NHL Morning Recap – March 15, 2026

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Today, we will be looking at the scores of the 14 NHL games that were played on March 14, 2026. Which saw the Buffalo Sabres host the Toronto Maple Leafs. As well as the Seattle Kraken and Vancouver Canucks battle it out in the late game.

All that and more, in the Morning Recap.

DUCKS 0 at SENATORS 2

Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary:

P2 3:54 – Michael Amadio (11) from Shane Pinto (18), Nick Cousins (12)
P2 9:21 – Thomas Chabot (7) from Pinto (19)

BRUINS 3 at CAPITALS 2 – OT

Washington Capitals Scoring Summary:

P2 1:15 – Matt Roy (2) from Rasmus Sandin (20), Hendrix Lapierre (10)
P3 3:12 – Sandin (4) Unassisted

Boston Bruins Scoring Summary:

P2 11:57 – Charlie McAvoy (8) from David Pastrnak (55)
P3 10:09 – McAvoy (9) from Pavel Zacha (27), Viktor Arvidsson (19)

Shootout Summary:

BOS – Fraser Minten – Winner

AVALANCHE 1 at JETS 3

Winnipeg Jets Scoring Summary:

P2 2:05 – Kyle Connor (30) from Mark Scheifele (50)
P2 11:52 – Alex Iafallo (11) from Scheifele (51), Connor (44)
P3 19:18 – Cole Perfetti (9) Unassisted – Empty Net

Colorado Avalanche Scoring Summary:

P3 18:44 – Martin Necas (31) from Nathan MacKinnon (65), Cale Makar (48)

RANGERS 4 at WILD 2

New York Rangers Scoring Summary:

P1 2:41 – Noah Laba (9) from Gabe Perreault (11), Vladislav Gavrikov (16)
P1 15:00 – Gavrikov (13) from Tye Kartye (10), Adam Fox (28)
P2 8:41 – Jaroslav Chmelar (2) from Taylor Raddysh (9), Urho Vaakanainen (6)
P2 9:03 – Vincent Trocheck (13) from Gavrikov (17), Fox (29)

Noah Laba New York Rangers
Noah Laba, New York Rangers (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Minnesota Wild Scoring Summary:

P2 0:35 – Matt Boldy (38) from Quinn Hughes (61), Filip Gustavsson (2)
P3 7:19 – Danila Yurov (10) from Vladimir Tarasenko (20), Yakov Trenin (14)

HURRICANES 4 at LIGHTNING 2

Carolina Hurricanes Scoring Summary:

P1 0:36 – Andrei Svechnikov (24) from Sebastian Aho (44), Sean Walker (15)
P1 17:28 – Aho (24) from Svechnikov (34), K’Andre Miller (26)
P3 9:18 – Jordan Martinook (9) from Nikolaj Ehlers (32), Mike Reilly (8)
P3 18:29 – Logan Stankoven (13) from Taylor Hall (22) – Empty Net

Tampa Bay Lightning Scoring Summary:

P2 14:10 – Yanni Gourde (8) from Victor Hedman (16), Pontus Holmberg (10)
P2 15:31 – Charle-Edouard D’Astous (4) from Brayden Point (27), Gage Goncalves (14)

SHARKS 4 at CANADIENS 2

Montreal Canadiens Scoring Summary:

P1 7:21 – Cole Caufield (38) from Juraj Slafkovsky (30), Noah Dobson (31)
P2 17:38 – Nick Suzuki (22) from Ivan Demidov (38), Dobson (32)

San Jose Sharks Scoring Summary:

P1 13:12 – Macklin Celebrini (34) from Collin Graf (20), John Klingberg (13)
P2 11:56 – Mario Ferraro (5) from Alexander Wennberg (30), William Eklund (29)
P2 16:20 – Graf (18) from Celebrini (59), Klingberg (14)
P3 17:57 – Celebrini (35) from Graf (21), Barclay Goodrow (6) – Empty Net

MAPLE LEAFS 2 at SABRES 3 – SO

Toronto Maple Leafs Scoring Summary:

P1 6:09 – Dakota Joshua (8) from Nicholas Robertson (15)
P2 0:53 – Max Domi (10) from William Nylander (40), Matthew Knies (39)

Buffalo Sabres Scoring Summary:

P1 2:01 – Owen Power (7) from Zach Benson (22), Sam Carrick (7)
P2 11:21 – Jack Quinn (16) from Noah Ostlund (15), Ryan McLeod (37)

Shootout Summary:

BUF – Quinn
BUF – Alex Tuch – Winner

KINGS 4 at DEVILS 6

New Jersey Devils Scoring Summary:

P1 7:58 – Cody Glass (15) from Arseny Gritsyuk (17)
P1 11:04 – Nico Hischier (22) from Timo Meier (15), Luke Hughes (26)
P3 0:25 – Gritsyuk (12) from Lenni Hameenaho (4), Dougie Hamilton (19)
P3 12:42 – Hischier (23) from Connor Brown (18), Jesper Bratt (37)
P3 17:31 – Jack Hughes (17) from Hischier (26), Hamilton (20)
P3 19:52 – Meier (18) from Hischier (27) – Empty Net

Anze Kopitar Los Angeles Kings
Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)

Los Angeles Kings Scoring Summary:

P2 4:15 – Anze Kopitar (9) from Brandt Clarke (27), Artemi Panarin (46)
P2 6:03 – Panarin (22) from Joel Edmundson (16), Adrian Kempe (32)
P2 11:43 – Taylor Ward (3) from Clarke (28), Samuel Helenius (4)
P3 13:42 – Kopitar (10) from Panarin (47), Clarke (29)

ISLANDERS 3 at FLAMES 2

New York Islanders Scoring Summary:

P1 10:06 – Casey Cizikas (8) from Kyle MacLean (5)
P1 16:35 – Simon Holmstrom (15) from Brayden Schenn (18), Anthony Duclair (15)
P1 19:35 – Holmstrom (16) from Jean-Gabriel Pageau (16)

Calgary Flames Scoring Summary:

P3 2:17 – Mikael Backlund (15) from Olli Maatta (5), Kevin Bahl (12)
P3 8:28 – Blake Coleman (16) from Yan Kuznetsov (8)

BLUE JACKETS 2 at FLYERS 1 – SO

Columbus Blue Jackets Scoring Summary:

P1 4:21 – Kirill Marchenko (25) from Adam Fantilli (28), Damon Severson (22)

Philadelphia Flyers Scoring Summary:

P1 10:24 – Alex Bump (2) from Emil Andrae (11), Christian Dvorak (26)

Shootout Summary:

CBJ – Marchenko – Winner

RED WINGS 2 at STARS 3 – OT

Dallas Stars Scoring Summary:

P1 8:57 – Wyatt Johnston (36) from Mavrik Bourque (18), Nils Lundkvist (6)
P2 2:19 – Michael Bunting (14) from Justin Hryckowian (13), Jason Robertson (43)
OT 2:06 – Thomas Harley (6) from Johnston (37)

Detroit Red Wings Scoring Summary:

P3 6:51 – Simon Edvinsson (9) from Moritz Seider (38), James van Riemsdyk (13)
P3 16:34 – Lucas Raymond (21) from Emmitt Finnie (14), Alex DeBrincat (33)

PENGUINS 4 at MAMMOTH 3

Utah Mammoth Scoring Summary:

P1 5:06 – Dylan Guenther (32) Unassisted
P1 6:37 – Guenther (33) Unassisted
P3 4:17 – Ian Cole (3) from Alexander Kerfoot (2), Kevin Stenlund (11)

Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Summary:

P2 14:48 – Anthony Mantha (25) from Erik Karlsson (39), Egor Chinakhov (12)
P2 17:26 – Tommy Novak (15) from Parker Wotherspoon (18), Mantha (26)
P3 1:24 – Bryan Rust (24) from Rickard Rakell (18), Chinakhov (13)
P3 8:03 – Noel Acciari (8) from Wotherspoon (19), Karlsson (40)

KRAKEN 5 at CANUCKS 2

Seattle Kraken Scoring Summary:

P1 4:12 – Jared McCann (17) from Brandon Montour (17), Jordan Eberle (23)
P1 19:10 – Bobby McMann (20) from Eeli Tolvanen (21), Shane Wright (14)
P2 5:06 – Jamie Oleksiak (4) from Matty Beniers (24), Montour (18)
P3 4:14 – McMann (21) from Eberle (24), Beniers (25)
P3 9:58 – Beniers (18) from Eberle (25), McMann (14)

Vancouver Canucks Scoring Summary:

P1 11:42 – Evander Kane (12) from Drew O’Connor (10), Zeev Buium (17)
P3 19:40 – Marco Rossi (8) from Brock Boeser (16)

BLACKHAWKS 0 at GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4

Vegas Golden Knights Scoring Summary:

P1 8:33 – Pavel Dorofeyev (33) from Mitch Marner (49), Mark Stone (40)
P1 11:35 – Rasmus Andersson (12) from Noah Hanifin (20), Dorofeyev (23)
P1 12:00 – Keegan Kolesar (6) from Jeremy Lauzon (10), Nic Dowd (13)
P2 12:51 – Dorofeyev (34) from Stone (41), Marner (50)

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