Stepan Zvyagin scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, to lead HC Dinamo-Molodechno to a 3-1 victory over HK Lida in action from the BETERA Extraleague in Belarus. Zvyagin, Florida’s seventh-rounder in 2023, has six goals and 18 points in 19 games played. Last season, Zvyagin had just 10 points in 20 Extraleague games.
Shea Busch lit the lamp twice and added an assist in the Everett Silvertips 6-3 win over the Kamloops Blazers. Busch, a fourth-rounder in 2025, leads the Western Hockey League in goals with 13 and has collected 18 points in 12 games played. Last season, Busch scored 11 goals in 39 games with the Silvertips.
The Charlotte Checkers were beaten 4-1 by the Hartford Wolf Pack last night at PeoplesBank Arena. Jack Devine notched his third of the season to open the scoring, but that was all the Checkers could get by Dylan Garand. Defenseman Tobias Bjornfot drew the lone assist on the goal. Cooper Black started the game and made 13 saves before he was pulled 7:56 into the second period after the Wolf Pack took a 3-1 lead. Kirill Gerasimyuk got his first AHL action in mop-up duty, finishing with six saves on seven shots.
Tonight in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- BUFFALO (4-4-2 10P) at BOSTON (5-7-0 10P) 7 p.m.
- Calgary (2-8-1 5P) at OTTAWA (5-5-1 11P) 7 p.m.
- Dallas (6-3-1 13P) at TAMPA BAY (4-4-2 10P) (TNT) 7 p.m.
- DETROIT (7-3-0 14P) at Los Angeles (5-3-3 13P) 10:30 p.m.
Idle: MON (16P), FLA (11P), TOR (11P)