NHL roundup: Leon Draisaitl's 51st goal lifts Oilers in OT
Mar 29, 2025; Edmonton, Alberta, CAN; The Edmonton Oilers celebrate a goal scored by forward Leon Draisaitl (29), his 50th of the season, during the third period against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images Leon Draisaitl’s second goal of the night — his 51st of the season — in a three-point game was the overtime winner to give the host Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
Viktor Arvidsson also scored for the Oilers, who snapped a two-game skid. Goaltender Calvin Pickard made 26 saves for Edmonton, who are even with the Los Angeles Kings in points for second place in the Pacific Division but have played one more game.
Draisaitl, the first NHL player to score 50 goals this season, returned after missing four games due to injury, but Edmonton was without fellow superstar Connor McDavid for a fourth consecutive outing. No. 1 goaltender Stuart Skinner and defenseman Mattias Ekholm are also out.
Yegor Sharangovich and Brayden Pachal each scored goals, with Pachal also collecting one assist for the Flames. Calgary is seven points outside a playoff position but has three games in hand on the St. Louis Blues, who hold the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot. Goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 26 shots.
Stars 5, Kraken 1
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, while Jason Robertson added one of each as Dallas clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs by beating host Seattle.
Rantanen scored an empty-net goal to earn his first three-point game since coming to Dallas at the trade deadline It was his fourth straight game with a point, and Robertson notched his third consecutive multi-point game. Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist, while Mason Marchment and Wyatt Johnston scored as well. Jake Oettinger stopped 35 shots.
Eeli Tolvanen scored off assists from Jared McCann and Andre Burakovsky, but it was far from enough as Seattle lost for the fourth time in five games. Joey Daccord finished with 16 saves.
Golden Knights 3, Predators 1
Reilly Smith broke a third-period deadlock and Vegas ran its winning streak to six games with a road victory over Nashville.
Jack Eichel and Brett Howden also scored for the Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights, who have only two regulation-time defeats in 15 games (11-2-2). Goaltender Adin Hill made 23 saves in a solid goaltending battle that capped his team’s perfect three-game road trip.
Ryan O’Reilly replied for the Predators, who have only two wins in nine outings. Goalie Justus Annunen stopped 26 shots for Nashville, which has been eliminated from Stanley Cup playoff contention.
Rangers 6, Sharks 1
Artemi Panarin and Adam Fox scored two goals apiece for visiting New York, which moved into the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot by routing San Jose.
Jonny Brodzinski and Vincent Trocheck also scored for the Rangers, who won for just the second time in seven games (2-4-1). Goalie Jonathan Quick carried a shutout deep into the third and finished with 21 saves.
Cam Lund scored his first NHL goal in his second game with 2:14 left for the league-worst Sharks, who had their two-game winning streak snapped. Alexander Georgiev, who opened his career by spending five seasons with the Rangers, recorded 27 saves.
Lightning 5, Islanders 3
Nikita Kucherov registered a goal and three assists as Tampa Bay rode a three-goal first period en route to a sweep of their three-game homestand in a win against New York.
Kucherov, Nick Perbix and Brayden Point all potted first-period goals for the Lightning. Point added his team-high 38th tally in the second period off a pass from Kucherov, whose three points gave him 11 on the red-hot homestand and 109 overall. Backup Jonas Johansson made his first start since March 13 and stopped 35 shots.
In dropping their fourth straight (0-2-2), the Islanders hurt their wild-card playoff chances and sit three points back of the New York Rangers, who hold the second wild-card spot. Ryan Pulock, Marc Gatcomb and Tony DeAngelo each scored, while goalie Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves.
Blues 2, Avalanche 1
Pavel Buchnevich scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and surging St. Louis beat Colorado in Denver.
Zack Bolduc also scored, Robert Thomas had two assists and Jordan Binnington turned away 28 shots for St. Louis, which has won nine in a row — the longest current streak in the NHL.
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and Mackenzie Blackwood had 25 saves for Colorado, which had its 11-game home winning streak snapped. MacKinnon’s goal extended his home point streak to 24 games.
Maple Leafs 3, Kings 1
John Tavares’ first of two third-period goals broke a tie and Toronto rallied with three goals in the period for a win over host Los Angeles.
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who won for the second time in four games (2-1-1). Anthony Stolarz stopped 35 shots.
Alex Laferriere scored for the Kings, who lost their second straight. Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves.
Devils 5, Wild 2
Nico Hischier scored a hat trick to lift New Jersey to a win over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Paul Cotter and Tomas Tatar also scored for New Jersey, which bounced back from a shutout loss one night earlier. Jesper Bratt had two assists. Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom turned aside 22 of 24 shots to earn the win.
Marcus Foligno had a goal and an assist for Minnesota. Ryan Hartman also scored a goal. Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson allowed five goals on 33 shots.
Senators 3, Blue Jackets 2
Jake Sanderson scored the eventual game-winner as Ottawa topped visiting Columbus to win for the ninth time in its last 12 games (9-3-0).
Ridly Greig scored and added an assist, and Drake Batherson also tallied for the Senators. Linus Ullmark made 29 saves, and Shane Pinto added a pair of helpers as the Senators moved to 21-10-2 on home ice this season.
Boone Jenner and Kirill Marchenko responded for Columbus, while Zach Werenski added a pair of assists. Daniil Tarasov stopped 24 shots for the Blue Jackets, who won just three of their last 12 games (3-8-1).
Flyers 7, Sabres 4
Ryan Poehling had two goals and one assist and Matvei Michkov also had two goals to help Philadelphia beat visiting Buffalo.
Noah Cates had a goal and two assists, Tyson Foerster had a goal and an assist, Jakob Pelletier scored a goal while Owen Tippett, Bobby Brink and Travis Konecny had two assists for the Flyers, who have won their first two games under interim coach Brad Shaw. Samuel Ersson made 17 saves for Philadelphia.
Jack Quinn had two goals and an assist, JJ Peterka had a goal and an assist, Alex Tuch had a goal and Ryan McLeod had three assists for Buffalo. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves for the Sabres.
Red Wings 2, Bruins 1
Marco Kasper scored an unassisted goal in the first period and Lucas Raymond scored in the second as host Detroit edged slumping Boston.
Cam Talbot made 20 saves as the Red Wings won for just the fourth time in their last 15 games.
Morgan Geekie scored the Boston goal and Jeremy Swayman stopped 20 shots. The Bruins have lost eight straight and 16 of their last 19. It’s the longest slide for Boston since the 2009-10 season.
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Bubba Chandler shines as Pirates snap Rays' six-game streak
Apr 17, 2026; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Bubba Chandler (36) delivers a pitch to the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Philip G. Pavely-Imagn Images Bubba Chandler allowed one run over six innings and the host Pittsburgh Pirates totaled 11 hits to secure a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
Chandler (1-1) struck out three, allowed three hits and walked one while throwing 90 pitches in his first career start against the Rays, who had a six-game winning streak snapped.
Marcell Ozuna, Spencer Horwitz and Brandon Lowe each had three hits to lead the Pirates. Lowe had two doubles and two RBIs against his former team. Ozuna continued to break out of a slump with his eighth hit in his past 20 at-bats after starting the season with a 2-for-39 stretch.
After Chandler limited Tampa Bay to one hit over his first 5 2/3 innings, Junior Caminero drove in the Rays’ lone run in the top of the sixth with a game-tying, two-out single.
Oneil Cruz broke the tie with two outs in the bottom of that inning when he smacked a two-run home run off Rays reliever Griffin Jax over the right field fence.
Horwitz’s second-inning double scored Ozuna to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.
Chandler retired 10 in a row until Chandler Simpson’s two-out single on a high chopper that went off Chandler’s glove and allowed him to beat the throw to first. Simpson reached second on a wild pitch and then scored on Caminero’s single.
Rays starter Nick Martinez (0-1) threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts. He was lifted in the sixth after allowing a leadoff single to Horwitz and inducing a fielder’s choice from Konnor Griffin. After stealing second, Griffin advanced to third on a wild pitch by Jax. Cruz then delivered his sixth homer of the season.
The Rays had two runners on base in the ninth after a double by Yandy Diaz and after Ben Williamson drew a walk from Pirates closer Dennis Santana. But Santana induced a game-ending popup in foul ground by Cedric Mullins.
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Ramos powers Giants past host Nationals
Apr 17, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; San Francisco Giants infielder Luis Arraez (L) and Giants center fielder Drew Gilbert (R) walk back to the dugout after scoring runs on a two run single by Giants third baseman Matt Chapman (not pictured) against the Washington Nationals during the second inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Heliot Ramos hit a three-run home run, Drew Gilbert and Casey Schmitt added solo shots and the San Francisco Giants beat the Nationals 10-5 in Washington on Friday night.
Matt Chapman had three hits and drove in three runs for the Giants, who have won two in row.
Logan Webb (2-2) went six innings for the win, allowing four runs on seven hits.
After scoring three runs or less in five straight games, the Giants jumped in front with a six-run second inning.
James Wood and Daylen Lile homered, and Jose Tena had three hits for the Nationals.
Washington’s Zack Littell (0-2) gave up eight runs on 11 hits over four innings.
Schmitt and Jung Hoo Lee opened the second inning with singles and Ramos followed with his first homer of the season, a three-run shot to center, to make it 3-0.
After Daniel Susac singled and was thrown out attempting to steal, Gilbert walked and Willy Adames singled. Littell retired Luis Arraez on a groundout as both runners advanced, and Champman lined a single to left center to make it 5-0. Rafael Devers doubled over the head of Wood in right and the lead was 6-0.
The Nationals got one back in the third. Tena singled and went to third on a single by Keibert Ruiz. Wood struck out, but Brady House grounded into a fielder’s choice and Tena scored.
Gilbert homered leading off the fourth to make it 7-1. Adames doubled and went to third on a ground out. With the infield in, Chapman singled between short and third to increase the lead to 8-1.
Joey Wiemer singled leading off the bottom half and Lile homered to center to pull Washington within 8-3.
Lile walked with one out in the sixth and scored on a two-out single by Tena.
Schmitt homered in the seventh to make it 9-4, but Wood answered in the bottom half to make it 9-5.
Ramos walked with the bases loaded in the ninth to push the lead to 10-5.
Luis Arraez had two singles and has hit safely in each of his 12 career games at Nationals Park.
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Ryan McMahon the unlikely hero as Yankees edge Royals
Apr 4, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon (19) runs out a ground ball and is safe on a fielding error by the Miami Marlins during the third inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees earned a 4-2 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
After not starting the game, McMahon entered at third base for Amed Rosario. Ben Rice kept the inning going with a two-out single, and McMahon snapped a 2-2 tie by sending a 2-1 changeup from Alex Lange (0-1) into the left field seats. McMahon’s homer sent left fielder Starling Marte back, but the wind appeared to carry it over the fence.
It was McMahon’s sixth hit in 43 at-bats this season — his first extra-base hit — and it occurred after manager Aaron Boone said the left-handed hitting McMahon was working on some things with his swing behind the scenes.
The Yankees have won five games in their final at-bat this year, which are their five most recent victories. McMahon drew a walk on Monday when Jose Caballero scored on a wild pitch by Jordan Romano in an 11-10 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
McMahon delivered his clutch homer after Camilo Doval (1-0) allowed a tying homer down the right field line by Vinnie Pasquantino. Doval quickly got the final out and David Bednar notched his sixth save.
Rice hit a two-run homer in the fourth off Michael Wacha as the Yankees did enough with five hits to win for just the third time in their past 10 games.
Before Doval faltered, New York’s Cam Schlittler allowed an unearned run on three hits in six-plus innings. The right-hander struck out six and walked two while throwing mostly four-seam fastballs, sinkers and cutters among his season-high 93 pitches.
Schlittler pitched around a dropped fly ball by center fielder Trent Grisham in the sixth.
With one out and Maikel Garcia on first, Bobby Witt Jr. hit a fly to the warning track in center field in front of the New York bullpen. As Grisham settled under it, the ball caromed off his glove for a two-base error and Garcia advanced to third.
After allowing Pasquantino’s RBI grounder, Schlittler struck out Salvador Perez to end the sixth.
The Royals lost for the fifth game in a row and the eighth time in 10 games. Nine of those games have been decided by two runs or fewer.
Wacha allowed two runs on three hits in six innings. The right-hander struck out six and walked three.
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Bubba Chandler shines as Pirates snap Rays' six-game streak
Ramos powers Giants past host Nationals
