Overview
- Tampa Bay edged Buffalo 4-3 in overtime on Jake Guentzel’s breakaway winner with 15 seconds left, as Nikita Kucherov posted a goal and three assists to push his points streak to nine games and the Lightning’s home win streak to nine.
- Toronto beat Edmonton 5-2 behind two goals from Matias Maccelli, capitalizing on a third-period 5-on-3 to pull away, while the Oilers dropped a second straight after publicly stressing a shift back to defensive discipline.
- Columbus blanked New Jersey 3-0 for a sixth consecutive victory, with Elvis Merzlikins earning his first shutout of the season and Mathieu Olivier scoring twice in a three-goal third period.
- Bo Horvat scored 52 seconds into overtime to lift the Islanders past the Penguins 5-4, with Ilya Sorokin making 31 saves as New York halted a brief skid ahead of the break.
- Philadelphia snapped a four-game slide with a 4-2 win over Washington on Jamie Drysdale’s late power-play goal, and GM Daniel Brière reinforced confidence in young winger Matvei Michkov before the game.