NHL Rink Wrap: Bruins beat Lightning; Don’t sleep on the Blues

While we keep seeing mammoth games, Friday presented a less explosive night of NHL scoring.

Although the Jets ended up losing in overtime, Nikolaj Ehlers and Mark Scheifele topped the nights scores, recording two goals and one assist apiece.

With that, Ehlers is now on a five-game point streak (4G, 4A). Overall, Ehlers has scored 45 points in 52 games this season. It’s not quite falling one point short of a point-per-game like last season (46 points in 47 games), but Ehlers continues to establish himself as a go-to player on a Jets team that can’t seem to surround some quality players with enough help to get back into playoff contention.

Mark Scheifele’s been on a tear of his own. With that three-point game, Scheifele has now generated at least one point in four straight (3G, 4A). This pushes Scheifele to a strong 69 points in 66 games, and with 29 goals, he’s closing in on his third-career 30+ goal season. His career high is 38.

If you want a Friday NHL player of the night from a winning team, consider Nathan MacKinnon. He finished with a goal and an assist, including a helper on Cale Makar‘s OT game-winner. But it’s his resounding 11 shots on goal that put him in the running.

Look, maybe the Panthers would rather not need a last-minute goal to beat the Sabres in regulation. Sometimes, you’re not going to win pretty, though. Pretty or ugly or messy-fun, the Panthers remain hot; they extended their winning streak to six games during the NHL action on Friday. Sam Bennett scored his 27th goal of the season to win it:

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Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk have been heating up lately for the Bruins, and