Wild pull goalie in OT, setting table for Boldy's winner
Minnesota pulled its goaltender in overtime and Matt Boldy scored to lift the host Wild to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday.
Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury skated off 3:30 into OT, giving Minnesota a 4-on-3 advantage. Seconds later, Boldy got a pass from Mats Zuccarello and beat Predators goalie Juuse Saros for his 24th goal.
Nashville's Ryan O'Reilly scored a power-play goal with 2:02 remaining in regulation, helping the Predators avoid what would have been their first regulation loss since Feb. 15. Nashville is 10-0-2 in its last 12 games.
Both teams scored in each of the three regulation periods. Ryan Hartman gave the Wild a 3-2 lead with an unassisted breakaway goal in the third.
Minnesota's Joel Eriksson Ek was called for hooking with 2:47 to play, and O'Reilly's 24th goal tied it at 3.
OILERS 4, PENGUINS 0 >> Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists, and visiting Edmonton beat Pittsburgh. Darnell Nurse scored twice in the third period. Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who snapped a two-game losing streak by shutting down the struggling Penguins.
Calvin Pickard made 41 saves for Edmonton. He left the game briefly near the end of the second period after Pittsburgh forward Bryan Rust ran into him at the goalmouth. Pickard returned at the start of the third to finish his second shutout of the season.
HURRICANES 7, FLAMES 2 >> Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov each had a goal and two assists, powering host Carolina to its third consecutive victory.
Jalen Chatfield, Seth Jarvis
and Teuvo Teravainen each had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes. Brent Burns and Jordan Martinook also scored, and Jordan Staal and Jesperi Kotkaniemi each had two assists.
Carolina scored four goals in the second period to open a 6-1 lead.
Dryden Hunt and Yegor Sharangovich scored for the Flames.
BLACKHAWKS 7, COYOTES 4 >> Colin Blackwell got his first career hat trick and Connor Bedard had two goals and an assist, leading host Chicago to the victory.
It was Chicago's highest scoring game of the season. The last-place Blackhawks improved to 3-13-3 in their last 19 games, including a 5-2 win at the Coyotes on Tuesday.
Seth Jones had a careerhigh four assists for Chicago, and Ryan Donato had a goal and an assist. Tyler Johnson also scored.
Clayton Keller had two goals for Arizona, running his team-best total to 25 on the season.
AVALANCHE FORWARD O'CONNOR OUT FOR SEASON >> Colorado Avalanche forward Logan O'Connor will undergo hip surgery this week and miss the rest of the season, coach Jared Bednar said Sunday. O'Connor has missed six games since the All-Star break all related to the injury. He had 13 goals and 12 assists in 57 games this season.
BLACKHAWKS SIGN NOTRE DAME FORWARD SLAGGERT >> The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a twoyear contract with forward Landon Slaggert.
Chicago announced the move before Sunday night's game against Arizona. The entry-level deal runs through the 2024-25 season with a $912,500 salary cap hit.
Slaggert, 21, had 20 goals and 11 assists in 36 games for Notre Dame this season.