Josh Doan’s second power-play goal capped a manic third period as the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits to beat visiting Tampa Bay 8-7 on Sunday and take over first place in the Atlantic Division.
In their NHL-best seventh straight win, the Sabres allowed five unanswered goals to turn a 4-1 lead into a 6-4 deficit six minutes into the final period. After the two teams exchanged goals, Buffalo scored three times in a span of 4:40 to move to 2-0-1 against the Lightning and lead the visitors 84-82 in division standings points.
Alex Tuch and Jason Zucker also scored twice, and Sam Carrick and Rasmus Dahlin found the net for the Sabres. Bowen Byram had three assists. Tage Thompson produced four assists to extend his point streak to 11 games (six goals, nine assists.
Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist, and J.J. Moser had a goal and two assists. Corey Perry, Zemgus Girgensons, Brayden Point and Brandon Hagel had goals. Darren Raddysh posted three helpers.
Penguins 5, Bruins 4 (OT)
Tommy Novak scored 17 seconds into overtime, helping Pittsburgh rally from a 3-0 deficit to beat visiting Boston.
On the opening shift of overtime, Egor Chinakhov forced a turnover, drove to the net, won a puck battle, and Novak charged down the slot, jumping on the loose puck to bury the deciding goal. Anthony Mantha scored twice in the third period, Novak posted a goal and an assist and Chinakhov and Connor Dewar also scored for the Penguins.
The Bruins fell despite Pavel Zacha’s second hat trick of the season and Joonas Korpisalo’s 34-save effort. David Pastrnak also broke an eight-game scoring drought, and Viktor Arvidsson and Jonathan Aspirot each had two assists.
Avalanche 3, Wild 2 (SO)
Nathan MacKinnon beat Jesper Wallstedt in the fourth round of the shootout, as Colorado topped Minnesota in Denver. The Avalanche increased their lead over the third-place Wild in the Central Division to 10 points with their fifth straight win.
MacKinnon and Nicolas Roy scored in regulation, Val Nichushkin added a goal in the shootout, and Scott Wedgewood stopped 32 shots in 65 minutes, plus two in the shootout for Colorado.
Kirill Kaprizov and Nico Sturm had goals, Matt Boldy found the net in the shootout and Wallstedt made 34 saves through overtime for Minnesota. He also stopped two more in the shootout.
Stars 4, Blackhawks 3 (OT)
Miro Heiskanen scored 22 seconds into overtime, after Mavrik Bourque recorded a goal and assist in the third period, as surging Dallas outlasted visiting Chicago.
In the opening seconds of the extra session, Heiskanen received a pass from Matt Duchene and chipped the puck past Blackhawks netminder Arvid Soderblom. Dallas rebounded after its club-record 10-game winning streak ended with Friday’s 5-4 shootout loss to Colorado.
Chicago led 2-0 within the first nine minutes of game but eventually trailed 3-2 in the waning minutes of regulation. With 1:20 to go and Soderblom (27 saves) pulled for the extra skater, Blackhawks star Connor Bedard unleashed a wrister through traffic that glanced off Dallas defenseman Tyler Myers and past netminder Casey DeSmith (16 saves) to tie the contest.
Red Wings 3, Devils 0
John Gibson and Cam Talbot combined for a shutout and Detroit defeated host New Jersey in Newark, N.J.
Gibson stopped all 21 shots he faced in the first two periods. But the Devils’ Timo Meier knocked the Red Wings’ Lucas Raymond into Gibson late in the second period. Cam Talbot relieved Gibson (undisclosed injury) to begin the third period and made 10 saves. It was Detroit’s first combined shutout since March 2019 (Jonathan Bernier and Jimmy Howard).
Defenseman Moritz Seider had a goal and two assists, James van Riemsdyk tallied one of each and Dominik Shine scored his first career goal for the Red Wings, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Patrick Kane had two assists. Jacob Markstrom stopped 27 shots for New Jersey, which had its four-game winning streak broken.
Blues 4, Ducks 0
Joel Hofer made 22 saves in posting his fifth shutout of the season, and a three-goal second period fueled St. Louis past Anaheim to cap a perfect four-game road trip.
Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and an assist for the second straight game. Forward Jonathan Drouin, acquired Friday from the New York Islanders as part of the Brayden Schenn trade, scored for the Blues, as did Jordan Kyrou and Pius Suter.
Defenseman Justin Holl, whom St. Louis acquired from Detroit in the Justin Faulk trade, added an assist in his first game with his new team and NHL season debut. Ville Husso stopped 31 shots for the Ducks, who finished their nine-game homestand with a 7-2 record.
Oilers 4, Golden Knights 2
Connor Ingram made 24 saves and Connor McDavid had a pair of assists to lead Edmonton over slumping Vegas in Las Vegas.
Trent Frederic, Vasily Podkolzin, Leon Draisaitl and Kasperi Kapanen scored goals for the Oilers, who closed to within three points of Pacific Division-leading Anaheim with the win.
Jack Eichel scored a short-handed goal, Mitch Marner had two assists and Noah Hanifin also scored for the Golden Knights, who lost for the fifth time in the last six games. Adin Hill stopped 15 of 18 shots.
–Field Level Media
