McCann leads Kraken to ninth straight win

Jared McCann had two goals and an assist, Joey Daccord made 32 saves and the visiting Seattle Kraken extended their win streak to nine games, rallying to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4 on Saturday night.

Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and two assists, Brian Dumoulin had a goal and an assist, and Jordan Eberle, Tye Karte and Eeli Tolvanen also scored for the Kraken, whose win streak is the longest in three-year history of the franchise. Seattle is 11-0-2 in its last 13.

The Kraken came back from one-goal deficits three times and took the lead for the first time late in the second period on Bjorkstrand's power-play goal.

Ivan Provorov had two goals on his 27th birthday for the Blue Jackets.

BRUINS 4, BLUES 3 (OT) >>

Charlie McAvoy scored his second goal in overtime and Brad Marchand added two goals, leading visiting Boston over St. Louis. The game-winning goal came 1:10 into overtime.

Marchand scored in the first period and had a power-play goal in the third. He now has 901 points in his 15-year career. He is the fifth player in Bruins history to pass the milestone.

AVALANCHE 5, MAPLE LEAFS 3 >>

Nathan MacKinnon broke a tie off a rush with 3:25 left and visiting Colorado overcame an early three-goal deficit to beat Toronto. The Avalanche won for the ninth time in 11 games. Andrew Cogliano, Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin and Ross

Colton also scored for Colorado, with Colton getting an empty-netter with Jones off.

Max Domi, Morgan Rielly and Timothy Liljegren scored in the first period for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two in a row.

Nico Daws stopped 36 shots, Jesper Bratt scored for the second straight game and visiting New Jersey snapped Florida's nine-game winning streak. Bratt's goal was his 16th of the season. Alexander Holtz and Erik Haula each got their 10th goal of the season for the Devils.

Sam Reinhart got his 31st goal for the Panthers.

DEVILS 4, PANTHERS 1 >> OILERS 2, CANADIENS 1 (OT) >>

Evan Bouchard scored a power-play goal 2:01 into overtime and visiting Edmonton beat Montreal for a franchise-record 10th consecutive victory. Leon Draisaitl also scored for Edmonton (23-15-1), and Stuart Skinner made 23 saves.

Connor McDavid picked up an assist on Bouchard's 10th goal of the season.

CANUCKS 1, SABRES 0 >>

Thatcher Demko made 26 saves, Sam Lafferty scored the only goal of the game and visiting Vancouver beat Buffalo for its fifth win in a row. Lafferty scored his 10th goal of the season 2:05 into the second period.

VEGAS' EICHEL TO MISS TIME >>

Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel will miss an undetermined amount of time after suffering an injury Thursday game against Boston. Vegas, which hosted Calgary late Saturday night, did not disclose what type of injury Eichel had. He leads the team with 44 points.