WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
TORONTO 6, Washington 3
MONTREAL 2, Arizona 1
Minnesota 5, COLORADO 2
Nashville 2, VEGAS 1
St. Louis 5, ANAHEIM 1
Carolina 5, VANCOUVER 2
KADRI (HAT TRICK) HELPS MAPLE LEAFS REACH 30-WIN MARK
Nazem Kadri (3-1—4) scored the fifth hat trick of his NHL career and first since Feb. 14, 2018 (3-2—5 vs. CBJ) to lead the Maple Leafs past theCapitals. Toronto (30-17-2, 62 points), which occupies second place in the Atlantic Division standings, reached the 30-win mark in a season in 49 or fewer games for the second time in franchise history and first since 1934-35 (48 GP; 30-14-4, 64 points).
* Morgan Rielly (0-2—2) ranks third among NHL defensemen with 50 points in 2018-19 (13-37—50 in 49 GP). Only three defensemen in franchise history have required fewer personal games to reach the 50-point mark in a season: Borje Salming in 1976-77 (42 GP), Babe Pratt in 1943-44 (44 GP) and Bryan McCabe in 2005-06 (45 GP).
* Rielly, who established a career high with 6-46—52 in 2017-18 (76 GP), became the fifth defenseman in franchise history to reach the 50-point mark in consecutive seasons and first since Tomas Kaberle (3 straight; 2005-06 to 2007-08).
PRICE HELPS CANADIENS CLIMB ATLANTIC DIVISION STANDINGS
Carey Price turned aside 30 of 31 shots to help the Canadiens improve to 5-1-0 in their last six games. Montreal moved to 28-18-5 (61 points) overall this season and leapfrogged idle Boston (27-17-5, 59 points) for third place in the Atlantic Division standings.
* Price improved to 20-13-4 this season (2.56 GAA, .915 SV%, 3 SO), including a 4-0-0 mark in his last four appearances dating to Jan. 12 (1.00 GAA, .971 SV%, 1 SO). He recorded 20 or more wins in a season for the ninth time in his NHL career (all w/ MTL) and moved into a tie with Jacques Plante and Patrick Roy for the most 20-win campaigns in franchise history.
AROUND THE RINKS
Other highlights from the final games before the 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend:
* Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin (1-0—1) recorded the 1,179th regular-season point of his NHL career (644-535—1,179 in 1,053) to move into a tie with Sergei Fedorov (483-696—1,179 in 1,248 GP) for the most in League history by a Russian player. Ovechkin leads the NHL with 37 goals this season (37-20—57 in 50 GP).
* Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves in the first start of his NHL career to help the Hurricanes earn their first road win against the Canucks since Oct. 15, 1999 (4-1 W), snapping a 10-game slide (0-7-3). Nedeljkovic became the fifth goaltender in Hurricanes/Whalers franchise history to earn a win in his first career NHL start, joining Kay Whitmore on March 22, 1989 (4-2 W vs. BOS), Mike Lenarduzzi on April 14, 1993 (5-4 OT W vs. NYI), Cam Ward on Oct. 7, 2005 (3-2 SO W vs. PIT) and Justin Peters on Feb. 6, 2010 (3-1 W at NYI).
* Ryan O'Reilly collected an assist to become the first St. Louis player to reach the 50-point mark this season (18-32—50 in 49 GP) and help the Blues defeat the Ducks. O’Reilly, who was acquired by the Blues on July 1, 2018, became the first player to record his first 50 points with the franchise in 49 or fewer personal games (NHL debut or otherwise) since Craig Janney on Oct. 29, 1992 (36 GP).
* Nick Bonino (1-0—1) became the 17th different Predators player to score at least one game-winning goal this season, tied for the highest such total among all 31 NHL teams (w/ CGY). The only other season in franchise history to feature as many different Predators players each with at least one game winner was 2010-11 (20).
QUICK CLICKS
* Wild score four straight, defeat Avalanche for third win in row
* All-Star Game chance for Sharks to reward fans, inspire more in San Jose
* Jeff Skinner, Sidney Crosby, Roman Josi, Brent Burns all-star stand outs
* David Pastrnak success with Bruins inspired by love of family
* Paul Maurice never content to rest as Jets coach
the above information was supplied by the NHL PR department
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