Evan Bouchard scored the winning goal late in the third period, capping the Edmonton Oilers’ rally from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night.
Bouchard also had an assist, Connor McDavid also had a goal and an assist, and Brett Kulak and Viktor Arvidsson added goals for Edmonton, which has won four straight games and eight of nine. Leon Draisaitl chipped in two assists, and Stuart Skinner made 22 saves.
The Oilers completed the comeback when Bouchard’s shot from the right circle beat Mackenzie Blackwood at 13:05 of the third.
The loss spoiled a two-goal night for Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon. Logan O’Connor also scored and Blackwood turned away 23 shots.
Defenseman Sam Girard returned to the Colorado lineup after missing three games with an upper-body injury.
Rangers 5, Utah Hockey Club 3
Chris Kreider scored the tiebreaking goal with 9:38 remaining in the third period as New York erased three one-goal deficits and defeated Utah in Salt Lake City.
The Rangers capped a 2-0-1 Western trip and extended their point streak to six games (4-0-2). Kreider scored for the third time in his past five games. Reilly Smith had tied the game with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third. Artemi Panarin scored New York’s first tying goal and capped the comeback with an empty-netter. Arthur Kaliyev also scored a tying goal as the Rangers earned their first win (1-17-1) when trailing through two periods.
Logan Cooley scored a power-play goal 57 seconds into the second period to give Utah a 3-2 lead. Matias Maccelli scored twice in the opening period and notched his third two-goal game of the season as Utah dropped to 2-8-2 in its past 12 contests.
Jets 2, Kraken 1
Dylan DeMelo scored with 27 seconds remaining as Winnipeg beat visiting Seattle to remain tied with Washington for first place in the NHL’s overall standings.
Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who improved to 4-1-2 on their eight-game homestand, which concludes Saturday against Calgary. Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves.
Matty Beniers scored for the Kraken, who completed a five-game trip with a 2-3-0 record. Joey Daccord stopped 34 of 36 shots.
Blues 4, Flames 1
Brayden Schenn scored twice as host St. Louis swept their three-game season series with the Flames for the second straight campaign.
Colton Parayko and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues, who went 3-1 on their homestand. Dylan Holloway had two assists for St. Louis and Joel Hofer made 28 saves to improve to 7-1-1 in his last nine starts.
Yegor Sharangovich scored for the Flames and Dustin Wolf made 25 saves.
Lightning 4, Ducks 3 (SO)
Jake Guentzel scored the only shootout goal as host Tampa Bay earned a victory over Anaheim.
Guentzel, who had a goal in regulation, beat Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal (32 saves) between the pads to open the shootout. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves for the Lightning, plus one more in the shootout, during which the Ducks twice missed the target. Tampa Bay improved to 4-1-1 in its past six games and 14-6-1 on home ice.
Anthony Cirelli and Brayden Point scored for Tampa Bay, while captain Victor Hedman became the first Lightning player ever to reach 600 assists. Anaheim’s Troy Terry notched his club-best 15th goal and tied Scott Niedermayer and Adam Henrique for 10th on the Ducks’ all-time points list (264).
Flyers 5, Islanders 3
Sean Couturier, Garnet Hathaway and Morgan Frost scored in the second period for Philadelphia, which beat New York in Elmont, N.Y.
Cam York scored what proved to be the game-winner early in the third, and Noah Cates added an empty-netter with 1:12 left for the Flyers, who have won three of four (3-0-1) to climb out of last place in the Metropolitan Division. Goalie Samuel Ersson made 26 saves.
Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee scored for the Islanders, who have lost the first two games of a season-long seven-game homestand to fall into last in the Metropolitan. The Islanders ended their franchise-record power-play goal drought at the 9:21 mark of the first period, when Horvat scored. New York was 0-for-25 on the power play dating back to its last man-advantage goal Dec. 8.
Red Wings 5, Panthers 2
Cam Talbot made 41 saves and Detroit scored three power-play goals to beat Florida in Sunrise, Fla.
Detroit’s Jonatan Berggren, Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane each had a goal with the man advantage. Marco Kasper also scored, and Larkin added an assist and later an empty-net tally. Lucas Raymond notched two assists, and Kane and Kasper also had two points apiece. Talbot earned his fifth straight win as Detroit moved to 8-1-0 in its past nine games. During that span, the Red Wings have converted 16 of 31 power plays (47.1 percent).
Anton Lundell and Evan Rodrigues scored for the Panthers. However, goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (11 saves) was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals in his third straight start.
Capitals 1, Senators 0 (OT)
Alex Ovechkin scored at 3:07 of overtime to lift visiting Washington over Ottawa.
Ovechkin took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on the rush and beat Leevi Merilainen from the left circle for his 874th NHL goal. He is now 21 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 goals. Ovechkin has 21 goals this season in 29 games.
The Capitals have won three straight games and extended their point streak to nine games (6-0-3). Logan Thompson stopped 24 shots for his second consecutive shutout and the sixth of his career. Thompson, making his third straight start with Charlie Lindgren on injured reserve, improved to 20-2-3 on the season.
Maple Leafs 4, Devils 3 (OT)
William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime and Toronto defeated former Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe in his first appearance in Toronto as coach of New Jersey.
Nylander, who also had an assist, scored on a breakaway to end Toronto’s three-game losing streak. Auston Matthews tied the game at 15:47 of the third period on a 25-foot shot for his second goal of the game — the third time that Toronto overcame a one-goal deficit. Mitch Marner and Jake McCabe each added two assists for the Maple Leafs, and Joseph Woll made 21 saves.
Nico Hischier scored two goals and Jack Hughes had a goal and two assists for the Devils, who have played past regulation in four consecutive games, going 1-0-3. Jacob Markstrom stopped 37 shots.
Canadiens 3, Stars 1
Jakub Dobes made 32 saves and Alex Newhook scored a go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lead Montreal to a road win over Dallas.
Juraj Slafkovsky and Joel Armia scored for the Canadiens, Nick Suzuki had two assists. Montreal is on a six-game (5-0-1) points streak and is 11-2-1 in its past 14 games.
Jason Robertson scored the Stars’ only goal, and Jake Oettinger stopped 21 of 23 shots. Dallas lost for just the second time in the past 10 games.
Blue Jackets 4, Sharks 1
James van Riemsdyk scored twice, leading Columbus to a victory over visiting San Jose.
Kent Johnson scored and added an assist and Adam Fantilli netted the other goal for the Blue Jackets, who have won six straight and nine of 11. Elvis Merzlikins made 18 saves for the win.
Tyler Toffoli responded for the Sharks, who dropped to 6-13-5 on the road this season and have won just three of their last 15 games. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 30 shots.
Predators 3, Blackhawks 2 (SO)
Filip Forsberg’s 300th career goal tied the game late in regulation, and Nashville went on to beat visiting Chicago in a shootout for its fourth win in six games.
Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O’Reilly and Steven Stamkos, who also had a goal in regulation, each scored in the Predators’ first shootout of the season — against Arvid Soderblom, who was otherwise solid in stopping 39 shots.
Connor Bedard and Alec Martinez scored for the Blackhawks, who have lost four straight, 10 of their past 12 and seven in a row on the road. Tyler Bertuzzi assisted on both goals.
Kings 5, Canucks 1
Alex Turcotte had two goals and an assist while leading visiting Los Angeles to a win against Vancouver.
Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, Warren Foegele also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 20 saves for Los Angeles, which averted what would have been its first three-game losing streak since Oct. 12-16.
Quinn Hughes scored and Thatcher Demko made 16 saves for the Canucks, who have dropped six of their past seven (1-4-2) to fall out of a Western Conference wild-card spot.
–Field Level Media
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