Necas scores OT goal to power Hurricanes

Martin Necas scored 1:59 into overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.

Brett Pesce and Vincent Trochek also scored for the Hurricanes, who won at Florida for the second time in three days. Alex Nedeljkovic had a career-high 44 saves.

Frank Vatrano and Eetu Loustarinen scored in the third period to give Florida the lead, and Chris Driedger finished with 24 saves. The Panthers have lost three of four.

The game drew 3,817 fans, including Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa, to the BB&T Center. The Panthers are one of only 10 teams allowing a limited number of fans, with the Columbus Blue Jackets set to join that group today.

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Drake Batherson scored twice in host Ottawa’s victory over Calgary, giving him six straight games with a goal.

Artem Anisimov and Evgenii Dadanov also scored for the Senators, and Colin White had an emptynet goal. Tim Stutzle contributed two assists to help Ottawa (8-15-1) win for the fourth time in five games.

The 22-year-old Batherson has seven goals in his last six games. He matched Jason Spezza for the longest goal streak in franchise history.

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Thatcher Demko stopped 27 shots for his first career 3-1). Elias Pettersson added shutout as visiting Vancouver an empty-netter. scored three goals in the Connor Hellebuyck had first period and beat Winnipeg. 15 saves for Winnipeg, which snapped a four-game

Nate Schmidt, J.T. Miller winning streak, and Nils Hoglander scored The teams finish their early to help the Canucks two-game series tonight in end a four losing streak (0- Winnipeg.