Wood scores hat-trick, helps Devils rally past Blackhawks
CHICAGO: Miles Wood had his first career hat trick and added an assist to help the New Jersey Devils rally for a wild 7-5 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night.
Rookie Nico Hischier had a goal and two assists, and Andy Green, Taylor Hall and Brian Gibbons also scored, and Keith Kinkaid stopped 39 shots for the Metropolitan Division-leading Devils. They won their second straight after a four-game skid.
Defenceman Jan Rutta had a goal and two assists, Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, and Artem Anisimov, Tanner Kero and rookie Alex DeBrincat also scored for the Blackhawks.
Corey Crawford took the loss, allowing six goals on 25 shots before being replaced by Anton Forsberg to start the third period. Forsberg stopped 12 of the 13 shots he faced.
In Washington, TJ Oshie scored the only goal of the shoot-out to lift the Capitals past Edmonton 2-1.
Dmitry Orlov scored in regulation for the Capitals and Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots through overtime and all three Edmonton attempts in the shoot-out.
Meanwhile, JT Brown scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, leading Tampa Bay past Anaheim 2-1 for their fourth straight win.
In Los Angeles, Joel Ward scored the tiebreaking goal on a long deflection off his skate with 7:10 minutes to play, and San Jose rallied from a third-period deficit to edge the Kings 2-1.
Melker Karlsson scored the tying goal early in the third before Ward used his left skate from the face-off circle to redirect Barclay Goodrow’s shot for his third goal of the season.
Martin Jones made 26 saves for the Sharks, who have won six of seven overall after evening the season series with their California rivals in a defence-dominated game.