Justin Sourdif scored the game-winning goal at 1:42 of overtime as the Washington Capitals erased an early three-goal deficit to beat the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday night.
On the deciding goal, Sourdif cut to the net to follow up his own shot from the right circle and buried a loose puck while defenseman John Carlson was providing traffic in front. Jakob Chychrun’s game-tying wrist shot goal from the high slot with 6:42 left in regulation brought Washington completely out of a 3-0 deficit and forced the extra session.
Hendrix Lapierre and Dylan Strome also scored and Aliaksei Protas had two assists for the Capitals, who are 3-1-1 in their last five games. With Logan Thompson and Charlie Lindgren both sidelined due to injuries, Clay Stevenson made 19 saves in an emergency start for Washington.
Mark Jankowski, Sebastian Aho and Shayne Gostisbehere built Carolina’s 3-0 lead by the 4:16 mark of the second period before the hosts started their comeback. Frederik Andersen stopped 38 shots in the losing effort for the Hurricanes, who are 5-0-2 in their last seven.
Avalanche 5, Red Wings 0
Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals to become the first player in the NHL with 40, Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 28 shots as visiting Colorado beat Detroit.
MacKinnon added an assist, while Blackwood delivered his third shutout of the season and the 17th of his career. Ross Colton, Brent Burns and Parker Kelly also scored goals, while Artturi Lehkonen had two assists
John Gibson made 13 saves for Detroit before being replaced by Cam Talbot after two periods. Talbot stopped just three shots.
Maple Leafs 3, Canucks 2 (SO)
Visiting Toronto snapped its six-game losing streak with a shootout win over Vancouver.
Auston Matthews redeemed himself with the game-winning shootout tally after he missed a penalty shot in overtime, adding an assist in regulation. After missing seven games with a groin injury, William Nylander also scored for Toronto in the shootout while Vancouver’s Jake DeBrusk and Elias Pettersson both missed their shots.
Max Domi extended his point streak to five — his longest with the Maple Leafs — with his game-tying third-period goal. Nicolas Roy scored for Toronto and Joseph Woll had 28 saves. Swedish youngsters Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Tom Willander scored for Vancouver. Nikita Tolopilo continued his strong run of play, stopping 39 of 41 shots.
Penguins 6, Rangers 5
Anthony Mantha and Noel Acciari had two goals apiece and host Pittsburgh held on for a win over New York.
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist and Ben Kindel also scored for the Penguins, who won their sixth straight. Blake Lizotte had two assists and Stuart Skinner made 15 saves.
Alexis Lafreniere had two goals and an assist, Vincent Trocheck added a goal and two assists and Vladislav Gabrikov had a goal and an assist. Will Cuylle also scored for the Rangers, who have lost six of their last seven. Jonathan Quick stopped 28 shots.
Stars 3, Mammoth 2
Dallas scored three times in the first period and withstood a two-goal effort by Kailer Yamamoto to beat Utah in Salt Lake City.
Thomas Harley and Wyatt Johnston each scored power-play goals and Jamie Benn tallied two assists for the Stars, who have won four straight. Casey DeSmith made 12 saves for his first win since Jan 7.
JJ Peterka had two assists and Karel Vejmelka made 29 saves for the Mammoth, who have lost two straight and three of their last four.
Kings 3, Flyers 2 (OT)
Quinton Byfield scored at 2:48 of overtime to lift visiting Los Angeles past Philadelphia.
Byfield scored on a one-timer off a pass from Adrian Kempe. Drew Doughty received the secondary assist for his 700th NHL point. Kempe had two goals and an assist to extend his point streak to six games, Corey Perry had two assists and Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves for the Kings, who have won four of five.
Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist, Trevor Zegras also scored and Dan Vladar made 18 saves for the Flyers, who have dropped 11 of their past 13 games (2-8-3).
Flames 3, Sharks 2
Calgary’s Joel Farabee netted a tiebreaking short-handed goal in the third period to help the Flames break a five-game losing streak with a win over visiting San Jose.
Morgan Frost notched a power-play goal and an assist and Matvei Gridin scored to give Calgary just its fourth win of the month of January. Dustin Wolf contributed with 23 saves.
Will Smith scored a power-play goal and Adam Gaudette found the back of the net as well, while Alex Nedeljkovic made 39 saves.
Jets 2, Panthers 1
Cole Perfetti and Marc Scheifele scored third-period goals as Winnipeg rallied for a victory over Florida at Sunrise, Fla.
Eric Comrie was solid while making 27 saves to win his third consecutive start. The Jets entered with two wins in their previous seven games (2-3-2).
The Panthers managed only a first-period goal from Eetu Luostarinen while losing its third in a row after winning three straight.
Predators 4, Islanders 3
Roman Josi went coast-to-coast to score the game-winning goal with 1:14 left in the third period for Nashville, which overcame an early two-goal deficit to edge New York in Elmont, N.Y.
Filip Forsberg scored twice and Matthew Wood also had a goal for the Predators to help them snap a three-game losing streak. Juuse Saros made 27 saves, including two against Emil Heineman and Mathew Barzal in the final 14 seconds.
Matthew Schaefer, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Barzal all tallied goals for the Islanders, while Ilya Sorokin recorded 38 saves.
Canadiens 4, Sabres 2
Cole Caufield scored two third-period goals and Jakub Dobes totaled 36 saves to help Montreal earn a road victory over rival Buffalo, snapping the Sabres’ five-game winning streak.
Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen also scored for the Canadiens, who erased a 2-1 deficit entering the third period.
Alex Lyon saw his franchise-record 10-game win streak snapped in a 27-save performance, with Owen Power and Noah Ostlund providing the scoring for the Sabres.
Blue Jackets 5, Blues 3
Kent Johnson scored a goal and earned an assist as visiting Columbus defeated St. Louis for its fifth straight victory.
Isac Lundestrom, Denton Mateychuk, Damon Severson and Mason Marchment also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have won nine of their last 10 games. Jet Greaves made 28 saves to improve to 4-0-0 in his career against the Blues.
Jonatan Berggren and Jimmy Snuggerud each had a goal and an assist for the Blues, who lost for the sixth time in seven games (1-5-1). Tyler Tucker also scored and Brayden Schenn earned two assists. Jordan Binnington made 18 saves.
Senators 4, Devils 1
Dylan Cozens scored his 100th career goal and Linus Ullmark made 26 saves in his first action in more than a month as Ottawa defeated visiting New Jersey.
Brady Tkachuk backed up Cozens with a goal and two assists, Tim Stutzle scored his team-leading 25th goal and Shane Pinto added an empty-netter.
Timo Meier was the only Devil to find the back of the net, registering his 14th goal of the season. Dougie Hamilton’s 10-game consecutive point streak, the longest for a defenseman this season, came to an end.
Kraken 3, Golden Knights 2
Kaapo Kakko scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Joey Daccord made 27 saves to lead Seattle to its fourth consecutive win, a one-goal decision over Vegas in Las Vegas.
Eeli Tolvanen and Jared McCann also scored goals and Chandler Stephenson had two assists for the Kraken, who moved within three points of the Golden Knights and the Edmonton Oilers for first place in the Pacific Division. It was just the second victory at T-Mobile Arena in team history for Seattle, which went 10-5-2 in the month of January.
Ivan Barbashev and Mitch Marner scored goals and Jack Eichel had a pair of assists for Vegas, which lost its fourth straight game and its sixth in seven contests. Akira Schmid finished with 20 saves.
Wild 7, Oilers 3
Minnesota thumped host Edmonton to complete a sweep of the teams’ three-game season series.
Joel Eriksson Ek, Mats Zuccarello, Quinn Hughes and Brock Faber each scored and added an assist for the Wild, who have won three straight. Kirill Kaprizov, Vladimir Tarasenko and Tyler Pitlick also found the back of the net for Minnesota, which is 14-4-0 in its last 18 against Edmonton. Jesper Wallstedt made 39 saves.
Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jack Roslovic scored for the Oilers, who saw their season-high three-game win streak snapped. Tristan Jarry stopped 15 shots before being replaced by Connor Ingram, who made seven saves.
–Field Level Media
