Panthers beat Kings 3-2 in overtime for their 9th straight victory

DETROIT (AP) — Darnell Nurse scored 1:20 into overtime and Edmonton beat Detroit to match a franchise record with its ninth straight victory.

Edmonton also won nine in a row late last season and in 2001.

Oilers superstar Connor McDavid tied it midway through the third period and Zach Hyman scored a go-ahead goal with six minutes left in regulation, but Calvin Pickard could not stop a shot from Olli Maatta from a sharp angle a couple of minutes later.

Andrew Copp also scored for Detroit.

KRAKEN 4, CAPITALS 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joey Daccord made 25 saves, Tye Kartye ended a lengthy goal drought and Seattle beat Washington for its eighth straight victory.

Alex Wennberg and defensemen Justin Schultz and Adam Larsson also scored for the Kraken, who tied the longest winning streak in the three-year history of the franchise and are 10-0-2 in their past 12. Seattle hasn’t lost since before Christmas, a run that included Daccord posting a shutout in the Winter Classic.

The Capitals have lost seven of nine despite increased production from Alex Ovechkin. The captain assisted on Max Pacioretty’s first goal since re-tearing his right Achilles tendon roughly a year ago.

KNIGHTS 2, BRUINS 1, OT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Pietrangelo scored 46 seconds into overtime on a 2-on-1 and Vegas handed Boston its third straight extra-time loss to start a four-game trip.

Jack Eichel also scored for the Knights, and Mark Stone assisted on the winner. Logan Thompson made 32 saves. Matt Grzelcyk scored for Boston, and Jeremy Swayman made 23 stops.

The Knights had lost seven of nine games. Boston fell by 4-3 scores in a shootout Monday night at Colorado and overtime Tuesday night at Arizona.

LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 3, OT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Darren Raddysh scored 1:52 into overtime and Tampa Bay beat New Jersey.

The defenseman scored from the left circle. NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov got his second assist on the goal, giving him 69 points this season.

Luke Glendening had two goals, and Brayden Point also scored for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves.

Dawson Mercer, Jesper Bratt and Nathan Bastian scored for New Jersey.

BLUES 5, RANGERS 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Kyrou had his third career hat trick, Jordan Binnington made 40 saves and St. Louis Blues beat New York.

Brandon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for St. Louis. The Blues are 8-4-0 since Drew Bannister took over as interim coach after Craig Berube was fired.

Adam Fox and Vincent Trocheck scored for New York. The Rangers have lost three straight for the first time all season.

SHARKS 3, CANADIENS 2

MONTREAL (AP) — Mackenzie Blackwood made 33 shots and NHL-worst San Jose snapped a 12-game losing streak with a victory over Montreal.

Luke Kunin, Fabian Zetterlund, Nikita Okhotiuk also scored for San Jose. The Sharks improved to 9-29-3, winning for the first time since Dec. 12. They opened the season with an 11-game skid.

Brendan Gallagher and Mike Matheson scored for Montreal.

JETS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers scored with 1:05 left and NHL-leading Winnipeg beat Chicago to extend its franchise-record winning and points streaks.

Gabe Vilardi tied it with 3:29 left, with Adam Lowry assisting on both goals, and Laurent Brossoit stopped 19 shots to help the Jets push their winning streak to eight and points run to 14.

Connor Murphy scored early in the second period for Chicago. The Blackhawks are playing without Connor Bedard, the rookie star who had surgery on his jaw Wednesday.

ISLANDERS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3, OT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mathew Barzal scored 21 seconds into overtime, Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves and New York rallied to beat Toronto.

Barzal capped a comeback with his 12th goal of the season after assisting on the first three goals. Kyle Palmieri, Alexander Romanov and Bo Horvat also scored and defenseman Noah Dobson had four assists.

Toronto star Auston Matthews scored twice early in the second period for a 3-1 lead. He leads the NHL with 33 goals. Bobby McMann also scored for the Maple Leafs.

CANUCKS 4, PENGUINS 3, OT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elias Pettersson scored on a breakaway in overtime to lift Vancouver past Pittsburgh for its fourth straight victory.

Pettersson took a lead pass from Filip Hronek and beat Tristan Jarry for his 22nd goal of the season and second of the game. He also had two assists and now has seven goals and 12 points in his last four games. Brock Boeser also scored twice, J.T. Miller added three assists and Thatcher Demko made 31 saves.

Sidney Crosby scored twice for Pittsburgh, including the tying goal with 28.2 seconds left. Marcus Pettersson scored his first of the season.

FLAMES 6, COYOTES 2

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Yegor Sharangovich scored two of his three goals in the third period and Calgary chased Arizona goalie Karel Vejmelka with a four-goal first.

Sharangovich, Mikael Backlund, Rasmus Andersson and Blake Coleman scored first period, and Sharangovich finished his second career hat trick in the third.

Jacob Markstrom made 33 saves to help the Flames win for the fifth time in seven games. Coleman also had two assists.

Lawson Crouse and Clayton Keller scored for the Coyotes. They have lost four of five after winning six of seven.

HURRICANES 6, DUCKS 3

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis had a goal and two assists and Carolina beat Anaheim to run its points streak to seven despite losing goalie Pyotr Kochetkov in the second period.

Kochetkov exited after he was bowled over by Isac Lundestrom during a pileup. Just 34 seconds later, Noesen gave Carolina the lead.

Jordan Martinook and Stefan Noesen each had a goal and an assist and Brady Skjei, Andrei Svechnikov and Jack Drury also scored.

Lundestrom, Ryan Strome and Frank Vatrano scored for the Ducks.

SABRES 5, SENATORS 3

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored twice in Buffalo’s victory over Ottawa.

JJ Peterka, Peyton Krebs and Dylan Cozens also scored and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves.

Claude Giroux had two goals and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for Ottawa, The Senators have lost five straight.

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Panthers beat Kings 3-2 in overtime for their 9th straight victory

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