Daccord gets first NHL win

Drake Batherson scored twice in 53 seconds in the second period and North Andover native Joey Daccord made 33 saves for his first NHL win in the Ottawa Senators’ 4-3 victory over the slumping Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night.

“Obviously a crazy situation. That’s why you always have to be ready,” an emotional Daccord said in a postgame interview. “I don’t even have words right now, honestly. I just want to thank my family for everything they’ve done for me. It’s pretty special.”

Matt Murray was supposed to start in goal, but he was injured during pre-game warmups.

North Division-leading Toronto has lost two straight and five of six.

Brady Tkachuk and Ryan Dzingel also scored for Ottawa.

Michael Hutchinson was pulled from the Toronto goal after allowing two goals in a seven-second span early in the first period. Frederik Andersen made 26 saves in relief.

Islanders 3, Devils 2 — Anthony Beauvillier and Oliver Wahlstrom scored on New York’s final two shootout attempts and the Islanders won their ninth straight game, beating the Devils to take the NHL overall lead.

The Devils thought they had won 27 seconds into overtime on a goal by P.K. Subban, but a lengthy review showed Jesper Bratt was offside.

Beauvillier beat Scott Wedgewood on the Islanders’ third attempt to extend the shootout, and Wahlstrom extended New Jersey’s winless run at home to 0-10-1.

Kieffer Bellows and Brock Nelson scored in the first period for the Islanders. Hurricanes 2, Red Wings 1 — Dougie Hamilton and Nino Niederreiter scored, Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves and Carolina beat Detroit for its eighth consecutive victory.

Niederreiter gave the Hurricanes a 2-0 lead early in the third period, scoring off a pass from Sebastian Aho.

Hamilton opened the scoring with 4:47 left in the second period. Instead of passing to Hurrucanes scoring leader Aho on a 2 on 1, Hamilton kept the puck and beat goalie Jonathan Bernier from the right circle. Wild 4, Coyotes 1 — Nick Bonino and Kevin Fiala scored in a three-goal third and surging Minnesota beat Arizona.

Victor Rask and Joel Eriksson Ek also scored to help Minnesota move within two points of West-leading Vegas. Minnesota has won four straight overall and seven in a row at home. Avalanche 4, Kings 1 — Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves, Andre Burakovsky and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist and Colorado beat Los Angeles.

Nathan MacKinnon and Joonas Donskoi also scored for Colorado.

Grubauer nearly had another shutout before Kurtis MacDermid ended the bid early in the third period. Stars 2, Blue Jackets 1 — Alexander Radulov returned after missing 15 games and scored in the third round of the shootout to lift Dallas past Columbus.

Jake Oettinger made 29 saves, and Joe Pavelski scored for Dallas in regulation.