Schenn scores in overtime as Blues defeat Lightning
TAMPA, FLA, >> Brayden Schenn scored with
58.2 seconds left in overtime and rookie Jordan Binnington made 32 saves as the St. Louis Blues won their fourth straight game,
1-0 over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.
Schenn skated in from the left wing boards and beat Andrei Vasilevskiy for the win.
Vasilevskiy, who dropped to 9-1-0 this season following a loss, stopped 38 shots. The Lightning were coming off a 3-2 shootout loss Tuesday night to Vegas. Tampa Bay has lost consecutive games just twice this season.
After Colton Parayko hit the post, Vasilevskiy stopped Schenn’s in-close rebound while on his stomach with 7½ minutes left in the first.
CAPITALS4,AVALANCHE3>> Evgeny Kuznetsov scored in overtime, backup Pheonix Copley made 34 saves and Washington beat Colorado to hand the struggling Avalanche their fifth consecutive loss.
The Avalanche have lost 10 of their past 12 games and are the NHL’s worst team since Dec. 7. Colorado is 5-15-4 in that time, going from tied for the most points in the Western Conference to out of a playoff position. PANTHERS 3, PENGUINS 2 >> Mike Matheson scored 4:14 into overtime to lift Florida past Pittsburgh.
Evgenii Dadonov and Colton Sceviour also scored for the Panthers, and Aleksander Barkov had two assists. Roberto Luongo made
29 saves to help Florida win for the seventh time in nine games.
ISLANDERS 2, DEVILS 1 >> Josh Bailey scored in the fourth round of the shootout, Thomas Greiss made 30 saves and New York beat New Jersey to sweep the four-game season series.
Mathew Barzal scored in regulation to help New York win for the seventh time in
10 games (7-1-2).
HURRICANES 6, SABRES 5 >> Teuvo Teravainen scored his second goal of the game 3:25 into overtime, and Curtis McElhinney stopped 34 shots to help Carolina beat Buffalo.
Brock McGinn Greg McKegg, Justin Faulk and Nino Niederreiter also scored for Carolina. The Hurricanes are 12-4-1 in their past 17 games to jump from a tie for 15th in the East to sole possession of ninth.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, RED WINGS 3 >> Jonathan Marchessault scored twice in a three-goal second period for Vegas, and the Golden Knights beat Detroit.
William Karlsson and Brayden McNabb also scored to help Vegas snap Detroit’s three-game winning streak.