Quick saves the day for LA Kings
NEW YORK: Jonathan Quick made 21 saves, and the Kings extended their season-high winning streak to six games with a 3-1 home win over Colorado, who missed a chance to tie St Louis for first place in the Central Division, on Monday.
Quick has allowed one goal or fewer in five of his past six starts, going 5-0-1 in that span.
Mikey Anderson scored his first NHL goal in his fifth game, and Austin Wagner and Alex Iafallo also scored for the Kings, who had not won six in a row since an eight-game winning streak in 2017.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored, and Pavel Francouz made 32 saves for the Avalanche.
At Edmonton, defenceman Shea Theodore scored 2:13 into overtime to lift Vegas over the Oilers 3-2 in a match-up of the top two teams in the Pacific Division.
Jonathan Marchessault forced a turnover in the offensive zone and alertly fed Theodore, who wired a shot from the high slot that beat Mikko Koskinen.
Marchessault and Nicolas Roy each scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 22 saves for first-place Vegas.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Alex Chiasson scored, and Koskinen turned aside 45 shots for Edmonton, who now trails the Golden Knights by three points in the Pacific Division.
At Buffalo, Dominik Kahun scored in the seventh round of a shoot-out to give the Sabres a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals.
Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark stopped 33 of 35 shots during open play and then made six more saves during the shoot-out.
Victor Olofsson and Jack Eichel scored in regulation for Buffalo, who snapped an 0-6-0 streak.
Alexander Ovechkin had two points, including his 48th goal of the season to tie Boston’s David Pastrnak for the league scoring lead.