St. Louis Blues defeated the Colorado Avalanche 8-2 as Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich each scored three goals to achieve hat tricks in Denver on Saturday night. Schenn, who contributed an assist, now has four career hat tricks, while Buchnevich has three.
Torey Krug scored a goal and had an assist, with Alexey Toropchenko and Robert Thomas adding to the win for the Blues. Jordan Binnington made 36 saves for St. Louis. Mikko Rantanen and Jack Johnson scored for the Avalanche, Alexandar Georgiev made 22 saves before leaving early in the third period, with Ivan Prosvetov relieving him and making 12 saves.
Montreal achieved a come-from-behind victory over Boston with a 3-2 overtime win, thanks to Kaiden Guhle’s game-winning goal at 2:13 of overtime. Nick Suzuki scored his fourth goal in as many games and Brendan Gallagher also scored. Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins, with Jeremy Swayman stopping 24 shots in the loss.
Edmonton snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win against Seattle, with Zach Hyman scoring a natural hat trick in a span of 8:44 in the first period and Dylan Holloway also scoring for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner made 17 saves. Jaden Schwartz scored for Seattle, Philipp Grubauer allowed four goals on 17 shots, and Joey Daccord stopped all nine shots he faced the rest of the way.
Daniel Sprong scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lift Detroit over Columbus 5-4. Patrik Laine scored his 200th career goal for the Blue Jackets, with Alexandre Texier, rookie Adam Fantilli and Sean Kuraly also contributing. Goalie Ville Husso made 18 saves for Detroit, while Spencer Martin made 23 saves for the Blue Jackets.
Wyatt Johnston, Thomas Harley, and Matt Duchene scored for Dallas as they defeated Winnipeg 3-2 to maintain their hold on the top spot in the Central Division. Cole Perfetti and Brenden Dillon scored for the Jets, with Connor Hellebuyck making 26 saves.
Drake Batherson collected one goal and one assist as Ottawa beat Calgary 4-1, snapping a five-game home skid. Mathieu Joseph, Rourke Chartier, and Travis Hamonic also scored for the Senators. Blake Coleman scored Calgary’s lone goal.
Sebastian Aho and Brent Burns each had a goal and an assist as Carolina blanked Tampa Bay 4-0, with goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov notching his fifth career shutout. Jonas Johansson stopped 28 of 32 shots for the Lightning.
Noah Gregor scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and added an assist as Toronto defeated Vancouver 5-2. J.T. Miller and Pius Suter scored for the Canucks.
Nic Dowd and Aliaksei Protas both scored in the second period for Washington, which led to a 4-1 win over New York. Alex Ovechkin scored the opening and closing goal for the Capitals. Alexander Romanov scored in the first period for the Islanders.
Tristan Jarry stopped all 35 shots and Erik Karlsson scored twice as Pittsburgh blanked Buffalo 4-0. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 36 saves in the loss.
Michael Carcone scored twice as Arizona edged Nashville 7-5, with Connor Ingram making 36 saves. Filip Forsberg had two goals for Nashville.
Philadelphia snapped Los Angeles’ eight-game point streak with a 4-2 win, with Morgan Frost scoring two goals and Cal Petersen making 35 saves. Adrian Kempe and Carl Grundstrom scored for Los Angeles.
–Field Level Media
