Anze Kopitar’s third goal of the night with 29.7 seconds remaining forced overtime, before Tanner Pearson won the game with 1 minute, 50 seconds remaining in the extra period as the Los Angeles Kings rallied for a 5-4 victory against the New York Rangers on Friday.
Marian Gaborik also scored for the Kings before leaving the game at Madison Square Garden late in the first period with a lower-body injury.
The Rangers also received goals from Kevin Hayes, Viktor Stalberg, Derek Stepan and Mats Zuccarello.
Peter Budaj stopped 24 shots for the Kings, while Antti Raanta made 29 saves for the Rangers.
Penguins 2, Hurricanes 1, SO
Kris Letang converted in a shootout to give Pittsburgh a victory over Carolina at the PNC Arena.
Phil Kessel opened the scoring with a second-period goal for the Penguins, while Andrej Nestrasil’s third-period goal forced overtime for the Hurricanes.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 stops for Pittsburgh, while Cam Ward had 25 saves, including four in overtime, for Carolina.
Sabres 6, Canadiens 4
Marcus Foligno had two goals and an assist to lead Buffalo over Montreal.
David Legwand, Evander Kane and Josh Gorges also scored for the Sabres, while Chad Johnson made 26 saves.
Alex Galchenyuk and Sven Andrighetto each scored twice for the Canadiens. Mike Condon made 11 saves and allowed two goals after replacing Ben Scrivens early in the second period.
In other games, it was:
‧ Blues 5, Panthers 3
‧ Lightning 4, Predators 3, OT
‧ Avalanche 3, Red Wings 2, SO
‧ Coyotes 4, Flames 1
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