The New York Islanders defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-3 last night, snapping an 11-game losing streak.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are idle until they visit Washington Friday night. The Pens play back-to-back games this weekend, with a home game Saturday against Anaheim.
Scary moment in the NHL last night – Chicago Blackhawks interim coach Derek King said after the team’s 6-2 loss to the New York Rangers that forward Jujhar Khaira was “very responsive” and up and talking after a scary hit by the Rangers’ Jacob Trouba that sent him to the hospital. The Blackhawks said Khaira, who was taken off the ice in a stretcher, suffered an “upper-body blow.” In the second-period hit, Trouba appeared to drive his shoulder into Khaira’s chin and he went down with his head bouncing hard on the ice and no sign of movement before medical personnel rushed in an he was stretchered off.