NHL roundup: Saturday
Tomas Hertl scored the game-winning goal on the power play with 1:10 remaining as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.
Hertl netted a turnaround wrister from the left circle past Boston’s Jeremy Swayman to win the game. Earlier on the same Golden Knights man advantage, Pavel Dorofeyev had a potential go-ahead goal overturned due to interference on Swayman.
Mark Stone, Zach Whitecloud and Dorofeyev also scored and Shea Theodore had two assists for Vegas, which went 2-for-4 on the power play en route to its second straight win to enter the 4 Nations Face-Off break.
Boston captain Brad Marchand reached the 20-goal plateau for the 14th time in his career, while Nikita Zadorov and Morgan Geekie also scored for Boston.
Rangers 4, Blue Jackets 3
Will Cuylle scored two third-period goals to lift visiting New York past Columbus.
Cuylle picked off a clearing attempt from Columbus defenseman Ivan Provorov and scored the game-winning goal with 1:39 left. Mika Zibanejad tallied a goal and an assist, Arthur Kaliyev scored a goal and Vincent Trocheck picked up a pair of assists in the triumphant effort.
Jonathan Quick stopped 22 shots for the Rangers, while Elvis Merzlikins’ 36-save night wasn’t enough to secure the victory for the home squad. Kent Johnson, Justin Danforth and James van Riemsdyk scored for Columbus.
Predators 6, Sabres 4
Filip Forsberg and Brady Skjei each had two goals for Nashville in a win against visiting Buffalo.
Ryan O’Reilly had four assists, Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and three assists, and Justus Annunen made 25 saves for the Predators, who snapped a six-game losing streak.
Alex Tuch had a goal and two assists, and Rasmus Dahlin and Bowen Byram each had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, whose four-game winning streak ended. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves.
Blues 6, Blackhawks 5 (SO)
Radek Faksa scored in the 10th round of the shootout to lift St. Louis over visiting Chicago.
The Blues outshot the Blackhawks 40-20 through overtime, but they needed the marathon shootout to earn just their second victory in eight games (2-5-1). Jordan Binnington made 15 saves during the game and eight more in the shootout for the win.
Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and two assists for the Blackhawks while losing goaltender Arvid Soderblom made 35 saves through overtime and eight more in the shootout.
Kraken 3, Flames 2 (OT)
Matty Beniers scored a power-play goal at 2:58 of overtime as Seattle rallied for a victory against host Calgary.
Shane Wright and Andre Burakovsky scored in the final 6:48 of regulation as Seattle won for the seventh time this season after trailing by multiple goals. Beniers’ winner, on a wrist shot through a screen from the top of the left faceoff circle, came with Calgary’s Morgan Frost in the penalty box for holding. Goaltender Joey Daccord made 27 saves for the Kraken, who snapped a three-game winless streak (0-2-1).
Frost and Nazem Kadri scored for the Flames, who lost their fourth straight at the Saddledome. Dustin Wolf stopped 25 of 28 shots.
Stars 8, Sharks 3
Matt Duchene scored twice and added an assist as Dallas thumped host San Jose.
Thomas Harley, Jamie Benn, and Wyatt Johnston each scored and added an assist for Dallas, which won for the sixth time in eight games. Jason Robertson, Mason Marchment, and Mavrik Bourque also scored for the Stars, who snapped a two-game skid. Mikael Granlund, acquired by the Stars from the Sharks on Feb. 1, had two assists in his return to the Bay Area. Lian Bichsel also had a pair of helpers, and Casey DeSmith made 24 saves.
William Eklund, Fabian Zetterlund and Walker Duehr responded for the Sharks, who have lost 10 of their last 11 games. Vitek Vanecek stopped 26 shots.
Panthers 5, Senators 1
Matthew Tkachuk scored a goal and had two assists during Florida’s four-goal second period as the Panthers cruised past Ottawa in Sunrise, Fla.
Aleksander Barkov, Gustav Forsling and Sam Bennett also scored during a break-out second for the Panthers, who have won eight of 11 — and five straight at home. Tkachuk extended his goal streak to six games and has 13 points during that stretch.
Matthew’s brother, Brady, scored for Ottawa, which went 0-3-0 at Tampa Bay and Florida after winning five straight. Linus Ullmark made 43 saves for the Senators, who allowed a season-high 48 shots on goal.
Flyers 3, Penguins 2
Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist as Philadelphia nipped visiting Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia snapped a five-game losing streak thanks to 31 saves from Samuel Ersson and goals from three different players. Scott Laughton and Garnet Hathaway also tallied for the Flyers, while Andrei Kuzmenko had an assist in his team debut.
Kevin Hayes and Erik Karlsson scored for Pittsburgh, which played its second straight game without Sidney Crosby (upper-body injury). Joel Blomqvist made 17 saves for the Penguins, who had won three of their previous four games.
Lightning 6, Red Wings 3
Brandon Hagel had two goals and two assists as Tampa Bay snapped host Detroit’s seven-game winning streak.
Dylan Duke, who played for the University of Michigan last season, scored in his NHL debut for the Lightning. He was called up from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Friday.
Erik Cernak had a goal and two assists while Brayden Point scored his 30th goal of the season for the Lightning, who are 4-0-1 in their last five games. Nikita Kucherov had three assists to bring his career points total to 955, passing Martin St. Louis for the second-most in Lightning franchise history behind Steven Stamkos, who has 1,137 points.
Devils 4, Canadiens 0
Jake Allen made 34 saves — including one on a penalty shot — to help visiting New Jersey cruise past slumping Montreal.
Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey, which won at Montreal for the 10th straight time. Montreal had a chance to break the shutout with 15.7 seconds left in the third period when the Canadiens were awarded a penalty shot after Hughes pulled down Owen Beck from behind, but Allen stopped Beck’s wrist shot.
Sam Montembeault finished with 18 saves for Montreal, which suffered its seventh loss in eight games (1-6-1).
Hurricanes 7, Utah Hockey Club 3
Seth Jarvis posted two goals and two assists as Carolina avoided a season-worst four-game losing streak by blowing past Utah in Raleigh, N.C.
Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist, Jalen Chatfield notched a goal and an assist, Jordan Martinook and Jack Roslovic added late goals and Andrei Svechnikov and Jackson Blake racked up two assists each for the Hurricanes. Pyotr Kochetkov made 36 saves to secure his 20th victory of the season. Carolina scored at even strength, on a power play and short-handed in a four-goal second period, which began with the teams tied at 1 but gave the Hurricanes a commanding lead.
Clayton Keller scored two goals and Josh Doan had a goal for Utah, which never led. Karel Vejmelka collected 31 saves.
Canucks 2, Maple Leafs 1
Brock Boeser scored the go-ahead goal at 8:56 of the third period to lift host Vancouver to a win over Toronto.
With his team on the power play, Filip Chytil was unmarked as he skated in from the blue line and fed Boeser in the slot for an easy conversion. Filip Hronek collected a goal and an assist and Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves for the Canucks, who have won three games in a row.
Defenseman Morgan Rielly scored a goal late in the second period and Joseph Woll made 23 saves for the Maple Leafs, who saw their three-game winning streak come to a halt in the finale of their four-game road trip.
Wild 6, Islanders 3
Matthew Boldy tallied two goals and an assist to lead Minnesota past New York in St. Paul, Minn.
Marco Rossi, Frederick Gaudreau, Yakov Trenin and Marcus Foligno also scored for the Wild, who have won seven straight against the Islanders. Defenseman Jared Spurgeon had two assists and Filip Gustavsson made 31 saves. Minnesota scored three times in the last 6:39 of the second period to take a 4-3 lead and added two more in the third.
Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist and Anders Lee also scored for New York, which played its second game in as many nights. Maxim Tsyplakov had two assists and Ilya Sorokin stopped 27 shots.
Ducks 2, Kings 1 (SO)
Lukas Dostal made 43 saves across regulation and overtime and did not allow a goal in the shootout to help visiting Anaheim beat Los Angeles.
Brian Dumoulin scored in regulation and Trevor Zegras and Leo Carlsson scored in the two-round shootout for the Ducks, who have won six of seven.
Los Angeles’ Adrian Kempe scored the late equalizer and David Rittich made 25 saves, starting in goal for the second straight night because Darcy Kuemper was unavailable for personal reasons. The Kings had won three in a row following a season-long four-game skid.
