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February 18, 2021

Capitals 3, Sabres 1 (WSH: seven different players with a point each; Vitek Vanacek: 22 saves)

Maple Leafs 7, Senators 3 (Auston Matthews: 2 G & 2 A; Joe Thornton & Mitch Marner: G & 2 A each; Michael Hutchinson: 34 saves)

Blue Jackets 3, Predators 0 (Elvis Merzlikins: 32 saves)

Penguins 4, Islanders 1 (Bryan Rust: G & A)

Devils 3, Bruins 2 (Kyle Palmieri: 2 G)

Rangers 3, Flyers 2 (SO) (NYR: won SO 2-1)

Blues 3, Sharks 2 (OT) (David Perron: OT GWG & 2 A)

Kings 3, Coyotes 2 (SO) (LA: won SO 3-2)

Wild 3, Ducks 1 (Kappo Kahkonen: 16 saves)

February 19, 2021

Panthers 7, Red Wings 2 (Aleksander Barkov: G & 2 A)

Hurricanes 5, Blackhawks 3 (Nino Niederreiter: 2 G & A)

Oilers 2, Flames 1 (EDM: 2nd win in six meetings when neither Connor McDavid nor Leon Draisaitl record a point)

Jets 2, Canucks 0 (Laurent Brossoit: 29 saves)

February 20, 2021

Rangers 4, Capitals 1 (Alexis Lafreniere: 2nd career NHL goal--first in regulation; Artemi Panarin/Pavel Buchnevich: 2 A each)

Sabres 3, Devils 2 (Sam Reinhart: 2 G)

Red Wings 2, Panthers 1 (Jonathan Bernier: 38 saves)

Kings 4, Coyotes 2 (Alex Iafallo: 2 G)

Hurricanes 4, Lightning 0 (Alex Nedeljkovic: 24 saves)

Penguins 3, Islanders 2 (Kris Letang: 2 G; Sidney Crosby: 2 A--1000th career game)

Sharks 5, Blues 4 (Rudolfs Balcers: 2 G)

Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 3 (Auston Matthews: 2 G & 2 A--second straight four-point game)

Predators 4, Blue Jackets 2 (NSH: outshot CBJ 45-23; Calle Jarnkrok: 2 G)

Wild 5, Ducks 1 (Kevin Fiala: 2 G & A)

Oilers 7, Flames 1 (Connor McDavid: Hat Trick & 2 A)

Avalanche 3, Golden Knights 2 (Game played at Lake Tahoe--delayed nearly eight hours after the end of the 1st period due to sunny conditions; Nathan MacKinnon: G & 2 A)

February 21, 2021

Capitals 4, Devils 3 (T.J. Oshie: 2 G & A; Alex Ovechkin: career goal #712)

Senators 3, Canadiens 2 (OT) (Brady Tkachuk: OT GWG)

Bruins 7, Flyers 3 (BOS - David Pastrnak: Hat Trick; PHI: James van Riemsdyk: G & 2 A)

Jets 4, Canucks 3 (OT) (Pierre-Luc Dubois: 2 G--including OT winner--and A)

February 22, 2021

Panthers 3, Stars 1 (FLA: outshot DAL 52-25)

Lightning 4, Hurricanes 2 (TB - Steven Stamkos/Victor Hedman: G & A each; CAR - Jesper Fast: 2 G)

Islanders 3, Sabres 2 (Semyon Varlamov: 34 saves)

Flames 3, Maple Leafs 0 (David Rittich: 34 saves)

Kings 3, Blues 0 (Jonathan Quick: 27 saves--2nd shutout in his last three starts)

Golden Knights 3, Avalanche 0 (Marc-Andre Fleury: 34 saves; second shutout win vs the Avalanche this season)

Coyotes 4, Ducks 3 (Christian Dvorak: 2 G)

Wild 6, Sharks 2 (Victor Rask: G & 2 A)

February 23, 2021

Sabres 4, Devils 1 (Sam Reinhart: 2 A)

Penguins 3, Capitals 2 (OT) (Kasperi Kapanen: OT GWG)

Blackhawks 6, Blue Jackets 5 (SO) (CHI: won SO 1-0; Patrick Kane: G & 3 A; CBJ: Patrik Laine: 2 PPG & A)

Senators 5, Canadiens 4 (SO) (OTT: won SO 2-0; OTT: 3-1 vs MTL this season)

Predators 2, Red Wings 0 (Pekka Rinne: 21 saves; Filip Forsberg: G & A)

Oilers 4, Canucks 3 (EDM - Leon Draisaitl: 3 A; VAN: led 3-0 halfway into the first period)

February 24, 2021

Lightning 3, Hurricanes 0 (Andrei Vasilevskiy: 25 saves)

Stars 3, Panthers 0 (Anton Khudobin: 43 saves--stopped 92 of FLA's 95 shots in a two-game span)

Flyers 4, Rangers 3 (NYR - Chris Kreider: Hat Trick)

Maple Leafs 2, Flames 1 (OT) (William Nylander: scored both goals)

Wild 6, Avalanche 2 (Mats Zuccarello/Marcus Foligno: G & A each)

Coyotes 4, Ducks 3 (SO) (ARI: won SO 2-1; ANA: blew 3-0 lead for the second straight game)

Kings 2, Blues 1 (LA: sixth straight win)

February 25, 2021

Blackhawks 2, Blue Jackets 0 (Malcolm Subban: 26 saves)

Islanders 7, Bruins 2 (NYI: five goals in the 3rd period)

Senators 6, Flames 1 (Colin White: 2 G)

Capitals 5, Penguins 2 (Lars Eller/Nicklas Backstrom/T.J. Oshie: G & A each)

Devils 4, Sabres 3 (OT) (Pavel Zacha: OT GWG & 2 A)

Panthers 3, Stars 2 (FLA: 3 goals in a 3:11 span in the 3rd period after trailing 2-0)

Lightning 3, Hurricanes 1 (Curtis McElhinney: 31 saves)

Red Wings 5, Predators 2 (Sam Gagner: Hat Trick)

Jets 6, Canadiens 3 (Kyle Connor: 2 G)

Oilers 3, Canucks 0 (Mike Smith: 32 saves; Connor McDavid: G & A)

Of course, this is old news, but the Montréal Canadiens fired both Claude Juilen and Kirk Muller as head coach and assistant coach, respectively, following their shootout loss to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. Julien, who coached the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup in the 2010-11 season, was in his second stint as Canadiens coach, with his only playoff appearance being last year's modified 24-team tournament. The Canadiens, who entered the playoffs with a .500 point percentage, served as the Eastern Conference's 12th seed and upset the Pittsburgh Penguins in the qualifiers before losing the East Quarters in six to the Philadelphia Flyers. It was during that series that Muller assumed head coaching duties after Game One, as Julien suffered chest pains.

The firing came after the Canadiens lost six of eight, and suffered their third loss this season to a lowly Senators team. Despite this, the Canadiens remained in a playoff position, standing at fourth place in the North Division. Dominique Ducharme was named the interim head coach, with Thursday being his first game--a 6-3 loss to the Winnipeg Jets after the Canadiens led 3-1, bringing their skid to seven losses in their last nine games.

February 26, 2021

Rangers 6, Bruins 2 (BOS: outscored 13-4 in their back-to-back losses)

Wild 3, Kings 1 (LA: six-game winning streak snapped)

Avalanche 3, Coyotes 2 (Nazem Kadri: G & 2 A; Mikko Rantanen: PPG & A)

February 27, 2021

Flyers 3, Sabres 0 (Brian Elliott: 23 saves; Sean Couturier: G & A)

Flames 6, Senators 3 (Each Tkachuk brother scored; Mikael Backlund: G & 2 A)

Capitals 5, Devils 2 (Five different Caps with a goal)

Predators 2, Blue Jackets 1 (Mattias Ekholm: 2 G)

Penguins 4, Islanders 3 (OT) (Kris Letang: 2 G--including OT winner--& A)

Hurricanes 4, Panthers 3 (SO) (CAR: won SO 3-2 in five rounds; FLA - Patric Hornqvist: 2 G)

Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 0 (Jack Campbell: 30 saves)

Lightning 5, Stars 0 (Andrei Vasilevskiy: 20 saves)

Red Wings 5, Blackhawks 3 (DET: 2nd 5-goal game this season; move out of last place in Central)

Wild 4, Kings 3 (OT) (Matt Dumba: buzzer-beating OT GWG)

Avalanche 6, Coyotes 2 (COL: six different goal scorers)

Jets 2, Canadiens 1 (OT) (Paul Stastny: OT GWG; Nikolaj Ehlers: G & A)

Golden Knights 3, Ducks 2 (OT) (William Karlsson: OT GWG)

Blues 7, Sharks 6 (STL - Marco Scandella: 2 G; SJ - Evander Kane/Timo Meier: 2 G each)

February 28, 2021

Bruins 4, Rangers 1 (Charlie Coyle: 2 G)

Flyers 3, Sabres 0 (Carter Hart: 28 saves; BUF: shutout in back-to-back games)

Predators 3, Blue Jackets 1 (NSH: nine different players with a point each)

Capitals 3, Devils 2 (Alex Ovechkin: career goal #713)

Islanders 2, Penguins 0 (Ilya Sorokin: 20 saves)

Blackhawks 7, Red Wings 2 (Patrick Kane: scored 400th career goal--became the 100th NHL player to reach 400 goals)

March 1, 2021

Senators 5, Flames 1 (Drake Batherson: 2 G)

Hurricanes 3, Panthers 2 (OT) (Martin Necas: OT GWG & 2 A)

Canucks 4, Jets 0 (Thatcher Demko: 27 saves)

Maple Leafs 3, Oilers 0 (TOR: back-to-back shutout wins)

Golden Knights 5, Wild 4 (OT) (Max Pacioretty: OT GWG)

Blues 5, Ducks 4 (STL - Zach Sanford: 2 G & A; ANA: Isac Lundestrom: Hat Trick)

Sharks 6, Avalanche 2 (SJ: six unanswered goals after trailing 2-0--four of them in the 3rd period; Evander Kane: G & 2 A)

March 2, 2021

Islanders 2, Devils 1 (NYI: both goals were shorthanded; Semyon Varlamov: 28 saves)

Rangers 3, Sabres 2 (Pavel Buchnevich: G & A)

Penguins 5, Flyers 2 (PIT - Kasperi Kapanen: 2 G; PHI - Joel Farabee: 2 G)

Blue Jackets 4, Red Wings 1 (Cam Atkinson: SHG & A--fourth SHG of season)

Canadiens 3, Senators 1 (Jeff Petry/Brendan Gallagher: G & A each)

Hurricanes 4, Predators 2 (Sebastian Aho: 2 G)

Jets 5, Canucks 2 (Blake Wheeler: G & 2 A)

Lightning 2, Stars 0 (Exact same score as Game Six of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final; Andrei Vasilevskiy: 28 saves--3rd shutout of sesaon)

March 3, 2021

Capitals 2, Bruins 1 (WSH: won SO 1-0)

Maple Leafs 6, Oilers 1 (Jimmy Vesey: 2 G; Jason Spezza: 3 A; John Tavares/Zach Hyman: G & A each)

Blues 3, Ducks 2 (Oskar Sundqvist: G & A)

Coyotes 3, Kings 2 (Antti Raanta: 40 saves)

Golden Knights 5, Wild 1 (Marc-Andre Fleury: 36 saves)

Avalanche 4, Sharks 0 (Philipp Grubauer: 26 saves--third shutout of season; Mikko Rantanen: 2 G & 2 A; Gabriel Landeskog: G & 3 A)

March 4, 2021

Jets 4, Canadiens 3 (OT) (WPG - Pierre-Luc Dubois: OT GWG; MTL: lost three of four since firing Claude Julien as head coach--two of the three losses in OT)

Flyers 4, Penguins 3 (PHI - Claude Giroux: 2 G & A--scored game winner with 2:08 left in regulation; PIT: led 3-0 after scoring three goals in a span of 1:11 in the first period)

Rangers 6, Devils 1 (NYR: six goals on 19 shots; Chris Kreider: Natural Hat Trick)

Hurricanes 5, Red Wings 2 (Jordan Staal: G & 2 A)

Islanders 5, Sabres 2 (Jordan Eberle: G & A)

Lightning 3, Blackhawks 2 (OT) (Victor Hedman: GWG with 0.1 left in OT)

Panthers 5, Predators 4 (Aaron Ekblad: 2 G & 2 A)

Flames 7, Senators 3 (CGY: 4 goals in 1st period; Dillon Dube: Hat Trick)

Canucks 3, Maple Leafs 1 (Jake Virtanen: 2 G)

Another coach gets the boot, and it's another one in the North/Canadian Division. Right after their 7-3 win over the Ottawa Senators, the Calgary Flames fired Geoff Ward as their head coach. Ward took over for Bill Peters, who was let go after allegations of racism and assault were uncovered, early in the 2019-20 season. At the time Ward took over, the Flames were 12-12-4 with 28 points in 28 games, but in the 42 games played before the COVID-19 pause, the Flames went 24-15-3.

Calgary's .564 points percentage was enough for them to finish in the top 12 in the Western Conference, putting them in the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the #8 seed. They defeated the Winnipeg Jets in the Qualifying Round (four games), but fell to the Dallas Stars in the West Quarters (six games); a series known for the Flames being just 10 seconds away from taking a 3-1 series lead, only to give up a game tying goal and lose in OT, and later lose Games Five and Six (the latter by going up 3-0 only to give up seven unanswered goals).

Ward's firing comes after a .500 start (11-11-2) to this season, with the Flames (at the moment) at fifth place in the North/Canadian Division. They are two points behind the only other team to fire a coach this season: the Montréal Canadiens. Darryl Sutter will serve as the interim coach; he coached the Flames to the Stanley Cup Final in 2004.

March 5, 2021

Bruins 5, Capitals 1 (Brad Marchand: 2 G & A; Patrice Bergeron: G & A; Jaroslav Halak: 31 saves)

Blackhawks 4, Lightning 3 (SO) (CHI: won SO 1-0)

Wild 5, Coyotes 1 (Mats Zuccarello/Jordan Greenway: G & A each; Kirill Kaprizov/Marcus Foligno: 2 A each)

Blues 3, Kings 2 (OT) (Mike Hoffman: OT GW PPG & A; David Perron: 2 G)

Avalanche 3, Ducks 2 (OT) (Valeri Nichushkin: 2 G--including OT winner)

Golden Knights 5, Sharks 4 (OT) (VGK - Max Pacioretty: 2 G--including OT winner--and A; SJ - Logan Couture/Kevin Labanc/Brent Burns: G & A each)

March 6, 2021

Rangers 6, Devils 3 (Ryan Strome: 2 G; Adam Fox: G & A)

Islanders 5, Sabres 2 (Matthew Barzal/Jordan Eberle/Scott Mayfield: G & A each)

Penguins 4, Flyers 3 (Evgeni Malkin: G & A; Sidney Crosby/Jake Guentzel: 2 A each)

Panthers 6, Predators 2 (Noel Acciari: Hat Trick--had no points this season prior to today's game)

Canadiens 7, Jets 1 (Brendan Gallagher: 2 G & A; Tyler Toffoli: G & A; Tomas Tatar: 3 A)

Coyotes 5, Wild 2 (Tyler Pitlick: 2 G)

Canucks 4, Maple Leafs 2 (Brock Boeser: G & 2 A)

Ducks 5, Avalanche 4 (OT) (Ryan Getzlaf: OT GWG; ANA: snaps nine-game winless streak)

Stars 5, Blue Jackets 0 (Jake Oettinger: 21 saves)

Kings 4, Blues 3 (OT) (LA - Adrian Kempe: OT GWG; Anze Kopitar: 2 G & A; STL: led 3-0 13 minutes into game)

Oilers 3, Flames 2 (Connor McDavid: G & 2 A)

Golden Knights 4, Sharks 0 (Marc-Andre Fleury: 24 saves; Alex Tuch: 2 G)

March 7, 2021

Islanders 5, Sabres 2 (NYI: fifth straight win; Brock Nelson: 2 G)

Lightning 6, Blackhawks 3 (Yanni Gourde: 2 G & 2 A)

Devils 1, Bruins 0 (Scott Wedgewood: 40 saves)

Hurricanes 4, Panthers 2 (Sebastian Aho: G & A)

Capitals 3, Flyers 1 (Alex Ovechkin: career goal #714)

Penguins 5, Rangers 1 (PIT: scored three goals in a span of 1:01 in the first period)

Predators 4, Stars 3 (SO) (NSH: won SO 2-1)

Senators 4, Flames 3 (SO) (OTT: won SO 2-1)