Ivan Provorov and Kirill Marchenko scored the tying and game-winning goals in a span of 74 seconds late in the third period as the host Columbus Blue Jackets stunned the New York Islanders 4-2 on Sunday in a heated Metropolitan Division clash.
Cole Sillinger clinched the contest with an empty-netter with 1:06 remaining and Jet Greaves made 24 saves to give the Blue Jackets their first two-game winning streak since Dec. 1-4.
The Islanders played the final 38-plus minutes without Mathew Barzal after he received a game misconduct for slashing Mason Marchment in retaliation for a pair of penalties Marchment drew against rookie Matthew Schaefer.
Marchenko scored the first of his two goals before Max Shabanov tied the game late in the first and Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal in the second for New York. David Rittich, who made his fourth straight start in place of the injured Ilya Sorokin, recorded 31 saves as the Islanders’ two-game winning streak ended.
Lightning 5, Canadiens 4 (SO)
Gage Goncalves and Brayden Point tallied in the shootout as Tampa Bay won its fourth straight contest by edging visiting Montreal.
After the Lightning squandered a 4-1 lead in the third period, the pair beat Florida-born goaltender Jacob Fowler (18 saves) as the club won the shootout 2-0 on the second night of a back-to-back set. Tampa Bay goalie Jonas Johansson (32 saves) stopped Ivan Demidov and Cole Caufield for the win.
The Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov scored two goals, and Nick Paul and Pontus Holmberg tallied. Montreal’s Juraj Slafkovsky had two goals and an assist, and Demidov and Noah Dobson each scored and added a helper.
Penguins 7, Blackhawks 3
Justin Brazeau notched a hat trick, Bryan Rust scored twice and Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist to boost visiting Pittsburgh to a rout of Chicago.
The Penguins potted four of their first seven shots in the opening 12:03 of the game, with Rust scoring both of his tallies during that span. Pittsburgh goaltender Arturs Silovs did his part with 21 saves on 24 shots.
Nick Foligno, Wyatt Kaiser and Tyler Bertuzzi put the Blackhawks on the board, but their efforts weren’t enough to prevent Chicago from falling to 1-7 in its past eight games. Spencer Knight managed to stop only five of nine shots, while Arvid Soderblom saved 12 of 15 attempts.
Red Wings 3, Maple Leafs 2 (OT)
Simon Edvinsson scored on a backhander with 3:14 remaining in overtime as host Detroit edged Toronto and maintained a two-point lead in the Atlantic Division.
Moritz Seider and Mason Appleton scored the regulation goals for the Red Wings, while Cam Talbot made 25 saves.
Matthew Knies and Nicholas Robertson had the goals for the Maple Leafs, and John Tavares assisted on both. Dennis Hildeby made 33 saves.
Kraken 4, Flyers 1
Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves and Eeli Tolvanen had two goals — both empty-netters — and an assist as Seattle defeated visiting Philadelphia.
Chandler Stephenson added a goal and an assist, and Jordan Eberle also tallied as the Kraken won their fourth consecutive game following a 1-9-1 skid.
Carl Grundstrom scored the lone goal for the Flyers on a wrist shot just under the crossbar to spoil Grubauer’s bid for his first shutout since April 9, 2024. Dan Vladar stopped 16 of 18 shots for Philadelphia, which had a two-game winning streak snapped.
–Field Level Media
