Home Team in Caps
BOSTON 2, Winnipeg 1 (SO)
NEW JERSEY 4, NY Rangers 3 (SO)
Anaheim 5, NY ISLANDERS 4 (OT)
PITTSBURGH 3, Columbus 2 (SO)
TAMPA BAY 4, Ottawa 3 (SO)
Carolina 4, NASHVILLE 1
DALLAS 4, Chicago 0
EDMONTON 3, St. Louis 2
LOS ANGELES 2, Colorado 1 (OT)
SAN JOSE 5, Vancouver 4 (OT)
THORNTON NOTCHES THREE POINTS TO CLIMB ALL-TIME POINTS LIST
Sharks forward Joe Thornton collected 2-1—3 to help San Jose extend its home point streak to six games (4-0-2). In doing so, Thornton (391-1,025—1,416) leapfrogged Doug Gilmour (450-964—1,414) for sole possession of 18th place on the NHL’s all-time points list.
Tyler Seguin scored twice and Ben Bishop turned aside all 24 shots he faced to help Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock earn his 800th career win behind an NHL bench. Hitchcock became the third head coach in NHL history to earn 800 career regularseason wins.
After the Kings honored forward Marian Gaborik for recently reaching the 1,000-game milestone, teammate Dustin Brown scored the overtime goal while skating in the 1,000th game of his NHL career.
* Brown became the 317th player in NHL history to play in 1,000 career regular-season games. Only two other players have skated in at least 1,000 career games with the Kings – Dave Taylor (1,111 GP) and Luc Robitaille (1,077 GP).
Rickard Rackell tied the game with 1:15 remaining in regulation and Hampus Lindholm (3-0—3) completed his first career hat trick with 57 seconds left in overtime – with an assist from Ryan Getzlaf (0-4—4) – to help the Ducks snap a three-game slide (0-2-1).
* Lindholm became the second defenseman in franchise history to score a hat trick, joining Lubomir Visnovsky who did so on March 4, 2011 vs. DAL. Like Lindholm, Visnovsky also scored his third goal of that contest in overtime. Since the five-minute overtime period was introduced in 1983-84, only three other NHL defensemen have achieved the feat.
KUCHEROV REACHES 50-POINT MARK IN COMEBACK WIN
Nikita Kucherov collected two assists to help the League-leading Lightning (25-7-2, 52 points) overcome three separate one-goal deficits and improve to 8-1-0 in their last nine games.
* Kucherov, who leads the League in goals (23; tied) and points (50), became the first player to reach the 50-point mark this season (34 GP). Only one player in franchise reached the benchmark in fewer games – Vincent Lecavalier required only 33 contests in 2007-08, finishing the campaign with 40-52—92 in 81 GP.
John Tavares (2-1—3) and Josh Bailey (0-3—3) each recorded multiple points for a fifth consecutive game to boost their season totals to 21-24—45 and 10-35—45, respectively, and move into a tie for the second-most points in the NHL (w/ Steven Stamkos: 13-32—45)
* Tavares and Bailey became the first Islanders players to record multiple points in at least five consecutive games since Pierre Turgeon from March 7-17, 1994 (6 GP).
* Elias adds that Tavares and Bailey became the first set of teammates to simultaneously record multiple points in five consecutive team games since Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau did so with the Sharks from Jan. 20-27, 2013 (5 GP).
Seven of 10 games contested on Thursday required extra time. Elias notes that only one other day this season has featured at least seven games that extended past regulation – Nov. 4, when seven of 13 games required overtime.
SNEAK PEEK AT FRIDAY’S ACTION
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