NHL roundup: Vegas rolls in Mitch Marner’s return to Toronto

Mark Stone had two goals and an assist Friday night as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 in Mitch Marner's return to Toronto.

Jack Eichel recorded a goal and an assist. Keegan Kolesar, Pavel Dorofeyev and Braeden Bowman also scored for the Golden Knights, who rebounded from a 4-3 road loss to the Boston Bruins on Thursday.

John Tavares, Scott Laughton and Bobby McMann scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost the first three of a five-game homestand. Matthew Knies added two assists. Toronto goaltender Anthony Stolarz, who had been out with a nerve issue, played for the first time since Nov. 11 and made 25 saves.

Marner, who played for the Maple Leafs for nine years until this season, was booed on the opening shift of the game on his return to Toronto. Later in the first period, he received an ovation during a video tribute.

Sharks 3, Rangers 1

Macklin Celebrini scored twice, leading San Jose past visiting New York while making some history for himself.

Pavol Regenda also tallied while Will Smith and Collin Graf added a pair of assists each for the Sharks, who improved to 9-4-0 over their past 13 games and 14-9-3 on home ice this season. Sam Carrick scored the lone goal for the Rangers, who have lost 11 of 13 (2-9-2) and dropped to 16-12-2 on the road.

Celebrini opened the scoring at 1:09 of the first period on a power play, tapping in a cross-crease feed from Toffoli for his 25th of the season. At 19 years, 224 days, Celebrini became the second-youngest active player to notch 50 career goals, trailing only Sidney Crosby, who was 104 days younger. He reached 50 goals faster than any Shark ever, getting there in 120 games. The old mark of 135 games of was set by Logan Couture.

Lightning 2, Blackhawks 1 (SO)

Dominic James scored the deciding goal in the fifth round of a shootout and Nikita Kucherov scored in the shootout and regulation as Tampa Bay remained hot with a win in Chicago.

Tampa Bay has earned a point in 15 straight games, the third-longest streak in club history. Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots in regulation and overtime while Blackhawks counterpart Arvid Soderblom had 30 saves on 31 shots.

Tampa Bay was unable to convert a series of chances in the closing moments of regulation. Chicago dictated the pace in overtime (four shots to one) but didn't score. After Ilya Mikheyev forced a turnover, Andre Burakovsky couldn't stuff a rebound into the net after the puck got behind Vasilevskiy in the crease. Nick Lardis sent a shot off the post less than a minute later.

Stars 3, Blues 2

Jason Robertson scored the winning goal with one minute remaining and earned an assist as Dallas edged visiting St. Louis.

Wyatt Johnston also had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who had lost four of their previous five games. Matt Duchene scored for Dallas, and Roope Hintz earned two assists. Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger made 20 saves.

Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist for the Blues, who lost their third straight game. Dalibor Dvorsky also scored for St. Louis, and Jordan Binnington stopped 16 shots.

Flyers 7, Avalanche 3

Owen Tippett had three goals for his second career hat trick and his first of the season, Matvei Michkov had two goals and an assist, and Philadelphia beat Colorado in Denver.

Tippett added an assist for his second four-point game of the season for Philadelphia, which finished 2-0-1 on its three-game road trip. Denver Barkey had a goal and an assist, Bobby Brink also scored and Samuel Ersson turned away 32 shots for the Flyers.

With members of the 2001 Stanley Cup championship team in attendance, Colorado lost its second straight and finished 3-2-2 on its seven-game homestand after winning the first two. The Avalanche suffered their first two home losses in regulation in the past four games. Parker Kelly, Victor Olofsson and Cale Makar had goals, Nathan MacKinnon contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 13 saves.

Capitals 3, Flames 1

Aliaksei Protas broke a third-period tie to spark Washington to comeback victory over host Calgary to snap a four-game skid.

Hendrix Lapierre scored his first goal in 22 months and Alex Ovechkin added an empty netter for the Capitals, who scored three unanswered goals to finally win a game on a six-game road trip after dropping the first two outings. Goalie Logan Thompson made 25 saves to claim the victory in his hometown.

Morgan Frost replied for the Flames, who are winless in three games and on a 3-7-1 slide. Goalie Devin Cooley stopped 35 shots. The Flames have been held to one goal in three consecutive games.

Ducks 4, Kraken 2

Cutter Gauthier and Pavel Mintyukov each had a goal and an assist as Anaheim defeated host Seattle for the Ducks' sixth straight win.

Ryan Poehling and Chris Kreider also scored and goaltender Lukas Dostal made 20 saves in the win. The Ducks took a 2-0 lead in the first period while outshooting the Kraken 12-3 and led the rest of the way.

Jared McCann and Jaden Schwartz scored for Seattle, which has lost seven of its past nine games. Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 of 30 shots.

Devils 5, Canucks 4

Cody Glass scored two goals and had an assist as New Jersey jumped out to a three-goal lead and then held on to edge host Vancouver. It was the second career three-point game for Glass, who produced a hat trick in March 2024.

Lenni Hameenaho and Nico Hischier each had a goal and an assist and Connor Brown also scored for New Jersey, which won its third straight game and prevailed for the fifth time in six games. Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves for the Devils.

Linus Karlsson had a goal and an assist and Teddy Blueger, Zeev Buium and Brock Boeser also scored goals for Vancouver, which lost for the 12th time in its last 13 games (1-10-2). Kevin Lankinen finished with 19 saves.