Ottawa Senators forward J.G. Pageau literally scored at the absolute last possible moment to send Tuesday's game against the St. Louis Blues to overtime.
The goal came with 0.1 seconds left on the clock and was Pageau's 16th, with the 15th coming less than three minutes earlier to make it 3-2.
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With a fantastic glove save to rob Carl Hagelin in the final minute, goaltender Braden Holtby ensured his second consecutive 40-win season, as the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday.
Not today ☝️. #CapsPens #HoltBeast pic.twitter.com/xm8O3p8gfn
— Washington Capitals (@washcaps) March 2, 2016
Holtby needed just 52 games to hit the milestone, compared to 73 games one year ago, as he approaches Martin Brodeur's single-season record of 48 wins. It's an especially noteworthy milestone for Holtby considering he hasn't allowed less than two goals in a game since Jan. 14 - a span in which he's gone 11-3-1.
The Capitals have now gone 10 games without holding a lead at the end of the first period, but that clearly hasn't stopped them from winning games, as they've won seven of their last 10 contests.
The @washcaps improved to 46-12-4 (96 PTS) this season, surpassing their win total from 2014-15 (45-26-11, 101 PTS) pic.twitter.com/EpU3quvtEB
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 2, 2016
Mike Richards, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and former Penguin Matt Niskanen all beat rookie netminder Matt Murray in the win.
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Rob & Rex Ryan are here again supporting the hometown team. #OneBuffalo pic.twitter.com/uGjJ9gXaLB
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) March 2, 2016
After the Buffalo Bills elected to franchise tag Cordy Glenn, members of their coaching staff took the night off to take in another sport.
Bills head coach Rex Ryan, assistant head coach Rob Ryan, and assistant defensive backs coach Ed Reed went to support the Buffalo Sabres as they hosted the Edmonton Oilers.
With Oilers center Connor McDavid and Sabres forward Jack Eichel representing the future of the NHL, perhaps the Bills' personnel wanted to get a look at some true prodigious talent.
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Ovi/Oshie collision pic.twitter.com/0GYsTmK1ro
— StopThrowingHats (@stopthehats) March 2, 2016
Washington Capitals teammates Alex Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie each made a huge check Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins - on each other.
The two forwards collided in the neutral zone, leading to a great scoring chance for the Penguins that was stopped by Braden Holtby.
Luckily, they were able to laugh about it on the bench afterwards.
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The St. Louis Blues have a special player in Vladimir Tarasenko.
With this snipe Tuesday in Ottawa, the 24-year-old's 30th goal of the season, Tarasenko became the youngest Blues player with back-to-back 30-goal campaigns since Brendan Shanahan in 1992-93 and 1993-94.
Episode #30 of the Tarasenkshow. #STLvsOTThttps://t.co/oJIz8zxAIP
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
Shanahan reached 51 and 52 goals at ages 24 and 25, respectively, while Tarasenko's career high to date is 37. Unlike Shanahan, however, Tarasenko will likely be in St. Louis for the majority of his career.
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Will the Colorado Avalanche defense please stand up?
The Minnesota Wild's third line of Nino Niederreiter, Jason Pominville, and Erik Haula stayed hot Tuesday, as all three scored on first-period breakaways.
After Haula's marker - which gave his team a 3-1 lead - he made some friends by sticking out his tongue while skating by the Avs' bench.
Haula lookin like an emoji 😝😝😝 pic.twitter.com/NoRvXqwGQu
— Devan Dubnyk (@ThatDudeDubnyk) March 2, 2016
Interestingly for the Avalanche, their deadline-day, blue-line acquisition Eric Gelinas wasn't on the ice for any of Minnesota's early goals.
(Video courtesy: NHL.com)
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[HIGHLIGHT] @DerekAllenRyan scores a PPG in his first @NHL game! #Redvolution #CARvsNJD https://t.co/POGyaUpA8X
— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) March 2, 2016
Derek Ryan, at 29 years old, became the oldest player to make his NHL debut in Carolina Hurricanes history Tuesday against the , and he didn't take long to make an impact at the game's highest level.
Ryan found the back of the net during a second-period power play, wristing a shot past New Jersey Devils netminder Cory Schneider, tying the game at one.
What a nice story @DerekAllenRyan is. Four years CIS. Three in Austria. One in Sweden. Gets first NHL goal in first NHL game at age 29!
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) March 2, 2016
It's surely a special moment for the forward, as his father and sister flew in from Spokane, Wash. to watch him play in Newark. Ryan played for the WHL's Spokane Chiefs for three seasons where he was coached by none other than current Hurricanes coach Bill Peters.
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Welp, it took McDavid 22 seconds to find the net. #EDMvsBUFhttps://t.co/Fx33wigCnd
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
They say second place is the first loser.
Connor McDavid briefly had Buffalo feeling that way, as the Edmonton Oilers rookie phenom - drafted first overall ahead of Jack Eichel - needed only 22 seconds to open the scoring against the Sabres on Tuesday.
The goal was McDavid's 11th in 28 games, while Eichel came into the night sitting at 17 through 63 contests.
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