TYLER TOFFOLI’S QUICK STRIKE BEATS THE CLOCK IN OT
BOSTON» Tyler Toffoli scored off a faceoff — his second goal of the game — just before time expired in overtime to give the Kings a 2-1 win over the Bruins on Saturday night.
Jonathan Quick made 29 saves for the Kings (9-1-1), who are off to their best start in franchise history.
Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins, and Tuukka Rask, playing his first game after missing the previous three with a concussion sustained in practice, stopped 28 shots.
With 0.9 seconds left and the puck dropped for a faceoff, Anze Kopitar won the draw back to Toffoli, who unloaded a shot that beat Rask to the far post from the top of the right circle, stunning the Bruins and the TD Garden Crowd that seemed ready for a shootout.
The clock had been reset by the referees from 0.4 to 0.9 before the faceoff.
HIGHLIGHTS
Logan Couture’s goal with 3:52 remaining in the third period sent the Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Sabres. … Rickard Rakell and Brandon Montour had power-play goals, John Gibson made 31 saves and the Ducks beat the Lightning 4-1. Anaheim entered with the NHL’S secondworst power play, going 2-for-31 over their first nine games. … Brian Elliott made 28 saves as the Flyers beat the Maple Leafs 4-2. … Jesper Bratt scored the game-winner with a man advantage in the third period to give the Devils a 4-3 victory over the
Coyotes. Taylor Hall made it 3-3 in the third off assists from Bratt and Adam Henrique. … Gustav Nyquist scored the tying goal in the second period then got the winner in a shootout, lifting the Red Wings over the Panthers 3-2. Andreas Athanasiou also scored and Jimmy Howard stopped 44 shots for Detroit. … Jake Allen made 36 saves and Scottie Upshall had a goal and two assists as the Blues beat the
Blue Jackets 4-1. Vladimir Sobotka, Joel Edmundson and Kyle Brodziak also scored for St. Louis. Dmitrij Jaskin had two assists as well. Matt Calvert scored for the Blue Jackets, and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 38 shots. … John Tavares scored a natural hat trick in the third period, leading the Islanders to a 6-2 victory over the Predators. Jordan Eberle scored twice and Ryan Pulock had a goal for New York. … Mikko Koivu scored midway through the third period to lift the Wild over the Penguins 2-1. Daniel Winnik also scored for Minnesota and Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves. … Phillip Danault had two goals and two assists, including the decider, in the
Canadiens’ 5-4 victory over the Rangers.