Steve Sullivan scored the tying goal in the third period, while James Neal and Evgeni Malkin connected in the first two rounds of a shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to their eighth straight victory, 2-1 over the Florida Panthers on Friday.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots and was perfect in the shootout for his 36th victory of the season, putting him one behind Nashville’s Pekka Rinne for the NHL lead.
The Penguins extended the league’s longest active winning streak by overcoming a third-period deficit for the eighth time this season, tied with Tampa Bay for the most in the league.
Thomas Fleischmann scored his 21st goal for Florida, while Jose Theodore made 33 saves.
BLACKHAWKS 4, RANGERS 3
In Chicago, defenseman Johnny Oduya scored his first goal for Chicago with 5 minutes, 56 seconds left in the third period to snap a tie in the Blackhawks’ comeback victory over New York.
Patrick Kane added an empty-net goal with 53 seconds left to make it 4-2. It stood up as the winner after New York’s Brad Richards connected from the left circle eight seconds later.
Chicago’s Patrick Sharp scored 1:02 before Oduya to cap a nifty passing play with Marian Hossa and Kane and tie it at two.
Rookie Andrew Shaw also scored to help Chicago win for the third time in four games.
Artem Anisimov and Brandon Prust also scored for New York.
RED WINGS 4, KINGS 3
In Detroit, Darren Helm scored with 1:13 left in regulation, lifting Detroit past Los Angeles.
Detroit’s Henrik Zetterberg scored twice and assisted on Valtteri Filppula’s tying goal with 4:02 left, less than two minutes after Dwight King put Los Angeles ahead 3-2.
Joey MacDonald made 21 saves for the Red Wings. Jonathan Quick stopped just 11 shots for the Kings.
Detroit have lost five of seven to slip behind Western Conference and Central Division-leading St Louis.
The Kings, vying for one of the final spots in the Western Conference playoffs, have lost two straight after winning four of five.
In Friday’s other game, it was:
‧ Flames 5, Jets 3
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