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Sidney Crosby tied the game 1-1 at 9:57 of the second period in his return from a lower-body injury sustained at the 2026 Winter Olympics, finishing through the five-hole on a backhand after Rickard Rakell poked the puck free in the corner. Crosby had missed 11 games after going down in Canada's Olympic quarterfinal win over Czechia.
Connor McDavid assisted on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins's 1-1 tying power-play goal, feeding him a dot-to-dot pass before Nugent-Hopkins snapped the puck past Alex Nedeljkovic glove side, as the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on March 17, 2026 — their first game since Leon Draisaitl was ruled out for the rest of the regular season.
Nikita Kucherov scored three goals for his seventh career hat trick and added two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 on March 17, 2026. The five-point performance moved Kucherov past Nathan MacKinnon into second place in the NHL scoring race with 111 points.
Charlie Coyle had a goal and three assists in the Columbus Blue Jackets' 5-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on March 17, 2026, tying an NHL career high in points. Coyle set up the opening goal with a sharp feed from behind the net before doubling the lead himself late in the first, extending his stick to corral a rebound and tuck it past Brandon Bussi's outstretched pad.
Cole Caufield scored his 40th goal of the season with 22 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting the Montreal Canadiens past the Boston Bruins 3-2 at Bell Centre on March 17, 2026. Caufield tapped in a backdoor pass from Nick Suzuki at the right post to become Montreal's first 40-goal scorer since Vincent Damphousse in 1993-94.
Elias Pettersson scored twice on the power play in Vancouver's 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers on March 17, 2026, with his second goal becoming the 200th of his NHL career — a shot from a similar spot on the ice after Tkachuk had tied it up moments earlier.
Connor Bedard gathered a breakout pass from Artyom Levshunov and backhanded a cross-ice feed from the left circle to a waiting Frank Nazar, who tied the game 3-3 with 1:40 remaining in regulation on March 17, 2026. Nazar has now accumulated four goals and six assists in his last seven games.
Erik Karlsson's three-point night gave him 54 career three-point games as a defenseman, tying Nicklas Lidström for 10th in NHL history. His first assist was a zone-to-zone pass to set up Anthony Mantha and his second assisted Elmer Söderblom for his first goal as a Penguin, converting on the rebound of Connor Dewar's redirection at the left side of the crease. He finished it off with a goal in the middle of second period.
Evgeni Malkin returned from a five-game suspension and scored two first-period goals to help Pittsburgh blow out Colorado 7-2. His two goals gave him 35 career multigoal periods as a Penguin, passing Jaromir Jagr for third in franchise history behind Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby.
Nathan MacKinnon tied the game 1-1 at 4:08 of the first period, faking a slap shot before rifling a wrist shot past Arturs Silovs from the high slot — the 110th point of his season. With it, MacKinnon became the sixth player in NHL history to record four consecutive 110-point seasons.
Patrick Kane scored his 503rd career goal against Calgary on March 16, 2026, moving him past Joe Mullen into fifth on the all-time goals list among American-born players. He also reached the 40-point plateau for the 19th consecutive NHL season.
Jack Hughes recorded three assists on March 16, 2026, reaching 402 career points in his 414th regular-season game to become the fastest player in Devils franchise history to 400 points.