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NHL Morning Recap – March 19, 2026

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Today, we will be looking at the scores of the six NHL games that were played on March 18, 2026. Which saw the New York Rangers host the New Jersey Devils. As well as the Philadelphia Flyers and Anaheim Ducks battle it out in the late game.

All that and more, in the Morning Recap.

DEVILS 6 at RANGERS 3

New Jersey Devils Scoring Summary:

P1 16:14 – Nico Hischier (24) from Connor Brown (20), Jesper Bratt (38)
P1 19:16 – Arseny Gritsyuk (13) unassisted
P2 11:36 – Brown (13) from Jack Hughes (35), Hischier (28)
P3 6:29 – Timo Meier (19) from Paul Cotter (6)
P3 13:05 – Hughes (18) from Simon Nemec (13), Brown (21)
P3 16:22 – Bratt (16) from Brenden Dillon (11), Hughes (36)

New York Rangers Scoring Summary:

P1 15:20 – Vladislav Gavrikov (14) from Alexis Lafreniere (26)
P2 0:19 – Mika Zibanejad (28) from Gabe Perreault (12)
P3 9:41 – Conor Sheary (3) from Matthew Robertson (10), J.T. Miller (25)

PENGUINS 5 at HURRICANES 6 – SO

Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Summary:

P2 9:57 – Sidney Crosby (28) from Rickard Rakell (20), Erik Karlsson (43)
P3 0:59 – Karlsson (8) from Rakell (21), Evgeni Malkin (36)
P3 7:16 – Bryan Rust (26) unassisted
P3 14:46 – Karlsson (9) from Parker Wotherspoon (21), Crosby (33)
P3 15:09 – Ben Kindel (17) from Anthony Mantha (27), Ilya Solovyov (7)

Pittsburgh Penguins Celebrate
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby celebrates a goal scored in the first period with right wing Bryan Rust and left wing Rickard Rakell (Brian Bradshaw Sevald-Imagn Images)

Carolina Hurricanes Scoring Summary:

P1 9:34 – Jordan Martinook (10) from Jordan Staal (13), Jaccob Slavin (4)
P2 16:51 – Jackson Blake (20) from Taylor Hall (23), Nikolaj Ehlers (34)
P3 3:27 – Hall (15) from Blake (22), Logan Stankoven (18)
P3 12:59 – Stankoven (14) from Ehlers (35), Blake (23)
P3 17:09 – K’Andre Miller (5) from Sean Walker (16), Ehlers (36)
OT 4:31 – Walker (7) from Sebastian Aho (45), Seth Jarvis (26)

SENATORS 1 at CAPITALS 4

Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary:

P3 17:19 – Tim Stutzle (31) from Claude Giroux (31), Thomas Chabot (23)

Washington Capitals Scoring Summary:

P2 8:09 – Alex Ovechkin (25) from Rasmus Sandin (21)
P2 18:13 – Tom Wilson (25) from Trevor van Riemsdyk (8), Pierre-Luc Dubois (4)
P3 18:28 – Aliaksei Protas (22) from Connor McMichael (24) – Empty Net
P3 19:34 – Cole Hutson (1) unassisted – Empty Net

BLUES 1 at FLAMES 2 – SO

St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary:

P2 3:47 – Dylan Holloway (15) from Jimmy Snuggerud (21), Robert Thomas (29)

Calgary Flames Scoring Summary:

P1 2:34 – Connor Zary (11) from Ryan Strome (10)

Shootout Summary:

CGY – Joel Farabee
CGY – Matvei Gridin – Winner

STARS 2 at AVALANCHE 1 – SO

St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary:

P2 3:47 – Dylan Holloway (15) from Jimmy Snuggerud (21), Robert Thomas (29)

Calgary Flames Scoring Summary:

P1 2:34 – Connor Zary (11) from Ryan Strome (10)

Shootout Summary:

DAL – Wyatt Johnston – Winner

FLYERS 3 at DUCKS 2 – OT

Philadelphia Flyers Scoring Summary:

P1 2:51 – Luke Glendening (1) from Cam York (21), Garnet Hathaway (2)
P2 7:53 – Owen Tippett (23) from Travis Sanheim (23)
OT 2:17 – Noah Cates (13) from Matvei Michkov (18)

Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary:

P2 19:22 – Cutter Gauthier (35) from Pavel Mintyukov (11)
P3 18:06 – Leo Carlsson (24) from Troy Terry (35), Gauthier (26)

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