Patrick Kane reached the 1,300-point mark with a goal and an assist as the host Detroit Red Wings snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Todd McLellan recorded his first win in two games as Detroit’s head coach. McLellan replaced Derek Lalonde, who was fired on Thursday.
Kane is the second U.S.-born player to reach 1,300 career points, trailing only Mike Modano’s 1,374. Kane is also the fourth active player to reach that milestone, joining Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin.
As for Ovechkin, he scored for the second consecutive game after missing the previous 16 Capitals contests due to a broken fibula. Ovechkin’s 17th goal of the season moved him within 24 goals of tying Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894.
Penguins 3, Islanders 2
Sidney Crosby passed Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux to claim Pittsburgh’s all-time record for assists as the host Penguins split a weekend home-and-home set with New York.
Michael Bunting, Evgeni Malkin and Anthony Beauvillier each added a goal for Pittsburgh, which lost 6-3 on Saturday. Crosby’s assist on Bunting’s goal gave him 1,034 career helpers.
Anders Lee and Bo Horvat scored for the Islanders, who have only two wins in their last six games. Goalie Marcus Hogberg, in his first NHL start since April 28, 2021, while with the Ottawa Senators, stopped 38 shots.
Golden Knights 3, Flames 0
Ilya Samsonov turned aside 31 shots for his 14th career shutout and Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist as host Vegas extended its season-best winning streak to six games with a win over Calgary.
It was Samsonov’s first shutout with the Golden Knights and marked his sixth win in his past seven starts. Pacific Division-leading Vegas improved to an NHL-best 15-3-0 at home. The Golden Knights also moved into a tie with the Winnipeg Jets for the NHL lead in points with 53.
Dan Vladar stopped 34 of 36 shots for Calgary, which had a five-game point streak (3-0-2) come to an end.
Ducks 5, Oilers 3
Ryan Strome scored the go-ahead goal at 17:24 of the third period and Anaheim rallied from a two-goal deficit to hand visiting Edmonton a second straight loss.
Strome took the puck from behind the net and stuffed it in on the doorstep. It initially appeared that goalie Calvin Pickard kept it out, but a video review confirmed it went over the line.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice, Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist, and Connor McDavid had two assists for the Oilers, who have lost consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 16-18. Pickard made 27 saves.
Stars 5, Blackhawks 1
Matt Duchene and Jamie Benn each had a goal and two assists to lead six players with multi-point nights and Jake Oettinger made 24 saves to lift Dallas past host Chicago.
Dallas scored the final five goals of the game to keep Chicago reeling. The Blackhawks have lost four straight and six of nine. Dallas improved to 16-1-1 when leading after two periods.
Arvid Soderblom stopped 30 shots for Chicago, which grabbed a 1-0 lead at 12:20 of the first period as Connor Bedard scored a power-play goal on a wrist shot from the high slot. Benn scored at 17:12 to begin the comeback.
Canadiens 5, Lightning 2
Jake Evans scored in his fifth straight game and Alexandre Carrier had two assists as Montreal beat host Tampa Bay for the Canadiens’ fifth win in six games.
Sam Montembeault stopped 21 shots as Montreal improved to 2-1-0 on its season-long six-game road trip. The Canadiens beat the Panthers 4-0 on Saturday in the first game of their Florida back-to-back.
Alex Newhook and Christian Dvorak also scored for Montreal, which killed all three Lightning power plays while allowing just one shot.
Sabres 4, Blues 2
Jason Zucker and Tage Thompson each had a goal and an assist to lead visiting Buffalo past St. Louis for the Sabres’ third straight win.
Peyton Krebs and Juri Kulich also scored for the Sabres, who endured a 13-game winless stretch before the winning streak. Jack Quinn had two assists for Buffalo and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves.
Brayden Schenn and Nathan Walker scored for the Blues and Colton Parayko earned two assists. St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington allowed four goals on 16 shots faced.
Senators 3, Wild 1
Josh Norris scored the go-ahead goal with 7:18 remaining in the third period and Ottawa held on to beat host Minnesota in Saint Paul, ending the Senators’ two-game skid.
Ridly Greig and Claude Giroux also scored for Ottawa, which improved to 7-2-0 in its past nine contests.
Senators goaltender Leevi Merilainen stopped 30 of 31 shots to pick up his second career win in his fifth game. The save total marked the second-most in the brief career of the 22-year-old from Finland.
Kings 5, Flyers 4
Anze Kopitar scored a pair of third-period goals, Adrian Kempe added a goal and an assist, and host Los Angeles Kings rallied past Philadelphia to run its home winning streak to seven games.
Kevin Fiala and Warren Foegele added goals and David Rittich made 17 saves for the Kings, who improved to 10-2-2 dating to Nov. 27, with a pair of victories over the Flyers in the stretch. Kopitar moved into a tie with Dave Taylor for third place on the Kings’ all-time goals-scored list with 431 in 19 seasons.
Scott Laughton and Matvei Michkov each scored a goal with an assist for the Flyers, while Tyson Foerster and Joel Farabee also had goals. Aleksei Kolosov made 15 saves for Philadelphia, which lost for the fifth time in its past seven games (2-5-0).
–Field Level Media
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