Washington — Sonny Milano scores his first NHL hat trick, Alex Ovechkin scores again and the Washington Capitals end the Carolina Hurricanes' winning streak at five with a 7-6 shootout victory Friday night There is a possibility that he will play an extremely important role in advancing to the offline world.
Ovechkin's goal was the 846th of his NHL career, and Milano scored one of three goals as he juggled the puck off his stick and into the net in front of an excited crowd in the nation's capital.
Fans chanted “Ovie!” Ovi! ” He finally put his hat on the ice to announce Milan's third goal of the comeback, scoring his sixth goal in four games to reach 24 points of the season, a score that increased his chances of breaking Wayne Gretzky's record. 4th game.
“It was a fun game,” Milano said. “It was definitely a really fun game to be a part of because we just kept putting the puck in the net.”
John Carlson scored early in the third period to jumpstart the rally, Connor McMichael scored a few minutes later and Dylan Strome scored the only goal of the five-round shootout.
The Capitals' fourth win in five games puts them one point ahead of Detroit for the last wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference and two points ahead of Philadelphia for third place in the Metropolitan Division. They have played one less game than these teams and their postseason hopes are very much alive.
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That was largely due to goaltender Charlie Lindgren, who was solid as a reliever for starter Darcy Kuemper, who was ejected after the second period for allowing four goals on 22 shots. Lindgren made seven saves in the third and overtime.
Potential first-round opponent Carolina lost for the second time after acquiring Jake Guentzel from Pittsburgh and Evgeny Kuznetsov from Washington at the trade deadline. Sebastian Aho reached 30 goals this season with a hat trick of his own, Jakob Slavin, Brady Skjei and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes, and Guentzel had three assists.
“It was just a weird game, just one of those weird games you're going to play,” said Guentzel, who has 11 points in seven games with the Hurricanes.
Piotr Kochetkov started in the second half of back-to-back games Thursday night after Frederik Andersen beat the Flyers in overtime, giving up six points on 25 shots.
Two weeks after the trade, Kuznetsov returned to his old club's arena and received a standing ovation during and after a moving tribute video early in the game.
“It's special,” Kuznetsov said. “It means the world to any player. I want to say thank you for all the memories, good and bad. It was a great atmosphere. I spent many years here, so today everything was happy.”
The Capitals were once again without injured forwards TJ Oshie and Aliaksei Protas, and played their first game without winger Tom Wilson, who swung his stick late in a 7-3 loss to his opponents. He was suspended for six games for punching a man in the face. Heading to Toronto on Wednesday night.
Other games on Friday
(at) Dallas 4, Pittsburgh 2: Dallas defeated Pittsburgh as Jamie Benn scored twice in a span of 1 minute, 17 seconds to extend his scoring streak to a season-best three games.
The Dallas captain is up to 15 goals on the season and has six goals in his last eight games as the Stars finished 3-2 in the last of their longest three-game homestand of the season. It is recorded.
Michael Bunting hit his third, but Jake Oettinger stopped the next 12 for Pittsburgh, which closed in on Rickard Rakell's goal midway through the third period.
The Penguins are on the brink of missing the playoffs for the first time since 2005-06, falling to 2-10-2 in their last 14 road games.
(at) Colorado 6, Columbus 1: Mikko Rantanen had two goals and an assist, and Nathan MacKinnon extended his home point streak to 33 games with a third-period goal.
Cale Makar, Ross Colton and Valeri Nichushkin added goals for the Avalanche, who won eight straight games and moved into first place in the Central Division. Alexander Georgiev stopped 23 shots and earned his 36th win of the season.
“A lot of players are feeling good about their game right now, I would say all of them,” said Rantanen, who has 51 shots on the team. “So we’re just trying to ride on this record right now and keep it going.”
(AT) Arizona 2, Seattle 1 (OT): Dylan Gunter scored on a breakaway 4:12 into overtime, snapping a seven-game losing streak for the Kraken.
Arizona tied the score with Clayton Keller's 29th point with 1:08 left in regulation. He tipped in Nick Bjugstad's shot.
Karel Weimerka made 26 saves in the first of seven home games for the Coyotes. He has split his last four fights, losing 19 of 25.
Kraken rookie Ryker Evans scored his first career goal, beating Weimerka with a wrist shot from a tough angle inside the left circle at 7:40 of the third period.
playoff tracker
atlantic ocean
▶ Bruins (97)
▶ Panthers (94)
▶ Maple leaves (87)
metropolitan
▶ Rangers (96)
▶ Hurricane (95)
▶ Flyers (79)
Wildcard
▶ Lightning (82)
▶ Red Wings (78)
(Top 2 wild card teams advance to playoffs)
▶ Capital (77)
▶ Islanders (73)
▶ Devils (72)
▶ Sabers (71)
▶ Penguin (69)
Michigan Technological University 2, Vermidji State University 1
Michigan Tech won the 2024 CCHA Mason Cup with a 2-1 win over Belmidji State, with goals from Ryland Mosley and Chase Pietila and 34 saves from goaltender Blake Pietila.
Green Bay 7, NTDP U17 2
On Friday, the NTDP Under-17s lost 7-2 against the Green Bay Gamblers in Green Bay, with goals from Donny Bracoux and Will Bell.
Marchessault's agent puts contract negotiations on hold
Jonathan Marchessault picked a particularly good time to put together the best season of his 11-year career.
He is in the final season of a six-year, $30 million contract in Las Vegas, and the Golden Knights will have a big decision to make after the season. Marchessault scored a career-high 38 goals, five goals shy of the Knights' single-season record.
Marchessault's agent, Pat Brisson, told The Associated Press that there had been several discussions with Knights management, but he didn't expect anything to happen until after the season. If Vegas doesn't extend the 33-year-old Marchessault, he will be one of the most attractive free agents on the market when free agency begins on July 1st.
He entered the season winning the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP and leading Las Vegas to its first Stanley Cup victory.
“He's okay with waiting,” Brisson said. “Of course you'd think it would be better if the deal got done. Sometimes the reason the deal doesn't get done is because you're not there yet. He's been in Las Vegas since it started seven years ago. He loves it there, he's been in Las Vegas all the time.'' He won last year's Cup and won the Conn Smythe. ”
Marchessault improved even further last season, scoring a team-leading 13 goals and second-leading 25 points in the playoffs.
He has three hat tricks this season and is chasing the record of 43 goals set by fellow Original Knight William Karlsson in the club's first year in 2017-18.
“I was in the right place at the right time,” Karlsson said of his record-breaking season. “(Marchesseau) always seems to be there. It's hard to explain.”
Michigan area hockey this week
Friday
▶ Michigan Technological University 2, Vermidji State University 1
▶ Green Bay 7, NTDP U17 2
Saturday
▶ Nashville Red Wings, 5 (BSD/97.1)
▶ Grand Rapids, Rockford, 8 (AHL/106.9/1300)
▶ Michigan State University, 8 (Big 10)
▶ NTDP U17 Team, Madison, 8
Thursday
▶ Red Wings 6, New York Islanders 3
Wednesday
▶ Grand Rapids 4, Manitoba 1
Tuesday
▶ Red Wings 4, Columbus 3 (OT)
▶ Manitoba 5, Grand Rapids 1
