NHL roundup: William Nylander’s hat trick propels Leafs over Flames

William Nylander netted his second career hat trick and Matthew Knies collected one goal and one assist as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs rode a four-goal second period to a 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.

John Tavares and Bobby McMann also scored for the Maple Leafs, who beat both Alberta teams to kick off a four-game road trip. Auston Matthews posted three assists in his 600th game and goaltender Joseph Woll made 23 saves.

Matt Coronato, Yegor Sharangovich and Joel Farabee replied for the Flames, who have lost two of three games. Goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 24 shots, while MacKenzie Weegar, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri all collected two assists.

Nylander’s empty-net goal, his fifth tally in a three-game stretch, sealed the victory and completed his hat trick, which came eight years to the day after his first three-goal game.

Utah 3, Flyers 2 (OT)

Dylan Guenther had a storybook return to the ice Tuesday for the Utah Hockey Club, capped by scoring the game-winning goal with a second left in overtime to lift the hosts to a victory over Philadelphia in Salt Lake City.

Returning from a lower-body injury kept him out for 12 games, Guenther scored twice and had an assist to snap Utah’s five-game losing streak (0-3-2). Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and two assists, Barrett Hayton also notched two assists, and Karel Vejmelka made 18 saves.

Samuel Ersson stopped a career-high 39 shots for Philadelphia, which lost its fourth straight (0-3-1). Philadelphia broke a 182-minute scoring drought thanks to goals by Rodrigo Abols, his first NHL tally, and Tyson Foerster.

Capitals 6, Panthers 3

Lars Eller and Nic Dowd each scored a goal early in the third period and Alex Ovechkin added career goal No. 878, lifting host Washington over Florida.

Ovechkin scored for the third time in as many games; his team-leading 25th goal of the season moved him 17 goals away from breaking Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record. Dowd had two assists to go along with his goal, Andrew Mangiapane and Aliaksei Protas each collected one of each and Tom Wilson added a short-handed tally. Logan Thompson made 30 saves as the Capitals snapped a two-game skid overall and extended their home point streak to 14 games (10-0-4).

Florida’s Sam Bennett recorded a goal and an assist, and Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk also scored. Sergei Bobrovsky turned aside 20 shots for the Atlantic Division-leading Panthers, who saw their three-game winning streak come to a halt.

Canadiens 4, Sharks 3

Joel Armia’s short-handed goal late in the third period lifted Montreal to a win at San Jose.

The victory snapped the Canadiens’ five-game (0-4-1) winless streak. Alex Newhook had a goal and an assist, and Kirby Dach had two assists. Brendan Gallagher and Cole Caufield both scored with the extra attacker as part of a 2-for-4 night for Montreal’s power play. Sam Montembeault stopped 27 of 30 shots.

Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal and an assist on the power play as San Jose was also 2-for-4 with the man advantage. Collin Graf scored the Sharks’ other goal for his first career NHL tally. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 16 of 20 shots for the Sharks, who are 1-8-0 in their last nine games.

Canucks 3, Avalanche 0

Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist and Thatcher Demko recorded his first shutout of the season as Vancouver snapped a two-game losing skid by beating visiting Colorado.

Brock Boeser and Drew O’Connor scored and Filip Hronek had two assists for the new-look Canucks, who were playing with an extra spring in their step after adding four new players in a pair of trades on Friday. Demko stopped 25 shots for his ninth career shutout as he played one of his best games since returning from a long injury absence in mid-December.

Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 28 of 30 shots for the Avalanche, who had won their previous two games. Blackwood had his shutout streak snapped at 146:55 after he recorded shutouts in his previous two games.

Oilers 3, Blues 2 (OT)

Connor Brown scored 2:33 into overtime to lift visiting Edmonton past St. Louis.

Connor McDavid tallied a goal and two assists and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who are 4-1-1 in their last six games. Stuart Skinner made 20 saves to earn the victory.

Jordan Kyrou and Colton Parayko scored and Jordan Binnington made 35 saves for the Blues, who are 1-4-1 in their last six.

Jets 3, Hurricanes 0

Eric Comrie made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season as Winnipeg secured a seventh consecutive victory, blanking visiting Carolina.

Nino Niederreiter had a goal and an assist for the Jets, while Neal Pionk and Rasmus Kupari were the other scorers. Winnipeg is one victory away from matching the club best, achieved three times since the franchise began as the Atlanta Thrashers in 1999-2000.

Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 27 shots for Carolina.

Sabres 3, Blue Jackets 2

Alex Tuch scored two second-period goals after registering a first-period assist and Buffalo recorded their first four-game winning streak in more than two years by beating Columbus.

Bowen Byram had a goal with an assist, Jason Zucker added two helpers and James Reimer made 27 saves for the Sabres, who notched four straight wins — to sweep their homestand — for the first time since a five-game run in January 2023. Reimer improved to 2-4-1 in seven starts since joining Buffalo.

Ivan Provorov logged a goal and an assist and Kent Johnson also scored for Columbus, which dropped two after winning the first two of a four-game road stretch. Elvis Merzlikins made 18 saves for the Blue Jackets, who have lost two straight games in regulation for the first time since mid-December.

Bruins 3, Wild 0

Jeremy Swayman pitched a 35-save shutout and Charlie McAvoy scored the eventual game-winning goal as Boston beat visiting Minnesota.

Trent Frederic and Morgan Geekie also tallied as the Bruins won their second straight game. Matt Poitras assisted on Boston’s first two goals, and David Pastrnak had one helper to extend his point streak to 11 games.

The loss was Minnesota’s second straight since a three-game win streak. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots in his 1,044th career game, tied with Roberto Luongo for the second most by a goaltender in NHL history.

Lightning 4, Senators 3

Brandon Hagel broke a third-period tie and host Tampa Bay snapped Ottawa’s five-game winning streak.

Luke Glendening, Nikita Kucherov and Ryan McDonagh also netted goals for the Lightning, who are 3-4-1 in the past eight games. Victor Hedman had two assists, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 shots.

Michael Amadio, Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson tallied for the Senators. Thomas Chabot had two assists, and Linus Ullmark made 34 saves.

Devils 3, Penguins 2 (SO)

Jack Hughes scored both regulation goals for New Jersey, which earned a shootout victory at Pittsburgh.

Timo Meier scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout. Jesper Bratt had two assists for the Devils, and Nico Daws stopped 25 shots to record his first victory of the season.

Rickard Rakell scored in the second period and Kevin Hayes scored in the third as the Penguins erased a 2-0 deficit. Alex Nedeljkovic made 19 saves.

Islanders 2, Golden Knights 1

Brock Nelson scored the winning goal just beyond the midway point of the third period for surging New York, which edged Vegas in Elmont, N.Y.

Bo Horvat scored in the first for the Islanders, who won for the eighth time in nine games despite being outshot 34-14. Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves.

Brandon Saad scored his first goal for the Golden Knights since signing with the team on Friday. Ilya Samsonov stopped 12 shots for Vegas, which has lost four straight (0-2-2) and 11 of 14 (3-8-3).

Ducks 2, Stars 1

John Gibson made 26 saves to pick up the win in his 500th NHL game as host Anaheim edged Dallas.

It was the 202nd career victory for Gibson, who became the 11th active goaltender and 85th in NHL history to hit the 500-game mark. Trevor Zegras and Cutter Gauthier scored for Anaheim, which won for the fifth time in six games.

Colin Blackwell scored and Jake Oettinger made 26 saves for the Stars, who had a five-game winning streak snapped. It marked the first loss of Oettinger’s career in nine starts against the Ducks.

Red Wings 5, Kraken 4

Patrick Kane set the NHL record with his 53rd shootout goal as visiting Detroit beat Seattle to claim its seventh consecutive win.

Kane scored with a backhanded shot off the crossbar and into the net, the lone tally in the skills competition. He passed former Chicago teammate Jonathan Toews for the top spot in shootout goals. Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Jonatan Berggren and Elmer Soderblom scored in regulation for Detroit. Cam Talbot made 23 saves through overtime, plus all three shootout attempts.

The Red Wings, who finished a perfect four-game road trip — with three wins coming in extra time — are riding a 15-3-1 run. Shane Wright scored twice, while Matty Beniers and Chandler Stephenson replied for the Kraken, who have one win in the past five games. Joey Daccord stopped 36 shots through overtime.

–Field Level Media