Twelve NHL games filled Saturday night’s schedule, with the New Jersey Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning both winning in overtime, the Colorado Avalanche shutting out Detroit 4-0 and the Edmonton Oilers rallying past Vancouver 4-2.
The action started at 12:30pm ET with the Washington Capitals rallying past the Florida Panthers 4-3 and ran through to the late games in the west, according to Flashscore and Kalshi. All 12 finals are confirmed below.
It was the busiest night of the week in the NHL, with 24 of the league’s 32 teams in action — and the standings shifted in a hurry.
Devils and Lightning win late
Jack Hughes scored the overtime winner for the Devils in a 5-4 win over the New York Islanders, his ninth goal of the season, with Ilya Sorokin making 45 saves for the Islanders as New Jersey outshot them 50-23.
In Tampa, Nikita Kucherov scored a power-play overtime winner as the Lightning beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3. Jake Guentzel scored twice for Tampa Bay, Charle-Edouard D’Astous tied the game late, and Maxim Shabanov scored twice for the Wild.
Canadiens beat the Leafs
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at Scotiabank Arena, with Alex Newhook scoring twice in the first period, Chris Kreider adding the game-winner unassisted in the second and Zachary Bolduc scoring on the power play. Jacob Fowler made 26 saves for Montreal, who are 11-3-3 on a 10-game point streak.
William Nylander and Gavin McKenna scored for Toronto, with Sergei Bobrovsky making 24 saves. The Leafs fall to 8-8-2.
Capitals rally past the Panthers
Washington beat Florida 4-3, with Alex Tuch, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois — the game-winner in the third period — replying after Brady Tkachuk scored twice for the Panthers, both assisted by his brother Matthew. Tom Wilson received a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct for the Capitals, who improve to 9-6-0.
The rest of the night
Elsewhere, the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1, with goals from Steven Stamkos, Ross Colton and Nick Perbix. The New York Rangers beat the Seattle Kraken 4-3, leading 4-0 before a three-goal Seattle rally, with Perreault, Kartye and Dorofeyev among the scorers.
The Ottawa Senators beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2, with Nick Cousins scoring the late winner. The Dallas Stars beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3, with Thomas Harley scoring the power-play winner.
Colorado blanked Detroit 4-0 behind Martin Necas’s two goals and two assists and a Mackenzie Blackwood shutout. Edmonton rallied past Vancouver 4-2, with Leon Draisaitl scoring twice in the third period. The Canucks fall to 3-14-1 after a fifth straight defeat.
What comes next
Sunday brings six more NHL games, with the Florida Panthers visiting the league-leading Boston Bruins and the Devils facing the Maple Leafs in Toronto. After a 12-game Saturday, the standings have shifted — and the race is only getting tighter.
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