NHL roundup: Auston Matthews’ hat trick leads Leafs past Jets

Auston Matthews registered three goals and an assist Thursday night as the Toronto Maple Leafs overcame a three-goal deficit to defeat the visiting Winnipeg Jets 6-5.

Matthews completed his hat trick by knocking in a loose puck at 15:38 of the third period to snap a 5-5 tie, sending the Jets to their eighth consecutive loss (0-5-3). Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Matias Maccelli each added a goal and an assist to help the Maple Leafs earn their second straight win and fourth in five games. Troy Stecher also scored.

Mark Scheifele produced two goals and an assist, while Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist for the Jets. Dylan DeMelo and Alex Iafallo also scored, and Eric Comrie stopped 24 shots.

The Jets led 4-1 near the midpoint of the second period before Toronto tied it with three straight goals. Winnipeg again took the lead in the third period, but the Leafs scored twice more for the win.

Penguins 4, Red Wings 3 (OT)

Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into overtime for Pittsburgh, which persevered to beat visiting Detroit.

Letang tallied his third goal of the season in his 1,200th career game. Sidney Crosby scored twice and assisted on the game-winner. Pittsburgh's Blake Lizotte scored, and Erik Karlsson registered two assists, making him the 14th defenseman to reach 900 points in NHL history. Arturs Silovs stopped 24 shots.

Alex DeBrincat, James van Riemsdyk and Andrew Copp scored for the Red Wings, and Cam Talbot made 27 saves. Detroit overcame deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to force overtime but fell to 5-1-1 in the past seven games.

Mammoth 7, Islanders 2

Dylan Guenther collected his first career hat trick and Nick Schmaltz scored twice for Utah, which rolled to a blowout win in Elmont, N.Y.

Mikhail Sergachev and Clayton Keller also scored for the Mammoth, who finished with just 21 shots. The seven goals tied a season-high for Utah, set previously in a 7-4 win over the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 23 and tied in a 7-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Dec. 3.

Calum Ritchie and Matthew Schaefer scored for the Islanders, who allowed their most goals since a 9-2 loss to the New York Rangers on April 10, 2025. New York lost leading scorer Bo Horvat to an injury about eight minutes into the third after he got tangled up with Mammoth defenseman Sean Durzi.

Lightning 5, Kings 3

Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nikita Kucherov scored in the final four minutes to lift visiting Tampa Bay to a come-from-behind win against Los Angeles.

Cirelli was the first to a loose puck and chipped it into the top of the net to tie it at 3 at 16:41. Goncalves put the Lightning ahead at 18:19, and Kucherov scored into an empty net with 45 seconds left. Kucherov also had two assists, Brayden Point scored twice, Cirelli added an assist and Jonas Johansson made 17 saves for Tampa Bay, which has won six in a row.

Andrei Kuzmenko and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, Jeff Malott also scored, Corey Perry had three assists and Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves for Los Angeles after being unavailable the previous six games because of an upper-body injury.

Senators 4, Capitals 3

Fabian Zetterlund scored with 2:22 remaining to lift host Ottawa to a win over Washington.

Zetterlund scored on a one-timer from just below the left hashmarks after receiving a backhand pass from Thomas Chabot on the rush, shortly after Aliaksei Protas tied the game for Washington. Nick Jensen, Ridly Greig and David Perron also scored for the Senators, who had lost three straight (0-2-1) after winning four in a row.

Tom Wilson scored his fifth goal in three games and added an assist for the Capitals, who were coming off a 6-3 win against the New York Rangers on Wednesday. Justin Sourdif had two assists, and Logan Thompson made 28 saves.

Canadiens 7, Hurricanes 5

Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored 23 seconds apart in the second period as Montreal came back from a two-goal deficit to win in Raleigh, N.C.

Lane Hutson, Sammy Blais and Juraj Slafkovsky each had a goal and an assist while Nick Suzuki and Oliver Kapanen also scored for the Canadiens, who have won three of their past four. Alexander Texier and Ivan Demidov added two assists each, while Jakub Dobes made 20 saves.

Sebastian Aho was involved in all five Hurricanes' goals with two tallies and three assists. Nikolaj Ehlers and Andrei Svechnikov both added a goal and two assists and Alexander Nikishin chipped in a goal and an assist. Brandon Bussi lost in regulation for the second time in 16 outings, stopping 16 shots.

Blackhawks 4, Stars 3

Ilya Mikheyev scored twice for Chicago, which held on for a win against visiting Dallas.

Artyom Levshunov and Teuvo Teravainen each scored a power-play goal and Andre Burakovsky and Ryan Donato had two assists apiece for the Blackhawks, who won for just the second time in their past 10 games (2-7-1). Spencer Knight made 22 saves.

Mikko Rantanen, Jason Robertson and Matt Duchene each had a goal and an assist while Jake Oettinger made 17 saves for the Stars, who have lost four straight (0-2-2) for the second time this season.