Canadiens beat Isles in overtime
MONTREAL — Mike Matheson scored in overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens over the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday.
Nick Suzuki broke a nine-game scoring drought, while Justin Barron and Kirby Dach added thirdperiod goals. Mike Hoffman collected three assists and Samuel Montembeault made 27 saves. Their final game wearing their “retro reverse” light blue uniforms was also the Canadiens' first win in the alternate garb, going 1-6-1 this season.
Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat and Matt Martin scored for the Islanders, and Noah Dobson collected two assists. Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves as New York suffered back-to-back losses.
Flames 7, Sabres 2: Calgary scored four times in just more than five minutes in its win over Buffalo. Dillon Dube had a goal and three assists for Calgary and Tyler Toffoli had two goals and an assist. Jakob Pelletier, Mikael Backlund, Nazem Kadri and Dennis Gilbert also scored, while Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves. Tage Thompson and Casey Mittelstadt scored for the Sabres, and goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 33 saves.
Capitals 2, Bruins 1:
Nicklas Backstrom and Garnet Hathaway each scored a goal and Washington beat NHL-best Boston, sending the Bruins to just their second regulation loss at home this season. The Bruins are 222-3 at home. Their other regulation loss at TD Garden came on Jan. 12, a 3-0 setback against Seattle. Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves for the Capitals, who have won three of their past four games. Nick Foligno scored for Boston and backup goalie Jeremy Swayman stopped 21 shots.
Predators 2, Flyers 1 (OT):
Matt Duchene scored 34 seconds into overtime, Juuse Saros made 23 saves and Nashville defeated Philadelphia. Nino Niederreiter scored in regulation for the Predators, who lost top scorer Filip Forsberg for the game after he took a hard hit late in the
first period. Nashville entered play four points out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Kevin Hayes scored for Philadelphia, which dropped to 2-10 past regulation this season. Carter Hart made 23 saves but couldn’t stop Nashville’s lone shot in the extra session.
Red Wings 5, Canucks 2:
Dylan Larkin and Jonatan Berggren scored two goals apiece and Detroit defeated Vancouver. Filip Hronek also scored for the Red Wings, who took a 2-0 lead in the first three minutes. Ben Chiarot and Moritz Seider recorded two assists apiece, while Ville Husso made 32 saves. Anthony Beauvillier and Elias Pettersson scored for the Canucks. Spencer Martin
stopped 20 shots. The teams were playing the first game of a home-and-home set, with the rematch in Vancouver on Monday.
Oilers 6, Senators 3: Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist each to lead Edmonton past Ottawa. Brett Kulak had a pair of assists in the third period as the Oilers broke a 3-3 tie on their way to victory. He made a cross-ice pass to Jesse Puljujarvi, who beat Ottawa goalie Anton Forsberg at 3:05 of the third period. Kulak then sent a pass in front that was chopped in by Derek Ryan at 7:24 for the Oilers' second short-handed goal of the game. Forsberg was injured in the third period during a scramble and had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher with an apparent lower-body injury. Forsberg allowed six goals on 37 shots. Mads Sogaard took over and stopped all three shots he faced. Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers, while Jack Campbell had 26 saves. Jake Sanderson, Claude Giroux and Erik Brannstrom scored for the Senators, who saw their four-game streak end.
Lightning 3, Stars 1:
Anthony Cirelli scored twice, including the winner with 43 seconds to play, to give Tampa Bay a victory over Dallas. Victor Hedman took the puck behind the net and attempted a wrap-around, putting the puck in front for Cirelli to tap it past Dallas goalie Scott Wedgewood. Cirelli also assisted on Brandon Hagel's empty-netter as time expired. Tampa Bay dominated the third period, outshooting the Stars 16-5. Hagel also had an assist and Alex Killorn had two. Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves, allowing only Jamie Benn’s 21st goal this season in the second period. Wedgewood also made 28 saves.
Vegas goalie Logan Thompson is week to week with a lower-body injury, the club announced Saturday. Thompson was injured in the third period of Thursday's 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild and replaced by Adin Hill. Hill is 11-5-1 in Vegas with a .909 save percentage and 2.58 goals-against average.