Devon Toews scored with 37 seconds left in overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in Denver on Tuesday night.
Artturi Lehkonen and Parker Kelly also scored, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for Colorado. With the Avs trailing 2-1, Blackwood came off for an extra skater with 2:14 left, and Lehkonen tied it when he knocked in Mikko Rantanen’s rebound at 18:47.
Sam Carrick had a goal and an assist, Adam Edstrom had a goal and Igor Shesterkin turned away 23 shots for New York, which had its two-game winning streak stopped.
The Rangers dominated the first part of overtime, including several chances on a power play, before the Avalanche capitalized in the final minute of overtime. Logan O’Connor passed it to MacKinnon above the left circle, MacKinnon sent a pass to Toews in the right circle, and he beat Shesterkin on the short side to win it for Colorado.
Sharks 6, Red Wings 3
William Eklund and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal and two assists as visiting San Jose snapped Detroit’s seven-game winning streak.
Nico Sturm, Jan Rutta, Mikael Granlund and Mario Ferraro had the other goals for San Jose, which snapped a three-game losing streak. The Sharks won for just the fourth time in the last 18 games. Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves.
Vladimir Tarasenko, who had gone without a goal since Dec. 1, scored twice for Detroit. Lucas Raymond had the other goal, and netminder Ville Husso made 18 saves.
Canadiens 5, Utah 3
Kirby Dach scored twice while Lane Hutson, who leads all rookies in points, recorded his first three-assist game to pace Montreal past Utah in Salt Lake City.
Montreal’s Cole Caufield and Mike Matheson both netted one goal and one assist, while Patrik Laine scored a goal to reach the 400-point plateau. Sam Montembeault made 22 saves for the Canadiens, who have won 10 of their last 13 games (10-2-1).
Josh Doan, Nick Bjugstad and Logan Cooley scored for Utah, which has only one win in the past five games (1-3-1) and is on a 2-7-2 skid. Karel Vejmelka stopped 21 shots.
Capitals 3, Ducks 0
Logan Thompson made 19 saves as Washington shut out visiting Anaheim.
It was his first shutout with the Capitals and the fifth of his five-year NHL career. Thompson stretched his point streak to eight games (7-0-1) and improved his season record to 19-2-3. Brandon Duhaime had a goal and an assist and John Carlson and Ethen Frank also scored for the Capitals, who extended their point streak to eight games (5-0-3).
John Gibson made 22 saves for the Ducks, who have lost four of five (1-3-1). Anaheim was shut out for the second time in the past three games after not getting blanked in the first 41 games.
Bruins 6, Lightning 2
David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each logged a goal and two assists and Jeremy Swayman tied his career-high mark with 43 saves as Boston beat visiting Tampa Bay.
Andrew Peeke and Brad Marchand each had a goal and an assist, while Trent Frederic and Parker Wotherspoon (first NHL goal) also scored for the Bruins, who have followed up a season-worst 0-5-1 skid with consecutive victories.
Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist and Connor Geekie also scored for the Lightning, who had won three of their previous four games (3-0-1). Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves.
Predators 5, Golden Knights 3
Steven Stamkos scored twice and also had an assist and Filip Forsberg added a goal and an assist as Nashville jumped out to a four-goal lead and then held on for a milestone victory over visiting Vegas.
Justin Barron and Ryan O’Reilly also scored for Nashville, which earned the 1,000th win in franchise history (1,000-770-60-190). Justus Annunen made 19 saves for the Predators, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Vegas’ Pavel Dorofeyev scored his first career hat trick, the fourth multi-goal game of his career and third of the season. Tomas Hertl and Victor Olofsson each had two assists for the Golden Knights, who lost for the third time in four games. Ilya Samsonov finished with 18 saves for the Golden Knights.
Jets 6, Canucks 1
Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period and went on to add an assist as Winnipeg crushed visiting Vancouver.
Neal Pionk, Nino Niederreiter and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg. Gabriel Vilardi had three helpers, while Cole Perfetti had two assists. Nikolaj Ehlers and Rasmus Kupari also set up goals. Connor Hellebuyck made 23 stops.
Nils Hoglander scored Vancouver’s only goal, unassisted. Kevin Lankinen made 27 stops for the Canucks, who fell to 1-3-2 in their last six games.
Blue Jackets 3, Flyers 2 (SO)
Kirill Marchenko scored the deciding goal of a shootout to give Columbus a win over the visiting Philadelphia. The Blue Jackets, who are 4-0 in shootouts this season, extended their winning streak to five games.
Zach Werenski scored both Columbus goals in regulation time. Daniil Tarasov stopped 23 of 25 shots, and the Flyers were off target on both of their shootout attempts.
Bobby Brink and Owen Tippett scored for the Flyers, who have earned at least a point in three straight games (2-0-1).
Panthers 2, Devils 1 (SO)
Anton Lundell scored the deciding goal in the third round of a shootout to lift Florida to a win in Newark, N.J.
Jesper Boqvist scored and Spencer Knight made 26 saves for the Panthers, who snapped a two-game skid (0-1-1).
Nico Hischier scored for the Devils, who are 2-0-2 after a four-game losing streak. Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves.
Stars 4, Maple Leafs 1
Logan Stankoven had two goals to snap a 25-game scoring drought and visiting Dallas defeated Toronto.
Matt Duchene added a goal and two assists for the Stars, who have won eight of their past nine games. Mavrik Bourque also scored a goal, Stankoven added an assist and Jake Oettinger stopped 27 shots as Dallas completed a 4-1-0 road trip.
Toronto had won the seven previous games between the teams, most recently a 5-3 victory at Dallas on Dec. 18. Auston Matthews scored and Joseph Woll made 19 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have lost three straight games in regulation for the first time this season.
Kraken 4, Penguins 2
Jamie Oleksiak and Eeli Tolvanen scored 50 seconds apart midway through the third period as Seattle rallied for a victory at Pittsburgh.
Chandler Stephenson and Kaapo Kakko also tallied for the Kraken, who won for just the second time since the start of the new year (2-4-1). Seattle’s Adam Larsson had two assists, and goaltender Joey Daccord made 31 saves.
Philip Tomasino and Bryan Rust tallied for the Penguins, who lost their third in a row and dropped to 1-4-3 over their past eight games. Tristan Jarry stopped 14 of 17 shots.
Senators 2, Islanders 0
Leevi Merilainen authored his second shutout in three starts, recording 24 saves to lead visiting Ottawa to a win over New York in Elmont, N.Y.
Ottawa has won three straight games — all started by Merilainen. Adam Gaudette scored in the second and Artem Zub had an empty-netter in the third for the Senators, who are one point out of the second wild-card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Goalie Marcus Hogberg, who made his second straight start with Ilya Sorokin sidelined by an illness, recorded 25 saves as the Islanders had their season-high three-game winning streak snapped. New York is in last place in the Metropolitan Division and in 15th place in the Eastern Conference.
Blues 2, Flames 1
Radek Faksa scored the game-winning goal as the St. Louis Blues edged the visiting Calgary Flames 2-1 Tuesday night.
Colton Parayko also scored for the Blues and Jordan Binnington made 26 saves. St. Louis has won two of its last three heading into Thursday’s home rematch against Calgary.
Kevin Bahl scored and Dan Vladar stopped 23 shots for the Flames, whose three-game winning streak came to an end. Faksa put the Blues up 2-1 with 8:49 to play by deflecting Tyler Tucker’s shot from the right point. With Vladar pulled for an extra attacker, the Flames applied pressure playing 6-on-5 but failed to tie the game.
–Field Level Media
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