Kings rally to beat slumping Bruins
BOSTON – Brandt Clarke scored on a breakaway with 27 seconds left in overtime for his first career goal and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the slumping Boston Bruins 5-4 on Saturday.
Clarke had just been sprung from the penalty box for taking down David Pastrnak and was all alone when he skated in on Linus Ullmark and slipped the puck past the Boston goaltender.
David Rittich stopped four shots in overtime and 28 total.
Anze Kopitar tipped in a goal with 1:35 remaining to tie it 4-all and force overtime. Matt Roy, Vladislav Gavrikov and Alex Laferriere scored for the Kings, who improved to 3-2 since Jim Hiller was named interim coach after Los Angeles fired Todd McLellan.
James van Riemsdyk scored twice and added an assist for the Bruins, and Ullmark finished with 30 saves. Trent Frederic and Anthony Richard also scored for Boston, which has lost five of six and led this one 3-1 late in the second period.
Maple Leafs 9, Ducks 2
TORONTO – Auston Matthews had his second straight hat trick to push his NHL-leading goals total to 48 and added two assists for a career-high five points in Toronto’s victory over Anaheim.
Matthews broke a tie for the Toronto record for hat tricks in a season with six, passing Reg Noble (1917-18), Babe Dye (1924-25) and Darryl Sittler (1980-81).
Matthews also had his team-record 73rd multi-goal game, two more than Sittler. Matthews has 13 career hat tricks.
William Nylander added a goal and two assists to reach 500 career points, Bobby McMann had two goals and an assist, Nick Robertson finished with a goal and an assist and Jake McCabe and Tyler Bertuzzi also scored.
Devils 6, Flyers 3
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Devils captain Nico Hischier had two goals and an assist, including the second-fastest goal to start an outdoor game, and New Jersey never looked back in beating Philadelphia before 70,328 fans at MetLife Stadium.
Nathan Bastian also scored twice and Tyler Toffoli and Brendan Smith each had a goal as the Devils won for the third time in four games. Nico Daws made 43 saves in an event that kicked off two consecutive days of hockey at the home of the NFL’s Jets and Giants.
Owen Tippett scored twice and Nick Seeler added a goal for the Flyers.
Blackhawks 3, Senators 2
CHICAGO – Jason Dickinson scored the tiebreaking goal off a rebound of his own shot with 1:52 remaining and Chicago snapped an eight-game losing streak with a win over Ottawa.
Dickinson drove to the net and scored his team-leading 17th goal past Joonas Korpisalo as the NHL-worst Blackhawks ran their winning streak against Ottawa to 11 games.
Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist in his second game back from a broken jaw. Nick Foligno, one of Bedard’s linemates, also scored. Petr Mrazek stopped 40 shots, including 21 of 22 in the second period.
Oilers 4, Stars 3, OT
DALLAS – Evan Bouchard scored his second goal 30 seconds into overtime, and seven seconds into a power play, to lift Edmonton to a win over Dallas.
Corey Perry had a goal and an assist and Derek Ryan also scored for the Oilers. Connor McDavid had an assist, giving him 13 in the last five games.
Calvin Pickard made 24 saves for his sixth straight win.
Red Wings 5, Flames 0
CALGARY, Alberta – James Reimer stopped 38 shots to lead Detroit past Calgary.
Patrick Kane and Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist each for the Red Wings, who snapped a two-game losing streak. David Perron, J.T. Compher and Dylan Larkin also scored.
Reimer, in his 14th NHL season, earned his 30th career shutout and second this season with Detroit.
Predators 5, Blues 2
ST. LOUIS – Filip Forsberg and Ryan O’Reilly each had a goal and assist while goalie Juuse Saros registered 35 saves, lifting Nashville to a victory over St. Louis.
Luke Evangelista, Colton Sissons and Luke Schenn also scored for Nashville.
Jordan Kyrou and Nathan Walker scored for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington, who registered 36 saves in a 6-3 win Thursday over Edmonton, recorded 28 saves.
Sabres 3, Wild 2, OT
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Dylan Cozens tied it with 37 seconds left with goalie UkkoPekka Luukkonen off for an extra attacker and Henri Jokiharju scored 1:29 into overtime to give Buffalo a victory over Minnesota.
Luukkonen made 31 saves to help Buffalo win for the second time in five games since the All-Star break. Casey Mittelstadt also scored.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Declan Chisholm scored for Minnesota, and Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves. The Wild had won four straight.
Capitals 4, Canadiens 3
MONTREAL – Aliaksei Protas and Anthony Mantha each had a goal and an assist as Washington defeated Montreal.
T.J. Oshie and Sonny Milano also scored for the Capitals, who won for only the second time in 10 games. Alex Ovechkin had an assist but fell just short of tying his career-high sevengame goal streak.
Nick Suzuki, Arber Xhekaj and Alex Newhook scored for the Canadiens.
Hurricanes 3, Golden Knights 1
LAS VEGAS – Seth Jarvis and Stefan Noesen scored in the first seven minutes of the third period to give Carolina a victory over Vegas.
Andrei Svechnikov also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won seven of nine. Jarvis added an assist and Spencer Martin made 29 saves.
Jonathan Marchessault scored for the Golden Knights, who lost at home for the first time this season to a Metropolitan Division team after winning the first five such matchups. Adin Hill stopped 25 shots.
Jets 4, Canucks 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Gabriel Vilardi had two goals and an assist, Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves and Winnipeg beat NHL-leading Vancouver.
Mark Scheifele had a hand in all four of goals with a goal and three assists, and Sean Monahan scored his first goal for Winnipeg following a trade from Montreal. The Jets improved to 33-14-5.
Tyler Myers and Noah Juulsen scored for Vancouver, and Thatcher Demko stopped 24 shots. The Canucks dropped to 37-13-6.
Blue Jackets 4, Sharks 3
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Boone Jenner scored with 12.9 seconds left and Columbus beat San Jose.
With time running down in the third period, Jenner took a pass at center ice and broke in alone on net, shielding off Sharks defenseman Jan Ruuta and beating goaltender Kappo Kahkonen for the winning goal.
The game featured a pair of lastplace teams – the Sharks in the Pacific Division and the Blue Jackets in the Metropolitan Division. Columbus had lost four of five, while the Sharks were 5-2-1 in their previous eight games.
Panthers 9, Lightning 2
TAMPA, Fla. – Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett each had two goals and two assists as Atlantic Division-leading Florida won its franchise-record 11th consecutive road game by routing Tampa Bay.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves and set a team-record with his eighth straight road victory. Carter Verhaeghe had two goals and an assist and Brandon Montour had a goal and two assists. Kevin Stenlund and Gustav Forsling also scored for Florida.
Brandon Hagel and Brayden Point scored for the Lightning, who had an eight-game home win streak halted.