NHL Tuesday: Bruins stay on right track against Islanders

• All the NHL realignment news

• Blackhawks have three records to break

Tuesday night’s NHL action saw the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in a wild, wide-open, whatever you call the opposite of a goalie duel. Neither team will be happy with how its defense or goaltender played, but the Panthers came away with two points in the end.

Get caught up on last night’s NHL scores with recaps from our network of SB Nation team blogs. Here’s a quick glance at the full night of action:

Coyle received a five-minute major penalty for elbowing.

Hits to the head are dangerous, and do deserve penalties ... but come on. Coyle did the right thing here and pulled out of the hit at the last moment rather than blasting Stajan in the face. At most this should have been a two-minute minor for interference, and even that is probably too much.

Salo, in his first season with the Lightning after being a regular fixture on defense for the Vancouver Canucks, has been a solid part of the roster for Tampa Bay this year.

Tampa Bay entered Tuesday night tied for eighth in the Eastern Conference with nineteen points.

The save was reviewed to ensure Ward’s glove wasn’t over the goal line when he stopped the puck, which would have been ruled a goal, but the save held up to scrutiny.

Ward struggled early in the season for the Hurricanes, but has been playing better recently. He faced 31 shots through the first two periods in this game.

3. Will John Tavares extend his point streak?

Currently tied for the league-lead in goals with 13, Tavares has registered points in his last three contests. With tonight’s game against the Boston Bruins being televised on NBC Sports Network, will Tavares extend the streak to four games?

Here’s a full look at the schedule and tonight’s starting goaltenders:

• Naming the new NHL divisions

It will mark the first of five meetings between the Southeast Division rivals this season.

It’s fitting that the Semin storyline has overshadowed the focus on the teams given that much of the framing has debated Semin’s quality as a teammate.

It will mark the second of three meetings between the two teams this season.

While the team’s power play has struggled to produce (entering the night ranked 25th in the league, 14.9 success rate), the Bruins boast the league’s top-rated penalty kill (94.8 percent).