February 1, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Winnipeg Jets defender Josh Morrissey (44) makes the winning goal at overtime on Washington Capital’s goalkeeper Logan Thompson (48) as Capitals Center Connor McMichael (24) defends at Capital One Arena. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Pictures Defender Josh Morrissey covered a two-goal performance by making 1:57 overtime and lifting Winnipeg Jets into a 5-4 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday in a battle over the NHL’s two top teams.
Winnipegs Cole Perfetti and defender Dylan Samberg each gathered a goal and an assist and Alex Iaffalo also scored. Vladislav Namestnikov and defender Neal Pionk each noted two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 rescues for the western conference leaders, who have won six in a row and nine of their last 11 games.
Superstar Washington Captain Alex Ovechkin made a blast from the point to create a 4-4 tip with 7:39 left in the third period. It was his team-leading 24th goal of the season and the 877th career and moved him 18 goals shy to break the Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.
Former Jet Pierre-Luc Dubois, Tom Wilson and Taylor Raddysh also scored Washington. Defender Matt Roy noted three assists and Thompson turned to 25 shots for the eastern conference-leading capitals, which also lost a 5-4 overtime decision in Ottawa on Thursday.
Islanders 3, Lightning 2 (OT)
Defender Tony Deangelo made an interruption 33 seconds to overtime when New York extended the NHL’s longest winning line to seven matches and edged the host Tampa Bay.
Another newcomer, defender Adam Boqvist, scored in his Islanders debut, and Kyle Palmieri noted a goal in his second match in a row. Goalkeeper Ilya Sorokin stopped 28 shots when the club secured its fifth straight road victory.
Jake Guentzel and Nikita Kucherov scored Lightning, who received 33 rescues from Andrei Vasilevskiy but fell to 2-4-1 in the last seven excursions.
Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 3
Mitch Marner and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist and Toronto finished their three-game losing line by holding on to a victory over host Edmonton.
William Nylander and Bobby Mcmann also scored for Toronto, while Auston Matthews raised a couple of assists. The goal Joseph Woll made 45 rescues in the victory. Marner counted what ended up being the game -winning goal 18 seconds into the third period and zipped through a lot of oilers for his 16th season.
It set the leaves up 4-1, but Edmonton then gathered. Zach Hyman found the back of the net at 6:04 of the third. Corey Perry then cheated Toronto’s goalkeeper with a snap shot from the blue line that lowered the deficit to 4-3 at 11:33. Evan Bouchard also scored for Oilers and Stuart Skinner ended with 24 rescues.
Senators 6, Wild 0
Defender Jake Sanderson gathered one goal and three assists and Rookie Leevi Merilainen met only 16 shots for their third suspension this season and lifted Ottawa to a 6-0 victory over the visiting Minnesota.
Tim Stutzle and Drake Batherson each played a goal and two assists and Captain Brady Tkachuk had one of each to send Ottawa to their fourth straight victory. Josh Norris registered his second straight short hands Tally and Michael Amadio also scored for the Senators, who recorded a seasonal 52 shots.
Filip Gustavsson made 46 rescues for nature, which went in with an NHL best 20-5-3 road sign. However, they were thoroughly surpassed after allowing three combined goals to win the first three races in a current five game away.
Bruins 6, Rangers 3
David Pastrnak registered his first hat Trick of season and an assist to lead Boston to a 6-3 victory over visiting New York.
Bruins never looked back after Pastrnak scored a successful goal during the first period. The star wing rides at a 10-game point (10 goals, 13 assists). Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist, Charlie McAvoy and Charlie Coyle scored and Brad Marchand and Matt Poitras pulled out two assists for Bruins, who snapped a two-game skid. Jeremy Swayman made 22 rescues.
JT Miller scored two goals for New York less than 24 hours after being reintroduced in Friday’s blockbuster trade with Vancouver Canucks. Jonny Brodzinski netted the other. Igor Shesterkin stopped 19 shots for New York, which has dropped three straight.
Penguins 3, Predators 0
Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 rescues for his first suspension of the season and ninth of his career when Pittsburgh dropped and visited Nashville.
Sidney Crosby made and added an assist, Philip Tomasino and Bryan Rust added goals and Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell picked up two assists. Pittsburgh has won back-to-back games after taking a three-game skid in Utah on Wednesday. Penguins have points in 13 of their last 15 matches against predators (11-2-2).
Juuse Saros, which was scratched due to illness on Friday in Buffalo, started Saturday and stopped 33 shots. Nashville has lost four straight matches.
Panthers 5, Blackhawks 1
Sam Reinhart scored his 30th goal of the season and contributed two assists for Florida in a victory to visit Chicago in Sunrise, FLA.
Carter Verhaeghe contributed a goal and an assist, while Jonah Gadjovich, Matthew Tkachuk and Evan Rodrigues also did. Aleksander Barkov had two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 rescues for Panthers, who have won three of their last four.
Landon Slaggert scored the fastest goal in the Chicago Franchise History to start a game -seven seconds in -and Petr Mrazek made 39 saves for the Blackhawks, which has lost five of six (1-3-2). Chicago’s previous brand for its fastest goal was by Brent Sutter in eight seconds in a victory over Vancouver on February 5, 1995, according to the NHL.
Kings 4, Hurricanes 2
Kevin Fiala did twice when Los Angeles doubled Carolina in Raleigh, NC
Phillip Danault had a goal and an assist and Trevor Moore also scored for Kings, which broke a four-game losing line. Quinton Byfield had two assists and Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 shots.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Eric Robinson scored Hurricanes, who had their seven-game-point dash snapped. Frederik Andersen made 22 rescues. Defender Brent Burns counted his 900th career point, an assist, in the loss.
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