William Eklund scored off a feed from Macklin Celebrini to finish a 2-on-1 break at 3:08 of overtime and lift the visiting San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.
Celebrini had a goal and two assists to extend his point streak to 12 games (nine goals, 15 assists) and Yaroslav Askarov made 23 saves for San Jose, which has won five of six.
Alex Turcotte and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, Joel Edmundson had two assists and Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves for the Kings, who were trying to win three in a row for the first time since mid-November.
Alex Laferriere tipped in a shot by Edmundson to give Los Angeles its first lead of the game at 3-2 with 2:10 left in the third period. Celebrini drove the net with Askarov pulled for the extra skater and scored with a wrist shot from the right hash marks to tie it 3-3 with 1:07 remaining.
Canadiens 4, Flames 1
Alexandre Texier scored once in his first career three-point game and Cole Caufield tallied one goal and one assist to lead host Montreal to a decisive victory over Calgary.
Goaltender Jacob Fowler made 28 saves as Montreal opened a four-game homestand on a positive note. Lane Hutson and Oliver Kapanen also found the net for the Canadiens, who are on a 7-1-2 run.
Joel Farabee tallied for the Flames, who kicked off a five-game road trip with a third consecutive loss. Goalie Dustin Wolf stopped 31 shots.
Blackhawks 7, Blues 3
Louis Crevier, Oliver Moore, Connor Murphy and Landon Slaggert each had a goal and assist while Spencer Knight made 27 saves in Chicago’s victory against visiting St. Louis.
The Blackhawks went 3-for-4 on the power play to stretch their winning streak to a season-high four games. Chicago seized control in the second period, scoring four goals on 17 shots, which included a sequence of three goals over a 4:46 span.
Blues rookie Otto Stenberg interrupted the barrage with his first career goal at 8:22 of the second. St. Louis struggled in the opener of a three-game road trip and has lost three of five.
Mammoth 3, Senators 1
Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka had a 32-save night as his team battled for a win against visiting Ottawa.
Lawson Crouse, John Marino and Daniil But all scored, and Clayton Keller tallied two assists for the Mammoth, who have won three of their last four games. Utah was outshot 33-21 in the win.
Ridly Greig scored for the Senators, who have lost two straight games. Leevi Merilainen made 18 saves after being pulled in his previous start for allowing three goals on nine shots.
Stars 4, Capitals 1
Sam Steel had a goal with an assist, and Matt Duchene notched an assist for his 900th career point, as visiting Dallas snapped its season-high six-game losing streak with a victory over Washington.
Radek Faksa recorded an early short-handed goal, Wyatt Johnston scored late and Roope Hintz added an empty-netter for Dallas. Casey DeSmith stopped 23 of 24 shots for the Stars, who had allowed at least four goals in each game of their previous 0-3-3 rut.
DeSmith, Dallas’ backup goaltender, was stout most of the evening, yielding only Alex Ovechkin’s 915th career goal with 2:19 left in the third period, while Capitals netminder Logan Thompson (32 saves) was pulled for the extra skater.
–Field Level Media
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