NHL roundup: Knights stay good at dwelling after OT win

Brett Howden scored at 2:15 of overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights remained unbeaten at home with a 4-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Howden took a pass from Noah Hanifin at the bottom of the left circle, deked around Alexander Kerfoot and then cut in front of the net and beat Connor Ingram with a backhand shot on his glove side for the game-winner.

Hanifin finished with a goal and two assists, Howden added an assist and William Karlsson and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored for Vegas, which tied its franchise record with its eighth straight home win (8-0-0), tying the mark set in its inaugural season of 2017-18. Adin Hill made 16 saves for the Golden Knights.

Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, Nick Bjugstad had two assists and Ian Cole and Kerfoot also scored for Utah, which suffered its fifth loss in the last six games. Ingram finished with 31 saves.

Panthers 4, Stars 2

A.J. Greer scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period to lift Florida to a win against Dallas and a sweep of the 2024 NHL Global Series in Tampere, Finland.

Sam Reinhart, who had an assist on Evan Rodrigues’ goal in the first period, scored into the empty net with one minute left in the third. Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal and Spencer Knight made 23 saves for the Panthers, who have won five straight games. Florida posted a 6-4 win over Dallas on Friday.

Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist and Casey DeSmith made 21 saves for the Stars.

Bruins 3, Flyers 0

Brad Marchand registered a goal and an assist as Boston topped host Philadelphia.

Joonas Korpisalo made 20 saves for his fifth career shutout — and his first since April 10, 2023, when he blanked the Vancouver Canucks as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Matthew Poitras and Justin Brazeau also scored for the Bruins, who had lost five of its previous six games.

Samuel Ersson started in goal for the Flyers before leaving early in the first period with an undisclosed injury. Philadelphia had won three of its previous four games, including Tuesday’s win in Boston — its first road regulation victory over the Bruins in more than 13 years.

Capitals 7, Blue Jackets 2

Connor McMichael scored twice, including one of Washington’s five goals in the first period, in the rout of visiting Columbus.

Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome each had a goal and two assists for the Capitals, who have won three straight. Aliaksei Protas, Andrew Mangiapane and Nic Dowd also scored, and Logan Thompson made 34 saves.

Damon Severson and Kevin Labanc scored for the Blue Jackets, and Daniil Tarasov made 15 saves.

Red Wings 2, Sabres 1

Dylan Larkin scored two power-play goals in the second period and host Detroit held on to beat Buffalo.

Larkin, the Red Wings’ captain, has five power-play goals this season. Cam Talbot made 31 saves for Detroit, which ended a three-game losing streak.

Alex Tuch scored a short-handed goal for Buffalo, which has lost three straight games. The Sabres were playing for the second consecutive night after losing 4-3 to the New York Islanders on Friday.

Blackhawks 4, Kings 3

After assisting on Tyler Bertuzzi’s tying goal with 31 seconds left in regulation, Ryan Donato recorded the decisive score in the shootout, and visiting Chicago rallied for a victory over Los Angeles.

Connor Bedard, Teuvo Teravainen and Donato each scored in the shootout, and Petr Mrazek made 37 saves for Chicago, which improved to 2-2-0 on a five-game trip.

The Blackhawks handed the first home loss in four tries to Los Angeles, which got two goals from Alex Laferriere.

Senators 3, Kraken 0

Anton Forsberg made 22 saves for his NHL-leading second shutout of the season as Ottawa defeated visiting Seattle.

Tim Stutzle had a goal and an assist for the Senators, clinching the victory with an empty-netter with 2:14 remaining. Adam Gaudette and Brady Tkachuk also scored for the Senators, who had lost three of their previous four games — including a 2-1 defeat Friday night to the host New York Rangers.

The Kraken lost their second in a row to drop to 1-2-0 on their five-game trip. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer stopped 20 of 22 shots.

Blues 4, Maple Leafs 2

Colton Parayko scored twice and had an assist as St. Louis defeated visiting Toronto to snap a three-game losing streak.

Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich also scored and Ryan Suter earned two assists for the Blues, who defeated Toronto for the second time in nine days. Jordan Binnington made 35 saves to earn his 148th victory for the Blues, tying Jake Allen for second place on the team’s all-time list. The depleted Blues suffered another hit when defenseman Philip Broberg exited with a right leg injury in the second period.

Mitch Marner and Steven Lorentz scored for the Maple Leafs, whose three-game points streak ended. Joseph Woll, a St. Louis native, made 20 saves for Toronto.

Penguins 3, Canadiens 1

Sidney Crosby scored twice as Pittsburgh topped visiting Montreal for the fifth straight time.

Blake Lizotte had the other goal for the Penguins. Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for his third career win in six games against the Canadiens. Pittsburgh has won back-to-back games for just the second time this season.

Christian Dvorak found the back of the net and Sam Montembeault stopped 21 shots for the Canadiens, who have lost three straight games.

Predators 5, Avalanche 2

Roman Josi scored what ended up being the game-winning goal early in the third period and Nashville connected on both of its power-play chances to beat visiting Colorado.

Josi, Steven Stamkos and Gustav Nyquist each had a goal and an assist. Filip Forsberg and Colton Sissons also hit the back of the net as Nashville won for the fourth time in its past six outings (4-1-1). Goaltender Juuse Saros stopped 28 of 30 shots.

Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar each had a goal and an assist to extend their point streaks to 12 games apiece for the Avalanche. Justus Annunen made 20 saves. Forward Nikita Prishchepov, 20, made his NHL debut for Colorado and had two shots on goal in 13:30 of ice time, but the Avalanche lost their third straight game (0-3-0).

Canucks 3, Sharks 2

Pius Suter scored his second goal of the night in the final minute to give visiting Vancouver a wild 3-2 victory over San Jose.

Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks, who snapped a two-game winless skid. Goaltender Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves. Nico Sturm and Mikael Granlund replied for the Sharks, and goalie Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 24 shots.

With overtime looming thanks to a late game-tying tally by Granlund, Suter notched the winner with 25.7 seconds remaining. He found a soft spot in the left circle and ripped a one-timer set up by Conor Garland for his fourth goal of the season.

–Field Level Media