The first period’s goal by Filip Forsberg and Tommy Novak was when host Nashville Predators snapped Winnipeg Jets ’11 game winning line with a 2-1 victory on Thursday.
Goaltender Juuse Saros made 23 rescues when Nashville finished a two-game losing ski, without doubt the most important thing that comes at the last minute when Saros rejected a wrist shot by Nikolaj Ehlers on a golden chance to bind the deal.
Neal Pionk scored the lone goal for Jets, whose franchise record winning spree began on December 22. Eric Comrie finished with 28 rescues for Winnipeg.
Jets failed to convert a Power game of 1:54 five-three late in the second period and then it looked like a team that had played the night before and traveled. Winnipeg struggled to mount something of a third period comeback and handled only four shots on goal in the final frame.
Canadiens 4, Sharks 3 (OT)
Cole Caufield made 3:21 overtime to lift the host Montreal to a victory over rolling San Jose.
Caufield’s 28th goal for the season banded his career high. Suzuki gathered two goals and one assist to increase his score a total of eight in the last three matches. Alex Newhook scored a goal and Sam Montembeault turned aside 23 shots for the Canadiens, which has won three in a row.
San Jose’s Will Smith recorded a goal and an assist, while Fabian Zetterlund and Nico Sturm each scored a goal. Alex Wennberg noted two assists and Georgiev made 29 rescues for the sinking sharks, which have dropped seven in a row (0-4-3).
Penguins 5, Flyers 4 (OT)
Evgeni Malkin scored the binding goal early in the third period and then the game winner 1:03 to overtime to meet a four-point night when Pittsburgh overcame a three-goal deficit to strike visiting Philadelphia and end a four-game skid.
Erik Karlsson also had two goals and Philip Tomasino scored in his second straight match for Penguins, who beat 3-0 near the halfway brand for the other but gathered for the victory after losing 6-1 at Philadelphia on Tuesday. Pittsburgh’s Joel Blomqvist stopped 21 shots in relief by Alex Nedeljkovic, who was drawn to allow three goals on 15 shots.
Rookie Matvei Michkov had two goals and one assist for Philadelphia, who had won three straight. Owen Tippett had a goal and an assist, Noah Cates also scored and Samuel Esson turned away 20 shots.
Golden Knights 7, Blackhawks 5
Ivan Barbashev scored two goals and had two assists and Keegan Kolesar also made twice as much as Vegas band a team record with five goals during the first period and then held a wild victory over Chicago in Las Vegas.
Tomas Hertl had a goal and one assist, Brett Howden had three assists, Noah Hanifin gathered two assists and Nicolas Hague and Pavel Dorofeyev also did for Vegas. Ilya Samsonov made 17 rescues.
Nick Foligno, Colton Dach, Ethan del Mastro, Ilya Mikheyev and Philipp Kurashev scored, Connor Murphy had three assists and Frank Nazar added two assists for Chicago, who lost their fifth straight match (0-4-1).
Flash 3, flames 0
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 rescues to record his fourth suspension of the season, Brandon Hagel noted a goal and an assist, and Tampa Bay topped visiting Calgary to extend his season -best winning line to seven matches.
Hagel moved its points streak to seven matches (seven goals, six helpers) when Lightning improved to 8-0-1 in the last nine matches. Erik Cernak and Nikita Kucherov had markers for Tampa Bay, while Victor Hedman had two assists.
Dustin Wolf stopped 20 shots, but the flames were closed for the third time this season and the first time by a team other than Vegas Golden Knights.
Blue Jackets 5, Red Wings 2
James van Riemsdyk scored two goals to lift Columbus into a road win over Detroit.
Kent Johnson had a goal and one assist, Boone Jenner had three assists and Daniil Tarasov stopped 29 shots for Blue Jackets, which had won three straight. With the victory, Columbu’s level on points with Detroit, and the teams occupy the two eastern conference wild card positions.
JT Compher had a goal and an assist and Alex Debrincat added a goal for Red Wings, who lost for just the third time in the last 12 games. Cam Talbot made 25 rescues.
Islanders 2, Bruins 1
Goals by Alexander Romanov and Kyle Palmieri were enough to lift New York to the road win and leave Bruins their fifth straight loss.
Ilya Sorokin had 38 rescues, including 15 during the opening period, to help the islanders snap a four-game skid.
David Pastrnak noted the lonely score for Boston after Bruins fell behind 2-0 and extended his score to 16 matches for the longest such dash in the NHL this season. It also tied the longest all the time by a Czech-born player.
Blues 5, Capitals 2
St. Louis raised his season -best third straight victory when Philip Broberg netted two goals for the visitors.
The Jake neighbors recorded a goal and an assist for Blues, while both Dylan Holloway and Colton Parako also scored and Pavel Buchnevich noted two assists. Joel Hofer made 16 rescues for the victory.
Connor McMichael and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored for Washington. Alex Ovechkin was held without goals on four shots to stay at 883 for his career, 11 behind Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record. Charlie Lindgren finished with 14 rescues.
Duck 5, canucks 2
Ryan Strome and Troy Terry each had a goal and two assists hosting Anaheim registered their first victory over Vancouver in three years.
Frank Vatrano, Jackson Lacombe and Cutter Gauthier also scored when Anaheim snapped an eight-game skid to Canucks. Mason Mctavish and Isac Lundestrom had two assists each while Lukas Dostal stopped 22 shots for the ducks, which gathered from a two -goal deficit to score five unanswered goals during the last two periods.
Defender Tyler Myers had a goal and an assist and Pius Suter scored a goal for the boring Canucks, which played the fourth match in a five-game road trip and the other of a southern California back-to-back. Arturs Silovs made 20 rescues.
Hurricanes 5, Sabers 2
Carolina just picked up her second victory in seven matches because Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist against Buffalo in Raleigh, NC
Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho, Taylor Hall and Seth Jarvis also made the hurricanes. Pyotr Kchetkov had 14 rescues for Carolina, who traded Sabers their only loss in eight matches.
Alex Tuch and JJ Peterka made for Buffalo, who fell behind 2-0 eight minutes into the match, which led to Sabers taking the start goal Ukko-Pikka Luukkonen.
Panthers 4, Oilers 3
Two goals halfway through the third period allowed Florida to escape with the victory over Edmonton in Sunrise, Florida, Panther’s fourth victory in five matches.
Anton Lundell had a goal and two assists for Florida, and Uvis Balinskis, Nate Schmidt and Carter Verhaeghe added a goal. Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 rescues.
Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl scored for the seventh game in a row and gave him a league best 44 goals this season. Zach Hyman and Brett Kulak also scored for Oilers, who took their fifth straight loss.
Utah 6, Wild 1
Clayton Keller had a goal and four assists as part of a career high five -point evening when the Utah Hockey Club beat Minnesota in Salt Lake City for his third straight victory.
Utah’s Nick Schmaltz once did and pulled out two assists, while both Logan Cooley and Barret Hayton recorded a goal and a helper. Dylan Guenther and Sean Durzi made both points, and Mikhail Sergachev finished with a couple of assists. Karel Vejmelka finished with 16 rescues.
The Wild’s lonely goals came from Frederick Gaudreau. Marc-Andre Fleury gave six goals on 31 shots.
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