A piece of glass proved to be a real pane in Anaheim.

Midway through the second period, a shot from Colorado Avalanche defenseman Eric Gelinas caused the glass behind the Ducks' net to crack.

After a 45-minute delay during which the two teams were sent off to their respective locker rooms for an early intermission, the players returned to the ice to play what essentially became an extended final frame.

Why did it take so long?

A fresh piece of glass was initially brought out as a replacement, but had to be cut so it would accommodate the camera behind the net, per Curtis Zupke of the Los Angeles Times.

That forced the crew to make some adjustments behind the scenes.

After some measure of carving, a new piece of glass was installed and the crew made its way off the ice, presumably to figure out why there wasn't one ready to go in the first place.

Here's a look at how the whole scene played out.

The Ducks scored two goals following the dry scrape and emerged with a 2-1 win over the lowly Avs.

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Jonathan Drouin is pretty good at hockey.

This vast understatement was made evident once again in Tampa Bay's game in San Jose, wherein the young forward burned stalwart defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic and outwaited Aaron Dell for a jaw-dropping power-play goal.

Drouin recorded his 14th goal of the season on the play.

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The absence of Morgan Rielly didn't explain the generally poor effort put forth by the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers.

That was Mike Babock's assessment, at any rate.

"I don't think Rielly made us not compete hard enough tonight or not take care of the puck or not stop on defense. I don't think he had anything to do with that," Babcock said after the game.

"Obviously the back end was in trouble lots tonight," he continued. "We weren't very good. We didn't skate (Wednesday) so we should have been fresh and we should have had jump. Obviously we shouldn't have done that, we weren't mentally sharp. We'll get that fixed tomorrow and get right for Ottawa (Saturday)."

The Maple Leafs were outshot 41-25 on the night, and old teammate Michael Grabner scored a pair of third-period goals - one on a shorthanded breakaway and one into an empty net - to seal the win for New York.

Heading into Saturday's game against the Senators, Toronto sits two points back of both Ottawa and Boston in the race for second spot in the Atlantic Division.

Rielly, by the way, remains day to day with a lower-body injury.

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Somewhat quietly, the New York Rangers have managed to retool the forward ranks, assembling an array of impressive young talent.

The latest to make his mark is Russian forward Pavel Buchnevich, who leads the club with an average of one point per game after recording his sixth goal of the season against Toronto to go along with eight assists.

In recent days, he's been rolling at an ever better clip.

Buchnevich, 21, was selected in the third round of the 2013 NHL Draft (75th overall), but remained in the KHL up until this past offseason, wherein he signed his three-year, entry-level deal with the Rangers.

At present, he's skating on the second line with Mika Zibanejad and Rick Nash, and is the youngest among an impressive list of Rangers players age 25 and under:

• 25: Chris Kreider, Brandon Pirri, Jesper Fast, Oscar Lindberg
• 24: Kevin Hayes
• 23: J.T. Miller, Mika Zibanejad, Jimmy Vesey, Matt Puempel
• 22: Brady Skjei
• 21: Pavel Buchnevich

While New York's defense is suspect and Henrik Lundqvist has been struggling mightily of late, the Rangers do boast the NHL's most prolific offense.

Buchnevich's rookie season has been hampered by a back injury that forced him to miss a bunch of games, but since he's been back in the lineup, he's certainly been making his presence felt.

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When the Ottawa Senators added Mike Condon for the price of a fifth-round draft pick, the expectation was that he would give the club the occasional spot start while Craig Anderson was on personal leave and in relief of Andrew Hammond.

As it turns out, the 26-year-old undrafted goalie has been relied upon heavily in recent weeks, and is making good on the opportunity.

Condon's latest feat? A 42-save shutout win over the first-place Columbus Blue Jackets.

Since the beginning of December, Condon has started 19 of Ottawa's past 20 games for the Senators, with Anderson still away from the team to be with his ailing wife and Hammond on the shelf with an ankle sprain.

In that time, he's posted a record of 10-6-3, with a save percentage of .910, helping the Senators remain in a playoff spot.

When one considers the alternatives could have been Chris Driedger or Matt O'Connor, general manager Pierre Dorion's decision to ensure a level of depth at such an important position is turning out to be one of the shrewdest moves of the season.

Condon can become an unrestricted free agent at season's end, and should shed his status as a journeyman goalie based on his efforts this season.

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NEW YORK - John Tavares narrowly missed out on his second hat trick in a week, Thomas Greiss got his second straight shutout and the New York Islanders beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 on Thursday night in their first game since firing longtime coach Jack Capuano.

New York canned Capuano in the middle of his seventh season Tuesday, replacing him on an interim basis with Doug Weight.

Tavares has seven goals in four games after scoring twice and then having an empty-net shot just deflected wide late in the third period. He had three goals last Friday at Florida.

Greiss stopped 23 shots after making 32 saves in a 4-0 win over Boston on Monday.

Calvin de Haan added an empty-net goal on a coast-to-coast shot with four seconds left.

Kari Lehtonen made 33 saves for Dallas, which was coming off a 7-6 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, but dropped to 3-12-4 in games following a victory this season.

Tavares got his 17th goal with 6:29 left in the first period. After taking a pass from Anders Lee, the All-Star slid the puck behind John Klingberg while cutting in front of the Dallas defenseman, met the puck on the other side of Klingberg and smacked it past Lehtonen for a 1-0 lead.

Tavares also scored on a short-handed breakaway with 3:06 left in the game, going to the forehand to beat Lehtonen with a low shot. Dallas entered trailing Philadelphia by one for the league lead in short-handed goals allowed.

Weight was an assistant GM and coach with New York before his promotion this week. The last-place Islanders entered Thursday eight points shy of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, though they have games in hand on nearly the entire league.

Weight said Wednesday that he doesn't plan to ''reinvent the wheel'' as interim coach, but said New York was ''going to tweak some things in certain systems.''

The power play is one obvious area that needs improvement, with New York entering Thursday ranked 28th in the league. The Isles had a dangerous first man-advantage Thursday, getting four shots on Lehtonen during Adam Cracknell's hooking minor in the first period.

Weight got creative after that, with less encouraging results. New York shuffled the unit during a trio of second-period power plays, even keeping Tavares on the bench for long stretches.

Lehtonen's breakaway saves kept it close. He denied Tavares on a rising wrist shot in the first period, then stopped Shane Prince's sweeping deke with a sliding leg save.

NOTES: Tavares was recognized during the first period for getting his 500th NHL point last week at Florida. ... New York F Josh Bailey played his 600th NHL game. ... Islanders D Johnny Boychuk sat out because of an upper-body injury. He played Monday night against the Bruins, but also missed the previous game. The team said he is day-to-day, and Weight said Boychuk's scratch was ''precautionary.'' ... Isles Fs Andrew Ladd (upper-body injury) and Cal Clutterbuck (lower-body injury) each missed their second straight games. Both are day-to-day. ... Dallas Ds Johnny Oduya and Jamie Oleksiak were scratched with injuries. Oduya aggravated an ankle injury against the Rangers, and Oleksiak is dealing with an upper-body issue. ... UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes was at the game with her title belt. Nunes knocked out MMA superstar Ronda Rousey for the championship on Dec. 30.

UP NEXT:

Stars: Return to Texas for a six-game homestand beginning with a game Saturday night against Washington.

Islanders: Continue their six-game homestand when the Kings play here Saturday night.

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It was a case of deja vu in more ways than one for Jake Allen on Thursday night.

The St. Louis Blues goaltender was pulled twice against the Washington Capitals, marking the third consecutive game and fourth in the last six that he's been removed for poor performance.

Allen gave up two goals on the first three shots he faced, and he was replaced by Carter Hutton midway through the first period. Hutton stopped a single shot, and Allen was then put back in by Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock.

The yo-yo act didn't exactly work, though. Allen allowed two more goals on seven additional shots after returning to the game, and Hitchcock pulled him for Hutton once again.

The comedy of errors continued when Hutton surrendered a Marcus Johansson goal on his first shot after coming back in, giving the Capitals a 5-1 lead, and Washington made it 6-1 on a goal by Justin Williams later in the second period.

St. Louis' goaltending woes have reached historically bad proportions.

As for Allen, he hasn't won a game since the Winter Classic on Jan. 2, and he hasn't made it to the halfway point of a game since a loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Jan. 5.

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It's his eighth season in the league but John Tavares is still finding new ways to score.

With a breakaway chance in the third period Thursday night Tavares collected his first career shorthanded goal.

The goal was his 225th of his career - after he dazzled early in the first period for his 17th of the season - but the only time in 553 games he has scored while down a man.

Related: Watch: Tavares undresses Klingberg, beats Lehtonen

It would appear Tavares' special teams play is better suited for the power play, where he has scored 68 goals with the extra skater.

(Video courtesy: NHL.com)

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Now that's how you kill a penalty.

Late on a New York Rangers power play, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman put the pressure on defenseman Adam Clendening, stripped him of the puck, and roofed his shot on Henrik Lundqvist.

The goal was Hyman's sixth of the season and the first he's recorded while short-handed.

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Ch-ch-ch-chia!

Lucky San Jose Sharks fans will get to grow their own Chia Jumbo Joe Thornton pet after picking one up at the arena on Jan. 21.

This blast-from-the-past promotion is a creative homage to one of the greatest beards in hockey history, and it makes a great giveaway.

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