Nurse scores in OT to lift Oilers over Golden Knights
LAS VEGAS Darnell Nurse scored 55 seconds into overtime to lift the Edmonton Oilers past the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Saturday night.
Patrick Maroon and Drake Caggiula also scored for the Oilers, and Cam Talbot made 34 saves.
William Karlsson and Reilly Smith scored for Vegas, while MarcAndre Fleury stopped 27 shots.
Vegas, coming off its league-mandated bye week, was playing for the first time since Jan. 6 when they beat the New York Rangers 2-1. The Oilers, meanwhile, were playing for the second time in two nights after a 4-2 win in Arizona. Edmonton begins its bye week Sunday.
Edmonton got on the board first, when Nurse’s pass caromed off Maroon’s left skate and slid beneath Fleury’s pads. Connor McDavid assisted.
It didn’t take long for the Golden Knights to respond, as Smith picked up the puck behind the net, skated around long enough to shake McDavid and then skated right up to Talbot before going top shelf for his
12th goal. Deryk Engelland was credited with an assist to tally his 100th career point.
Vegas’ second goal was set up nicely by Reilly Smith, who laid a big hit on Edmonton’s Kris Russell, allowing Jonathan Marchessault to skate free with the puck and set up Karlsson in front of the net for the one-timer. Karlsson, who many believe was snubbed from the Pacific Division AllStar team, scored his 23rd goal of the season, the fifth-highest in the league. FLAMES 4, HURRICANES 1
The Calgary Flames are going so well, they are rolling to easy victories even without their top scorer.
Dougie Hamilton scored twice, Mike Smith made 38 saves and the Flames ran their winning streak to seven straight games with a 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
Sean Monahan leads the Flames with 21 goals, but was out because of the flu. Calgary still controlled the entire game.
Matt Stajan opened the scoring at 6:01 of the first period with his first goal of the season.
Hamilton made it 2-0 later in the first period. He scored again early in the third for his first multigoal game of the season and Matthew Tkachuk added an insurance goal late. Johnny Gaudreau had two assists to extend his point streak to seven games in a row.
“We're feeling good right now, obviously,” Hamilton said. “We're doing the little things consistent and we haven't really had a terrible stretch of hockey yet.”
Scott Darling made 26 saves for Carolina, which has lost four of five. Lee Stempniak scored with 4:31 remaining to avoid a shutout.
“I didn't think we were engaged in the game, period,” Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said.