Dan Vladar posted his second shutout of the season as the host Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing streak with an emotional 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
The Flames welcomed the family of the late Johnny Gaudreau, who spent nine seasons with Calgary before signing with the Blue Jackets as a free agent before the 2022-23 season. Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed on Aug. 29 while riding bikes when they were hit by a car.
Vladar, who was wearing a special customized mask bearing images of both brothers painted on it, made 16 saves to earn his fourth career shutout.
Rasmus Andersson, Kevin Bahl and Yegor Sharangovich scored goals and Mikael Backlund collected two assists for the Flames. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 19 shots for the Blue Jackets, who lost in regulation for the first time in seven games (5-1-1).
Avalanche 5, Sabres 4
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice as visiting Colorado rattled off five unanswered goals for a come-from-behind victory over Buffalo.
MacKinnon added an assist for Colorado, which also got goals from Joel Kiviranta, Logan O’Connor and Artturi Lehkonen to overcome a 4-0 deficit. Alexandar Georgiev faced eight shots and allowed four goals before Scott Wedgewood took over between the pipes and saved all 22 shots he faced.
Buffalo staked the 4-0 lead behind two goals from Tage Thompson and one each from JJ Peterka and Beck Malenstyn. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen logged 36 saves.
Penguins 5, Panthers 4 (OT)
Bryan Rust scored 91 seconds into overtime to lift host Pittsburgh past Florida — after the Penguins squandered a 4-1 third-period lead.
Evgeni Malkin, Marcus Pettersson, Owen Pickering and Kris Letang also scored for the Penguins. Tristan Jarry saved a season-high 37 shots, and Blake Lizotte notched two assists in the victory.
Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk registered a season-high four points (two goals and two assists), which put him above 600 career points. Sam Bennett scored a goal for the fourth straight game for the Panthers, who also got a goal from Adam Boqvist. Spencer Knight made 11 saves.
Bruins 3, Red Wings 2 (OT)
Pavel Zacha buried David Pastrnak’s feed at 2:15 of overtime to lift Boston past visiting Detroit.
Nikita Zadorov and Justin Brazeau also scored for Boston, which has won back-to-back games. Brazeau’s power-play goal knotted the score with 10:28 remaining in regulation. Joonas Korpisalo made 25 saves for the Bruins.
Lucas Raymond scored both Detroit goals, giving him seven in the past seven games while moving his career-best point streak to eight games. Simon Edvinsson had two assists. Ville Husso was credited with 32 stops for Detroit, which is 0-1-2 in its past three games.
Wild 3, Canucks 2 (OT)
Kirill Kaprizov scored in the final minute of overtime to lift Minnesota to a win over Vancouver in Saint Paul, Minn.
Frederick Gaudreau and Jake Middleton also scored for Minnesota, which won its fourth straight game, with the last two coming in overtime. Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 30 of 32 shots to earn the victory.
Quinn Hughes and Jake DeBrusk each scored for Vancouver. Each of the Canucks’ past three games have gone to overtime; Vancouver won the first two. Kevin Lankinen turned aside 26 of 29 shots.
Canadiens 2, Islanders 1 (OT)
Nick Suzuki scored the overtime winner and added an assist as Montreal edged visiting New York.
Patrik Laine, making his Canadiens debut, scored the other goal for Montreal, which won for the second time in six games (2-3-1). Laine missed the season’s first 24 games recovering from a knee injury. Sam Montembeault made 30 saves for the victory.
Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 25 shots. New York has been outscored 44-22 in the third period and overtime this season.
Sharks 2, Capitals 1 (OT)
William Eklund scored a power-play goal 39 seconds into overtime to fuel visiting San Jose to a victory over Washington.
The Sharks’ Tyler Toffoli scored a goal late in the first period and Macklin Celebrini notched an assist on Eklund’s tally to extend his point streak to five games. Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for the Sharks, who have won four of their past five games.
Nic Dowd scored in the second period and Thompson turned aside 29 shots to fall to 10-1-2 for the Capitals, who were thwarted in their bid to win five in a row for the second time this season.
Golden Knights 1, Oilers 0
Adin Hill stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as Vegas blanked Edmonton in Las Vegas.
It was the ninth shutout of Hill’s career. Ivan Barbashev scored his fifth goal in the past six games for the Golden Knights.
Stuart Skinner made 15 saves for the Oilers, who failed in a bid for their first four-game winning streak of the season. It marked the fourth time the Oilers were shut out this campaign.
Kraken 4, Hurricanes 2
Jaden Schwartz and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and an assist as Seattle defeated Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Eeli Tolvanen and Brandon Tanev also scored and Matty Beniers added two assists for the Kraken, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Joey Daccord made 17 saves.
Martin Necas had a goal and an assist and Eric Robinson also tallied for the Hurricanes, who lost their third in a row. Pyotr Kochetkov, who returned after missing the previous four games with a concussion, stopped 24 of 28 shots.
Blues 4, Jets 1
Jordan Kyrou had two goals while Dylan Holloway and Robert Thomas each added one to go along with an assist as St. Louis handed host Winnipeg its fourth consecutive loss.
Kyrou and Holloway scored 39 seconds apart late in the second period for St. Louis, which outshot the Jets 32-23 to improve to 3-0-1 under new coach Jim Montgomery. Winnipeg native Joel Hofer made 22 saves for the win.
Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets, who are 3-7-0 after winning 15 of their first 16 games of the season. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 28 shots.
–Field Level Media
