Fleury stops Ovechkin in SO, Blackhawks knock off Capitals
>> Marc-Andre Fleury stopped Alex Ovechkin in the shootout after Seth Jones tied it midway through the third period and the Chicago Blackhawks rallied past the Washington Capitals 4-3 Thursday night.
Patrick Kane scored the shootout winner, and Fleury got some assistance from his goalposts to help Chicago win for the third time in five games. The Blackhawks have won seven of 10 games since Derek King took over as interim coach when Jeremy Colliton was fired.
The Capitals lost by blowing a lead for the second time in two games. They coughed up a 4-1 lead and fell in regulation at Florida on Tuesday.
Washington will take the point from reaching overtime but fell to 0-7 in games this season that went past
regulation. This was the Capitals’ first shootout of the season.
It probably should not have gotten that far. Garnet Hathaway put the Capitals ahead 57 seconds into the third period, but Jones fired a laser through traffic that tied the score at 3. AVALANCHE 4, CANADIENS 1 >> Cale Makar scored to put
Colorado ahead to stay late in the second period, Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist, and the Avalanche beat Montreal.
Andre Borkovsky and Gabriel Landeskog also scored for the Avalanche, who bounced back from an ugly 8-3 loss at Toronto a night earlier.
PANTHERS 7, SABRES 4 >> Anton
Lundell scored twice, including the go-ahead goal, and Florida came back from three down for the second straight game to beat Buffalo.
LIGHTNING 4, BLUES 2 >> Victor Hedman had two goals and an assist, and Tampa Bay beat St. Louis.
SENATORS 3, HURRICANES 2 >> Alex Formenton scored twice and Josh Norris broke a tie 19 seconds after Ottawa lost the lead in its win over Carolina.
BRUINS 2, PREDATORS 0 >> Jeremy Swayman made 42 saves, Jake DeBrusk and Brandon Carlo scored, and Boston beat Nashville.
WILD 5, DEVILS 2 >> Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist as Minnesota kept rolling with a win against New Jersey.
STARS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2 >> Jason Robertson scored 68 seconds in and added the go-ahead goal late in the second period as streaking Dallas beat Columbus.