Panthers’ McCann claws Leafs in OT
FLORIDA 3 TORONTO 2 (OT)
SUNRISE, Florida — Jared McCann scored at 3:47 of overtime and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday night.
McCann grabbed a loose puck in the neutral zone, skated in and fired a shot from the slot past goalie Curtis McElhinney.
Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist, and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers. Vincent Trocheck added two assists and Roberto Luongo stopped 37 shots.
Zach Hyman and Dominic Moore scored for the Maple Leafs, and McElhinney made 28 saves. Star centre Auston Matthews sat out again with a shoulder injury.
Toronto closed to 2-1 when Moore swept in a loose puck from in front at 2:53 of the second. The Maple Leafs tied it when William Nylander got control of the puck in the neutral zone, skated in and dropped a perfect pass to Hyman, who beat Luongo with 7:26 left in the period.
Barkov’s power-play goal at 11:02 of the first gave Florida a 1-0 lead. Huberdeau passed from behind the net to Barkov in front, and he roofed the puck over McElhinney on the stick side.
Barkov has 16 points in his past 12 games.
Huberdeau stretched the lead to 2-0 at 1:42 of the second.
McElhinney came out of the crease to block a shot by Huberdeau, but he got around the goaltender and backhanded the puck into the net.
Trocheck’s assist on Barkov’s goal gave him 20 power-play points.
Predators 6, Jets 5
WINNIPEG — Craig Smith scored twice, Roman Josi picked up five assists and Ryan Hartman redirected in the winning goal in his Predators debut, lifting Nashville to a 6-5 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
Hartman, acquired in a trade with Chicago at Monday’s deadline, gave the Predators their first lead of the game with 1:00 left when he redirected a shot from Josi.
Kyle Turris, Mattias Ekholm and Ryan Johansen also scored to give Nashville its fifth straight win.
Mark Scheifele scored twice and new Winnipeg forward Paul Stastny contributed a goal and one assist. Matt Hendricks and Nikolaj Ehlers also had goals for the Jets. Ehlers added one assist and Patrik Laine had two helpers.
Stars 2, Flames 0
DALLAS — Ben Bishop made 37 saves in his 24th career shutout, and the Dallas Stars beat the Calgary Flames 2-0.
Bishop’s shutout was his fifth this season. He had 17 saves in the second period, when Dallas increased its lead to 2-0 on a power-play goal by Tyler Seguin, his 32nd.
Devin Shore scored the first goal with just 39 seconds left in the first period. He skated past Calgary’s Dougie Hamilton to the left faceoff circle and lifted a wrist shot over goalie Jon Gillies.
The Stars maintained their hold on the first Western Conference wild card spot and prevented Calgary, which sits just outside the second wild card position, from moving ahead of them.
Gillies took his first loss in six NHL games.