CAPITALS 6,
LIGHTNING 3
TAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Ovechkin scored
his 50th and 51st goals of the season, leading the Washington
Capitals to a 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay
Lightning on Saturday night.
Nicklas
Backstrom and T.J. Oshie also
scored twice and Braden Holtby made
25 saves to help the defending champion Capitals win their fourth consecutive
game. Backstrom became the seventh Washington player to reach 20 goals this
season.
Ovechkin reached the 50-goal mark for the eighth time in his
career. Only Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky, who each did it nine times, have
scored 50 goals in more seasons in NHL history. Ovechkin has 657 goals to move
past Brenden Shanahan for 13th in the NHL history.
The first goal for Ovechkin came in the third period as
Oshie fed a cross-ice pass from the left boards to the bottom of the right
circle for a one-timer. Ovechkin added a power-play goal at 16:15, his 247th
power-play goal to tie Luc
Robitaille for fourth on the NHL list.
Nikita
Kucherov had his 39th of the season for Tampa Bay, and Tyler Johnson and J.T. Miller
also scored.
ISLANDERS 5, SABRES 1
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Jordan Eberle continued
his scoring surge with another goal, Anthony
Beauvillier added two of his own and New York beat Buffalo to
clinch a playoff berth for the first time since 2016.
Michael Dal
Colle and Ryan Pulock also
scored for the Islanders. They have 99 points in their first season under Coach
Barry Trotz and secured a postseason spot in March for the first time since
1990.
The Islanders have won four of their last five games.
Buffalo's Victor
Olofsson spoiled Robin Lehner's
shutout bid with his first NHL goal on the power play at 13:28 of the third
period. Lehner made 31 saves.
SHARKS 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3, OT
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Brent Burns scored
on a power play at 22 seconds of overtime and San Jose beat Vegas to snap a
seven-game losing streak.
The Sharks clinched second place in the Pacific Division and
home ice in the first round of the playoffs, ending their longest skid of the
season and sending Vegas to its franchise-worst fifth straight loss.
Tomas Hertl, Evander Kane and Marc-Edouard
Vlasic also scored for San Jose, and Martin Jones
made 23 saves.
William
Karlsson had a goal and had an assist for the Golden
Knights. Cody Eakin and Shea Theodore also
scored.
PANTHERS 4, BRUINS 1
BOSTON -- Troy Brouwer scored
a short-handed goal, Roberto
Luongo stopped 30 shots and Florida beat Boston to end the
Bruins' home winning streak at 12.
Evgenii
Dadonov scored twice and Riley Sheahan added
a goal for Florida. Eliminated from playoff contention, the Panthers have won
two straight.
Noel Acciari scored
and Tuukka Rask made
19 saves for Boston. The Bruins have already clinched a playoff berth and will
most likely open the postseason at home against Toronto.
HURRICANES 5, FLYERS 2
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Teuvo
Teravainen and Dougie
Hamilton scored 21 seconds apart in the first period, and
Carolina beat Philadelphia to boost its playoff hopes and eliminate the Flyers
from contention.
Justin Faulk, Jaccob Slavin and Brock McGinn and Petr Mrazek made
30 saves for Carolina. The Hurricanes are in position for the first Eastern
Conference wild card.
Claude Giroux and Oskar
Lindblom scored for Philadelphia.
BLUES 3, DEVILS 2, OT
NEWARK, N.J. -- Defenseman Vince Dunn scored
in close with 2.8 seconds left in overtime and St. Louis beat New Jersey for
the 11th straight time.
Robert Thomas and Tyler Bozak also
scored for the Blues, and Jake Allen made
25 saves. St Louis is 27-10-4 since the turn of the year. Drew Stafford and Joey Anderson scored
for the Devils.
BLUE JACKETS 5, PREDATORS 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Cam Atkinson scored
twice and Artemi
Panarin had four assists to lead Columbus past Nashville for
its fourth straight victory.
David Savard, Oliver
Bjorkstrand and Boone Jenner also
had goals, and Sergei
Bobrovsky made 23 saves for Columbus. The Blue Jackets
maintained their hold on the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference
playoff race.
Viktor
Arvidsson and Filip
Forsberg scored for Nashville.
CANADIENS 3, JETS 1
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Joel Armia, Jeff Petry and Jordan Weal scored
and Montreal beat Winnipeg to improve its playoff hopes.
Carey Price made
23 saves for the Canadiens. They are fighting Carolina and Columbus in the race
for the final two playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. Mathieu
Perreault scored for Winnipeg, and Connor
Hellebuyck made 40 saves.
SENATORS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2
OTTAWA, Ontario -- Anthony
Duclair scored twice and Craig
Anderson made 42 saves to help last-place Ottawa beat Toronto.
Toronto missed a chance to clinch a playoff berth, falling
to 3-5-2 in its last 10 games.
Magnus
Paajarvi and Cody Ceci also
scored for the Senators. Auston
Matthews and Connor Brown scored
for Toronto.
KINGS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, OT
LOS ANGELES -- Drew Doughty scored
a power-play goal with 11.6 seconds remaining in overtime for the Kings.
Michael
Amadio and Austin Wagner each
had a goal in regulation, and Jack Campbell made
33 saves for Los Angeles.
Erik
Gustafsson and Alex
DeBrincat scored for Chicago, which pulled within six points of
Colorado for the second wild card in the Western Conference with four games
remaining. Corey
Crawford made 26 saves.
CANUCKS 3, STARS 2, SO
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Markus
Granlund scored in the eighth round of the shootout, leading
the Canucks over the Dallas Stars.
Tim Schaller and Sven
Baertschi scored in regulation for the Canucks, who were
officially eliminated from the playoff race on Friday. Jacob
Markstrom made 38 saves. Granlund's goal was the only score in
the shootout, which ended when Mattias
Janmark missed for Dallas.
Andrew Cogliano and Alexander
Radulov had goals for the Stars, who fell short of pulling off
a playoff spot-clinching win after erasing a 2-0 deficit in the third period.
DUCKS 5, OILERS 1
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Rickard
Rakell scored three goals in the second period, powering
Anaheim to the victory.
Corey Perry and Devin Shore also
scored for the Ducks, who have won two of their last three.
Edmonton ended John Gibson's
shutout bid with 6:51 left in the game on Sam Gagner's
goal. Gibson finished with 30 saves while sending the Oilers to their second
loss in a row.
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