Kyle Okposo on Saturday night got his second goal of the game at 2 minutes, 16 seconds of overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Frans Nielsen also scored and Jaroslav Halak had 28 saves as New York improved to 7-0-2 in their past nine games.
Brandon Saad and Cam Atkinson scored for Columbus, who entered with one win in their past seven (1-3-3). The Blue Jackets also had a potential winning goal in the final minute of regulation overturned by a video review.
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Curtis McElhinney finished with 16 saves while making a second consecutive start since Sergei Bobrovksy suffered a strained groin late on Tuesday last week against the visiting Kings. Bobrovksy is expected to be on the shelf for three weeks.
HURRICANES 5, COYOTES 4, OT
In Glendale, Arizona, Victor Rask’s left-handed wrist shot 53 seconds into overtime lifted Carolina to the win.
Rask’s goal came after the Coyotes’ Connor Murphy scored with 15.7 seconds left in regulation to tie it. Seconds earlier, the Hurricanes’ Elias Lindholm missed an empty net with Carolina up 4-3.
Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist, his goal a team-high 12th of the season. Faulk’s goal came on the power play 40 seconds into the third period. Faulk has 13 assists and has tallied a point in four straight games.
Carolina goalie Eddie Lack stopped 25 shots a night after making 31 saves in a win at Anaheim, but he gave up two goals early in the third period that made the game closer.
Anthony Duclair scored 1 minute, 23 seconds into the period, his second goal of the game, and Kyle Chipchura put in a deflection moments later.
FLAMES 5, RANGERS 4, OT
In Calgary, Alberta, T.J. Brodie scored at 2 minutes, 9 seconds of overtime and Johnny Gaudreau had two goals in regulation as Calgary recovered after giving up a three-goal lead in the third period for their ninth straight home victory.
Tanner Glass, Dan Boyle and Mats Zuccarello scored for the Rangers in the final 15 minutes of regulation to tie the score.
In the extra period, Brodie held the puck on a two-on-one rush and sent a shot inside the far goal post on Antti Raanta. It extended the defenseman’s career-best point streak to six games (one goal, six assists).
Joe Colborne and Mason Raymond also scored Calgary (13-14-2), who are to open a four-game road trip tomorrow at Nashville.
J.T. Miller scored in the first period for the Rangers, who fell to 2-6-2 in their past 10 and finished a 0-2-1 road trip to western Canada.
WILD 2, SHARKS 0
In San Jose, California, Zach Parise broke a scoreless tie early in the second period and Darcy Kuemper earned his sixth career shutout to help Minnesota get a rare win in San Jose.
Mikko Koivu added an empty-net goal and Kuemper made 25 saves as the Wild once again played a tight defensive game. Minnesota have allowed just three regulation goals in the past six games, but ended up losing a pair 2-1 in overtime to start this three-game road trip.
Martin Jones made 28 saves, but could not stop Parise’s rebound attempt as the Sharks dropped their sixth straight game. It is their longest losing streak since losing seven in a row in February 2013.
CAPITALS 2, LIGHTNING 1
In Tampa, Florida, Braden Holtby made 35 saves to win for the 10th time in his past 11 starts as Washington beat Tampa Bay.
Holtby stopped Valtteri Filppula’s shot from just outside the crease, and a scoring chance from the slot by Kucherov during a 15-second stretch 5 minutes into the game.
Washington got goals from Jay Beagle and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning, who head out on a three-game road trip that includes a matchup tomorrow night at Toronto, in which Lightning captain Steven Stamkos is to be in the spotlight. The Ontario native can become a free agent after this season, which has been a topic of great discussion in the Toronto media.
Stamkos had an assist, but saw his goal-scoring drought reach eight consecutive games.
SABRES 2, KINGS 1, OT
In Buffalo, New York, Ryan O’Reilly’s sliding overtime goal ended Buffalo’s three-game losing streak.
O’Reilly was tripped as he cut to the slot, but got off an off-balance shot that fooled Kings goaltender Jhonas Enroth at 3 minutes, 19 seconds of overtime. It was O’Reilly’s 100th NHL goal.
Jamie McGinn also scored for the Sabres, and Linus Ullmark made three of his 21 saves in overtime.
Marian Gaborik scored for the Kings, and former Sabres goaltender Enroth finished with 28 saves.
The loss snapped the Kings’ six-game winning streak, but Los Angeles have picked up a point or more in nine in a row.
In other results, it was:
‧ Bruins 3, Panthers 1
‧ Canadiens 3, Senators 1
‧ Avalanche 3, Predators 2
‧ Blues 3, Stars 0
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