THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Washington 4, NY ISLANDERS 1
Florida 3, OTTAWA 2
Philadelphia 4, MINNESOTA 3 (OT)
DALLAS 2, Winnipeg 1 (SO)
Arizona 2, CALGARY 1
LOS ANGELES 2, Toronto 1
Detroit Red Wings 2, SAN JOSE 1
SNEAK PEEK AT FRIDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Boston @ New Jersey, 7:00 p.m.
Columbus @ Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
Buffalo @ Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Nashville @ Colorado, 9:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay @ Edmonton, 9:00 p.m.
St. Louis @ Anaheim, 10:00 p.m.
NHL Musings
- Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr (0-1—1) moved within four assists of becoming the sixth player in NHL history to record 1,100 in his career.
Coyotes captain Shane Doan played in his 1,425th career game to move past Pat Verbeek (1,424) and into sole possession of 28th place on the NHL’s all-time games played list.
Senators forward Max McCormick, a sixth-round selection (171st overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft, scored his first career goal (10 GP).
- The NHL fined Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers and Devils forward Bobby Farnham $2,000 as supplementary discipline under NHL Rule 64 (Diving/Embellishment)
- University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh attended the Red Wings-Sharks game
- Actor Will Ferrell met several Kings players, including forward Milan Lucic, following their victory over the Maple Leafs.
- Panthers teammates Reilly Smith (12:01) and Vincent Trocheck (12:09) scored eight seconds apart in the first period – one second shy of equaling the record for the fastest two goals in franchise history, set on Feb. 10, 2004, by Viktor Kozlov (1:43 and 1:50 of the second period vs. MTL).
- Ovechkin, who ranks fifth in the NHL 22 goals this season, moved within three of reaching 500 for his career (497-433—930 in 799 GP):
FASTEST TO 500 GOALS (IN GP), NHL HISTORY
1. Wayne Gretzky: 575 GP
2. Mario Lemieux: 605 GP
3. Mike Bossy: 647 GP
4. Brett Hull: 693 GP
5. Phil Esposito: 803 GP


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