The Vancouver Canucks became the first team in NHL history to overcome a three-goal deficit in the final minute of regulation to stun the host Dallas Stars 6-5 in overtime on Tuesday night.
After Pius Suter recorded the final two goals of regulation to cap a five-goal third period, Kiefer Sherwood scored with 1:16 left in overtime.
After Mikael Granlund’s empty-netter for Dallas with 2:21 left in regulation seemingly put the game away at 5-2, the Canucks made history.
Aatu Raty scored with a minute left in regulation. With goaltender Thatcher Demko (23 saves) on the bench, Suter scored from up close with 29.1 seconds remaining. Suter scored again with 5.9 left to tie the contest and stun the Stars’ faithful.
Avalanche 3, Golden Knights 2 (SO)
Charlie Coyle scored the shootout winner after notching two assists as Colorado edged Vegas in Denver.
Valeri Nichushkin and Jimmy Vesey scored in regulation as the Avalanche erased a 2-0 deficit to improve to 7-2-1 over its past 10. Colorado goalie Scott Wedgewood made 19 saves.
William Karlsson and Brayden McNabb scored for the Golden Knights, who clinched home ice for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs thanks to the point. Akira Schmid stopped 34 shots.
Blue Jackets 5, Senators 2
Columbus ended a three-game losing streak and a lengthy goalless drought with a win over visiting Ottawa.
Mathieu Olivier and Justin Danforth tallied a goal and an assist apiece. Dmitri Voronkov, Sean Monahan and Adam Fantilli also scored, while Kent Johnson helped on both third-period goals. Elvis Merzlikins made 33 saves.
Thomas Chabot scored a goal and assisted on Fabian Zetterlund’s first goal in a Senators sweater. Claude Giroux, Drake Batherson and David Perron earned assists, and Anton Forsberg stopped 30 shots. Ottawa still secured its first postseason appearance since 2017 thanks to the Montreal Canadiens beating the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Tuesday.
Panthers 3, Maple Leafs 1
Eetu Luostarinen scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and Florida closed ground in the race for the Atlantic Division crown with a win over visiting Toronto in Sunrise, Fla.
Gustav Forsling and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for the Panthers, who got 17 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky in halting a five-game losing streak. John Tavares scored for the Maple Leafs and Joseph Woll made 34 saves.
The Maple Leafs, who had a four-game winning streak end, lead the Atlantic by two points over the Tampa Bay Lightning and four over Florida, which won the season series over Toronto 3-1.
Canadiens 4, Red Wings 1
Josh Anderson scored the game-winning goal with 9:12 remaining to lead host Montreal past Detroit and closer to a playoff berth.
Montreal moved eight points ahead of Detroit and the New York Rangers for the Eastern Conference’s final wild-card berth (though the Red Wings and Rangers have one more game to play than the Canadiens).
With the game tied at 1-1 in the third period, Anderson collided with Detroit defenseman Albert Johansson, who lost his helmet behind the Detroit goal. That allowed Anderson to wide open to tip in a pass from Christian Dvorak.
Sabres 3, Hurricanes 0
James Reimer made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season and the 31st of his career as host Buffalo took down Carolina. It was Reimer’s career-high seventh straight win.
Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch and JJ Peterka scored for the Sabres, who won their fifth straight game. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 15 shots for the Hurricanes, who lost their third in a row.
Thompson’s goal his 44th of the season and eighth in five games. Tuch’s short-handed goal was his 34th of the season and his NHL-leading sixth short-handed tally.
Predators 7, Islanders 6 (OT)
Fedor Svechkov scored 1:56 into overtime to give host Nashville a wild comeback win over New York, whose playoff hopes may have suffered a major blow.
The Predators came back to tie the score four times in the game, capped by scoring a pair of late goals to force overtime. Svechkov then ended things with a well-placed wrist shot from the slot for the rookie’s first career OT winner.
With five games remaining on their schedule, the Islanders are eight points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the final Eastern Conference wild-card slot.
Bruins 7, Devils 2
David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists to reach the 100-point mark for the third consecutive season and Boston set a season high in goals scored in beating host New Jersey in Newark.
Pastrnak scored and assisted on the first two goals — the 12th and 13th straight Bruins goals to which he contributed, a franchise record.
Michael Callahan scored his first NHL goal while Jakub Lauko and Fraser Minten posted their first since being acquired at last month’s trade deadline. New Jersey has its three-game winning streak snapped.
Penguins 5, Blackhawks 0
Tristan Jarry stopped all 26 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season as host Pittsburgh bullied Chicago to earn a split of the teams’ home-and-home set following a loss Sunday.
The Penguins’ veterans carried the load offensively as Kevin Hayes tallied twice and Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson and Kris Letang all found the back of the net.
Bryan Rust added a pair of assists to surpass the 60-point mark for the first time in his career. Crosby’s goal allowed him to extend his home point streak to 14 games.
Utah Hockey Club 7, Kraken 1
Mikhail Sergachev scored a goal as part of a three-point night and Dylan Guenther collected three assists to lead Utah past Seattle in Salt Lake City.
Clayton Keller and Logan Cooley both collected one goal and one assist for Utah (36-30-12, 84 points), which has won four of five games to keep its slim playoff hopes alive. It was the franchise’s highest-scoring game since moving from Arizona to Utah before this season.
Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka, who started his 21st consecutive game, made 18 saves. Starting Seattle goalie Joey Daccord stopped 22 of 29 shots before being pulled after the second period. Victor Ostman, summoned from the minors with Philipp Grubauer out due to an illness, stopped all 12 shots faced in his NHL debut.
