The New York Islanders did nothing at the trade deadline — except convince general manager Lou Lamoriello that one of the oldest teams in the league deserved to stay together for one more playoff run.
Sonny Milano scored a goal in his fifth straight game and Charlie Lindgren made 31 saves to lift the host Washington Capitals to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.
Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves in his 200th career appearance and the New York Rangers tied a season-high with three power-play goals in a 4-0 victory over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.
Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist in his Tampa Bay debut, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 shots and the Lightning exploded with four first-period markers in jolting the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 on Saturday night.
lex Tuch scored the shootout winner as the Buffalo Sabres edged the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.
The Vancouver Canucks started things off with a goal in the six minutes and one second mark and it was a power play goal that was scored by Quinn Hughes who is recording his 13th goal of the season. Hughes goal was assisted by Elias Pettersson who picked up his 47th assist of the season. Also grabbing an assist was Brock Boeser who picked up his 29th assist of the season.
The Blue Jackets started the game by scoring the first two goals in the period; the first goal happened shortly after the five minute mark.
The New York Rangers are rewarding the play of goaltender Jonathan Quick with a contract extension. Quick had just become eligible for an extension on the first of January this year, so it didn’t take long for the two sides to reach common ground.
The Buffalo Sabers scored an early goal not even two minutes into the game they scored a goal making the score one to nothing Sabers. The person who scored the goal was Jeff Skinner who was unassisted for the goal. Skinner recorded his 20th goal of the NHL season. The time of the goal was one minute and 55 seconds.