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SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Boston 2, BUFFALO 1
NY RANGERS 4, Carolina 2
PHILADELPHIA 3, Chicago 1
New Jersey 5, NASHVILLE 4 (OT)
VANCOUVER 3, Toronto 2 (SO)
Winnipeg 3, ST. LOUIS 2 (OT)
OTTAWA 2, Florida 0
TAMPA BAY 2, Washington 1 (SO)
PITTSBURGH 5, Detroit 3
Columbus 3, ARIZONA 2 (SO)
Dallas 3, COLORADO 0
EDMONTON 3, Anaheim 2 (OT)
LAINE GRABS SHARE OF GOAL-SCORING LEAD
Patrik Laine (1-1—2) scored his 16th goal of the season and set up Bryan Little’s overtime winner as the Jets snapped a six-game road losing streak (0-5-1) and improved to 3-1-0 in their last four overall.
* Laine, who has scored in three consecutive games (4-1—5), moved into a tie with Sidney Crosby for the NHL lead with 16 goals this season (27 GP) and paces all rookies with 16-7—23.
TOP TEAMS IN METROPOLITAN DIVISION KEEP PACE
The Rangers (17-8-1, 35 points), Penguins (15-7-3, 33 points) and Blue Jackets (14-5-4, 32 points) all picked up wins on Saturday to maintain the top three spots, respectively, in the Metropolitan Division.
* Chris Kreider (2-0—2) scored twice in the third period and Derek Stepan (1-2—3) posted his second three-point game of the season as the Rangers extended their home winning streak against Carolina to 13 games. The streak, which began with a 2-1 overtime victory on Jan. 5, 2011, is the longest such run against one opponent in franchise history.
* The Penguins found the net four times in the third period – including the decisive marker in the final 10 minutes by Phil Kessel (2-0—2) – to recover from a two-goal deficit for their third win in their past four contests. Elias notes that the Penguins have overcome a multi-goal deficit five times in their 15 wins this season after accomplishing the feat seven times all of last season (48 wins).
* The Blue Jackets overcame a 58-save performance by Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith and were aided by shootout goals from Cam Atkinson and Sam Gagner to earn their third straight victory and improve to 8-1-2 in their last 11 games. Smith’s 58 saves and the Blue Jackets’ 60 shots both set new franchise records, previously achieved against one another on April 3, 2012 in a 2-0 Coyotes victory (ARI: 54 saves, CBJ: 54 shots). Elias notes that only three other goaltenders have made 58 or more saves in a regular-season game in the past 25 years: Ben Scrivens (59) w/ EDM on Jan. 29, 2014 vs. SJS; Dwayne Roloson (58) w/NYI on Nov. 23, 2009 at TOR; and Ron Tugnutt (70) w/ QUE on March 21, 1991 at BOS.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Flyers scored three unanswered goals in the second period – sparked by tallies 31 seconds apart from Ivan Provorov – to pick up their fourth straight victory overall and 13th consecutive regular season home win against Chicago. Via Elias, Provorov scored the fastest pair of goals by a rookie defenseman since Dec. 15, 1995, when Winnipeg’s Deron Quint scored twice in a span of four seconds vs. EDM.
ICYMI: The Blackhawks signed goaltender Eric Semborski, an instructor for the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation, to an amateur tryout contract after Corey Crawford needed an appendectomy. The former Temple University club hockey goaltender and native of Manayunk, Pennsylvania took warmup with the team and backed up Scott Darling.
CAMMALLERI STARTS, FINISHES THREE-GOAL DEVILS COMEBACK
Michael Cammalleri (2-0—2) scored 25 seconds into the third period to spark a three-goal comeback and then scored in overtime to help the Devils snap a four-game losing streak.
* Saturday marked the fifth instance this season in which a team won a game after trailing by three or more goals in the third period and the first time the Devils have accomplished the feat since Oct. 12, 2006 when Brian Gionta scored a third-period hat trick to turn a 6-3 deficit into a 7-6 overtime win vs. TOR.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Blues forward Alexander Steen scored the 200th goal of his NHL career in his 765th game. His father, Thomas, reached the milestone in his 715th career NHL game. Per Elias, only two other father-son duos in NHL history have each collected 200 career goals: Bobby and Brett Hull (610 & 741) and J.P. and Zach Parise (238 & 303).
LOOSE PUCKS
Tuukka Rask made a season-high 35 saves to move into a tie for the League lead with 13 wins (13-4-1, 1.60 GAA, .941 SV%) . . . Mike Condon turned aside all 24 shots he faced as the Senators improved to 5-1-1 in their last seven contests, while Kari Lehtonen (23 SV) earned his first shutout of the season to lead the Stars to victory . . . Maple Leafs rookie Auston Matthews (1-0—1) has five goals in his last five games (5-1—6) and ranks tied for second among rookies with 11-8—19 this season . . . Brian Boyle scored the shootout winner as the Lightning snapped a four-game losing skid . . . Despite an overtime loss, the Blues picked up a point in their 12th straight home game (9-0-3) . . . Red Wings goaltender Jared Coreau made 32 saves in his NHL debut . . . Oilers forward Drake Caggiula scored his first career goal (8 GP) while Leon Draisaitl netted his first career overtime winner . . . Flyers captain Claude Giroux skated in his 600th NHL game . . . The Penguins honored members of their 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cup-winning teams in a pre-game ceremony.
SNEAK PEEK AT SUNDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Montreal @ Los Angeles, 3 p.m., FS-W, RDS, SNE
Tampa Bay @ Carolina, 5 p.m., FS-CR, SUN
Philadelphia @ Nashville, 6 p.m., TVAS, FS-TN, CSN-PH
Detroit @ NY Islanders, 6 p.m., MSG+, FS-D
Winnipeg @ Chicago, 7 p.m., SN, CSN-CH
Anaheim @ Calgary, 9:30 p.m., SN360, SNW, FS-W
Minnesota @ Edmonton, 9:30 p.m., SN1, SNE, SNO, SNP, FS-N, FS-WI
HOMETOWN HOCKEY TOUR STOPS IN BARRIE, ONTARIO
The League’s top scoring rookie Patrik Laine (16-7—23) will meet 2016 Art Ross Trophy winner Patrick Kane (8-17—25) as the Winnipeg Jets head into Chicago to visit the Blackhawks on Rogers Hometown Hockey, which will showcase the city of Barrie, Ontario. Laine enters the contest with consecutive multi-point games (3-1—4), while Kane has found the score sheet in four of his last five outings (2-3—5).
* Throughout 2016-17, Sunday games will be broadcast from a different community rink in various towns across Canada. Included in each telecast will be local NHL player profiles, grassroots stories and local entertainment features.
* Click here for more details about the festivities in Barrie.
* Click here for the full schedule of stops for the 2016-17 season.
