Hurricanes rally, beat Devils 3-2 in overtime
Hurricanes 3, Devils 2 (OT): Rookie Seth Jarvis scored with 3:21 left in the overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from a late two-goal deficit to beat the host New Jersey Devils on Saturday for their third straight win.
Carolina had tied the game at 2-all on third-period goals by Brady Skjei and Nino Niederreiter in the final five minutes. Rookie Pyotr Kochetkov made 17 saves for Carolina in winning his NHL debut.
Yegor Sharangovich and Nico Hischier had staked the Devils to a 2-0 lead. Jon Gillies, who was minutes away from his first NHL shutout, made 26 saves for New Jersey in his first start in a month.
Senators 6, Canadiens 4: Mark Kastelic scored his first NHL goal and his second ended up being the game-winner for host Ottawa.
Austin Watson, Josh Norris, Parker Kelly and Alex Formenton also scored for the Senators, while Anton Forsberg made 44 saves.
Panthers 3, Maple Leafs 2 (OT): Brandon Montour scored 2:26 into overtime and host Florida extended its winning streak to a franchise-record 13 games. The winning streak matches the seventh-longest in NHL history and is the league’s longest since Columbus won 16 consecutive games in the 2016-17 season. The victory also marked Florida interim coach Andrew Brunette’s 50th in just 71 games behind the Panthers’ bench. Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists for Florida, while Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist and Mason Marchment had two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 34 shots.
Lightning 6, Predators 2: Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov scored first-period power-play goals, and host Tampa Bay won.
Kucherov finished with a goal and two assists, Steve Stamkos had a goal and an assist, and Anthony Cirelli and Ross Colton also scored for the Lightning.
Sabres 5, Islanders 3: Tage Thompson
scored his team-leading 37th goal during a three-goal, second-period surge, and the host Buffalo Sabres defeated the New York Islanders in a game between two non-playoff teams.
Bruins 3, Rangers 1: David Pastrnak scored his team-leading 39th goal after missing the previous eight games with an undisclosed injury, helping the host Bruins to the win.
Stars 3, Kraken 2: Roope Hintz scored two goals in a span of about two minutes to pull host Dallas even in the second, and Vladislav Namestnikov got the game-winner soon after to give the playoff-contending Stars a much-needed win.
Penguins 7, Red Wings 2: Evgeni Malkin scored two goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the host Detroit Red Wings.
Sharks 4, Blackhawks 1: Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 27 shots, and host San Jose beat Chicago.
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who won for just the second time in 13 games.