Devon Toews scored just 48 seconds into overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche came from behind to defeat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 in Denver on Thursday night, stretching their winning streak to six games.
Jonathan Drouin tied the game and forced overtime when he scored with 7.7 seconds remaining. Toews also had two assists, Cale Makar scored twice, Mikko Rantanen and Drouin each added a goal and an assist, Ross Colton scored a goal, and Nathan MacKinnon provided three assists for Colorado.
The Avalanche won despite losing goaltender Scott Wedgewood to an injury. Wedgewood was hurt 1:27 into the third period when Zach Benson collided with Colorado’s Parker Kelly near the net, falling into Wedgewood’s right leg.
The goalie was unable to continue and was helped off the ice after making 14 saves on 18 shots. He was replaced by Mackenzie Blackwood, who saved two out of three shots. Jason Zucker scored a hat trick and also assisted, while Benson and Bowen Byram also scored.
Tage Thompson had three assists, and Luukkonen made 23 saves for Buffalo.
Canucks 4, Kraken 3 (SO)
J.T. Miller scored the only goal in the shootout, helping Vancouver beat Seattle for just their second win in the past seven games (2-2-3).
Max Sasson, Conor Garland, and Tyler Myers scored during regulation for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko stopped 11 out of 12 shots before leaving with an apparent lower-body injury after a collision with teammate Noah Juulsen. Kevin Lankinen replaced him and made 13 saves on 15 shots.
Matty Beniers and Vince Dunn each had a goal and an assist, and Chandler Stephenson also scored for Seattle, which had its two-game winning streak stopped. Philipp Grubauer, starting his third game in a row for the injured Joey Daccord, stopped 19 of 22 shots.
Hurricanes 3, Panthers 1
Jaccob Slavin scored with 7:30 left to break a tie and give Carolina a win over Florida in Sunrise, Fla., getting revenge for two losses last month.
Brent Burns scored Carolina’s first goal, and Martin Necas added an empty-netter with 28 seconds remaining. The Hurricanes won only their second road game in the last 10 (2-6-2). Pyotr Kochetkov saved 25 shots.
Anton Lundell scored for the Panthers, and Sergei Bobrovsky had a strong performance in goal, making 37 saves. Florida had beaten Carolina twice in December, winning 12-3 overall, including a 6-0 shutout.
Wild 4, Capitals 3 (SO)
Matt Boldy scored in the second round of the shootout to give Minnesota a victory over Washington.
Boldy bounced back from hitting the post late in overtime by scoring in the shootout. Marc-Andre Fleury kept the win secure by saving Alex Ovechkin’s shot to end the game.
Tom Wilson and Martin Fehervary scored for Washington, and Charlie Lindgren made 30 saves. Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist for Minnesota, while Marco Rossi and Yakov Trenin also scored. Fleury stopped 28 shots.
Rangers 2, Bruins 1
Jonathan Quick made 32 saves, earning his 399th career win and helping New York snap a four-game losing streak with a win over Boston.
Quick, now New York’s No. 1 goalie with Igor Shesterkin injured, earned his first win since Nov. 30. He is one win away from joining Marc-Andre Fleury and Sergei Bobrovsky as the third active goalie to reach 400 career wins.
Mika Zibanejad and rookie Brett Berard scored for the Rangers in the first period. Quick allowed only a goal to Elias Lindholm in the second. Boston’s Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves.
Ducks 4, Jets 3 (OT)
Troy Terry scored his second goal of the game with 1:26 left in overtime, lifting Anaheim to a win over Winnipeg.
Terry also had an assist, Radko Gudas had a goal and an assist, Leo Carlsson also scored, and John Gibson made 27 saves, adding an assist on the game-winner. The Ducks won for the third time in a row, tying a season-high streak.
Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg, while Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry also scored. Josh Morrissey had two assists, and Connor Hellebuyck made 20 saves. The Jets have now lost two straight.
Maple Leafs 2, Islanders 1
Bobby McMann scored twice, including the game-winner on the power play with 2:59 left in regulation, as Toronto defeated New York in Elmont, N.Y.
McMann’s third two-goal game of the season was all Joseph Woll needed to secure the win for the Maple Leafs. Woll stopped 32 shots as Toronto won for the third time in four games.
Scott Mayfield scored for the Islanders, who have lost three straight. Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves.
Red Wings 5, Blue Jackets 4
Jonatan Berggren’s breakaway goal with 36 seconds left broke a tie and gave Detroit a win over Columbus.
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and two assists, Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane each had a goal and an assist, and Erik Gustafsson also scored for Detroit, which improved to 3-1-0 under new coach Todd McLellan. Cam Talbot made 21 saves.
James van Riemsdyk scored twice and had an assist, Zach Werenski added a goal and two assists, and Sean Monahan scored for Columbus. Elvis Merzlikins made 21 saves.
Stars 4, Senators 2
Roope Hintz scored twice, including the go-ahead goal midway through the second period, and Dallas won its third straight by beating Ottawa.
After Dallas trailed 2-1, Jamie Benn and Hintz scored within 1:08 of each other in the second period. Matt Duchene added a third-period goal to help seal the win, with Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston both providing two assists. Jake Oettinger made 11 saves.
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist for Ottawa, and Ridly Greig also scored. Leevi Merilainen made 21 saves, and Ottawa went 0-for-4 on the power play.
Utah 5, Flames 3
Lawson Crouse scored twice, including the game-winner, and Clayton Keller added a goal and an assist to lead Utah to a win over Calgary.
Logan Cooley and Kevin Stenlund also scored, and Olli Maatta had two assists for Utah, which ended a five-game losing streak. Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves.
Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist, and Connor Zary and Brayden Pachal scored for Calgary. Dan Vladar made 21 saves and stopped an Alexander Kerfoot penalty shot in the third period.
Golden Knights 5, Flyers 2
Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves, winning his fifth straight start, while Pavel Dorofeyev scored the game-winning goal in a three-goal second period as Vegas beat Philadelphia.
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist, and Nicolas Hague, Alexander Holtz, and Tanner Pearson also scored. Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin each had two assists for Vegas, which extended its unbeaten streak to 5-0-1 against the Flyers.
Tyson Foerster and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia. Aleksei Kolosov made 22 saves.
Sharks 2, Lightning 1
Mario Ferraro scored the game-winning goal after a fight, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic had a point in his season debut as San Jose broke an eight-game losing streak by beating Tampa Bay.
Ferraro scored after fighting Mitchell Chaffee in the second period. Tyler Toffoli also scored for the Sharks, and Vlasic returned after missing the first 40 games of the season.
In a matchup of Russian goaltenders, San Jose’s Yaroslav Askarov made 24 saves to defeat Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made 23 saves. Anthony Cirelli scored Tampa Bay’s only goal.
