Tasty goal from Kane tops Habs
Patrick Kane scored a spectacular tiebreaking goal in the second period and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the visiting Canadiens 3-2 last night, handing league-leading Montreal just its second regulation loss of the season.
Marian Hossa added his team-leading ninth and rookie Gustav Forsling scored his first in the NHL as Chicago improved to 9-0-2 in its past 11 and ended Montreal’s four-game winning streak.
Shea Weber and Andrei Markov scored for the Canadiens in a matchup of conference leaders.
Kane put Chicago ahead 3-2 with 3:37 left in the second period to cap a terrific individual effort. Kane skated down the slot, fooled Jeff Petry with a move and chipped a shot past Montoya — while falling to the ice with Max Pacioretty checking him closely from behind.
Wild 2, Senators 1 — Matt Dumba scored late in overtime and Darcy Kuemper stopped 35 shots, helping Minnesota win in Ottawa.
Ryan Suter scored a shorthanded goal for the Wild, and Kuemper was nearly perfect in his third start of the season. Craig Anderson lost despite 40 saves and was again solid for the Senators.
The Wild were playing their third game in four nights to conclude a four-game trip, but they controlled much of the action with Ottawa looking disorganized for most of the night.
Rangers 3, Oilers 1 — Michael Grabner scored twice, Antti Raanta stopped 38 shots, and New York beat host Edmonton for the second time during a run of seven wins in eight games.
Grabner has 10 goals in 16 games this season, topping the nine he had in 80 games with Toronto last year.
Andrej Sekera scored for Edmonton, which has lost three straight to fall to 2-5-1 since starting the season 7-1-0.
Jets 3, Kings 2 — Mark Scheifele scored the deciding goal in a shootout to give host Winnipeg a victory against Los Angeles.
Patrik Laine also beat Peter Budaj in the shootout, and Dwight King scored against the Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck.
Kings forward Kyle Clifford was called for a boarding major in the first period for a hit that sent Jets forward Kyle Connor into the boards head-first. Adam Lowry and Marko Dano took advantage with power-play goals.
Connor left for the dressing room but returned for the second period.
Tanner Pearson scored in the first period for Los Angeles, and defenseman Tom Gilbert tied it midway through the third.
Canucks 5, Stars 4 — Troy Stecher tied it with 1:40 left in the third period and Markus Granlund scored 1:27 into overtime, helping Vancouver rally at home to beat Dallas.
The Stars held leads of 3-1 and 4-3, but Vancouver got goals from Louis Eriksson, Brandon Sutter, Bo Horvat and Stecher to force overtime. The Canucks were coming off a 1-5 road trip and have two wins in their past 12 games. Ryan Miller made 17 saves for Vancouver. Patrick Eaves scored twice and Lauri Korpikoski and Antoine Roussel also scored for the Stars, who were 2-12 on their road trip. Kari Lehtonen stopped 25 shots for Dallas, which had won 10 straight against the Canucks.