Jakub Dobes made 34 saves in his NHL debut, main the visiting Montreal Canadiens to a 4-0 win towards the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon in Dawn, Fla.
The 23-year-old Czech, who was chosen by the Canadiens within the fifth spherical of 2020 NHL Draft, is the primary Montreal goalie with a shutout in his first NHL recreation since Yann Danis in a 2-0 victory towards Atlanta Thrashers in October 2005.
Kirby Dach scored two targets, Jake Evans and Cole Caufield additionally scored and Alex Newhook had two assists for the Canadiens, who’ve gained 4 of 5.
Spencer Knight made 20 saves for Florida. The Panthers have been shut out in back-to-back video games for the second time this month.
Kraken 5, Canucks 4 (OT)
Vince Dunn scored twice, together with the winner on a breakaway at 2:15 of additional time, as Seattle rallied from three targets all the way down to beat host Vancouver.
Jaden Schwartz additionally tallied twice for the Kraken, who trailed 4-1 with 5 minutes remaining in regulation. Matty Beniers additionally scored, and goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves as Seattle snapped a five-game shedding streak.
Brock Boeser scored twice, Jake DeBrusk had a purpose and help, Conor Garland additionally tallied, and J.T. Miller and Carson Soucy had two assists apiece for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko made 24 saves.
Capitals 5, Maple Leafs 2
Alex Ovechkin scored into an empty internet in his return from a damaged fibula and visiting Washington defeated Toronto.
It was Ovechkin’s 869th purpose, leaving him simply 26 shy of surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL report of 894. The Russian celebrity missed 16 video games with the harm. Andrew Mangiapane and Jakob Chychrun every added a purpose and an help for the Capitals, who’ve gained three of 4. Nic Dowd and Tom Wilson additionally scored and Logan Thompson made 35 saves.
John Tavares and Bobby McMann scored for the Maple Leafs, who’ve misplaced three of 4. Matt Murray stopped 27 photographs.
Kings 4, Oilers 3 (OT)
Quinton Byfield scored twice, together with the additional time winner, and had an help in a win for Los Angeles towards visiting Edmonton.
Warren Foegele had a purpose and two assists, Jordan Spence had two assists, and Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves for the Kings, who improved to 11-2-1 at residence.
Kasperi Kapanen, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Oilers, who misplaced for simply the fourth time of their previous 16 video games (12-3-1). Stuart Skinner made 25 saves.
Lightning 6, Rangers 2
Brayden Level scored one purpose in a three-point evening and host Tampa Bay scored 4 instances on particular groups en path to pounding reeling New York.
Nikita Kucherov had a power-play purpose and two assists, and Anthony Cirelli and Ryan McDonagh recorded short-handed tallies. Nick Paul notched the ultimate tally, and Cirelli added an help.
Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made a season-high 42 saves because the Lightning improved to 8-2-0 in December. New York’s Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck hit the online, however the Rangers misplaced for the 14th time of their previous 18 matches (4-14-0).
Bruins 4, Blue Jackets 0
Justin Brazeau scored 2:29 into the primary interval, and Boston by no means seemed again in blanking visiting Columbus Blue Jackets within the latter recreation of the groups’ home-and-home collection.
Morgan Geekie had one purpose and one help, whereas David Pastrnak and Cole Koepke additionally lit the lamp for Boston, which bounced again from a 6-2 loss in Columbus on Friday and improved to 5-1-1 in its final seven video games. Jeremy Swayman stopped all 18 photographs he confronted en path to his second shutout this season.
Bruins ahead Fabian Lysell made his NHL debut. The 21-year-old former first-round draft decide had a plus-1 ranking in 11:32 of ice time. Daniil Tarasov (24 saves) took the loss in his first begin since Dec. 5 for the Blue Jackets, who have been shut out for less than the second time this season and had a four-game level streak (3-0-1) snapped.
Flyers 3, Geese 1
Samuel Ersson put his current struggles apart and made 32 saves to propel Philadelphia previous host Anaheim.
Noah Cates, Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee scored for Philadelphia, which improved to 1-1-0 to begin its six-game highway journey. Ersson had allowed a minimum of three targets in every of his earlier eight appearances.
Troy Terry scored the lone purpose for Anaheim, which has misplaced eight of its final 11 video games. Lukas Dostal made 22 saves.
Jets 4, Senators 2
Gabriel Vilardi and Nikolaj Ehlers scored third-period targets in speedy succession after Winnipeg erased a two-goal deficit and went on to a house victory over Ottawa.
Ehlers completed with a purpose and two assists, whereas teammates Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor every had a purpose and an help. Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves for the Jets, who’ve gained three in a row.
Mads Sogaard turned again 19 photographs and Tim Stutzle and Ridly Greig discovered the again of the online, with the latter’s purpose a short-handed tally for a 2-0 Ottawa lead.
Islanders 6, Penguins 3
Casey Cizikas posted his first two-goal recreation in additional than three years, main New York to a win over Pittsburgh within the opener of a back-to-back, home-and-home set in Elmont, N.Y.
Anders Lee additionally scored twice for the Islanders, who gained for the fifth time in 11 video games this month (5-5-1). Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair additionally scored, and goalie Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves.
Michael Bunting, Noel Acciari and Richard Rakell scored for the Penguins, who fell to 9-4-1 since late November. Goalie Tristan Jarry recorded 28 saves.
Hurricanes 5, Devils 2
Carolina scored twice in lower than 90 seconds within the third interval to interrupt a tie and defeated New Jersey in Raleigh, N.C.
Jack Roslovic had two targets and an help, Sebastian Aho a purpose and an help and Dmitri Orlov and Jackson Blake additionally scored for Carolina. Seth Jarvis had three assists, Sean Walker added two and Dustin Tokarski stopped 21 photographs because the Hurricanes avenged a 4-2 loss to the Devils on Friday evening in Newark, N.J.
Paul Cotter and Ondrej Palat scored for New Jersey, which had its three-game successful streak halted. Jake Allen made 36 saves.
Flames 3, Sharks 1
Jonathan Huberdau scored twice to guide visiting Calgary to a victory over struggling San Jose.
Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 21 saves within the win, together with a handful late in regulation when the hosts made a frantic push for the equalizer. Mikael Backlund additionally scored and Nazem Kadri collected three assists for Calgary.
Macklin Celebrini replied for the Sharks, who’re winless in seven video games (0-6-1). Goalie Yaroslav Askarov stopped 30 photographs in an impressive efficiency.
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