Mar 7, 2026; Newark, New Jersey, USA; New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes (86) celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers during the third period at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Salus-Imagn Images Olympic hero Jack Hughes recorded his fourth career hat trick and second this season, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday in Newark, N.J.
Hughes, who also had an assist, scored one of the Devils’ three power-play goals before converting on a breakaway with 3:04 to play in the third period. He completed the hat trick by scoring into an empty net with 32 seconds left. New Jersey’s Jesper Bratt collected a goal and two assists, and captain Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer also tallied.
Jacob Markstrom made 17 saves for the Devils, who rode a 3-for-3 performance on the power play to their fourth straight win.
New York’s Will Cuylle scored his third goal in two games, defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov tallied in his third consecutive contest and fellow blueliner Will Borgen also found the net. Jonathan Quick turned aside 29 shots for the Eastern Conference cellar-dwelling Rangers, who have lost 15 of their last 19 games (4-12-3).
Viktor Arvidsson scored the game-winning goal at 4:28 of the third period, leading Boston past visiting Washington for the Bruins’ 12th straight home win.
Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm also scored, David Pastrnak dished out two assists, and Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves for Boston, which has won three of five since the Olympic break. Elias Lindholm clinched the victory on an empty-net goal with 23.2 seconds left.
Aliaksei Protas scored the lone goal and Logan Thompson stopped 27 shots for Washington, which lost its third straight after having veterans Nicolas Roy and John Carlson traded in recent days.
Josh Morrissey scored in overtime and added an assist in his first game back from an upper-body injury as host Winnipeg rallied past Vancouver.
Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists and Gabriel Vilardi also scored for the Jets, who got 21 saves from Connor Hellebuyck. Morrissey scored the winner from high in the zone, with the puck deflecting off the skate of the Canucks’ Filip Hronek and into the net at 1:49 of the extra frame.
For Vancouver, Linus Karlsson had a goal and an assist and Liam Ohgren also scored. Teddy Blueger added two assists and Kevin Lankinen made 32 saves
Penguins 4, Flyers 3 (SO)
Trevor Zegras scored the game-winner in the shootout and Dan Vladar made 20 saves and stopped all three shootout attempts to lead Philadelphia to a victory over host Pittsburgh.
Alex Bump, who helped lead Western Michigan to its first NCAA hockey title in 2025, scored a goal in his NHL debut for the Flyers. Owen Tippett and Denver Barkey also scored for Philadelphia. Head coach Rick Tocchet secured a win in his 700th game as an NHL coach.
Rickard Rakell collected a goal and an assist, Egor Chinakhov had two assists and Erik Karlsson and Tommy Novak also scored goals for Pittsburgh. Stuart Skinner stopped 12 of 15 shots for the Penguins, who lost their third straight game and fell to 1-9 in shootouts.
Mammoth 5, Blue Jackets 4 (OT)
Utah’s Logan Cooley scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in overtime against host Columbus.
Alexander Kerfoot and Michael Carcone each tallied a goal and an assist for the Mammoth, who improved to 3-0-0 on their five-game road trip. Dylan Guenther also scored, while Clayton Keller tacked on a pair of assists and Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves.
Adam Fantilli, Mason Marchment, Damon Severson and Mathieu Olivier all finished with a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, who saw their three-game winning streak halted. Elvis Merzlikins tallied 18 stops.
Islanders 2, Sharks 1 (OT)
Bo Horvat scored the winner at 4:20 of the extra period as New York edged host San Jose.
Horvat, on a partial break, put a backhand between the legs of Yaroslav Askarov for his 27th tally of the season. Tony DeAngelo scored in regulation for the Islanders, who avoided a third straight loss and improved to 9-0 in overtime this season.
Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves to improve to 5-0-3 in eight career appearances against the Sharks. Macklin Celebrini scored in regulation and Askarov stopped 32 shots for San Jose, which has dropped back-to-back games in overtime.
Lightning 5, Maple Leafs 2
Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel each had a goal and an assist and visiting Tampa Bay defeated Toronto.
Nikita Kucherov added four assists to give him 100 points (32 goals, 68 assists) for the season. Ryan McDonagh, Corey Perry and Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored for the Lightning, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots.
Matias Maccelli and Nicholas Robertson scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost seven in a row (0-5-2) since the Olympic break. Anthony Stolarz made 28 saves for Toronto.
Tage Thompson extended his career-high point streak to 10 games with a goal as host Buffalo held on to beat Nashville for its sixth straight win.
Thompson has six goals and five assists during the streak. Jason Ducker and Josh Doan also scored for the Sabres, who were opening a five-game homestand as they look to keep pace atop the Atlantic Division with the Tampa Bay Lightning, whom they host on Sunday. Alex Lyon made 23 saves.
Zachary L’Heureux scored his first goal of the season for the Predators, who have lost four of five and were kicking off a five-game road swing. Matthew Wood also scored, and Juuse Saros made 21 saves.
Juraj Slafkovsky had two goals and an assist for Montreal in a comeback win against host Los Angeles.
Nick Suzuki notched a goal and two assists, Jake Evans also scored and Jakub Dobes made 36 saves for the Canadiens, who were coming off a 6-5 shootout loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.
Scott Laughton scored in his first game with the Kings, who are 2-4-0 since the Olympic break. Los Angeles acquired Laughton from the Toronto Maple Leafs at Friday’s trade deadline. Anze Kopitar and Alex Laferriere also scored, Brandt Clarke had two assists and Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves for Los Angeles.
Joel Farabee scored two goals and added an assist and Ryan Strome scored once and added an assist in his team debut as host Calgary rode a three-goal second period to upset Eastern Conference-leading Carolina.
Morgan Frost netted one goal and two assists while Blake Coleman also collected one goal and one assist for the Flames, who snapped a four-game skid (0-3-1) after dealing away key veterans MacKenzie Weegar and Nazem Kadri this week. Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 25 saves.
Seth Jarvis netted one goal and two assists, Andrei Svechnikov posted one goal and one assist and Sean Walker and Alexander Nikishin each tallied once for Carolina. Sebastian Aho collected three assists and goalie Brandon Bussi stopped 20 shots as his personal nine-game winning streak ended.
Shane Pinto had a goal and two assists as Ottawa defeated host Seattle.
Michael Amadio added a goal and an assist, and Tyler Kleven, Dylan Cozens, Warren Foegele, Tim Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk also scored. Nick Cousins and Thomas Chabot had two assists for the Senators, who extended their point streak to six (4-0-2) and improved to 3-0-1 on their five-game trip. Linus Ullmark made 17 saves.
Jacob Melanson, Eeli Tolvanen, Matty Beniers and Brandon Montour scored and Jordan Eberle had two assists for short-handed Seattle, which dropped to 2-2-0 on its six-game homestand. Joey Daccord stopped 29 of 36 shots.
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