Players of the Night:
- You don’t come across a ton of nights where multiple players enjoy five-point games, but there were some prolific performances on Tuesday. The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 8-3, with Eric Staal and Jason Zucker both managing the feat. Staal gets extra cool points because he combined a hat trick with two assists. More on that here.
- Remarkably, there was another five-point night. Roman Josi collected five assists in helping the Predators beat the Jets 6-5. Josi tied Nashville’s single-game record with those five points. That game was just a lot, so read more.
- Despite those five-point outputs, there actually were some strong goaltending performances. You can read about Jack Campbell making 41 saves for his first win - a long time coming - in this post. Perhaps you’re more impressed by a shutout, though. Ben Bishop stopped 38 shots to help the Stars beat the Flames 2-0.
Highlights
You know what? Rick Nash in a Bruins uniform feels right. Doesn’t it? Either way, pretty nice first goal with Boston:
Hey, cool milestone too:
Rick Nash's career:
— NHL (@NHL) February 28, 2018
Goals with the Blue Jackets: 289
Goals with the Rangers: 145
Goals with the @NHLBruins: 1
Career points: 800 https://t.co/02U9LUTzGB
Great moment of patience, and other stuff: Anze Kopitar.
Another great moment of patience, and other stuff: Jonathan Huberdeau
Another angle of Huberdeau goal: pic.twitter.com/b7qyhPgzqw
— Cats On The Prowl (@Cats0ntheprowl) February 28, 2018
Erik Karlsson collected the 500th regular-season point of his career, and hey, he did it with the Ottawa Senators. Oh yeah, it also came on a patently ridiculous goal.
Congrats on 500 career points, @ErikKarlsson65. pic.twitter.com/c55cCFy1zk
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) February 28, 2018
Factoids
Taylor Hall continues to be outrageous, helping the Devils beat the Penguins in regulation.
Taylor Hall of the @NJDevils is the fifth player in the last 25 years (since 1992-93) to record at least one point in 22+ consecutive appearances. #NHLStats #NJDvsPIT pic.twitter.com/C9ttgJgP1c
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 28, 2018
A great time for David Poile to reach a rare mark for GMs.
With the win tonight, David Poile ties the record for most regular-season wins by a GM in @NHL history. #Preds pic.twitter.com/qmVJiEZDnH
— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) February 28, 2018
Scores
Bruins 4, Hurricanes 3 (OT)
Devils 3, Penguins 2
Capitals 3, Senators 2
Panthers 3, Maple Leafs 2 (OT)
Wild 8, Blues 3
Predators 6, Jets 5
Stars 2, Flames 0
Kings 4, Golden Knights 1
Sharks 5, Oilers 2
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James O’Brien is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @cyclelikesedins.