Alex Ovechkin scored two objectives one night time after notching a hat trick, however he exited within the 3rd length with a lower-body damage because the Washington Capitals beat the Utah Hockey Membership 6-2 on Monday in Salt Lake Town.
Ovechkin were given harm on account of a leg-on-leg collision with Utah’s Jack McBain. After the Capitals prevailed to finish a sweep in their three-game street commute, trainer Spencer Carbery stated the staff was once looking ahead to phrase on Ovechkin’s standing.
Dylan Strome and Brandon Duhaime every had a target and an lend a hand, whilst Aliaksei Protas and Nic Dowd additionally scored for Washington. Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves for the win. Ovechkin has a league-high 15 objectives in 18 video games this season and is 27 clear of surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL report of 894.
McBain and Nick Bjugstad scored for Utah, which has misplaced 3 of its previous 4 video games. Connor Ingram allowed 4 objectives on 13 pictures sooner than being lifted for Karel Vejmelka in the second one length.
Sharks 5, Crimson Wings 4 (OT)
Rookie sensation Macklin Celebrini scored his first profession extra time target and William Eklund tallied two times to steer host San Jose previous Detroit.
Tyler Toffoli and Luke Kunin additionally scored and Alexander Wennberg produced two assists for the Sharks, who snapped a three-game skid. Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood made 17 saves.
Dylan Larkin had a target and an lend a hand whilst Marco Kasper, Michael Rasmussen and Alex DeBrincat additionally scored for the Crimson Wings, who’ve just one victory of their previous six video games. Goalie Cam Talbot stopped 29 pictures.
Canadiens 3, Oilers 0
Sam Montembeault made 30 saves and Jake Evans had a target and an lend a hand in Montreal’s shutout of visiting Edmonton.
Brendan Gallagher and Kaiden Guhle additionally scored for the Canadiens, who’re 3-1-0 of their previous 4 video games. Montembeault logged his 2nd shutout of the season.
The Oilers’ 3rd shutout lack of the marketing campaign ended the staff’s four-game level streak (3-0-1). Edmonton goalie Calvin Pickard stopped 22 of 24 pictures.
Blue Jackets 5, Bruins 1
Columbus by no means trailed, logging a three-goal first length and netting a couple of short-handed tallies en path to a win over host Boston.
Dmitri Voronkov, Mathieu Olivier and James van Riemsdyk constructed the Blue Jackets’ 3-0 lead on the first intermission sooner than Justin Danforth and Yegor Chinakhov discovered the again of the online within the ultimate length.
Sean Monahan passed out two assists and Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves for Columbus, which had misplaced seven of its earlier 8 video games (1-6-1). Charlie Coyle scored the lone target and Jeremy Swayman stopped 24 pictures for Boston, which has misplaced 3 instantly (0-2-1).
Avalanche 3, Flyers 2
Cale Makar scored two times as visiting Colorado opened its four-game street commute with a victory over Philadelphia.
Casey Mittelstadt chipped in a target and an lend a hand and Mikko Rantanen arrange two objectives for the Avalanche, who’ve received 4 in their previous 5 video games. Colorado’s Justus Annunen made 24 saves.
Owen Tippett and Tyson Foerster scored for the Flyers, who misplaced in law for the primary time in six video games (4-1-1). Aleksei Kolosov recorded 26 saves whilst beginning in web for the Flyers instead of Samuel Ersson (lower-body damage).
Geese 4, Stars 2
Brett Leason notched a target and two assists whilst main Anaheim to a win in Dallas, finishing the Stars’ three-game successful streak.
Leason has two objectives and 4 assists in 4 video games since returning to the lineup after being a wholesome scratch for 3 instantly video games. Lukas Dostal made 34 saves for the Geese, who’ve received 3 out of 4.
Esa Lindell and Matt Duchene scored and Casey DeSmith made 23 saves for Dallas.
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