NHL Morning Recap – February 28, 2026

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Today, we will be looking at the scores of the four NHL games that were played on Feb. 27, 2026. Which saw the Florida Panthers host the Buffalo Sabres. As well as the Anaheim Ducks and Winnipeg Jets battle it out in the late game.

All that and more in the Morning Recap.

SABRES 3 at PANTHERS 2

Buffalo Sabres Scoring Summary:

P1 17:48 – Alex Tuch (23) from Ryan McLeod (31), Bowen Byram (20)
P3 11:38 – Beck Malenstyn (5) from Josh Norris (12), Noah Ostlund (10)
P3 18:43 – Peyton Krebs (9) from Tage Thompson (31), Tuch (27) – Empty Net

Florida Panthers Scoring Summary:

P2 13:51 – Matthew Tkachuk (5) from Brad Marchand (26), Sam Bennett (25)
P3 19:25 – Bennett (20), unassisted

GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2 at CAPITALS 3

Vegas Golden Knights Scoring Summary:

P3 2:27 – Braeden Bowman (8) from Kaedan Korczak (10), Brayden McNabb (4)
P3 9:15 – Tomas Hertl (23) from Pavel Dorofeyev (19), Mitch Marner (43)

Washington Capitals Scoring Summary:

P2 0:49 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) from Aliaksei Protas (21), Rasmus Sandin (17)
P2 3:23 – Dubois (3) from Protas (22)
P2 14:52 – Jakob Chychrun (22) from Sandin (18), Dubois (2

WILD 2 at MAMMOTH 5

Minnesota Wild Scoring Summary:

P2 14:03 – Kirill Kaprizov (33) from Matt Boldy (33), Mats Zuccarello (25)
P3 14:05 – Boldy (35) from Vladimir Tarasenko (17), Marcus Johansson (25)

Utah Mammoth Scoring Summary:

P1 13:23 – Logan Cooley (15) from Jack McBain (15), Mikhail Sergachev (31)
P2 4:26 – Clayton Keller (18) from Nick Schmaltz (31)
P2 7:49 – Lawson Crouse (15) from Keller (39), Schmaltz (32)
P3 1:19 – Barrett Hayton (8) from Sergachev (32), Keller (40)
P3 12:48 – Crouse (16) from Sean Durzi (15), McBain (16)

JETS 4 at DUCKS 5 – OT

Winnipeg Jets Scoring Summary:

P1 1:24 – Alex Iafallo (10) from Cole Perfetti (13), Dylan Samberg (11)
P2 2:25 – Gabriel Vilardi (23) from Kyle Connor (40), Logan Stanley (10)
P3 1:27 – Elias Salomonsson (1) from Adam Lowry (12), Iafallo (12)
P3 18:38 – Connor (27) from Perfetti (14), Stanley (11)

Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary:

P2 19:19 – Jacob Trouba (10) from Tim Washe (2)
P3 6:32 – Leo Carlsson (20) from Jackson LaCombe (33), Beckett Sennecke (27)
P3 9:59 – Pavel Mintyukov (7) from Sennecke (28), Drew Helleson (10)
P3 16:50 – Ryan Poehling (6) from Alex Killorn (12), Mintyukov (10)
OT 4:47 – Chris Kreider (20) from Sennecke (29)