NHL Morning Recap – March 20, 2026 – The Hockey Writers –

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Today, we will be looking at the scores of the 11 NHL games that were played on March 19, 2026. Which saw the New York Rangers host the Columbus Blue Jackets. As well as the Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings battle it out in the late game.

All that and more, in the Morning Recap.

New York Rangers Scoring Summary:

P1 5:41 – Vincent Trocheck (15) unassisted
P2 4:44 – Mika Zibanejad (29) from Alexis Lafreniere (27), Gabe Perreault (13)
P3 0:50 – Lafreniere (20) from Adam Fox (31), Zibanejad (37)

Columbus Blue Jackets Scoring Summary:

P1 14:33 – Isac Lundestrom (4) from Boone Jenner (21)
P1 19:01 – Conor Garland (12) from Zach Werenski (50)
P2 7:04 – Jenner (10) from Danton Heinen (3), Ivan Provorov (19)
P2 15:25 – Adam Fantilli (20) from Werenski (51), Kirill Marchenko (33)
P3 6:12 – Damon Severson (6) from Cole Sillinger (23), Werenski (52)
P3 17:06 – Fantilli (21) from Sean Monahan (23) – Empty Net

New York Islanders Scoring Summary:

P2 4:45 – Matthew Schaefer (21) from Ryan Pulock (22), Bo Horvat (20)
P3 2:02 – Brayden Schenn (14) from Simon Holmstrom (20), Scott Mayfield (9)

Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary:

P2 10:27 – Shane Pinto (18) from Tyler Kleven (11), Nikolas Matinpalo (5)
P3 5:12 – Warren Foegele (10) from Fabian Zetterlund (14), Dennis Gilbert (1)
P3 19:47 – Brady Tkachuk (19) from Jordan Spence (17), Drake Batherson (33)

Winnipeg Jets Scoring Summary:

P3 5:38 – Jonathan Toews (9) from Elias Salomonsson (3), Brad Lambert (2)

Boston Bruins Scoring Summary:

P1 14:52 – David Pastrnak (27) unassisted
P2 6:23 – Lukas Reichel (3) unassisted
P2 18:16 – Viktor Arvidsson (19) from Casey Mittelstadt (22), Pavel Zacha (28)
P3 3:15 – Zacha (23) from Mittelstadt (23), Arvidsson (22)
P3 15:52 – Fraser Minten (16) from Pastrnak (57), Andrew Peeke (9)
P3 18:18 – Jonathan Aspirot (3) from Morgan Geekie (24), Reichel (4)

Montreal Canadiens Scoring Summary:

P2 17:45 – Juraj Slafkovsky (25) from Cole Caufield (29), Nick Suzuki (57)

Detroit Red Wings Scoring Summary:

P3 2:14 – J.T. Compher (10) from Patrick Kane (29), Alex DeBrincat (37)
P3 16:35 – DeBrincat (34) unassisted
P3 19:43 – Andrew Copp (9) from DeBrincat (38) – Empty Net

Chicago Blackhawks Scoring Summary:

P1 16:22 – Ilya Mikheyev (13) from Andrew Mangiapane (8)
P2 11:47 – Connor Bedard (28) unassisted

Minnesota Wild Scoring Summary:

P2 15:47 – Nico Sturm (5) from Hunter Haight (1), Brock Faber (33)

Seattle Kraken Scoring Summary:

P1 18:40 – Frederick Gaudreau (5) from Chandler Stephenson (27), Kaapo Kakko (18)

Nashville Predators Scoring Summary:

P1 6:14 – Ryan Ufko (2) from Brady Skjei (19), Filip Forsberg (27)
P2 7:11 – Ryan O’Reilly (23) from Forsberg (28), Steven Stamkos (21)
P3 18:10 – Forsberg (30) unassisted – Empty Net

Florida Panthers Scoring Summary:

P1 11:12 – Cole Reinhardt (4) from Mike Benning (2)
P1 19:02 – A.J. Greer (12) from Benning (3), Evan Rodrigues (18)
P2 14:21 – Anton Lundell (18) from Sam Bennett (27), Rodrigues (19)
P3 15:23 – Carter Verhaeghe (20) from Matthew Tkachuk (14), Bennett (28)

Buffalo Sabres Scoring Summary:

P2 9:05 – Noah Ostlund (11) from Josh Doan (24), Logan Stanley (13)
P2 9:41 – Sam Carrick (7) from Rasmus Dahlin (48), Zach Benson (23)
P2 10:48 – Dahlin (14) from Jason Zucker (17), Mattias Samuelsson (26)
P3 0:40 – Tage Thompson (35) from Peyton Krebs (23), Alex Tuch (30)
P3 16:54 – Carrick (8) from Stanley (14), Zach Metsa (3)

Tampa Bay Lightning Scoring Summary:

P1 17:37 – Jake Guentzel (30) from Charle-Edouard D’Astous (17), Ryan McDonagh (8)
P2 0:49 – Darren Raddysh (18) from Nikita Kucherov (75), Anthony Cirelli (28)
P2 4:16 – Yanni Gourde (9) from Raddysh (42), Pontus Holmberg (11)
P2 5:31 – Kucherov (38) from Erik Cernak (7), Cirelli (29)
P3 7:36 – Cirelli (17) from Brandon Hagel (33), Cernak (8)
P3 10:35 – Hagel (32) from Kucherov (76), J.J. Moser (18)

Vancouver Canucks Scoring Summary:

P2 12:06 – Liam Ohgren (7) from Brock Boeser (20), Marco Rossi (17)
P3 7:04 – Linus Karlsson (13) from Rossi (18)

Utah Mammoth Scoring Summary:

P1 2:52 – Clayton Keller (21) from John Marino (27), Nate Schmidt (15)
P1 6:05 – Keller (22) from Lawson Crouse (17), Nick Schmaltz (37)
P1 8:12 – Jack McBain (8) from Barrett Hayton (15), Mikhail Sergachev (35)
P3 19:12 – Hayton (10) from Kevin Stenlund (12) – Empty Net

Philadelphia Flyers Scoring Summary:

P2 0:26 – Travis Konecny (25) from Rasmus Ristolainen (6), Alex Bump (2)
P2 4:12 – Noah Cates (14) from Matvei Michkov (19), Ristolainen (7)
P2 6:59 – Travis Sanheim (7) from Cates (23), Michkov (20)

Los Angeles Kings Scoring Summary:

P1 19:31 – Quinton Byfield (14) from Trevor Moore (12), Alex Laferriere (16)
P2 0:47 – Anze Kopitar (11) from Brandt Clarke (30), Artemi Panarin (49)
P3 10:28 – Panarin (23) from Scott Laughton (6)

Shootout Summary:

PHI – Trevor Zegras
PHI – Matvei Michkov – Winner