NHL Tuesday: Five games decided in OT or shootout

It was also a night of blown leads, as the San Jose Sharks allowed a 3-0 lead disappear before salvaging the night with a 6-5 shootout win in Washington. It was a similar story in Philadelphia, where the Anaheim Ducks needed a shootout to beat the Philadelphia Flyers are building an early 2-0 lead.

The New Jersey Devils also ran their winning streak to three games thanks to a 2-1 win in Tampa Bay on Mike Cammalleri’s fourth goal of the season midway through the third period on the power play.

Everything is happening in the San Jose-Washington game on Tuesday night, and John Scott is at the center of it all.

After surprisingly scoring his third career goal earlier in the game, Scott found himself in the middle of a post-whistle scrum, a situation that he is probably more familiar with. Except this time instead of defending himself from incoming punches, Washington’s Liam O’Brien decided to attack him with a wag of the tongue.

Making matters even worse for Carolina, Marcus Foligno scored on the play to give the Sabres a 1-0 lead.

H/T Joe Ovies

For Scott, that’s only his third career goal in 237 NHL games, so it’s kind of a big deal for a guy that’s known more for fighting people than anything.