Kyle Okposo scored the only goal of the shoot-out to lift the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in the first game between the regional rivals at the Islanders’ new home, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City.
John Tavares also scored for the Islanders (14-8-4), who won their third straight and for the fourth time in five games (4-0-1) to move within three points of the Rangers in the Metropolitan Division.
JETS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 1
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Drew Stafford scored a pair of first-period goals, pacing the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at the MTS Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Stafford fired his eighth and ninth of the season to give the hosts a 2-1 lead that held up through two periods. Mark Scheifele set up both of those goals.
OILERS 3, BRUINS 2, SO
Jordan Eberle was the only player to score in the shoot-out, and the Edmonton Oilers got a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
Eberle’s wristed his shoot-out attempt into the top corner, giving the Oilers just their second win against the Bruins since the 2001-2002 season, both of which came via the shoot-out.
The Bruins’ five-game winning streak came to an end.
LIGHTNING 2, DUCKS 1
Jonathan Marchessault’s third career goal gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Tampa Bay winger Jonathan Drouin, playing for the first time in nearly three weeks, added his second of the season while goaltender Ben Bishop stopped 32 shots.
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Switzerland’s Riola Xhemaili on Thursday scored a last-gasp goal to salvage a dramatic 1-1 draw with Finland that sent the joyous hosts through to the quarter-finals at Euro 2025, and heartbroken Finland home. Switzerland, who needed only a draw to advance based on goal-difference, finished second in Group A behind Norway to go through to the knockout round for the first time and are to face the winners of Group B, which would be world champions Spain as things stand. “I think we set ourselves a goal on the pitch, to write history, to go into the knockout stages, which we’ve never
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