Matthew Schaefer became the youngest player to score an overtime goal in NHL regular-season history, finding the net at 2:06 of the extra session as the New York Islanders rallied to beat the Utah Mammoth 3-2 in Salt Lake City on Friday.
Schaefer, 70 days past his 18th birthday, broke the mark held by Sidney Crosby, who was 31 days older when he scored for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 16, 2005. The youngest NHL postseason OT scorer was Don Gallinger, who was 17 when he led the Boston Bruins to a win in the 1943 playoffs.
Emil Heineman and Jonathan Drouin also scored and David Rittich made 27 saves as New York won its fourth consecutive game. The Islanders’ Bo Horvat had an assist to extend his point streak to eight games (six goals, six assists).
JJ Peterka and Dylan Guenther scored for the Mammoth, who have lost four of the past five games (1-3-1). Karel Vejmelka made 19 saves.
Flyers 6, Blues 5 (SO)
Trevor Zegras scored two goals, earned an assist and buried the shootout winner as Philadelphia overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to win in St. Louis.
Christian Dvorak also logged two goals and an assist for the Flyers while Owen Tippett had a goal and three assists Samuel Ersson made 12 saves — then two more in the shootout.
Jordan Kyrou, Jimmy Snuggerud and Robert Thomas each had a goal and assist for the Blues. Justin Faulk and Dylan Holloway also scored for St. Louis while Cam Fowler earned two assists to reach the 500-point plateau in his career.
Predators 2, Penguins 1 (OT)
Steven Stamkos scored 44 seconds into overtime as Nashville rallied for a win over Pittsburgh in the opener of the 2025 NHL Global Series in Stockholm. The two teams will meet again in Sweden on Sunday.
Filip Forsberg also scored for the Predators, who ended a five-game losing streak (0-3-2). Juuse Saros made 16 saves.
Evgeni Malkin scored and Silovs made 28 saves for the Penguins, who have lost five of their past six games (1-3-2).
Hurricanes 4, Canucks 3 (OT)
Sebastian Aho’s goal with 31 seconds remaining in overtime gave Carolina a victory over Vancouver in Raleigh, N.C.
Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and added an assist, Aho had two points and Taylor Hall also found the net for the Hurricanes, who won for the fifth time in six games. Shayne Gostisbehere provided three assists, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 14 saves.
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist while Max Sasson and Conor Garland also scored for the Canucks, who have lost three in a row (0-1-2). Kevin Lankinen made 34 saves.
–Field Level Media
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