Top-5 : Defeat of the Blue Jackets, but victory of the Red Wings

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Last night, eight games were presented in the NHL.

The big story of the day was clearly Alex Ovechkin’s goal.

Here is the goal, for those who missed it:

Here are the other results and highlights:

1. Defeat of the Blue Jackets, but victory of the Red Wings

Two games, apart from the one in Montreal, that we were watching with a lot of attention were the ones between the Senators and the Blue Jackets and the Red Wings and the Panthers.

On the one hand, Ottawa took care of Columbus, but Florida couldn’t do the same with the Red Wings.

The Senators made short work of the Blue Jackets with a score of 4-0. In the victory, Linus Ullmark made a shutout with 30 saves.

In the Jackets, it was a bit less rosy in front of the net.

A change of goalkeeper was made in the first moments of the game.

In Detroit, the Panthers couldn’t help Montreal.

They lost 2-1 to the Habs’ next opponents. By the way, the Senators are only two points behind Florida and the third place in the Atlantic.

Here is the updated standings in the East:

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2. The Wild put an end to a four-game losing streak

The Minnesota Wild must start to feel the heat.

The players from Minnesota lost their last four games against the Devils (twice), Rangers, and Islanders. Yesterday, they put an end to their slump by beating the Dallas Stars. Victory of 3-2 in overtime.

This victory is greatly important, as Minnesota distanced itself from the Flames by six points and the ninth place in the West.

That the Flames are not in the playoffs, it’s excellent for the Habs, that…

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In the Wild’s victory, Matthew Boldy participated in all of his team’s goals. A goal and two assists.

He has 67 points in 78 games this season.

3. The Penguins are officially eliminated

To keep their season alive, the Penguins faced one of the worst teams in the NHL, the Chicago Blackhawks.

However, they lost 3-1 and are officially eliminated for the third consecutive season.

This is the third team in the East to be eliminated.

The Flyers and the Bruins are the other two. This is the first time since 1969 (the expansion era) that these three teams are not participating in the playoffs at the same time.

In the Blackhawks’ victory, which moves them away from 25% chance of winning the lottery, they were driven by Ilya Mikheyev.

He scored two goals.

On his first goal, Sam Rinzel scored his first point in the NHL.

Since the Habs are no longer at the bottom of the overall standings, it’s rare that we show you the reverse standings, but here it is:

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San Jose appreciates this Chicago victory.

4. The Sabres stay alive

With a defeat and a victory of the Habs, the Sabres would have been officially eliminated.

But with a convincing victory against Boston (6-3), Lindy Ruff’s team is still alive.

For how long? One thing is certain, Buffalo is on fire.

The Bruins may have won yesterday and David Pastrnak may have had a great weekend (three goals and five assists), but they are on a bad streak.

Boston has lost 11 of its last 12 games.

In the Sabres, Tage Thompson led the charge. He scored a hat-trick.

His second goal was quite something. Here it is:

This is his second hat-trick of the season against the Bruins.

Still.

Bowen Byram, Rasmus Dahlin, Peyton Krebs, and Alex Tuch also did well in the victory, each scoring two points.

5. Heavy defeat of the Canucks

The Canucks didn’t get eliminated last night, but it’s almost the same.

With a 3-2 loss to the Golden Knights, Vancouver is seven points away from the playoffs with five games left. Oh well…

Last night, Vegas scored the winning goal in the last minutes of the game.

In the second period, Kevin Lankinen allowed his team to stay within one goal.

He was good in the defeat, stopping 32 shots.

This save allowed his team to tie the game.

Vancouver won’t have an easy schedule until the end of the season.

The team will face the Stars, the Avalanche, the Wild, the Sharks, and Vegas again.

Overtime

– He potentially saved his team’s season.

– The end of an era.

– Players with two points or more on this Sunday of action.

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– To watch tonight: Rangers-Lightning.

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