5 photos you need to see from Saturday's NHL action
Out with the rumors and trade speculation, and in with the uncut emotion of the season's stretch run.
Here are some of the best shots from Saturday night.
Brad Marchand provided the game-tying goal with 15 seconds left before netting the overtime winner moments later. His heroics kept the Boston Bruins five points clear of the Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference wild card race.
He was quite excited.
By this reaction, it would appear John Tavares had done it all before, but the Islanders' captain reached the 32-goal mark for the first time in his career in a loss to the Florida Panthers. He also took over the NHL's points lead with 70.
The first-place Nashville Predators suffered another chilling loss, this time to the Winnipeg Jets. The Predators have now lost six in a row overall.
Brooks Laich, with absolutely all the glory.
With 37, Vezina Trophy front-runner Carey Price has more wins than 21 teams in the league have total. He took daps after shutting out the Phoenix Coyotes 2-0.
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