Tomas Hertl scored a 4-on-3 power-play goal 2:11 into overtime as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Wednesday.
Hertl took a pass from Mitch Marner at the bottom of the right circle and then buried a spinning wrist shot past goaltender Cam Talbot’s blocker side and inside the far-left post for the game-winner.
Marner finished with a goal and two assists, Hertl had a goal and an assist, and Reilly Smith and Ivan Barbashev also scored for Vegas, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Rasmus Andersson logged two assists.
Alex DeBrincat and Simon Edvinsson each had a goal and an assist and Emmitt Finnie also scored a goal for Detroit. Talbot finished with 21 saves.
Hurricanes 6, Canucks 4
Nikolaj Ehlers collected a hat trick to power Eastern Conference-leading Carolina to a back-and-forth victory over last-place and host Vancouver.
Sean Walker, Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho all collected one goal and one assist while Seth Jarvis registered a pair of assists for Carolina, which is on an 11-1-2 roll. Brandon Bussi made 18 saves to earn his 25th career win in his 29th NHL game. He is the fastest goalie in league history to reach 25 wins.
Filip Hronek scored once in a three-point outing while Marco Rossi collected one goal and one assist for the Canucks, who are winless in seven games (0-5-2) and have managed only two victories in 23 outings (2-17-4).
Ducks 5, Islanders 1
Cutter Gauthier scored Anaheim’s first two goals of a three-goal first-period flurry as the host Ducks cooled off surging New York.
Beckett Sennecke scored late in the first while Ryan Poehling and Frank Vatrano added insurance goals in the third for the Ducks, who have won 13 of 16 (13-3-0). Ville Husso made 42 saves in his first appearance since Jan. 26.
Anders Lee scored in the first for the Islanders, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. David Rittich recorded 21 saves.
Devils 4, Maple Leafs 3 (SO)
Jesper Bratt scored the final tally of a shootout to give New Jersey a win over Toronto in Newark, N.J., the Devils’ third straight win.
The Devils erased three Toronto leads before winning in the shootout. New Jersey is 4-0 in shootouts this season and 11-2 in games decided beyond regulation.
Arseny Gritsyuk recorded a goal and an assist for the Devils, and Nico Hischier contributed two assists. Timo Meier and Connor Brown scored the other goals for New Jersey. The Maple Leafs’ goal-scorers were Matias Maccelli, William Nylander and Matthew Knies.
Blues 3, Kraken 2
Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist and Brayden Schenn added three helpers as St. Louis defeated host Seattle.
Logan Mailloux and Dylan Holloway also scored for the Blues, who improved to 2-0-0 on a four-game trip. St. Louis goaltender Joel Hofer made 34 saves.
Jaden Schwartz and Vince Dunn, who were both members of the Blues’ 2019 Stanley Cup championship team, scored for the Kraken, who dropped to 2-1-0 on a six-game homestand. Dunn also had an assist, and Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 of 27 shots.
–Field Level Media
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