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Vladar made 24 saves in a 4-1 over San Jose on Saturday.

The score betrays how tight this game was. Valdar and Alex Nedeljkovic were locked in a goalie's duel the entire night before Philadelphia potted two empty-netters. Vladar allowed just one power-play goal in the second period. He has won three of his last four starts, and he's 23-11-7 with a 2.41 GAA and .908 save percentage in 43 appearances. His GAA is fifth-best in the NHL, and his save percentage puts him in a tie for 15th overall. Vladar's first season in orange and black looks very good on him.

Tippett scored a goal Saturday in a 4-1 win over the Sharks.

It was a sweet toe-drag around a Sharks defender before he put a wrister by Alex Nedeljkovic's glove. The goal put the Flyers up 1-0 early in the second frame. Tippett has four goals in his last six games and five in his last eight. At this pace, he may equal the career-high 28 tallies from the 2023-24 regular season. He has 24 goals, 18 assists and 187 shots in 69 games this campaign.

Dvorak scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in a 4-1 victory over San Jose on Saturday.

He scored on a power play early in the third frame on a wrist shot from the left wing. It was Dvorak's first goal in nine games, but he chipped in three assists during that span. Overall, he has 14 goals, 27 assists and 130 shots in 68 games this season. That's already a new career mark, and he has an outside shot at a 50-point campaign.

Vasilevskiy is expected to start on the road against Edmonton on Saturday, per the NHL media site.

Vasilevskiy has gone 3-1-0 while stopping 90 of 98 shots (.918 save percentage) across his past four outings. He's 32-12-3 with a 2.29 GAA and a .913 save percentage across 47 appearances in 2025-26. Edmonton ranks fourth in goals per game with 3.47 this season, but the Oilers are missing Leon Draisaitl (lower body).

Celebrini delivered an assist Saturday in a 4-1 loss to the Flyers.

Celebrini's 96 points (35 goals, 61 assists) in 68 games put him fifth on the NHL's overall scoring list. More impressively, he moved past Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier for the seventh-highest single-season point total by a teenager. Celebrini also tied Joe Thornton (2007-08) for the third-highest season total in Sharks history. He's on pace for a whopping 116 points this season, which would eclipse Jumbo Joe's franchise mark of 114 (2006-07).

Forsberg stopped 30 of 32 shots in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Sabres.

Things unraveled in the third period for the Kings, as a power-play goal credited to Rasmus Dahlin was actually knocked across the line by Cody Ceci, while the Sabres' final tally was scored into an empty net. Forsberg has has some bumpy performances since the Olympic break, going 2-4-0 in seven outings with an .887 save percentage.

Orlov scored a power-play goal in a 4-1 loss to Philadelphia on Saturday.

Orlov has two goals and one assist in his last three games (seven shots) after scoring just once in his first 65 games. He has 29 points, including 26 assists, in 68 contests this season. That's Orlov's best offensive campaign since he put up regular seasons of 35 and 36 points in 2021-22 and 2022-23. He has 14 power-play points (one goal, 13 assists) this season, which is by and far his best production there. His previous best was eight PPP, which he put up in 2022-23.

Benson produced a goal and an assist in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Kings.

Both points came in the third period as the Sabres broke open a 1-1 tie. It was Benson's first multi-point performance since Jan. 10, and his first goal since returning from an upper-body injury after the Olympic break. On the season, he's delivered eight goals and 32 points -- a new career high -- in 53 contests.

Nedeljkovic made 24 saves in a 4-1 loss to Philadelphia on Saturday. He allowed two goals.

The game was tight; the Flyers scored twice into an empty net in the last 1:12 of the game. Nedeljkovic has lost three straight games after starting March with three wins in his first four games. He's the de facto starter right now; Yaroslav Askarov has missed six straight games with a lower-body injury. Nedeljkovic did his part Saturday. Now the rest of the lineup needs to do the same. San Jose is three points behind Nashville for the second wild card in the Western Conference.

Luukkonen turned aside 26 shots in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Kings.

Artemi Panarin opened the scoring midway through the first period on the power play, but Luukkonen shut the door the rest of the way as the Sabres' offense took over. The 27-year-old netminder has won six of seven starts since the Olympic break, going 6-1-0 with a stellar .930 save percentage.