The Mercury News

Comeback 'Canes beat Kings on Aho's OT goal

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Sebastian Aho scored on a power play with 53.8 seconds left in overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes claimed another comeback win, beating the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on Tuesday.

Brent Burns, Paul Stastny, Jordan Staal and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for the Hurricanes, who trailed 4-1 entering the third period. Andrei Svechnikov had two assists and Frederik Andersen stopped 17 shots.

Aho has scored in five straight games as the Hurricanes extended their winning streak to six games and their points streak to nine games.

Adrian Kempe scored twice and Kevin Fiala and Anze Kopitar added goals for the Kings, who scored all four of their goals in the second period. Kopitar and Drew Doughty each had two assists, and Pheonix Copley made 26 saves.

The Kings wrapped up play prior to the All-Star break by going 3-2-1 on a season-high six-game trip.

Carolina also rallied from a two-goal deficit in the last two minutes of regulation in Friday night's overtime win over San Jose.

SENATORS 5, CANADIENS 4 >>

Brady Tkachuk scored at 18:41 of the third period to lift Ottawa over Montreal.

The surging Senators will head into the NHL AllStar break with a sense of accomplish­ment, having extended their winning streak to four games.

Tim Stutzle scored two goals and added two assists, while Alex DeBrincat and Claude Giroux also found the back of the net for the visitors.

Rafael Harvey-Pinard kept the Canadiens in the game with two third-period goals. Kirby Dach and Mike Hoffman also scored for Montreal, which dropped its fourth in a row.

CAPITALS 4, BLUE JACKETS 3, OT >> Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 26 seconds into overtime, leading Washington past Columbus.

The win extended Washington's lead over Pittsburgh for fourth place in the Metropolit­an Division to three points.

Trevor van Riemsdyk scored twice and Garnet Hathaway added a goal.

Andrew Peeke, Eric Robinson and Johnny Gaudreau scored for Columbus, which has lost three straight and seven of its last nine to remain in last place in the NHL.

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