Leon Draisaitl’s second goal with 1 minute, 2 seconds left broke a tie as the Edmonton Oilers scored four straight goals in a 4-3 victory over the league-leading Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
Draisaitl was called up earlier in the day from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League and missed the morning skate. He played in 37 NHL games last season.
Brandon Davidson and Benoit Pouliot also scored as the Oilers erased a 3-0 first-period deficit to end a three-game skid.
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Brendan Gallagher, Torrey Mitchell and Alex Galchenyuk scored for Montreal. The Canadiens have lost two straight after starting the season with nine straight victories.
HURRICANES 3, ISLANDERS 2 OT
In New York, Ron Hainsey scored at 2 minutes, 21 seconds of overtime to lift Carolina over New York.
Brock McGinn and Chris Terry scored in regulation to help Carolina win their second straight to cap a 4-3-0 road trip. Eddie Lack stopped 17 shots.
Hainsey took a pass from Jordan Staal and slid the puck past Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss near the midpoint of the extra period for his second of the season. Terry had tied the score with 5 minutes, 4 seconds left in the third, finishing off a slick passing play with Eric and Jordan Staal. The goal was Terry’s second of the season.
Matt Martin and Frans Nielsen scored for the Islanders, and Greiss finished with 26 saves.
PENGUINS 4, SABRES 3
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Evgeni Malkin scored his fourth of the season on the power play and Jeff Zatkoff made 50 saves in his season debut as Pittsburgh beat Buffalo.
Pascal Dupuis, Patric Hornqvist and Ben Lovejoy all scored their first of the season and Malkin added an assist for Pittsburgh. The Penguins earned their third straight victory, sixth win in seven games and seventh straight over Buffalo. Malkin has four goals and nine points in his last seven games.
Sidney Crosby had two assists, his first points in three games. Crosby is off to the worst start of his career and went without a point in eight of the team’s first nine games.
Pittsburgh’s power play, the worst in the league, scored their third of the season in 32 chances, breaking a zero-for-11 slump.
Jamie McGinn, Nicolas Deslauriers and Matt Moulson scored for Buffalo.
DEVILS 4, FLYERS 1
In Philadelphia, Travis Zajac scored twice and Kyle Palmieri had a goal and two assists to lead New Jersey over Philadelphia.
Andy Greene scored an empty-net goal with 6.7 seconds left for the Devils, who won their fourth straight on the road.
Luke Schenn scored for Philadelphia.
Palmieri put the Devils in front at 1 minute, 28 seconds into the third period when he blocked Evgeny Medvedev’s shot attempt at the blue line, raced past Medvedev and fired a wrist shot from the left circle over goalie Steve Mason’s left shoulder that made it 2-1.
Zajac made it a two-goal lead just more than a minute later with his second power-play goal of the night.
Mason made 29 saves. Cory Schneider had 27.
In other results, it was:
‧ Avalanche 2, Lightning 1
‧ Stars 4, Canucks 3 OT
‧ Jets 3, Blackhawks 1
‧ Blues 2, Ducks 1
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