Bruins rally to beat Stars at Dallas
David Pastrnak scored with 1:16 remaining in overtime, and the Boston Bruins rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Stars on Tuesday night in a matchup of the top team in each conference at Dallas.
Pavel Zacha scored the tying goal in the third period for the NHLleading Bruins in Jim Montgomery's first game as a head coach in Dallas since the Stars fired him in 2019 for what he later admitted was a drinking problem.
The Stars couldn't convert on 57 seconds of a 5-on-3 power play in the second period and a two-minute 4-on-3 session in the extra period. They finished 3-1-4 on an eight-game homestand that featured five games going to extra time, including four in a row. HURRICANES 3, CAPITALS 2 » Brent Burns scored his 11th goal of the season, Frederik Andersen made 34 saves and Carolina beat the depleted Capitals at Washington.
Burns had one of three Hurricanes goals scored thanks to a point shot from a defenseman. The 2017 Norris Trophy winner scored through traffic, Calvin de Haan's shot went in off Paul Stastny, and Brady Skjei's shot was redirected in by Stefan Noesen on the power play.
The Hurricanes have won 10 of their past 12 to pad their lead atop the Metropolitan Division. LIGHTNING 4, AVALANCHE 3 » Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout and Tampa Bay rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat banged-up Colorado at Denver.
The first to go, Stamkos sent a shot past Alexandar Georgiev to set the tone for the shootout. Andrei Vasilevskiy took it from there by stopping all three shots. DEVILS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2 » Ryan Graves scored off a feed from Michael McLeod in front of the net with 1.4 seconds left, and New Jersey won at Columbus for its fourth win in five games.
Yegor Sharangovich and Jesper Bratt had the other goals for the Devils, and Graves also had an assist. Vitek Vanecek stopped 31 shots for New Jersey, which remains three points behind first-place Carolina and moved five ahead of the New York Rangers in the Metropolitan Division.
BLUES 6, PANTHERS 2 »
Brayden
Schenn scored twice and Jordan Binnington made 34 saves to lead St. Louis over visiting Florida.
Ryan O'Reilly, Jordan Kyrou, Ivan Barbashev and Nick Leddy also scored for the Blues, who won their second in a row following a five-game losing streak.
JETS 3, KRAKEN 2 » Mark Scheifele and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in the shootout to give Winnipeg a come-from-behind victory over visiting Seattle. The Jets are now 8-1 past regulation.
SENATORS 3, ISLANDERS 2 » Tim Stutzle and Drake Batherson each scored in the shootout and Ottawa won at New York.
Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk each recorded a goal and an assist in regulation. Kevin Mandolese finished with 46 saves and the Senators won their sixth game in seven outings.
Mandolese denied Bo Horvat's and Kyle Palmieri's attempts and collected his first career win in his NHL debut.
CANADIENS 4, BLACKHAWKS 0 » Montreal scored three goals in the third period at home to win its third straight.
Joel Armia scored one goal and added an assist, while Jonathan Drouin collected three assists. Justin Barron, David Savard and Christian Dvorak also scored. Jake Allen made 22 saves to bank his first shutout of the season.
OVECHKIN ON LEAVE FROM CAPITALS » Alex Ovechkin will be away from the Washington Capitals to attend to a family matter and the health of a loved one and is expected to be gone for at least the rest of the week, if not longer.
General manager Brian MacLellan announced Ovechkin's absence before the team's morning skate Tuesday. No further details were released, though it appears Washington is preparing to be without its longtime captain and face of the franchise for an extended period.
Coach Peter Laviolette said he doesn't envision Ovechkin will be back “in the foreseeable future.”
Further complicating matters if Ovechkin needs to go home to Russia, where his parents and other family members live, are travel restrictions in place amid the country's war in Ukraine. There are no direct flights between North America and Moscow.