Panarin’s overtime strike lifts Jackets over Capitals
WASHINGTON: Artemi Panarin scored a power-play goal with 1:30 minutes left in overtime that gave the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night. Nicklas Backstrom had been whistled for slashing just 12 seconds earlier, and that gave Columbus the extra man. Seth Jones slid a pass over to Panarin by the left circle, and he ripped a slap shot past goalie Pheonix Copley for the game-winner. It was Panarin’s second game-winning goal in overtime in the last two games as the Jackets on Thursday beat the Nashville Predators 4-3. Cam Atkinson scored the other goal, and Joonas Korpisalo made 32 saves as the Blue Jackets won for the ninth time in 12 games. Washington’s three-game winning streak came to an end. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for the Capitals, and Braden Holtby and Copley each stopped 10 of 11 shots in goal. The starter Holtby was poked in the face about midway through the second period and left the game. Jeff Carter had a goal and two assists, and Anze Kopitar added a pair of goals as hosts Los Angeles scored in each period to beat red-hot Pittsburgh 5-2. Alex Iafallo and Brendan Leipsic added goals as the Kings won for the second time in six January games. Jonathan Quick had 38 saves for the Kings. Jake Guentzel had two goals for the Penguins, who entered with a victory in 10 of their last 11 games and were coming off a rally from a three-goal deficit on Friday at Anaheim against the Ducks. Guentzel had a hat-trick in Pittsburgh’s victory on Friday. Casey DeSmith stopped 20 of 24 shots faced. Brent Burns celebrated his recent milestone 1,000th game prior to puck drop and followed up by collecting a goal and an assist to lead hosts San Jose past Ottawa 4-1. Goalie Martin Jones made 27 saves for the Sharks, who are on a six-game winning streak and are 8-1-2 in their last 11 games. Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Melker Karlsson also scored for San Jose, while Ryan Dzingel scored for Ottawa. Anders Nilsson stopped 28 shots. Conor Garland scored twice, both on the power play, as Arizona defeated hosts Edmonton 3-2 for their third consecutive victory. Jordan Oesterle had a goal and an assist, and Alex Galchenyuk added two assists for Arizona.