WINNIPEG - Reilly Smith scored a pair of goals and Jaromir Jagr had the winner as the Florida Panthers got past the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Tuesday. Smith's goals were his 20th and 21st of the season for Florida (36-19-8), while Jagr scored his ...

Advantage Connor McDavid.

In the initial showdown between the first and second overall picks from the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, it was the Edmonton Oilers who came out on top against Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres, 2-1.

McDavid, who opened the scoring a mere 22 seconds into the first period, finished things off in overtime with this goal on Robin Lehner. The goal came moments after a glorious opportunity for Eichel.

Considering these two youngsters will be linked for quite some time, McDavid sounded as though he was happy to get their first encounter out of the way.

McDavid when asked if it's good to put this game in the rear view mirror: "Yeah, for sure." Followed by a grin.

— Joe McDonald (@ESPNJoeyMac) March 2, 2016

McDavid now has 12 goals in 28 games, while Eichel rests at 17 through 64.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Connor McDavid scored his second goal in overtime to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night in an anticipated matchup against another top rookie, Jack Eichel. Cam Talbot made 31 save...

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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BOSTON - Patrice Bergeron scored a tiebreaking goal with 3:24 left in the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Tuesday night. Landon Ferraro also scored for Boston and Tuukka Rask stopped 24 of 25 shots as the Bru...

NEWARK, N.J. - Joakim Nordstrom scored on a rebound with 1:29 left and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-1 Tuesday night in a game between teams fading from playoff contention. Derek Ryan, playing his first NHL game at ...

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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