Detroit Free Press

NHL ROUNDUP Sunday’s games

- — Wire reports

Blues 4, Kraken 1:

Nathan Walker had a goal and an assist and Joel Hofer made 19 saves for the host Blues.

Jordan Kyrou, Kasperi Kapanen and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues (43-33-5, 91 points), who won for the third time in their last four games.

Jared McCann scored and Joey Daccord made 25 saves for the Kraken (33-34-13, 79 points).

The Kraken took a 1-0 lead with 5:36 left in the first period. McCann stole the puck from defenseman Marco Scandella at the left point, then raced up the right wing and snapped a shot past Hofer on the glove side.

Kapanen tied the game less than four minutes later. He took a pass from Alexey Toropchenk­o, burst up the left wing and fired a shot through Daccord.

Golden Knights 4, Avalanche 3 (OT): Tomas Hertl scored on a deflection 1:23 into overtime as the host Knights, behind a pair of goals by William Karlsson, rallied from a three-goal, third-period deficit.

Ivan Barbashev also scored and Adin Hill finished with 21 saves for Vegas (44-28-8, 96 points), which moved within one point of third-place Los Angeles in the Pacific Division with two games remaining for both teams.

Cale Makar had a goal and an assist and Ross Colton and Mikko Rantanen also scored for Colorado (49-26-6, 104 points), which is one point behind the second-place Winnipeg Jets in the Central Division. Colorado has one game remaining, while Winnipeg has two.

Hurricanes 4, Blackhawks 2: Seth Jarvis scored two power play goals in the third period and the visiting Hurricanes kept alive the possibilit­y of finishing with the best record in the NHL. Pyotr Kochetkov made 14 saves.

Chicago’s Frank Nazar scored in his NHL debut and teammate Andreas Athanasiou also had a goal. The Blackhawks (23-52-5, 51 points) have lost four games in a row.

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