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Ovechkin extended his goal streak to four games in the first meeting between the teams since Washington eliminated Montreal four games to one in a Stanley Cup Playoff first-round series last April. Ovechkin has 907 NHL goals, including 10 this season.

Ethen Frank had two goals and two assists, and Sonny Milano scored twice for the Capitals, who have won three straight. Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves.

Mike Matheson and Brendan Gallagher each had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, who have lost five in a row. Sam Montembeault was lifted after allowing three goals on 10 shots. Jakub Dobes made 21 saves.

Avalanche 6, Rangers 3

Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar each recorded two goals and an assist as streaking Colorado scored three unanswered third-period goals to defeat New York in Denver.

Martin Necas registered three assists and Scott Wedgewood stopped 16 shots and recorded his first career assist to help Colorado win its seventh in a row. The Avalanche are 9-0-2 in their last 11 games and have just one regulation loss in their first 20 games.

MacKinnon's three points moved him past Peter Stastny on the franchise scoring list. MacKinnon is now second with 1,051 points, behind only Joe Sakic's 1,641 points.

Kraken 3, Blackhawks 2

Jaden Schwartz scored the go-ahead goal on a third-period power play and Brandon Montour tallied two assists to boost visiting Seattle over Chicago in a game not without controversy.

Tye Kartye and Shane Wright also scored for the Kraken, who tallied three unanswered goals in the final period after the Blackhawks scored twice in the second.

Schwartz converted the game-winner in front of the net at 17:42. Two seconds remained on a man advantage that stemmed from a controversial unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Chicago's Connor Bedard. Skating in on a breakaway, Bedard was unable to manage a shot against Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord but pleaded to an official that he had been hooked by Seattle's Ryan Lindgren. He was given an abuse-of-officials penalty.

Panthers 1, Devils 0

Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves and Sam Reinhart scored a highlight-reel goal as Florida came out on the right end of a goaltender duel against New Jersey in Sunrise, Fla.

After allowing five goals on only 15 shots in Monday's 8-5 Panthers win over the Vancouver Canucks, Bobrovsky bounced back by stopping every shot he faced Thursday for his second shutout of the season and 51st of his career.

Jake Allen more than held up his own end of the goaltending duel, stopping 23 of 24 shots. It was a hard-luck loss for Allen, who is 7-3-0 with a .920 save percentage in 11 starts this season.

Islanders 5, Red Wings 0

Max Shabanov produced two goals and one assist in his ninth career game as New York rolled past host Detroit.

Ilya Sorokin recorded his second shutout this season by making 29 saves as the Islanders completed their seven-game road trip with a 6-1 record. Calum Ritchie supplied a goal and an assist while Mathew Barzal and Bo Harvat also scored.

John Gibson made 21 saves for the Red Wings, who had won three of their previous four and were shut out for the second time this season.

Flyers 3, Blues 2 (OT)

Travis Sanheim scored with 1:09 left in overtime as host Philadelphia rallied to nip St. Louis, coming back from two goals down to beat the Blues for the second time in seven days.

On the decisive sequence, Sanheim took a pass from Travis Konecny and skated in on a 2-on-0 break with Sean Couturier. The veteran defenseman opted to shoot and beat Joel Hofer high to the glove side for the game-winner.

Rodrigo Abols and Tyson Foerster also scored for the Flyers. Dan Vladar made 27 saves for Philadelphia, allowing only a pair of goals to defenseman Justin Faulk.

Blue Jackets 3, Maple Leafs 2 (OT)

Adam Fantilli scored his second goal of the game at 4:21 of overtime and Columbus beat host Toronto, handing the Maple Leafs a loss in their last game before a six-game road trip.

Fantilli also had an assist and Dmitri Voronkov contributed a goal and an assist in the win. Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski was credited with assists on all three goals.

Jet Greaves stopped 27 shots for the Blue Jackets, who have split the first two of four in a row on the road. John Tavares tallied a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs and Dakota Mermis scored his first goal of the season.

Lightning 2, Oilers 1 (OT)

Jake Guentzel scored to cap a wild 10-second span in overtime, and host Tampa Bay earned its second straight victory by edging slumping Edmonton.

Edmonton nearly won it in the 3-on-3 session with a loose puck in front of goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (24 saves), but the big netminder made a toe save on Jack Roslovic, which sent the Lightning up the ice on an odd-man rush.

Fresh off the bench, Guentzel took a pass from Darren Raddysh and potted his sixth career overtime winner as the Lightning won for the 10th time in 13 games. Edmonton's Trent Frederic notched his second goal of the season, and goaltender Calvin Pickard stopped 33 shots as Edmonton fell to 2-3-1 on its seven-game road trip.

Sharks 4, Kings 3 (SO)

Philipp Kurashev scored the lone goal in a shootout and also scored in regulation as San Jose edged visiting Los Angeles to earn a point for the ninth time in its past 11 games.

Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves and stopped all three shots in the shootout while Ty Dellandrea and Adam Gaudette also scored goals for the Sharks, who picked up their 10th victory in 21 games after not reaching double-digit wins until their 28th game last season.

Joel Armia, Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe scored goals and Anton Forsberg made 21 saves for the Kings, who lost their second consecutive game and finished 4-1-1 on a six-game road trip. Kempe sent the game into OT on a goal with 58.3 seconds remaining.

Golden Knights 4, Mammoth 1

Jack Eichel scored two goals and had an assist to lead Vegas to a victory over Utah in Salt Lake City.

It was Eichel's third two-goal game and also his fourth three-point game of the season. Shea Theodore had three assists, Braeden Bowman had a goal and an assist, and Ben Hutton also scored for Vegas, which extended its point streak to five games. Akira Schmid made 25 saves for his ninth victory in 12 starts (9-1-2).

Nate Schmidt scored a goal and Karel Vejmelka finished with 29 saves for Utah, which suffered its fourth straight loss.

Stars 4, Canucks 2

Colin Blackwell scored the winner and Jason Robertson extended his scoring streak to five games as Dallas kicked off a four-game Western road trip with a victory over Vancouver.

Robertson now has nine goals in that five-game span and he stretched his point streak against the Canucks to seven games. Mavrik Bourque and Mikko Rantanen scored and goaltender Jake Oettinger made 34 saves for the Stars, who have won six of their last seven contests.

Elias Pettersson and Linus Karlsson scored and Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves for Vancouver.

Senators 3, Ducks 2

Drake Batherson's goal late in regulation broke a deadlock and gave visiting Ottawa a victory over Anaheim.

Nick Cousins and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa, which kicked off a seven-game road trip on a positive note. Goaltender Linus Ullmark made 23 saves in the victory, 10 of them in the third period.

Beckett Sennecke and Mason McTavish replied for the Ducks, who saw their six-game home winning streak snapped but remain atop the Pacific Division standings.

Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves and stopped all three shots in the shootout while Ty Dellandrea and Adam Gaudette also scored goals for the Sharks. Collin Graf had two assists.

Teen sensation Macklin Celebrini had an assist as the Sharks avenged a 4-3 loss at Los Angeles on Oct. 28 and picked up their 10th victory in 21 games after not reaching double-digit wins until their 28th game last season.

Joel Armia, Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe scored goals and Anton Forsberg made 21 saves for the Kings, who lost their second consecutive game and finished 4-2-0 on a six-game road trip. Kempe sent the game into OT on a goal with 58.3 seconds remaining.

The Sharks got off to a quick start when Gaudette scored 2:33 into the game following a Kings turnover at their own blue line.

Armia tied the score 1-1 with a short-handed goal at 16:04 of the first period when he forced a turnover and scored on a breakaway stick side past Askarov.

Dellandrea gave San Jose a 2-1 lead 10 seconds before the end of the opening period when he deflected a centering pass from Graf off his skate blade and into the goal.

The Kings pulled even 2-2 when Kopitar scored 1:47 into the second period on a backhand between the legs of Askarov.

San Jose went back on top 3-2 with 2:56 remaining in the second period when Kurashev took a feed from Will Smith at the edge of the left circle and used the Kings' Andrei Kuzmenko as a screen to score past Forsberg.

The Kings pulled Forsberg for a late 6-on-5 advantage and Kempe tied it 3-3 with less than a minute remaining when he cleaned up a loose puck in front of the Sharks' goal following a shot from Kevin Fiala.

Robertson now has nine goals in that five-game span and he stretched his point streak against the Canucks to seven games.

Mavrik Bourque and Mikko Rantanen scored and goaltender Jake Oettinger made 34 saves for the Stars, who have won six of their last seven contests.

Ottinger, who is in the running to be Team USA's goalie for the upcoming Winter Games, had to weather five power plays by Vancouver, giving up just one goal short-handed. Dallas had not allowed a power-play goal against in five consecutive games, going a perfect 11-for-11 on the penalty kill in that span.

Elias Pettersson and Linus Karlsson scored and Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves for Vancouver.

Bourque opened the scoring for Dallas in the first minute after Lankinen slid too far out of his crease and mishandled a puck at the side of the net. The puck went to Justin Hryckowian behind the net and he fed it out front to Bourque who had an open net.

Karlsson drove down the left wing and fired a shot between Ottinger's blocker and the near post at 3:06 to tie it at 1-1.

Robertson had plenty of chances but his lone goal came at 7:44 of the first. He stole the puck from Kiefer Sherwood and turned and fired it over the right shoulder of Lankinen.

Pettersson tied it at 2-2 on the power play at 14:25 of the first by carrying the puck out of the corner then jamming in his own rebound during a goal-mouth scramble.

After a high-scoring first period the teams failed to score in the second as both goaltenders took turns making exceptional saves.

Blackwell gave the Stars a 3-2 lead halfway through the third period by taking a pass from Radek Faksa then outskating Quinn Hughes before shooting the puck over the glove hand of Lankinen at 10:47.

Stars forward Rantanen scored on a spinning backhand into the top corner to seal the victory with 91 seconds left in the game.

Nick Cousins and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa, which kicked off a seven-game road trip on a positive note.

Goaltender Linus Ullmark made 24 saves in the victory, 11 of them in the third period.

Beckett Sennecke and Mason McTavish replied for the Ducks, who saw their six-game home winning streak snapped but remain atop the Pacific Division standings.

Goalie Petr Mrazek stopped 22 shots.

With overtime looming after the Senators withstood Anaheim's third-period push, Batherson was parked in front of the net and deflected Jake Sanderson's point shot with 1:58 remaining in regulation.

The Ducks pushed frantically for the equalizer until the final buzzer but could not find the game-tying tally.

It was a back-and-forth affair with both clubs taking and then surrendering a lead.

Cousins opened the scoring at the 16:39 mark with a rocket of a slap shot from the high slot when he was trailer on an odd-man rush

The Ducks responded with a pair of goals 86 seconds apart past the midway point of the second period. Sennecke tied the clash with a tap-in tally set up by Cutter Gauthier during an odd-man rush at 13:08 of the frame.

Then McTavish put Anaheim ahead by finishing a textbook 2-on-1 rush with Chris Kreider.

However, Pinto's power-play goal in the final minute of the second period tied the clash. He tucked home a close-in deke after eluding a check on the rush. Stephen Halliday, a 2022 fourth-round draft pick, assisted the goal, earning his first point in his NHL debut.

It was Eichel's third two-goal game and also his fourth three-point game of the season. Shea Theodore had three assists, Braeden Bowman had a goal and an assist, and Ben Hutton also scored for Vegas, which extended its point streak to five games.

Akira Schmid made 25 saves for his ninth victory in 12 starts (9-1-2), tying his career high for wins in a season set in 2023-24 with the New Jersey Devils.

Nate Schmidt scored a goal and Karel Vejmelka finished with 29 saves for Utah, which suffered its fourth straight loss.

Vegas needed just 19 seconds to take a 2-0 lead early in the second period. Eichel started the scoring at the 3:09 mark with his first goal in 10 games, putting in a rebound of a Pavel Dorofeyev shot into an open net from the left doorstep.

Hutton, who scored his first goal since March 19, 2024, in Tuesday's 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers, then took advantage of a failed clearing attempt by the Mammoth to beat Vejmelka with a wrist shot from the left circle. It marked just the second time in Hutton's career that he scored goals in back-to-back games, and the first time since Nov. 6 and 8 in 2018 with Vancouver.

A little over three minutes later, Utah cut the lead to 2-1 on Schmidt's first goal with the Mammoth, a wrist shot from the right circle past Schmid's blocker side.

Eichel put the Golden Knights back up by two goals near the end of the period with a breakaway goal during a delayed penalty, taking a long bank pass off the boards by Bowman near the blue line and then cutting in and roofing a backhand shot.

Bowman, signed March 2 as an undrafted free agent, extended the lead to 4-1 with a tap-in of an Eichel cross-crease pass inside the right post just 45 seconds into the third period for his third goal in five career NHL games.

Martin Necas registered three assists and Scott Wedgewood stopped 16 shots and recorded his first career assist to help Colorado win its seventh in a row. The Avalanche are 9-0-2 in their last 11 games and have just one regulation loss in their first 20 games.

MacKinnon's three points moved him past Peter Stastny on the franchise scoring list. MacKinnon is now second with 1,051 points, behind only Joe Sakic's 1,641 points.

Thirty seconds after New York's J.T. Miller had tied the game at 3-3, MacKinnon tallied the winner when he backhanded Makar's rebound past netminder Igor Shesterkin at 10:48 of the third.

Makar and Ross Colton added empty-net goals in the final 1:25 to seal the victory.

Miller scored two goals and Adam Edstrom added a tally for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad and Adam Fox contributed two assists each and Shesterkin made 29 saves. The Rangers have lost the first three games on their road trip that wraps up Saturday night in Utah.

Miller, who had one goal in his previous 10 games, scored his first when Zibanejad's shot from the left circle went off his skate and in at 2:26 of the first period.

The goal came just nine seconds into New York's power play.

Colorado didn't score on its two power-play chances but evened it in the final minute of the first period. Samuel Girard passed from the point to Necas in the left circle. Necas' shot went off the skate of Rangers defenseman Vadislav Gavrikov to the right of Shesterkin, and MacKinnon knocked it in at 19:33.

Edstrom put New York back in front 3:57 into the second period when he redirected Sam Carrick's centering pass by Wedgewood, but Makar tied it again late in the frame. Necas sent a pass to Makar, who skated down the right side of the offensive zone, stickhandled around the back of the net and then stuffed the puck between Shesterkin's skate and the post.

Nelson scored a power play goal at 2:36 of the third period to give the Avalanche their first lead of the game.

Tye Kartye and Shane Wright also scored for Seattle, which tallied three unanswered goals in the final period.

Schwartz converted the game-winner in front of the net at 17:42. Two seconds remained on a man advantage that stemmed from a controversial unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Chicago's Connor Bedard.

Skating in on a breakaway, Bedard was unable to manage a shot against Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord but pleaded to an official that he had been hooked by Seattle's Ryan Lindgren.

Seattle outshot Chicago 27-24, including 12-3 in the third. Daccord had 22 saves compared to 24 for the Blackhawks' Spencer Knight.

Tyler Bertuzzi and Teuvo Teravainen both registered a goal and an assist for Chicago.

The Blackhawks scored on their first shot of the second period on a Bertuzzi wrister 43 seconds into the frame. Bertuzzi streaked through the slot and finished a 3-on-1 rush with Teravainen and Frank Nazar drawing assists.

Bertuzzi, who missed the past two games due to injury, returned the favor at 10:07 of the second. Racing toward the lower right circle to get the puck off the end boards, he backhanded a one-handed pass across the ice to a waiting Teravainen, who beat Daccord with a snap shot in front.

Bertuzzi has 10 points -- including seven goals -- in his past five contests.

Seattle tied the game with a pair of third-period goals 2:04 apart, as separate point shots caromed through traffic and got past Knight.

Kartye was credited with the Kraken's first goal, at 5:09 of the third, off a Montour blast that was redirected. Seattle forward Oscar Fisker Molgaard, skating in his first NHL game, tallied the primary assist.

Shane Wright deflected a Ryker Evans shot to even the score at 2-all at 7:13.

Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak played in his 700th career game.

Chicago's Andre Burakovsky left the game late in the first period after sustaining a hit from Lindgren and did not return. Burakovsky was skating with his head down and trying to regain the puck when Lindgren delivered a shoulder-first check.

Edmonton nearly won it in the three-on-three session with a loose puck in front of goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (24 saves), but the big netminder made a toe save on Jack Roslovic, which sent the Lightning up the ice on an odd-man rush.

Fresh off the bench, Guentzel took a pass from Darren Raddysh and potted his sixth career overtime winner as the Lightning won for the 10th time in 13 games.

Nick Paul scored in his season debut after starting on injured reserve with an upper-body ailment.

Edmonton's Trent Frederic notched his second goal of the season, and goaltender Calvin Pickard stopped 33 shots as Edmonton fell to 2-3-1 on its seven-game road trip.

The visitors put up the first tally behind a clever play by Leon Draisaitl as defenseman Emil Lilleberg tried to clear the puck.

The playmaking Draisaitl stole the pass and zipped it over to Frederic, and the third-line forward scored 1:32 into the game.

The Oilers hamstrung themselves on defense midway through the first period after Curtis Douglas' hard check leveled Jake Walman, who appeared injured.

Walman eventually came back onto the ice but not before fellow blue-liner Darnell Nurse sought and fought Douglas and received 2-, 5- and 10-minute penalties.

With the net wide open in the first minute of the third period, Pickard leaped across and made a spectacular save on Brandon Hagel's attempted equalizer.

The Oilers, who played with seven defensemen, lost Alec Regula after he was struck in the side of the helmet near his ear on a long slapshot.

Regula returned in the third, but Walman was out as Edmonton failed to hold on defensively. Paul drove through the right circle and lifted a shot that tied the game at 17:28.

Ilya Sorokin recorded his second shutout this season by making 29 saves as the Islanders completed their seven-game road trip with a 6-1 record.

Calum Ritchie supplied a goal and an assist. Mathew Barzal and Bo Harvat also scored for New York while Casey Cizikas contributed two assists.

Horvat, who leads the Islanders with 14 goals, has recorded at least one point in 10 of the last 11 games.

John Gibson made 22 saves for the Red Wings, who had won three of their last four.

The Islanders emerged from the first period with a 2-0 lead.

Ritchie scored at 6:46 of the period. Shabanov collected the puck at center ice and fed it to Ritchie, who skated along the left side and beat Gibson on the stick side. Adam Boqvist also received an assist, his first of the season.

Shabanov made it 2-0 at 14:54. He took a shot that deflected off a defender and fluttered over Gibson's right shoulder. Cizikas and Ritchie were credited with assists.

Jonathan Drouin nearly made it 3-0 in the closing seconds of the period when he banged a shot off the right post.

Sorokin made a pad save against Lucas Raymond on a breakaway two minutes into the second period. Barzal then gave the Islanders a 3-0 lead just more than a minute later with a shot from the slot after a Wings turnover in their own zone.

Horvat scored from the right circle at 5:04 of the period, beating Gibson on the glove side to make it 4-0. Ryan Pulock and Emil Heineman earned the assists.

Shabanov scored on a backhander at 6:52 of the third period, which gave the 25-year-old rookie his first multi-goal game. The Russia native entered the night with one goal and two assists.

Fantilli beat a defender while breaking down the right wing and swept in front of the net before tucking the puck past goaltender Joseph Woll.

Fantilli also had an assist and Dmitri Voronkov contributed a goal and an assist. Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski was credited with assists on all three goals.

Jet Greaves stopped 27 shots for the Blue Jackets, who have split the first two of four in a row on the road.

John Tavares tallied a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have split two overtime home games before they embark on a six-game road trip. Dakota Mermis also scored and Woll, like his counterpart, was credited with 27 saves.

The Blue Jackets won the first meeting between the teams this season, 6-3 in Columbus on Oct. 29.

Toronto had the better of a low-event first period with two of the three power plays and a 12-4 advantage in shots on goal.

Columbus had a flurry against the flow of the play in the second period that resulted in Voronkov's goal at 3:17. Voronkov was hovering in front of the net when he deflected Fantilli's quick-release shot from the left circle.

As the period progressed, the Blue Jackets had more of the play and took a 2-0 lead at 12:01 of the second on Fantilli's wicked wrister from the left circle.

Mermis, whose slap shot hit the crossbar eight minutes earlier, scored at 14:12 of the second on a long wrist shot from the left point that found a way through a maze of legs and skates before going into the low right corner of the net. Tavares won a faceoff in the Columbus zone to earn the assist.

The goal was Mermis' first since the 2023-24 season when he was a member of the Minnesota Wild.

Tavares tied the game at 3:33 of the third period with a wrister from the slot after a slick give-and-go with Easton Cowan, who made the return pass from the left circle.

Columbus failed to take advantage of a power play midway through the third period when Toronto was caught with too many men on the ice.

Ovechkin extended his goal streak to four games in the first meeting between the teams since Washington eliminated Montreal four games to one in a Stanley Cup Playoff first-round series last April. Ovechkin has 907 NHL goals, including 10 this season.

Ethen Frank had two goals and two assists, and Sonny Milano scored twice for the Capitals, who have won three straight, including a 7-4 win against the Oilers on Wednesday. Dylan Strome had three assists, and Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves.

Mike Matheson and Brendan Gallagher each had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, who have lost five in a row. Sam Montembeault was lifted after allowing three goals on 10 shots. Jakub Dobes made 21 saves.

Ovechkin gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal one minute into the game, scoring from the slot after Strome steered the face-off to him.

Brendan Gallagher tied it 1-1 at 15:47, knocking in the rebound of Noah Dobson's shot on a power play.

Frank put Washington ahead 2-1 at 2:00 of the second period, beating Montembeault with a wrist shot from the slot during a power play.

Frank struck again at 3:38, scoring with a wrist shot from the left circle on the rush.

Joe Veleno pulled the Canadiens within 3-2 at 7:53, scoring far side with a one-timer from the right circle after a cross-ice pass from Gallagher.

Jakob Chychrun was left alone in the high slot and blasted a shot past Dobes to make it 4-2 at 14:26.

Nick Suzuki quickly got one back when he scored on a rebound to pull the Canadiens within 4-3 at 15:04.

Milano eluded a Montreal defenseman on the rush and beat Dobes to make it 5-3 at 17:25.

Matheson scored on a one-timer from the high slot at 5:37 of the third period to cut the Washington lead to 5-4.

Ovechkin scored off a pass from Strome on a 2-on-1 rush at 16:03 to make it 6-4 and then scored into an empty net at 17:56.

Milano scored at 18:34 for the 8-4 final.

On the decisive sequence, Sanheim took a pass from Travis Konecny and skated in on a 2-on-0 break with Sean Couturier. The veteran defenseman opted to shoot and beat Joel Hofer high to the glove side for the game-winner.

Rodrigo Abols and Tyson Foerster also scored for the Flyers, who came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Blues -- just as they did last Friday. Dan Vladar made 27 saves for Philadelphia, allowing only a pair of goals to defenseman Justin Faulk.

Hofer stopped 25 shots for St. Louis, which has lost four straight games.

Faulk opened the scoring 5:31 into the contest with a one-timer from the right point that got through traffic and beat Vladar. About 6 1/2 minutes later, Faulk took a feed from Jake Neighbours in the high slot and blasted one past Vladar for a power-play goal.

After scoring four goals in 78 games last season, Faulk now has six this season -- tied for the team lead -- including five goals this month. Prior to Thursday, he had not recorded a multi-goal game since October 2022.

Philadelphia halved its deficit late in the second period on Abols' first of the season. Owen Tippett slipped a blind pass to the doorstep, where Abols beat Hofer to make it 2-1.

Foerster tied it up with 8:11 left in regulation on a one-timer from above the left circle.

Both goalies stood firm in the waning minutes of regulation. First, Hofer denied Abols' attempt and then Vladar stoned Pavel Buchnevich and Dalibor Dvorsky on consecutive shots from the doorstep.

Konecny had a golden opportunity to win the game in the final minute of regulation. He received the puck in the right circle with a completely empty net after a wild carom off the boards, but his shot hit the side of the net with Hofer way out of position.

Vladar made the biggest stop of overtime with a toe save on Jordan Kyrou.

The Panthers are 4-1-0 in their last five games, and 8-2-1 in 11 home games.

The Devils are on a two-game losing streak, and were held scoreless for the first time this season.

After allowing five goals on only 15 shots in Monday's 8-5 Panthers win over the Vancouver Canucks, Bobrovsky bounced back by stopping all 31 shots faced Thursday. It was Bobrovsky's second shutout of the season, and his 51 career shutouts are tied for 28th-most in NHL history.

Jake Allen more than held up his own end of the goaltending duel, stopping 23 of 24 shots. It was a hard-luck loss for Allen, who is 7-3-0 with a .920 save percentage in 11 starts this season.

Allen was beaten only by Reinhart's spectacular individual effort 12:58 into the first period. Taking the puck from the blue line into the circle, Reinhart deftly maneuvered the puck past Devils defenseman Luke Hughes and then quickly fired into the top shelf of the net.

Reinhart has 11 goals this season, and nine points (four goals, five assists) over a five-game points streak.

Florida controlled most of the action during a scoreless second period, until the Devils started to generate some offensive momentum during a pair of late power plays. Simon Nemec put a shot off the post, and Stefan Noesen had a pair of close-range chances stopped by Bobrovsky.

The Devils were 0-for-2 on the power play Thursday, and only 2-for-22 with the extra attacker over their last nine games.

New Jersey held a 12-4 shots advantage in the third period, but still couldn't solve Bobrovsky even with the added pressure. The goalie was sharp until the very end, stopping Timo Meier's shot in the last second of regulation.

Jesper Bratt led the Devils with six shots on goal.

The Hurricanes have seen mixed results since their four-game win streak finished on Nov. 9, carrying a 2-1-2 record over their past five games.

Their most recent contest was 4-3 shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.

The Hurricanes erased a two-goal deficit as Sebastian Aho tacked on his eighth goal of the season before Jackson Blake buried his second of the night. It wasn't enough in the end as the Wild finished off Carolina in the shootout to take the two points.

"Obviously, you're never really pumped about losing, right? But I think there's a lot of stuff we can build from this game," Blake told reporters after his second-career two-goal effort. "One thing that this team does is we compete. ... We give ourselves a chance, but we just have to find a way not to give them those two freebies."

Carolina will be hoping to rewrite their early-game troubles after allowing the opening goal in seven of their past 10 outings.

On the Jets' side of things, their locker room received a big boost on Wednesday when they announced the contract extension of captain Adam Lowry.

Lowry, who has served as team captain since the beginning of the 2023-24 season, put pen to paper on a five-year, $25 million contract.

On the ice, the Jets have had minimal troubles of late, taking three of their past four contests (3-1-0), with their most recent victory being a 5-2 home win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.

Mark Scheifele was impressive in his franchise record-setting 898th game in a Jets sweater. He continued to build his case to be on Canada's Olympic team with a three-assist performance.

"That's special," Jets coach Scott Arniel said of Scheifele breaking the franchise record for games played. "... He's an elite athlete. He takes a lot of pride in his body so that he can play close to 82 games every year. Just the consistency."

Scheifele's three-point outing marked his ninth multi-point game through 19 appearances to start the season. He leads Winnipeg with 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists).

Alongside Scheifele, defenseman Josh Morrissey has caught fire of late. After picking up a goal and an assist on Tuesday, he brought his point streak up to six games (three goals, seven assists).

Kyle Connor and Neal Pionk both followed suit with a goal and an assist, while Nino Niederreiter picked up two assists of his own.

Jets superstar netminder Connor Hellebuyck is expected to be between the pipes on Friday after Eric Comrie made 20 saves in a rare start on Tuesday.

Hellebuyck, last season's Hart Memorial trophy winner, will be searching for his form after allowing at least three goals in six of his past eight starts (4-4-0).

Winnipeg has taken each of the previous three home meetings with the Hurricanes, while Carolina has won six of the previous 10 matchups overall.

Pittsburgh shut out the Nashville Predators 4-0 in Stockholm on Sunday; they lost the opener 2-1 in overtime after giving up the tying goal late in regulation.

Minnesota beat the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout on Wednesday night and is 7-1-1 since a 3-6-3 start. Boldy scored his first career short-handed goal to increase his point streak to five games (four goals, three assists) and later added the shootout winner.

Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist, and Brock Faber also scored as the Wild won their third straight and extended their point streak to six (5-0-1).

Goalie Jesper Wallstedt did not earn his third straight shutout, but did make 42 saves and improved to 5-0-2 with a 2.20 goals-against average and a .926 save percentage.

"Maybe everything didn't click for us (Wednesday), but you cannot say that the effort was not there," Wallstedt said after Carolina rallied from down 3-1 to force overtime. "I think that shows how strong of a team we are even though we maybe didn't have our best game. ... Very nice, very nice two points."

The Wild continued their streak of fast starts. Faber gave them a 1-0 lead just 1:54 into the first period. Minnesota has scored first in a franchise-record 10 straight games and 13 times total this season.

"I thought in the first period we played really well, and then I thought they took control of the game, particularly in the second period," Minnesota coach John Hynes said. "I thought in the third we got back to some things that we needed to do."

The Penguins got goals from four different players on Sunday -- including Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin -- and rookie Sergei Murashov earned his first win, making 21 saves in the shutout.

"I think we were pretty motivated coming off the last game, the way it finished," Crosby said of Friday's loss to the Predators. "Didn't feel like we played our best and to have it finish the way it did, I think we were just motivated to bounce back. I thought it showed."

According to NHL.com, Pittsburgh is 116-10-6 when Crosby and Malkin score in the same game.

The Penguins practiced Tuesday and injured goalie Tristan Jarry worked with the team for the first time since he was sidelined with a lower-body injury in early November.

He was 5-2-0 with a .911 save percentage and one shutout when he got hurt. Murashov and Arturs Silovs are sharing the net in his absence.

"I think the biggest thing is we're getting to a point in the game where we have a chance to win every game," Jarry said. "And I think that comes from everyone within this room, whether guys are blocking shots, we're getting big plays, the power play, the penalty kill."

Penguins forward Ville Koivunen (lower-body injury) is week-to-week and was placed on injured reserve. Forward Sam Poulin was recalled from AHL affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

The 32-year-old forward is in the final season of a five-year, $16.25 million deal he signed in April 2021 and could have become a free agent after this season.

Instead, the deal announced Wednesday essentially locks down Lowry for the remainder of his career, as he will be 38 when the extension expires.

He has one goal and two assists in seven games this season since returning on Nov. 4 after hip surgery. Lowry set a career high with 16 goals last season.

Lowry has recorded 276 points (122 goals, 154 assists) and a plus-54 rating in 782 games since the Jets drafted him in the third round in 2011. He has 15 goals and nine assists in 62 playoff games.

As the Ducks prepare to host the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night, they have won two straight games overall and six in a row at home.

Their most recent victory is a testament to how far the Ducks have come. Anaheim recovered from surrendering a two-goal lead thanks to defenseman Ian Moore's winning tally with 3:35 remaining in the third period of a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday.

"Coach always says that finding ways to win is a skill, and I think we're finding that," forward Ryan Strome, who scored his first goal of the season, said in reference to Anaheim's Joel Quenneville. "We did just enough, and I thought we competed real hard. Execution wasn't pretty, but we'll take the two points."

The Ducks, who will play home games on consecutive nights, have won seven of eight contests in Anaheim this season.

It took a huge tide-turning to pull out the win vs. Boston. The Ducks scored on their first shot and held a 3-1 lead late in the second period, only to squander it. However, after the Bruins pulled even, Anaheim regained the momentum to earn the victory.

"We played our best hockey when they tied it up," Quenneville said.

With goaltender Lukas Dostal having played against the Bruins, Petr Mrazek likely will get the nod in net vs. Ottawa. Mrazek has won three of four starts this season.

The Senators will kick off a seven-game road swing looking to return to the win column after falling 1-0 at home to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

"We want to start off the road trip on a good note," defenseman Jake Sanderson said after Wednesday's practice. "It's a long road trip. A lot of time in the air traveling and whatnot. We've got to get our feet under us early in the road trip."

It appears the clash will mark the debut of 2022 fourth-round draft pick Stephen Halliday. He was summoned from the minors and is pegged to suit up with center Lars Eller likely to miss the clash due to injury.

Halliday has 16 points (one goal, 15 assists) in 15 games this season with Belleville of the American Hockey League.

"I've just continued to carry off from last year, holding onto pucks, trying to make plays," said Halliday, who led Belleville with 51 points (19 goals, 32 assists) last season. "But I think I've tried to get a little bit stronger, use my body a little bit more, and the little bit of details that will help me get (to the NHL)."

Ottawa is anticipating another boost during the trip as captain Brady Tkachuk practiced fully on Wednesday. He had thumb surgery after sustaining an injury in the third game of the season.

"I've been doing a ton of skating, so I feel like my skating and conditioning is probably in the best spot," Tkachuk said. "It's all about getting that battle and compete, in the corners and around the net, and building that up, so when I get back in a game it's just an easy transition."

Washington, then the top seed in the Metropolitan Division, eliminated the wild-card Canadiens in five games last spring.

Montreal, which opened this season with nine wins in 12 games, has dropped four straight games (0-3-1) and six of its last seven overall (1-3-3).

The Capitals had lost eight of 10 games before winning their second consecutive contest with a 7-4 victory over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.

Rookie Ryan Leonard scored twice for his first multi-goal game in the NHL, Tom Wilson tallied twice into an empty net and Ovechkin scored in his third straight game for the Capitals.

"A game like this is huge for a lot of guys to get their confidence back," said goaltender Logan Thompson, who made 26 saves. "... I think that's definitely going to help the guys and we can build off that going to Montreal."

Connor McMichael and defenseman John Carlson each notched three assists for Washington.

The Capitals played without center Nic Dowd, who was a late scratch with an upper-body injury. He will not travel to Montreal.

Leonard, playing his first full season after being the team's top pick (eighth overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft, was especially impressive on his second goal. He used his body to shield Edmonton defenseman Evan Bouchard before beating Stuart Skinner with a backhander to make the score 4-2.

"The last few games have been his best games of the season thus far," Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said of Leonard. "You can see he's just getting way more comfortable, way more confident."

Charlie Lindgren snapped a personal four-game slide with a 30-save effort in a 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. He is expected to make the start against Montreal, his first NHL team. He is 3-1-0 with a 2.51 goals-against-average and .899 save percentage in five career games versus the Canadiens.

Montreal has been idle since a 4-3 shootout loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night.

Defenseman Lane Hutson collected a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, who rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third-period.

"The second half of the game I thought we really controlled it, especially in the third," Montreal captain Nick Suzuki said. "We got two goals and had our chances in overtime. It feels tough to lose that one. I thought we gave ourselves a really good chance to win."

The Canadiens have been outscored 18-6 in non-shootout goals over their past four games, although the past two have been one-goal defeats. Against the Blue Jackets, Josh Anderson's goal at 8:28 of the third period pulled the Canadiens within 3-2 and Hutson tied it during 6-on-5 play.

"It's unfortunate we didn't get the two points, but we're headed in the right direction," Anderson said. "I feel it could have gone either way in that game."

Goalie Sam Montembeault is expected to make the start for Montreal. He is 2-3-0 with a 3.49 GAA and .893 save percentage in six career games versus Washington.

Matt Boldy scored during regulation and tallied the lone goal during the shootout for Minnesota, which won its third straight game. Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist, and Brock Faber also scored. Wallstedt shined during overtime and the shootout. He denied Jackson Blake on a breakaway opportunity late in overtime with a kick save, and delighted the home crowd with a kick save and a glove save during the shootout.

Blake scored twice to lead Carolina, which is 2-0-2 in its past four games. Sebastian Aho also scored and Frederik Andersen allowed three goals on 18 shots. Carolina pulled its goaltender for an extra attacker in the final two minutes of regulation, and the strategy paid off. Blake evened the score at 3-all when he tapped the puck between just past the goal line with 1:06 to go.

The Wild opened the scoring 1:54 into the first when Faber redirected a long shot by Zuccarello. Boldy followed with his first career short-handed goal to put the Wild on top 2-0 with 8:14 to go in the first. Carolina got on the scoreboard with 5:57 remaining in the second on Blake's tip-in. After the Wild made it 3-1 early in the third, Aho scored to pull the Hurricanes within 3-2 with 13:26 remaining.

Flames 6, Sabres 2

Joel Farabee scored twice and Rasmus Andersson scored once and added two assists to lead visiting Calgary over Buffalo.

Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato both collected one goal and one assist, while Yegor Sharangovich, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri all netted two assists. Goaltender Devin Cooley made 28 saves to net his first win of the season and first in the NHL since April 11, 2024, with the San Jose Sharks.

After blowing a 2-0 lead, the Flames recovered with four unanswered goals in the final frame. Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and an assist and Tage Thompson also scored for the Sabres, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Goalie Colten Ellis stopped 29 shots.

Capitals 7, Oilers 4

Rookie Ryan Leonard recorded his first career two-goal game to fuel host Washington to a victory over Edmonton.

Superstar captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 904th career goal to help his Capitals improve to 9-4-2 in 15 all-time meetings against fellow three-time Hart Trophy recipient Connor McDavid and the Oilers. Aliaksei Protas and Anthony Beauvillier also tallied and Tom Wilson added a pair of empty-net goals for Washington. Connor McMichael and defenseman John Carlson each had three assists and Logan Thompson made 26 saves for the Capitals.

Edmonton defenseman Darnell Nurse scored two goals in the first period and David Tomasek and Leon Draisaitl each tallied in the third. McDavid notched two assists and Stuart Skinner turned aside 14 shots for the Oilers, who have lost six of their last nine games (3-5-1).

Ducks 4, Bruins 3

Defenseman Ian Moore scored the go-ahead goal with 3:35 left in the third period and Lukas Dostal made 36 saves, lifting Anaheim to a win over visiting Boston.

After the Bruins rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to tie the score on Morgan Geekie's second goal of the game at 7:39 of the third, Moore took Leo Carlsson's pass to the high slot and teed up a slap shot that fluttered off a body in front and past goalie Joonas Korpisalo.

Jansen Harkins, Radko Gudas and Ryan Strome also scored and Mason McTavish recorded two assists for the Ducks, who are on a six-game home winning streak. In addition to Geekie's pair, Michael Eyssimont also netted a goal, Hampus Lindholm dished out two assists and Korpisalo stopped 29 shots for the Bruins, who have lost three of four.

After the Bruins rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to tie the score on Morgan Geekie's second goal of the game at 7:39 of the third, Moore took Leo Carlsson's pass to the high slot and teed up a slap shot that fluttered off a body in front and past goalie Joonas Korpisalo.

Jansen Harkins, Radko Gudas and Ryan Strome also scored for Anaheim, which has won back-to-back games following a three-game skid. Mason McTavish recorded two assists for the Ducks, who are on a six-game home winning streak.

Dostal, who improved to 10-5-1 on the season, made 17 saves in the first period alone.

In addition to Geekie's pair, Michael Eyssimont also netted a goal, Hampus Lindholm dished out two assists and Korpisalo stopped 29 shots for the Bruins, who have lost three of four.

Boston had a 39-33 advantage in shots and went 2-for-2 on the power play while Anaheim finished 1-for-3.

The Ducks scored the first two goals and led 2-1 after a first period during which it was outshot 18-11. Harkins opened the scoring 2:29 in, slotting home Russ Johnston's cross-ice pass after picking up the rebound of a Nikita Nesterenko shot that bounced back into the slot.

Gudas made it a 2-0 lead exactly four minutes later, teeing up a shot from the blue line that deflected in off a defender.

Geekie halved the Boston deficit on a power play at the 14:58 mark. He tipped Lindholm's point shot off Dostal's glove and over the goal line.

Dostal punctuated a period full of key saves by stopping Nikita Zadorov's try on a 2-on-0 rush in the final minute.

Following another Boston push to start the second, Strome scored late in a power play at 13:47 to extend the Anaheim edge to 3-1. The center deflected McTavish's point shot past Korpisalo. McTavish had a goal waved off due to goaltender interference earlier in the period.

Zadorov sprung Fraser Minten for a break-in that Dostal saved in the final four minutes of the middle frame, but another long feed led to Eyssimont cutting toward the net on the right side to score a wrist shot goal with 1:33 to go before the second intermission.

The Bruins needed just eight seconds of a third-period power play to knot the score at 3-3. Off a faceoff, Geekie was stationed in front of the crease and tipped David Pastrnak's shot from the top of the left circle.

Both goaltenders made game-saving stops minutes later. Geekie had his bid for a hat-trick goal denied by Dostal at the side of the net before Korpisalo stopped McTavish off a turnover in front.

Matt Boldy scored during regulation and scored the lone goal during the shootout round for Minnesota, which won its third straight game. Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist and Brock Faber also scored.

Jackson Blake scored two goals to lead Carolina, which earned a point in the standings. Sebastian Aho also scored a goal.

Wallstedt shined during overtime and the shootout round. He denied Blake on a breakaway opportunity late in overtime with a kick save, and he delighted the home crowd with a kick save and a glove save during the shootout round.

Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen allowed three goals on 19 shots.

Carolina pulled its goaltender for an extra attacker in the final two minutes of regulation, and the strategy paid off. Blake evened the score at 3-all when he tapped the puck between just past the goal line with 1:06 to go.

The Wild opened the scoring 1:54 into the first period. Faber redirected a long shot by Zuccarello into the back of the net.

Boldy followed with his first career short-handed goal to put the Wild on top 2-0 with 8:14 to go in the first period. He raced in on a mini-breakaway and scored on a wrist shot.

Carolina got on the scoreboard with 5:57 remaining in the second. Blake worked his way in front of the net and tipped a shot past Wallstedt for the goal.

The Wild made it 3-1 in the first 15 seconds of the third period. Zuccarello got on a breakaway and capitalized by flipping a shot over Andersen's shoulder and into the net.

Aho scored to pull the Hurricanes within 3-2 with 13:26 remaining. He received a pass from Andrei Svechnikov and snapped a wrist shot from the left circle for the goal.

Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato both collected one goal and one assist, while Mikael Backlund added a goal for Calgary, which still sits at the bottom of the NHL standings. Yegor Sharangovich, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri all netted two assists.

Goaltender Devin Cooley made 28 saves to net his first win of the season and first in the NHL since April 11, 2024, with the San Jose Sharks.

Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and an assist and Tage Thompson also scored for the Sabres, who had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Goalie Colten Ellis stopped 29 shots.

After blowing a 2-0 lead, the Flames recovered with four unanswered goals in the final frame.

Frost broke the 2-2 deadlock at 2:02 of the third period with a tap-in tally set up by Huberdeau's slick cross-ice pass off the rush.

Backlund extended Calgary's lead at 7:34, banging home a rebound from the slot for his first goal in eight games.

It's the first time this season the Flames have scored four goals in a road game.

Farabee continued the onslaught with his second of the game two minutes later. He was sprung on a breakaway and converted a blocker-side shot.

Coronato closed out the scoring with his third goal in as many games with 2:11 remaining. His shot went wide and off the glass but bounced to the front of the net and bounced off Ellis' leg into the cage.

The Flames, who went into the clash with only one win in six games, staked a two-goal lead in the first period. Andersson scored in his second consecutive game to open the scoring, pouncing on a rebound at the 5:58 mark.

Farabee doubled the lead by redirecting from the doorstep Kadri's pass from deep in the zone at 12:04 of the opening frame.

The Sabres cued up their comeback with Samuelsson's second goal in three games. He intercepted a poor clearing attempt and unloaded a wrist shot from the right circle at 10:21 of the second period.

Thompson tied the clash five minutes later, smashing off the post and in a one-timer from the right point to give him a four-game goal-scoring streak and a fifth goal in six outings.

Superstar captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 904th career goal to help his Capitals improve to 9-4-2 in 15 all-time meetings against fellow three-time Hart Trophy recipient Connor McDavid and the Oilers.

Aliaksei Protas and Anthony Beauvillier also tallied and Tom Wilson added a pair of empty-net goals for Washington, which recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since Oct. 21-24.

Connor McMichael and defenseman John Carlson each had three assists and Logan Thompson made 26 saves for the Capitals.

Edmonton defenseman Darnell Nurse scored two goals in the first period and David Tomasek and Leon Draisaitl each tallied in the third.

McDavid notched two assists and Stuart Skinner turned aside 14 shots for the Oilers, who have lost six of their last nine games (3-5-1).

Protas alertly tapped home a loose puck to open the scoring before Ovechkin doubled the advantage at 6:04 of the first period after deflecting defenseman Jakob Chychrun's shot from the point. Ovechkin's goal was the 480th of his career (regular season and playoffs) at Capital One Arena, tying Hall of Famer Gordie Howe (480 at Detroit Olympia) for the most at a single venue in NHL history.

Nurse converted a blast from the point 61 seconds later before Leonard regained Washington's two-goal edge by skating through the slot and beating Skinner to snap a 12-game goal drought.

Nurse brought the Oilers back within a goal under two minutes later after sending a drive from above the left circle that handcuffed Thompson.

Leonard used his body to fend off Edmonton defenseman Evan Bouchard before going from forehand to backhand to beat Skinner and extend the Capitals' lead to 4-2 at 11:49 of the second period.

Tomasek converted from the doorstep at 2:41 of the third period and Draisaitl answered Beauvillier's goal with a power-play tally at 7:47.

McAvoy was struck in the face by a Noah Dobson slap shot in the second period of the Bruins' 3-2 victory in Montreal on Saturday. The 2022 Second Team All-Star fell to the ice, bloodied and left the ice surface with assistance from Bruins medical personnel.

He did not return and sat out Boston's 3-1 home loss vs. Carolina on Monday.

"He's doing good. He's recovering right now at home, and we still don't know how long he's going to be out for," Sturm said Wednesday prior to their game in Anaheim. "Other guys have to step up, I think that's the bottom line. It can't be (Nikita) Zadorov and (Hampus) Lindholm."

The nine-year Bruins veteran is second on the club with 14 assists in 2025. He leads the team in ice time at 23:46 per game.

The Long Beach, N.Y. native has scored 60 goals, added 254 assists and is a plus-142 in 523 career games for the Bruins.

Forwards Elias Lindholm, Viktor Arvidsson and Casey Mittelstadt -- all with lower-body injuries -- are on the shelf for Boston, along with defenseman Jordan Harris (ankle surgery).

"Every team goes through it and unfortunately it's us right now," Sturm said. "When you talk to players, they always want ice time, they always want playing time, they hate to be scratched, and this and this and that. Well, this is their opportunity."

The Kings started their journey on Nov. 9 with a victory at Pittsburgh then stormed through Canada with victories over the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators.

With goals harder to come by as the trip has progressed, Los Angeles fell 2-1 to the Washington Capitals on Monday. It was the second consecutive one-goal game for Los Angeles, which pulled off a shutout at Ottawa on Saturday.

Anze Kopitar scored on the power play just past the midway point against the Capitals to cut the deficit in half, but neither team scored the rest of the way. The Capitals' Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-best 903rd career goal, while Kopitar scored his 443rd as he sits at third most all-time for the Kings.

If it appears that Los Angeles is running out of gas as the trip progresses, head coach Jim Hiller sees it otherwise.

"We had lots of energy in the second and the third, so there's no reason why we didn't start with the same energy," Hiller said. "We made some mistakes (early), and I guess we got what we deserved."

Darcy Kuemper had 23 saves, and the Kings' defense played well in defeat despite being without veteran Drew Doughty, who is week-to-week with a lower-body injury that occurred against the Senators.

Los Angeles now heads to the Bay Area after seeing its 10-game road points streak (8-0-2) come to an end.

Much improved this season with 21 points through 20 games, San Jose continues to be led by dynamic teenager Macklin Celebrini, who was tied for second in the NHL with 30 points (13 goals, 17 assists), heading into Wednesday's games.

The 19-year-old willed the Sharks past the Utah Mammoth 3-2 in overtime Tuesday by scoring all three goals for his second hat trick of the season and third of his young career. The game-winner came on a vicious shot through a screen at 2:52 of the extra period while on the power play.

No other teenager had ever delivered a hat trick, an overtime winner and all of his team's goals in the same game, according to OptaSTATS.

"I feel a little bit better," Celebrini said in something of a warning to the rest of the NHL about settling in during his second season. "The more time, the more chemistry (you have) with your teammates and we're looking to build something."

The level of Celebrini's early greatness and bright future was revealed in one milestone after Monday's game. He is just the fourth teenager with 30 points through 20 games in a season, joining three legends in Sidney Crosby (2006-07), Mario Lemieux (1984-85) and Wayne Gretzky twice (1980-81, 1979-80).

"I mean it's cool, but that's the first time I'm hearing about that,' Celebrini said of his name on a list with some of the NHL's top all-time performers. "I don't really want to hear about that. It's not what's important."