Krug’s big goal lifts Bruins past Senators in overtime
Vegas wins 5th straight at home, defeats Dallas 4-2
OTTAWA, Ontario — Torey Krug felt like the Boston Bruins were “still in their pre-game nap” during their game against the Ottawa Senators.
Tuukka Rask helped the Bruins stick around, and Krug gave Boston the jolt it needed for a road victory.
Krug took a cross-crease pass from David Krejci and beat Mike McKenna with a one-timer 3:07 into overtime to lift the Bruins over the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Sunday night.
“It was a tough game for us,” Krug said. “It took us a while to wake up there.”
Krug deferred credit to Krejci on the winner.
“It’s a highly, highly skilled player making a great pass,” Krug said. “He sees things that other guys can’t see, even from up in the press box. He made a great play and I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of it.”
Brad Marchand had the regulation goal for the Bruins (16-10-4).
Mark Stone scored in regulation for the Senators (13-14-4), who got a careerbest 42-save performance from McKenna, including a diving two-pad stack save against Sean Kuraly in overtime. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4,
STARS 2: In Las Vegas, Alex Tuch got his 10th goal of the season and Vegas won its fifth straight at home.
Tuch became the fifth Golden Knights player to reach double figures in goals just before the end of the second period, when he chopped a loose puck just past defenseman Miro Heiskanen’s skate and through goaltender Ben Bishop’s five-hole to give the Golden Knights a 3-1 lead.
Ryan Carpenter, William Karlsson and Reilly Smith also scored to help Vegas improve to 10-3-1 at T-Mobile Arena. DUCKS 6, DEVILS 5 (SO): In Anaheim, Calif., Daniel Sprong and Ryan Getzlaf scored in the shootout to lead the Ducks past New Jersey.
Anaheim goalie John Gibson blocked one New Jersey shot in the shootout and Taylor Hall’s attempt bounced off the crossbar.
Jakob Silfverberg, Kiefer Sherwood, Brandon Montour, Pontus Aberg, Ondrej Kase scored in regulation for the Ducks, with three of the goals deflected off New Jersey players.
Anaheim’s Ryan Miller, looking to become the alltime leader in U.S.-born goaltender wins, left the game with 12:47 left in the third period after a pair of players crashed into him at the net. He appeared to have injured his left leg.
OILERS 1, FLAMES 0: In Edmonton, Alberta, Mikko Koskinen made 24 saves in his third shutout of the season and Connor McDavid scored the only goal as the Oilers beat Calgary.
Edmonton has won three straight and have gone 6-1-0 in its last seven games.
The Flames had a fivegame winning streak snapped, and are 9-2-1 in their last 12 outings.
CANADIENS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2: In Chicago, Tomas Tatar scored the tiebreaking goal on a deflection with 1:17 left in the third period and Montreal beat Chicago for its third straight win.
Max Domi and Shea Weber scored scored in the first period to give Montreal an early lead. Carey Price, starting for the seventh straight game and 11th in the last 12, stopped 37 shots.
Patrick Kane scored twice to tie the score for Chicago, which has lost seven straight and nine of its last 10. Corey Crawford finished with 25 saves.
The reeling Blackhawks fell to 3-11-2 under coach Jeremy Colliton, who replaced Joel Quenneville
on Nov. 6.
JETS 7, FLYERS 1: In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Josh Morrissey scored one of Winnipeg’s three powerplay goals and the Jets got goals from seven players while routing Philadelphia.
Kyle Connor, Brandon Tanev, Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little and Tyler Myers also scored for Winnipeg (18-9-2).
Mark Scheifele assisted on all three of Winnipeg’s second-period goals, and Nikolaj Ehlers and Patrik Laine each had two assists. Jakub Voracek scored his eighth goal for the Flyers. CANUCKS 6, BLUES 1: In St. Louis, Brock Boeser scored his second career hat trick, Elias Pettersson had a goal and four assists, and Vancouver beat St. Louis.
Bo Horvat and Nikolay Goldobin also scored for the Canucks, who won consecutive games for the first time since winning three straight from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2. Vancouver was 2-10-2 in its previous 14 games.