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Canadiens 4, Penguins 0
Jacob Fowler made 31 saves for his first career shutout as Montreal shut down Pittsburgh at home. The 21-year-old, recalled from the AHL’s Laval Rocket, set the tone early by denying Kevin Hayes on a breakaway and stayed sharp on a Connor Dewar point-blank tip in the second. If you’re trying to price games like this, the biggest tells often show up in shot quality, special teams, and goalie form—exactly the kind of checklist covered in the NHL key-stats handicapping approach.
Josh Anderson scored twice, with Juraj Slafkovsky and Owen Beck also scoring as the Canadiens improved to 4-1-1 in their last six. Pittsburgh dropped its eighth straight (0-4-4) and was shut out 4-0 for the second game in a row. In stretches like this, it’s also worth revisiting how to treat slumping teams and “live” dogs—this NHL underdogs strategy breakdown is a good sanity check before chasing plus prices.
Rangers 5, Flyers 4 (SO)
Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck scored in the first two shootout rounds as New York rallied past Philadelphia. Igor Shesterkin shut the door in the shootout after helping the Rangers kill two power plays in overtime. Panarin scored New York’s first two goals after missing Thursday with an illness.
Philadelphia’s second period was explosive (four goals), but the Flyers finally took a regulation loss when leading after two, falling to 10-0-1 in that spot. Travis Sanheim and Owen Tippett scored 23 seconds apart, Trevor Zegras added a power-play goal, and Rodrigo Abols chipped in short-handed.
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Red Wings 5, Capitals 2
Detroit struck first in a home-and-home with a road win in Washington. John Leonard, James van Riemsdyk, Elmer Soderblom, Moritz Seider, and Dylan Larkin scored, while John Gibson stopped 24 of 26 to extend his winning-start streak to seven. Leonard’s goal was his first with Detroit after a call-up.
Aliaksei Protas and Martin Fehervary scored for the Caps, and Logan Thompson made 37 saves. The teams return Sunday to finish the set.
Wild 5, Oilers 2
Matt Boldy scored twice as Minnesota pulled away from Edmonton to extend its win streak to seven. Vladimir Tarasenko added a goal and an assist, with Ryan Hartman and Nico Sturm also scoring. Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves, while Hartman and Kirill Kaprizov each fired six shots on goal.
Andrew Mangiapane and Connor McDavid scored for Edmonton. Calvin Pickard allowed four goals on 36 shots, starting one day after newly acquired Tristan Jarry was placed on injured reserve.
Senators 6, Blackhawks 4
David Perron scored twice early in the third period to lift Ottawa past Chicago. Brady Tkachuk scored again (four goals in three games), and Tim Stutzle posted a goal and two assists for his fifth multi-point effort during a six-game point streak. Fabian Zetterlund scored and added an assist, Tyler Kleven scored his first of the season, and Leevi Merilainen made 20 saves as the Senators won their third straight.
Ilya Mikheyev snapped a 20-game goal drought with two goals for Chicago, Andre Burakovsky scored on the power play, and Nick Lardis netted his first NHL goal. Arvid Soderblom made 34 saves in the loss.
Sabres 3, Islanders 2 (SO)
Josh Norris scored the shootout decider as Buffalo survived a blown two-goal lead and won its fifth straight. Rasmus Dahlin and Tage Thompson scored in regulation, and Alex Lyon made 32 saves through regulation and overtime.
Mathew Barzal scored late in the second, and Emil Heineman forced overtime with a power-play goal in the final minute of regulation. The Isles were without Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri, and Alexander Romanov.
Blues 6, Panthers 2
Justin Faulk scored the go-ahead goal with 0.7 seconds left in the second period and St. Louis exploded from there in Sunrise. Jake Neighbours and Robert Thomas scored twice each, and Jonatan Berggren added a goal and two assists. Joel Hofer made 27 saves.
Florida got goals from A.J. Greer and Sam Reinhart, but saw its four-game win streak end.
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Canucks 5, Bruins 4 (SO)
Liam Ohgren scored the lone shootout goal (seventh round) after adding a goal and an assist in regulation as Vancouver rallied past Boston. Kevin Lankinen snapped an 0-5-1 stretch with 38 saves, then was perfect in the shootout. Linus Karlsson had two goals and an assist, and Max Sasson also scored.
Morgan Geekie had a goal and an assist for Boston, with Pavel Zacha, Tanner Jeannot, and Andrew Peeke also scoring. Jeremy Swayman made 18 saves.
Predators 5, Maple Leafs 3
Nashville grabbed two points at home behind a highlight-reel third-period goal by Luke Evangelista to break a 2-2 tie. Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist, Brady Skjei posted two assists, and Juuse Saros made 19 saves.
Bobby McMann had a goal and an assist for Toronto, and Joseph Woll stopped 29 of 32.
Lightning 6, Hurricanes 4
Jake Guentzel scored the go-ahead goal in the third and added an empty-netter as Tampa Bay rallied past Carolina to snap a four-game home losing streak. Ryan McDonagh had a goal and an assist, with Brayden Point, Gage Goncalves, and Jack Finley also scoring. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves.
Carolina got goals from Eric Robinson, Jackson Blake, Bradly Nadeau, and Andrei Svechnikov, but went 0-1-1 across its back-to-back set.
Ducks 4, Blue Jackets 3
Pavel Mintyukov scored the eventual game-winner as Anaheim beat Columbus. Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist, and Jacob Trouba and Mason McTavish also scored. Lukas Dostal made 23 saves.
Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist for Columbus, with Dmitri Voronkov and Mason Marchment also scoring. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 24.
Flames 6, Golden Knights 3
Mikael Backlund scored two goals for the second straight game as Calgary beat Vegas. Connor Zary and MacKenzie Weegar each had three assists, while Joel Farabee scored short-handed and Jonathan Huberdeau also found the net. Devin Cooley made 34 saves.
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist for Vegas, Mitch Marner posted two assists, and Akira Schmid allowed five on 25 shots as the Knights’ eight-game point streak ended.
Kraken 4, Sharks 2
Eeli Tolvanen and Chandler Stephenson each posted a goal and an assist as Seattle rallied in San Jose to snap a four-game skid. Ryker Evans and Ryan Lindgren scored 2:32 apart early in the third, and Joey Daccord made 34 saves.
Adam Gaudette and Collin Graf scored for the Sharks, and Yaroslav Askarov stopped 28 of 31.
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