Beckett Sennecke scored with one-tenth of a second left in regulation to tie the game, Ville Husso stopped all three shootout attempts after making 44 saves, and the visiting Anaheim Ducks emerged with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
Anaheim was short-handed, and Husso had just reached the bench for an extra skater when Sennecke drove to the net. His shot deflected off Pittsburgh’s Erik Karlsson and crossed the goal line.
Jackson LaCombe and Troy Terry scored in regulation before Leo Carlsson tallied in the shootout for the Ducks, who have won three in a row.
Anthony Mantha, Noel Acciari and Tommy Novak scored, Karlsson had two assists and Arturs Silovs made 25 saves for the Penguins in the opener of a five-game homestand.
Bruins 5, Blues 2
Mark Kastelic and Fraser Minten scored two goals each as Boston rolled host St. Louis for its second victory over the Blues in less than a week.
Pavel Zacha also tallied for the Bruins, who won their third straight game. David Pastrnak earned two assists for Boston after missing the previous five games with an undisclosed injury. Jeremy Swayman recorded 24 saves.
Robert Thomas scored twice for the Blues, each time on an assist from Pavel Buchnevich. Joel Hofer made 26 saves as St. Louis’ two-game winning streak ended. St. Louis’ Nick Bjugstad exited with an upper-body injury early in the second period.
Flyers 4, Sharks 1
Dan Vladar made 17 saves and Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist to guide Philadelphia to a home victory over San Jose. Christian Dvorak, Carl Grundstrom and Noah Cates also scored for the Flyers, who have won five of seven.
Collin Graf scored in a third straight game for the Sharks, who were not able to carry any momentum from a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. Alex Nedeljkovic made 26 saves.
Philadelphia scored the first of four unanswered goals when Konecny’s high flip out of the defensive zone caromed off the shoulder of teammate Trevor Zegras and unleashed Dvorak on a first-period breakaway. Konecny’s assist on the play was his 500th career NHL point in his 10th season.
Devils 4, Senators 3
Cody Glass scored the go-ahead goal with 7:36 remaining in the third period to lift New Jersey over host Ottawa as the Devils ended a season-high five-game losing streak.
New Jersey’s Arseny Gritsyuk collected a goal and two assists, and Connor Brown notched three assists. Jacob Markstrom made 35 saves for the Devils, who overcame allowing three power-play goals.
Drake Batherson scored two power-play goals and Tim Stutzle also converted with the man advantage for the Senators. Linus Ullmark turned aside 28 shots.
Lightning 6, Canadiens 1
Darren Raddysh scored two goals and the Tampa Bay offense erupted in a win at Montreal, snapping the Lightning’s four-game losing streak.
Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who had been shut out in their previous two games.
Pontus Holmberg and Charle-Edouard D’Astous also scored, and Jonas Johansson made 26 saves. Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman left with an injury in the first period.
Oliver Kapanen scored for the Canadiens, who have lost two straight and four of six. Jakub Dobes was lifted after allowing three goals on 14 shots in the first period. Sam Montembeault yielded three goals on 13 shots in relief.
Hurricanes 4, Blue Jackets 1
Eric Robinson scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period and Carolina went on to defeat Columbus in Raleigh, N.C.
Seth Jarvis, Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook also scored for the Hurricanes, who went 4-3-0 on their seven-game homestand. Martinook’s goal came with 1:15 remaining into an empty net while Carolina was short-handed. Andrei Svechnikov had two assists. Brandon Bussi made 23 saves, improving his record to 9-1-0.
Dmitri Voronkov scored the goal for Columbus, which has lost three straight — the last two in regulation. The Blue Jackets had gone more than a month without consecutive games without a point. Jet Greaves, playing in back-to-back games, stopped 27 shots.
Islanders 5, Golden Knights 4 (SO)
Bo Horvat scored two goals and Emil Heineman tallied the game-winner with a glove-side wrist shot in the fourth round of a shootout to lead New York to a victory over Vegas in Elmont, N.Y.
Marc Gatcomb and Simon Holmstrom tallied a goal each as the Islanders recorded their fourth victory in the past five games. Ilya Sorokin won his fourth straight start with 32 saves.
Pavel Dorofeyev sent the game into overtime after chipping in a rebound of a Mitch Marner point shot with 14 seconds left in regulation. Marner, Noah Hanifin and Ivan Barbashev also scored for the Golden Knights. Marner added an assist, Jack Eichel and Mark Stone each had two assists, and Carter Hart logged 23 saves.
Stars 4, Jets 3
Mikko Rantanen picked up three assists as Dallas won its fourth consecutive game, defeating host Winnipeg.
Esa Lindell, Roope Hintz, Alexander Petrovic and Jason Robertson each scored for the Stars. Wyatt Johnston pitched in with two helpers, while Casey DeSmith held his own with 30 saves.
The Jets battled back from deficits of 3-0 and 4-2, pulling within one with 14:06 left in regulation, but they were unable to get any closer. Mark Scheifele scored twice for Winnipeg, while Logan Stanley provided the other tally. Kyle Connor had two assists, and Eric Comrie made 15 stops.
–Field Level Media
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