John Tavares scored a pure hat trick with three straight objectives — two of them 1:10 aside within the second interval — and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Sunday night time.
It was the 14th profession hat trick for Tavares, who scored the ultimate three objectives of the sport to show a 3-2 deficit into the two-goal win. He capped the hat trick with an empty-netter with 2:12 left within the recreation.
Max Domi and Nicholas Robertson every had a objective and help for the Maple Leafs, who’ve gained three of their final 4 video games. Toronto goaltender Dennis Hildeby made his third profession NHL begin and stopped 24 pictures.
Jack Quinn had two objectives and Alex Tuch scored as soon as for the Sabres, who’ve dropped the primary two of a three-game street journey and are winless of their final 10 general (0-7-3).
Golden Knights 3, Wild 2
Victor Olofsson scored twice, together with the go-ahead objective within the third interval, to raise Vegas over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Shea Theodore notched a objective and an help for Vegas, which bounced again from a loss in Edmonton sooner or later earlier. Kirill Kaprizov scored twice for Minnesota, which misplaced for the third time prior to now 5 video games.
Vegas goaltender Ilya Samsonov stopped 20 of twenty-two pictures to enhance to 7-3-1. Minnesota goaltender Jesper Wallstedt turned apart 24 of 27 pictures in his season debut. The Wild promoted Wallstedt from Iowa of the AHL on Saturday.
Blackhawks 5, Islanders 3
Connor Bedard scored the go-ahead objective with 54 seconds remaining and Teuvo Teravainen had a objective and two assists as host Chicago defeated New York.
Bedard added an help and Alex Vlasic had two assists to assist Chicago avenge a 5-4 street loss to the Islanders on Thursday. Chicago, which has surrendered eight third-period objectives in its previous three video games, scored twice within the remaining minute to earn the win.
With the sport tied 3-3, Bedard put the Blackhawks forward for good, sliding a shot previous Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin with heavy visitors in entrance of the online, moments after an unsuccessful New York energy play.
Blues 3, Rangers 2
Robert Thomas scored a objective and added an help as St. Louis edged visiting New York.
Pavel Buchnevich and Jordan Kyrou additionally scored for St. Louis, which is 6-2-2 since Jim Montgomery changed Drew Bannister as head coach. Joel Hofer made 26 saves to win his fourth straight begin for the Blues.
Brett Berard scored and Will Cuylle scored and Jonathan Fast made 21 saves for the Rangers, who’ve misplaced 10 of their final 13 video games.
Hurricanes 4, Blue Jackets 1
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski returned to the NHL a winner, recording 27 saves in his Carolina debut because the Hurricanes defeated Columbus in Raleigh, N.C.
Showing together with his sixth NHL crew, the 35-year-old Tokarski hadn’t gained an NHL recreation since Jan. 10, 2023, when he was with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Jordan Martinook had a objective and an help to steer the Hurricanes to their third win of their final eight video games (3-5-0).
Dmitri Voronkov scored for the Blue Jackets, who’ve misplaced 4 in a row (0-2-2). Elvis Merzlikins, who stopped 24 pictures, has only one victory in his final 5 outings (1-4-0).
–Area Degree Media
