in the first period and never relinquished it to win for the eighth time in nine games and move into a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with the idle Boston Bruins. Both teams have 82 points.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 2 >>
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and an assist, William Karlsson had a goal and an assist, and Vegas snapped host Toronto's seven-game winning streak. Ivan Barbashev and Mason Morelli scored just over three minutes apart in the second period to build a 2-0 lead for Vegas, which got 28 saves from Adin Hill.
RED WINGS 8, CAPITALS 3 >>
Shayne Gostisbehere scored in each of the first two periods and Detroit beat visiting Washington for its first six-game winning streak in nearly five years. Detroit leads the Eastern Conference's wildcard standings and the franchise's fans are clearly fired up about the team's chances to make the playoffs for the first time since 2019.
Sean Monahan scored a goal and added an assist after missing a game because of an illness to help Winnipeg beat visiting St. Louis and extend its win streak to four games. Brenden Dillon, Kyle Connor and Alex Iafallo also scored for Winnipeg, which has won seven of its last eight games.
JETS 4, BLUES 2 >>
PREDATORS 4, SENATORS 1 >>
Roman Josi had two goals and an assist as Nashville extended its winning streak to six games by beating visiting Ottawa. Nashville returned to from a road swing in which it won all five games, the first time in franchise history going 5-for-5 away from home.
Andrew Cogliano and Nathan MacKinnon scored 49 seconds apart to help Colorado pull away in the second period, Alexandar Georgiev stopped 33 shots and the Avalanche cruised past visiting Dallas.
AVALANCHE 5, STARS 1 >>
HURRICANES 3, WILD 2 >>
Stefan Noesen scored a goal with his face midway through the third period and Carolina rallied to win at Minnesota. Jordan Staal had a goal and assist and Andrei Svechnikov also scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the first time in three games and improved to 10-1-2 in their last 13 road games.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Calgary Seattle Ducks
San Jose
Winnipeg Dallas Colorado Nashville St. Louis Minnesota Arizona Chicago
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Florida Boston Toronto Detroit Tampa Bay Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia Washington New Jersey Pittsburgh N.Y. Islanders Columbus
GP W
61 38 59 33 56 34 58 29 59 29 58 25 58 20 56 15
CENTRAL DIVISION
GP W
57 37 61 35 60 36 60 33 58 30 59 28 58 23 59 15
GP W
59 60 58 59 61 59 59 57 59 59 60 58 58 56 58 57
Tuesday's results
Today's games
39 34 33 33 32 27 23 25
GP W
39 35 31 27 29 27 24 19
L OT Pts GF GA
16 19 20 19 25 22 35 36
L OT Pts GF GA
15 17 19 25 26 25 30 39
L OT Pts GF GA
16 12 17 20 24 28 28 29
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
17 18 22 22 25 21 20 28 7 7 2 10 5 11 3 5 5 9 5 2 2 6 5 5 4 14 8 6 5 4 8 3 3 6 7 9 4 8 14 10
Calgary 4, Kings 2
Detroit 8, Washington 3 Montreal 4, Arizona 2
Vegas 6, Toronto 2
Florida 3, Buffalo 2 Philadelphia 6, Tampa Bay 2 Winnipeg 4, St. Louis 2 Carolina 3, Minnesota 2 Nashville 4, Ottawa 1 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Pittsburgh 4, Vancouver 3, OT New Jersey at San Jose, late 83 221 170 73 192 167 70 201 168 68 178 160 63 185 184 61 163 169 43 151 207 35 118 215 79 176 135 79 218 187 77 221 189 68 188 188 62 169 182 62 188 196 51 168 192 35 123 208 82 194 142 82 202 165 74 216 185 72 213 186 69 208 207 58 171 178 54 167 211 53 190 203
L OT Pts GF GA
81 197 163 76 194 165 69 183 177 63 153 186 62 191 203 62 170 154 62 170 197 48 170 210
Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 5:30 p.m.
FLYERS 6, LIGHTNING 2 >>
Tyson Foerster and Bobby Brink each scored as host Philadelphia defeated Tampa Bay after a power outage led to a nine-minute delay in the first period. Samuel Ersson made 21 saves to earn the win, just the second in the last six games for Philadelphia. Nicholas Paul and Steven Stamkos each scored for the Lightning, who had their four-game road winning streak snapped.
CANADIENS 4, COYOTES 2 >>
Sam Montembeault made 36 saves to help host Montreal snap its five-game losing streak with a victory over Arizona, which had its losing streak extended to 13 games.