Necas scores in OT to lift Carolina
SUNRISE, Fla. — Martin Necas scored 1:59 into overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Monday night.
Brett Pesce and Vincent Trochek also scored for the Hurricanes, who won at Florida for the second time in three days. Alex Nedeljkovic had a career-high 44 saves.
Frank Vatrano and Eetu Loustarinen scored in the third period to give Florida the lead and Chris Driedger finished with 24 saves. The Panthers have lost three of four.
Vatrano tied the score 1-1 at 4:40 of the third with his seventh goal and third in three games.
Loustarinen put the Panthers ahead with 3:09 remaining with his third.
However, Trocheck got his 11th goal just 1:36 later against his former team.
Aleksander Barkov played in his 500th NHL game, becoming the 11th player in franchise history to reach that milestone in a Panthers’ uniform.
■ Canucks 4, Jets 0: At Winnipeg, Manitoba, former Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt, J.T. Miller and
Nils Hoglander scored to back Thatcher Demko, who stopped 27 shots for his first career shutout.
■ Senators 5, Flames 1: Drake Batherson scored twice, giving him six straight games with a goal. Tim Stutzle contributed two assists to help Ottawa win for the fourth time in five games.
■ Blues 5, Ducks 4: At Anaheim, Calif., Dakota Joshua scored in his NHL debut and Zach Sanford got two goals for St. Louis. Jordan Kyrou and David Perron also scored for St. Louis.
■ Maple Leafs 3, Oilers 0: At Edmonton, Alberta, Morgan Rielly and William Nylander each had a goal and an assist to back Michael Hutchinson, who stopped 31 shots for his sixth career shutout.
■ Sharks 6, Avalanche 2: At San Jose, Calif., Erik Karlsson scored for the first time this season. Radim Simek and Kevin Labanc also scored for San Jose and Martin Jones made 33 saves.