Standings
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Patrick Kane scored career goal No. 398 and collected three assists, helping the Chicago Blackhawks to a 6-5 shootout win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.
Alex Debrincat had the only successful attempt in the tiebreaker. Cam Atkinson, Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic came up empty for Columbus in the shootout against Kevin Lankinen.
Carl Soderberg had a goal and two assists for Chicago, which won for the fourth time in five games.
Dominik Kubalik had a goal and an assist, and Lankinen had 25 saves.
Columbus erased a 5-3 deficit in the last part of the third period, but it squandered a couple of close scoring chances in over time.
Laine and Oliver Bjorkstrand each scored twice for Columbus, and Atkinson had a goal and an assist. Roslovic and Seth Jones had two assists apiece, and Joonas Korpisalo made 29 stops.
The inconsistent Blue Jackets lost for the four th time in their last five games.
Penguins 3, Capitals 2, OT
WASHINGTON — Kasperi Kapanen scored on a one-timer 1:43 into overtime, lifting Pittsburgh past Washington.
The Penguins won for the fourth time in five games against the Capitals this season, including two in over time and one in a shootout. They also won for the eighth time this season after entering the third period tied or trailing.
Kapanen and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh, and Evgeni Malkin scored his fifth goal of the season.
Conor Shear y and Richard Panik scored for Washington, which only led for 22 seconds all night. Vitek Vanecek made 34 saves.
It was Shear y’s third goal in five games and No. 5 on the season.
Sabres 4, Devils 1
NEWARK, N.J. — Victor Olofsson scored his sixth power-play goal, Linus Ullmark was magnificent in making 41 saves and Buf falo beat slumping New Jersey.
Rasmus Asplund and Dylan Cozens broke the game open early in the third period with goals in a 1:34 span that send the Devils to their third straight loss. Cody Eakin scored an empty-net goal with less than a second to play.
The win was the Sabres’ second over the Devils in three days and only their second in the last seven games (2-5-0).
Senators 5, Canadiens 4, SO
OTTAWA, Ontario — Josh Norris scored the shootout winner to give Ottawa a victory against Montreal.
Tim Stutzle also beat Montreal goalie Carey Price in the shootout. Ottawa’s Brady Tkachuk opened with a miss and Senators netminder Matt Murray stopped Corey Perry and Jonathan Drouin.
Tkachuk had two goals for Ottawa, with Drake Batherson and Erik Brannstrom also scoring. Shea Weber had two goals for Montreal. Drouin and Toffoli had a goal apiece.
West Division
W L OT
11 4 1
10 7 2
9 5 1
8 6 3
8 7 3
9 6 0
7 8 2
6 10 3
Central Division
W L OT
12 3 2
12 4 1
10 6 4
11 4 1
8 7 5
8 10 0
5 4 4
5 13 3
East Division
W L OT
11 3 2
9 5 4
10 6 1
9 6 3
8 4 3
6 7 3
6 6 2
6 8 2
North Division
W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 14 4 2 30 72 54 Edmonton 12 8 0 24 72 62 Winnipeg 11 6 1 23 61 49 Montreal 9 5 4 22 61 52 Calgary 9 9 1 19 50 54 Vancouver 8 12 2 18 65 78 Ottawa 6 14 1 13 52 84
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment.
Vegas
St. Louis Colorado Los Angeles Arizona Minnesota San Jose Anaheim
Florida Carolina Chicago Tampa Bay Columbus Nashville Dallas Detroit
Boston Washington Pittsburgh N.Y. Islanders Philadelphia N.Y. Rangers New Jersey Buffalo
Pts
23 22 19
19 19 18 16 15
Pts 26 25 24 23 21 16 14 13
Pts 24 22 21 21 19 15 14 14
Tuesday’s games
Buffalo 4, New Jersey 1
Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, OT Chicago 6, Columbus 5, SO
Ottawa 5, Montreal 4, SO
Nashville 2, Detroit 0
Edmonton at Vancouver, late
Today’s games
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Dallas at Florida, 3 p.m.
Calgary at Toronto, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Arizona, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado ,7p.m.
Los Angeles at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.
GF
48 59 44
54 48 44 47 37
GF 59 64 61 58 60 42 41 39
GF 51 60 54 44 51 40 37 41
GA
34 59 32
48 52 38 64 54
GA 48 47 61 38 70 57 37 66
GA 36 63 55 43 51 42 41 47