Kadri and Hyman shine as Maple Leafs gun down Wild
ST PAUL: Nazem Kadri scored the goahead goal late in the third period, and Zach Hyman had two goals as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-3 on Saturday night.
Kadri scored his eighth goal this season at 16:40 of the third on a puck deflected in front of the goal after a strong rush by Connor Brown. Hyman added his sixth goal of the season into an empty net at 19:04 of the third.
Frederik Andersen stopped 38 shots for Toronto, including some big saves late in the game.
Auston Matthews and Tyler Ennis also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won four in a row. Eric Staal, Jordan Greenway and Jason Zucker scored for Minnesota. Devan Dubnyk made 18 saves for Minnesota.
In Sunrise, Brayden Point scored on a power play with 1:48 left in overtime as visiting Tampa Bay rallied from down 4-1 to defeat Florida 5-4.
An interference call on Frank Vatrano gave the Lightning the man advantage. Tampa Bay got the tying goal from Cedric Paquette with 8:19 left in the third, although his shot was saved by Florida’s James Reimer and then bounced in off the skate of Panthers forward Dryden Hunt.
Alex Killorn, Mathieu Joseph and Nikita Kucherov also scored for Tampa Bay. It was Kucherov’s 11th goal of the season and his fifth on the power play. Kucherov also had two assists.
In Edmonton, Ryan Spooner’s first goal since joining Oilers held up as the game winner and Connor McDavid scored yet another highlight-reel tally as Edmonton beat visiting Vegas 2-1.
Edmonton goalie Mikko Koskinen provided a 31-save effort to solidify his case as the club’s new No.1 goalie, having won every game in his team’s three-game winning streak. By comparison, the Oilers won just two of 10 games prior to their current run.
Koskinen was especially strong at the bookends of the game — looming large not just in the final moments while the Golden Knights desperately pushed for the equaliser, but also in the early going when the visitors had the early jump.